NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley Tacoma, Washington / 288

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From Tacoma, Washington, this episode features Prokofiev’s Toccata performed with a level of energy that can only be described as diabolically teenage (the performer is a totally brilliant, risk-taking 15-year-old), we’ll hear a young violinist perform a lush and lyrical piece written for her by her father, and we’ll enjoy music from a film by the great Japanese animator Hiyao Miyazaki sumptuously arranged for four cellos by one of the young performers on the program (see a breathtaking video of this piece here)

Performers & Repertoire

• Derek Wang, 15, piano

  Toccata in D minor, Op. 11, by Sergei Prokofiev
• Sophia Stoyanovich, 18, violin

  Romance for Violin and Piano by her father, Patrick Stoyanovich, with pianist Christopher O'Riley
• Kresley Figueroa, 17, soprano

  "Adieu, notre petite table" from Manon by Jules Massenet with pianist Christopher O'Riley
• Maia Hoffman, 16, viola

  The second movement, Lebhaft, from MäŠrchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pictures) for Viola and Piano, Op. 113, by Robert Schumann with pianist Christopher O'Riley
• Jeremy Tai, 15, cello

  The first movement, Allegro agitato, from Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36, by Edvard Grieg with pianist Christopher O'Riley
• Konpeito Cello Quartet
  Jeremy Tai, 15; Irene Jeong, 17; Catherine Kim, 16; Minku Lee, 17

  "The Path of the Wind" by Joe Hisaishi, arranged by Jeremy Tai

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• Monday, December 15, 2014
• Monday, June 2, 2014
• Monday, July 20, 2015

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