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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors
April 2025
Concert Calendar
MOZART, GRIEG, FAURÉ & PROKOFIEV
April 6
ROSE STUDIO SERIES IV
Music by Boccherini, Koechlin & Suk
April 10
SONIC SPECTRUM IV
NY Premieres by Pierre Jalbert & Sebastian Currier
April 17
FAURÉ’S PIANO QUINTET
Plus Music by Mozart, Menotti & Arensky
April 26
† Indicates that this artist is a current Bowers Program member.
* Indicates a CMS premiere.
Sunday April 6, 2025, 5 PM
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center • Alice Tully Hall
MOZART, GRIEG, FAURÉ, AND PROKOFIEV
CMS offers an evening of duos -- personal collaborations between pairs of artists -- with each work showcasing a distinct musical voice: Mozart’s refined two-movement violin sonata, a model of Classical elegance; Grieg’s only cello sonata; and Prokofiev’s original version of his Sonata in D minor for flute. The program also includes Fauré’s Violin Sonata No. 1, about which Saint-Saëns wrote, “With this work, Monsieur Fauré takes his place among the masters.”
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Mozart Sonata in E-flat major for Violin and Piano, K. 302 (1778)
Grieg Sonata in A minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 36 (1882-83)
Fauré Sonata No. 1 in A major for Violin and Piano, Op. 13 (1875–76)
Prokofiev Sonata in D major for Flute and Piano, Op. 94 (1943)
Evren Ozel†, Orion Weiss, PIANO • Paul Huang, VIOLIN • Jonathan Swensen†, CELLO • Adam Walker, FLUTE
Thursday April 10, 2025, 6:30 PM & 9 PM
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center • Rose Studios at CMS
ROSE STUDIO SERIES IV
This program takes the listener on a journey through chamber music history, highlighting the distinct voices of Boccherini, Koechlin (both featuring flutist Adam Walker), and Suk. The concert opens with Boccherini’s Quintet in D major, “Las Parejas”, a charming and elegant work that showcases the composer’s melodic finesse, followed by Koechlin’s Sonata for Flute and Piano, a lyrical and impressionistic gem from the early 20th century, rich with color and nuance. The concert culminates in the passionate and virtuosic textures of Suk’s Quintet in G minor.
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Boccherini Quintet in D major for Flute, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, G. 430, “Las Parejas” (1774)*
Suk Quintet in G minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 8 (1893)*|
Koechlin Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 52 (1913)*
Evren Ozel†, PIANO • Richard Lin, Danbi Um, VIOLIN • Matthew Lipman, VIOLA • Jonathan Swensen†, CELLO • Adam Walker, FLUTE
Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet | Bridget Kibbey, harp
Thursday April 17, 2025, 7:30 PM
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center • Rose Studios at CMS
SONIC SPECTRUM IV
NY PREMIERES by Pierre Jalbert & Sebastian Currier
Dover Quartet | Bridget Kibbey, Harp | Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet | Ian David Rosenbaum, Percussion
Sonic Spectrum concludes the season with two New York premieres -- Pierre Jalbert’s Equilibrium for Clarinet and String Quartet and Sebastian Currier’s Ongoingness for harp and string quartet, both CMS co-commissions. Steel pan player and composer Andy Akiho’s Selections from LIgNEouS blends marimba with strings in a rhythmic and textural exploration. And Samuel Carl Adams’ Sundial weaves together string quartet and percussion in an evocative interplay of color and sound.
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Pierre Jalbert Equilibrium for Clarinet and String Quartet (CMS Co-Commission, NY Premiere) (2024)*
Sebastian Currier Ongoingness for Harp and String Quartet (CMS Co-Commission, NYC Premiere) (2024)*
Andy Akiho Selections from LIgNEouS for Marimba and String Quartet (2016)
Samuel Carl Adams Sundial for String Quartet and Percussion (2021)*
Bridget Kibbey, HARP • Romie de Guise-Langlois, CLARINET • Ian David Rosenbaum, PERCUSSION • Dover Quartet (Joel Link, Brian Lee, VIOLIN • Julianne Lee, VIOLA • Camden Shaw, CELLO)
Saturday April 26, 2025, 7:30 PM
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center • Alice Tully Hall
FAURÉ’S PIANO QUINTET
In a program that highlights the remarkable diversity of chamber music, each work on the program offers a distinct character: the refined elegance of Mozart; the nuanced modernism of Menotti; Arensky’s Russian lyricism; and Fauré’s French romanticism. The evening concludes with Fauré’s Piano Quintet No. 1, a work celebrated for its lush melodies and emotional depth—qualities that led Aaron Copland himself to admire Fauré’s “great powers of melody-making.”
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Mozart Duo in G major for Violin and Viola, K. 423 (1783)
Arensky Trio No. 2 in F minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 73 (1905)*
Menotti Suite for Two Cellos and Piano (CMS Commission) (1973, rev. 1986)
Fauré Quintet No. 1 in D minor for Two Violins, Viola, Cello, and Piano, Op. 89 (1891, 1894, 1904-06)
Anna Geniushene†, Wu Qian, PIANO • Lun Li†,