Emanuel Ax, Piano Leonidas Kavakos, Violin Yo-Yo Ma, Cello

Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma recall the great chamber music ensembles anchored by violinist Isaac Stern. Stern’s collaborations with pianist Eugene Istomin and cellist Leonard Rose were legendary, and this program echoes their history of celebrated performances of Beethoven works. Hear a dramatic cello sonata, a violin sonata whose genial tone belies the difficult circumstances in which it was written, and a soulful and inventive trio.