By St. Cecilia Music Center
St. Cecilia Music Center will present the season finale of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center season, a program titled “Classical Evolution, Showcases Mozart, Weber and Brahms”, on Thursday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m.
The performance will feature pianist Gilles Vonsattel, violinists Ida Kavafian and Erin Keefe, violist Yura Lee, cellist Nicholas Canellakis and clarinetist Tommaso Lonquich.
“The final concert of this season with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) will bring some of our favorite chamber music artists back to SCMC and introduce us to a few new artists as well,” stated Cathy Holbrook, St. Cecilia executive director. “The title of this concert, ‘Classical Evolution’ showcases these stellar musicians performing works by Mozart, Weber and Brahms. Every chamber music concert with CMS is an exciting musical experience and this will be another night of magic.”
The Program will include Trio in E-flat major for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, K. 498, “Kegelstatt”, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Quintet in B-flat major for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 34, by Carl Maria von Weber; and Quintet in F minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 34, by Johannes Brahms.
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is known for the extraordinary quality of its performances, its inspired programming, and for setting the benchmark for chamber music worldwide. No other chamber music organization does more to promote, to educate and to foster a love of and appreciation for the art form.
CMS brings together the very best international artists from an ever-expanding roster of more than 150 artists per season, to provide audiences with the kind of exhilarating concert experiences that have critics calling CMS “an exploding star in the musical firmament.”
St. Cecilia Music Center and CMS have an ongoing partnership that brings the group to Royce Auditorium each season.
Concert tickets are $38 and $43 and can be purchased by calling St. Cecilia Music Center at 616-459-2224 or visiting the box office at 24 Ransom Ave. NE. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.scmc-online.org. A pre-concert wine / hors d’oeuvres event for $15 is available and begins at 6:00 p.m. (Reservations are required.)
There will also be a pre-concert talk with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center artists on Royce Auditorium stage beginning at 7 p.m. to discuss the music selection for the evening and any other questions that pertain to the artists themselves. All ticket holders are welcome to attend the artist talk. A post-concert party is open to all ticket-holders giving the audience the opportunity to meet the artists and obtain signed CDs of their releases.
