From the Top

From the Top with this week’s Guest Host Yuga Cohler and Guest Artist Fred Hersch broadcasts from its home in Boston with a prize-­winning quartet and a young pianist who is inspired to give back through music.

• Kairos String Quartet (violins: Joshua Brown, 18, and Thompson Wang, 18; viola: Julian Rhee, 18; cello: Lydia Rhea, 19) from Chicago, Illinois performing I. Allegro vivace assai from String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-­1847)
• Guest Artist Fred Hersch and Avik Sarkar, 17-year-­old pianist from Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts performing V. Hesitation-­Tango from "Souvenirs" by Samuel Barber (1910-­1981), arr. for two pianos by Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale.
• Avik Sarkar, 17-­year-­old pianist from Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts performing: I. Allegro moderato from Piano Sonata, Sz.80 by Béla Bartók (1881-­1945).
• Hina Khuong-­Huu, 14-­year-­old violinist from New York, New York performing: II. Appassionato from Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op.17 by Josef Suk (1874-­‐1935), with Jingxuan Zhang, piano.
• Lydia Rhea, 19-­year-­old cellist from Fishers, Indiana performing: "Tango Bittersweet" by Fred Hersch, with Fred Hersch, piano.