NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley Miami, Florida / 287

About

Show 287 comes to you from New World Center in beautiful Miami Beach, Florida. Among the featured performers, you’ll meet a 13-year-old violinist who’s studying with a New World Symphony fellow, a 16-year-old violist who is an outspoken champion of the viola, and a 17-year-old soprano who is taught by her Grammy Award-winning mom. Also, you’ll hear a movement of the Brahms Piano Quintet performed by current New World Symphony fellows who just happen to be alumni of our show!

Performers & Repertoire

• Nicholas Abrahams, 13, violin

  Romanza Andaluza from Spanish Dances, Op. 22 by Pablo de Sarasate, with pianist Christopher O'Riley
• Michelle Zhao, 18, piano

  Ricercare and Toccata on a Theme from The Old Maid and the Thief by Gian Carlo Menotti
• Virginia Mims, 17, soprano

  "Il bacio" by Luigi Arditi, with pianist Christopher O'Riley
  In this week's photo gallery, check out photos of Virginia Mims with her mother, opera singer Marilyn Mims.
• Matthew Roitstein, flute

  Scherzo from the Sonata for Flute and Piano in D, Op. 94 by Sergei Prokofiev, with pianist Christopher O'Riley
• Mira Williams, 16, viola

  Fantasie, Op. 94 by Johann Nepomuk Hummel, with pianist Christopher O'Riley
• New World Symphony Fellows
  Audrey Wright, Julia Noone, Kallie Clechomski, Christopher O'Riley

  The third movement, Scherzo, from Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 by Johannes Brahms

Release Dates

• Monday, November 24, 2014
• Monday, May 26, 2014
• Monday, July 6, 2015

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Support Provided By

William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

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