January 31, 1994
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Library of Congress and National Academy of Sciences Continue Collaboration with 1994 Spring Concert Series
The Library of Congress continues its collaboration with the
National Academy of Sciences on its 1993-94 concert series at the
National Academy of Sciences auditorium, 2100 C Street N.W.
beginning in February.
The spring season of concerts combines the traditional with
the unexpected, and features the unfailing excellence of the
Library's resident ensembles, the Beaux Arts Trio and the
Juilliard String Quartet. New to the Library of Congress concert
series are the acclaimed Quintette Pro Arte de Monte Carlo,
harpsichordist Davitt Moroney, and the world famous Netherlands
Wind Ensemble.
All Library of Congress concerts are free and open to the
public, and all begin at 8 p.m. No tickets are required and
non-reserved seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. The
Academy's auditorium seats 670 people and is barrier-free. The
doors to the Academy building open at 7:00 p.m. The doors to the
auditorium will open at 7:30 p.m.
The spring series begins on Thursday and Friday evenings,
February 10 and 11, with the Beaux Arts Trio (pianist Menahem
Pressler, violinist Ida Kavafian, and cellist Peter Wiley). The
group will play the Trio in G major, Op. 65 by Hummel, Brahms's
Trio in C major, Op. 87, and Tchaikovsky's Trio in A minor, Op.
50.
The Juilliard String Quartet (violinists Robert Mann and
Joel Smirnoff, violist Samuel Rhodes, and cellist Joel Krosnick)
return to the Library of Congress concert series on Thursday and
Friday evenings, February 24 and 25. The quartet will perform
Haydn's Quartet in F major, Op. 50, No. 5. Mr. Mann and guest
artist, pianist Ursula Oppens, will give the first performance of
Dancer on a Tightrope by Soviet composer Sofia Gubaildulina.
This work is a commission from the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Foundation in the Library of Congress. Ms. Oppens, Mr. Smirnoff,
Mr. Rhodes, and Mr. Krosnick will close the concert with Fauré's
Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 45.
Soprano Benita Valente will perform with the Juilliard
String Quartet on Thursday and Friday evenings, March 3 and 4, in
the Quartet No. 5 for Soprano and String Quartet by Ginastera.
The quartet will also play Hindemith's Quartet No. 4 and
Schubert's Quartet in D minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden."
On Friday evening, March 18, the New York Chamber Soloists
come to the Academy of Sciences with Handel's Concerto in D minor
for flute, oboe, cello, and continuo, Eight Miniatures for
Baroque Ensemble by Mel Powell and Bach's Brandenburg Concerto
No. 5. The group will also premiere a new work for chamber
ensemble by Jon Deak, commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague
Coolidge Foundation in the Library of Congress.
The Quintette Pro Arte de Monte Carlo will perform on Friday
evening, May 13. The ensemble will play the Quintet in C minor by
Borodin, Granados's Quintet in G minor, and Shostakovich's Piano
Quintet, Op. 57.
World-renowned harpsichordist Davitt Moroney makes his
Library of Congress debut on Friday evening, May 27, in a program
to be announced.
The Library's spring concert season will conclude on Friday
evening, June 3, with the acclaimed Netherlands Wind Ensemble and
guest artist, cellist Pieter Wispelwey. The wind ensemble will
perform Snapdragon, by Eleanor Hovda, and the Serenade in D
minor, Op. 44, by Dvorak. Mr. Wispelwey will play the Cello
Sonata No. 3 by Martinu and will join the ensemble for the
Concerto for Cello and Wind Ensemble by Ibert.
The National Academy of Sciences continues its own 14th
season of free concerts this year. The Academy's concert series
is produced by Arts in the Academy and features performances by
its resident ensemble, National Musical Arts.
SPRING 1994 SCHEDULE FOR
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONCERTS
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AUDITORIUM
February 10-11 | Beaux Arts Trio |
February 24-25 | Juilliard String Quartet with Ursula Oppens, pianist |
March 3-4 | Juilliard String Quartet with Benita Valente, soprano |
March 18 | New York Chamber Soloists |
May 13 | Quintette Pro Arte de Monte Carlo |
May 27 | Davitt Moroney, harpsichordist |
June 3 | Netherlands Wind Ensemble with Pieter Wispelwey, cellist |
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PR 94-010
1/11/94
ISSN 0731-3527