Saratoga Springs, New York — The Saratoga Performing Arts Center once again partnered with Pitney Meadows Community Farm to bring the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Association back to its annual Saratoga Springs residence in 2022.

Scheduled from Sunday, June 12 to Sunday, August 21, the popular CMS in the Meadows series will return six shows and 12 performances in the open-air high tunnel greenhouse of the Pitney Meadows Community Farm.

Elizabeth Sobol, President and CEO of Saratoga Performing Arts Center, said: “When CMS took the stage at Pitney Farm’s High Tunnel, one of the highlights of the show last summer was the magnificent natural environment. The wonderful music production is perfectly integrated., in the press release. "Thanks to our partners at The Farm, we are very happy to be back there in the summer of 2022. "

The Lincoln Center Chamber Music Association in SPAC’s 2022 season will present masterpieces from Beethoven’s "Grand Duke" trio to Dvorak’s "America" ​​Quintet, and then to Reza, Schoenfeld, Planck, etc. A little-known chamber music repertoire composed of international composers, and Donani.

In addition, the SPAC debut of BIPOC composers Jessie Montgomery, Florence Price and William Grant Still will be presented at a special concert in June.

Artists appearing this summer include David Finkel and Wu Han, co-artists of the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Association, and the acclaimed Escher String Quartet.

"We are very happy to continue our new format of Sunday concerts throughout June, July and August, giving audiences the opportunity to hear wonderful chamber music throughout the summer," Finkel and Wu Han said in the press release . "We will bring a variety of art performers, including returning artists and artists who joined us for the first time, including German clarinet player Sebastian Manz, Italian clarinet player Tommaso Lonquich, Brazilian oboe player Hugo Souza, Taiwanese American Viola player Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, and American trumpeters David Byrd-Marrow and Kevin Rivard. This will be an exciting summer and we can’t wait to let everyone hear it."

Lynn Trizna, executive director of Pitney Meadows Community Farm, is also excited about this series. "Pitney Meadows Community Farm is honored to use our partnership with SPAC to once again share our education and edible landscape with these talented artists in our community and Lincoln Center Chamber Music Association," she said in a press release. "Guests have the opportunity to listen to beautiful music and watch our actions on farmland, gardens and trails."

Starting December 10th, SPAC members can subscribe to all six programs at 3pm or 7pm. Member pre-sales are graded by level, and members will receive the start time of the pre-sale via email.

Subscriptions will be open to the public starting on December 17. The subscription package price ranges from US$300 to US$360, depending on the seat location.

Tickets for a single show will go on sale in early March, and each ticket costs between 55 and 65 dollars.

The series will be played rain or shine at the Pitney Meadows Community Farm, which is located under the High Tunnel Greenhouse, a large outdoor activity space. The performance will all be 90 minutes without intermission.

For more information about Meadows CMS, please visit spac.org online.