Introductions Class of 2021

It’s a graduation special for Labor Day Weekend: we mark 18-year-olds who are now our alumni, having performed on Introductions in the past few years. Some are now majoring in music, some are majoring in other subjects, a few are double-majoring, one’s taking a gap year, and one’s enlisted in the military. It’s a great variety of music this week. Playlist Edward Elgar: “Pomp and Circumstance” March No. 1 in D, Op. 39, No. 1 (excerpt) London Philharmonic Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor (Decca 417719) Nikolai Kapustin: Concert Etude No. 8 Joshua Mhoon, piano First broadcast May 1, 2021 Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante (excerpt) Kailie Holliday, cello First broadcast March 6, 2021 Jacques Ibert: Flute Concerto: III. Allegro scherzando (excerpt) Miguel Rodriguez, flute; Beilin Han, piano First broadcast March 6, 2021 Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47: I. Allegro moderato (excerpt) Isabel Chen, violin; Milana Pavchinskaya, piano First broadcast July 31, 2021 Alfredo Piatti: Caprice in A minor Noah Chen, cello First broadcast October 3, 2020 Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor Ashley Kim, piano First broadcast November 16, 2019 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 Eric Bahena Figueroa, bassoon; Beilin Han, piano First broadcast March 6, 2021 Giovanni Sollima: Lamentatio (excerpt) Brandon Cheng, cello and voice First broadcast May 8, 2021 Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120: III. Allegretto grazioso (excerpt) José Vidal, clarinet; Matthew Hagle, piano First broadcast November 28, 2020 Emmanuel Séjourné: Marimba Concerto: II. Tempo souple (excerpt) Meher Sethi, marimba First broadcast June 12, 2021 Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet, Op. 44, No. 1: IV. Finale, Presto agitato Carmen Quartet: Katharine Nelson & Veronica Rokicki, violins; Kimberly LaFranzo, viola; Eytan Raviv, cello First broadcast July 17, 2021 Traditional German arr. Johann André: “Gaudeamus igitur” (excerpt) Wernigerode Radio Youth Choir; Friedrich Krell, conductor (BT-Music 1327570776227) Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009: I. Prelude Bella Kim, viola First broadcast March 13, 2021 Henryk Wieniawski: Polonaise brillante in A, Op. 21 (excerpt) Isabella Brown, violin; Milana Pavchinskaya, piano First broadcast July 24, 2021 Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38: I. Allegro non troppo (excerpt) Xavier Perry, cello; Beilin Han, piano First broadcast ...

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Introductions is WFMT’s weekly Saturday morning program that features talented pre-college classical musicians in the Chicago area. Soloists and chamber ensembles perform live in WFMT’s Levin Performance Studio. Large ensembles, including orchestras, choirs, and bands, are recorded at their home venues and broadcast at later dates. The program also features youth music competition winners. While many students who appear on Introductions pursue other careers, some have gone on to study music at some of the most prestigious music schools around the world and pursue careers as professional musicians.