SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) returns to the Spa Little Theater for its summer residency, starting on Bloomsday.
Saratoga Performing Arts Center welcomes CMS from June 16-Aug. 18. Part of its year-round presence in Saratoga Springs, the six-concert summer season follows its spring series, which will culminate on May 11 with Wu Han, David Finckel and Chad Hoopes.
“Opening the Spa Little Theater doors for our community to experience world-class chamber music – now year-round -- is an important part of our expanded mission,” SPAC President and CEO Elizabeth Sobol said in a statement. “We look forward to continuing this new tradition with our partners at CMS under the brilliant direction of Wu Han and David Finckel.”
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s summer season opens with “Romantic Masterpieces,” showcasing works from Brahms and Arensky (June 16), followed by “Musical Mosaics” featuring Mozart, Puccini, Brahms and Dvořák (June 23); “Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Brahms” with the Escher String Quartet (July 14); an “Enchanting Winds” program (July 21); and “Beethoven, Ravel, and Schumann” (August 11). The season closes with “The Carnival of the Animals” (August 18), in its original instrumentation for chamber ensemble.
Anchored by Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Artistic Directors Wu Han (piano) and David Finckel (cello), this season’s guest artists also include violinists Bella Hristova, Chad Hoopes, Kristin Lee, Adam Barnett-Hart, Brendan Speltz, Danbi Um, and Francisco Fullana; violists Paul Neubauer, Pierre Lapointe, Matthew Lipman, and Guillermo Figueroa; cellists Dmitri Atapine, Brook Speltz, Nicholas Canellakis, and Sterling Elliott; double bassist Nina Bernat; pianists Wu Qian, Anna Geniushene, Evren Ozel, and Michael Stephen Brown; clarinetists Romie de Guise-Langlois and David Shifrin; flutists Demarre McGill and Sooyun Kim; Hugo Valverde on horn; bassoonist Peter Kolkay; harpist Bridget Kibbey; percussionists Ian David Rosenblum and Ayano Kataoka, and The Escher String Quartet.
The summer season follows two previously announced spring concerts offered by CMS. The final spring performance is slated for May 11 with pianist Wu Han, violinist Chad Hoopes, and cellist David Finckel featuring works by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Smetana.
All summer 2024 CMS events will take place at the Spa Little Theatre - 19 Roosevelt Drive, Saratoga Springs. There is one performance of each program at 3 p.m. Doors open at 2 p.m. and the house opens at 2:30 p.m. Visit spac.org for more information.
Subscriptions to all six summer programs will be available to purchase at spac.org. Subscription packages will be $198 - $378 depending on seating location. Single performance tickets will be available to purchase beginning on March 20 for members (tiered by level) and March 22 for the general public and will be $38 - $68 each.
