In Season
2008— 2009 Season
The 21st Century Consort, new music ensemble-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution for 3 decades, embarks on its third season at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium. Led by artistic director Christopher Kendall and featuring some of Washington’s finest chamber musicans, including Sara Stern, Paul Cigan, Gabrielle Finck, Lisa Emenheiser, Tom Jones, Elisabeth Adkins, Rachel Young, and Rick Barber, along with acclaimed guest vocalists Lucy Shelton and William Sharp and others, the Consort presents the riveting and resonant music of our time.
All concerts are at 5:00, preceded by a 4:00 discussion with composers and performers, and followed by a post-concert reception
I. October 25, 2008 |
OCTOBER SURPRISE |
| Anticipating two scary events - Halloween and the election with music fit for a D.C. season of high anxiety. | |
| MOE, ERIC DEAK, JON KUSS, MARK GRUBER, HK |
Three Ways to Relieve Tension Lucy and the Count Fear (Premier) Frankenstein |
II. December 6, 2008 |
NATURAL AFFINITIES |
| Reflecting the Smithsonian American Art Museum exhibitions of Ansel Adams and Georgia O’Keeffe | |
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COPLAND, AARON
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Fantasy
Petals And They’re Off/Holding a Daisy/Big Sky a circle around the sun/ Moon Jig |
III. February 21, 2009 |
RECALLING VALENTINES |
| Some Valentines we like to recall, and others we’d prefer to re-call; music for both | |
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DRUCKMAN, JACOB
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Valentine Voice of Love Aubade Love Twitters Poison Tree Valentine |
IV. April 4, 2009 |
MUSIC OF MAGIC AND LIGHT |
| Invoking spring with light (Jenny Holzer's "For SAAM"), magic and music. | |
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SCHINDLER, ALLAN |
Vessels of Magic Spring Songs Grand Prismatic Lamia |
V. Summer 2009 (Washington National Cathedral) |
TROPING THE LIGHT FANTASTIC |
| NICHOLS, JEFF PRIMOSCH, JAMES REICH, STEVE KELLOGG, DANIEL |
The Light Fantastic Sacra Conversazione Typing Music Divinum Mysterium |
*Programs subject to change.