Oct 15th, 2008 · This week From the Top highlights five remarkable young chamber music groups from past programs. In this "uncommon combos" show, six bassoons play a lively march, three percussionists share one marimba in careful choreography, and an ensemble of teenage string players performs a serenade by a gifted 18-year-old composer.
Sep 3rd, 2008 · The program offers listeners a sample of music serenading a crowd of partygoers after the official business of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.: Gasolina by Daddy Yankee. The Reggaeton star is endorsing John McCain for president.
May 7th, 2008 · No matter what gasoline costs, many of us just have to pay. But Jay Weinberg is not going to sit behind the wheel and take it. The Indiana man was unhappy with the price of gas. So he climbed to the roof of a convenience store, and with the aid of a guitar and a megaphone, he serenaded customers with a song called "Price Gouge'n."
Apr 30th, 2008 · In a surprise performance chat, jazz musician Marcus Johnson and his jazz trio perform in celebration of the program's anniversary.
Apr 5th, 2008 · NPR's Susan Stamberg takes a moment to note that Zamfir, master of the pan flute, played for the press traveling with President Bush this week in Romania.
Dec 30th, 2007 · Victor Valdez, sings sad songs for tourists crossing the Rio Grande. Regardless of whether they give him tips, he persists, ankle-deep in water.
Aug 24th, 2006 · Finnish composer Jean Sibelius had dreams of becoming a concert violinist. The dream never came true, but he did contribute beautiful music for the instrument. Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja teams up with conductor Sakari Oramo and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra to play the Serenade No. 2.
Jan 25th, 2006 · The Mozarteum Orchestra plays Mozart's Serenade in D Major, K. 203 in Salzburg, Austria. And pianist Mitsuko Uchida joins the Hagen Quartet to play the composer's great G minor Piano Quartet, K. 478.