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From the Top at Carnegie Hall; Meeting Our Heroes
04/22/2008
From the Top At Carnegie Hall Meeting Our Heroes
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- Series
- From the Top at Carnegie Hall
- Program
- Meeting Our Heroes
- Program Number
203
- Series Description
Broadcast in 2007
WGBH, From the Top, and Don Mischer Productions Team Up to Make Young Talent Seen as Well as Heard in From the Top: Live from Carnegie Hall. WGBH Boston in collaboration with National Public Radio’s From the Top and Carnegie Hall brings the popular music variety program to PBS member stations. Like the radio series, the television series will showcase the top-notch musicianship, offbeat humor, and original insights of America’s best young classical musicians.
This engaging series of 13 half-hour programs celebrates young classical musicians whose passion and talent for music is exceptional. A co-production of WGBH and From the Top, the series’ mission is to encourage, support and celebrate the commitment of young people to music and the arts. The series is filmed at Carnegie Hall, where the young musicians and guest artists will perform together before a live audience and television cameras.
Just like on radio, the television show will be hosted by Christopher O’Riley and feature outstanding musical performances as well as interviews with talented young musicians, along with games, special guests and more! Series release date: 2007
- Program Description
Fourteen-year old Travis Johnson from Milwaukie, Oregon chose the wood for his own custom-made guitar on which he performs Boppin’ by Bryan Johannson, a piece commissioned for him, on this episode of From the Top at Carnegie Hall. Seventeen-year old marimba player Jingchen Sun moved to New York City after her father sold the family’s home in China to pay for her marimba. Inspired by a chance meeting with the great marimba player and composer Keiko Abe, Jingchen gives an energetic performance of Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic’s Ultimatum I before a live audience. Twelve-year old MacKenzie Melemend from Paxton, Massachusetts is a bowling champion and a master magician in addition to being a skilled pianist. His pursuit of the piano has enabled him to meet President Bush, Rosie O’Donnell, and Marvin Hamlisch, and to perform as part of a Mozart program on The Discovery Channel. MacKenzie closes the episode with a performance of Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 1.
Featured Music:
Travis Johnson, Guitar Boppin’ by Bryan Johannson,
Jingchen Sun, Marimba Ultimatum I by Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic
MacKenzie Melemend, Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 1 by Sergei Prokofiev
- Duration
00:26:46
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Topics
- Music
- Citation
- Chicago: “From the Top at Carnegie Hall; Meeting Our Heroes,” 04/22/2008, GBH Archives, accessed March 31, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_42A732CC389D4302AADCD98DE87DAAB0.
- MLA: “From the Top at Carnegie Hall; Meeting Our Heroes.” 04/22/2008. GBH Archives. Web. March 31, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_42A732CC389D4302AADCD98DE87DAAB0>.
- APA: From the Top at Carnegie Hall; Meeting Our Heroes. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_42A732CC389D4302AADCD98DE87DAAB0