Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s
Front Row: National
Summer Evenings II

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Front Row: National virtual concert collection features beautifully shot, full-length HD performance videos from the society’s archive, curated by organization co-Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han, plus insight from artists who have previously performed at the Center for the Performing  Arts.

The series was created to provide a new way for audiences to experience chamber music in a meaningful and innovative way—from the virtual “front row,” in the comfort and safety of listeners’ homes. The Center for the Performing Arts will present three of the society’s Summer Evening series performances this fall. Each program will feature a Baroque work, a classical piece, and a favorite of the Romantic era.

The first program, Summer Evenings II, will be introduced by Finckel and Han and will feature three full performances:

• Giovanni Gabrieli’s Canzon XVI a 12, C. 209, featuring The Cellists of Lincoln Center: David Finckel, Sumire Kudo, Sarina Zhang, Timothy Eddy, Rafael Figueroa, Dmitri Atapine, James Jeonghwan Kim, Richard Aaron, Carter Brey, Yi Qun Xu, Kevin Mills, and Jerry Grossman;
• Ludwig van Beethoven’s Trio in B-flat Major for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 11, performed by Anthony McGill, clarinet; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; and Inon Barnatan, piano; and
• Sergei Rachmanoniv’s Suite No. 2 in C minor for Two Pianos, Op. 17, performed by Qian Wu, piano, and Anne-Marie McDermott, piano.

Download program notes.

Following each performance, Finckel and Han will host a discussion featuring Anthony McGill and Qian Wu.

Finckel and Han previously performed at the Center for the Performing Arts as a duo in 2005, and with violinist Philip Setzer in 2017 and 2018 for the Beethoven Piano Trios. Finckel also performed at Penn State as a member of Emerson String Quartet in 1990, 2002, and 2009.

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is one of eleven constituents of the largest performing arts complex in the world, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts—which includes the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center Theater, and The Metropolitan Opera. With its home in Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, the society is known for the extraordinary quality of its performances and its programming, and for setting the benchmark for chamber music worldwide.