The Carnival of the Animals

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Sunday • Aug 18, 2024 • 3:00pm

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This rich and varied program begins with Baroque works for different instrumental combinations, and continues with Ravel’s Introduction et allegro for the unusual cast of harp, flute, clarinet, and string quartet. CMS closes its summer season at SPAC with Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals in its original instrumentation for chamber ensemble. The piece is a riotously fun depiction of all kinds of animals, from turtles and kangaroos to lions, birds, and—taking the joke a step further—even pianists!

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Program

Biber	Sonata representativa in A major for Violin and Continuo, C. 146 (B. IV 184) (c. 1669)
Bach	Concerto in A major for Keyboard, Strings, and Continuo, BWV 1055 (c. 1738-39)
Vivaldi	Concerto in D major for Flute, Strings, and Continuo, RV 428, “Il gardellino” (1729)
Ravel	Introduction et allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and String Quartet (1905)
Saint-Saëns	Le carnaval des animaux for Ensemble (1886)

Performers

WU HAN, piano

WU QIAN, piano

SOOYUN KIM, flute

DAVID SHIFRIN, clarinet

BRIDGET KIBBEY, harp

IAN DAVID ROSENBAUM, percussion

AYANO KATAOKA, percussion

RICHARD LIN, violin

FRANCISCO FULLANA, violin

GUILLERMO FIGUEROA, viola

STERLING ELLIOTT, cello

NINA BERNAT, double bass

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