Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Totally Mozart

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS)

Sunday, May 19, 2024 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (EDT)

Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY, United States

$75-$143

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Trio No. 6 in G major, K. 564
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Church Sonata No. 15 in C major for Two Violins and Basso Continuo, K. 328/317c
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Church Sonata No. 1 in E-flat major for Two Violins and Basso Continuo, K. 67
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Church Sonata No. 11 in D major for Two Violins and Basso Continuo, K. 245
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Grande Sestetto Concertante for String Sextet (after the Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364/320d)

To close the season, CMS offers an immersion in the timeless genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Setting an unmatched standard for beauty, craft, and invention, the perfection of his works defies logical explanation, yet their magic continues to enrapture listeners with enduring power.

Performances on May 18 & 19.

About Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS)

http://www.chambermusicsociety.org/

About Gilbert Kalish, piano

As head of the performance faculty, Gilbert Kalish had done much to create the uniquely supportive and stimulating environment of Stony Brook's music department. Through his activities as performer and educator, he has become a major figure in American music making. A native New Yorker, Mr. Kalish studied with Leonard Shure, Julius Hereford and Isabelle Vengerova. He is a frequent guest artist with many of the world’s most distinguished chamber ensembles. Mr. Kalish's discography of some 100 recordings encompasses classical repertory, 20th-century masterworks and new compositions.

http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/music/aboutus/faculty/kalish_gilbert.html

About Nicholas Canellakis, cello

Nicholas Canellakis has become one of the most sought-after and innovative cellists of his generation, praised as a "superb young soloist" (The New Yorker) and for being "impassioned ... the audience seduced by Mr. Canellakis's rich, alluring tone" (The New York Times). A multifaceted artist, Canellakis has forged a unique voice combining his talents as soloist, chamber musician, curator, filmmaker, and composer/arranger.

https://www.nicholascanellakis.com/

About David Requiro, cello

First Prize winner of the 2008 Naumburg International Violoncello Competition, DAVID REQUIRO (pronounced re-KEER-oh) has emerged as one of today’s finest American cellists. After winning First Prize in both the Washington International and Irving M. Klein International String Competitions, he also captured a top prize at the Gaspar Cassadó International Violoncello Competition in Hachioji, Japan, coupled with the prize for the best performances of works by Cassadó.

Mr. Requiro has made concerto appearances with the National Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic, and several orchestras from California including the Marin, Oakland East Bay, Peninsula, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and Stockton Symphonies. He also has been featured as soloist with the Ann Arbor, Breckenridge, Canton, Edmonton, Lansing, Olympia, Pine Bluff, and Santa Fe Symphony Orchestras as well as with the Northwest Sinfonietta, Symphony ProMusica, and Naples Philharmonic. His Carnegie Hall debut recital at Weill Hall was followed by a critically acclaimed San Francisco Performances recital at the Herbst Theatre. Soon after making his Kennedy Center debut, Mr. Requiro also completed the cycle of Beethoven’s Sonatas for Piano and Cello at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. Actively involved in contemporary music, Mr. Requiro appeared as a guest artist at the 2010 Amsterdam Cello Biennale where he gave the Dutch premiere of Pierre Jalbert’s Sonata for Cello and Piano. He has collaborated with composers such as Krzysztof Penderecki and Bright Sheng, as well as with members of the Aspen Percussion Ensemble, giving the Aspen Music Festival premiere of Tan Dun’s concerto, Elegy: Snow in June, for cello and percussion. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Requiro is a founding member of the Baumer String Quartet and frequently performs with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Takács String Quartet, Seattle Chamber Music Society, Concertante Chamber Players, ECCO (East Coast Chamber Orchestra), and the Alexander String Quartet. For over seven seasons, he has served as a frequent performing artist of the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players Series in New York City. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center recently appointed Mr. Requiro to its prestigious Bowers Program (formerly CMS Two) beginning in 2018.

In 2015, Mr. Requiro was appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. He previously served as Artist-in-Residence at the University of Puget Sound as well as Guest Lecturer at the University of Michigan. His artist faculty appointments include the Music@Menlo Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival, Giverny Chamber Music Festival, Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival and Institute, Innsbrook Music Festival and Institute, Maui Classical Music Festival, and Olympic Music Festival. Along with duo partner Meta Weiss, he co-founded the Boulder Cello Festival in 2020.

A native of Oakland, California, Mr. Requiro began cello studies at age six and his teachers have included Milly Rosner, Bonnie Hampton, Mark Churchill, Michel Strauss, and Richard Aaron.

https://www.davidrequiro.com/