STELLA CHEN, violin Winner of the 2019 Queen Elizabeth International Violin Competition. GILLES VONSATTEL, piano Avery Fischer Career Grant Recipient SCHUBERT Violin Sonata in A Major, D. 574 “Grand Duo” STRAVINSKY Divertimento for Violin and Piano CRAWFORD SEEGER Sonata … Read More
Opening Night: The Incomplete History of the World in Ten Pieces VON BINGEN O Virtus Sapientiae MORLEY It was a Lover and His Lass VIVALDI The Four Seasons – Presto from Summer MOZART Overture from Don Giovanni BEETHOVEN Cavatina from … Read More
Vienna 1900 At the turn of the 20th century, Vienna stood at the very center of musical life, shaping the sound of an era while standing on the edge of profound change. This concert captures a city at a golden … Read More
What If? Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater—one of the most enduring sacred works ever written, and one written by a 26-year-old—is paired with other masterpieces shaped by youth, urgency, and historical circumstance, inviting us to imagine what could have been. L. BOULANGER … Read More
Reshaping the Past From Stravinsky’s reimagining of baroque styles to Schubert’s epic Octet—written in the shadow of Beethoven—this program explores how composers absorb, reshape, and transform what came before, creating works that honor tradition while forging new paths. STRAVINSKY Suite … Read More
Eastern Visions Encounters with Eastern music left a lasting mark on Western composers, from the sounds of gamelan heard by Debussy at the World Fair to Lou Harrison and John Cage’s lifelong fascination with Javanese and Indian sounds, culminating in … Read More
Roots Feel the pulse of Eastern Europe in music drawn from village dances, folk songs, and centuries-old traditions. Composers channel the raw vitality of these sounds into works of sweeping drama and rhythmic fire—music that carries the spirit of the … Read More
Lost and Found Great music sometimes slips from view—unfinished, unpublished, or simply forgotten—until history rediscovers it. From Chopin’s recently uncovered Waltz to Vaughan Williams’s nearly lost Piano Quintet, from a reconstructed gem by Mozart to a lush Octet by Charles … Read More
American Legacy What does it mean to make history in America? At the Library of Congress, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge transformed a national institution into a catalyst for chamber music, commissioning and championing not only American composers but many of the … Read More
Out of the Shadows In the shadow of the First World War, composers faced a world irrevocably changed. From Debussy’s starkly ravishing two-piano piece and Bridge’s elegiac lament to Poulenc’s sardonically defiant wit, this program reveals how upheaval reshaped musical … Read More
The Complete Brandenburgs: Part I A festival within the festival. Bach’s exhilarating Brandenburg Concertos—bursting with color, virtuosity, and fearless invention—take center stage across two vibrant programs that celebrate the joy of collaboration. Alongside these Baroque landmarks, music by our Composer-in-Residence … Read More
The Complete Brandenburgs: Part II A festival within the festival. Bach’s exhilarating Brandenburg Concertos—bursting with color, virtuosity, and fearless invention—take center stage across two vibrant programs that celebrate the joy of collaboration. Alongside these Baroque landmarks, music by our Composer-in-Residence … Read More
