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Archive Treasure IV

March 3, 2026, 10:00 pm

The Amadeus Quartet recieving the Edison Award October 3, 1969 (Photo: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)

The fourth in Chamber Music Society’s “Archive Treasure” series, reliving some of the best musical performances in the group’s archives. This week features the Amadeus String Quartet recording Britten’s third quartet, Heather Harper in Respighi’s Il Tramonto, and a curious trio by Franz Schubert.

Playlist

Franz Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock) for Voice, Clarinet, and Piano, D. 965, Op. 129
Beverly Sills, soprano; Gervase de Peyer, clarinet; Charles Wadsworth, piano

Ottorino Respighi: Il Tramonto (The Sunset) for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet
Heather Harper, Mezzo-Soprano
James Buswell, violin; Daniel Phillips, violin; Ida Kavafian, viola; Fred Sherry, cello

Benjamin Britten: Quartet No. 3 for Strings, Op. 94
Amadeus String Quartet:
Norbert Brainin, violin; Siegmund Nissel, violin; Peter Schidlof, viola; Martin Lovett, cello

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Meet the Host

Elliott Forrest is a Peabody Award winning broadcaster & producer. He is heard on New York’s Classical Music Radio Station 105.9FM – WQXR, WQXR.org and on WNYC. He’s been on the radio in New York City for 30 years. Elliott is the host and producer of the national radio concerts of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He regularly produces and designs large-scale symphonic concerts include those with the Houston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, The New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, New Haven Symphony, Pasadena Pops and the Little Orchestra Society in a variety of venues, including the Hollywood Bowl, Philadelphia’s Mann Center and Lincoln Center. For 3 years he curated and hosted a chamber music series at The Rubin Museum in NYC. He’s hosted more the 60 concerts at Carnegie Hall including all 4 years of the original SPRING FOR MUSIC concerts. He directs the annual radio drama of A CHRISTMAS CAROL for NY Public Radio, past cast members include: Jefferson Mays, Mark Linn-Baker, Brian Cox, F. Murray Abraham, David Hyde Pierce and Tony Roberts. As a popular orchestra narrator, he’s been featured in Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals, Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale and Oedipus Rex, Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra and Noah’s Flood. He’s Artistic Director of ArtsRock, in Rockland County, NY presenting concerts, conversations and family programming. He was a “Voice” of CNN and LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER and regularly hosts shows on PBS. For 12 years he was on the A&E Television Network as host of Breakfast with the Arts & Biography. Featured on the Grammy Award winning comedy album WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio with Peter Schickele. As a teenager, he appeared on THE GONG SHOW on NBC. BA in Theater from the University of Texas, Austin.

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Archive Treasure IV

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