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The Wadsworth Legacy

INCLUDING SPRING GALA Not Yet On Sale Sold Out

Thu, May 1, 2025, 7:00 pm & Fri, May 2, 2025, 7:30 pm

Alice Tully Hall

2 hours, including intermission

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Over two decades, CMS Founding Artistic Director Charles Wadsworth expanded the awareness of chamber music at Lincoln Center and beyond. CMS pays tribute to its founder with a program crafted in Wadsworth’s signature style, featuring a super-star vocal quartet with pianist Ken Noda and current CMS Co-Artistic Director Wu Han in Schumann’s Spanische Liederspiel.

For the May 1 Spring Gala Performance: For dinner and concert tickets, please call 212-875-5216. Standard/Rear seating available only for subscriptions. For add-on prime seating, please call 212-875-5788. Please note, the Spring Gala performance does not include an intermission.

Program

Johann Gottlieb Goldberg

(1727–1756)

Trio Sonata in C major for Two Violins and Continuo, DürG 13

(before 1756)

Robert Schumann

(1810–1856)

Spanisches Liederspiel for Vocal Quartet and Piano, Op. 74

(1849)

Robert Schumann

(1810–1856)

“Liebhabers Ständchen” for Soprano, Tenor, and Piano, Op. 34, No. 2

(1840)

Robert Schumann

(1810–1856)

“Ich bin dein Baum” from Minnespiel for Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone, and Piano, Op. 101, No. 2

(1849)

Robert Schumann

(1810–1856)

“Tanzlied” for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone, and Piano, Op. 78, No. 1

(1849)

Camille Saint-Saëns

(1835–1921)

Septet in E-flat major for Trumpet, Two Violins, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, and Piano, Op. 65

(1879–80)

Kathleen Battle

Soprano

Frederica von Stade

Mezzo-Soprano

Ben Bliss

Tenor

Thomas Hampson

Baritone

Ken Noda

Piano

Wu Han

Piano

Francisco Fullana

Violin

Chad Hoopes

Violin

Paul Neubauer

Viola

Sterling Elliott

Cello

Nina Bernat

Double Bass

David Washburn

Trumpet
Presented at

Alice Tully Hall

1941 Broadway at, W 65th St New York, NY 10023