Join us For Our Spectacular 52nd Season

The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is one of the most respected and renowned chamber music festivals in the world, and part of its allure, for audiences and musicians alike, is that it draws inspiration from its namesake hometown, which is famously and affectionately known as the City Different.

Schedule of Events

12:00 Pm - 1:10 Pm - Escher String Quartet

The Renowned Escher String Quartet Plays Dvořák’s Masterful, Late-Career Op. 105—Which The Czech Composer Began While Living In America And Completed After He Returned To Prague—And Gives The Us Premiere Of The Festival-Commissioned String Quartet No. 4 By Julian Anderson, One Of Today’s Most Compelling Composers. The Program Begins With The First Two Of Four Works That Make Up Mendelssohn’s Op. 81, A Collection That Was Assembled And Published Posthumously And That Features, In The First Work, Mendelssohn’s Only Variations For A String Quartet. 

Mendelssohn Andante And Scherzo For String Quartet, Op. 81

Julian Anderson String Quartet No. 4 (Festival Co-Commission, Us Premiere)

Dvořák String Quartet In A-Flat Major, Op. 105

Approximate Length: 1 Hour And 10 Minutes

6:00 Pm - 7:40 Pm - Mozart and Dohnányi

Schumann’s Passionate And Highly Romantic First Violin And Piano Sonata—Written At The Request Of Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Concertmaster Ferdinand David—Is The Centerpiece Of This Fiery Program, And Here The Work Showcases The Virtuosity Of Longtime Festival Collaborators Daniel Phillips (Who’s Appeared At The Festival Every Season Since 1979) And Pianist Soyeon Kate Lee. To Open The Program, Festival Musicians Play Mozart’s Mysteriously Urgent And Dark-Hued Viola Quintet, K. 406, While Dohnányi’s Stunningly Inventive Sextet, Performed By An Ensemble Of Festival Musicians That Includes Clarinetist David Shifrin And Berlin Philharmonic Principal Horn Stefan Dohr, Brings The Evening To A Dramatic Close.

Mozart String Quintet In C Minor, K. 406

Schumann Sonata In A Minor For Violin And Piano, Op. 105

Dohnányi Sextet In C Major For Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello, And Piano, Op. 37

Approximate Length: 1 Hour And 40 MinutesArt