October 2022
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Art of the Recital: Stella Chen & Gilles Vonsattel
Program Schumann Sonata No. 1 in A minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 105 (1851) Bacewicz Partita for Violin and Piano (1955) Eleanor Alberga No-Man's-Land Lullaby for Violin and Piano…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Soloists in the Spotlight
The art of chamber music, described by Goethe as “rational people conversing” is sometimes not quite so democratic, as composers, inspired by instruments, players or both, gave individuals special opportunities…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, American Visitors
The United States has been greatly enriched from the influences of its many distinguished visitors. In a program celebrating America’s musical diversity, we will enjoy the sublime music of Dvořák…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inside Chamber Music: Coleridge-Taylor’s Piano Quintet
Discover the passionate, lyrical romantic music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), whose cantata Performer Bruce Adolphe, Resident Lecturer and Director of Family Programs
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Rose Studio: CPE Bach, Debussy, Britten, Fauré
Program CPE Bach Trio Sonata in D minor for Flute, Oboe, and Continuo, Q. 145 (1731) Debussy Syrinx for Flute (1913) Britten Two Insect Pieces for Oboe and Piano (1935)…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Late Night Rose: CPE Bach, Debussy, Britten, Fauré
Program CPE Bach Trio Sonata in D minor for Flute, Oboe, and Continuo, Q. 145 (1731) Debussy Syrinx for Flute (1913) Britten Two Insect Piecers for Oboe and Piano (1935)…
Find out more »November 2022
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inside Chamber Music: Prokofiev’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor
A haunting, chilling masterpiece, Prokofiev’s Sonata No.1 in F Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 80 conveys the dread and despair of living in Stalin’s Soviet Union. Prokofiev compared the…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inside Chamber Music: Beach’s Piano Quintet
A work of poignant beauty, Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor is rich in exquisite melodies and lush harmonies. It’s time to rediscover the sumptuous sonic world of one…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Paul Huang and Anne-Marie McDermott in Recital
Alice Tully Hall plays center stage for a blockbuster violin-piano duo recital by two superb masters of the genre. A colorful international tour begins in Estonia, with Arvo Pärt’s mystical,…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Beethoven to Beach
Despite being restricted in her musical career by her husband and parents, Amy Beach became the first wholly successful American woman composer and concert pianist. A grand, sweeping work in…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Rose Studio: Clara, Robert, and Felix
Program C. Schumann Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22 (1853) Mendelssohn Variations concertantes in D major for Cello and Piano, Op. 17 (1829) R. Schumann Trio No. 1…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Late Night Rose: Clara, Robert, and Felix
Program C. Schumann Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22 (1853) Mendelssohn Variations concertantes in D major for Cello and Piano, Op. 17 (1829) R. Schumann Trio No. 1…
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Handel and Vivaldi
Handel and Vivaldi shared an astounding 56 years of life on earth, yet never met. At the height of their careers, separated by some 950 miles in London and Venice…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Handel and Vivaldi
Handel and Vivaldi shared an astounding 56 years of life on earth, yet never met. At the height of their careers, separated by some 950 miles in London and Venice…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New Milestones: Interval
Program Christopher Cerrone Shall I Project a World? for Violin (2015) Hannah Kendall Vera for Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Cello (2008) Carlos Sánchez-Gutiérrez Trio-Variations for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano (2005)…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Bach’s Sonatas
The endless creativity of Johann Sebastian Bach is on full display in this first-ever CMS pairing of his sonatas for violin and viola da gamba with keyboard. In these extraordinary…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Brandenburg Concertos
Each instrumentation is unique; one memorable tune is heard after another; uplifting energy abounds; feats of virtuosity for violins, violas, cellos, oboes, trumpet, horns and harpsichord leap from the stage.…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Brandenburg Concertos
Each instrumentation is unique; one memorable tune is heard after another; uplifting energy abounds; feats of virtuosity for violins, violas, cellos, oboes, trumpet, horns and harpsichord leap from the stage.…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Brandenburg Concertos
Each instrumentation is unique; one memorable tune is heard after another; uplifting energy abounds; feats of virtuosity for violins, violas, cellos, oboes, trumpet, horns and harpsichord leap from the stage.…
Find out more »January 2023
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Youthful Genius
The mind of the musical prodigy is a thing of wonder, and it is only through the music itself that we might sense something of the divine light that shone…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Winter Festival Into Eternity
Like a shooting star, Franz Schubert blazed across music's sky for a brief 31 years, leaving behind over 1,000 works that transformed the Classical into the Romantic age. Performers Nikolay…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Winter Festival Grand Statements
Like a shooting star, Franz Schubert blazed across music's sky for a brief 31 years, leaving behind over 1,000 works that transformed the Classical into the Romantic age. Performers Gilbert…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New Milestones: Impression
Program Henri Dutilleux Les citations for Oboe, Bass, Harpsichord, and Percussion (1985, 1990-01, 2010) Igor Santos as light becomes form for Violin and Bass (after poems by Pablo Neruda) (1997)…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Winter Festival The Virtuoso Tradition
Like a shooting star, Franz Schubert blazed across music's sky for a brief 31 years, leaving behind over 1,000 works that transformed the Classical into the Romantic age. Performers Alessio…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Winter Festival The Virtuoso Tradition
Like a shooting star, Franz Schubert blazed across music's sky for a brief 31 years, leaving behind over 1,000 works that transformed the Classical into the Romantic age. Performers Alessio…
Find out more »February 2023
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Winter Festival: Schubert Forever
Like a shooting star, Franz Schubert blazed across music's sky for a brief 31 years, leaving behind over 1,000 works that transformed the Classical into the Romantic age. Performers Jennifer…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inside Chamber Music: Korngold’s Piano Quintet in E major
Work featured on February 3, 2023. Performer Bruce Adolphe, Resident Lecturer and Director of Family Programs
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Winter Festival From Song
Like a shooting star, Franz Schubert blazed across music's sky for a brief 31 years, leaving behind over 1,000 works that transformed the Classical into the Romantic age. Performers Joélle…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Winter Festival: From Song
Like a shooting star, Franz Schubert blazed across music's sky for a brief 31 years, leaving behind over 1,000 works that transformed the Classical into the Romantic age. Performers Joélle…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Rose Studio: Mozart
Program Mozart Trio in E-flat major for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, K. 498, "Kegelstatt" (1786) Mozart Quintet in G minor for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello in G minor,…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Late Night Rose: Mozart
Program Mozart Trio in E-flat major for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, K. 498, "Kegelstatt" (1786) Mozart Quintet in G minor for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello in G minor,…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inside Chamber Music: Brahms’s Piano Trio in C major
Work featured on March 28, 2023. Performers Bruce Adolphe, Resident Lecturer and Director of Family Programs Sitkovetsky Trio, Ensemble
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New Milestones: Memory
Program Julia Adolphe New Work for Piano, Violin, and Cello (2022) (CMS Commission, World Premiere) Chen Yi Romance and Dance for Violin and Piano (1995, 1998) Gabriela Ortiz Trifolium for…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Brahms, Beethoven, and Shostakovich Sonatas
What makes a sonata great? This most intimate form of chamber music, an equal give-and-take between two artists, has inspired composers from classical to modern times to write some of…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Brahms, Beethoven, and Shostakovich Sonatas
What makes a sonata great? This most intimate form of chamber music, an equal give-and-take between two artists, has inspired composers from classical to modern times to write some of…
Find out more »March 2023
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Art of the Recital: Tommaso Lonquich & Gilles Vonsattel
Program Jörg Widmann Fantasie for Clarinet (1993) Esa-Pekka Salonen Meeting for Clarinet and Harpsichord (1982) Jörg Widmann Zirkustänze, Suite for Piano (2012) Berg Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op.…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Voices of the Americas
Experience the wide range of ideas, sounds, and cultures that have inspired composers from the Americas in the 20th century. The program opens and closes with vibrant, beloved classics by…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Rose Studio: Ligeti & Brahms
Program Ligeti Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano, "Hommage à Brahms" (1982) Brahms Trio in B major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 8 (1854, Rev. 1889) Performers Gilles Vonsattel,…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Late Night Rose: Ligeti & Brahms
Program Ligeti Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano, "Hommage à Brahms (1982) Brahms Trio in B major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 8 (1854, Rev. 1889) Performers Gilles Vonsattel,…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Brahms and Arensky
Quintessential Russian and Viennese styles abound in this pairing of composers deeply embedded in their singular cultures. The Slavic melancholy of Arensky gives way to the exuberant flair of Brahms…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Art of the Recital: Gilbert Kalish
Program Bach Partita No. 6 in E minor for Keyboard, BWV 830 (1731) Janáček On the Overgrown Path for Piano (1900-11) Eric Nathan New Work for Piano (CMS Commission, World…
Find out more »April 2023
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Celebrating Joseph Kalichstein and the KLR Trio
With the passing of Joseph Kalichstein in March 2022, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, one of history’s greatest chamber ensembles, lost its founding pianist of 45 years. The contribution of this esteemed…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New Milestones: Evocation
Program Shawn E. Okpebholo On a Poem by Miho Nonaka: Harvard Square for Flute (2013) Mario Diaz De Leon Mysterium for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Electronics (2016) James Lee III…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Winds of Change
The three most familiar members of the chamber music family—winds, strings, and piano—join forces for a program rich in sonorities and cultural variety. Bohuslav Martinů, who inherited the mantle of…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Rose Studio: Beethoven, Rachmaninov, and Price
Program Beethoven Quartet in C major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, WoO 36, No. 3 (1785) Rachmaninov Trio élégiaque in G minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello (1892) Price…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Late Night Rose: Beethoven, Rachmaninov, and Price
Program Beethoven Quartet in C major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, WoO 36, No. 3 (1785) Rachmaninov Trio élégiaque in G minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello (1892) Price…
Find out more »May 2023
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Brahms and Dohnányi
Winds, strings, and piano comprise the chamber music family’s essential members. Combine them, and one hears chamber music at its richest, most multi- dimensional level. Brahms’s pairings of clarinet with…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, CMS Kids: Masterwork: Dvořák’s Piano Quartet
We take a closer look at our featured composer, Antonin Dvořák, through his exciting Piano Quartet in E-flat major. We find out if this piece is really written for four…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, CMS Kids Masterwork: Dvořák’s Piano Quartet
We take a closer look at our featured composer, Antonin Dvořák, through his exciting Piano Quartet in E-flat major. We find out if this piece is really written for four…
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