St. Matthew's Music Guild: Season Finale – YuEun Gemma Kim plays Dvořák

Concertmaster YuEun Gemma Kim steps front and center for Antonin Dvořák’s lush Violin Concerto in A minor.

Our season finale features music guaranteed to lift your spirits. The concert opens with Maurice Ravel’s orchestration of Claude Debussy’s lighthearted “Danse” (“Tarantella Styrienne”) and continues with the world premiere of the Music Guild’s latest commissioned work – “Raíces” (“Roots”) by Los Angeles-based composer, María Eugenia León. Highlighting the musical traditions of both her native Canary Islands as well as Spain, “Raíces” features the timple, a five-string guitar described as “the pinnacle of Canarian music.” The evening concludes with Dvořák’s virtuosic Violin Concerto in A minor, featuring YuEun Gemma Kim.
Underwritten by a generous gift from the Estate of Mary Calfas Janos.