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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to perform

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The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is America's premier repertory company for chamber music. The CMS visits the Arch Chamber Music Festival annually.

The UGA Performing Arts Center will present the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Jan. 28 at 8 p.m. in Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall in the program “Romantic Masterworks.” The concert will feature works by three of the most important composers of the 19th century: Schubert, Smetana and Brahms.

Tickets for the concert are $40 and are discounted for UGA students. Tickets can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center box office, online at pac.uga.edu or by calling 706-542-4400.

The concert is part of a season-long partnership between the UGA Performing Arts Center and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, establishing the greatest presence in one location for the Chamber Music Society outside of New York City.

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is the nation’s premier repertory company for chamber music. The artists performing on the “Romantic Masterworks” program include violinist Arnaud Sussman, violist Matthew Lipman, cellist David Finckel and pianist Juho Pohjonen.

The concert will be recorded for national broadcast on American Public Media’s Performance Today, heard by 1.4 million listeners around the country.

Patrick Castillo from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln will give a pre-concert lecture 45 minutes prior to the concert. The lecture takes place in Ramsey Concert Hall and is free and open the public.