Performers
The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
Nadine Sierra, Soprano

Program
MARTINŮ Fantasia for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet, and Piano, H. 301
VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas brasileiras No. 5
VILLA-LOBOS Choros No. 4
STRAVINSKY Octet for Wind Instruments
CAROLINE LIZOTTE Raga for Two Harps, Op. 41

The always-evolving Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble lets members of The Met Orchestra explore the boundless world of chamber music. It’s a vehicle that constantly yields unique and compelling programs like tonight’s, which opens with Martinů’s Fantasia for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet, and Piano. The concert also includes a brass quartet by Villa-Lobos and one of the composer’s Bach-meets-Brazil works, which features renowned soprano Nadine Sierra; a Raga for Two Harps by Caroline Lizotte; and Stravinsky’s unusually orchestrated Octet.