Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center ‘Summer Evenings III’ concert available to stream through Oct. 26

The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State is hosting its second of three presentations of “Front Row: National,” an online series featuring performances and interviews by members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

The free virtual event, “Summer Evenings III,” is available for streaming through 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26.

High-definition performances from the society’s archives are curated by organization Co-artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han, and feature insight from artists who have previously performed at the Center for the Performing Arts.

The presentation of “Summer Evenings III” was recorded in July. The program, featuring three performances with each introduced by Finckel, Han and a musician featured in that work, includes:

• Tomaso Albinoni’s Sonata di Concerto a 7 in D Major for Trumpet, Two Violins, Two Violas, Cello and Continuo, featuring David Washburn (trumpet), Ani Kavafian and Giora Schmidt (violins), Mark Holloway and Richard O’Neill (violas), Mihai Marica (cello), Stéphane Logerot (bass) and Kenneth Weiss (harpsichord);

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Quartet in D Major for Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello, K. 285, featuring Tara Helen O’Connor (flute), Benjamin Beilman (violin), Richard O’Neill (viola) and Keith Robinson (cello); and

• Johannes Brahms’ Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 101, featuring Michael Brown (piano), Paul Huang (violin) and Dmitri Atapine (cello).

Following the performances, Finckel and Han host a discussion with Kavafian, O’Connor and Huang.

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 to perform the Beethoven Piano Trios. Finckel also performed at Penn State—in 1990, 2002 and 2009—when he was a member of Emerson String Quartet.

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is one of 11 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. The society is known for the extraordinary quality of its performances and its programming, and for setting the benchmark for chamber music worldwide.

Visit “Summer Evenings III” for more information. 

Contributions from the members of the Center for the Performing Arts and a grant from the University Park Student Fee Board help make the program free of charge. The program is part of the center’s “Up Close and Virtual” fall season, which is sponsored by Geisinger and Northwest.