SANDA & JEREMIAH LAMBERT CONCERT SERIES
DECEMBER 2025
“Making Spirits Bright” Canadian Brass
Wednesday, December 3 at 7:30 p.m.
“Brandenburg Concertos”
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Sunday, December 7 at 3 p.m.
“Carols on the Lawn”
Palm Beach Atlantic University Chamber Choir
Sunday, December 14 at 4 p.m.
Family-friendly
Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden
JANUARY 2026
Angel Blue and Bryan Wagorn, soprano and piano
Sunday, January 11 at 3 p.m.
Paul Lewis, piano
Wednesday, January 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Brentano String Quartet
Wednesday, January 21 at 7:30 p.m.
FEBRUARY 2026
“America at 250” Festival I
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Sunday, February 1 at 3 p.m.
“America at 250” Festival II
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Wednesday, February 4 at 7:30 p.m.
Meet the Music! “How Suite It Is”
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Saturday, February 7 at 2 p.m.
Family-friendly
“America at 250” Festival III
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Sunday, February 8 at 3 p.m.
Danish String Quartet
Wednesday, February 25 at 7:30 p.m
MARCH 2026
Louis Lortie, piano Sunday, March 15 at 3 p.m.
APRIL 2026
Michael Cleveland, bluegrass Sunday, April 12 at 3 p.m.
Shanghai Quartet
Wednesday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Wednesday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m.
DECEMBER 2025
“Making
Spirits Bright”
Canadian Brass
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
$40 • No charge for Four Arts members
Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
Join Canadian Brass for a holiday concert full of spectacle and good humor. The world-famous brass quintet presents an evening that will range from Beatles songs to Christmas carols to original arrangements of Classical favorites. They can play it all, and they do so with their signature charm and stage presence which has been delighting audiences for over 50 years.
“Brandenburg Concertos”
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 3 p.m.
$40 • No charge for Four Arts members
Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
The 2025 holiday season is not complete without the joy and sparkle of J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. These impressive pieces helped to define instrumental music, and they are full of stunning streams of notes and memorable melodies. With these concertos, the incomparable musicians of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center create a celebratory atmosphere that will carry you through the holidays.
by Chris Goulet
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SPECIAL TIME, PRICE AND LOCATION
“Carols
on the Lawn”
Palm Beach Atlantic
University Chamber Choir
Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 4 p.m.
No charge ■ No reservations needed
Family-friendly ■ Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden
Join us for an afternoon of festive cheer with the Palm Beach Atlantic University Singers as they perform your favorite holiday classics under the warm Florida sunshine! Bring your lawn chairs, friends, and family for a joyful gathering filled with music, community, and holiday spirit — all in true Florida style. Don’t miss this special seasonal celebration!
JANUARY 2026
Angel Blue and Bryan Wagorn Soprano and piano
Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 3 p.m.
$40 • No charge for Four Arts members
Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
Soprano Angel Blue, whose recent performances with the Metropolitan Opera won her a Grammy Award, teams up with conductor and pianist Bryan Wagorn for a recital of music from around the globe. She sings a transcendent program in four languages, with sweet and ethereal French numbers by Gabriel Fauré, some passionate Russian songs of Sergey Rachmaninoff, and a set of impressive German lieder by Richard Strauss. Blue rounds out the program with touching renditions of American folk tunes and spirituals.
Photo by Dario Acosta
Paul Lewis Piano
Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
$40 • No charge for Four Arts members
Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
The renowned pianist Paul Lewis presents a delicious sandwich of French and German works. At the heart of the program is L’isle joyeuse by Claude Debussy, who brought the ethereal qualities of French impressionist painting to the palette of the piano. Also included are two affecting and dramatic piano sonatas by W.A. Mozart and the witty, stirring improvisations by Francis Poulenc.
Brentano String Quartet
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
$40 • No charge for Four Arts members
Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
The Brentano String Quartet, known for their “yearning lyricism” and “selfless music-making,” present three works by Beethoven. They open with the whimsical, heavenly Op. 74 Quartet, nicknamed the “harp” for all its playful plucking and strumming. Also featured are one of his early Op. 18 quartets, which take inspiration from the balance and perfection of the Classical era, and the daring “Razumovsky” Quartet in C major that Beethoven wrote during his bold, heroic period.
Photo by Jurgen Frank
Photo by Kaupo Kikkas
“America at 250” Festival Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress declared independence from the British Empire, marking the founding of the United States of America. To celebrate the 250th anniversary of that historic event, Four Arts Artistic Advisor Wu Han has curated a bespoke festival of American chamber music for the audience in Palm Beach. Across three concerts, you will hear everything from folk songs first published in the 19th century to masterpieces by composers of the 20th century to the incomparable excitement of American movie music.
“America at 250” I
Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 3 p.m.
$40 • No charge for Four Arts members
Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
Generously supported by the Chisholm Foundation
American composers tell stunning stories in the first concert of the festival. Percy Gottschalk takes us on a tour of the union with showstopping, anthem-filled piano music. Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring, originally a ballet about a young couple starting lives on a homestead, is a milestone work of Americana culminating in a rousing chorus of Simple Gifts. Plus, a concert version of the score that Bernard Herrmann wrote for the film Psycho is full of thrills and chills.
“America at 250” II
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
$40 • No charge for Four Arts members
Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
Generously supported by the Chisholm Foundation
Two great American composers and one composer greatly inspired by America are on the bill for the second program. First, Souvenirs written by a homesick Samuel Barber gives us a portrait of New York night life. Pathbreaking Boston-based composer Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet puts an American spin on Romantic music. And Czech composer Antonín Dvořák draws on American musical culture in his lush “American” String Quintet, which he wrote on a visit to Spillville, Iowa.
SPECIAL DAY AND TIME
Meet the Music! “How Suite It Is”
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 2 p.m.
No charge • Reservations required
Family-friendly
Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
Join composer and radio presenter Bruce Adolphe for an interactive and fun children’s concert. The intrepid Inspector Pulse follows his “Suite” tooth, exploring the drama and variety of Baroque dance suites together with musicians from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
Meet the Music! photo by Da Ping Luo
“America at 250” III
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 3 p.m.
$40 • No charge for Four Arts members
Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
American music is full of fireworks — opportunities for composers and musicians to dazzle and astound. In the final concert of the “America at 250” Festival, show pieces by American 20th-century masters like George Antheil, Paul Schoenfield, and John Adams are woven together with familiar, lyrical numbers by Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin. The concert concludes with Gershwin’s glorious Jazz concerto Rhapsody in Blue, in a playful and awe-inspiring arrangement for piano, four hands.
Danish String Quartet
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
$40 • No charge for Four Arts members
Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
Dive into the delights of Mozart, the sass of Stravinsky, and the bravery and bravado of Beethoven with a performance by one of the preeminent chamber ensembles of our era. The Danish String Quartet, renowned for their “intense blend” and “constant vitality and flow,” open with a light number by Mozart and close with Beethoven’s Op. 130 quartet, perhaps his most profound achievement. In between, we hear an original arrangement of the witty Suite Italienne by Igor Stravinsky.
CMSLC’s David Finckel and Wu Han
Louis Lortie Piano
Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 3 p.m.
$40 • No charge for Four Arts members
Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
A musical ballade takes a listener on a journey through varied landscapes and introduces casts of sharply defined characters. Pianist Louis Lortie opens his program for The Four Arts with searching, ethereal ballades by French masters Gabriel Fauré and Claude Debussy. The concert continues with lyrical, youthful ballades written by Johannes Brahms and closes with a set of thrilling, virtuosic ballades by Franz Liszt that take the pianist on a tour of the whole keyboard.
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APRIL
Michael Cleveland Bluegrass
with Wynton Marsalis
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
$40 • No charge for Four Arts members
Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
Generously supported by Gail and Alfred Engelberg
Join the one-of-a-kind trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, which has been at the forefront of American Jazz for almost 40 years. Through programs that bring together jazz standards and new compositions, the ensemble displays its lasting commitment to the genre, which in Marsalis’s words “reveals the best of American culture with its virtuosity, diversity, soulfulness, and an embracing spirit under all circumstances.”
Photo by Frank Stewart
DANCE
While not part of the S&J Lambert Concert Series, these additional live performances will grace the Gubelmann stage this season:
“Dance Fantasy”
Fred Astaire Dance Studio
Sunday, January 4, 2026 at 3 p.m.
$40 • No charge for Four Arts members
Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
Generously supported by Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Forbes
Grab your dancing shoes for a toetapping afternoon of Ballroom and Latin dancing with the Fred Astaire Dance Studio. It’s a set of numbers from the Americas choreographed by internationally acclaimed dancers Mykhailo and Anastasia Azarov. Enjoy the flourishes of the foxtrot, the tension of the tango, and the wonder of the waltz in a performance that is sure to dazzle and delight.
“The Art of Partnering”
New York City Ballet
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
$40 • No charge for Four Arts members
Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
Join New York City Ballet
Artistic Director Jonathan Stafford for an inside perspective on rehearsing and perfecting a ballet performance. Stafford gives Four Arts audiences an intimate look at “the art of partnering,” coaching a pair of company dancers through the pas de deux from George Balanchine’s Diamonds, accompanied by an NYCB rehearsal pianist playing the lush Tschaikovsky score. Enjoy an evening of getting to know every nuance of Balanchine’s elegant masterpiece.
Photo by Erin Baiano
