Atlanta, GA / 155
Gallery
About
From Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center in Georgia, this week’s line up of outstanding young musicians includes the fabulous Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra performing Wagner and a 17-year-old violinist from North Carolina playing a graceful rag by William Bolcom. Also, Roving Reporter Tajah Coleman-Jones talks opera with a talented teenage tenor.
Performers and Repertoire:
The Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, ages 13–18, performs Prelude from Act III of “Lohengrin” by Richard Wagner.
Tenor James Danner, 16, from New York, NY, performs “Où voulez-vous aller?” by Charles-François Gounod
Pianist and Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Yuqing “Damen” Meng, 16, from Madison, NJ, performs Toccata by York Bowen
Violinist Stefani Collins, 17, from Summerfield, NC, performs “Graceful Ghost Rag” by William Bolcom
Cellist Gabriel Cabezas, 14, from Wilmette, IL, performs III. Andante from the Sonata in G minor, Op.19 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
The Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra performs I. All American City from Symphony X (The Big D) by Don Gillis
Performers & Repertoire
- Toccata by York Bowen
Release Dates
- Monday, January 14, 2008
- Monday, April 30, 2007
Release date is when this show is released to NPR stations, here on our website, and to our podcast. Shows are released on a weekly basis; please check your local NPR station listing for the actual airtime in your market. If you'd like, you can visit NPR's "Find Stations" page to look for your station.
