Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerts in New York

The sound of today’s best pianos—like the Hamburg Steinway concert grands you hear at CMS—is a truly awesome sonority. A great piano can do anything, from roaring like a lion to singing like a soprano. Performers: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (Piano); Alessio Bax (Piano); Anne-Marie McDermott (Piano); Evren Ozel (Piano); Wu Han (Piano) Program: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in C major for Piano, Four Hands, K. 521; Frédéric Chopin: Rondo in C major for Two Pianos, Op. 73; Witold Lutosławski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini for Two Pianos; Alexandre Tansman: Le Train de nuit for Two Pianos (US Premiere); George Gershwin: An American in Paris for Two Pianos

This season, CMS follows the extraordinary creative evolution of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The renowned Schumann Quartett encounters him on March 15, 1770, on tour in Lodi, Italy, finishing his very first string quartet at 7:00 in the evening while waiting for a restaurant to open. Performers: The Schumann Quartett (Ensemble) Program: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in G major for Strings, K. 80/73f, "Lodi"; Igor Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet; Charles Ives: Quartet No. 2 for Strings; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 1 in D major for Strings, Op. 11

Program: Jenkins , Elixir of Life; Handel , Water Music, Suite no. 3 in G major, HWV 350; Mozart , Piano Concerto no. 27 in B flat major, K595; Haydn , Symphony no. 91 in E flat major Performers: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Isata Kanneh-Mason , Piano