May 2022
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Presents Carnival of the Animals; Michael Brown and Lucille Chung, Pianos
Art over the centuries has explored the closeness of humankind to the natural world. During the 17th and 18th centuries, composers gleefully replicated the actual sounds made by animals. In…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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, 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.…
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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.…
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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, 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…
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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, 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, 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, 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, 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…
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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, 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…
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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…
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Summer Evenings II
CMS’s tradition returns. Get this year’s hottest ticket featuring beloved chamber music works in the cool atmosphere of Alice Tully Hall. Performers Michael Stephen Brown, Piano Adam Walker, Flute James…
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CMS’s tradition returns. Get this year’s hottest ticket featuring beloved chamber music works in the cool atmosphere of Alice Tully Hall. Performers Juho Pohjonen, Piano Stella Chen, Violin Danbi Um,…
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Rachmaninov: The Composer
A supreme virtuoso pianist and composer, Sergei Rachmaninov stole the hearts of listeners worldwide with achingly beautiful melodies and alluring harmonies. Performers Erika Baikoff, Soprano Gilles Vonsattel, Piano Benjamin Beilman,…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Thrills and Chills
A CMS performance falling on Halloween calls for a special program. Performers Jennifer Johnson Cano, Mezzo-Soprano Alessio Bax, Piano Lucille Chung, Piano Arnaud Sussmann, Violin Nicholas Canellakis, Cello Ayano Kataoka,…
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Rachmaninov: The Pianist
Sergei Rachmaninov was a leading exponent of the virtuoso pianist tradition, showcased in this program spanning nearly two centuries of keyboard mastery. Performers Inon Barnatan, Piano Alessio Bax, Piano Jean-Efflam…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Landmark Trios
The majestic B-major trio of Brahms, created in his youth, is a milestone of the genre and revered by performers and listeners alike. Performers Michael Stephen Brown, Piano Juho Pohjonen,…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Quintet Odyssey
From Beethoven’s bristling early viola quintet to Corigliano’s dark clarinet quintet, the potential of five players is vividly revealed, with Romantic-era composers Antonín Dvořák and Louise Farrenc providing alluring stops…
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Baroque Collection
Renowned harpsichordist and CMS Artist Kenneth Weiss offers a collection of works, all of them captivating discoveries from the eternal wellspring of Baroque repertoire. Performers Kenneth Weiss, Harpsichord Alexander Sitkovetsky,…
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Renowned harpsichordist and CMS Artist Kenneth Weiss offers a collection of works, all of them captivating discoveries from the eternal wellspring of Baroque repertoire. Performers Kenneth Weiss, Harpsichord Alexander Sitkovetsky,…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Brandenburg Concertos
Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos stand at the pinnacle of Baroque musical art. Performers Hyeyeon Park, Harpsichord Stella Chen, Violin Ani Kavafian, Violin Richard Lin, Violin Daniel Phillips, Violin/Piccolo Violin Lawrence Dutton,…
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Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos stand at the pinnacle of Baroque musical art. Performers Hyeyeon Park, Harpsichord Stella Chen, Violin Ani Kavafian, Violin Richard Lin, Violin Daniel Phillips, Violin/Piccolo Violin Lawrence Dutton,…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Brandenburg Concertos
Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos stand at the pinnacle of Baroque musical art. Performers Hyeyeon Park, Harpsichord Stella Chen, Violin Ani Kavafian, Violin Richard Lin, Violin Daniel Phillips, Violin/Piccolo Violin Lawrence Dutton,…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Brandenburg Concertos
Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos stand at the pinnacle of Baroque musical art. Performers Hyeyeon Park, Harpsichord Stella Chen, Violin Ani Kavafian, Violin Richard Lin, Violin Daniel Phillips, Violin/Piccolo Violin Lawrence Dutton,…
Find out more »January 2024
An Evening with David Finckel and Wu Han, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
CMS’s Artistic Directors take the spotlight for a special evening, opening with Debussy’s iconic Cello Sonata. Performers Wu Han, Piano Richard Lin, Violin Timothy Ridout, Viola David Finckel, Cello
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Extraordinary Imaginations
The early years of the 20th century witnessed the emergence of a remarkable new approach to composition. Performers Gloria Chien, Piano Kristin Lee, Violin James Thompson, Violin Yura Lee, Violin/Viola…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Sacred and Profane
Chamber music comes with a seemingly endless range of emotion from understated and charming to complex and spellbinding. Performers Wu Qian, Piano Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin Danbi Um, Violin Paul Neubauer,…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Saint-Saëns and Fauré
Friends and colleagues across generations, the pair of composers on this program advanced the cause and rich aesthetic of French music, laying the groundwork for the age of Impressionism with…
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Instrumental Array
Three very different teams highlight the great variety that a duo can offer. Performers Juho Pohjonen, Piano Paul Neubauer, Viola Nicholas Canellakis, Cello Blake Hinson, Double bass Sooyun Kim, Flute…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, An Evening with Michael Stephen Brown
Hailed by the New York Times for his “fearless performances,” Michael Stephen Brown is a sparkling presence on CMS stages. Performer Michael Stephen Brown, Piano
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The Soldier’s Tale
Stories and tales come alive with dazzling effect when set to music. Performers Tamara Mumford, Mezzo-Soprano Ken Noda, Piano Richard Lin, Violin Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin Daniel Phillips, Viola Mihai Marica,…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Schumann Fantasies
Robert Schumann’s mercurial artistry produced works that stand at the pinnacle of the Romantic tradition. Performers Anne-Marie McDermott, Piano Alessio Bax, Piano Ida Kavafian, Violin Daniel Phillips, Violin Estelle Choi,…
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Songs and Snow
George Crumb’s haunting American Songbooks is paired with Tan Dun’s visceral remembrance of the Tiananmen Square conflict. Performers Dawn Upshaw, Soprano Gilbert Kalish, Piano Alisa Weilerstein, Cello Sandbox Percussion
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Totally Mozart
To close the season, CMS offers an immersion in the timeless genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performers Gilbert Kalish, Piano Paolo Bordignon, Harpsichord Stella Chen, Violin Cho-Liang Lin, Violin Misha…
Find out more »Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Totally Mozart
To close the season, CMS offers an immersion in the timeless genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performers Gilbert Kalish, Piano Paolo Bordignon, Harpsichord Stella Chen, Violin Cho-Liang Lin, Violin Misha…
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