12/1 Violinist Henry Auxenfans performs music by Saint-Saëns and his brother, clarinetist Louis Auxenfans performs Hommage a J. S. Bach by Béla Kovács. We also hear the Aveta Trio play a Piano Trio by Gaspar Cassadó; flutist Reice Hudson plays Cantabile et presto by George Enescu; violinist Ajay Mallya plays Violin Sonata No. 18 by Mozart.
12/8 Pianist Orli Shaham guest hosts a program featuring violinist Alba Gilabert-Reid playing Czardas by Vittorio Monti; pianist Masanobu Pires plays The Lark by Mikhail Glinka; flutist Diego Arias performs Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando by Philippe Gaubert; violinist Ella Saputra plays T'filah by Lera Auerbach; and harpist Izabella Tu plays Sonatina No. 2 by François Joseph Naderman.
12/15 This week From the Top staff share some of their favorite segments from the past season on this highlights show.
12/22 Guest Host Orli Shaham introduces us to the Sprezzatura Quartet from Chicago that plays Ravel; siblings Jacob and Ezra Lewis who perform a Hungarian Dance by Brahms; teen soprano Katrina Franco who speaks about representation in classical music and connecting with a composer who shares her heritage; cellist Xavier Ip plays Papillonby Gabriel Fauré; and pianist Elisa Plano talks about having pianist parents.
12/29 We meet teenage pianist Matthew Hahn who has an affinity for horror movie scores; percussionist Aleo Esparza who adapts Debussy for marimba; violinist who likes to read books upside down, and the Virtuosi Trio that performs Café Music by Paul Schoenfield. They all answer the question — why classical music?
