Performance

Works by Foote

1 upcoming performance in New York

“Works by Foote” places Arthur Foote’s chamber writing in an American lineage that often sits in the shadow of its European counterparts. Heard at Alice Tully Hall in a program shared with Mozart and Raff, the music favors clear classical forms and a late-19th-century lyricism shaped by New England concert life. Foote’s pieces matter in New York because they document how U.S. composers built a serious chamber tradition alongside imported repertory. The most telling detail is his restraint, which lets structure carry the argument.