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Back in 2015 we announced our collaboration with Q2 Music, the contemporary music online radio station affiliated with WNYC/WQXR. Since then, we’ve had many exciting recordings of Library of Congress commissions and premieres released via Q2 Music, which has facilitated increased access to our commissioning activities. Many recordings from our 90th anniversary season are now available at Q2 Music’s website and via their mobile app. We encourage you to explore these recordings and discover some new music. You can learn more about our current radio projects at loc.gov/concerts.

"Brennan radio," 1922, National Photo Company, National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
“Brennan radio,” 1922, National Photo Company, National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Below is an overview of the recordings from our 2015-2016 season that are currently available through Q2 Music. Enjoy!

Frederic Rzewski | Satires for violin and piano
World Premiere
Jennifer Koh, violin and Frederic Rzewski, piano
Commissioned by the McKim Fund in the Library of Congress
Recorded Live, April 30, 2016–Library of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, DC
Program

Frederic Rzewski | String Quartet
World Premiere
Del Sol String Quartet
Recorded Live, April 29, 2016–Library of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, DC
Program

Julian Anderson | Van Gogh Blue
U.S. Premiere
Talea Ensemble
Co-commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress and dedicated to the memory of Serge and Natalie Koussevitzky, Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation, and Casa da Música
Recorded Live, March 11, 2016–Library of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, DC
Program

George Aperghis | Wild Romance
U.S. Premiere
Talea Ensemble
Jane Sheldon, soprano
Recorded Live, March 11, 2016–Library of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, DC
Program

Gabriela Lena Frank | My angel, his name is Freedom
Washington, DC Premiere
Handel and Haydn Society, Harry Christophers, Artistic Director
Co-commissioned by the Carolyn Royall Just Fund in the Library of Congress and the Handel and Haydn Society
Recorded Live, February 20, 2016–Library of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, DC
Program

Matthias Pintscher | Profiles of Light
U.S. Premiere
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Hideki Nagano, piano; Eric-Maria Couturier, cello; Dimitri Vassilakis, piano
Profiles of Light: Now II for solo cello co-commissioned by the Dina Koston and Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music in the Library of Congress and the Moritzburg Festival.
Recorded Live, November 13, 2015–Library of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, DC
Program

Hannah Lash | Two Movements for violin and piano
World Premiere
Hae-Sun Kang, violin; Dimitri Vassilakis, piano
Commissioned by the McKim Fund in the Library of Congress
Recorded Live, November 13, 2015–Library of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, DC
Program

Paul Lansky | The Long and Short of It
World Premiere
WindSync
Commissioned by the Carolyn Royall Just Fund in the Library of Congress and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Recorded Live, October 24, 2015–Library of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, DC
Program

Michael Hersch | Carrion-Miles to Purgatory: thirteen pieces after texts of Robert Lowell
World Premiere
Members of ATOS Trio
Annette von Hehn, violin; Stefan Heinemeyer, cello
Commissioned by the Hans Kindler Foundation Trust Fund in the Library of Congress
Recorded Live, October 16, 2015–Library of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, DC
Program

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