Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center musicians perform Bliss, Szymanowski, and Suk

By Lydia Brown, 28 October 2013

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Reviewed at Lincoln Center, Rose Building: Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio, New York City on 24 October 2013

Bliss, Quintet in F major for oboe and strings, Op.44, F.21

Szymanowski, Nocturne and Tarentelle, Op.28

Suk, Piano quartet in A minor, Op.1

Gloria Chien, Piano

Nicolas Dautricourt, Violin

Benjamin Beilman, Violin

Paul Neubauer, Viola

Mihai Marica, Cello

James Austin Smith, Oboe

Unplanned but apt memorial for George Crumb at Lincoln Center

Kurt Gottschalk, 3rd May

The program, set long before Crumb’s death in February, following an implicit logic from Debussy to Stravinsky through Charles Ives and ending in Crumb’s somber lament, Ancient Voices of Children.

*****

A transatlantic bridge: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in Dresden

Max Woods, 5th June

Taking a “transatlantic bridge” as their theme for the evening, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center featured music by Ravel, Gershwin, Korngold and Antheil.

***11

Summoning Britten the dead in Harlem

Kurt Gottschalk, 4th December

The program was annotated by the actor Sagine Valla, delivering lines from the composer's published letters, diaries and other texts. It grew intrusive at times, but when given a chance, the ensemble played beautifully.

****1

Unplanned but apt memorial for George Crumb at Lincoln Center

Kurt Gottschalk, 3rd May

*****

Bach, Berio and Dvořák in the mountains of Montana

Kurt Gottschalk, 23rd August

Profound musical expression shrinks against the majesty of the setting, but ends up all the more profound, in the summer chamber music series.

****1

A mighty wind: Opening night at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Amanda Keil, 24th September

With so much of the chamber repertoire focused on strings and piano, it was a refreshing choice by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to open their season with some of the great works for winds.

****1

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Lydia Brown

Lydia Brown is presently pursuing her B.A. at New York University, where she studies journalism and ethnomusicology. Though she trained for many years as a classical violinist, Lydia's interests include cross-cultural musical hybridity and the effects of miscegenation on the musical output of early Irish-Americans.