The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, hosted by Elliott Forrest, features performances by leading chamber music players from around the world. Programs feature enlightening commentary from CMS Co-Artistic Director David Finckel and the performers. Through its performance, education, and recording/broadcast activities, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center draws more people to chamber music than any other organization of its kind. CMS presents annual series of concerts and educational events for listeners ranging from connoisseurs to chamber music newcomers of all ages. Performing repertoire from over three centuries, and numerous premieres by living composers, CMS offers programs curated to provide listeners a comprehensive perspective on the art of chamber music. The performing artists of CMS, a multi-generational selection of expert chamber musicians, constitute an evolving repertory company capable of presenting chamber music of every instrumentation, style and historical period.
Sergei Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34
Calidore String Quartet with clarinetist David Shifrin and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott
Frederic Rzewski: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
Pianist Gilles Vonsattel
Antonin Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
Pianist Jon Kimura Parker, violinists Benjamin Beilman and Daniel Phillips, violist Richard O'Neill and cellist Keith Robinson
Joseph Jongen: Deux pieces en trio, Op. 80
Sooyun Kim, flute; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Bridget Kibbey, harp
Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello
Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin; Colin Carr, cello
Albert Roussel: Serenade, Op. 30
Sooyun Kim, flute; Kristin Lee, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Bridget Kibbey, harp
Richard Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18
Danbi Um, violin; Orion Weiss, piano
Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Walzes, Op. 52
Susanna Phillips, soprano; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Nathan Gunn, baritone; Sebastian Knauer and Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in E-flat Major, K. 375
Stephen Taylor and James Austin Smith, oboes; David Shifrin and
Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinets; Bram van Sambeek and Peter
Kolkay, bassoons; Radovan Vlatkovic and Trevor Nuckols, horns
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 16
Jeremy Denk, piano; James Austin Smith, oboe; David Shifrin, clarinet;
Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Jennifer Montone, horn
Charles Ives: String Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army"
Escher Quartet
Paul Hindemith: Clarinet Quartet
Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Sean Lee, violin; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Michael Brown, piano
Max Bruch: Selections from Eight Pieces, Op. 83
David Shifrin, clarinet; Paul Neubauer, viola; Anne-Marie McDermott,
piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74 "The Harp"
Jupiter String Quartet
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio in D Major, Op. 9 No. 2
Gloria Chien, piano; Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin; Clive Greensmith, cello
Erno Dohnanyi: Piano Quintet No. 2 in E-flat minor, Op. 26
Orion Weiss, piano, Alexander Sitkovetsky and Cho-Liang Lin, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola; Keith Robinson, cello
