From The Top

Classical WETA Showcases Top Young Classical Musicians
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From the Top captures the virtuosity, offbeat humor and insights of America's top young classical musicians, aged 9 to 18. Recorded in concert halls around the United Sates, the program offers a glimpse into the world of classical music and performers in different regions of the country, with broadcasts from Troy, New York, to Austin, Texas, to Palo Alto, California. Listeners gain insight into the communities keeping classical music alive today.

Often credited for its innovative and fun approach to classical music, From the Top has helped to build a bridge between classical music and youth. Acclaimed pianist Christopher O'Riley hosts the program, which is distributed by NPR and sponsored by UBS.

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This week on From the Top: May 11, 2008, 6pm

The Music Center at Strathmore - Bethesda, MD
This week, from The Music Center at Strathmore, in Bethesda, Maryland, highlights include a teenage baritone from New Jersey singing from Vaughn Williams’ “Songs of Travel;” a 15-year-old local violinist plays Saint-Saens and audiences will meet the mother of the nationally-famous, “girl who drove over her violin!”

Repertoire:

• The Newman String Quartet from the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia, Robyn Bollinger, violin (15), Justine Lamb-Budge, violin (15), Paul Laraia, viola (18), and Sarah Rommel, cello (18), performing String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, I. Anime et tres decide by Debussy
• Thales Smith, guitar (15) from Austin, TX performing Etude No. 1 by Guilio Regondi
• John Brancy, baritone (18) from Mullica Hill, NJ performing "Youth and Love" from Songs of Travel by Vaughan Williams
• Madeline Watson, violin (15) from Damascus, MD performing Violin Concerto No. 3 in b minor, Op. 61, I. Allegro non troppo by Saint-Saens
• Eun-Hye Lee, piano (18) from Los Angeles,CA performing Sonata for Piano, Op. 26, IV. Fuga: Allegro con spirito by Barber

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