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New Milestones
New Milestones showcases more recent work by an exemplary roster of emerging and distinguished composers. Through this series, CMS commissions new works and presents iconic contemporary repertoire, ensuring that chamber music remains a fresh, evolving art form.
Full Performances and Clips
Gubaidulina: Quartet No. 4 for Strings with Tape
Apr 28, 2022
Clyne: Breathing Statues for String Quartet (CMS Co-Commission)
Apr 28, 2022
Tower: White Water for String Quartet
Apr 28, 2022
Widmann: Jagdquartett for Strings
Apr 28, 2022
Mumford: let us breathe for Cello
Apr 14, 2022
Fisher: Kintsugi for Piano, Violin, and Cello
Apr 14, 2022
Mumford: amid fleeting pockets of billowing radiance for Cello
Apr 14, 2022
Barlow: 1981 for Piano, Violin, and Cello
Apr 14, 2022
Eastman: Gay Guerrilla for Two Pianos
Apr 14, 2022
Balter: delete/control/option for Alto Flute and Cello
Oct 28, 2021
Meadowcroft: Cradles for Percussion Duo with Wurlitzer e-Piano
Jan 16, 2020
Takemitsu: Rain Tree for Percussion Trio
Montgomery: Duo for Violin and Cello
Mar 11, 2021
Schoenberg: Trio for Strings, Op. 45
Mar 12, 2020
Stockhausen: Kontakte for Piano, Percussion, and Electronic Sounds, No. 12.5
Jan 16, 2020
Cage: Selected Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano
Nov 7, 2019
Turnage: Massarosa for Bassoon, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello (CMS Co-Commission, World Premiere)
May 16, 2019
Tower: Red Maple for Bassoon, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello
May 16, 2019
du Bois: L’apothéose d’un rêve for Piano, Violin, and Cello
Mar 21, 2019
Wuorinen: Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello
Mar 21, 2019
Pintscher: Janusgesicht for Viola and Cello
Mar 21, 2019
Ludwig: Aria Fantasy for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello
Mar 21, 2019
Norgard: Quartet No. 10 for Strings, "Høsttidløs"
Jan 17, 2019
Bolcom: Suite for Violin and Cello
Jan 17, 2019
Bennett: For Marcel Dzama for Piano, Violin, Cello, and Electronics
Jan 17, 2019
Cheung: All Roads for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello
Jan 17, 2019
Corigliano: Soliloquy for Clarinet and String Quartet
Nov 8, 2018
Grime: Three Whistler Miniatures for Piano, Violin, and Cello
May 22, 2014
Winkelman: “Sleipnir the eight-legged” from Quadriga Quartet for Strings
Apr 26, 2018
Henze: Sonatina for Violin and Piano
Apr 26, 2018
Akiho: Lost on Chiaroscuro Street for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano
Mar 29, 2018
Vine: The Village for Piano, Violin, and Cello
Mar 29, 2018
Jalbert: Street Antiphons for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano
Mar 29, 2018
Dzubay: Quartet No. 1 for Strings, "Astral"
Jan 25, 2018
Currier: Etudes and Lullabies for String Quartet
Jan 25, 2018
Dean: Quartet No. 2 for Strings and Soprano, "And once I played Ophelia
Jan 25, 2018
Di Castri: Sprung Testament for Violin and Piano
Dec 3, 2020
Fujikura: Turtle Totem for Clarinet
Feb 4, 2021
Alberga: “Duo” from Dancing with the Shadow for Clarinet and Piano
Feb 4, 2021
Messiaen: “Louange à l’immortalité de Jésus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps for Violin and Piano
Feb 4, 2021
Viñao: Formas del Viento for Flute and Percussion
Mar 11, 2021
Pinto: Correia Três quadros de Vieira da Silva/Fragmentos Múltiplos for Violin and Viola
Mar 11, 2021
Seo: #three for Piano, Percussion, and Bass
Apr 8, 2021
Kishino: Monochromer Garten VI for Viola
Apr 8, 2021
Singleton: Jasper Drag for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
Feb 4, 2021
Weston: Shape Shifter (The Angry Bluesman) for Cello
Dec 3, 2020
Grime: Aviary Sketches (after Joseph Cornell) for Violin, Viola, and Cello (CMS Co-Commission, U.S. Premiere)
Nov 10, 2015
du Bois: Heron. Rain. Blossom. for Flute, Clarinet, Viola, and Cello
Mar 12, 2020
S. Chen: Returnings for Flute, Cello, and Percussion
Oct 28, 2021
Lewis: The Mangle of Practice for Violin and Piano
Oct 28, 2021
Lunsqui: Topografia Index 3A for Flutes, Clarinets, and Percussion
Oct 28, 2021
Shekhar: Glitch for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano
Oct 28, 2021
Castillo: Incident for Violin and Piano
Mar 29, 2018