Musco Center presents:

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Sunday, March 3, 2024 | 7:30 p.m.

Leap of Art Residency

“Cathartic drama, at once intimate, scalding, and grand.” —New York Magazine

The Chamber Music Society’s dedication to supporting the appreciation, performance, and composition of chamber music has flourished since its founding in 1969, allowing countless audience members to enjoy concerts and education programs and providing artists with development programs and opportunities to have their projects commissioned.

With a focus on the intersection of unusual instrumentation, this evening’s unique program offers something for everyone, and the breezy melodies are perfect for the nearing of spring. Beethoven’s Sonata in F major leaves the listener humming a joyful tune. Gioachino Rossini’s Duo can be best described as jaunty, Italianate, and bright. Benjamin Britten’s Two Insect Pieces creates a delightful onomatopoeia. Duruflé’s more somber Prélude, Récitatif et Variations is a rare example of the composer’s instrumental chamber music. Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s Septet in D minor brings the previous ensembles together for a final stage-call of ingenious harmonies and musical flavors.

Program
Beethoven Sonata for horn and piano in F major, Op. 17 (1800)
Rossini Duetto for cello and bass in D major (1824)
Britten Two Insect Pieces for Oboe and Piano (1935)
Duruflé Prelude, Recitative and Variations, for flute, viola and piano, Op.3 (1928)
Hummel Septet in D minor for Flute, Oboe, Horn, Viola, Cello, Bass, and Piano, Op. 74 (1816)

JUHO POHJONEN, piano
PAUL NEUBAUER, viola
NICHOLAS CANELLAKIS, cello
NINA BERNAT, double bass
SOOYUN KIM, flute
JAMES AUSTIN SMITH, oboe
RADOVAN VLATKOVIC, horn