Honens @ Home: Yoon-Jee Kim performs Dvořák

This week we're pleased to share two songs from Dvořák's Op. 55, "The String is Taut" and "Songs my Mother Taught Me."The second song in this excerpt is one you may recognize. As you'll hear from Jon Kimura Parker, it took off in popularity and has achieved widespread fame. The song's lovely melodies and chromatic harmonies are a shining example of the Romantic period, of which Dvořák was a member, also making it a perfect song to share with Mother's Day just around the corner. Enjoy the two songs, performed by 2015 Honens Semifinalist Yoon-Jee Kim accompanied by soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian. - Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.