This week, From the Top collaborates with Maestra JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic. Performance highlights include a guitar duo featuring the Maestra, a talented teen from Indiana, and a moving story from a special violist.

Music featured on this program:

William Hagen, violin, age 16, performing III. Allegro non troppo from Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op.64, by Felix Mendelssohn

Matthew Vera, viola, age 17 from Oro Valley, AZ performing III. Presto (6:15) from the Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, K.364 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with Michael Ludwig, Concertmaster of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.

Chaconne Klaverenga, guitar, age 16 from Lafayette, IN performing I. Allegro from the Concerto in G for Two Guitars, RV 532, by Antonio Vivaldi with JoAnn Falletta, Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.  

Christopher O’Riley and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra performing III. Presto from the Piano Concerto in G by Maurice Ravel.

Buffalos’s St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral Choir with Jeremy Bruns, Choirmaster performing “How Can I Keep From Singing” arranged by John Scott.