LIVE | Esme Arias-Kim, 18, violin

June 1, 2024, 11:00 am

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We welcome a return guest, Esme Arias-Kim, who grew up in the Chicago area but has spent the last two years studying at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. She’s joined by Milana Pavchinskaya in music of Bach, Brahms, Debussy, Price, Wieniawski and Tchaikovsky.

Esme Arias-Kim previously gave a solo recital on Introductions in November 2020. She has also been featured as a concerto soloist in April 2023, April 2022, and October 2016; and as a chamber musician in August 2022, August 2021 and August 2020. She also performed on WFMT’s 70th Anniversary Day of Celebration in December 2021, and was featured on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight in April 2020.

Playlist

Johann Sebastian Bach arr. August Wilhelmj: Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068:
II. Air (“Air on the G string”)

Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108:
I. Allegro

Claude Debussy arr. Léon Roques: La plus que lente

Florence Price arr. Elaine Fine: Adoration

Henryk Wieniawski: Fantaisie brillante on Gounod’s Faust, Op. 20

Peter Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42:
III. Mélodie