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 ...