This Weekend @ Concerts from the Library of Congress
Friday, February 20, 2015 – 8:00pm (Coolidge Auditorium)
CLAREMONT TRIO & MISHA AMORY
Winners of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award, twins Emily and Julia Bruskin and Andrea Lam bring their talents to the Coolidge Auditorium. “Their exuberant performance and gutsy repertoire…was the kind of fresh approach that keeps chamber music alive” (Cincinnati Enquirer). They will present Helen Grime’s Three Whistler Miniatures, a piece commissioned by the trio in 2012 and inspired by artwork by James McNeill Whistler; one of the few chamber works by Mendelssohn’s sister; and Brahms’ final piano quartet featuring renowned violist of the Brentano Quartet, Misha Amory. FREE tickets required.
PROGRAM:
F. MENDELSSOHN HENSEL Piano Trio in D minor, op. 11
GRIME Three Whistler Miniatures
(Commissioned by the Claremont Trio)
BRAHMS Piano Quartet no. 3 in C minor, op. 60
Pre-Concert Conversation with the Artists (6:30pm, Whittall Pavilion)
Program Notes
Saturday, February 21, 2015 – 2:00pm (Coolidge Auditorium)
HABITAT Composition | Performance | Technology | Spaces
A presentation by composer Steve Antosca, computer musician William Brent, and percussionist Ross Karre (pictured right) on the November 2013 premiere performance of HABITAT for percussionist and computer transformations. The talk will focus on composition processes and design elements and their integration with performance and technology. Demonstrations will show performance and technology aspects of HABITAT as they were applied to the National Gallery of Art East Building Atrium performance space. FREE tickets required.