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. 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.
Georg Phillipp Telemann: Gulliver Suite in D Major
Ida Kavafian and Arnaud Sussmann, violins
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8 "Christmas Concerto"
Georg Phillip Telemann: Trauer-musik eines kunsterfahrenen Canarienvogels
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in B minor, Op. 3 No. 10
Lily Francis, Arnaud Sussmann, Ida Kavafian and Erin Keefe violins; Paul Neubauer and David Kim violas; Julie Albers and Fred Sherry, cellos; Edgar Meyer, double bass; Anthony Newman; harpsichord; Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano
Harry Thacker Burleigh: Southland Sketches
Chad Hoopes, violin; Wu Han, piano
Antonin Dvorak: String Quintet in G Major, Op. 77
Calidore String Quartet
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Gloria Chien, piano; Bella Hristova, violin; Dmitri Atapine, cello
Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
Michael Brown, piano; Erin Keefe, violin; Mihai Marica, cello
Gabriel Faure: Fantasy, Op. 79
Adam Walker, flute; Michael Brown, piano
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26
Juho Pohjonen, piano; Danbi Um, violin; Richard O'Neill, viola; Jan Vogler, cello
Antonin Dvorak: Terzetto in C Major, Op. 74
Kristin Lee, violin; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola
Bela Bartok: Selected songs
Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano
Bela Bartok: Divertimento for Strings
CMS Ensemble led by violinist Ida Kavafian
Olivier Messiaen: Visions de l'Amen
Michael Brown and Orion Weiss, piano
Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words in E Major, Op. 19 No. 1
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
Juho Pohjonen, piano
Franz Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock, D. 965
Lisette Oropesa, soprano; David Shifrin, clarinet; Gilbert Kalish, piano
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
Escher String Quartet
