Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: 2026 Season Guide

• Mozart, Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285

• Edgar Meyer, String Trio No. 1

• Tchaikovsky, Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50

• From Melodies to Memories

Petr Janata, PhD

Professor of Psychology, Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis

• Mozart, Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285

• Edgar Meyer, String Trio No. 1

• Tchaikovsky, Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50

• Debussy, Images, Book I

• Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)

• Stravinsky, Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet

• Schulhoff, Concertino for Flute, Viola and Double Bass

• Berwald Septet in B-flat Major

• Bernstein, Halil for Flute, Piano, and Percussion

• Kodály, Serenade, Op. 12

• Dvořák, Piano Trio in F Minor, Op. 65

• Ravel, Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn

• Haydn, Sonata in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34

• Bach/Busoni, Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639

• Gubaidulina, Sonata

• Liszt, La lugubre gondola I, S. 200

• Ravel, La Valse

• Vivaldi, Concerto in D Major for Flute, RV 428, Il gardellino 

• Vivaldi, Concerto in D Minor for Violin, RV 242

• Vivaldi, Concerto in A Minor for Two Violins, RV 522 

• Vivaldi, Concerto in F Major for Three Violins, RV 551 

• Vivaldi, Concerto in B Minor for Four Violins, RV 580

• Stravinsky, Suite italienne from Pulcinella 

• Beethoven, Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano and Winds, Op. 16 

• Mendelssohn, Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20

The Festival’s interactive Summer Young People’s Concert is a great way to get kids excited about music. Join conductor and arts educator Oliver Prezant for fun and friendly explorations of Stravinsky’s Suite italienne, with excerpts performed and demonstrated by Festival musicians Jennifer Gilbert on the violin and Anna Polonsky on the piano.

• Stravinsky, Suite italienne from Pulcinella 

• Beethoven, Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano and Winds, Op. 16

• Mendelssohn, Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20

• Beethoven, Sonata in A Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 69

• Mendelssohn, Sonata in D Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 58

• Poulenc, Quatre poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire 

• Mahler, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) 

• Ravel, Histoires naturelles 

• Owens, Mortal Storm: Five Songs on Poems by Langston Hughes, Op. 29

• Arnold, Divertimento for Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet, Op. 37 

• Mozart, Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478 

• Arensky, Quartet in A Minor for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos, Op. 35

• Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte 

• Ravel, Jeux d’eau 

• Ravel, Miroirs 

• Ravel, Daphnis and Chloé Suite No. 2 (arr. Nicolas Namoradze)

• Bach, Aria with 30 Variations for Violin, Viola, and Cello (Goldberg Variations), BWV 988 (arr. Dmitry Sitkovetsky)

• Devienne, Trio for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon, Op. 61, No. 5 

• Schubert, Sonata in A Minor for Viola and Piano, D. 821, Arpeggione 

• Shostakovich, Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57

• From Perception to Pleasure: The Neuroscience of Music and Why We Love It

Robert Zatorre, PhD

Professor and Canada Research Chair in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, and Co-director, International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research (BRAMS)

• Devienne, Trio for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon, Op. 61, No. 5 

• Schubert, Sonata in A Minor for Viola and Piano, D. 821, Arpeggione 

• Shostakovich, Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57

• Beethoven, Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 110 

• Schumann, Sonata in F-sharp Minor, Op. 11

• Falla, Suite populaire espagnole for Cello and Piano (arr. Paul Kochanski and Maurice Maréchal from Seven Popular Spanish Songs) 

• Dvořák, Terzetto in C Major, Op. 74 

• Brahms, Sonata in F Minor for Viola and Piano, Op. 120, No. 1

• Janáček, String Quartet No. 1, Kreutzer Sonata 

• Weinberg, Sonata No. 4 for Violin and Piano, Op. 39 

• Beethoven, Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20

• Grieg, Improvisations on Two Norwegian Folk Songs, Op. 29 

• Copland, Piano Variations 

• Barber, Nocturne (Homage to John Field), Op. 33 

• Tchaikovsky, Theme and Variations in F Major from Six Pieces for Solo Piano, Op. 19, No. 6 

• Barber, Ballade, Op. 46 

• Copland, El Salón México (transcr. Leonard Bernstein)

• Paul Novak, transcriptions in a funhouse mirror, vol. 1 for string quartet (Festival Commission, World Premiere) 

• Juri SEO, Three Imaginary Chansons (2024)

• Baldwin Giang, New Work for String Quartet (Festival Commission, World Premiere) 

• Vicente H. Atria, Roundabout (2024)

• Bach, Suite No. 3 for Cello, BWV 1009 (transcr. Frank Koonce) 

• Bach, Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E-flat Major, BWV 998 

• Bach, Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D Minor for Violin, BWV 1004 (transcr. Andrés Segovia)

• Ravel, Introduction and Allegro 

• Elizabeth Ogonek, New Work for Piano Quartet (Festival Commission, World Premiere) 

• Brahms, Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115

• Rhythmic Origins of Human Musicality

John R. Iversen, PhD 

Associate Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior; Acting Director, McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McMaster University

• Ravel, Introduction and Allegro 

• Elizabeth Ogonek, New Work for Piano Quartet (Festival Commission, World Premiere) 

• Brahms, Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115

• Takemitsu, Rain Spell 

• Marc Neikrug, Fantasy for Clarinet, Viola, Cello, and Percussion (New Mexico Premiere) 

• Brahms, Trio in A Minor for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello, Op. 114

• Copland, Selections from Old American Songs 

• Weill, Four Walt Whitman Songs 

• Jake Heggie, A Question of Light

• Alex Paxton, The Emotional Reality of Everyday Tasks for String Quartet (Festival Commission, World Premiere)
• Mozart , Sonata in B-flat Major for Violin and Piano, K. 454
• Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25 (1861)

• Brahms, Scherzo in E-flat Minor, Op. 4 

• Brahms, Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5

• Sainz de la Maza, Homenaje a Toulouse-Lautrec

• Villa-Lobos, Twelve Études for Guitar

• Sérgio Assad, Six Short Pieces for Guitar

• Bach, Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827 

• Bach, Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829 

• Bach, Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830

• Schubert, Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795 

• Schubert, String Quintet in C Major, D. 956

• The Applied Neuroscience of Music in Rehabilitation

Michael H. Thaut, PhD

Professor, Faculty of Music and Faculty of Medicine; Director, Music and Health Science Research Collaboratory; and Senior Canada Research Chair in Music, Neuroscience, and Health, University of Toronto

• Beethoven, Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, Archduke

• Schubert, Schwanengesang, D. 957

• Scriabin, Sonata No. 6, Op. 62

• Scriabin, Sonata No. 7, Op. 64, White Mass 

• Scriabin, Sonata No. 8, Op. 66 

• Scriabin, Sonata No. 9, Op. 68, Black Mass 

• Scriabin, Sonata No. 10, Op. 70

• Schubert, Winterreise, D. 911

• Schubert, Variations on an Original Theme in A-flat Major, D. 813 

• Bartók, Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110 

• György Kurtág, Two Mussorgsky Transcriptions 

• Rachmaninoff, Symphonic Dances for Two Pianos, Op. 45

• Bacewicz, String Quartet No. 4 

• Mendelssohn, String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80

• Saariaho, Lullaby for Solo Cello (in memoriam Oliver Knussen) 

• Saariaho, Nocturne for Solo Violin 

• Mozart, String Quintet in C Major, K. 515 

• Saariaho, Spins and Spells for Solo Cello 

• Bent Sørensen, Serenissima for Solo Violin 

• Schumann, Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47

• Bach, Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 

• Bach, Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041 

• Bach, Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068

• Schubert, String Quartet in E Major, D. 353 

• Magnus Lindberg, Piano Trio No. 2 (Festival Commission Made Possible by the Susan and Conrad De Jong Commissioning Fund; World Premiere)

• Brahms, String Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18

• Martinů, Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola 

• Mysliveček, Trio in G Major for Violin, Cello, and Double Bass 

• Dvořák, Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81