Episode #195

Boston, Massachusetts

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Saturday, January 23, 2010

This week's From the Top comes to you from New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall in Boston, where a 17-year-old pianist from Washington, D. C. performs Prokofiev, a teenage harpist from Atlanta plays the music of Carlos Salzedo, and the Boston Children's Chorus sings a contemporary composition by the Venezuelan composer Alberto Grau.

Sonatine
by Henri Dutilleux
Alison Beskin, flute; Christopher O'Riley, piano

Suite of Eight Dances
VI. Seguidilla
VII. Tango
VIII. Rumba
by Carlos Salzedo
Mackenzie Hammel, harp

Hungarian Rhapsody
by David Popper

Aaron Wolff, cello; Christopher O'Riley, piano

Suggestion Diabolique
by Sergei Prokofiev
Clifton Williams, piano

Como tú
by Alberto Grau
Boston Children's Chorus Treble Choir

Bridge over Troubled Water
by Paul Simon; arranged by Kirby Shaw
Boston Children's Chorus; Clifton Williams, piano

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