Whispers & Fire: A Cello & Piano Concert in Newtonville

Whispers & Fire: A Cello and Piano Concert
with Cherry Kim, cello & Han Nah Son, piano

Some music was never meant for concert halls—it was written for rooms like this, where the air carries every nuance and silence has its own kind of sound. In this intimate salon-style program, cellist Cherry Kim and pianist Han Nah Son invite you into a world of elegance, mystery, and emotional depth.

The concert opens with Saint-Saëns’ The Swan, a moment of luminous stillness that glides through the room like a whispered thought. Chopin’s Nocturne in C-sharp minor, arranged for cello by Gregor Piatigorsky, follows—a fragile, moonlit reverie that feels almost confessional in its quiet intensity.

From there, the mood turns mischievous with Cassadó’s Dance of the Green Devil, a fiery Spanish miniature brimming with wit, rhythm, and drama. Finally, Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata in G minor sweeps in—a work of both grandeur and intimacy, storm and tenderness, drawing the full expressive range from both instruments. This is music that lives between light and shadow, fire and stillness. A conversation not just between cello and piano, but between artists and audience, shared in the rare closeness of a house concert.