Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

The Festival draws inspiration from its namesake hometown, which is famously and affectionately known as the City Different. And things are different here, both in Santa Fe and at the Festival.

Schedule of Events

12:00pm: Fleur Barron & Julius Drake Recital

Mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron, hailed as a "knockout performer" by The Times, and pianist Julius Drake, who made their Festival debuts together in 2022,
present a children-themed recital that evokes both humor and tragedy. The duo performs selected songs by Schumann and gives the first-ever Festival performances of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) and Mussorgsky's Detskaya (The Nursery).

Schumann "tragodie" (part i and part ii), op. 64, no. 3

Schumann "der soldat," op. 40, no. 3

Schumann "die kartenlegerin," op. 31, no. 2

Schumann "schneeglockchen," op. 79, no. 26

Schumann "der sandmann," op. 79, no. 12

Schumann "muttertraum," op. 40, no. 2

Mahler kindertotenlieder (songs on the death of children)

Mussorgsky selections from detskaya (the nursery)

6pm: Beethoven & Weinberg

Violinist Ida Kavafian, violist Steven Tenenbom, and cellist Eric Kim play an early work by Beethoven—the seminal String Trio in C Minor—and violinist John Storgards and pianist Katia Skanavi join all three musicians for the Festival's first presentation of Weinberg's haunting Piano Quintet, a rarely performed masterpiece that stands as one of the great piano quintets of the 20th century.

Beethoven string trio in c minor, op. 9, no. 3

Weinberg piano quintet, op. 18