CMS: Zwilich's Double Quartet

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS)

Sunday, March 2, 2025 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (EST)

Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY, United States

$35-$77

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich — Double Quartet for Strings
Louis Spohr — Double Quartet No. 1 in D minor for Strings, Op. 65
Max Bruch — String Octet in B-flat major, Op. posth.
Olli Mustonen — Nonetto II for Strings

The octet boasts double the power of the conventional string quartet. Ellen Zwilich's Double Quartet reveals the range of harmonic complexities and a blend of the modern and the traditional. Pianist and composer Olli Mustonen contributes a dazzling finish to a program that bristles with energy and inspiration.

About Paul Neubauer, viola

Paul Neubauer's exceptional musicality and effortless playing led The New York Times to call him "a master musician." Appointed principal violist of the New York Philharmonic at age 21, he has appeared as soloist with over 100 orchestras globally.

http://www.paulneubauer.com/

About James Thompson, viola

https://www.jamesthompsonviolin.com/

About Dmitri Atapine, cello

http://www.atapine.com

About Mihai Marica, cello

https://www.mihaimarica.com/

About Nina Bernat, double bass

Nina Bernat is emerging as one of the world's foremost exponents of the double bass as solo instrument and is the recipient of the 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the 2023 CAG Elmaleh Competition. She enjoys a versatile career as an artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, and Music@Menlo, and currently serves as the double bass faculty at Stony Brook University.

The daughter of Korean and Polish parents, Ms. Bernat began her studies with her father, double bassist Mark Bernat, and performs on a rare and sonorous early-18th century bass, handed down from him and attributed to Guadagnini.

https://www.ninabernat.com/