Chopin, Haydn, and Special Guest Greg Anderson / Show 460

About

A teen pianist performs a beautiful Chopin Scherzo and then improvs in his other love, jazz, with Peter. A 17-year-old composer shares his violin fantasy. We meet a piano duo from Oregon who are surprised by a major influence in their musical lives, From the Top alum Greg Anderson, who is one half of the lauded Anderson and Roe duo. A 10-year-old cellist who has only been studying cello for three years performs Dvořák and a 15-year-old saxophonist performs the work of composer Steven Banks, who was also on From the Top as a teen. Finally, we meet a foodie and pianist who reflects on the similarities between cooking and music.

Guests

• Host: Peter Dugan
  Peter Dugan's position is sponsored by Susan and Gerald Slavet.
• Co Host: Greg Anderson
  Pianist, composer, curator, and filmmaker Greg Anderson resolutely defined his life’s mission early in his career: to make classical music a powerful and relevant force in society.

Performers & Repertoire

• Tinashe McGowan, 17, piano from Dallas, Texas

  Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
• Cyrano J. Rosentrater, 17, violin/composer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  Morphologies: A Violin Fantasy by Cyrano Jett Rosentrater (b. 2007)
• Hansen and Alexis Piano Duo (Alexis Zou, 17, from Lake Oswego, Oregon, and Hansen Berrett, 17, from West Linn, Oregon), interviewed by pianist Greg Anderson

  Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978), arr. Greg Anderson
• Katherine Lu, 10, cello, from Frisco, Texas

  Silent Woods, Op. 68 No. 5 by Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
• Ayden Garcia, 15, saxophone, from Frisco, Texas

  Come As You Are, IV. Lift My Hands by From the Top alumnus Steven Banks (b. 1993)
• Anna Bray, 17, piano from Sterling, Virginia

  Sonata in E Flat Major Hob. XVI: 49 - III. Finale by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
• Flashback Finale
  Steven Banks, 18, from Clemmons, North Carolina,
  recorded in 2011

  Tableaux de Provence, II. Chanson Pour Ma Mie and V. Lou Cabridan by Paule Maurice (1910-1967)

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Release Date

• Monday, March 10, 2025

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