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HAYDN, MENDELSSOHN, & SCHUMANN

SUN 10/18/15 • 5:00 PM • Tickets starting at $38 TUES 10/20/15 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $30 Haydn: Trio in A major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Hob. XV:18 Mendelssohn: Sextet in D major for Piano, Violin, Two Violas, Cello, and Bass, Op. 110 Schumann: Quintet in E-flat major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 44

Michael Brown, Anne-Marie McDermott, Wu Han, PIANO • Chad Hoopes, Ani Kavafian, VIOLIN • Matthew Lipman, Paul Neubauer, VIOLA • Dmitri Atapine, CELLO • Joseph Conyers, DOUBLE BASS

PIANO & WINDS

SUN 10/25/15 • 5:00 PM • Tickets starting at $38 Ligeti: Six Bagatelles for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn Magnard: Quintet in D minor for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Piano, Op. 8 Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet in B-flat major for Piano, Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn Poulenc: Sextet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, PIANO • Tara Helen O’Connor, FLUTE • Stephen Taylor, OBOE • Romie de Guise-Langlois, CLARINET • Peter Kolkay, BASSOON • Radovan Vlatković, HORN

SCHUMANN, STRAUSS, & BRAHMS

FRI 10/30/15 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $30 Schumann: Phantasiestücke for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 88 Strauss: Quartet in C minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 13 Brahms: Trio in C major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 87

THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE VIOLIN

SUN 11/15/15 • 5:00 PM • Tickets starting at $38 Leclair: Sonata in E minor for Two Violins, Op. 3, No. 5 Dvořák: Terzetto in C major for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 74 Borodin: Quartet No. 2 in D major for Strings Ysaÿe: Sonata in E minor for Violin, Op. 27, No. 4 Kreisler: Quartet in A minor for Strings

Benjamin Beilman, Sean Lee, Danbi Um, VIOLIN • Paul Neubauer, VIOLA • David Finckel, CELLO

NIGHTS IN VIENNA WITH GILBERT KALISH

SUN 11/22/15 • 5:00 PM • Tickets starting at $38 Haydn: Trio in E minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Hob. XV:12 Schoenberg: Kammersymphonie, arranged for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 9 (arr. Webern) Brahms: Quartet No. 3 in C minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 60

Gilbert Kalish, PIANO • Nicolas Dautricourt, Kristin Lee, VIOLIN • Paul Neubauer, VIOLA • Nicholas Canellakis, Torleif Thedéen, CELLO • Tara Helen O’Connor, FLUTE • Tommaso Lonquich, CLARINET

BAROQUE COLLECTION

FRI 12/4/15 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $45 SUN 12/6/15 • 5:00 PM • Tickets starting at $45 Boismortier: Sonata in E minor for Flute and Violin, Op. 51, No. 2 C.P.E. Bach: Sonata in B minor for Flute, Violin, and Continuo, W. 143 (H. 567) Vivaldi: Sonata in A minor for Cello and Continuo, RV 43 F. Couperin: Le Parnasse ou L’Apothéose de Corelli, grande sonade en trio for Two Violins and Continuo Böddecker: Sonata in D minor for Violin and Continuo from Sacra partitura Corelli: Sonata in A major for Violin and Continuo, Op. 5, No. 6 Telemann: Trio in A minor for Flute, Violin, and Continuo, TWV 42:a4 Reali: La Folia for Two Violins, Cello, and Continuo, Op. 1

Jeffrey Kahane, Wu Qian, PIANO • Cho-Liang Lin, Alexander Sitkovetsky, VIOLIN • Yura Lee, VIOLA • Gary Hoffman, CELLO

John Gibbons, HARPSICHORD • Bella Hristova, Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, VIOLIN • Efe Baltacigil, CELLO • Paul O’Dette, THEORBO • Tara Helen O’Connor, FLUTE

CHANNEL CROSSING: MUSIC OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE

THE BAROQUE KEYBOARD

Anne-Marie McDermott, PIANO • Arnaud Sussmann, VIOLIN • Matthew Lipman, VIOLA • David Finckel, CELLO • Amphion String Quartet (Katie Hyun, David Southorn, VIOLIN • Wei-Yang Andy Lin, VIOLA • Mihai Marica, CELLO)

Konstantin Lifschitz, PIANO

TUES 11/10/15 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $30 Purcell: Chacony in G minor for String Quartet (arr. Britten) Britten: Quartet No. 1 in D major for Strings, Op. 25 Grime: Aviary Sketches (after Joseph Cornell) for Violin, Viola, and Cello (CMS Co-Commission, U.S. Premiere) Ravel: Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré for Violin and Piano Fauré: Quintet No. 1 in D minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 89

TUES 12/8/15 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $45 Frescobaldi: Toccatas Nos. 1 and 2 in G minor from Primo libro di toccate for Keyboard Frescobaldi: Toccata No. 5 in G major from Secondo libro di toccate for Keyboard L. Couperin: Chaconne et Passacaille in C major for Keyboard Rameau: Five Selections for Keyboard J.S. Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor for Keyboard, BWV 826 F. Couperin: Ordre No. 7 in G major for Keyboard Scarlatti: Fourteen Sonatas for Keyboard

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BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS

FRI 12/11/15 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $45 SUN 12/13/15 • 5:00 PM • Tickets starting at $45 TUES 12/15/15 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $45 J.S. Bach: Complete Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046 – 1051

Kenneth Weiss, HARPSICHORD • Chad Hoopes, Paul Huang, Erin Keefe, Daniel Phillips, VIOLIN • Paul Neubauer, Richard O’Neill, VIOLA • Dmitri Atapine, Jakob Koranyi, Daniel McDonough, CELLO • Joseph Conyers, DOUBLE BASS • Sooyun Kim, Demarre McGill, FLUTE • Randall Ellis, James Austin Smith, Stephen Taylor, OBOE • Marc Goldberg, BASSOON • Julie Landsman, Trevor Nuckols, HORN • Brandon Ridenour, TRUMPET

PIANOS/PIANISTS

SUN 1/24/16 • 5:00 PM • Tickets starting at $38 Arensky: Silhouettes, Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 23 Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 19 Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini for Two Pianos Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances for Two Pianos, Op. 45

Alessio Bax, Juho Pohjonen, Orion Weiss, Wu Qian, PIANO

BEETHOVEN STRING QUARTETS: PART I SUN 1/31/16 • 5:00 PM • Tickets starting at $45 Quartet in D major for Strings, Op. 18, No. 3 Quartet in F major for Strings, Op. 18, No. 1 Quartet in G major for Strings, Op. 18, No. 2

Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavlovsky, Sergei Bresler, VIOLIN • Ori Kam, VIOLA • Kyril Zlotnikov, CELLO)

BEETHOVEN STRING QUARTETS: PART II TUES 2/2/16 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $45 Quartet in C minor for Strings, Op. 18, No. 4 Quartet in A major for Strings, Op. 18, No. 5 Quartet in B-flat major for Strings, Op. 18, No. 6

Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavlovsky, Sergei Bresler, VIOLIN • Ori Kam, VIOLA • Kyril Zlotnikov, CELLO)

BEETHOVEN STRING QUARTETS: PART III

FRI 2/5/16 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $45 Quartet in F major for Strings, Op. 59, No. 1, “Razumovsky” Quartet in E minor for Strings, Op. 59, No. 2, “Razumovsky” Quartet in C major for Strings, Op. 59, No. 3, “Razumovsky”

Miró Quartet (Daniel Ching, William Fedkenheuer, VIOLIN • John Largess, VIOLA • Joshua Gindele, CELLO)

BEETHOVEN STRING QUARTETS: PART IV TUES 2/16/16 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $45 Quartet in E-flat major for Strings, Op. 74, “Harp” Quartet in F minor for Strings, Op. 95, “Serioso” Quartet in E-flat major for Strings, Op. 127

Orion String Quartet (Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, VIOLIN • Steven Tenenbom, VIOLA • Timothy Eddy, CELLO)

BEETHOVEN STRING QUARTETS: PART V FRI 2/19/16 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $45 Quartet in A minor for Strings, Op. 132 Quartet in B-flat major for Strings, Op. 130 Quartet for Strings, Op. 133, “Grosse Fuge”

Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Aaron Boyd, VIOLIN • Pierre Lapointe, VIOLA • Brook Speltz, CELLO)

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MENUHIN AT 100 WITH DANIEL HOPE

FRI 3/4/16 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $30 Bach: Concerto in D minor for Two Violins, Strings, and Continuo, BWV 1043 Pärt: Darf ich... for Violin, Strings, and Bell Glass: Echorus for Two Violins and Strings Mendelssohn: Concerto in D minor for Violin and Strings Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor for Two Violins, Strings, and Continuo, Op. 3, No. 8, RV 522 El-Khoury: Unfinished Journey for Violin and Strings Takemitsu: Nostalghia for Violin and Strings Bartók: Román népi táncok (Romanian Folk Dances) for Strings, BB 76

Daniel Hope, Bella Hristova, Benny Kim, Jessica Lee, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Danbi Um, VIOLIN • Mark Holloway, Hsin-Yun Huang, VIOLA • Dmitri Atapine, Keith Robinson, CELLO • David Grossman, Anthony Manzo, DOUBLE BASS

MOZART, SCHUBERT, & MENDELSSOHN

SUN 3/13/16 • 5:00 PM • Tickets starting at $38 TUES 3/15/16 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $30 Mozart: Quartet in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 493 Schubert: Rondo in A major for Violin and String Quartet, D. 438 Mendelssohn: Double Concerto in D minor for Violin, Piano, and Strings

Wu Han, PIANO • Benjamin Beilman, Kristin Lee, Sean Lee, VIOLIN • Richard O’Neill, VIOLA • Nicholas Canellakis, CELLO

DAVID FINCKEL AND WU HAN: RESONANCE

SUN 4/3/16 • 5:00 PM • Tickets starting at $45 Strauss: Sonata in F major for Cello and Piano, Op. 6 Messiaen: Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus for Cello and Piano from Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) Albéniz: Selections from Suite española for Piano Glazunov: Chant du ménéstrel for Cello and Piano, Op. 71 Chopin: Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 65

David Finckel, CELLO • Wu Han, PIANO

BEETHOVEN STRING QUARTETS: PART VI

BEETHOVEN, DOHNÁNYI, & DVOŘÁK

Danish String Quartet (Frederik Øland, Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, VIOLIN • Asbjørn Nørgaard, VIOLA • Fredrik Sjölin, CELLO)

Gilles Vonsattel, PIANO • Arnaud Sussmann, VIOLIN • Paul Neubauer, VIOLA • Paul Watkins, CELLO

SUN 2/21/16 • 5:00 PM • Tickets starting at $45 Quartet in C-sharp minor for Strings, Op. 131 Quartet in F major for Strings, Op. 135 “Finale: Allegro” from Quartet in B-flat major for Strings, Op. 130

FRI 4/15/16 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $30 Beethoven: Quartet in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 16 Dohnányi: Serenade in C major for Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 10 Dvořák: Quartet in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 87

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AMERICAN VISIONS

TUES 4/19/16 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $30 Gottschalk: The Union, Concert Paraphrase on National Airs for Piano, Op. 48 Dvořák: Sonatina in G major for Violin and Piano, Op. 100 Ives: Selected Songs for Baritone and Piano Crumb: American Songbook II: A Journey Beyond Time for Baritone, Piano, and Percussion

Randall Scarlata, BARITONE • Michael Brown, Gilbert Kalish, PIANO • Chad Hoopes, VIOLIN • Christopher Froh, Ayano Kataoka, Eduardo Leandro, Ian David Rosenbaum, PERCUSSION

THE ROMANTIC VIOLA WITH PAUL NEUBAUER

SUN 4/24/16 • 5:00 PM • Tickets starting at $38 Schumann: Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales) for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, Op. 132 Klughardt: Schilflieder, Five Fantasy Pieces for Oboe, Viola, and Piano, Op. 28 Jacob: Suite for Eight Violas Tower: Simply Purple for Viola (CMS Commission) Tower: Purple Rush for Viola (CMS Commission, World Premiere) Brahms: Zwei Gesänge for Voice, Viola, and Piano, Op. 91 Turina: Escena andaluza for Viola, String Quartet, and Piano, Op. 7 Schulenburg: Puszta-Märchen (Gypsy Romance and Czardas) for Viola and Gypsy Band Anonymous: Rumanian Canary for Viola and Gypsy Band

Paul Neubauer, VIOLA • Jennifer Johnson Cano, MEZZO SOPRANO • Alessio Bax, PIANO • Ida Kavafian, Daniel Phillips, VIOLIN/VIOLA • Lawrence Dutton, Hsin-Yun Huang, Pierre Lapointe, Richard O’Neill, Cynthia Phelps, VIOLA • Paul Watkins, CELLO • James Austin Smith, OBOE • Romie de GuiseLanglois, CLARINET

HORN CALLS WITH RADOVAN VLATKOVIĆ

TUES 5/3/16 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $30 Dvořák: Selected Slavonic Dances for Piano, Four Hands Schubert: “Auf dem Strom” for Tenor, Horn, and Piano, D. 943, Op. 119 Schumann: Andante and Variations for Horn, Two Cellos, and Two Pianos, WoO 10 Schubert: Allegro in A minor for Piano, Four Hands, D. 947, Op. 144, “Lebensstürme” Brahms: Trio in E-flat major for Horn, Violin, and Piano, Op. 40

Radovan Vlatković, HORN • Nicholas Phan, TENOR • Gloria Chien, Juho Pohjonen, PIANO • Paul Huang, VIOLIN • Nicholas Canellakis, Mihai Marica, CELLO

MACABRE

FRI 5/13/16 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $30 Herrmann: Psycho: A Narrative for String Ensemble

Caplet: Conte fantastique for Harp, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit for Piano Schubert: “Erlkönig” for Baritone and Piano, D. 328, Op. 1 Schubert: Quartet in D minor for Strings, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden”

Yunpeng Wang, BARITONE • Inon Barnatan, PIANO • Kristin Lee, Sean Lee, VIOLIN • Yura Lee, VIOLA • Dmitri Atapine, CELLO • Timothy Cobb, DOUBLE BASS • Escher String Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart, Aaron Boyd, VIOLIN • Pierre Lapointe, VIOLA • Brook Speltz, CELLO) • Bridget Kibbey, HARP

SPRING WINDS

SUN 5/15/16 • 5:00 PM • Tickets starting at $38 Beethoven: Octet in E-flat major for Two Oboes, Two Clarinets, Two Bassoons, and Two Horns, Op. 103 Gounod: Petite Symphonie for Flute, Two Oboes, Two Clarinets, Two Bassoons, and Two Horns Ibert: Cinq pièces en trio for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon Mozart: Serenade in C minor for Winds, K. 388

Ransom Wilson, FLUTE • James Austin Smith, Stephen Taylor, OBOE • Alexander Fiterstein, David Shifrin, CLARINET • Marc Goldberg, Peter Kolkay, BASSOON • Julie Landsman, Kevin Rivard, HORN

STRAUSS, BRAHMS, & DVOŘÁK

SUN 5/22/16 • 5:00 PM • Tickets starting at $38 TUES 5/24/16 • 7:30 PM • Tickets starting at $30 Strauss: Sextet for Strings from Capriccio, Op. 85 Brahms: Quintet in F major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, Op. 88 Dvořák: Sextet in A major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos, Op. 48

Ani Kavafian, Erin Keefe, VIOLIN • Yura Lee, Matthew Lipman, VIOLA • Dmitri Atapine, David Finckel, CELLO

Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater: Broadway at 65th Street Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio and Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse: Rose Building 165 West 65th Street, 10th floor near Amsterdam Avenue

ALICE TULLY HALL SEATING PLAN:

Prime (Orch. Row G-R) n Standard (Orch. Row S-X) n Rear (Orch. Row Y-Z) n Extended Seating (CMS only uses n

this seating configuration for concerts on Dec. 11, 13, 15; Jan. 31; Feb. 2, 5, 16, 19, 21; Apr. 3) Subject to change.

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Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe

WED 9/30/15 • 6:30 PM • $25 Fauré: Quintet No. 1 in D minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 89

Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe

WED 10/7/15 • 6:30 PM • $25 Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit for Piano

Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe

WED 10/14/15 • 6:30 PM • $25 Bartók: Quartet No. 4 for Strings

Master Class with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano MON 10/19/15 • 11:00 AM • Free, but tickets are required. Suggested admission of $10

Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe

WED 10/21/15 • 6:30 PM • $25 Britten: Quartet No. 1 in D major for Strings, Op. 25

Pre-Concert Conversation with Helen Grime TUE 11/10/15 • 6:30 PM • Free for concert ticket holders.

Pre-Concert Lecture with Eric Wen

SUN 11/15/15 • 4:00 PM • Free for concert ticket holders.

Master Class with Torleif Thedéen, Cello

FRI 11/20/15 • 11:00 AM • Free, but tickets are required. Suggested admission of $10

Pre-Concert Lectures

by Michael Parloff on The Beethoven Cycle SUN 1/31/16 • 3:45 PM TUE 2/2/16 • 6:15 PM FRI 2/5/16 • 6:15 PM TUE 2/16/16 • 6:15 PM FRI 2/19/16 • 6:15 PM SUN 2/21/16 • 3:45 PM $10, $8 for concert ticket holders.

Master Class with the Escher String Quartet

THU 2/18/16 • 11:00 AM • Free, but tickets are required. Suggested admission of $10

Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe

WED 2/24/16 • 6:30 PM • $25 Brahms: Trio in E-flat major for Horn, Violin, and Piano, Op. 40

Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe

WED 2/10/16 • 6:30 PM • $25 Schubert: Quartet in D minor for Strings, D. 801, “Death and the Maiden”

Inside Chamber Music with Bruce Adolphe

WED 2/17/16 • 6:30 PM • $25 Brahms: Quartet No. 3 in C minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 60

WED 3/2/16 • 6:30 PM • $25 Dvořák: Quartet in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 87

Master Class with Sean Lee, Violin

MON 3/14/16 • 11:00 AM • Free, but tickets are required. Suggested admission of $10

Master Class with Wu Han, Piano

MON 4/4/16 • 11:00 AM • Free, but tickets are required. Suggested admission of $10

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