The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is a weekly one-hour program, hosted by Elliott Forrest, with live recorded performances by leading chamber music players from around the world. Programs feature commentary from CMS Co-Artistic Director David Finckel and the performers.
May 5, 2025
Mikhail Glinka Variations on a theme of Mozart for Piano (1822, rev. 1827)
Michael Stephen Brown, piano
Mily Alekseyevich Balakirev “Song of the Goldfish” for Voice and Piano (1860)
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky “Where are you, dear star?” for Voice and Piano (1857)
Sergei Rachmaninoff “Arion” for Voice and Piano, Op. 34, No. 5 (1912)
Mikhail Glinka “The Lark” from A Farewell to St. Petersburg for Voice and Piano (1840)
Sergei Rachmaninoff “These Summer Nights” for Voice and Piano, Op. 14, No. 5 (1896)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov “Does not the wind, blowing from the heights” from In Spring for Voice and Piano, Op. 43, No. 2 (1897)
Erika Baikoff, soprano; Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Quintet in B-flat major for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano (1876)
Adam Walker, flute; David Shifrin, clarinet; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; David Byrd-Marrow, horn; Michael Stephen Brown, piano
May 12, 2025
Giacomo Puccini Scherzo for String Quartet (c. 1880)
Orion String Quartet (Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello)
Anton Reicha Quintet in B-flat major for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 89 (c. 1809)
Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet; Alexi Kenney, Sean Lee, violin; Misha Amory, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Jiping/Zhao Lin Zhao Red Lantern for Pipa and String Quartet (2015)
Wu Man, pipa; Shanghai Quartet (Weigang Li, Yi-Wen Jiang, violin; Honggang Li, viola; Nicholas Tzavaras, cello)
May 19, 2025
Josef Suk Quartet in A minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 1 (1891)
Wu Han, piano; Daniel Hope, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel, cello
Felix Mendelssohn Trio No. 2 in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 66 (1845)
Wu Han, piano; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; David Requiro, cello
May 26, 2025
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Quintet in G minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 1 (1893)
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Stella Chen, Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Antonín Dvořák Sextet in A major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos, Op. 48 (1878)
Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, violin; Steven Tenenbom, Matthew Lipman, viola; Timothy Eddy, Mihai Marica, cello