Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Russian Spirit April 14, 2011

Adult $38 | University Park Student $15 | 18 and Younger $31

Russia’s impact on music is difficult to overstate. The names Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, and Prokofiev stand like giant pillars in the musical landscape. Russian Spirit, performed by seven musicians selected from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s roster of virtuosos, features two of those monumental composers along with a new voice—that of Lera Auerbach. Poetic, powerful, and deeply connected to her Russian heritage, Auerbach’s music continues the great tradition of her forbearers. The program features Prokofiev’s Sonata for Two Violins and Auerbach’s new Sextet, co-commissioned by the Center for the Performing Arts through its membership in Music Accord and written for pairing with Tchaikovsky’s brilliant and lyrical Sextet for Strings, Souvenir de Florence. The musicians are Shmuel Ashkenazi, Erin Keefe, and Yura Lee, violins; Beth Guterman and Paul Neubauer, violas; and Nicolas Alstaedt and Fred Sherry, cellos.

Complimentary round-trip shuttle service is provided between the Eisenhower Parking Deck and Schwab Auditorium.

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