mini Festival: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) Concert III

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) is one of the eleven constitutions of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the largest performing arts complex in the world. Along with other constituents such as the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center Theater, and the Metropolitan Opera, the Chamber Music Society has its home at Lincoln Center, in Alice Tully Hall-the finest hall in the world for chamber music. Through its performance, education, and recording/broadcast activities, it draws more people to chamber music than any other organizations of its kind.

ARTISTS:
-Piano: Han Wu (Artistic Director)
-Cello: David Finckel (Artistic Director)
-Viola: Misha Amory
-Violin: Aaron Boyd
-Violin: Adam Barnett-Hart
-Viola: Pierre Lapointe
-Violin: Sean Lee
-Cello: Brook Speltz
-Violin: Arnaud Sussmann

PROGRAM:
R. Strauss | Sextet for Strings from Capriccio, Op. 85 (1940-41, arr. 1943)
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos, Op. 4 (1899)
Mendelssohn | Octet in E-flat major for Strings, Op. 20 (1825)