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Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Sundays at 7 pm

Since it was founded in 1972, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival has become one of the world’s preeminent music festivals, guided by a visionary spirit and dedicated to artistic excellence and innovation. Contributing to its magic is the Festival’s unique Santa Fe setting, nestled amid the timeless splendors of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

With legendary cellist Pablo Casals as honorary president, the Festival’s 1973 inaugural season hosted 14 artists performing six Sunday concerts in Santa Fe and additional appearances in other New Mexico and Arizona communities.

Today, under the spirited artistic leadership of composer/pianist Marc Neikrug, the Festival invites scores of distinguished musicians, along with emerging young talent, during its 6-week season. Thousands of enthusiastic patrons young and old return year after year to enjoy the more than 80 concerts, recitals, master classes, youth concerts, and open rehearsals, including an Albuquerque Series that made its debut in 2008. In addition, in the off-season, the Festival reaches out to young people in Santa Fe schools with innovative and inspiring musical adventures.

Veteran WFMT announcer Kerry Frumkin hosts the series along with Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival artistic director, composer Marc Neikrug. Many of the performers provide descriptive commentary about their experiences at the Festival and the music they've played here.

Nov 26:
OLIVER KNUSSEN: Requiem: Songs for Sue, Op. 33 (2006)
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 (1890; rev. 1891-92)

Dec 3:
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH/ WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Fugue in E, BWV 878, from The Well-Tempered Clavier / K. 405, No. 3 (c. 1740, arr. 1782)
KAIJA SAARIAHO: Semafor for Eight Instruments (2020; Festival Co-Commission, New Mexico Premiere)
Ludwig Van Beethoven: String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29 (1801)

Dec 10:
MARC NEIKRUG: Piano Quintet No. 2 in Six Parts (2021; New Mexico Premiere)
MAURICE RAVEL: String Quartet in F Major (1902-03; rev. 1910)

Dec 17:
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 (1720)
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 (1842)

Dec 24:
28 Hours of Christmas Music starting at 7 pm Sunday Night thru Midnight Christmas Day

Dec 31:
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano (1940-41)