Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Zwilich's Double Quartet Tickets

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.

• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich - Double Quartet for Strings (CMS Commission, 1984)
• Louis Spohr - Double Quartet No. 1 in D minor for Strings, Op. 65 (1823)
• Max Bruch - Octet for Strings (1920)
• Olli Mustonen - Nonet II for Four Violins, Two Violas, Two Cellos, and Bass (2000)

Francisco Fullana, Ani Kavafian, Kristin Lee, Julian Rhee, violin; Paul Neubauer, James Thompson, viola; Dmitri Atapine, Mihai Marica, cello; Nina Bernat, double bass.