Decoda
October 8, 2023

Program 

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882–1971)/JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU (1683–1764):
Reimagined Dance Suite after excerpts from Suite italienne and Les Gentils Airs (arr. Catherine Gregory)

VALERIE COLEMAN (b. 1970):
Maombi Asante

ANTONIN DVORAK (1841-1904):
Piano Trio No. 4 in e minor, Op. 90 “Dumky”

Brandon Patrick George, flute & Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
November 12, 2023

Program 

J.S. BACH: Sonata in C Major for flute and basso continuo, BWV 1033
C.P.E. BACH: Sonata in A minor for solo flute, Wq. 132
J.S. BACH: Sonata in A Major for flute and harpsichord, BWV 1032
C.P.E. BACH: Harpsichord Sonata in A minor, Wq. 49/1, “Württemberg”
J.S. BACH: Sonata in B Minor for flute and harpsichord, BWV 1030

Balourdet Quartet
January 21, 2024

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K.421 (1783)
Karim Al-Zand (b.1970): Strange Machines (2022 CMA Commission)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No.1 (1808)

Jupiter String Quartet
March 3, 2024

Program

Folk Encounters
SU LIAN TAN: Life in Wayang
WYNTON MARSALIS: selections from Quartet No. 1, At the Octoroon Balls
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK: String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105 B.193

VIVA TANGO!
April 28, 2024

Program

LALO SCHIFRIN: Letters from Argentina ..
Tango del Atardecer
Pampas
Tango Borealis
Danza de los Montes
Tango a Borges
Malambo de los Llanos

ÁSTOR PIAZZOLLA: TANGOS…
Michelangelo 70
Porteño
Adiós Nonino
La muerte del Angel
Oblivion
Libertango

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
October 16, 2022

Program 

PURCELL: Chacony for Strings in G minor
BRAHMS: String Sextet in Bb-Major, Op. 18
ENESCU: Octet in C, Op. 7 (1900)

Imani Winds
November 2, 2022

Program
 
D’RIVERA: La Fleur de Cayenne
LEÓN: De Memorias
VILLA-LOBOS: Trio for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
PIXINGUINHA: Um a Zero
DEL ÁGUILA: Quintet No. 2
PIAZZOLLA: Suite de Piazzolla

Sandbox Percussion
February 12, 2023

Program

CACCESE: Bell Patterns
KIRSTEN: may the devil take me
BACH: Largo from Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in f minor, BWV 1056
CROWELL: Music for Percussion Quartet
AKIHO: Pillar V
DIBERARDINO: Gossamer
OLSON: Rational People
REICH: Drumming part 1

Merz Trio
March 12, 2023

Program

MAHLER/BERG: Four Songs of Alma Mahler and Alban
VON BINGEN: Hymn O ignee spiritus
FRANCES-HOAD: My Fleeting Angel (2005)
MONK: Round Midnight (1944)
VASKS: Episodi e canto perpetuo (1985)
SCHUBERT: “Erlkönig”, Op. 1, D. 328
DVOŘÁK: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55 (1880)
PRICE: Night (1946)
SCHUBERT: Adagio in E-flat major, Op. 148 ‘Notturno’ (D. 897)

Isidore String Quartet
April 23, 2023

Program

HAYDN: String Quartet No. 25 in C major, Op. 20, No. 2 (1772)
CHILDS: String Quartet No. 2 “Awakening”(2012)
BRITTEN: String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36 (1945)

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
October 10, 2021

Program

Beethoven Connections
BEETHOVEN: Trio in C minor for Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 9, No. 3
HUMMEL: Quintet in E-flat for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass, Op. 87
SCHUBERT: Rondo in A major for Piano, Four Hands, D. 951
MENDELSSOHN: Sextet in D major for Piano, Violin, Two Violas, Cello, and Bass, Op. 110

Kenari Quartet
November 14, 2021

Program

The Untapped Sonorities of the Saxophone
PIAZZOLLA: Michelangelo ’70
SCHUMANN: A Schumann Bouquet
ZUPKO: Quantum Shift
BACH: Excerpts from Goldberg Variations
HIGDON: Short Stories
MENDELSSOHN: Capriccio from Op. 81
MASLANKA: Mountain Roads

Sharon Isbin & Jessica Rivera
February 6, 2022

Program

Of Love and Longing
Spanish guitar solos inspired by voice:
DANIELPOUR: Of Love and Longing
GRANADOS: Danza española No. 5
VILLA-LOBOS: Aria from Bachiananas Brasilieras No. 5
LAURO: Waltz No. 3 Natalia
BARRIOS MANGORÉ: Waltz Opus 8 No. 4
GOLIJOV: Lúa Descolorida
MONTSALVATGE: Selections from Cinco canciones negras
ALBÉNIZ: Asturias
DE FALLA: Siete canciones populares españolas

Aizuri String Quartet
March 20, 2022

Program

What’s Past Is Prologue
VON BINGEN: Columba aspexit, arr. Alex Fortes
STROZZI: L’usignuolo, arr. Alex Fortes
YOUNG: Memento mori – Phase I
STROZZI: L’amante modesto, arr. Alex Fortes
SMITH: Carrot Revolution
GIDDENS: At the Purchaser’s Option
ALBERGA: String Quartet No. 1

Parker String Quartet
April 24, 2022

Program

BACH: The Art of the Fugue BWV 1080
JANÁČEK: Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters”
KURTÁG: Officium Breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánszky, op. 28
SCHUMANN: Quartet No. 3 in A Major, Op. 41

CMS Front Row National Online Performances

Michael Brown
August 2, 2020

Program

BARBER: Souvenirs (2 pianos)
BROWN: Prelude & Dance (piano & cello)
MENDELSSOHN: Sextet Opus 110 (piano & strings)

Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung
August 23, 2020

Program

MOZART: Concerto in E-flat major for Piano and String Quintet, K. 449
BARTÓK: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion

Cho-Liang Lin
September 13, 2020

Program

FOSS: “Composer’s Holiday” (vln & pf)
DVORÁK: “Larghetto” from Op. 100
TCHAIKOVSKY: String Sextet Op. 70, “Souvenir de Florence”

Gilbert Kalish
October 25, 2020

Program

CRUMB: Three Early Songs (sop & pf)
SCHUBERT: “The Shepherd on the Rock” D. 965
BRAHMS: Quartet in C minor, Op. 60 (piano & strings)

David Shifrin
November 15, 2020

Program

MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581
BASSI: Concert Fantasia on Verdi’s Rigoletto (cl & pf)
ELLINGTON: Clarinet Lament (cl & pf)

Gloria Chien
December 6, 2020

Program

FIELD: Nocturne No. 2 for Piano
LISZT: Grand duo concertant ‘Le Marin’ (vln & pf)
MENDELSSOHN: Quartet in C-minor, Op. 1 (piano & strings)

Arnaud Sussmann
December 27, 2020

Program

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
CHAUSSON: Concerto in D Major for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, Op. 21

Anne-Marie McDermott
January 17, 2021

Program

MOZART: (arr. Czerny) Concerto in D minor for Piano, Flute, and Strings, K. 466
SMETANA: Trio in G minor, Op. 15

Calidore String Quartet
February 21, 2021

Program

MENDELSSOHN: Quartet in F minor for Strings, Op. 80
DVOŘÁK: Quintet in G major for Two Violins, Viola, Cello, and Bass, Op. 77

Anthony McGill
March 14, 2021

Program

MESSIAEN: “Abyss of the Birds” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano
POULENC: Sonata for Clarinet
and Piano
BRAHMS: Trio in A minor for Clarinet,
Cello, and Piano,
Op. 114

Bach – The Complete Brandenburg Concertos
April 18, 2021

Program

BACH:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051

Apollo’s Fire
October 6, 2019

Program

VIVALDI: The Four Seasons –Rediscovered

Ariel String Quartet with
Ilya Shterenberg
November 10, 2019

Program

SHOSTAKOVICH: Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
VON WEBER: Rondo: Allegro giojoso
SCHUBERT: Quartet in D minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden”

Akropolis Reed Quintet
January 26, 2020

Program

MARC MELLITS: Splinter
STACY GARROP: Rites for the Afterlife
NINA SIMONE: For All We Know
STEVEN SNOWDEN: Sprocket
JEFF SCOTT: Homage to Paradise Valley

VOCES8
March 1, 2020

Program

BYRD: Sing Joyfully
TALLIS: O Nata Lux
SIBELIUS: Be Still My Soul (Finlandia)
RUNESTAD: Let My Love be Heard
PANUFNIK: Love Endureth
GIBBONS: Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
PÄRT: The Deer’s Cry
ELGAR: Lux Aeterna
BRITTEN: Hymn to St Cecilia
WEELKES: As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending
DI LASSO: Dessus le Marché D’Arras
TRADITIONAL: Danny Boy
RUSBY: Underneath the Stars
MacLEAN: Caledonia
MORRISON: Moondance

Parker String Quartet
April 26, 2020
Rescheduled for April 11, 2021

Brentano String Quartet with Dawn Upshaw
October 7, 2018

Program

GESUALDO: Two madrigals (from Books V and VI)
HAYDN: String Quartet in C, Op. 20 No. 2 (Hob. III:32)
RESPIGHI: Il tramonto (The Sunset), for voice & string quartet, P. 101
SCHOENBERG: Quartet No. 2 in F-sharp minor, for string quartet and soprano, Op. 10

American String Quartet with Tom Sleigh & Phil Klay
November 11, 2018

Program

Lyric in Time of War
The following pieces will be interwoven with readings by Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Klay
BACH: Praeludium in F minor, BWV 857, from the Well-Tempered Clavier
SHOSTAKOVICH: Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 6
BARBER: String Quartet, Op. 11
BEETHOVEN: Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 “Serioso”

Cavatina Duo
January 27, 2019

Program

MARAIS: Les Folies d’Espagne
WILLIAMS: Isabel
THOMAS: Fantasy on themes from “La Traviata,” after Krakamp, Briccialdi and Tarrega (Commissioned by
the Cavatina Duo)
DUNNE: (World Premier)
Three Artisans
PIAZZOLLA: Histoire du Tango

Eighth Blackbird
March 10, 2019

Program

NINA SHEKHAR: ice ‘n’ SPICE
FJÓLA EVANS: Eroding
ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN: Quimbombó
HOLLY HARRISON: Lobster Tales and Turtle Soup
NATHALIE JOACHIM: Madam Bellegarde
JONATHAN BAILEY HOLLAND: The Clarity of Cold Air
VIET CUONG: Electric Aroma
JULIUS EASTMAN: Stay On It

David Finckel, Wu Han & Philip Setzer
April 28, 2019

Program

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in in E-flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
MENDELSSOHN: Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66

Pacifica Quartet with Sharon Isbin
October 15, 2017

Program

HAYDN Quartet in G major, Op. 76, No. 1
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESC Guitar Quintet in F major, op. 143
VIVALDI Concerto in D major for guitar and strings, RV 93
PUCCINI I Crisantemi
BOCCHERINI Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D Major, G.448

Rebel Baroque with Matthias Maute
November 12, 2017

Program

CHAPEL, COURT & COUNTRY Treasures of the 17th & 18th-Centuries
VIVALDI Concerto in  a minor RV 108
CORELLI Sonata op.4,8  in d minor (1694)
FASCH Sonata in B flat major
TELEMANN Sonata in  G major TWV 42: G 11
BLAVET Concerto à 4 parties  in  a minor
SCARLATTI Sonata Nona  in  a minor (1725)
FUX Partita à 3  in d minor K 326 (1701)
TELEMANN Quartet/Concerto  in a minor TWV 43: a 3 (ca1730)

Chanticleer
January 21, 2018

Program

Heart of a Soldier: The hearts of soldiers burst with every emotion. Expressed in music from the Renaissance to the present day, these sentiments ranging from extreme pain to extreme joy are universal.  “Heart of a Soldier” will feature early music of war and peace from Byrd, Tomkins, Jannequin and Dufay.  Stirring martial music from Russia includes works by Glinka and traditional songs sung by ordinary soldiers.  New works for Chanticleer are contributed by Mason Bates and John Musto, joining celebrated choruses from Jennifer Higdon’s “Cold Mountain” and lighthearted music from the home front.

American Brass Quintet
March 4, 2018

Program

Consort Music of Elizabethan and Jacobean England
Suite from 19th Century Russia
LASSER Common Heroes, Uncommon Land
BALENTINE the river remembers
Special Commission for the San Antonio Tricentennial
Canons of the 16th Century
EWAZEN Frost Fire

Orion String Quartet
April 15, 2018

Program

CURRIER Etudes and Lullabies for String Quartet
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130
DVORAK String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105

Danish String Quartet
October 23, 2016

Program

WALLIN Swans Kissing
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.15
Folk music from the Nordic countries

Brasil Guitar Duo
November 20, 2016

Program

RAMEAU Les Cyclopes
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Prelude & Fugue
BROUWER Sonata de Los Viajeros
TORROBA Madrilenas
GISMONTI (arr. Joao Luis) Selected pieces
PEREIRA Bate-Coxa

Aeolus Quartet
January 22, 2017

Program

MOZART Adagio & Fugue in C minor, K.546
COPLAND “Two Pieces for String Quartet”
BARBER Quartet in B Major, Op.11
SCHUMANN Quartet Op.11, No.3 in A Major

Les Amies Trio
February 26, 2017

Program

IBERT Deux Interludes Entr’ Acte
BAX Elegiac Trio
RAVEL Sonatine en Trio
DEVIENNE Duo in C minor Op.3 No.1 for Flute & Viola
FAURÉ Après un rêve .. for Viola & Harp Impromptu for Solo Harp Morceau de Concours for Flute & Harp
DEBUSSY Sonata pour Flute, Alto et Harpe

Calmus Ensemble
April 23, 2017

Program

“All the World’s A Stage”

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
October 11, 2015

Program

ROSSINI String Sonata in G Major
MOZART Quintet in E-Flat Major for Horn & Strings, K.407
SCHUBERT Octet in F Major for Winds & Strings, D.803

Zemlinsky String Quartet
November 8, 2015

Program

MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op.12
KRENEK String Quartet No.7, Op.96
JANACEK String Quartet No.2 “Intimate Letters”

Gryphon Trio
January 24, 2016

Program

DEBUSSY Trio in G Major
WIJERATNE Love Triangle
RAVEL Trio in a minor

The Shanghai Quartet with Wu Man (Pipa)
February 28, 2016

Program

YI-WEN JIANG (arr.) “China Song”
ZHOU LONG “Song of the Ch’in” String Quartet
ZHAO LIN “Red Lantern”, Quintet for Pipa & String Quartet
BEETHOVEN Quartet in f minor, Op.95 “Serioso”
TAN DUN “Ghost Opera” Pipa & String Quartet

Dover String Quartet
April 3, 2016

Program

DVORAK Quartet in F Major, Op.96 “American”
BERG String Quartet Op.3
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.2

Jerusalem Quartet
October 19, 2014

Program

BEETHOVEN: Quartet in A-Major, Op. 18, No 5
BARTOK: Quartet No. 2
RAVEL: Quartet

Quartetto di Cremona
November 16, 2014

Program

BOCCHERINI String Quartet in C major
VERDI String Quartet in E minor
PUCCINI Crisantemi
RESPIGHI String Quartet No. 3 in D Major

New York Woodwind Quintet
January 25, 2015

Program

CARTER: Wind Quintet 1948
BLUMER: Wind Quintet Op.52
MOZART: Fantasy in f minor KV608
MENDELSSOHN/PURVIS: String Quartet Op.13 No.2

St Lawrence String Quartet
February 22, 2015

Program

HAYDN: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.33, No.2 (“Joke”)
JOHN ADAMS: Second Quartet (2014)
DVORAK: String Quartet in C Major, Op.61

Elias Quartet
March 29, 2015

Program

HAYDN: String Quartet in C-Major, Op.33, No.3 (“The Bird”)
DUTILLEUX: Ainsi la nuit (Thus the night)
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet Opus 131 in c#-minor

American Brass Quintet
October 20, 2013

Program

Three Madrigals – Luca Marenzio (1553-1599) (edited by Raymond Mase)
Fantasia and Rondó – Osvaldo Lacerda (1927-2011)
Chesapeake-David Sampson (b. 1951)
Five Pieces – Ludwig Maurer(1789-1878)
Chansons – Josquin des Prés (c.1440-1521) (edited by Raymond Mase)
Copperwave – Joan Tower (b. 1938)

Modigliani Quartet
November 17, 2013

Program

Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 50, No. 1 – HAYDN
Allegro
Adagio non lento
Menuetto – Trio
Finale: Vivace

Quartet in F Major, Op . 135 – BEETHOVEN
Allegretto
Vivace
Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo
Grave, ma non troppo tratto – Allegro

Quartet No. 3 in A minor, Op. 33 – DOHNANYI
Allegro agitato e appassionato
Andante religioso con variazioni
Vivace giocoso

Tempest Trio
January 26, 2014

Program

Haydn – Trio no. 39 in G major “Gypsy”
Bernstein – Trio (1937)
Dvorak – Trio in f minor op. 65

Escher String Quartet
March 02, 2014

Program

Schumann Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, no. 1
Berg Quartet, Op. 3
Dvorak Quartet in C Major, Op. 61

Brentano String Quartet
April 06, 2014

Program

Mendelssohn: Quartet in D-Major, Opt. 44, No. 1
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 11 in F-minor, Op 122

Potpourri:
Leonard Bernstein: “I Feel Pretty” (arr Steve Mackey)
Dvorak: Waltz Op 54, No 1
Shostakovich: “polka”
Elliott Carter: “Elegy”
Dvorak: Waltz Op. 54, No 2
Charles Ives: Scherzo (“Holding Your Own”)
Tschaikovsky: Andante cantabile from Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11
Steve Mackey: “I’ve Grown so Ugly”

Chamber Orchestra Kremlin with pianist James Dick
October 14, 2012

Program

String Quartet N. 12 in C minor, D.703 “Quartettsatz, (1820) – Franz Schubert
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (1805-06) – Ludwig van Beethoven
Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 – Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sextet in G Major, No. 2, Op. 36 (1865) – Johannes Brahams

Opus One Piano Quartet
November 11, 2012

Program

BEETHOVEN
Quartet in E-Flat Major for Piano and Strings, Op. 16
I Grave – Allegro, ma non troppo
II Andante cantabile
III Rondo: Allegro, ma non troppo

ROBERTO SIERRA
I El ángel y las sombras. Moderado, pero muy expresivo
II Misteriosa danza. Danzante
III La visión del angel. Expresivo
IV Fuego

DVORAK Quartet in E-Flat Major for Piano and Strings, Op. 87
I Allegro con fuoco
II Lento
III Allegro moderato, grazioso
IV Allegro ma non troppo

Miro String Quartet
January 27, 2013

Program

Brahms Quartet Op. 51, no. 1 in C minor.
Allegro (1833 – 1897)
Romanze: Poco adagio
Allegretto molto moderato e comodo
Allegro

The audience voted on a number of selections to determine which will be performed in the second half of the concert

David Finckel, cello, and Wu Han, piano
March 17, 2013

Program

Cello Sonata in F Major, op. 6, TrV 115 (1881–1883)
Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Allegro con brio
Andante ma non troppo
Finale: Allegro vivo

Cello Sonata No. 1 in e minor, op. 38 (1862-65)
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
Allegro non troppo
Allegretto quasi Menuetto
Allegro

Louange à l’éternité de Jésus from Quatuor pour la fin du temps (1940–1941)
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)

Cello Sonata in g minor, op. 65, B. 204 (1845–1846)
Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849)
Allegro moderato
Scherzo: Allegro con brio
Largo
Finale: Allegro

Ebène Quartet
April 14, 2013

Program

Quartet in C Major, K. 465, “Dissonant”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Adagio; Allegro
Andante cantabile
Menuetto: Allegro
Allegro

Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Allegro vivace assai
Allegro assai
Adagio
Finale: Allegro molto

Jazz and Pop Standards, reimagined by the Ebène Quartet

American String Quartet
October 16, 2011

Program

Bach: Three Preludes & Fugues from The Well Tempered Clavier, F minor, B flat minor and G minor
Tower: Quartet no. 1, “Night Fields”
Bach: Selected Contrapuncti from The Art of the Fugue
Beethoven: Quartet in B flat Major, Op.130. “Liebquartet,” with Grosse Fuge, Op. 133

Morgenstern Trio
November 20, 2011

Program

Beethoven: Piano Trio Op. 1 no. 3 in C minor
Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
Brahms: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 101

Pacifica Quartet
January 29, 2012

Program

Dvořák: Cypresses, Nos. 2, 3, and 11 (without Opus)
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 9, Op. 117
Beeethoven: Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1

Red Priest
March 4, 2012

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach: Preludio (from Partita BWV 1006)
Georg Phillip Telemann:Gypsy Sonata in A minor
Georg Frederick Handel: Aria Amoroso from Trio Sonata Op 2 No 1
Anonymous: Budro: A Pirate’s Hornpipe
Tomasso Albinoni (arr. Giazzoto): Adagio
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in G major “La Tempesta di Mare”)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C minor (BWV 847)
François Couperin: Tromba Marina, Plaint and Devil’s Hornpipe
Bach/O’Carolan/Dow/Trad. (arr. Greenberg): Bach on G (‘We won’t let her go till you give us back our boat’)
Giuseppe Tartini: Senti Lo Mare (Listen to the Sea)
Jean-marie Leclair: Tambourin
Arcangelo Corelli: Concert Fantasy on “La Folia”

Vienna Piano Trio
April 1, 2012

Program

Beethoven: Variations for Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Schoenberg’s Verklarte Nacht
Schumann: Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor, Op. 63