CMS @ SPAC: Winds Around the World 

About this event

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) brings its multi-generational and international roster of the world’s finest chamber musicians to Saratoga for inspiring performances all year long. CMS became one of Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s resident companies in 2013, presenting a wide variety of concerts at Spa Little Theater that appeal to both connoisseurs and newcomers alike.

2026 Summer Residency

• Sunday, July 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM — Dvořák’s Quintet in A Major
• Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM — From Haydn to Gershwin
• Sunday, July 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM — Burleigh, Dvořák, and Beethoven
• Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM — Winds Around the World

Unlike many chamber concerts that center on strings, this program is devoted to the brilliant colors of wind instruments. It opens with Beethoven’s Sonata in F major for horn and piano, a playful yet noble work that shows off the horn’s heroic voice. American composer Samuel Barber follows with Summer Music for wind quintet, filled with breezy shifts of character that feel light and conversational. The Trio for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, one of the most influential figures in 20th-century Latin American music, bursts with rhythmic vitality and the vibrant spirit of his homeland. From Georgia, Otar Taktakishvili’s Sonata for Flute and Piano offers flowing melodies and heartfelt lyricism, reflecting the warmth and musical traditions of his country. The program concludes with the Rhapsody in D minor by Belgian composer Joseph Jongen, whose lush, late-Romantic style brings the winds and piano together in a sweeping, powerful finale.

• Sunday, July 26, 2026 at 3:00 PM — Calidore String Quartet

Please note: While Spa Little Theater undergoes renovations in 2026, CMS performances are being presented at the Arthur Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College.