Great Sonatas: Beethoven, Brahms, and Mozart
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Sunday • Jun 22, 2025 • 3:00pm
Mozart’s Sonata for Piano, Four-hands, in B-flat Major opens the program, a lively and elegant work from his early Salzburg years. Its playful dialogue and sparkling melodies epitomize Mozart’s charm and precision. It is followed by Brahms’ Sonata No. 1 in E minor for Cello and Piano, a deeply emotional piece inspired by Bach that blends contrapuntal textures with dramatic interplay, highlighting the cello’s rich, expressive voice. The program concludes with Beethoven’s iconic “Kreutzer” Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano, a virtuosic masterpiece that redefined the violin-piano duo. Dedicated to violinist Rodolphe Kreutzer, the sonata is celebrated for its fiery intensity, technical brilliance, and emotional power.
Program
| Mozart | Sonata for Piano, Four-hands, in B-flat major* |
| Brahms | Sonata No. 1 in E minor for Cello and Piano* |
| Beethoven | Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano, “Kreutzer” |
*Indicates SPAC premiere
Performers
GEORGE LI, piano*
EVREN OZEL, piano
STELLA CHEN, violin
STERLING ELLIOTT, cello
*Indicates SPAC debut
George Li
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center presented by Charles Schwab – Maureen Parker
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