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.
Bela Bartok: String Quartet No. 2
Schumann Quartet
Wynton Marsalis: At the Octoroon Balls
Calidore String Quartet
Lukas Foss: Composer's Holiday from Three American Pieces
Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Claude Debussy: Images
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Benjamin Britten: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65
David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano
Robert Schumann: Funf Stucke im Volkston, Op. 102
Lynn Harrell, cello; Charles Wadsworth, piano
Josef Suk: Elegie, Op. 23
Josef Suk, violin; Leslie Parnas, cello; Charles Wadsworth, piano
Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39
Christopheren Nomura, baritone; Charles Wadsworth, piano
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 40 in F Major, Op. 50 No. 5 "The Dream"
Orion String Quartet
Ernest Bloch: Piano Quintet No. 1
Michael Brown, piano; Kristin Lee and Danbi Um, violins; Matthew Lipman, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5
Danish String Quartet
Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Orion Weiss, piano
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in D Major, RV 93
Avi Avital, mandolin; Paul Huang, Danbi Um, Ani Kavafian and Chad Hoopes, violins; Mihai Marica and Daniel McDonough, cellos; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Jiayan Sun, harpsichord
Antonio Vivaldi: Aria from "Sovvente il sole"
Gabor Boldoczki, trumpet; Danbi Um and Chad Hoopes, violins; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Jiayan Sun, harpsichord; Avi Avital, mandolin
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047
Arnaud Sussmann, Sean Lee and Kristin Lee, violins; Sooyun Kim, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; David Washburn, trumpet; Paul Neubauer, viola; Dmitri Atapine, cello; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; Scott Pingel, double bass; Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord
Giuseppi Verdi: String Quartet in E minor
Orion String Quartet
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel
John Moore, baritone; Gilbert Kalish, piano
Frank Bridge: String Sextet in E-flat Major
Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, violins; Hsin-Yun Huang and Paul Neubauer, violas; Timothy Eddy and Nicholas Canellakis, cellos
