The delightful and bountiful musical permutations of the string quartet are offered here by the esteemed Orion Quartet in the company of two stellar young artists. From the standard-setting quartet by Haydn, founder of the genre, to one of Mozart's sublime quintets (composed for himself to sit in as...

Beethoven's youthful, effervescent string trio opens a program of chamber music classics. For Mendelssohn’s virtuosic piano quartet, the strings are joined by the superb pianist Gloria Chien, who switches to romantic mode in the second half for a mature and majestic piano trio by Brahms. The cast of...

Schubert's epic First Piano Trio of 1827 was a direct response to Beethoven’s magisterial “Archduke” Trio of 1811. Into this large-scale work Schubert poured all of his inimitable lyricism, making it perhaps history’s longest, sweetest song for chamber ensemble. Preceding the Schubert on this concer...

For this exhilarating evening inspired by fable, film, and the French-American connection, maestro Louis Langrée leads the Festival Orchestra in Bernstein's Voltaire-inspired overture and a new edition of Gershwin’s score to An American in Paris. The ultimate American Mozart pianist Emanuel Ax ignit...

Wu-Tang Clan founder, composer, and filmmaker RZA kicks off the season with an epic audiovisual film experience—a re-score of the Shaw Brothers' 1978 martial arts classic The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. With its themes of perseverance, transcendence, and brotherhood, the film was a formative influence ...

One of the great string quartets of our time joins with acclaimed viola virtuoso Nokuthula Ngwenyama for an invigorating evening of chamber music. From the finely wrought fantasia and fugue by Purcell and Bach, respectively, emerge the restless transcendence of Mozart's G-minor string quintet and th...

John Adams's groundbreaking work Grand Pianola Music is the centerpiece of this spirited celebration of the piano and technology from the ever-inventive International Contemporary Ensemble. Dating from 1982, Adams's work for two pianos, voices, and chamber ensemble uses live performers to recreate t...

“Indisputably the most musical choreographer alive” (New York Times), Mark Morris illuminates music by Monteverdi, Brahms, and Schubert with his kinetic, witty, poetic dancemaking. The program opens with two dances that reveal the intricacies of romantic love—1989's buoyant Love Song Waltzes set to ...

Join distinguished composer and radio personality Bruce Adolphe for investigations and insights into masterworks performed during the Alice Tully Hall season. Inside Chamber Music lectures are beloved by regulars and a revelation to first-timers for their depth, accessibility, and brilliance. Each l...

Join distinguished composer and radio personality Bruce Adolphe for investigations and insights into masterworks performed during the Alice Tully Hall season. Inside Chamber Music lectures are beloved by regulars and a revelation to first-timers for their depth, accessibility, and brilliance. Each l...

As a prelude to this season's Winter Festival, Russian Panorama, CMS presents an eclectic and surprising array of works by composers who influenced the country’s spectacular musical evolution. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Viotti Duo in G major for Two Violins, W 4.9 (c. 1...

Join distinguished composer and radio personality Bruce Adolphe for investigations and insights into masterworks performed during the Alice Tully Hall season. Inside Chamber Music lectures are beloved by regulars and a revelation to first-timers for their depth, accessibility, and brilliance. Each l...

The string quartet has long been one of chamber music's most popular genres. In a program revealing the ensemble’s abundant possibilities, the fabled Emerson String Quartet is joined by the formidable pianist Shai Wosner for collaborative works by a pair of prolific geniuses: Mozart and Bolcom. This...

Join distinguished composer and radio personality Bruce Adolphe for investigations and insights into masterworks performed during the Alice Tully Hall season. Inside Chamber Music lectures are beloved by regulars and a revelation to first-timers for their depth, accessibility, and brilliance. Each l...

Explore both classics and rarities of the chamber music repertoire presented in a traditional setting. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Brahms Scherzo, WoO 2, from “F-A-E” Sonata for Violin and Piano (1853) Schulhoff Duo for Violin and Cello (1925) Schumann Quintet in E...

Explore both classics and rarities of the chamber music repertoire, offering cabaret-style seating, a complimentary glass of wine, and engaging commentary. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Brahms Scherzo, WoO 2, from “F-A-E” Sonata for Violin and Piano (1853) Schulhoff Duo...

A thread of intrigue connects the dramatic works on this fascinating program. A shocking Tolstoy novella is vividly captured in Janácek's quartet, and the cause of the story’s mayhem—Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata—concludes the evening. Kreutzer’s beguiling Caprice, and highly-charged works by Beetho...

The art of interpretation and details of technique are explained as master artists share their wisdom with the next generation of chamber musicians. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window) ...

The ensemble of two violins, a viola, and cello—the string quartet—is to chamber music as pasta is to Italian cooking: add any good ingredient for a delicious meal. This uncommon program features three disparate and beautiful sonorities of the string quartet augmented by a trio of contrasting instru...

Featuring a spectacular array of today's finest composers, this series invites listeners to experience musical innovation in the intimate Rose Studio. Choose the concert time that works best for you – 6:30 or 9:00 PM. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Helen Grime Three Whistle...

Featuring a spectacular array of today's finest composers, this series invites listeners to experience musical innovation in the intimate Rose Studio. Choose the concert time that works best for you – 6:30 or 9:00 PM. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Helen Grime Three Whistle...

The wacky Inspector Pulse discovers that he has a suite tooth, and it is not ear candy he craves but gigues, gavottes, sarabands, and allemandes! (That's not almonds, but allemandes.) He finds out that a gigue is a jig and he finally understands the expression “Oy Gavotte!” With music by Handel, Bac...

While great music can be gripping, heart-wrenching, and profound, it is just as often exactly what's needed to entertain, distract, and lift the spirits. In a program almost too pleasant for words, CMS offers musical diversions featuring opera melodies, an homage to an extinct instrument, an astound...

Explore both classics and rarities of the chamber music repertoire presented in a traditional setting. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Mozart Quartet in G minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 478 (1785) Brahms Quintet in B minor for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola, ...

Explore both classics and rarities of the chamber music repertoire, offering cabaret-style seating, a complimentary glass of wine, and engaging commentary. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Mozart Quartet in G minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 478 (1785) Brahms ...

The inevitable phenomenon of life's end has produced a wealth of the world’s great masterpieces of art. From Michelangelo’s Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel, to Miller’s Death of a Salesman, immortal works have bridged the gap between reality and final unknown. Schubert’s obsession with death eme...

The timeless art of the recital is perpetuated in the hands of present-day masters of the genre. Experience the musical journeys crafted by these thrilling performers in the intimate Rose Studio. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Schumann Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano, Op....

The sonic array of a wind instrument chamber music concert is unsurpassable. Although we revel in the thunder of the modern piano and the warmth of the violin, the soundscape of combined flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn—the classic wind quintet heard in this program—offers a rich tasting men...

As the holidays approach, many give thanks for their blessings, and for music lovers, there's nothing to be more grateful for than the entire Baroque era, lasting roughly 150 years until the death of Bach in 1750. The art of chamber music was born during that time, performed on newly-improved instru...

The art of interpretation and details of technique are explained as master artists share their wisdom with the next generation of chamber musicians. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)...

As the holidays approach, many give thanks for their blessings, and for music lovers, there's nothing to be more grateful for than the entire Baroque era, lasting roughly 150 years until the death of Bach in 1750. The art of chamber music was born during that time, performed on newly-improved instru...

There is no better champion of the clarinet today than Martin Fröst, whose performances achieve a rare blend of lyrical depth, technical brilliance, and joyful spirit. For this recital, Fröst explores one of the great masterpieces of the clarinet repertoire and Brahms's final chamber work: the sunli...

A New York holiday season would be incomplete without the performances of Bach's eternally fresh Brandenburg Concertos. CMS musicians lend their remarkable talents to this festive annual tradition. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Bach The Complete Brandenburg Concertos, BWV ...

A New York holiday season would be incomplete without the performances of Bach's eternally fresh Brandenburg Concertos. CMS musicians lend their remarkable talents to this festive annual tradition. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Bach The Complete Brandenburg Concertos, BWV ...

A New York holiday season would be incomplete without the performances of Bach's eternally fresh Brandenburg Concertos. CMS musicians lend their remarkable talents to this festive annual tradition. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Bach The Complete Brandenburg Concertos, BWV ...

Based on the beloved story by Paul Goble, The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses is a musical telling of the exciting and haunting tale of a Native American girl who understands horses on a mystical level and runs away from home to be with the horses. A story of thunderstorms and thundering hooves, The Girl...

Featuring a spectacular array of today's finest composers, this series invites listeners to experience musical innovation in the intimate Rose Studio. Choose the concert time that works best for you – 6:30 or 9:00 PM. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Per Nørgård Quartet No. 1...

Featuring a spectacular array of today's finest composers, this series invites listeners to experience musical innovation in the intimate Rose Studio. Choose the concert time that works best for you – 6:30 or 9:00 PM. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Per Nørgård Quartet No. 1...

Explore both classics and rarities of the chamber music repertoire presented in a traditional setting. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Janáček Pohádka for Cello and Piano (1910) Dvořák Drobnosti (Miniatures) for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 75a (1887) Korngold Quintet in...

Explore both classics and rarities of the chamber music repertoire, offering cabaret-style seating, a complimentary glass of wine, and engaging commentary. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Janáček Pohádka for Cello and Piano (1910) Dvořák Drobnosti (Miniatures) for Two Vio...

After extensive American and European tours, this ensemble of close friends and colleagues reunites for a program of piano quartet classics. Brahms's masterful work is juxtaposed with Dvorák’s irresistibly charming quartet, and these widely-loved piano quartets are perfectly balanced by a stunning w...

The art of interpretation and details of technique are explained as master artists share their wisdom with the next generation of chamber musicians. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)...

After extensive American and European tours, this ensemble of close friends and colleagues reunites for a program of piano quartet classics. Brahms's masterful work is juxtaposed with Dvorák’s irresistibly charming quartet, and these widely-loved piano quartets are perfectly balanced by a stunning w...

Join distinguished composer and radio personality Bruce Adolphe for investigations and insights into masterworks performed during the Alice Tully Hall season. Inside Chamber Music lectures are beloved by regulars and a revelation to first-timers for their depth, accessibility, and brilliance. Each l...

Triple winners at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition (including first place overall), these four young French performers bring their high-spirited “blend of flashiness and warmth” (AllMusic.com) to one of the pillars of the chamber-music repertoire: Schubert's dark and dr...

Join distinguished composer and radio personality Bruce Adolphe for investigations and insights into masterworks performed during the Alice Tully Hall season. Inside Chamber Music lectures are beloved by regulars and a revelation to first-timers for their depth, accessibility, and brilliance. Each l...

The timeless art of the recital is perpetuated in the hands of present-day masters of the genre. Experience the musical journeys crafted by these thrilling performers in the intimate Rose Studio. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Mozart Sonata in F major for Flute and Piano, K...

How many Mozart pieces show up on desert island lists? How many music lovers have wished to hear Mozart as their last music on earth? Mozart's genius is unfathomable and inexplicable. The mystery of it, the state of supreme awe it holds us in, is why we flock to Mozart like no other. Join CMS for an...

Join distinguished composer and radio personality Bruce Adolphe for investigations and insights into masterworks performed during the Alice Tully Hall season. Inside Chamber Music lectures are beloved by regulars and a revelation to first-timers for their depth, accessibility, and brilliance. Each l...

Join distinguished composer and radio personality Bruce Adolphe for investigations and insights into masterworks performed during the Alice Tully Hall season. Inside Chamber Music lectures are beloved by regulars and a revelation to first-timers for their depth, accessibility, and brilliance. Each l...

Debussy's impressionist cello sonata and Brahms’s magisterial string sextet are accompanied by a colorful clarinet trio by the Armenian Aram Khachaturian and a significant addition to the piano quintet repertoire by Welshman Huw Watkins. A cast of powerhouse performers promises an unforgettable perf...

The art of interpretation and details of technique are explained as master artists share their wisdom with the next generation of chamber musicians. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)...

From the idyllic opening of Beethoven's final violin sonata, to the impassioned evocations of Bohemian culture in Dvorák’s “Dumky” Trio, this program breathes the nostalgic air of departure. Music’s ability to say “goodbye” in such nuanced ways is miraculous, be they farewells that are anguished, wi...

Explore both classics and rarities of the chamber music repertoire presented in a traditional setting. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Beethoven Serenade in D major for Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 8 (1796-97) Hindemith Two Duets for Violin and Clarinet (1932) Weber Q...

Explore both classics and rarities of the chamber music repertoire, offering cabaret-style seating, a complimentary glass of wine, and engaging commentary. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Beethoven Serenade in D major for Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 8 (1796-97) Hindemit...

Hungary's deep musical roots in folk tradition had widespread influence on composers of other lands. Brahms, the strict traditionalist, shared his love of Hungarian folk music with his predecessors Mozart, Haydn, and Schubert, and his passion for it is heard expertly realized in his Hungarian Dances...

Russian Music From Glinka to Shostakovich   Returning lecturer Michael Parloff inaugurates the Winter Festival's Russian journey with an overview of the country’s rich musical tapestry, from the time of Mikhail Glinka to that of Dmitri Shostakovich. Click here for more info (Opens in a new win...

CMS traverses the turbulent historical landscape of Russia through its vastly expressive music. From the glorious musical outpourings of the age of the tsars and the Russian Empire to the audaciously creative period between the wars, and into and beyond the Soviet era, Russian music has told the sto...

For this second of two performances in the 2018/19 season, the Takács Quartet turns its insightful attention to Schubert's beloved “Trout” quintet. With special guests David Korevaar on piano and Paul Erhard on double bass, the ensemble captures the timeless enchantment of Schubert’s meandering melo...

CMS traverses the turbulent historical landscape of Russia through its vastly expressive music. From the glorious musical outpourings of the age of the tsars and the Russian Empire to the audaciously creative period between the wars, and into and beyond the Soviet era, Russian music has told the sto...

CMS traverses the turbulent historical landscape of Russia through its vastly expressive music. From the glorious musical outpourings of the age of the tsars and the Russian Empire to the audaciously creative period between the wars, and into and beyond the Soviet era, Russian music has told the sto...

Featuring a spectacular array of today's finest composers, this series invites listeners to experience musical innovation in the intimate Rose Studio. Choose the concert time that works best for you – 6:30 or 9:00 PM. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Alexandra Du Bois L’Apoth...

Featuring a spectacular array of today's finest composers, this series invites listeners to experience musical innovation in the intimate Rose Studio. Choose the concert time that works best for you – 6:30 or 9:00 PM. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Alexandra Du Bois L’Apoth...

CMS traverses the turbulent historical landscape of Russia through its vastly expressive music. From the glorious musical outpourings of the age of the tsars and the Russian Empire to the audaciously creative period between the wars, and into and beyond the Soviet era, Russian music has told the sto...

Haydn's Seven Last Words   Haydn's masterpiece of spiritual music, The Seven Last Words, was conceived as a musical illumination of Christ’s utterances from the cross. In his pre-concert lecture, Michael Parloff will explore the history of the work and the ways that Haydn’s “wordless oratorio”...

In 1786 Franz Joseph Haydn received a commission for a work celebrating Good Friday, for the service at Oratorio de la Santa Cueva (Holy Cave Oratory) in Cádiz, Spain. Haydn produced seven slow movements, each modeled after one of the seven storied utterances of Christ on the cross. The profoundly m...

CMS presents an exciting new work, by the brilliant Australian composer and violist Brett Dean, commissioned in partnership with London's Wigmore Hall. Dean’s important addition to the clarinet quartet repertoire appears in the company of classics from both the Classical and Romantic ages, by compos...

For thousands of years, humans on Earth have been writing poems to the moon, writing music about moonlight, and we've even landed on the moon. This concert is all music about the moon! With music by Debussy, Beethoven, Schumann, and George Crumb. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)...

A stateside visit from the high-spirited Australian Chamber Orchestra and its invigorating lead violinist Richard Tognetti is always an occasion for celebration. Add to the mix pianist Inon Barnatan, endowed with “limitless facility and infectious gusto” (Denver Post), and this propulsive program of...

The “brilliant artistry” of violinist Benjamin Beilman (San Francisco Classical Review) and “inspired virtuosity” of pianist Orion Weiss (Cleveland Plain Dealer) combine for a beautiful morning of chamber music featuring Schubert's effervescent “Rondo brilliant” and Beethoven’s pensive and poignant ...

When George Crumb's music hit main stages in the early 1970s, he was proclaimed “the savior of music.” In an era in which proponents of atonal, abstract music dismissed all who couldn’t understand it, Crumb’s luminous humanity appealed to those who longed for an emotional, visceral experience in con...

When George Crumb's music hit main stages in the early 1970s, he was proclaimed “the savior of music.” In an era in which proponents of atonal, abstract music dismissed all who couldn’t understand it, Crumb’s luminous humanity appealed to those who longed for an emotional, visceral experience in con...

The art of interpretation and details of technique are explained as master artists share their wisdom with the next generation of chamber musicians. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)...

Explore both classics and rarities of the chamber music repertoire presented in a traditional setting. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Mozart Quartet in A major for Flute, Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 298 (1786-87) Rota Trio for Flute, Violin, and Piano (1958) Dohnányi...

Explore both classics and rarities of the chamber music repertoire, offering cabaret-style seating, a complimentary glass of wine, and engaging commentary. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Mozart Quartet in A major for Flute, Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 298 (1786-87) Rota...

Mendelssohn's combined mastery of melody, form, counterpoint, and the chamber idiom was admired and imitated by composers for generations to come. In a program bookended by two works of Mendelssohn from 1845, one brief, the other epic, we hear Mendelssohn’s close friend Robert Schumann’s response to...

Three close friends, three virtuoso musicians, one chamber music supergroup. Following their critically acclaimed album For the Love of Brahms, violinist Joshua Bell, cellist Steven Isserlis, and pianist Jeremy Denk bring bravura, beauty, and “magical intimacy” (The Strad) to a program rich in Roman...

All music comes from the heart, but some clearly emerges from a composer's most personal space. Composers from four eras and four cultures combine for this rare program which finds each of them at emotional heights. From Schubert’s early, darkly passionate sonata, to Bloch’s turbulent masterpiece co...

The music world is exploding with string quartets, and the more there are, the higher the standard is set. The Escher Quartet, whose first prominent performances were as a CMS Two ensemble, has emerged as one of a handful that have reached the loftiest levels of technical perfection, musical integri...

The timeless art of the recital is perpetuated in the hands of present-day masters of the genre. Experience the musical journeys crafted by these thrilling performers in the intimate Rose Studio. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   John Harbison Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano...

Featuring a spectacular array of today's finest composers, this series invites listeners to experience musical innovation in the intimate Rose Studio. Choose the concert time that works best for you – 6:30 or 9:00 PM. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Wolfgang Rihm String Quar...

Featuring a spectacular array of today's finest composers, this series invites listeners to experience musical innovation in the intimate Rose Studio. Choose the concert time that works best for you – 6:30 or 9:00 PM. Click here for more info (Opens in a new window)   Wolfgang Rihm String Quar...

Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, founded in Paris in 1909, generated ground-breaking artistic influence that lasts through today. Engineering collaborations between composers, choreographers, and visual artists, Diaghilev established a creative model whose concepts are with us at Lincoln Center th...