A Mendelssohn “Piano Quartet” and Kurt Elling on “This is Cabaret”
Mnedelssohn's 3rd "Piano Quartet" is his third published work, prodigy-like, at age 16 years!
Mnedelssohn's 3rd "Piano Quartet" is his third published work, prodigy-like, at age 16 years!
"The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center" starts our two hour block of chamber music starting at 7pm. At 8pm it's the "Spoleto Chamber Music Festival", Episode one.
Thirty years separate the two featured works on tonight's "Evening Concert": the "Clarinet Quintet" is a late work by Brahms, published 1891, the "Piano Quartet No.2", published 1861.
Wu Han and David Finckel are the co-artistic directors of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center frequently collaborating in live performance on this program.
The Belcea Quartet won the Gramophone Award for Best Debut Recording in 2001. Hear them play a late string quartet by Haydn on tonight's "Evening Concert".