CONCERTS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SEASON 94 2018-2019 when you’re here, you hear . Get ready. Take the time. Listen. THE 2018-19CONCERTS FROM THE What expanses might open to us when we take the time to listen to what music tells us, about our lives and the world around us— SEASON past, present and future? With an astonishing roster of artists and speakers leading the 2018-2019 season of Fall Concerts 4 Concerts from the Library of Congress, Counterpoints 28 the Library offers a place of respite, Spring Concerts 38 renewal and challenge. Support 68 This season you will have the chance Season at a Glance and Ticketing 70 to peek under the hood, to see what drives creators in their work. You will hear why these artists, films and thinkers are so engaging. You will be able to augment your reality with new perspectives derived from one-of-a-kind experiences. Take your time. Listen. What will you discover? When you’re here, you hear. loc.g o v/co nce rts TRULS MØRK BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV TRULS MØRK, cello BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV, piano SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2018 | 8PM | COOLIDGE AUDITORIUM A cellist of consummate gifts, Truls Mørk returns to Washington after a 13-year absence, appearing with a young Uzbek pianist who has rapidly established himself as one of the leading pianists of his generation. Mørk and Abduraimov are an exceptional duo: master musicians and superbly matched partners; their frequent recitals Photo Credits: TRULS MØRK by John Boe; BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV by Nissor Abduraimov by Nissor Abduraimov Boe; BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV TRULS MØRK by John Credits: Photo demonstrate a breathtaking palette of tonal colors and the elegant TRULS MØRK BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV grace of a long collaboration. Opening our spectacular 2018-2019 season, they perform classics by Beethoven and Prokofiev, and Rachmaninoff’s rapturously virtuosic sonata. BEETHOVEN Sonata for Cello and Piano no. 1 in F major, op. 5/1 PROKOFIEV PRE-CONCERT CONVERSATION Sonata for Cello and Piano in C major, op. 119 “Introducing the 2018-19 Season” Whittall Pavilion, 6:30pm RACHMANINOFF Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, op. 19 NIGHTCAP An Onstage Conversation with the Artists OCT 6 @librarycongress 5 Making its very first appearance, the Pérez, Cohen, Potter Quintet is a new collaborative project led by a remarkable trio of bandleaders: pianist and composer Danilo Pérez, trumpeter Avishai Cohen and PÉREZ, COHEN, POTTER über saxophonist Chris Potter. It’s an all-star lineup, at the forefront of jazz today. You’ll hear the chemistry that QUINTET grew out of the trio’s Jazz 100 tour last season celebrating the centennials of Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald and WITH LARRY GRENADIER & NATE SMITH Thelonious Monk—and encounter some great new DANILO PÉREZ, piano compositions written especially for this tour. CHRIS POTTER, sax , trumpet Presented in cooperation with the Reva & David Logan Foundation AVISHAI COHEN LARRY GRENADIER, bass NATE SMITH, drums Photo Credits: DANILO PÉREZ by John Abbott; AVISHAI COHEN by Ziv Ravitzt Abbott; AVISHAI PÉREZ by John DANILO Credits: Photo WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018 | 8PM | COOLIDGE AUDITORIUM DANILO PÉREZ AVISHAI COHEN CHRIS POTTER OCT 10 7 LES TALENS LYRIQUES FRANÇOIS COUPERIN AT 350 De la lumière aux ténèbres LES TALENS LYRIQUES Harpsichordist and conductor Christophe Rousset AMEL BRAHIM-DJELLOUL and EUGÉNIE WARNIER, voice returns to the Library with colleagues from his superb ensemble Les Talens Lyriques, renowned for GILONE GAUBERT-JACQUES, violin benchmark interpretations of music from Monteverdi MIKKO PERKOLA, viola da gamba to Berlioz. For the Couperin anniversary they bring CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET, harpsichord, organ & direction an intimate, refined evening of both secular and THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2018 | 8PM | COOLIDGE AUDITORIUM sacred music that illuminates the composer’s place in the musical pantheon. His seventh keyboard suite, a portrait of the child prodigy Mlle de Menetou, illustrates the virtuosic technique that made him court harpsichordist at Versailles. Following it, one of the Concerts royaux, is a charming sample of music written for the Sun-King’s Sunday chamber concerts. Moving into the shadows, the program ends with the austere, deeply affecting lessons for the Tenebrae service, settings from the Lamentations of Jeremiah. FRANÇOIS COUPERIN Concerts royaux–Troisième Concert Second livre de pièces de clavecin–Septième Ordre Pièces de viole–Première Suite Leçons de ténèbres du Mercredi saint Première Leçon à une voix Deuxième Leçon à une voix Troisième Leçon à deux voix PRE-CONCERT CONVERSATION A Conversation with Christophe Rousset CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET Martinez Barrios by Ignacio ROUSSET CHRISTOPHE Credits: Photo Whittall Pavilion, 6:30 pm OCT 18 @librarycongress 9 EMERSON STRING Forty years of superb musicmaking have earned the Emerson String Quartet an unparalleled list of achievements: nine GRAMMYs, three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize and collaborations with many of the greatest artists of our time. David Finckel joins his former QUARTETWITH DAVID FINCKEL colleagues in a performance of the sublime Schubert string quintet, EUGENE DRUCKER and PHILIP SETZER, violin honoring the memory of a longtime mentor and a great friend of the LAWRENCE DUTTON, viola Library of Congress, violinist Robert Mann. “With musicians like these, PAUL WATKINS, cello there must be some hope for humanity.” (The Times, London) with DAVID FINCKEL, cello FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2018 | 8PM | COOLIDGE AUDITORIUM This concert is presented under the auspices of the Robert Mann Fund for Chamber Music Photo Credits: DAVID FINCKEL by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco. EMERSON STRING QUARTET by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco Mazzucco by Lisa-Marie EMERSON STRING QUARTET Mazzucco. FINCKEL by Lisa-Marie DAVID Credits: Photo DAVID FINCKEL CARTER Elegy, arr. for string quartet DVOŘÁK Quartet in G major, op. 106, B. 192 SCHUBERT Quintet in C major, D. 956 EMERSON STRING QUARTET OCT 19 loc.gov/concerts 11 “Ease on down the road” to the Library for its celebration of the 40th anniversary of the film version of The Wiz. Harlem and Oz intersect in THE WIZ this magical re-telling of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz, starring luminaries like Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Catch one or both screenings, as well as several opportunities to hear and interact with 40TH ANNIVERSARY Tony Walton, the production and costume designer for the film. Be sure CELEBRATING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WIZ to see a display of the Library’s holdings related to The Wiz and don’t miss the chance to see the movie on the big screen! Presented in cooperation with the Motion Picture, Broadcast and Recorded Sound Division FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2018 | 6:30PM | COOLIDGE AUDITORIUM INTERVIEW AND SCREENING The Wiz (G, 134 mins.) Sidney Lumet, Director Preceded by an Interview with Tony Walton, Production and Costume Designer A rare opportunity to hear from the creator of the physical world of The Wiz, Tony Walton, in a special on-stage interview with the Music Division’s Solomon HaileSelassie immediately before a screening of the film. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2018 | 11AM | COOLIDGE AUDITORIUM #DECLASSIFIED–DESIGNING THE WIZ Tony Walton joins Solomon HaileSelassie of the Music Division for an intimate look at some of the designs created for The Wiz. You won’t want to miss this chance to go behind-the-scenes, literally! SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2018 | 2PM | COOLIDGE AUDITORIUM FAMILY-FRIENDLY SCREENING The Wiz (G, 134 mins.) ORIGINAL COSTUME SKETCH, SCARECROW Sidney Lumet, Director Tony Walton Collection, Introduced by Tony Walton, Production and Costume Designer Music Division, Library This family-friendly screening of The Wiz of Congress will be introduced by Tony Walton and will include a special design treasure-hunt specifically designed for young audiences as they enter a world of lions, witches and silver slippers. 12 @librarycongress13 FOUNDER’S DAY BEHZADI QUINCE ENSEMBLE from Love, Crystal and Stone I. Deseo GEE QUINCE ENSEMBLE Mouthpiece KAYLEIGH BUTCHER, mezzo soprano SOPER AMANDA DEBOER BARTLETT, LIZ PEARSE and CARRIE HENNEMAN SHAW, soprano Only the words themselves mean what they say BROOK Amalgam TAK ENSEMBLE BIRD LAURA COCKS, flute Series imposture LYONS CARLOS CORDEIRO, clarinet Bone Needles CHARLOTTE MUNDY, voice MARINA KIFFERSTEIN, violin STEENBERGE The Four Winds ELLERY TRAFFORD, percussion Excerpts from LANG from love fail TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018 | 8PM | COOLIDGE AUDITORIUM the wood and the vine GARCIA-DE CASTRO Our 2018 Founder’s Day Concert in honor of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge [World Premiere] features two adventurous new music ensembles who fearlessly explore La Destruction repertoire for their unique combinations. The TAK Ensemble is a quintet of voice, flute, clarinet, violin and percussion that is always on the lookout Reflections on Woody GuthriePEARSE for new compositional voices. The Quince Ensemble is a vocal quartet that Photo Credits: QUINCE ENSEMBLE by Aleksandr Karjaka. QUINCE ENSEMBLE by Aleksandr Credits: Photo commissions feverishly; their performance will feature the world premieres [World Premiere] of several new works, Plane Wreck at Los Gatos BROWN TAK ENSEMBLE including a collection [World Premiere] of Guthrie-inspired Cassandra Illinois MILLER songs. This is music [World Premiere] by composers largely Going Down the Road new to the Coolidge DEBOER BARTLETT Auditorium—come I have no home celebrate with us! PRE-CONCERT CONVERSATION Conversation with the Artists OCT 30 Whittall Pavilion, 6:30 pm loc.gov/concerts 15 Hear the twenty splendid “next generation thinkers” (NPR) of this formidably gifted ALARM WILL SOUND ensemble in works mostly written for LIGETI them—music ideally calibrated to show off Piano Concerto JOHN ORFE, piano their “equal parts exuberance, nonchalance, BETTISON COURTNEY ORLANDO, violin and virtuosity” (Financial Times of Violin Concerto ALAN PIERSON, conductor London). The evening includes a new violin GOSFIELD concerto by Oscar Bettison and the premiere New Work FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2018 | 8PM | COOLIDGE AUDITORIUM of a new Library of Congress commission Commissioned by the McKim Fund in the Library of Congress from Annie Gosfield.