Saratoga Performing Arts Center announced they will again partner with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, renewing an annual residency. “CMS at the Meadows,” hosted at Pitney Meadows Community Farm open-air High Tunnel greenhouse, will present twelve performances in 2022, spanning June, July, and August. The diverse orchestra will take on masterworks by the likes of Beethoven, Mozart, and Dvořák.
“One of the highlights of this past summer’s programming was the glorious confluence of stunning music-making in a magnificent natural setting. Thanks to our partners at The Farm, we are excited to be going back there for the summer 2022 season,” said SPAC President and CEO Elizabeth Sobol.
Led by artistic directors David Finckel and Wu Han, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will highlight a diverse array of performers and composers. Some CMS guests, like the acclaimed Escher String Quartet, make a welcome return to Saratoga Springs. Others, like German clarinetist Sebastian Manz, Brazilian oboist Hugo Zouza, Taiwanese-American violist Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, and American hornists David Byrd-Marrow and Kevin Rivard, will appear at SPAC for the first time ever.
In addition to highlighting both familiar classics and new frontiers, CMS will also continue their intentional efforts to highlight BIPOC music and musicians. A special Juneteenth concert will see acclaimed BIPOC composers Jessie Montgomery, Florence Price, and William Grant Still make their SPAC debuts.
“It will be an exciting summer, and we can’t wait for everyone to hear it,” Finckel and Wu Han shared in a statement.
Tickets to all six Chamber Music Society programs (performed at 3 pm and 6 pm rain or shine) will be available for purchase at spac.org, beginning on December 10th with a presale for SPAC members. The general public will be able to purchase tickets starting December 17th. See the full summer schedule below:
Sunday, June 12 @ 3PM & 7PM: Quintessential Quintets
ANI KAVAFIAN, Violin
IDA KAVAFIAN, Violin
PAUL NEUBAUER, Viola
STEVEN TENENBOM, Viola
DAVID FINCKEL, Cello
Mozart: Quintet in G minor for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, K. 516 (1787)
Dvořák: Quintet in E-flat major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, Op. 97, “American” (1893)
Sunday, June 19 @ 3PM & 7PM: From the Harlem Renaissance to Today
MSIMELELO MBALI, Bass–baritone
WU QIAN, Piano
STELLA CHEN, Violin
GUILLERMO FIGUEROA, Violin
TIEN-HSIN CINDY WU, Viola
NICHOLAS CANELLAKIS, Cello
Still: Suite for Violin and Piano (1943)
Montgomery: Duo for Violin and Cello (2015)
Price: Quintet in A minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello
Additional vocal works TBA
Sunday, July 10 @ 3PM & 7PM: The Magic of Mixed Ensembles
MICHAEL BROWN, Piano
CHAD HOOPES, Violin
KEITH ROBINSON, Cello
TOMMASO LONQUICH, Clarinet
KEVIN RIVARD, Horn
TBA, Viola
Mozart: Quartet in G minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 478 (1785)
Schoenfield: Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano (1986)
Dohnányi: Sextet in C major for Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Piano, Op. 37 (1935)
Sunday, July 17 @ 3PM & 7PM: Astounding Winds
JUHO POHJONEN, Piano
ADAM WALKER, Flute
HUGO SOUZA, Oboe
SEBASTIAN MANZ, Clarinet
MARC GOLDBERG, Bassoon
DAVID BYRD-MARROW, Horn
Reicha: Quintet in E minor for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn, Op. 88, No. 1 (1811-17)
Beethoven: Quintet in E-flat major for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano, Op. 16 (1796)
Françaix: L’heure du berger for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano (1947)
Poulenc: Sextet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano (1932-39)
Sunday, August 14 @ 3PM & 7PM: The Escher Quartet
ESCHER STRING QUARTET
ADAM BARNETT-HART, Violin
BRENDAN SPELTZ, Violin
PIERRE LAPOINTE, Viola
BROOK SPELTZ, Cello
Haydn: Quartet in B-flat major for Strings, Hob. III:78, Op. 76, No. 4, “Sunrise” (1797)
Walker: Lyric for String Quartet (1946)
Webern: Langsamer Satz for String Quartet (1905)
Dvořák: Quartet in E-flat major for Strings, Op. 51 (1878-79)
Sunday, August 21 @ 3PM & 7PM: Beethoven’s Archduke
WU HAN, Piano
ARNAUD SUSSMANN, Violin
DAVID FINCKEL, Cello
Beethoven: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 1, No. 3 (1794-95)
Beethoven: Trio in B-flat major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 97, “Archduke” (1810-11)