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Buffalo Chamber Players at the AK: Schumann 1842

Sunday, February 17, 2019

3 pm EST

Buffalo Chamber Players. Photo by Luke Copping.

$20 general admission / $15 for Members / $5 for students
Auditorium

Please note: Due to inclement weather, this event was rescheduled from January 31 to February 17. If you have already purchased your ticket, it has been switched to the new date. If you cannot attend the new date, please contact our Guest Services team at 716.270.8292 for assistance. 

1842 was a very prolific year for Robert Schumann, witnessing the composer’s first forays into chamber music. While his wife, Clara, was concertizing in early 1842, Robert spent his time brooding and studying the string quartets of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. On Clara’s return in early April, Robert flew into a compositional frenzy that resulted in what musicologists refer to as his “Year of Chamber Music,” in which he wrote his quartet and quintet for piano and strings as well as several other chamber works.

Robert Schumann Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47 
Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 

Tickets

Tickets can be purchased online, by phone at 716.270.8292, or in person at the Albright-Knox Admissions Desk. Concerts often sell out in advance of each performance, so please order tickets early to avoid disappointment.

About Buffalo Chamber Players at the AK

Join the Buffalo Chamber Players, Buffalo’s preeminent chamber music ensemble, as it continues its acclaimed residency at the Albright-Knox. Experience creative music programs performed by our region’s finest performers in a unique and inspiring setting. View All Buffalo Chamber Players at the AK 2018–2019 Concerts

AK Café will serve a prix-fixe dinner before each concert. Reservations are essential; please call 716.270.8223 or reserve online using OpenTable.

Program Sponsors

Buffalo Chamber Players at the AK is a partnership between the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Buffalo Chamber Players. Buffalo Chamber Players concerts are made possible by a grant from the Cullen Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, the support of Buffalo Chamber Players donors, and the generosity of Albright-Knox Art Gallery patrons. We thank ABC-Amega, Inc. for its generous corporate support.