The Chamber Music Society concludes both its special series of concerts showcasing the chamber music of Sergei Rachmaninov, and its 2007-2008 season, on Friday, May 9 and Sunday, May 11 at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. The program features the Trio élégiaque in G minor for Piano Trio; Two Movements for String Quartet; Six Songs for Voice and Piano, Op. 38; Romance and Oriental Dance for Cello and Piano, and the Suite No. 2 in C minor for Two Pianos, Op. 17.
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CMS lectures and master classes give listeners invaluable insight into the world of chamber music. These educationally-based events are among the most popular offerings of any CMS season, and their devotees are unanimous in their exclamations of praise for lecturers and artists alike. Now, CMS makes these experiences available online through streaming video posted weekly on the website.
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The final program in the current season of Rose Studio Concert series will be presented Thursday, May 1, at 6:30pm, and again at 9:30pm. The program, performed by violist Ida Kavafian and the Jupiter String Quartet, features Mendelssohn’s powerful String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80, and Brahms’ String Quintet in G major, Op. 111.
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The Chamber Music Society presents three works by 2007-2008 Season Composer Joan Tower on Sunday, April 17 and Tuesday, April 27, at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. The program features the world premiere of Tower’s Simply Purple for solo viola (CMS commission), the New York premiere of Trio Cavany for piano trio (CMS Co-commission), and Wild Purple for solo viola.
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The Chamber Music Society’s popular family concert series, Meet the Music! presents its final concert of the current season on Sunday, April 6 at 1pm and 3pm in Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center. The program will explore the sometimes outrageous music of the radical American composer George Antheil, self-described “bad boy of music.”
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On April 17 in the Daniel and Johanna S. Rose Studio, the Chamber Music Society presents the second of three programs devoted to the chamber works of the late-Russian Romantic Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943). The concert features works for two pianos: the Suite No. 1, Op. 5, “Fantaisie-tableaux,” and Symphonic Dances, Op. 45.
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The Chamber Music Society closes this season’s International String Quartet Series with a performance by the Artemis Quartet, April 16 at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. The program features Beethoven’s String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4; Nikolai Kapustin’s String Quartet, Op. 88; and Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 22.
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The Chamber Music Society presents its final concert in its New Music in the Rose series on Thursday, April 10 at in the Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio. The program features works by Norio Fukushi, Gabriela Lena Frank, Elliott Carter, and Keeril Makan.
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The Chamber Music Society’s series of concerts in the Daniel and Johanna S. Rose Studio continues Thursday, April 3, with performances at 6:30pm and 9:30pm. The one-hour all-Schubert program features the Quartettsatz in C minor for Strings, D. 703, and the Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, D. 929, Op. 100. The concert will be performed by pianist Inon Barnatan, violinists Lily Francis and Yoon Kwon, violist Beth Guterman, and cellist Julie Albers.
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In a unique concert event, the Chamber Music Society presents a performance of Haydn’s The Seven Last Words for chamber ensemble and actors, incorporating provocative theatrical elements in a production designed by director Scott Alan Evans, Friday, March 21 at 7:30pm at the New York Society for Ethical Culture.
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