The Santa Fe Chamber Music Series

Airs Saturday, November 24 at 2:00 p.m. Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival has become one of the world's preeminent music festivals, guided by a visionary spirit and dedicated to artistic excellence and innovation.  With legendary cellist Pablo Casals as honorary president, the Festival's 1973 inaugural season hosted 14 artists performing six Sunday concerts in Santa Fe and additional appearances in other New Mexico and Arizona communities.  Today, 40 summers later, under the spirited artistic leadership of composer/pianist Marc Neikrug, the Festival invites scores of distinguished musicians, along with emerging young talent, during its 6-week season.  The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival has garnered enthusiastic acclaim not only from music lovers, but also from art aficionados with its 20-year series of collectible posters and program book covers of Georgia O'Keeffe paintings, the tradition continues with other artists, including Dan Namingha, William Lumpkins, Harry Fonsecca, Nils Hogner, Laura Gilpin, William Penhallow Henderson and Emmi Whitehorse.

Airs Saturday, October 6 at 2:00 p.m.  Join us for a new season of concerts from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, celebrating its 40th season as one of the world’s leading performing arts festivals. Artistic director Marc Neikrug and broadcast host Kerry Frumkin will take you through 13 weeks of world class chamber performances. This week's concert features  Pianists Cecile Licad and Victor Asuncion who join Julie Landsman on horn and cellists Joseph Johnson and Nicholas Canellakis for Schumann’s Andante and variations in b-flat major.  Then Pianists Cecile Licad and Victor Asuncion join Jeffrey Milarsky and David Tolen on percussion for Bartók’s Sonata for two pianos and percussion, sz 110.

Airs Saturday, September 29 at 2:00 p.m.  Join us for a new season of concerts from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, celebrating its 40th season as one of the world’s leading performing arts festivals. Artistic director Marc Neikrug and broadcast host Kerry Frumkin will take you through 13 weeks of world class chamber performances. This week's concert features Shanghai Quartet in Penderecki's String Quartet No. 3, (Leaves from an Unwritten Diary) and then soloists William Preucil and Benny Kim, violins; Michael Tree and Steven Tenenbom, violas; Eric Kim, cello play the Brahms' String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111.

Airs Saturday, September 22 at 2:00 p.m.  Join us for a new season of concerts from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, celebrating its 40th season as one of the world’s leading performing arts festivals. Artistic director Marc Neikrug and broadcast host Kerry Frumkin will take you through 13 weeks of world class chamber performances. This week's concert features Martinu's Serenade No. 1 in A Minor, H. 217 with Daniel Hope, Jennifer Gilbert, Harvey de Souza, violins; Carla Maria Rodrigues, viola; Todd Levy, clarinet; Julie Landsman, horn. Then the Johannes String Quartet plays Schubert's String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, (Death and the Maiden).

Airs Saturday, September 15 at 2:00 p.m.  Join us for a new season of concerts from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, celebrating its 40th season as one of the world’s leading performing arts festivals. Artistic director Marc Neikrug and broadcast host Kerry Frumkin will take you through 13 weeks of world class chamber performances. This week's concert Violinists John Dalley & Lily Francis join Violist Cynthia Phelps for Dvorak's Terzetto in C Major, Op. 74. Then the Johannes String Quartet are joned by pianist Inon Barnaton for
Robert Schumann's Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47.