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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Recorded live in New York's Alice Tully Hall, this series features stellar performances with commentary by Elliott Forrest and CMS cellist and Artistic Director David Finckel. The Chamber Music Society resides at Lincoln Center-the largest performing arts complex in the world-alongside the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Ballet, the Lincoln Theater and more. Through its concerts, music education programs, recordings, and broadcasts, the Society draws more people to chamber music than any other organization of its kind.

Program Schedule

February 3, 2013

Virtuoso Strings

JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 (John Gibbons, harpsichord; Erin Keefe, violin; Daniel Phillips, violin/viola; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Laurence Dutton, viola; Paul Neubauer, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Laurence Lesser, cello; Fred Sherry, cello; Kurt Muroki, double bass; Sooyun Kim, flute; Paula Robison, flute; Mark Hill, oboe; James Austin Smith, oboe; Liang Want, oboe; Milan Turkovic, bassoon; Julia Pilant, horn; Stewart Rose, horn; David Washburn, piccolo trumpet)

CPE Bach: Sinfonia in C Major for Strings, W 182/3 (Amy Lee, violin; Lily Francis, violin; Mark Holloway, viola; Andreas Brantelid, cello; Kurt Muroki, contrabass; Kenneth Cooper, harpsichord)

Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-Flat Major, Op 20 (Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Erin Keefe, violin; Adam Barnett-Hart, violin; Wu Jie, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Pierre Lapointe, viola; David Finckel, cello; Dane Johansen, cello)

February 10, 2013

Debussy & Faur

Debussy: Jeux, arranged by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (Jean-Efflam Bavouzet & Anne-Marie McDermott, pianos)

Faur: Piano Quartet No 1 in C Minor, Op 15 (Juho Pohjonen, piano; Yura Lee, violin; Richard ONeill, viola; Jakob Koranyi, cello)

February 17, 2013

Russian Expressions

Glazunov: Elgie in D-Flat Major, Op 17 (Paul Watkins, cello; Alessio Bax, piano)

Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet (Orion String Quartet)

Rachmaninov: Vocalise (Erin Keefe, violin; Alessio Bax, piano)

Glazunov: String Quintet in A Major, Op 39 (Elmar Oliveira, violin; Erin Keefe, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Paul Watkins, cello)

February 24, 2013

Stories in Music Descent into Night

Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Daniel Phillips, violin; Ida Kavafian, violin; Richard ONeill, viola; Dane Johansen, cello; Kurt Muroki, contrabass; Sooyun Kim, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Kenneth Cooper, harmonium; Mark Holloway, Chinese cymbal)

Ravel: Chansons madcasses (Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Ransom Wilson, flute; Fred Sherry, cello; Andr-Michel Schub, piano)

Schoenberg: Transfigured Nigh, Op 4 (Jaime Laredo, violin; Bella Hristova, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Beth Guterman, viola; Sharon Robinson, cello; Gary Hoffman, cello)

March 3, 2013

Baroque Explorations

JS Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze, BWV 208 (Leon Fleisher, piano)

Telemann: Suite in G Major for strings, TWV 55:10, Don Quixote (Ida Kavafian, violin; Lily Francis, violin; Mark Holloway, viola; Andreas Brantelid, cello; Kurt Muroki, contrabass; Kenneth Cooper, harpsichord)

Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G Major, RV 413 (Andreas Brantelid, cello; Lily Francis, violin; Jessica Lee, violin; Mark Holloway, viola; Kurt Muroki, contrabass; Kenneth Cooper, harpsichord)

Dowland: If My Complaints Could Passions Move; Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite (Dina Kuznetsova, soprano; Jason Vieaux, guitar)

Bach: Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042 (Ida Kavafian, violin; Jessica Lee, violin; Amy Lee, violin; Mark Holloway, viola; Andreas Brantelid, cello; Kurt Muroki, contrabass; Kenneth Cooper, harpsichord)

March 10, 2013

Beethoven and Mendelssohn in Their Youth

Beethoven: Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op 16 (Gilbert Kalish, piano; Stephen Taylor, oboe; David Shifrin, clarinet; Milan Turkovic, bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn)

Mendelssohn: String Quartet No 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12 (Escher String Quartet)

March 17, 2013

Bruch and Beethoven

Bruch: Selections from Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op 83 (David Shifrin, clarinet; Paul Neubauer, viola; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano)

Beethoven: String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op 74, Harp (Jupiter String Quartet)

March 24, 2013

Russian Sentiments

Tchaikovsky: Valse Sentimentale, Op 51/6 (Julie Albers, cello; Alessio Bax, piano)

Rachmaninoff: Trio lgiaque in D Minor, Op 9 (Alessio Bax, piano; Elmar Oliveira, violin; Paul Watkins, cello)

March 31, 2013

French Harp Explored

Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp (Sooyun Kim, flute; Paul Neubauer, viola; Bridget Kibbey, harp)

Jongen: Deux Pices en Trio, Op 80 (Sooyun Kim, flute; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Bridget Kibbey, harp)

Caplet: Conte fantastique (Bridget Kibbey, harp; Kristin Lee, violin; Erin Keefe, violin; Richard ONeill, viola; Jakob Koranyi, cello)