Performance

Works by Raff

1 upcoming performance in New York

At Alice Tully Hall, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center places Joachim Raff in dialogue with Mozart and American composer Arthur Foote in an evening of classical chamber music. Raff’s works, popular in the late 19th century and later sidelined, show a craftsman’s ear for ensemble balance and long-breathed melody. In New York, his music has tended to surface in specialist revivals rather than steady repertory, which gives the program a quietly corrective frame. The juxtaposition also makes a pointed case for how canon and neglect are built.