Target Free Thursdays The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

When:Thursday March 11, 2010
Time:8:30 PM
Where:David Rubenstein Atrium At Lincoln Center
61 West 62nd Street
New York, NY 10023
(212) 875-5350
Broadway btw 62nd and 63rd streets
Cost:Free

Target Free Thursdays provide free public performances, Thursday nights at 8:30, every Thursday of the year at the new David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, making the vast spectrum of the performing arts available to the broadest possible audience.

Artists of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center give an encore performance of Niels Gade’s scintillating String Sextet. Although little known today, this composer, conductor, violinist, and organist was the most important Danish musician of his time, and took over the position of chief conductor at the Gewandhaus Orchestra upon Mendelssohn’s death. This music carries the memory of Mendelssohn in sweet, light-footed virtuosity and deeply-felt melodies. The Scandinavian sextet provides context for CMS’s Finnish Voices Festival, taking place March 11–18.

Amy Lee and Erin Keefe, Violins
Lily Francis and Yura Lee, Violas
Timothy Eddy and Nicholas Canellakis, Cellos

Niels Gade: String Sextet in E-flat major, Op. 44

Andante-Allegro vivace
Scherzo: Allegro non troppo
Andantino
Finale: Allegro molto vivace

Presented in collaboration with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.