Romantic Double Bass and Ocean Adventure
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We're back in Kansas City with a 17-year-old double bassist who gives a heartfelt performance of Bottesini's Elegy No. 1. We meet a teen composer and learn about her journey in writing music, including creating an imaginative ocean adventure for the famous Kronos Quartet which you'll hear! Finally, we enjoy a flashback performance by prize-winning violinist Maria Ioudenitch from when she was a teen living in Kansas City ..read more
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Sense of Place: For this Afghan pianist, music is an act of resistance
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Arson Fahim remembers leaving for Boston to study music just days before the Taliban took over Afghanistan ..read more
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Forgotten for 138 years, a Black composer's magnum opus finds a stage
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Morgiane, perhaps the oldest opera by a Black American, finally receives its full public performance, shedding light on the forgotten heyday of opera in New Orleans ..read more
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Marching bands are ready to take the field at the college football championship
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The college football national championship between Ohio State and Notre Dame on Monday brings students into the spotlight, including the two marching bands that will perform during halftime ..read more
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Pianist David Kadouch probes gay composers' hidden loves, through music
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3w ago
In his album Amours Interdites (Forbidden Love) French pianist David Kadouch explores music by gay composers who concealed their sexuality in 19th and 20th century societies that wouldn't accept them ..read more
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Brahms, Wieniawski, and a Young Pianist
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On this edition of NPR's From the Top, hear the first work Brahms wrote for a solo instrument, and a stunning Wieniawski Polonaise played by a 13-year-old violinist ..read more
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Gershwin, Fiddle, & the United States Air Force Band's Heritage Winds
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It's From the Top's 25th birthday! On this edition of the show, meet a 13-year-old violinist who is equally accomplished in classical repertoire and fiddling. A 16-year-old pianist from New York performs a brilliant Beethoven Sonata and talks about her incredible experience in publishing. Finally, we reconnect with From the Top alum Yuna Langehennig and learn about her journey to becoming an Airman First Class in the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band ..read more
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Two new operas focus on the Black female experience
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with composer Levi Taylor and librettist Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton about two new operas featuring Black female protagonists that were commissioned by the Kennedy Center's Social Impact program, in collaboration with the Washington National Opera ..read more
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From the Top: Tiny Desk Concert
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Something kind of miraculous takes place when teenagers take over the Tiny Desk. Their astounding performances confirm a bright forecast for the future of music ..read more
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Jon Batiste traces the blues back to Beethoven and beyond
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The Grammy winner and former Late Show bandleader unravels the crisscrossing threads of musical lineage from Beethoven's own personal blues to the musical art form that undergirds Batiste's Louisiana roots ..read more
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