Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Saturday, February 25, 2012 7:30pmThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center makes its home at the magnificently renovated Alice Tully Hall in New York City, which has received international acclaim as the world’s most exciting new venue for chamber music. Now in its 40th anniversary season, CMS presents chamber music of every instrumentation, style, and historical period in its extensive concert season in New York, its national tours, its many recordings and national radio broadcasts, its broad commissioning program, and its multi-faceted educational programs. The artistic core of CMS is a multi-generational, dynamic repertory company of expert chamber musicians who form an evolving musical community.
In keeping with its mandate to reach a broad audience, CMS presents national and international tours and multi-concert series outside New York. In addition, CMS appears at some of the country’s most prestigious music festivals, including the Lincoln Center, Mostly Mozart and Ravinia festivals. CMS has also performed throughout Canada and Mexico, Australia, Japan, and Israel. The ambitious level of touring activity amounts to over 40 concerts annually outside New York City. Through its performance, education, and recording/broadcast activities, CMS draws more people to chamber music than any other organization of its kind.
The internationally-acclaimed performers include Jeremy Denk, piano; Erin Keefe, violin; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Andrés Díaz, cello
Program
- Dvořák: Bagatelles for Piano, Two Violins, and Cello (1878)
- Smetana: Selected Works for Piano
- Martinů: Duo No. 1 for Violin and Viola, “Three Madrigals” (1950)
- Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 (1887)