Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Dvořák and Brahms

By Joseph Pfender, 14 January 2013

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Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Alice Tully Hall, New York City on 13 January 2013

Brahms, Cello Sonata no. 1 in E minor for Cello and Piano, Op.38

Dvořák, Piano Trio no. 4 in E minor "Dumky", Op.90

Dvořák, Piano Trio no. 3 in F minor, Op.65

Wu Han, Piano

Philip Setzer, Violin

David Finckel, Cello

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Joseph Pfender

Joseph Pfender, a PhD student in musicology at NYU, has active research interests in electroacoustic and multimedia performance, perceptual agency, music and folklore, and theorizing orchestration. He has presented work in conjunction with the Metropolitan Opera, and in Athens, Greece.