Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: A Huit: Opening Night
Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center (Broadway at 60th Street New York City, NY 10023)
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Jean Francaix Octet for Winds and Strings, A Huit
Igor Stravinsky Octet for Winds
Shostakovich Prelude and Scherzo for String Octet, Op. 11
Franz Schubert Octet in F major for Winds and Strings, D. 803, Op. 166
John Rojak, bass trombone
Escher String Quartet, ensemble
Ransom Wilson, flute
David Shifrin, clarinet
Peter Kolkay, Milan Turkovic, bassoon
Radovan Vlatkovic, horn
Kevin Cobb, Raymond Mase, trumpet
Michael Powell, trombone
Philip Setzer, Joseph Silverstein, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola
Gary Hoffman, cello
Kurt Muroki, double bass
The Chinese famously view eight as a lucky number since the Chinese word for "eight" is pronounced the same as the word for "prosper." In this concert, CMS basks in compositional riches, opening its season with octets famous and unusual, filling the Rose Theater with four entirely different sonorities and eight-way musical conversations. Composers have been drawn to the abounding variety of color and textures available to them in a body of eight: while Shostakovich's string octet creates a dark and brooding sound world, and Stravinsky's Octet explores the wind instruments, mixed winds and strings become light as air in Francaix's work, and provide Schubert with a palette for transcendental beauty.
About the Ticket Supplier: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) is one of twelve constituents of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the largest performing arts complex in the world. Along with other constituents such as the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center Theater, and The Metropolitan Opera, the Chamber Music Society has its home at Lincoln Center, in Alice Tully Hall. Through its performance, education, and recording/broadcast activities, it draws more people to chamber music than any other organization of its kind.
CMS presents annual series of concerts and educational events for listeners ranging from connoisseurs to chamber music newcomers of all ages. Performing repertoire from over three centuries, and numerous premieres by living composers, CMS offers programs curated to provide listeners a comprehensive perspective on the art of chamber music. The performing artists of CMS, a multi-generational selection of expert chamber musicians, constitute an evolving repertory company capable of presenting chamber music of every instrumentation, style, and historical period (see Artists of the Society and Guests). Its annual activities include a full season of concerts and activities, national and international tours, nationally televised broadcasts on Live From Lincoln Center, a radio show broadcast nationwide, and regular appearances on National Public Radio's Performance Today.