Episode 2: Bringing Down the House
Following the success of opening night, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center gets back to work as it continues to mount its new season, complete with a number of ambitious projects and daunting challenges. In "Bringing Down the House," we move through the season at breakneck speed, as CMS staff attempt to safely gather over a dozen wind players for whom performing was considered taboo earlier in the pandemic, and then send another group of artists on a six-city tour of Bach’s timeless Brandenburg Concertos. Just as it gave solace during the initial pandemic lockdown, Bach’s music creates a sense of stability for these traveling musicians on a tour in which the idea of “expecting the unexpected” is an understatement. After ten days of setbacks on the road, including inclement weather, travel delays, and cataclysmic malfunctions, the resilient artists return home to New York to perform these Brandenburg Concertos in Alice Tully Hall, where new questions arise amidst a COVID resurgence.
Program
- Mozart Serenade in B-flat major for Winds and Double Bass, K. 361, "Gran Partita" (1783-84)
- Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (1720)
- Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (1720)
Performance Details
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Directed by Tristan Cook
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Director of Photography Zac James Nicholson
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Producers Peter Dimario Elizabeth Helgeson
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Executive Producers Guto Barra Tatiana Issa
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Editors Tamara Mattos Karina Vilela
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Special thanks to The Four Arts Music Committee, Mrs. Patricia M. Dunnington, Production Support provided by The Society of the Four Arts
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James Austin Smith
Oboe -
Stephen Taylor
Oboe -
Tommaso Lonquich
Clarinet -
Anthony McGill
Clarinet -
Romie de Guise-Langlois
Clarinet, Basset Horn -
Peter Kolkay
Bassoon -
Tom Sefčovič
Contrabassoon -
Michelle Reed Baker
Horn -
Julia Pilant
Horn -
Eric Reed
Horn -
Radovan Vlatković
Horn -
Mihai Marica
Cello -
Anthony Manzo
Double Bass -
Kenneth Weiss
Harpsichord -
Sean Lee
Violin -
Alexander Sitkovetsky
Violin -
Arnaud Sussmann
Violin -
Daniel Phillips
Violin/Viola -
Che-Yen Chen
Viola -
Yura Lee
Violin/Viola -
Dmitri Atapine
Cello -
Timothy Eddy
Cello -
Inbal Segev
Cello -
Tara Helen O’Connor
Flute -
Ransom Wilson
Flute -
Randall Ellis
Oboe -
Marc Goldberg
Bassoon -
David Byrd-Marrow
Horn -
Stewart Rose
Horn -
David Washburn
Trumpet