Hosted by pianist Peter Dugan this is From the Top’s first ever “Blanket Fort” show. In response to the Covid-19 crisis and the need for social distancing, this episode features young musicians recording themselves in their own homes (in makeshift studios or “Blanket Forts”) under From the Top’s supervision and it even features long distance musical collaborations. Performers include a a 14-year-old pianist performing Schumann’s ABEGG Variations and a young violinist who’s parents are both physicians on Long Island working through the Covid-19 crisis.

Show Notes

Cellist Cameron Chiu, 18, from Palatine, Illinois perfoms Bach: Prelude from Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009  
 
Pianist Clara Wrolstad, 14, from Minneapolis, Minnesota performs Schumann: Variations On The Name “Abegg”, op. 1
 
Double Basist Braden Ellis, 18, from Broomall, Pennsylvania performs Massenet: Meditation from Thaïs, Braden is the recipient of From the Top’s Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award
 
Peter Dugan, from his awesome blanket fort in New York, NY performs Bach: Gigue from French Suite No. 5 in G, BWV 816
 
Violinist Alexandra Woroniecka, 17, from Stony Brook, New York performs Carl Engel/arr. Efrem Zimbalist: Sea-Shell  
   
Purple Hippopotami Quartet, from the Merit School of Music in Chicago, featuring flautists Emma Krause, 18, from Downers Grove, Illinois; Katherine Chen, 15, from Chicago, Illinois; Nina Touboul, 17, from Chicago, Illinois; Natalia (Natasha)  Kozintseva, 17, from Chicago, Illinois performs Raga Sept “Single” by Derek Charke