Classicool Kids podcast
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Show 273 | El Paso, TX
From El Paso Texas this week's From the Top features an extremely expressive 13-year-old clarinetist from California performing the music of Weber, a hugely confident teen violinist from El Paso performing Wieniawski's Polonaise Brilliante, and a young organist who wins From the Top's Stereotype Smasher of the Year award.
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Show 247 | Brunswick, ME
From Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, this program includes a 16-year-old violinist who shares with us the sounds of her island home in a beautiful audio postcard, a young piano-harp duo whose members have been using their music to raise money for pediatric cancer research, and we’ll revisit with a From the Top alumnus who performs the tour de force finale of Mussorgsky’s Pictures At An Exhibition.
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Show 272 | Princeton, NJ
From Princeton, New Jersey From the Top celebrates the 75th anniversary of the world renowned American Boychoir. As our special featured guest, we'll hear them perform the music of Bach, the Beatles, Duruflé,and Sousa. Also on the program, a teenage cellist performs Fauré's "Elegie" and we'll meet a brilliant young violinist who has won three major American music competitions this past year.
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Where Are They Now VII
This week, host Christopher O'Riley catches up with some of From the Top's most illustrious alumni in our annual "Where Are They Now Show." We'll enjoy the extraordinary music these young pros aremaking in their early careers and we'll hear theirstoriesof triumph and struggleas they work to define their own creative space in the world.Featured alumni include a brilliant young composer who is about to have a concert of his work performed by the Shanghai Philharmonic, a touring violinist who...
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Show 271 | New Albany, OH
From New Albany, Ohio today's program features the The Sacred Lullaby by Brahms performed by a young vocalist and violist from the Columbus Ohio area ... a teenage percussionist from Chicago performs a mesmerizing contemporary piece and then talks about how difficult it is to avoid being pigeonholed by other kids in high school ... and a 13-year-old pianist from the Bay Area tosses off one of the most entertaining, but difficult pieces by Franz Liszt. This podcast also includes Christopher...
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Show 270 | Athens, GA
From Athens Georgia, this week's From the Top features an unusually expressive teenage cellist performing Ravel's sacred masterpiece, "Kadish." We meet a 17-year-old pianist who has a strong case of synesthesia — so strong, she can occasionally taste the music ... and a young guitarist performs one of the most famous of all Spanish guitar pieces by Francisco Tarrega.
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Highlight Show 19 | Gunther Schuller Special
This highlight episode features the favorite pieces of renowned musician Gunther Schuller, performed by From the Top alumni. The show includes the world premiere of a piece Gunther wrote when he was just 19 years old.
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- Classical, Children's Music
- NPR
- English
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