The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center plays Dvořák, Bernstein, Copland and Burleigh
50th anniversary of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
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Cast
Gloria Chien — Pianist
Wu Han — Artistic director, pianist
Chad Hoopes — Violinist
Kristin Lee — Violinist
Arnaud Sussmann — Violinist
Angelo Xiang Yu — Violinist
Matthew Lipman — Violist
Paul Neubauer — Violist
Nicholas Canellakis — Cellist
David Finckel — Artistic director, cellist
Anthony Manzo — Double bassist
Ransom Wilson — Flutist
David Shifrin — Clarinetist
Marc Goldberg — Bassoonist
Program notes
The musicians of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center celebrate their 50th anniversary season with an all-American concert program.
Inspired by Native American and African American traditional music, Dvořák’s “American” String Quintet in E-flat Major opens the concert. Profoundly moving, this work’s exploration of music native to North America helped the New World's classical composers searching for their own musical voice to turn outward toward the vast musical horizon awaiting them. In this spirit, Henry T. Burleigh composed his Southland Sketches for Violin and Piano, and the legendary Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein drew on Dvořák’s vision to create their own American masterpieces.
