Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 1940
AUERBACH String Sextet (CMS Co-Commission, NJ Premiere) 2011
TCHAIKOVSKY String Sextet, Op. 70, "Souvenir de Florence" 1890; rev. 1891–92

"Russian classical music appeared less than two centuries ago, but although that Russian sound is relatively new, it is a sound most music-lovers recognize and feel to be old," states Gerard McBurney in his essay on The Elusive Soul of Russian Music. Hear this unmistakable "old" sound in two epic pieces of the Russian repertoire, and in an authentic Russian voice of today—that of composer, pianist, and poet Lera Auerbach. Concert at 8:00 PM. Pre-concert conversation with Garyth Nair and CMS Artists at 7:15 PM.

ANDRÉ-MICHEL SCHUB, piano SHMUEL ASHKENASI, violin
ERIN KEEFE, violin
YURA LEE, violin
BETH GUTERMAN, viola
PAUL NEUBAUER, viola
NICOLAS ALTSTAEDT, cello
FRED SHERRY, cello

Subscription includes three concerts: Nov. 8, 2010, March 14, 2011, and this concert on April 11, 2011.