Over two decades, CMS Founding Artistic Director Charles Wadsworth expanded the awareness of chamber music at Lincoln Center and beyond. CMS pays tribute to its founder with a program featuring a super-star vocal quartet with pianists Ken Noda and Wu Han in Schumann’s Spanische Liederspiel.
• Johann Gottlieb Goldberg - Trio Sonata in C major for Two Violins and Continuo, DürG 13 (before 1756)
• Robert Schumann - Spanisches Liederspiel for Vocal Quartet and Piano, Op. 74 (1849)
• Robert Schumann - “Liebhabers Ständchen” for Soprano, Tenor, and Piano, Op. 34, No. 2 (1840)
• Robert Schumann - “Ich bin dein Baum” from Minnespiel for Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone, and Piano, Op. 101, No. 2 (1849)
• Robert Schumann - “Tanzlied” for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone, and Piano, Op. 78, No. 1 (1849)
• Camille Saint-Saëns - Septet in E-flat major for Trumpet, Two Violins, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, and Piano, Op. 65 (1879–80)
2hr. May 1 performance: No intermission; May 2 performance: Incl. intermission.
Ages 8+.
May 1st, 2025
May 2nd, 2025
Soprano: Kathleen Battle
Mezzo-Soprano: Frederica von Stade
Tenor: Ben Bliss
Baritone: Thomas Hampson
Piano: Ken Noda & Wu Han
Violin: Francisco Fullana & Chad Hoopes
Viola: Paul Neubauer
Cello: Sterling Elliott
Double Bass: Nina Bernat
Trumpet: David Washburn
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