Arensky and Saint-Saëns
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
8:30 PM
Alice Tully Hall
1941 Broadway at 65th Street, New York, NY 10023
Scheduled
About This Event
At Alice Tully Hall, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center places chamber works by Anton Arensky in dialogue with music by Saint-Saëns. Arensky, a late‑19th‑century Russian composer and teacher in the Rimsky-Korsakov lineage, wrote with clear forms and a fondness for tight, singing lines. In New York, his chamber music has tended to live on the margins of the repertory rather than in its core, so each hearing acts as a quiet correction to the historical record. The writing can feel conservative beside his contemporaries, but its craft and restraint hold up under close listening.
About Work(s) by Anton Arensky(chamber)
At Alice Tully Hall, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center places chamber works by Anton Arensky in dialogue with music by Saint-Saëns. Arensky, a late‑19th‑century Russian composer and teacher in the Rimsky-Korsakov lineage, wrote with clear forms and a fondness for tight, singing lines. In New York, his chamber music has tended to live on the margins of the repertory rather than in its core, so each hearing acts as a quiet correction to the historical record. The writing can feel conservative beside his contemporaries, but its craft and restraint hold up under close listening.
About the Artist
Saint-Saëns
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) was a French composer, pianist, and organist known for his contributions to the Romantic music repertoire, including works such as 'The Carnival of the Animals' and 'Danse Macabre'.