Dvořák and Coleridge-Taylor

The United States has been greatly enriched from the influences of many distinguished visitors, including artists who came to perform, create, teach, or simply be inspired by this country’s natural beauty and spirit. In a program celebrating America’s imported musical diversity, we enjoy the sublime music of Antonín Dvořák with his “American” voice in the Sonatina, composed in Spillville, Iowa, and his quintessentially Czech Piano Quintet. In between, the stage is shared by the touching “Child’s Dream” by Belgian violinist/composer Eugène Ysaÿe, who led the Cincinnati Symphony from 1918–22; and the stunning Piano Quintet by English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, who made such an impact in the United States at the start of the 20th century that he toured the U.S. three times and was invited to the White House by President Theodore Roosevelt. ANNE-MARIE MCDERMOTT, PianoCHAD HOOPES, ViolinSEAN LEE, ViolinMATTHEW LIPMAN, ViolaEDWARD ARRON, Cello Dvořák: Sonatina in G major for Violin and Piano, Op. 100 (1893)Coleridge-Taylor Quintet in G minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 1 (1893)Ysaÿe: Rêve d’enfant for Violin and Piano, Op. 14 (1895–1900)Dvořák : Quintet in A major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, B. 155, Op. 81 (1887) About The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center HISTORY:The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) is one of eleven resident companies of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the largest performing arts complex in the world. The vision for CMS emerged in 1965, when the distinguished American composer and then-President of Lincoln Center, William Schuman, conceived of an institution dedicated to chamber music, housed in its own specially designed recital hall. CMS is part of a distinguished community of resident companies at Lincoln Center, including The Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, and the New York City Ballet. Under the artistic guidance of Charles Wadsworth, and through the patronage…