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Archive: March 2014 (3 Posts)

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Remembering Argos: Life and Loss in the Funeral Odes of Franz Liszt

Posted by: David Plylar

The magnificent collection of Liszt manuscripts held at the Library of Congress includes a number of rarely heard works, including two of the three Funeral Odes (Trois odes funèbres). Liszt composed some fifteen versions of the Funeral Odes, even desiring one of them to be performed at his funeral service (Spoiler Alert: none of Liszt’s …

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Elias String Quartet Plays Haydn, Kurtág & Beethoven (March 7)

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

This Friday evening the Coolidge Auditorium will be at the helm of the Elias String Quartet, one of the leading British string quartets on the international circuit. Learn more about the concert repertoire via the program notes available here. Event Listing Friday, March 7, 2014 – 8:00pm ELIAS STRING QUARTET Coolidge Auditorium Program HAYDN | …

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Gregory Porter Brings his Grammy-winning Jazz to the Coolidge

Posted by: Pat Padua

Gregory Porter’s 2013 Blue Note album Liquid Spirit just won a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album.  This week we welcome this rising star to the Library of Congress.  Porter’s influences range from the Southern Gospel sound of Bakersfield in his native California to his mother’s Nat King Cole records. The Grammy winner records for the …