The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble: Walker & Schubert

In the intimate Weill Recital Hall, witness Carnegie Hall's first-ever complete performance of George Walker's sumptuous First String Quartet. It is an impassioned early piece by the Pulitzer-winning composer, and in its beautiful second movement you will hear the basis of Walker's most popular work, Lyric for Strings. Also included is Schubert's octet, the largest of all his chamber works. Comprising six movements, it is a grand yet infrequently performed work, modeled closely—by request—after Beethoven's crowd-pleasing septet.

About The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble

The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble provides a unique opportunity to hear members of the full Met Orchestra outside of the opera house and in the intimacy of Weill Recital Hall.

About Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall's mission is to present extraordinary music and musicians on the three stages of this legendary hall, to bring the transformative power of music to the widest possible audience, to provide visionary education programs, and to foster the future of music through the cultivation of new works, artists, and audiences.