National Gallery of Art 2018 2019CONCERTS Seventy-Seventh Season

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national gallery of art 2018 2019CONCERTS seventy-seventh season

Welcome to the 2018 – 2019 season of CONCERTS AT concerts at the National Gallery of Art. In our seventy-seventh season, we examine — in a way that we are uniquely equipped to do — the relevance of THE GALLERY the arts in today’s world. Throughout our thirty-six Sunday and eight Friday performances, we ask the questions who, what, when, where, why, and how music and art reflect — and affect — our daily lives in the twenty-first century. We hope our spectrum of performers, exhibition-related concerts, and special themes will nourish and celebrate the importance of expression through the visual and performing arts.

top Tapestry, photo by Susan Wilson. middle left Inscape Chamber Orchestra, photo by Jennifer White- Johnson. middle right Daniel Schlosberg, photo by Erin Clendenin. bottom Air Force Strings, photo by MSgt Joshua Kowalsky.

WELCOME 3 CALENDAR

The seventy-seventh season of concerts at the National 18 | Sunday | 3:30 Gallery of Art is open to the public, free of charge. Admittance Nobuntu p8 is on a first-come basis thirty minutes before the concert begins. For further information, call (202) 842-6941 or visit 23 | Friday | 12:10 nga.gov/music. Location TBD PROJECT Trio p22 Unless otherwise noted, concerts are held in the West Building, West Garden Court. 25 | Sunday | 3:30 M5 Mexican Brass p9

27 | Sunday | 3:30 31 | Sunday | 3:30 Inscape Chamber Orchestra Fauré Quartett p13 Richard Scerbo, director p25

CALENDAR 5 FEATURED SUNDAY CONCERTS

WHO MOVES US? Curtis on Tour: Jason Vieaux, guitar, The National Gallery of Art’s concert series and Nigel Armstrong, violin presents weekly Sunday performances by October 14, 2018 | 3:30 outstanding local, national, and international West Building, West Garden Court artists, all of whom have myriad experiences to The Gallery brings back Curtis on Tour, The share. Enjoy tango, traditional Scottish songs, Nina von Maltzahn Global Touring Initiative of African gospel music, the genius of Bach, and the Curtis Institute of Music, for a third year so much more on the following afternoons. as Curtis’s exclusive presenter in Washington, with faculty member Jason Vieaux on the Emilio Solla Tango-Jazz Trio guitar and violin alumus Nigel Armstrong September 23, 2018 | 3:30 performing solos and duos. The program West Building, West Garden Court includes Astor Piazzolla’s Histoire du Tango, Mauro Giuliani’s Gran Duetto Concertante, “The virile throb of Astor Piazzolla was omni- op. 52, Antônio Carlos Jobim’s Medley of 3 present in Solla’s stately pulse.” — The New Tunes (guitar with violin improvisation), York Times and Manuel de Falla’s Seven Canciones Recognized worldwide as one of the most Populares Española. personal composers of the post-Piazzolla generation, Grammy-nominated Argentine Vox Luminis pianist, composer, and bandleader Emilio October 21, 2018 | 3:30 Solla brings his tango passion and jazz improv West Building, West Garden Court to the Gallery, along with his virtuoso Tango- Jazz Trio partners, French bandoneonist / Funeral Music for a Prince and a Queen accordionist Julien Labro and American One project, one objective, one path: saxophonist Chris Cheek. introduce today’s audiences to early vocal music, passionately conveying its quintes- Julie Fowlis, vocalist sence, and touching the light through the October 7, 2018 | 3:30 voice — Vox Luminis. This concert features West Building, West Garden Court works by Thomas Morley, Martin Luther, Henry Purcell, and Heinrich Schütz. Music of the Scottish Isles

Julie Fowlis’s exquisite voice, interpretation of Scottish Gaelic culture, and ability to bring top Vox Luminis, photo by David Samyn. middle left Julie folk music out of the past and into our times Fowlis, photo by Fowlis Photography. middle right Emilio with irresistible dynamism have made her a Solla, photo by Emilio Solla Music. bottom Jason Vieaux, photo by GMD Three. genuine, award-winning star. Her unique ability to interpret the Scottish Gaelic culture of her roots resonates with all who hear her sing.

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Nobuntu instruments, and organic, authentic dance November 18, 2018 | 3:30 movements. “Nobuntu” is an African concept West Building, West Garden Court that values humbleness, love, unity, and family from a woman’s perspective. The ensemble Nobuntu, the female a cappella quintet from represents a new generation of young African Zimbabwe, has drawn international acclaim women singers who celebrate and preserve for its inventive performances that range their culture, beauty, and heritage through art. from traditional Zimbabwean songs to Afro The ensemble’s mission is the belief that music jazz and gospel. The ensemble’s concerts can be an important vehicle for change, one are performed with pure voices, augmented that transcends racial, tribal, religious, gender, by minimalistic percussion, traditional and economic boundaries.

8 FEATURED SUNDAY CONCERTS M5 Mexican Brass November 25, 2018 | 3:30 West Building, West Garden Court

Brasscinación Serious fun from the baroque to Broadway!

Founded in 2005, M5 Mexican Brass has gained wide international recognition as Latin America’s most successful brass quintet. The group’s recipe lies in its mix of high-class music-making and humor. Skilled at performing virtuosic chamber music in a broad variety of styles with a sound that is M5’s alone, the ensemble adds audience interaction, showmanship, and an inimitable Latin American charm to its concerts, each a unique musical- theatrical experience.

Carolina Eyck + American Contemporary Music Ensemble Mettis String Quartet December 2, 2018 | 3:30 With Gabrielius Alekna, piano West Building, West Garden Court December 9, 2018 | 3:30 Fantasias West Building, West Garden Court

Theremin virtuoso and composer Carolina Presented in collaboration with the Eyck joins the American Contemporary Music Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania Ensemble for the Washington, DC, premiere The Mettis String Quartet, named after an of their collaborative project, Fantasias, ancient Greek mythological figure known for which was released to critical acclaim on her cunning, wisdom, and skill, collaborates Butterscotch Records in 2016. For the with pianist Gabrielius Alekna in a concert project, Eyck composed six minimalist- celebrating Lithuanian composers. The inspired string quartet pieces, over which program includes Remigijus Merkelys’s she improvises a solo theremin part. With MiKonst for piano and string quartet, M. K. these pieces, Eyck strives to sonically Čiurlionis’s String Quartet, Philip Glass’s investigate the interplay between nature String Quartet no. 2 (Company), and Robert and human imagination. Eyck’s musically Schumann’s Piano Quintet, op. 44. daring and physically challenging compositions defy easy classification, while her uncanny mastery of the theremin and use of electronic effects bring an authentically top left Nobuntu, photo by Tswarelo Mothobe. top fresh sonic pallet to the forefront. right Carolina Eyck, photo by Christian Hüller. bottom M5 Mexican Brass, photo by Jérôme Direz. top Gabrielius Alekna, photo by Gedmantas Kropis.

FEATURED SUNDAY CONCERTS 9 Krakauer-Tagg Duo Sō Percussion January 20, 2019 | 3:30 February 10, 2019 | 3:30 East Building Auditorium West Building, West Garden Court

Breath and Hammer The Keyboard Re-imagined

Breath and Hammer features David Krakauer Sō Percussion performs works originally and Kathleen Tagg’s original compositions composed for keyboard instruments. The and fresh arrangements of “simple songs” by program includes selections from Elliot such composers as New York–based visionary Cole’s Postludes for Bowed Vibraphone, John Zorn, Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh, Vijay Iyer’s Torque, selections from Dan and Cuban percussionist Roberto Rodríguez. Trueman’s Nostalgic Synchronic (for pre- The duo’s influences range from interlocking pared digital piano), Jason Treuting’s Nine African drumming patterns to romantic Numbers 4, Caroline Shaw’s Taxidermy, symphonic music, minimalism, and klezmer. Donnacha Dennehy’s Broken Unison, and These diverse and seemingly disparate musical a new work by Suzanne Farrin. inspirations intermingle and transform into something entirely new: a hybrid art form that Lara St. John, violin bridges the cultures of the past with new work Matt Herskowitz, piano that looks toward the future. February 17, 2019 | 3:30 West Building, West Garden Court Trio Valtorna Lauded as “something of a phenomenon” February 3, 2019 | 3:30 by the Strad and a “high-powered soloist” West Building, West Garden Court by the New York Times, Canadian-born After performing together at the “Music violinist Lara St. John has performed from Angel Fire” Chamber Music Festival, as a soloist internationally, created her renowned violinist Ida Kavafian and French own label, Ancalagon, in 1999, and recorded horn player extraordinaire David Jolley with such distinguished orchestras as the decided to continue in collaboration and in Royal Philharmonic. Pianist, composer, 2011 added the young pianist Gilles Vonsattel and arranger Matt Herskowitz has to form Trio Valtorna. Fred Kirshnit, writing combined superlative classical technique in the New York Sun, called Kavafian’s artistry with his prowess in jazz, world music, and “meaningful and affecting,” while the New free improvisation to produce critically Yorker praised Jolley’s “richly melancholy acclaimed recordings and establish collabora- horn solos,” and David Weininger in the tions with top classical, jazz, and pop artists. Boston Globe observed the “clarity and light In this program, the duo performs Beetho- touch” of Vonsattel. The trio’s program ven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata, Milica Paranosic’s includes John Harbison’s Twilight Music for Rumelaj, Martin Kennedy’s “Song of the Horn, Piano, and Violin, Maurice Ravel’s Violin Moon,” Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane, and Gershwin / Sonata no. 2 in G Major, and Brahms’s Horn Herskowitz’s “I Got Rhythm” and “Someone Trio in E-flat Major, op. 40. to Watch Over Me.”

top Sō Percussion, photo by Evan Monroe Chapman. middle left Lara St. John, photo by Clive Barda. middle right Trio Valtorna, photo by Bernard Mindich. bottom Krakauer-Tagg Duo, photo by Tasja Keetman. 10 FEATURED SUNDAY CONCERTS

Curtis on Tour: Curtis Opera Peter Vinograde, piano Theatre Vocal Quartet March 10, 2019 | 3:30 February 24, 2019 | 3:30 West Building, West Garden Court West Building, West Garden Court J. S. Bach’s Seven Keyboard Toccatas Liebeslieder Waltzes Bach’s Seven Keyboard Toccatas are youthful, The Curtis Institute of Music, “one of the improvisatory, virtuoso works, composed world’s finest music academies” (BBC Culture), after Bach traveled on foot for ten days to produces top prizewinners of international hear Dieterich Buxtehude — perhaps the competitions, soloists with major ensembles, greatest organist of all time. The influence and today’s most promising artists. Hear the of Buxtehude’s extravagant and unrestrained future stars of opera in this thrilling and technique can clearly be heard in the works, diverse program of operatic favorites, gems which present a formidable challenge to the from the American songbook, and the elegant modern-day performer. Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms. Curtis on An outstanding interpreter of J. S. Bach Tour is The Nina von Maltzahn Global Touring and contemporary composers, pianist Peter Initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music. Vinograde regularly tours North America and Asia, with a recent world premiere in New York City of Michael Matthews’s De Reflejo a Fulgor for piano and digital sound. He first performed at the National Gallery of Art in 1987.

12 FEATURED SUNDAY CONCERTS Natalie Clein, cello March 24, 2019 | 3:30 West Building, West Garden Court

British cellist Natalie Clein has built a distinguished career, regularly performing at major venues and with orchestras worldwide. She is an exclusive recording artist for Hyperion and has recorded Camille Saint-Saëns’s two cello concertos, as well as Ernest Bloch’s Schelomo and Max Bruch’s KOL Nidrei with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Born in the United Kingdom, Clein came to widespread attention at the age of sixteen when she won both the BBC Young Musician of the Year award and the Eurovision Competition for Young Musicians. This program, Clein’s debut United States tour, includes works by Nadia Boulanger, Frank Bridge, Rebecca Clarke, and Elisabeth Lutyens.

Fauré Quartett March 31, 2019 | 3:30 West Building, West Garden Court

The Fauré Quartett musicians met during their studies in 1995 in Karlsruhe during the 150th anniversary of Gabriel Fauré’s birth and quickly realized their combination offered new insights into undiscovered repertoire. The ensemble soon established itself as one of the world’s leading piano quartets, and in 2006, signed a contract with Deutsche top left Curtis Opera Theatre Vocal Quartet, photo by Grammophon. The group has made highly Karli Cadel. top Peter Vinograde, photo by Jeffrey Lang- regarded recordings of works by Mozart, ford. bottom Natalie Clein, photo by Sussie Ahlburg. Brahms, and Mendelssohn, as well as pop songs by Peter Gabriel and Steely Dan. This program includes works by Fauré, Mahler, and Schumann.

FEATURED SUNDAY CONCERTS 13 14 FEATURED SUNDAY CONCERTS Haimovitz–Iyer Duo April 7, 2019 | 3:30 West Building, West Garden Court

Cellist Matt Haimovitz, an artist whose barrier-breaking performances have taken him around the world, collaborates with renowned pianist / composer Vijay Iyer in a program that defies definition. Iyer’s repertoire, alongside the music of Zakir Hussein, John McLaughlin, J. S. Bach, Ravi Shankar, Billy Strayhorn, and others, flows seamlessly, creating a program of virtuosity and depth.

The Canales Project East Coast Chamber Orchestra May 12, 2019 | 3:30 April 14, 2019 | 3:30 West Building, West Garden Court West Building, West Garden Court Hear Her Voice, Part II: An Ancient Walkabout A Mother’s Day Celebration This concert explores the depth and virtuosity This program celebrates extraordinary female of early music, while simultaneously connect- leaders who have devoted themselves to ing the Western classical tradition to South making the world a better place. The project American inspired works. The chaconne form has brought together over thirty acclaimed serves as the program’s running thread, and artists to create a series of new songs composers include Bach, Purcell, Britten, inspired by the words of these remarkable and contemporary pianist / composer Gabriela female leaders. Past honorees include Justice Lena Frank. Sonia Sotomayor, Sister Marilyn Lacey, Hillary Clinton, and Michelle Obama, and past The Brandee Younger Trio composers include Georgia Stitt, Tania León, April 28, 2019 | 3:30 Emily Estefan, and Molly Joyce. This year’s West Building, West Garden Court program honors a special group of international women, including Malala Yousafzai The fearless and versatile harpist Brandee (Pakistan) and Lan Yang (China), and features Younger plays in the avant-garde tradition lullabies from around the world. of her sonically forward forebears, Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane. She is known for expressive interpretations of traditional harp repertoire, as well as her work with a top left Fauré Quartett, photo by Mat Hennek. middle diverse cross section of musical talents. She left Matt Haimovitz, photo by Brent Calis. middle right Brandee Younger, photo by Kyle Pompey. bottom East has shared the stage with jazz leaders and Coast Chamber Orchestra, photo by Steve Langdon. top popular hip-hop and R&B titans, including Vijay Iyer, photo by Lena Adasheva. Ravi Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Charlie Haden, Jack Dejohnette, Reggie Workman, The Roots, Common, Maxwell, John Legend, and Lauryn Hill.

FEATURED SUNDAY CONCERTS 15 HIGHLIGHTING SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

WHAT INSPIRED THEM? Piffaro: The Renaissance Band We listen with our eyes as much as we hear September 30, 2018 | 3:30 with our ears. Likewise, painters and sculp- West Building, West Garden Court tors throughout the ages have been inspired Celebrating Water, Wind, and Waves: by music, that of their contemporaries as Marine Paintings from the Dutch Golden Age well as their predecessors. In some cases, visual artists have also been musicians. Water, Wind, and Waves: The Wind These concerts highlight connections Band at Sea between the visual and performing arts Historic songs of the seas can be found in and reveal unlikely muses, multitalented many cultures. During the Age of Discovery in artists, and cultural connections that inform the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the art in a new way. explorers took trained musicians along with them, especially wind bands. Piffaro’s program Living Art Collective Ensemble (LACE) centers around two groups of seafaring Elisa Monte Dance nations, the Low Countries and England, and September 16, 2018 | 3:30 Spain and Italy. The composers include, West Building, West Garden Court Thomas Ravenscroft, John Dowland, John Coperario, Francisco Guerrero, Mateo Flecha, Celebrating Corot: Women and Andrea Gabrieli. interLACEd: Corot and His Circle

The Living Art Collective Ensemble (LACE) — PUBLIQuartet formed under the auspices of the National With Ian Rosenbaum, percussion Gallery of Art concert series — creates October 28, 2018 | 3:30 performances that connect historic art and West Building, West Garden Court musical events to modern-day experiences. In Corot’s pictorial creations, music, opera, Celebrating Rachel Whiteread and theater play a role almost as important MIND/ THE /GAP as nature. LACE brings the world of music into Corot’s unique realm, highlighting the Applauded by the Washington Post as “a women who inspired not only his work, but perfect encapsulation of today’s trends in whose contributions to the world of music chamber music,” PUBLIQuartet’s programs and art are immeasurable. The program span the classical canon and also feature features music by Louise Farrenc, Clara open-form improvisations that expand the Schumann, and Pauline Viardot. traditional string quartet genre. This program features three original works from the quartet’s MIND|THE|GAP initiative — developed to generate interest in new music top Elisa Monte Dance, photo by Matthew Murphy. and keep traditional classical music relevant bottom left Ian Rosenbaum, photo by Matt Fried. bottom right PUBLIQuartet, photo by Ryan Scherb. to modern audiences — as well as composer Andy Akiho’s LIgNEouS for string quartet and marimba, featuring percussionist Ian Rosenbaum, for whom the piece was written. 16 HIGHLIGHTING SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

Flophouse Crew November 4, 2018 | 4:00 East Building Auditorium

Celebrating Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940 – 1950

Best remembered as a photographer who spent sixty years documenting people, places, and events, Gordon Parks first made a living as a musician. From childhood, he played the piano by ear, and despite not knowing how to read or write music, he began composing his own pieces. While Parks would soon take up the camera more seriously than the piano, he continued to compose music. The Flophouse Crew performs a number of his works while Parthenia his photographs display on the screen. With Ryland Angel, countertenor March 17, 2019 | 3:30 New York Opera Society West Building, West Garden Court January 6, 2019 | 3:30 Celebrating Drawing in Tintoretto’s Venice West Building, West Garden Court and Venetian Prints in the Time of Tintoretto Celebrating Sense of Humor Tomb Sonnets The Evolution of Fools: In celebration of the 500th anniversary of From Jesters to Buffoons Tintoretto’s birth, Parthenia and guest vocalist Today’s reality entertainment was foretold Ryland Angel offer sublime works for voice by grand opera long before the advent of and viols by Italian Renaissance masters from television. Jesters in ancient civilizations the age of the sonnet. Composers include formed the cornerstone of entertainment, Luca Marenzio, Philippe Verdelot, Jacques alleviating cares with their verbal jousting. Arcadelt, Cipriano de Rore, Girolamo Fresco- Over time, the jesters evolved to entities baldi, and Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli — “wise enough to play the fool” (William uncle and nephew whose composing skills Shakespeare), and finally, to the buffoon. were honed in Venice and defined the era’s Ruggero Leoncavallo and Giuseppe Verdi style. The program also features Martin experimented with every facet of laughter, Kennedy’s song cycle Tomb Sonnets (2014) satire, and tragedy commensurate with the for viol consort and countertenor, which fool’s transformation from the court to the explores poetic studies of death and burial in stage, to modern times. The concert features sonnets by Petrarch, Keats, and Longfellow. excerpts from Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Falstaff (Verdi), and Rigoletto (Verdi), as well as original dialogue by renowned opera director top left Parthenia, photo by William Wegman. bottom Marc Verzatt. Piffaro, photo by Church Street Studios.top Ryland Angel, photo by Karsten Moran.

HIGHLIGHTING SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS 19 Poulenc Trio May 5, 2019 | 3:30 West Building, West Garden Court

Celebrating The American Pre-Raphaelites: Radical Realists

From Nature, Truth: Whitman, Ruskin, and the American Pre-Raphaelites

Painter, writer, and art critic John Ruskin exhorted artists to “Paint the leaves as they Living Art Collective Ensemble (LACE) grow! If you can paint one leaf, you can paint Elisa Monte Dance the world!” His words inspired the American DJ Twelve45 Pre-Raphaelites, a group of artists who April 21, 2019 | 3:30 created landscapes and portraits in close-up West Building, West Garden Court detail. Ruskin admired his contemporary, the poet Walt Whitman, who also wrote Celebrating By the Light of the Silvery Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs from the about the glories of the natural world and 1850s to Apollo 11 the beauties of music. In this concert, the Poulenc Trio performs music by composers The Lunar Effect that inspired Ruskin and the American Pre-Raphaelites, Whitman’s favorite work Since prehistoric times, humans have been by Beethoven, and Andrew List’s world fascinated by the moon and its effect on premiere in celebration of Whitman’s (and everything from fertility to madness. On Ruskin’s) 200th birth anniversaries. Easter Sunday, a holiday determined by the moon, LACE, along with Elisa Monte Dance and DJ Twelve45, weaves together a story of Yumi Kurosawa, koto how the moon has inspired wonder and fear With special guests Anubrata Chatterjee, in various cultures since the human journey tabla, and Virgil Gadsen, dancer began. This program features new music by May 19, 2019 | 3:30 composer Michael Thurber. West Building, West Garden Court

Celebrating The Life of Animals in Japanese Art top Poulenc Trio, photo by Matt Dine. right Yumi Kuro- sawa, photo by GION Studio. This performance brings together the elements of Japan’s spiritual philosophy and the importance of the animal world, as represented in literature, art, dance, and music. To illustrate the soundscape of our story, the koto’s melodic timbre recalls Japan’s history with chant, the tabla reminds us of the heartbeat, and the featured element of dance echoes the natural world of movement.

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FOURTH FRIDAY SOUND SKETCHES

WHERE ARE THE CONNECTIONS? New in the 2018 – 2019 season, the music department brings a monthly “musical tour,” as we ask musicians to engage with pieces from the Gallery’s collection. Drawing out links that have always existed between the arts, we’ll hear stories about the amazing interconnections between music and art. These programs are a surprise to us and will be spontaneous in their location, so keep an eye on our website for more information closer to the dates of the performances.

New York Opera Society September 28, 2018 | 12:10

Trio Sefardi October 26, 2018 | 12:10

PROJECT Trio November 23, 2018 | 12:10

Eric Mintel Quartet December 28, 2018 | 12:10

Noah Getz and Friends January 25, 2019 | 12:10

Armonia Nova February 22, 2019 | 12:10

Eya March 22, 2019 | 12:10

Duo Sonidos top Alisa Jordheim of the New York Opera Society, photo by Rebecca Fay Photography. bottom Eya, photo | April 26, 2019 12:10 by Anthony Thompson. top left Duo Sonidos, photo by Cyrus Ndolo. top right Jacqueline Horner Kwiatek of Armonia Nova, photo by Mark Kwiatek. middle PROJECT Trio, photo by Vince Scaccetti. bottom left Noah Getz, photo by Roy Cox. bottom right Trio Sefardi, photo by Jeff Malet Photography.

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MUSIC BETWEEN THE WARS

WHEN WILL THE FIGHTING END? Daniel Schlosberg, piano On November 11, 1918, an armistice was Jessica Aszodi, soprano signed between the Allies and Germany, Russell Rolen, cello ending World War I on the Western Front. December 23, 2018 | 3:30 On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded West Building, West Garden Court Poland, and two days later the United Sung / Unsung: Weill and Poulenc Kingdom and France once again declared war, setting off another six-year World In a rare performance, two composers known War. This season, we begin a multiyear primarily for song, each with a populist streak, exploration of what was happening in are juxtaposed in both vocal and instrumental the world of art and music that reflected repertoire. The featured works include the period between the two World Wars. excerpts from Kurt Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins and other individual songs, as well as his Cello Tapestry Sonata and the Intermezzo for Piano, and Francis Poulenc’s Prier pour Paix, “Tel Jour, November 11, 2018 | 3:30 Telle Nuit,” and Les Soirées de Nazelles. West Building, West Garden Court

Lessons of Darkness: Armistice Day 1918 Noah Getz and Friends Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, found March 3, 2019 | 3:30 people throughout the world singing and West Building, West Garden Court dancing in the streets, once again hoping for a Absolute Art and Jazz between the Wars peaceful world. This program commemorates the 100th anniversary of this landmark day The seemingly opposite ideals of absolute in history and presents works of composers art and popular music found expression in affected by the war, such as Ralph Vaughan the work of artists and composers in the Williams, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Claude aftermath of World War I. In particular, jazz Debussy, and Maurice Ravel. The concert also and the saxophone were contemporary includes iconic works by Stephen Foster (the symbols of an antiestablishment sentiment American Civil War) and Simon and Garfunkel that held the bourgeoisie accountable for (the Vietnam War). Tapestry offers this global devastation. This program presents program in the hope that we learn from our compositions that explore these musical collective history — our Lessons of Dark- trajectories from Europe’s fertile artistic ness — and work together to avoid war. landscape between the wars. Works include Anton Webern’s Quartet, op. 22, for violin, clarinet, tenor saxophone, and piano, Bela Bartok’s Contrasts, and Erwin Schulhoff’s Hot-Sonate.

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WHY DOES IT MATTER? Suchertorte Chamber Ensemble The centennial of Leonard Bernstein’s birth Jeffrey Schindler, conductor was August 25, 2018. A global celebration December 30, 2018 | 3:30 of his life began the year before and will West Building, West Garden Court continue through August 25, 2019. Bern- A Toast to Vienna in ¾ Time stein’s legacy goes far beyond his work as a preeminent twentieth-century conductor The Suchertorte Chamber Ensemble, led by and composer. The National Gallery of Art conductor Jeffrey Schindler, brings a new has chosen to honor his contributions as a perspective on the Young People’s Concert, cultural ambassador and educator, paying in which Bernstein explained the history of homage to his famous Young People’s Vienna’s affinity for the waltz. This is not your Concerts — a televised series that introduced traditional Viennese New Year concert! a generation of viewers to the joys of classical music and several other genres. Air Force Strings These fifty-three programs ran from 1958 January 13, 2019 | 3:30 through 1972. In keeping with the spirit of West Building, West Garden Court helping new audiences understand the relevance of classical music, we have chosen The Latin American Spirit to put a modern twist on three of Bernstein’s With works by Carlos Fariñas, Astor Piazzolla, programs to explain why these works still and William Grant Still, the Air Force Strings matter to today’s youth. The programs shed a new light on the influence of music include A Toast to Vienna in ¾ Time (original from Central and South America within the air date December 25, 1967), The Latin context of what we call “classical music.” American Spirit (March 8, 1963), and The Genius of Paul Hindemith (February 23, 1964). Inscape Chamber Orchestra This series is made possible by the generous Richard Scerbo, director support of the Billy Rose Foundation. January 27, 2019 | 3:30 West Building, West Garden Court

The Genius of Paul Hindemith

Reminding us why classical modernism matters, Inscape Chamber Orchestra puts a modern twist on the Young People’s Concert in which Bernstein memorialized the unex- pected death of composer Paul Hindemith.

LEARNING ABOUT MUSIC 25 HOLIDAY CONCERTS

HOW DO WE CELEBRATE? Hot Club of San Francisco The Gallery maintains a long-standing tradition December 16, 2018 | 3:30 of welcoming groups from the community to West Building, West Garden Court sing holiday carols in the decorated Rotunda. Hot Club Cool Yule

CAROLING IN THE ROTUNDA Fire up your holidays with Hot Club Cool Yule, a swinging, gypsy wagon trip to the 1:30 and 2:30 North Pole, featuring many of your favorites U.S. Army Chorus and a few rarer, seasonal gems. Performed by the Hot Club of San Francisco in its inimita- Saturday, December 8 ble style (reminiscent of Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of France), this dazzling Encore Chorale holiday offering has something for everyone. Jeanne Kelly, director Make this season bright with the flames of Sunday, December 9 gypsy jazz! Westminster Presbyterian Choir and Ringers Benjamin Hutchens, director top National Gallery of Art, West Building Rotunda, photo by Charles Bauduy. top right Hot Club of San Francisco, Saturday, December 15 photo by Lenny Gonzalez. middle left Westminster Presbyterian Choir, photo by Charles Winburn. middle Saint John Paul the Great right Encore Chorale, photo by Larry Kelly. bottom U.S. Catholic High School Choir Army Chorus, photo by SSG Victoria Chamberlin. Kelly Kingett, director Sunday, December 16

26 HOLIDAY CONCERTS cover Claude Flight, Street Singers (detail), 1925, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen. back cover Katharina Fritsch, Hahn / Cock, 2013, on long-term loan from Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

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