Summer Evenings Returns for Six Concerts, July 9-27

New York, NY: — The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center presents an expanded ninth season of Summer Evenings -- six concerts featuring artists from CMS's international, intergenerational roster in programs of chamber music masterworks.

Each concert this summer includes a work by Mozart, and each program is brought to a rousing finish with an especially beloved work (mostly quintets) performed by CMS's outstanding artists, giving audiences a chance to experience these works anew. Audiences will also have the opportunity to hear five of the extraordinary young artists who are members of the incoming CMS Bowers Program -- pianists Evren Ozel and Anna Geniushene, oboist Juri Vallentin, violinist Lun Li and cellist Sterling Elliott. 

With the last two years of Summer Evenings concerts selling out, this season’s offerings have been expanded by 50 percent, from four to six concerts, taking place July 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, and 27, with all tickets just $20. Tickets include a free post-concert wine reception with the artists in the lobby (sponsored by Somm Cellars) for the entire audience. 

To make the concerts as accessible as possible to a large and varied audience, CMS is once again offering all tickets at $20 as well as 100 free tickets per performance via public lottery in partnership with TodayTix; the lottery for each concert opens two weeks before the performance date.

“Summer is the perfect time to luxuriate in great performances of beloved chamber music masterworks performed by world-class musicians in the beautiful acoustics and air conditioning of Alice Tully Hall,"  said CMS executive director Suzanne Davidson. "This is the second year in a row that we've expanded the number of Summer Evenings concerts due to sell-out performances, so get your tickets early and join us for a free wine reception—with the musicians—after the concert. We look forward to seeing you in July."

Note: The TodayTix website at this link provides performance information, but the lottery sign-up is available only on the free TodayTix app. The lottery for the first concert opens on June 25, two weeks before the July 9 concert.  

 

SUMMER EVENINGS I
TUE 7/9/24 • 7:30 PM
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Alice Tully Hall

Dvořák Drobnosti (Miniatures) for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 75a (1887)
Puccini Crisantemi for String Quartet (1890)
Mozart Quintet in C minor for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, K. 406 (1782, arr. 1787)
Dvořák Selections from Cypresses (Echo of Songs) for String Quartet, B. 152 (1865, arr. 1887)
Brahms Quintet in G major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, Op. 111 (1890)

Chad Hoopes, Kristin Lee, VIOLIN • Matthew Lipman, Paul Neubauer, VIOLA • David Finckel, CELLO

SUMMER EVENINGS II
SAT 7/13/24 • 5:00 PM
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Alice Tully Hall
ESCHER QUARTET
Bowers Artist ANNA GENIUSHENE

Mozart Quartet in B-flat major for Strings, K. 458, “Hunt” (1784)
Mendelssohn Quartet in E-flat major for Strings, Op. 12 (1829)
Brahms Quintet in F minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 34 (1864)

Anna Geniushene, PIANO • Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Brendan Speltz, VIOLIN • Pierre Lapointe, VIOLA • Brook Speltz, CELLO)

SUMMER EVENINGS III
TUE 7/16/24 • 7:30 PM
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Alice Tully Hall
SITKOVETSKY TRIO

Mozart Sonata in G major for Violin and Piano, K. 379 (1781)
Beethoven Trio in D major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 70, No. 1, “Ghost” (1808) Mendelssohn Lied ohne Worte in D major for Cello and Piano, Op. 109 (1845) Mendelssohn Trio No. 1 in D minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 49 (1839)

Sitkovetsky Trio (Wu Qian, PIANO • Alexander Sitkovetsky, VIOLIN • Isang Enders, CELLO)

SUMMER EVENINGS IV
MUSIC FOR WINDS
SAT 7/20/24 • 5:00 PM
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Alice Tully Hall
Bowers Artists
EVREN OZEL, Piano and JURI VALLENTIN, Oboe

Rossini Quartet No. 4 in B-flat major for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn
(1804, arranged from String Sonata No. 4 by Friedrich Berr 1828–29)
Saint-Saëns Sonata for Oboe and Piano, Op. 166 (1921)
Taffanel Quintet in G minor for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn (1876)
Poulenc Sonata for Flute and Piano (1956–57)
Mozart Quintet in E-flat major for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano, K. 452 (1784)

Evren Ozel, PIANO • Demarre McGill, FLUTE • Juri Vallentin, OBOE • Romie de Guise-Langlois, CLARINET • Peter Kolkay, BASSOON • Hugo Valverde, HORN

SUMMER EVENINGS V
TUE 7/23/24 • 7:30 PM
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Alice Tully Hall
Bowers Artists
LUN LI, Violin and STERLING ELLIOTT, Cello

Mozart Trio in E-flat major for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, K. 498, “Kegelstatt” (1786)
Strauss Sonata in E-flat major for Violin and Piano, Op. 18 (1887-88)  
Schumann Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73 (1849)
Dohnányi Quintet No. 1 in C minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 1 (1895)

Orion Weiss, PIANO • Lun Li, Danbi Um, VIOLIN • Paul Neubauer, VIOLA • Sterling Elliott, CELLO • Ricardo Morales, CLARINET

SUMMER EVENINGS VI
SAT 7/27/24 • 5:00 PM
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Alice Tully Hall

Beethoven Serenade in D major for Flute, Violin, and Viola, Op. 25 (1801)
Schubert Rondo in A major for Violin and String Quartet, D. 438 (1816)
Ernst Grand Caprice on Schubert’s “Erlkönig” for Violin, Op. 26 (1854)
Mozart Quintet in C major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, K. 515 (1787)

Sean Lee, Cho-Liang Lin, VIOLIN • Aaron Boyd, VIOLIN/VIOLA • James Thompson, VIOLA • Nicholas Canellakis, CELLO • Tara Helen O’Connor, FLUTE