Music by Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, and George Tsontakis.

Exploring the Soviet-Russian composer’s chamber works.

Plus chamber music and ensemble appearances from renowned Chicago artists.

A Britten canticle for countertenor, tenor, and piano; a Dvořák piano trio.

The Quartetto di Cremona performs Schoenberg’s early-20th century Quartet No. 1.

A Franck violin sonata, and Saint-Saëns’ indelible Carnival of the Animals for chamber ensemble.

The Calidore String Quartet presents century-spanning chamber works for four by Franz Schubert, Anton Webern, Anna Clyne, and Leoš Janáček.

Turning point works by Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy, and Brett Dean — whose piece Twelve Angry Men features a dozen cellos.

Spotlighting the incredible range of winds in works by Anton Reicha and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Evolutionary works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Erwin Schulhoff.

An early string quintet by Felix Mendelssohn, plus a violin sonata by JS Bach.

A job application, an overwhelmed orchestra, and a shocking true story behind one of classical music’s best loved works.

The dynamic ensemble performs works by Haydn, Bach, and Shostakovich as well as their crowd-pleasing arrangements of folk music.

Across five flagship programs and two additional special events, the series mines chamber repertoire spanning centuries.

Exploring the relationship between Johann Nepomuk Hummel and Ludwig van Beethoven.

Selections by Joseph Haydn and Reynaldo Hahn.

Including an all-women lineup of respected pianists.

A 26 year-old Mozart’s take on Bach’s Fugue in E Major BWV 878, and Beethoven’s double viola String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29. Plus, enjoy the New Mexico premiere of a work commissioned for the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: Kaija Saariaho’s “Semafor for Eight Instruments”!

A dedication from Oliver Knussen to his late wife, and Tchaikovsky’s romantic reflections on Florence, Italy. Performers include the Miami String Quartet, soprano Tony Arnold, pianist Zoltán Fejérvári, and more.

The Escher String Quartet joins pianist Zoltán Fejérvári in César Franck’s emotional, demanding Piano Quintet in F Minor. The string quartet also joins John Storgårds, Leigh Mesh, & Kathleen McIntosh in an exciting rendition of Bach’s Double Violin Concerto in D Minor.

Violinists Daniel Phillips & Jennifer Frautschi join violists Steven Tenenbom & Ida Kavafian, plus cellist Eric Kim, in a beautiful rendition of the Brahms String Quintet in G Major, Op. 111. Also on the program are two works by Claude Debussy: his Sonata in D Minor for Cello and Piano, and L’isle Joyeuse.

Over six programs, Guarneri will present wide-ranging explorations of chamber music repertoire.

The Dover Quartet plays Mozart’s “Dissonance Quartet” – String Quartet in C Major, K. 465. Then later, it’s the Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 67 by Dmitri Shostakovich, performed by Nicolas Namoradze, John Storgårds and Peter Stumpf.

“An ensemble of exceptional insight”, the Brentano String Quartet performs masterworks with reverence and an admirable balance of creativity and restraint.

This week, discover Anton Arensky’s memorial to Tchaikovsky in the form of his Quartet in A Minor for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos, Op. 35. Also featured on the program: Leonard Bernstein’s first published work, and Clara Schumann’s Three Romances, Op. 22.