The petite but mighty Eunice Kim shows her musical prowess as part of this weekend’s concert with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. With grace and fierce agility, Kim masterfully performs Camille Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto No. 3, in a program that also features Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 and Seven Dances after the Ballet “Les malheurs de Sophie” by Jean Françaix.

The program opens with Françaix’s light-hearted suite, drawn from a children’s story. Françaix wrote “Les malheurs de Sophie” (The misfortunes of Sophie) in 1935 when he was just 21, based on the beloved book by Sophie Rostopchine, Countess of Ségur, a Russian emigre living in France. Later in life, he returned to the ballet score, arranging a selection of the tunes for ten winds.

The spirited music carries a vivid, d

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