Tickets are now available for two very different and exciting quartets appearing at the Coolidge Auditorium. Reservations may be made for a nominal service charge at Ticketmaster.
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 8:00pm
Doric String Quartet
Prize winners in the Osaka and the Borciani competitions, this London-based ensemble makes its first American appearance at the Frick Collection and the Library of Congress. Listen to their performances of Haydn, Brahms and Janacek at their website.
HAYDN: String Quartet in A Major, op. 20, no. 6
KORNGOLD: String Quartet no. 3 in D Major, op. 34
SCHUMANN: String Quartet no. 2 in F Major, op. 41, no. 2
6:15 pm – Whittall Pavilion (no tickets required)
Pre-concert presentation: “Vienna to Hollywood: The Korngold Collection” – Loras Schissel, Music Division
Saturday, November 20, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Wadada Leo Smith’s Golden Quartet
A not-to-be-missed all-star quartet with trumpeter/composer Smith, pianist Vijay Iyer, bassist John Lindberg, and drummer Pheeroan akLaff. Their latest album Tabligh, a live recording, brings to mind late 60’s/early 70’s era Miles Davis, while forging its own distinct path of modern jazz. Watch a clip of an earlier version of this group, with Ronald Shannon Jackson on drums, at the Golden Quartet’s web site here.
6:15 pm – Whittall Pavilion (no tickets required)
Pre-concert presentation: Host of WPFW’s “Sound of Surprise” Larry Appelbaum, Music Division, interviews Wadada Leo Smith.
Note: Tickets for the following shows are no longer available from Ticketmaster: Ensemble 415 (October 8 – see the complete program for this performance here [pdf]), The English Concert (October 14), Talich Quartet (October 21), and Thomas Hampson and Craig Rutenberg (October 28). However, there are often up to 80 empty seats available for “sold out” concerts at start time. Interested patrons are strongly encouraged to come to the Library by 6:30 p.m. on concert nights to join the standby line for no-show tickets.