Setting The Stage -
chamber music society returns

Artists and staff of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center band together in preparation for the return to their home venue, proving that the trials of mounting a concert during a pandemic are outweighed by the rewards of live music.

Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 101

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About Chamber Music Society Returns:

The onset of the Covid 19 pandemic left an indelible mark, not only on the world at large but on the entire live arts industry.

Performers worldwide suddenly found themselves on lockdown, and audiences were separated from the inspiring joys of live music.

Chamber musicians were exiled from participating in one of the most critical aspects of their artistic identity: in-person collaboration and performance.

Experience the exciting yet daunting process of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center coming back to its home, Alice Tully Hall, after a year and a half away.

Go inside the planning and execution of the celebratory first concert back, through all the obstacles involved with mounting a tour in these fraught times, and finally takes us to the culmination of the fall season in the beloved annual tradition of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos.

The return of live chamber music to Lincoln Center is a story of many trials as well as ultimate resilience and hope.