From the Top
SATURDAY, 7 TO 8 AM; MONDAY, 9 TO 10 PM on WRTI HD-2
NPR's From the Top showcases the music, stories, and unique humor of America's best young classical musicians, in which they demonstrate their prodigious ability and reveal details of their non-musical lives, from sibling secrets to favorite foods.
Meet Host Peter Dugan! He grew up in Upper Darby, went to St Joe's Prep here in Philly and then studied at Juilliard in NYC where he lives now.
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TIME IN with Pianist Peter Dugan: Always Finding Joy, from Upper Darby to Host of NPR's From the TopPianist Peter Dugan was a teenager living in Upper Darby, when, in 2006, he was chosen to perform on From the Top, NPR's nationally syndicated radio… -
Listen to part two of our special live performances by regional winners of the second annual Steinway Junior Piano Competition. Our guests include:… -
Six years in, Kwaya Marimba at Friends School Haverford continues to impress. The student ensemble has performed concerts at local venues including The… -
Six classically-trained musicians, rooted in six different countries, come together to perform a new composition inspired by Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land."
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The venturesome duo plays visionary Beethoven, heartbreaking Janáček and a piece by Philip Glass that unfolds like a lullaby.
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The nationally syndicated public radio program From the Top features gifted young classical musicians from all over the country. They’re always super… -
Touring the world with Valery Gergiev and Joshua Bell is the opportunity of a lifetime for 120 teenage musicians taking part in the first National Youth Orchestra of the United States, organized by Carnegie Hall. Can their experience give a boost to classical music more generally? -
Check out a duo riffing on the Goldberg Variations in a very cool way: beatboxing and piano.
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Gunther Schuller, the great American composer, conductor, author, music educator, jazz innovator, and French horn player, is the special guest artist on…
