TOP-FLIGHT CHAMBER MUSIC, AND MCGILL TOO
SANTA FE, NM—Now in its 46th season, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival remains a monumental achievement, assembling elite players from all over in repertoire both neglected and beloved. Take the recent Mozart-Chausson program, for starters. Much as in the Brandenburg concertos by Bach, Ernest Chausson revived a concerto-grosso practice and created a rare late-19th-century work with a duo doubling as both soloists and ensemble members. Modern artists like Emanuel Ax rave about playing it, even though the piano…