The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center features 26 one-hour programs drawn
from live performances by the Chamber Music Society's 2008 season.  Hosted by Elliott
Forrest, with commentary by the performers and Chamber Music Society's Artistic
Directors, David Finckel and Wu Han, these programs are recorded live by The Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center, and produced by WQXR-FM in New York City.

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) is one of twelve constituents of
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the largest performing arts complex in the world. 
Along with other constituents such as the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet,
Lincoln Theater, and The Metropolitan Opera, the Chamber Music Society has its home
at Lincoln Center, in Alice Tully Hall.  Through its performance, education and recording
/broadcast activities, it draws more people to chamber music than any other organization
of its kind.

The many distinguished Artist Members of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
featured in this series include Joseph Silverstein, Paul Neubauer, Ida and Ani Kavafian,
Wu Han, Ransom Wilson, David Shifrin, Milan Turkovic, Anne-Marie McDermott, Vermeer
String Quartet, Cho-Liang Lin, David Finckel, Fred Sherry, Gilbert Kalish and the Miró
Quartet among others.

As the nation's premier repertory company for chamber music, Chamber Music Society
is committed to bringing audiences the finest performances of an extraordinary body of
repertoire, dating as far back as the Renaissance and continuing through the centuries
to the finest works of our time.  As a compelling and dynamic means of artistic expression,
chamber music has always inspired composers to create some of their finest works.  Today,
CMS actively supports composers' efforts.  In its 37-year history, CMS has commissioned
over 135 new works from a formidable array of composers, including Bruce Adolphe,
Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, William Bolcom, John Corigliano, George Crumb,
Lukas Foss, John Harbison, Alberto Ginastera, Morton Gould, Keith Jarrett, Oliver Knussen,
Gian Carlo Menotti, Darius Milhaud, Peter Schickele, Bright Sheng, Joan Tower, and Ellen
Taaffe Zwilich.  The Chamber Music Society also supports the work of living composers by
awarding the Elise L. Stoeger Prize, a cash award given every other year to an outstanding
composer of chamber music.

In keeping with its mandate to reach a broad audience, Chamber Music Society 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.
 

Broadcast Schedule

Week One:
Courageous Women
Soloists: Jupiter String Quartet (Nelson Lee & Meg Frievogel, violins; Liz Frievogel, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello)
Crawford Seeger: String Quartet
Soloists: Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano; Warren Jones, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Priscilla Lee, cello
Smith: Vignettes from Covered Wagon Woman

Week Two:
American Diversity
Soloists: Gilbert Kalish, piano; Yoon Kwon, violin; David Kim, viola; Fred Sherry, cello; Daxun Zhang, double bass; Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; David Shifrin, clarinet; Jeffrey Milansky, conductor
Davidovsky: Piano Septet
Soloists: Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano; Warren Jones, piano
Smith: Vignettes from Ellis Island

Week Three:
Rachmaninoff 1: Suites for Piano
Soloists: Wu Han & Inon Barnatan, pianos
Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 1
Soloists: Gilles Vonsattel & Inon Barnatan, pianos
Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2

Week Four:
Stravinsky/Franck
Soloists: Ida Kavafian & Lily Francis, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola; Kurt Muroki, double bass; Ransom Wilson, flute; José Franch-Ballester, clarinet; William Purvis, horn; Louis Hanzlik, trumpet; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Laurence Kaptain, cimbalom; Ayano Kataoka, percussion; Fred Sherry, cello
Stravinsky: Ragtime
Soloists: St. Lawrence String Quartet (Geoff Nuttal & Scott St. John, violins; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello)
Franck: Quartet in D Major

Week Five:
Tchaikovsky's Lament
Soloists:  Wu Han, piano; Joseph Swensen, violin; Ralph Kirshbaum, cello
Tchaikovsky:  Trio in A Minor

Week Six:
All Schubert
Soloists:  Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Erin Keefe, violin; Efe Baltacigi, cello
Schubert:  Notturno
Soloists: Menahem Pressler, piano; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Beth Guterman, viola; Gary Hoffman, cello; Daxun Zhang, double bass
Schubert:  Trout Quintet

Week Seven:
Russian Dolor
Soloists:  Morris Robinson, bass; Ken Noda, piano
Mussorgsky:  Pesni I plyaski smerti (Songs and Dances of Death)
Soloists: Ian Swenson, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Ralph Kirshbaum & Julie Albers, cellos
Arensky: Quartet No. 2 in A Minor

Week Eight:
American Spirit 1: Rugged Individualism
Soloists: Jupiter String Quartet (Nelson Lee & Meg Frievogel, violins; Liz Frievogel, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello)
Antes: Trio in D Minor
Soloist: Paul Neubauer, viola
Joan Tower: Wild Purple
Soloists: Daniel Phillips, violin; Gilbert Kalish, piano
Antheil: Sonata No. 2
Soloist: Alan Feinberg, piano
Heinrich: Sylvan Scene in Kentucky or the Barbecue Divertimento
Soloists: Ida Kavafian & Lily Francis, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola; Kurt Kuroki, double bass; Ransom Wilson, flute; José Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Louis Hanzlik, trumpet; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Ayano Kataoka, percussion; Fred Sherry, cello; Warren Jones, piano; Frank Morelli, bassoon
Adolphe: Crossing Broadway

Week Nine:
Rachmaninoff/Tchaikovsky
Soloists: Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano; Kevin Murphy, piano
Rachmaninoff: Margaritki (Daisies) from Six Songs, Op. 38, No. 3
Rachmaninoff: Krïsolov (The Rat-Catcher) from Six Songs, Op. 38, No. 4
Rachmaninoff: Son (A Dream) from Six Songs, Op. 38, No. 5
Rachmaninoff: A-u! from Six Songs, Op. 38, No. 6
Soloists: Artemis String Quartet (Natalia Prischepenko & Gregor Sigl, violins; Friedemann Weigle, viola; Eckart Runge, cello)
Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 2

Week Ten:
Distinctive Voices
Soloists: Jupiter String Quartet (Nelson Lee & Meg Freivogel, violins; Liz Freivogel, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello)
Ades: Arcadiana
Soloists: Elmar Oliveira, violin; Inon Barnatan, piano
Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major

Week Eleven:
Art of the Fugue - Part I
Soloists: Orion String Quartet (Daniel Phillips & Todd Phillips, violins; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello); Windscape (Tara Helen O'Connor, flute, Randall Ellis, oboe; Alan R. Kay, clarinet; Frank Morelli, bassoon; David Jolley, horn)
Bach: The Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus I-XI

Week Twelve:
Art of the Fugue - Part II
Soloists: Orion String Quartet (Daniel Phillips & Todd Phillips, violins; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello); Windscape (Tara Helen O'Connor, flute, Randall Ellis, oboe; Alan R. Kay, clarinet; Frank Morelli, bassoon; David Jolley, horn)
Bach: The Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus XII, Chorale Prelude
Soloists: David Washburn, trumpet; Stephen Taylor & Elizabeth Koch, oboes; Julie Albers, cello; Anthony Newman, harpsichord
Telemann: Concerto in D Minor

Week Thirteen:
All Fauré
Soloists: Paul Groves, tenor; Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Fauré: Songs
   Le Papillon
   Mai
   Rêve amour
   L'aurore
   Dans les ruines d'une abbaye
   L'absent
Soloists: Elmar Oliveira, violin; Richard O'Neill, viola; Andres Diaz, cello; Andre-Michel Schub, piano
Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 2

Week Fourteen:
Rachmaninoff 2
Soloists: Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano; Kevin Murphy, piano
Rachmaninoff: Noch'yu v sadu u menya (In My Garden at Night), Op. 38, No. 1 from Six Songs
Rachmaninoff: K'ney (To Her), Op. 39, No. 2 from Six Songs
Soloists: Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Ida Kavafian, violin; Gary Hoffman, cello
Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaque in D Minor, Op. 9

Week Fifteen:
American Spirit 2
Soloists: Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart & Wu Jie, violins; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Andrew Janss, cello)
Franklin: Quartet No. 2
Soloist: Alan Feinberg, piano
Gottschalk: Union for Piano, Op. 48
Soloists: Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart & Wu Jie, violins; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Andrew Janss, cello)
Gruenberg: Four Diversions
Soloists: Alan Feinberg, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Fred Sherry, cello
Ives: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello

Week Sixteen:
Focus on Clarinet
Soloists: David Shifrin, clarinet; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Soloists: David Shifrin, clarinet; Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart & Wu Jie, violins; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Andrew Janss, cello)
Brahms: Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115

Week Seventeen:
Baroque Collection
Soloists: Ida Kavafian, violin; Arnaud Sussmann, violin
Telemann: Gulliver Suite in D Major

Soloists: Lily Francis, Arnaud Sussmann, Ida Kavafian & Erin Keefe, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola; Julie Albers & Fred Sherry, cellos; Edgar Meyer, double bass; Anthony Newman, harpsichord
Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G Minor
Soloists: Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano; Ida Kavafian & Lily Francis, violins; David Kim, viola; Fred Sherry, cello; Edgar Meyer, double bass; Anthony Newman, harpsichord
Telemann: Trauer musik eines kunsterfahrenen Canarienvogels
Soloists: Ida Kavafian, Erin Keefe, Lily Francis & Arnaud Sussmann, violins; David Kim & Paul Neubauer, violas; Fred Sherry, cello; Edgar Meyer, double bass; Anthony Newman, harpsichord
Vivaldi: Concerto in B Minor

Week Eighteen:
Jupiter String Quartet
Soloists: Jupiter String Quartet (Nelson Lee & Meg Freivogel, violins; Liz Freivogel, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello)
Gershwin: Lullaby
Barber: Quartet, Op. 11
Mendelssohn: Quartet, Op. 80

Week Nineteen:
Dvorák/Borodin
Soloists: Arnaud Sussmann & Erin Keefe, violins; Beth Guterman, viola
Dvorák: Terzetto
Soloists: St. Petersburg Quartet (Alla Aranovskaya & Alla Krolevich, violins; Boris Vayner, viola; Leonid Shukayev, cello)
Borodin: Quartet No. 1

Week Twenty:
Germanic Tradition
Soloists: André-Michel Schub, piano; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Gary Hoffman, cello
Beethoven: Variations, Op. 44
Soloists: Yoon Kwon & Lily Francis, violins; Beth Guterman, viola; Julie Albers, cello
Schubert: Quartettsatz
Soloists: Menahem Pressler, piano; Erin Keefe, violin; Beth Guterman, viola; Gary Hoffman, cello
Mozart: Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, K. 493

Week Twenty-One:
Russian
Soloists: Carter Brey, cello; Inon Barnatan, piano
Rachmaninoff: Oriental Dance
Soloists: St. Petersburg Quartet (Alla Aranovskaya & Alla Krolevich, violins; Boris Vayner, viola; Leonid Shukayev, cello)
Nadarejshvili: Quartet No. 2
Soloists: St. Petersburg Quartet ((Alla Aranovskaya & Alla Krolevich, violins; Boris Vayner, viola; Leonid Shukayev, cello)
Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 1

Week Twenty-Two:
Artemis String Quartet
Soloists: Artemis String Quartet (Natalia Prischepenko & Gregor Sigl, violins; Friedemann Weigle, viola; Eckart Runge, cello
Kapustin: Quartet, Op. 88
Beethoven: Quartet, Op. 18, No. 4

Week Twenty-Three:
Mozart Serenades
Soloists: Allan Vogel & Stephen Taylor, oboes; David Shifrin & José Franch-Ballester, clarinets; Peter Kolkay & Milan Turkovic, bassoons; David Jolley & William Purvis, horns
Mozart: Serenade in E-Flat Major
Soloists: Allan Vogel & Stephen Taylor, oboes; David Shifrin & José Franch-Ballester, clarinets; Peter Kolkay & Milan Turkovic, bassoons; David Jolley & William Purvis, horns; Edgar Meyer, double bass
Mozart: Serenade in C Minor

Week Twenty-Four:
American Spirit 3
Soloists: Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano; Kevin Murphy, piano; St. Lawrence String Quartet (Geoff Nuttal & Scott St. John, violins; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello)
Sierra: Songs from the Diaspora
Soloists: Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart & Wu Jie, violins; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Andrew Janss, cello)
Beach: Quintet in F-Sharp Minor

Week Twenty-Five:
Schumann/Brahms
Soloists: St. Lawrence String Quartet (Geoff Nuttal & Scott St. John, violins; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello)
Schumann: Quartet in D Major, Op. 41, No. 2
Soloists: Jupiter String Quartet (Nelson Lee & Meg Freivogel, violins; Liz Freivogel, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello); Ida Kavafian, viola
Brahms: Quintet in G Major, Op. 111

Week Twenty-Six:
Rachmaninoff 3: Early/Late
Soloists: Inon Barnatan, piano; Joseph Silverstein, violin; Carter Brey, cello
Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaque in G Minor
Soloists: Gilbert Kalish & Gilles Vonsattel, pianos
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances