Rob Kapilow provides lively commentary about the origins and place in music history of Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht , performed by members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Rob Kapilow, creator and host of Lincoln Center's "What Makes It Great?" series, provides lively commentary about the origins and place in music history of Arnold Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht , performed by members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, including violinists Erin Keefe and Arnaud Sussmann, violists David Kim and Teng Li, and cellists David Finckel and Priscilla Lee. In the first half of the program, Kapilow works onstage with the musicians to showcase important elements of the piece so that the audience will have a greater understanding of it during the complete performance in the second half of the program.