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Bach Chaconne

Johann Sebastian Bach - The Chaconne
Partita for Violin No.2 in D minor
BWV.1004

.Arranged by Jonah Kim
with notes by Edward Aldwell

featuring Julia Rowe
soloist, San Francisco Ballet

September 11, 2020 at St.Ignatius, SF, CA.

Bach Gamba Sonata

Johann Sebastian Bach - Viola da Gamba Sonata
No.1 in G Major
BWV.1027

I. Adagio
II. Allegro ma non tanto (3:30)
III. Andante (7.07)
IV. Allegro moderato (9:50)

Performed live with pianist Keisuke Nakagoshi
September 3, 2020 at St.Ignatius, SF, CA.

Popper Begegnung

David Popper - Scenes from a Masked Ball Op.3:
No.5: Begegnung

Performed live with pianist Keisuke Nakagoshi
September 3, 2020 at St.Ignatius, SF, CA.

Schubert - Ave Maria

Performed live with harpist Jie Yin Wu

January 2021 at St. Ignatius Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
Special thanks to John Bratton, Franca Gargiulo, Pat Steacy & Father Gregory

Brahms Sonata No. 1 in E minor

Johannes Brahms - Sonata for Cello and Piano in E minor, Op.38

I. Allegro non troppo
II. Allegretto quasi Menuetto (starts 11:33)
III. Allegro (starts 17:12)

Performed live with pianist Miles Graber
October 2018 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, CA.

Monteverdi Makeover

Composed by Jonah Kim after “Pur Ti Miro” - the famous aria by the Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi
August 4, 2020 at City Hall, San Francisco, CA
Special thanks to David, John, Kevin, Michael & Julia

Liebesleid

Age old classic by “Fritz” Kreisler performed live with pianist Allegra Chapman
July 25, 2020 at Saint Joseph’s Art Society, San Francisco, CA
Special thanks to Ken Fulk, St. Joseph’s, and Kevin Monahan

Misa Kuranaga is the “Dying Swan”

in her interpretation of Mikhail Fokine’s age old classic as created on the legendary Russian prima ballerina Anna Pavlova
to music of Camille Saint-Saëns
here performed live with pianist Allegra Chapman
on July 25, 2020 at Saint Joseph’s Art Society, San Francisco, CA
Special thanks to Ken Fulk, St. Joseph’s, and Kevin Monahan

Gluck - Melodie

Performed live with harpist Jie Yin Wu

January 2021 at St. Ignatius Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
Special thanks to John Bratton, Franca Gargiulo, Pat Steacy & Father Gregory

Gershwin - Someone to Watch Over Me

A product of collaboration between George and his older brother Ira, this ballad was originally composed in 1926 in fast swing. One day, just for fun, George played it as a ballad, and it stuck ever since.

Performed live with pianist Sean Kennard over Zoom
June 14, 2020 at San Agustin Church, Scott’s Valley, CA
Special thanks to Kevin Monahan & San Agustin Church

Boccherini Sonata

Luigi Boccherini - Cello Sonata No.6 in A major, G.4

I. Adagio
II. Allegro (2:49)

Featuring Julia Rowe, SF Ballet
May 2020, San Francisco, CA.

Fauré Élégie

Gabriel Fauré - Élégie Op.24

Featuring Julia Rowe, SF Ballet
for Music in May Festival 2020, Santa Cruz, CA.

Beethoven “Magic Flute” Variations

Ludwig van Beethoven - 7 Variations on 'Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen’ WoO 46

Performed live with pianist Jeffrey Sykes
December 2019 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, CA.

Beethoven Sonata in F Major

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Cello and Piano Op.5
No.1 in F Major

I. Adagio sostenuto — Allegro (3:00)
II. Rondo. Allegro vivace (14:36)

Performed live with pianist Jeffrey Sykes
December 2019 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, CA.

Kreisler Tambourin Chinois

Fritz Kreisler - Tambourin Chinois Op.3

Performed live with Sean Kennard at the piano.
April 2016 St. John's, San Francisco.

This is an arrangement made by Jonah Kim. This piece was originally composed for violin.

Vaughan Williams Piano Quintet

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Piano Quintet in C minor

I. Allegro con fuoco
II. Andante
III. Fantasia, quasi variazioni: Moderato

Performed by John Novacek, piano; Scott Yoo, violin; Jessica Oudin, viola; Jonah Kim, cello; Susan Cahill, bass; at Festival Mozaic, July 2017.

Debussy Sonata

Claude Debussy - Sonata for Cello and Piano

I. Prologue
II. Sérénade
III. Finale

Alliance Francaise’s French Classical Music Festival
Tateuchi Hall, Mountain View, CA, on June 19th, 2015.

Granero Concerto da Camera

Jose Gonzalez Granero - Concerto da Camera: Cello cadenza

Performed with Stanford Philharmonia, conducted by Anna Wittstruck at Bing Concert Hall, Stanford, CA.

Dvorak Songs My Mother Taught Me

Antonín Dvorak - Kdyz mne stará matka zpívat ucívala, B.104, Op.55 No.4

Performed live with Sheridan Seyfried, piano; Rehoboth Beach, DE 2018.

Roussel Serenade

Albert Roussel - Sérénade, Op.30

I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Presto

Performed by Alice K. Dade, flute; Meredith Clark, harp; Scott Yoo, violin; Jessica Chang, viola; Jonah Kim, cello. Recorded live in concert on February 25, 2018 at the Cuesta College Cultural & Performing Arts Center.

Offenbach Les Larmes de Jacquline

Jacques Offenbach - Les Larmes de Jacqueline, Op.76 No.2

with Jiyun Yoo, piano; Dallas, TX 2017.

Schubert Cello Quintet

Franz Schubert - Cello Quintet in C major, D.956

I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Adagio
III. Scherzo: Presto
IV. Allegretto

Performed by Scott Yoo, violin; Aurelia Duca, violin; Maurycy Banaszek, viola; Jonah Kim, cello; and Michael Katz, cello. Recorded live in concert on July 29, 2018.

Tower - Rising

Joan Tower - Rising (2009)

Performed by Alice K. Dade, flute; Dennis Kim, violin; Clinton Dewing, violin; Jessica Oudin, viola; and Jonah Kim, cello
July 20, 2018 at Festival Mozaic in San Luis Obispo, California.

Rockwood Deer Chase

Don Stover - Rockwood Deer Chase

"Celtic to Classical" performs a bluegrass standard as part of their "Baroque to Bluegrass" program in Rehoboth Beach, DE on August 8th, 2018.

Bach Chaconne

J.S. Bach - Chaconne from Partita for Violin No. 2

Performed in Trinity Church, Philadelphia, PA, 2006. This work was originally composed for the violin and transcribed for the cello by Jonah Kim with notes by Edward Aldwell (‘06).