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1. Quartetto di Cremona
Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 7:30 pm

Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings, from String Quartet No.1 in B-flat Minor, Opus 11

Sergei Prokofiev: String Quartet No.1 in B Minor, Opus 50

Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F Major

We welcome back the Cremona Quartet from Italy, who performed for us in 2018, and recently debuted at Lincoln Centre to great acclaim: “The playing was marked by admirable unanimity and blend…an evening full of splendid music-making.” (Classical Source)

2. Calidore Quartet
Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 7:30 pm

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.6 in B-flat Major, Opus 18, No.6

Wynton Marsalis: Selections from String Quartet No.1 “At the Octoroon Balls”

Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor “From My Life"

Our first concert with this California-based ensemble. “The Calidore Quartet, founded ten years ago at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, balanced the technical demands and humane adventures of these masterpieces… more completely than any contemporary string quartet I have heard…” (New York Arts)

3. Smetana Trio
Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 7:30 pm 

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaque No.1 in G minor, in one movement

Bohuslav Martinů: Piano Trio No.3 in C major, Opus 332

Bedřich Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Opus 15

We welcome back this venerable Czech chamber ensemble. “The Smetana Trio’s performances…are totally compelling… their imaginative approach to balance and texturing ensures that the listener is completely involved in the drama from first bar to last.” (BBC Music Magazine)

4. Juilliard Quartet
Tuesday, November 22, 2022, 7:30 pm

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.13 in B-flat Major, Opus 130, with published finale

Jörg Widmann: String Quartet No.8, Study on Beethoven III

Jörg Widmann: Cavatina – String Quartet No.10, Study on Beethoven V

Ludwig van Beethoven: Grosse Fugue, Opus 133 

Celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary this season, this outstanding quartet has performed for us on numerous occasions. “The Juilliard Quartet’s exemplary stylistic differentiation, their superb attention to detail, and a sensitivity to the balance, truly shone.” (The Boston Musical Intelligencer) Zeitung)


5. Emerson Quartet with Eric Wilson, cellist
Sunday, December 4, 2022, 4:00 pm

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G major, Opus 33, No.5 “Russian”

Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major, Opus 133

Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, Opus 163, D956

This concert marks the end to our felicitous 43-year relationship with this much-loved ensemble. We have been enthralled by their musical presence in thirty-four outstanding concerts since 1979. Their finale will include founding member Eric Wilson joining the Quartet to perform Schubert’s sublime cello quintet. “The Emerson performances represented an extraordinary fusion of experience and authority with audacity and freshness.”(The Boston Globe)

6. Han Finckel Setzer Trio
Tuesday, February 7, 2023, 7:30 pm

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat major, Opus 97 “Archduke”

Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No.1 in B major, Opus 8

Another returning ensemble, this “super-trio” is an audience favourite. “…the stuff of legend. When a chamber music performance is both easygoing and insanely precise, the underlying substance of it has a way of penetrating deeply into the human psyche… They are defining, in real time, the very essence of chamber music.” (Berkshire Edge)

7. Takács Quartet
Tuesday February 21, 2023, 7:30 pm

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in F Major, Opus 77, No.2

Béla Bartók: String Quartet No.6, Sz 114 (1939)

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.12 in E-flat Major, Opus 127

A return engagement with an audience favourite. “One of the world’s great string quartets.” (New York Times) “What endures about the Takács Quartet, year after year, is how equally the four players carry the music.” (The Guardian)

8. Casals Quartet
Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 7:30 pm

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat major, Opus 20, No.1

György Ligeti: String Quartet No.1 “Métamorphoses Nocturnes”

Johannes Brahms: String Quartet in A minor, Opus 51, No.2

Our first concert with this Spanish ensemble. “Virile, clean, surging with expression, the Cuarteto Casals’ sound is arresting… playing of extreme technical perfection yet with life bursting from every note. I left in seventh heaven.” (The Times, UK)


9. Elias String Quartet
Tuesday, March 14, 2023, 7:30 pm

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in F-sharp Minor, Opus 50, No.4

Igor Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet, K019

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Opus 59, No.1

The Elias returns after a delightful concert for us in 2019. “Magic moments abound… This remarkable ensemble´s ability to live and breathe each phrase with an enrapturedsensitivity proves revelatory.” (The Strad) “Few quartets at any stage of their evolution have this much personality.” (Philadelphia Enquirer)


10. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Sunday, March 26, 2023, 3:00 pm

Anton Arensky: Six Pièces enfantines for Piano Four Hands, Opus 34

Anton Arensky: Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Opus 32

Johannes Brahms: Selected Hungarian Dances for Piano four hands

Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No.2 in C major, Opus 87

A performance by touring musicians from The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, who work in an evolving repertory company with a roster of multi-generational and international expert chamber musicians.

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