We are enthusiastically looking forward to the return of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to The Concert Hall at Drew University for the 2018-2019 season, featuring three colorful and high spirited programs!
Three-concert season subscription - $155
Single-event tickets - $60
Educational discount - $15 with current ID
- Subscriptions on sale now! Call 973-408-3176.
- Seats that were not resubscribed will be RELEASED June 1st!
- Single-event tickets are available for purchase June 1!
Click here to download our order form.
Or order online starting July 1 at drew.edu/concerthall/cms
For directions and/or a campus map, see
www.drew.edu/MapsAndDirections/driving-directions-to-drew
Individuals needing special assistance, please contact Drew's office of
Housing, Conferences, and Hospitality at 973-408-3103 at least
five working days prior to the event to ensure appropriate arrangements
The partnership of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Drew University is happy to bring seasonal concerts to the Concert Hall. CMS has been a residency partner with Drew since the 2006-2007 season with the help and friendship of co-Artistic Directors, Wu Han and David Finckel.
The Kreutzer Connection
WHEN: Saturday, October 27, 2018, 8PM. Pre-concert conversation with CMS artists at 7:15 PM
Like Tolstoy’s shocking novella, The Kreutzer Sonata, this thrilling, theatrical program turns on Beethoven’s violin sonata. Janáček’s quartet vividly captures Tolstoy’s action. One of Kreutzer’s own beguiling Caprices and other highly-charged works complete this fascinating program.
JUHO POHJONEN, Piano
ANGELO XIANG YU, Violin
CALIDORE STRING QUARTET
RYAN MEEHAN, Violin
JEFFREY MYERS, Violin
JEREMY BERRY, Viola
ESTELLE CHOI, Cello
Beethoven Quartet in F minor for Strings, Op. 95, “Serioso” (1810-11)
Prokofiev Sarcasms, Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 17 (1912-14)
Janáček Quartet No. 1 for Strings, “The Kreutzer Sonata” (1923)
Kreutzer Caprice No. 35 in E-flat major for violin (1796)
Beethoven Sonata in A major for violin and piano, Op. 47, “Kreutzer” (1802–03)
International Collection
WHEN: Saturday, February 23, 2019, 3PM. Pre-concert conversation with CMS artists at 2:15 PM
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 players promises an unforgettable performance.
GILLES VONSATTEL, Piano
PAUL HUANG, Violin
ALEXANDER SITKOVETSKY, Violin
MATTHEW LIPMAN, Viola
RICHARD O'NEILL, Viola
NICHOLAS TZAVARAS, Cello
PAUL WATKINS, Cello
DAVID SHIFRIN, Clarinet
Debussy Sonata for cello and piano (1915)
Khachaturian Trio for clarinet, violin, and piano (1932)
Watkins Quintet for piano, two violins, viola, and cello (CMS Co-Commission) (2017)
Brahms Sextet No. 2 in G major for two violins, two violas, and two cellos, Op. 36 (1864–65)
From Mendelssohn
WHEN: Saturday, April 27, 2019, 8PM. Pre-concert conversation with CMS artists at 7:15 PM
Mendelssohn’s mastery of melody, form, counterpoint, and the chamber idiom were imitated for generations. Bookended by Mendelssohn’s own works, his admirers respond with their own Mendelssohnian gifts: Schumann’s piano trio; Brahms’s lyricism through the dark voice of the viola; and Tchaikovsky’s character pieces, combining Russian melancholy and splendor in selections from “The Seasons”.
INON BARNATAN, Piano
CHO-LIANG LIN, Violin
PAUL NEUBAUER, Viola
JAKOB KORANYI, Cello
ROMIE DE GUISE-LANGLOIS, Clarinet
Mendelssohn Lied ohne Worte in D major for cello and piano, Op. 109 (1845)
Schumann Märchenerzählungen (Fairy tales) for clarinet, viola and piano, Op. 132 (1853)
Brahms Sonata in E-flat major for viola and piano, Op. 120, No. 2 (1894)
Tchaikovsky Selections from Les saisons for piano, Op. 37b (1875–76)
Mendelssohn Trio No. 2 in C minor for piano, violin and cello, Op. 66 (1845)
