50 Years of Walnut Hill / Show 439

16-year-old pianist Saehyun Kim performs Gaspard de la nuit, I. Ondine by Maurice Ravel.

About

We’re meeting some phenomenal musicians from the Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, Massachusetts. The school is celebrating 50 years as an arts high school and sharing their talented teens with Guest Host Orli Shaham and listeners. Enjoy performances of Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, and more.

Guests

• Guest Host : Orli Shaham
  

Performers & Repertoire

• Saehyun Kim, 16, Piano, from Weston, MA

  Gaspard de la nuit, I. Ondine by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
• Jiyu Oh, 17, Violin, from Seoul, South Korea and Natick, MA
  

  Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 for Violin & Piano by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
• Yuxuan (Daniel) Ma, 17, French Horn, from Wellesley, MA

  Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70, Allegro by Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
• Marley Matejka, 18, Soprano, from Eugene, OR and Framingham, MA

  Lied der Mignon by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
• Justinas Zlabys, 18, Composer, from New Haven, CT and Natick, MA

  A Warren of Allusion, I. Allure by Justinas Zlabys (b. 2005), performed by Jiyu Oh; Jessica Kartawidjaja; Hayu Zhou; and Alex Aranzabal.

Release Date

• Monday, December 11, 2023

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