Update browser for a secure Made experience

It looks like you may be using a web browser version that we don't support. Make sure you're using the most recent version of your browser, or try using of these supported browsers, to get the full Made experience: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge.

Tickets Cart0 Donate

Viola Celebration

Available November 8–16, 2025

The unique timbre of the viola—rich, dark, and soulful—has made it the instrument of choice for composers seeking to add even more luscious beauty to chamber ensembles. CMS proudly offers a one-of-a-kind program that includes a pair of violas in every work, from Vaughan Williams’s haunting Phantasy Quintet, to violist-composer Brett Dean’s gripping lament, to Mozart’s joyful and uplifting C-major Quintet, one of six he composed that truly put the viola quintet on the chamber music map.

Program

Beethoven Fugue in D major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, Op. 137 (1817)

Vaughan Williams Phantasy Quintet for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello (1912)

Bowen 2 Duets for 2 Violas in G Major

Dean Epitaphs for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello (2010)

Mozart Quintet in C major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, K. 515 (1787)




Artists

STELLA CHEN, violin

ALEXANDER SITKOVETSKY, violin

PAUL NEUBAUER, viola

MATTHEW LIPMAN, viola

KEITH ROBINSON, cello




Availability

This program is available for touring November 8–16, 2025

For more information about booking CMS in North America, contact David Rowe Artists Management.