PHILLIPS MUSIC

75TH ANNIVERSARY
2015/2016 Season
 WELCOME

Commitment to excellence is embodied in all we present at

The Phillips Collection, drawing audiences who are curious to
experience our concerts, exhibitions, and public programs.
That belief in quality and the preservation of personal encounters with
music and visual art is also the foundation of our Sunday Concerts series,
and the starting point of our 75th anniversary celebration. The 75th
season is a critical institutional milestone; it is a time to honor decades of
exceptional music programming, and to inspire us to engage and provide
essential support to ensure its future. All of usaudience, donors, and staff
alikeare guardians of a long and illustrious tradition. Through listening,
participating, and creating, we guarantee its continued vitality, while
exploring new vistas and possibilities.

Dorothy Kosinski
DIRECTOR

Welcome to our 75th season anniversary!

Audiences and artists have been coming together at the Phillips well before
1941, when Phillips Music became a series of 30+ concerts. Throughout
2015/2016, we commemorate our 75th season of presenting enthralling
performances in the Music Rooms idyllic chamber music environment.
Among the highlightsnotwithstanding a reenactment of the iconic
1955 US debut of Glenn Gouldwe pay special tribute to the outstanding
musicians of the US military for their role in keeping Phillips Music
continually running during World War II. I hope youll join us throughout this
remarkable season as we traverse many musical landscapes together.

Caroline Mousset
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC

MUSIC STAFF Caroline Mousset | Director of Music Mara Teresa Roca de Togores | Music Assistant The Phillips Camerata, May 30, 2014
Edward J. Kelly | Recording Engineer Roberto Alcaraz | Music Operations Assistant Alex Nelson | Music Intern
 A GRAND 75TH ANNIVERSARY

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The seasons of chamber music concerts must be carried on.
They have been in complete accord with my policy for the
paintings, adding the contemporary to the classic, and the
regional to what has proved to be universal and for all times.
Duncan Phillips,1965

It was Duncan Phillipss personal Reflecting the multiplicity of artistic

assistant Elmira Bier who spearheaded
Phillips Music from 19411972. Bier
put into practice the same principles
that guided Duncan Phillips: to take
risks, encourage emerging artists, and
seek unusual pairings in works of art.
Phillips Music continues to celebrate
these principles in developing a
program that embraces all genres of
music for audiences of all ages.
The Phillips has planned myriad events this
season to celebrate the past, present, and
future of Phillips Music:
Two concerts honor the excellence and
dedication of our military musicians
Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear
reenacts Glenn Goulds program from his
historic 1955 US debut at the Phillips
voices in the permanent collection,
American composer Nico Muhly curates
a series of concerts
An exclusive appearance of eminent
pianist Emanuel Ax, who first performed
at the Phillips in 1967 when he was an
18-year-old student of Mieczysaw Munz
In association with The Library of
Congress, the commission of new works
for violin and piano from American
composer Frederic Rzewski
Building on the success of Leading
European Composers, Phillips Music
broadens its scope to create Leading
International Composers
The grand finale performance of the
anniversary season features members
of The Phillips Camerata in a program
following the first performance of the
series in 1941

Alina Ibragimova, March 8, 2015

 JOIN THE CELEBRATION
PHILLIPS MUSIC SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES SEPTEMBER 11 l Prelude Concert: The Phillips Camerata
His Excellency Grard Araud,
The Ambassador of France,
75TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON CO-CHAIRS
hosts the anniversary Prelude
Lynne and Joseph Horning Concert and reception at his
Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Residence. The performance
Anne and Ronald Abramson features members of The
Phillips Camerata performing
The commemoration, recognition, and reflection of the past 75 chamber music of the French
years of Phillips Music secures a strong roadmap for the future. repertoire.

Proceeds from the 75th anniversary season will sustain the Invitation to this program is
a benefit offered to season
programs in place while helping build new initiatives.
sponsors.

We invite you to join our Co-Chairs in celebrating the 75th anniversary

season by making a gift in support of Phillips Music through one of the
following ways:

75TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON SPONSORSHIP

Sponsorship opportunities begin at $5,000. Sponsors receive recognition in
75th anniversary season promotional materials and enjoy benefits including
exclusive seating to Sunday Concerts and invitations to two signature
programs: the 75th season Prelude Concert and a Benefit Concert by
Emanuel Ax.

MUSIC ENDOWMENT FUND

A current or legacy gift to endow Phillips Music allows the Phillips to
expand its impact, engage still more diverse communities, build creative
conversations with partners around the globe, and interact with a broader
community of artists. Endowment gifts are fully tax-deductible.

PHILLIPS CHAMBER SOCIETY APRIL 19 l Benefit Concert: Emanuel Ax, piano

Consider adding a $1,500 season subscription to any category of museum
Emanuel Ax is among the most highly regarded pianists in the world. He gave his
membership. Benefits include free admission and guaranteed seating at
American debut at The Phillips Collection in 1967, seven years before winning the first
Sunday Concerts and Leading International Composers, as well as advance
Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition. For the 75th season, Ax presents,
e-mail notice of concert programming. ($945 tax-deductible)
among others, Beethovens Appassionata Sonata and works by C. P. E. Bach.

For more information on supporting Phillips Music, contact the Tickets to this program are complimentary for season sponsors and are also available
Development Department at 202.387.2151 x250. for purchase.

For more information about these programs, contact the

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 SUNDAY CONCERTS
Performances begin promptly at 4 pm unless otherwise noted. General admission seating is
first-come, first-served beginning 45 minutes prior to concert start time. Tickets are $30,
$15 for members and students with ID; museum admission for that day is included. Advance
reservations are strongly recommended; reserve online until 12 hours before each concert.
Visit PhillipsCollection.org/music to reserve tickets and view up-to-date concert details.
Select performances are broadcast on Classical WETA 90.9 FM on Monday evenings at 9 pm.
All artists and programs are subject to change.
OCTOBER 4 l Olivier Cav, piano Swiss-Italian pianist Olivier
Cav opens the 2015/2016 75th
anniversary season, presenting
a handsomely proportioned
program of Haydn and Scarlatti
sonatas, alongside three works by
Albniz. Leading Haydn scholar
Elaine Sisman, Professor of Music
at Columbia University, joins Cav
for a post-concert discussion.
OCTOBER 11 l Sharon Isbin, guitar
Acclaimed for her extraordinary lyricism, technique
and versatility, multiple Grammy Award winner
Sharon Isbin has been hailed as the pre-eminent
guitarist of our time. She is also the winner of
Guitar Players Best Classical Guitarist award,
the Toronto and Madrid Queen Sofa competitions,
and was the first guitarist ever to win the Munich
Competition. Her expansive Phillips program
includes works by Granados, Trrega, Albniz,
MacCombie, and Mangor.
OCTOBER 18 l Lynn Harrell, cello Distinguished American cellist Lynn
Harrell makes his Phillips debut
with pianist Victor Asuncin.
Recipient of the Piatigorsky Award,
the inaugural Avery Fisher Prize,
and winner of two Grammy Awards,
Harrell holds a discography of
more than 30 recordings and has
performed worldwide with every
major orchestra and conductor. Harrell
and Asuncin present a magnificent
Sunday Concert: Schumanns
Fantasiestcke; Bachs Suite No. 3 in C
Major, BWV 1009; Debussys Sonata;
Mendelssohns Sonata No. 2 in D
Major; and Chopins Introduction and
Polonaise Brillante, Op. 3.
OCTOBER 25 l Jasmin Toccata Project
Jasmin Toccata Project features an encounter between In partnership with Mission
European Baroque and traditional Persian music. Culturelle et Universitaire
Percussionist Keyvan Chemirani, lutenist Thomas Franaise aux Etats-Unis
Dunford, and harpsichordist Jean Rondeau create bridges
between these different musical worlds as they juxtapose
pieces of the great Baroque mastersScarlatti, Purcell, FRENCH EMBASSY
IN THE UNITED STATES
Dowlandwith virtuoso Persian compositions of sublime
rhythmic richness. HIGHER EDUCATION,
ARTS, FRENCH LANGUAGE
NOVEMBER 1 l Ji Young Lim, violin
Twenty-year-old South Korean Ji Young
NOVEMBER 15 & 22, 12:30 PM & 4 PM l Carducci Quartet: Shostakovich 15
Lim rocketed to fame recently as first Aside from Beethoven, perhaps
prize laureate of the 2015 International no composer has put so much
Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. of themselves into their
Currently a student at Korea National quartets as Dmitri Shostakovich.
University of the Arts, Lim has performed Spanning the 1930s to the 1970s,
in the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, Shostakovichs string quartet
Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland. catalogue reflects the difficulties
Pianist Rohan De Silva joins her for her of life in Soviet Russia, World War
Washington debut, which presents works II, and the Holocaust. Bringing
by Mozart, Grieg, Brahms, and Hubay. penetrative musical insight,
authority, and passion, the
internationally praised Carducci
Quartet commemorates
the 40th anniversary of the
composers death with its
Shostakovich 15 project. The
Phillips presents the Carducci
Quartet in a marathon cycle of all
15 quartets over two consecutive
Sundays. Wendy Lesser, author
of Music for Silenced Voices:
Shostakovich and his 15 Quartets,
introduces the cycle at the
performance on November 15.

Purchase one Sunday (two

concerts) for $55 or the complete
four-concert cycle for $100;
NOVEMBER 8 l The President's Own United States no individual concert tickets

Marine Band Ensemble

75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION EVENT

To honor the museums history of presenting uniformed musicians and to mark the 70th NOVEMBER 29 l Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
anniversary of the end of World War II, the Phillips presents the virtuoso musicians of the
South African fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout makes his Phillips debut with solo
US Marine Band in a program centered on Olivier Messiaens Quartet for the End of Time.
music of Mozart and C.P.E. Bach. Bezuidenhout gained international recognition at
The monumental work, composed during his imprisonment in Nazi Germany, itself reaches
age 21 after winning first prize in the Bruges Fortepiano Competition. Amidst a nine-
75 years from its January 15, 1941, premiere. The President's Own is America's oldest
volume recording project of the complete keyboard works of Mozart, Bezuidenhout
continuously active professional musical organization.
regularly appears with the worlds foremost early music festivals and concert halls.
This concert is free; reservations required. Visit PhillipsCollection.org/music for more information.
DECEMBER 6 l Schumann Quartett Following debuts at Londons Wigmore
Hall and Viennas Musikverein, the
Schumann Quartett makes its Phillips
debut with a program featuring
Beethovens first Op. 18 quartet, Bartks
second quartet, and the poignant
Brahms Quartet Op. 51, No. 2 in A minor.
In February 2014, the Quartett received
the Jrgen Ponto Foundation Music
Prize for String Quartet award. The
ensemble joined the prestigious ranks of
the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
Center in April 2015.
DECEMBER 13 l Shai Wosner, piano
Israeli-American pianist Shai Wosner returns to the
Phillips with a superbly balanced recital of Chopin,
Dvok, Gershwin, and Schubert. Wosners virtuosity
and perceptiveness have made him a favorite among
audiences and critics, who have called him a highly
intelligent player in his prime (The Washington Post)
with a keen musical mind and deep musical soul
(NPRs All Things Considered).
DECEMBER 20 l Escher Quartet
For the final concert of 2015, the
Escher Quartet brings a stellar program
of Janeks Kreutzer Quartet,
Mendelssohns Quartet in E minor, and
Zemlinskys second quartet. Members
Adam Barnett-Hart, Aaron Boyd, Pierre
Lapointe, and Brook Speltz are Artists of
the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
Center. The group has been Quartet-
in-Residence at Canadas National Arts
Centre, Stony Brook University, and the
Perlman Chamber Music Programme.
JANUARY 10 l Stewart Goodyear, piano
75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION EVENT
The Phillips Collection celebrates the US
debut of Glenn Gould. Toronto-born pianist
Stewart Goodyear, in his Washington, DC,
premiere, presents a reenactment of Goulds
iconic 1955 program. This commemorative
concert replicates Goulds original program
of Gibbons, Sweelinck, Bachs fifth Partita,
Weberns Variations, Beethovens E Major
Sonata Op. 109, and Bergs first sonata.
A pre-concert talk at 3 pm with former
Washington Post chief music critic Tim Page
introduces this momentous occasion, and a
reception follows.
In partnership with the Glenn Gould Estate
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[Glenn Gould] gave the recital in
Washington: Sweelinck, Gibbons, Bach,
et al. Paul Hume of The Washington Post
was there. Hours later, Hume filed a
piece for the next days paper. January
2 is early for predictions, he allowed,
but it is unlikely that the year 1955 will
bring us a finer piano recital than that
played yesterday afternoon at the Phillips
Gallery. We shall be lucky if it brings us
others of equal beauty and significance,
Unstintingly, he concluded: Gould is a
pianist with rare gifts for the world. It
must not long be delayed hearing and
according him the honor and audience he
deserves. We know of no pianist anything
like him of any age.
Excerpt from Paul Elie,
Reinventing Bach (2012)
THREE CONCERTS GUEST CURATED BY NICO MUHLY
75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION EVENTS
Composer-pianist Nico Muhly discusses his selection
inspired by the art at the Phillipsof Timo Andres,
Nadia Sirota, and the Arditti Quartet, performing French
classics and premieres of contemporary pieces.
There is something very wonderful about the French
elements of the Phillipss collectionfrom Degas to
Daumier to Dufy. As a stranger living in Paris, I think
Stravinsky really got but then managed to reproduce
in his own way an essence of Frenchness. Much of
Stravinskys Neoclassical period is explicitly informed
by Pariss palimpsestic classicisman obelisk in a
planned square, a little gesture of a side street next to a
Haussmann boulevard. I insisted on the Britten because
I love it, but also because it builds on a Renaissance
song (by Dowland) and expands on it in a style specific
to Brittens own age. The Dutilleux is one of the high-water marks, for me, of the modern
string quartet rep[ertoire]. . . . If you want to get a picture of the modern musician, I feel like
the Ardittis, Timo, and Nadia are a great place to startall are fearless, creative interpreters.
JANUARY 24 l Nadia Sirota, viola
A one-woman contemporary-
classical commissioning machine
(Pitchfork), violist Nadia Sirota is best
known for her singular sound and
expressive execution, coaxing works
and collaborations with Nico Muhly,
Danel Bjarnason, Valgeir Sigursson,
Judd Greenstein, and Missy Mazzoli.
Her program includes world premieres
by Mathew Fuerst and Alex Freeman,
Washington premieres by composer-
collaborators Bryce Dessner and
Richard Reed Parry, plus music by
Nico Muhly, Marcos Balter, and more.

JANUARY 17 l Tessa Lark, violin Pianist Timo Andres returns to The JANUARY 31 l Arditti Quartet
& Timo Andres, piano Phillips Collection with violinist
World-renowned for its championing of
Tessa Lark in a program centered
new music, the formidable Arditti Quartet
on Stravinskys Duo Concertante
makes its Phillips debut performance. Since
and Suite Italienne. Andres will
its founding in 1974, the ensemble has won
also feature his own compositions
numerous awards, most notably the Ernst
alongside Muhlys. Recent highlights
von Siemens Music Prize in 1999 for lifetime
for Andres include solo recitals at
achievementa prize sometimes known as
Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall, and
"the Nobel Prize of music, and the Arditti
(le) Poisson Rouge; performances
Quartet is the only group to have received it.
in Los Angeles featuring a new
The Quartet performs an all-French program
work for the Los Angeles Chamber
of Dutilleux and Ravel, as well as the
Orchestra; and a performance of
Washington premiere of Pascal Dusapins
his re-composition of the Moxart
Quatour V (20042005), one of several of
"Coronation" Concerto. Winner
his quartets written for Arditti.
of the prestigious Naumburg
International Violin Award in 2012,
Tessa Lark is one of the most
captivating artistic voices of her time.
 FEBRUARY 7 l Sandrine Piau, soprano A celebrated figure in the world
of Baroque music, leading French
soprano Sandrine Piau makes her
Phillips Collection debut with works by
Britten, Chausson, Debussy, Poulenc,
Strauss, and Wolf with pianist Susan
Manoff. In recent years Piau has
performed at the Salzburg Festival,
Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Covent
Garden Festival, Musikverein, Salle
Pleyel, Concertgebouw, and with the
worlds most prestigious orchestras
including Berlin Philharmonic, Munich
Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, and
Boston Symphony Orchestra.
FEBRUARY 14 l Vrjon-Barti-Vrdai Piano Trio
The Phillips Collection introduces the Vrjon-Barti-Vrdai Trio in their
Washington, DC, premiere. Supreme Hungarian musiciansDnes
Vrjon, Istvn Vrdai, and Kristf Bartiindividually hailed all over the
world for music-making of tremendous emotional power, depth, and
expressiveness, come together to perform giants of the chamber music
repertoire: Beethovens first piano trio, Dvoks Dumky, and the
Brahms B Major Trio.
FEBRUARY 21 l Bella Hristova, violin
Acclaimed for her passionate, powerful
performances, Bella Hristova is a player
of impressive power and control (The
Washington Post). Hristova won the Young
Concert Artists International Auditions and
received the prestigious Avery Fisher Career
Grant in 2013, given to instrumentalists based
on musical excellence. She makes her Phillips
debut with pianist Gloria Chien, performing
Poulencs Op. 119 sonata, two Sibelius
Humoresques, Beethovens C minor Sonata,
and Ludwigs Swan Song.
FEBRUARY 28 l Steven Osborne, piano
One of Britains prevailing pianists,
Steven Osborne is renowned
for his fresh approach to a wide
variety of repertoire both old and
new. He is also the recipient of
the 2009 Gramophone Award for
his recording of Britten. Osborne
presents works by Schubert,
Debussy, and a selection of
Rachmaninoffs tudes Tableaux.
MARCH 6 l Jordi Savall, viol
With a busy schedule of over 140 concerts
a year, Jordi Savall is one of the most
important champions of early music. He
has been devoted to the rediscovery of
abandoned musical treasures for more
than 40 years. His Phillips debut program,
titled The Spirit of the Viol, features
composers Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe,
Marin Marais, Tobias Hume, and works
from the Celtic tradition.
MARCH 13 l Christopher Park,
piano
German-Korean Christopher Park
stunned the 2014 jury of the Stiftung
Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival,
which presented him with the illustrious
Leonard Bernstein Award. After
making his debuts with the Deutsches
Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the
Vienna Symphoniker, and the Lausanne
Chamber Orchestra in 2015/2016, Park
makes his US debut at the Phillips with
a stellar concert of pianistic treasures:
Beethovens Sonata in D Major Op. 10,
No. 3 and Sonata in G Major Op.14
No. 2, Stravinskys Ptrouchka, and
Schumanns Fantasie Op. 17.
MARCH 20 l Sandbox Percussion/
Amphion Quartet
Hailed for its suspenseful and virtuoso
playing (San Francisco Classical Voice), the
Amphion String Quartet is a winner of the
2011 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh
Competition. Brought together by a love of
chamber music, Sandbox Percussion captivates
audiences with performances that are both
visually and aurally stunning. The Sandbox/
Amphion program at the Phillips features a
performance of Andy Akihos LIgNEouS for
marimba and string quartet, and the east coast
premiere of a new multi-movement percussion
quartet by David Crowell.
MARCH 27 l Richard Goode, piano
Richard Goode is among the most respected
artists of the last 50 years. Goode performs
a transcendent all-Bach solo program,
including the sixth French suite, the
complete sinfonias, the second partita, and
the Italian Concerto.
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Every time we hear [Richard Goode],
he impresses us as better than we
remembered, surprising us, surpassing
our expectations, and communicating
perceptions that stay in the mind.
Gramophone
APRIL 3 l Valentin Uryupin, clarinet & Stanislav Khristenko, piano
Praised in the media around the globe,
Ukrainian-born Stanislav Khristenko
is one of Americas most eminent
young artists. He joins Russias most
internationally acclaimed clarinetist
and accomplished conductor,
Valentin Uryupin, who makes his US
debut. Together, the duo presents a
unique program including Poulencs
Clarinet Sonata, Widmanns Fantasie
for clarinet solo (1993), and two of
Uryupins arrangements for clarinet
and piano: Schuberts Arpeggione
Sonata and Prokofievs Sonata for
Flute and Piano, Op. 94.
APRIL 17 l Paul Huang, violin Hailed by The Washington Post
as an artist with the goods for a
significant career, Taiwanese-
American Paul Huang won the 2012
Young Concert Artists International
Auditions and a 2015 Avery Fisher
Career Grant. He is recognized
for his intensely expressive music
making, distinctive sound, and
effortless virtuosity. With pianist
Jessica Xylina Osborne, Huang
performs works by Vitali, Stravinsky,
Prt, and Franck.

APRIL 10 l Ingolf Wunder, piano

Austrian pianist Ingolf Wunder won second
prize in the 2010 International Chopin Piano
Competition, in addition to taking Best Prize
for Concerto and Best Prize for Polonaise-
Fantasy. The Deutsche Grammophon
artist presents a titanic program, including
Schuberts last Sonata in B-flat Major D. 960,
Chopins metaphysical Polonaise-Fantaisie APRIL 24 l Lawrence Power, viola
Op. 61, and Liszts brilliant and Goliathan
& Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano
Hexamron variations on the march from
Bellinis opera I Puritani. Lawrence Power is one of the most prestigious violists performing today and has
been shortlisted for the 2015 Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist Award.
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Moving between ebullient industry to soul-
Simon Crawford-Phillips is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music and holds
teaching positions at the Royal Academy and the Gothenburg Academy of Music
searching intimacy, Ingolf Wunder displays a poise and Drama. Program to be announced.
and tonal command way beyond his tender years.

The Independent
MAY 1 l Jennifer Koh, violin & Ursula Oppens, piano, MAY 8 l Metropolis Ensemble
with Frederic Rzewski, composer-pianist The Grammy-nominated Metropolis Ensemble, led by conductor Andrew Cyr, a
75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMISSION: FREDERIC RZEWSKI prominent influence in the world of newly emerging music (The Washington Post),
presents its groundbreaking site-specific project Brownstone. This magical concert-
installation features three electro-acoustic works where audience members leave their
Continuing the vital practice of commissioning chairs behind to experience The Phillips Collection from a new perspective. Music by
music from todays composers, and in Polish-American composer Jakub Ciupinski and Pulitzer-Prize nominated Chris Cerrone.
celebration of the anniversary seasons of both
institutions, The Phillips Collection and the
Library of Congress have joined forces and
commissioned new works for violin and piano
from prominent composer Frederic Rzewski.
The commissions will premiere on back-to-
back days.
APRIL 30: Part 1 at the Library of Congress
MAY 1: Part 2 at The Phillips Collection

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In the rarefied, ivory-tower world of
new music, the formidable American
composer-pianist Frederic Rzewski
comes as a blast of fresh air . . . this is a
man who engages with the real world.
The Telegraph

Brussels-based American composer-pianist

Frederic Rzewski is among the major figures
of postwar music. He is best known for his
composition The People United Will Never Be
Defeated!, which premiered at the Kennedy
Center in 1976 by four-time Grammy-
nominated pianist Ursula Oppens. MAY 15 l United States Navy Band
In 2009, Jennifer Koh introduced Bach and Sea Chanters Chorus & Quarterdeck Consort
Beyond, a series of three recitals that explore
75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION EVENT
the history of the solo violin repertoire from
Bachs Six Sonatas and Partitas to modern
Continuing its long history of presenting military music ensembles, Phillips Music proudly
day composers.
presents the US Navy Band Sea Chanters Chorus and Quarterdeck Consort. The Sea
Chanters perform patriotic selections by Eric Whitacre, Peter Wilhousky, Ren Clausen,
Irving Berlin, and Mark Hayes. The Quarterdeck Consort, an octet of vocalists drawn from
In association with the Sea Chanters, specializes primarily in early sacred and secular a cappella chamber music.

This concert is free; reservations required. Visit PhillipsCollection.org/music for more information.
MAY 22, AUDITORIUM l
JACK Quartet,
multimedia performance
Music and concept: Roger Reynolds
Visual design: Ross Karre
Audio design: Paul Hembree

The JACK Quartet performs a

new rendering of Pulitzer-Prize-
winning composer Roger Reynoldss
multimedia work-in-progress,
FLiGHT I: Imagining (2012-2016). The
musical composition accompanies a
recitation of poems going back to the
early, tragic days of flightIcarus of
Greek mythology and his wax wings MAY 29 l The Phillips Camerata
melting under the sunalong with 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION EVENT
a medley of drawings and projected
photographs and videos. The grand finale performance of the 75th
Co-sponsored by James Madison season comes full circle to follow the first
University, the National Gallery of Art, performance of the inaugural series in 1941.
and The Phillips Collection Led by conductor Yaniv Dinur, the Phillips
Camerata presents Stravinskys Dumbarton
Oaks Concerto and works by Chopin and
Mendelssohn.

The Phillips Camerata, May 31, 2015

 THURSDAY CONCERTS

OCTOBER 29, 6 PM l Dennis Russell Davies, piano, MARCH 17, 6 PM & 7:15 PM, IN-GALLERY CONCERT l Steve Antosca Ensemble
and Maki Namekawa, piano Washingtonian composer Steve Antosca
Ever since they first played together in 2003, Dennis Russell Davies and Maki presents a delicate balance . . . , a two-
Namekawa have been touring the world, including performances at Lincoln movement composition exploring the
Center with the US premiere of Philip Glasss Four Movements for Two Pianos, delicate expressions and sounds produced
Ars Electronica festival in Linz (Austria), Morgan Library New York, the Festival from a small ensemble with voice and
lnternational de Musique de Colmar (France), Festwochen in Gmunden and the computer processing. Presented in
Ruhr Piano Festival (Germany). Davies is the chief conductor of the Bruckner conjunction with the museums spring
Orchester Linz and the Sinfonieorchester Basel. Namekawa is an active soloist 2016 exhibition Seeing Nature: Landscape
having recently performed Arvo Prts Lamentate at Carnegie Hall and the Masterworks from the Paul G. Allen
Musikverein in Vienna. Namekawa was recently chosen by Philip Glass to be the Collection, the work includes strategic
first interpreter on recording of his complete piano Etudes. placement of surround-sound audio,
allowing for the specialization and creation
of antiphonal groupings of pointillist
sounds to generate an environment of
acoustic intimacy.

MARCH 31, 6:30 PM l Sayaka Shoji,

violin
The Phillips presents violinist Sayaka Shoji,
first-prize winner of the 1999 Paganini
Competition. A Deutsche Grammophon
recording artist, Shoji has performed with
the Berlin Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony
Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and
Trondheim Symfoniorkester. She exhibits
her dramatic prowess with pianist and S&R
Artist-in-Residence Ryo Yanagitani in a
program of Schumann, Bloch, Janek, and
Beethoven. Both musicians are winners of the
annual S&R Washington Award.
In partnership with
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APRIL 14 , 6:30 PM l Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Iceland

In 2009, European embassies in Washington, DC, and The Phillips Collection joined forces to
create an unprecedented concert series: Leading European Composers. Presenting some of Anna Thorvaldsdottir ( b. 1977) is
the greatest living composers of our time, this series is unique in that the composers introduce a composer who frequently works
their works with performers they select. The George Washington University joined the
with large sonic structures that
partnership in 2013, enriching the series with educational programming. This season, Phillips
tend to reveal the presence of a
Music broadens its scope to create Leading International Composers, infusing the season
vast variety of sustained sound
with the best of global contemporary music.
materials, reflecting her imaginative
listening to landscapes and nature.
Her music portrays a flowing world
of sounds with an enigmatic lyrical
DECEMBER 17, 6:30 PM l Avner Dorman, Israel atmosphere.

Thorvaldsdottirs music is frequently

Avner Dorman (b. 1975) writes music of intricate
performed internationally, and has
craftsmanship and rigorous technique, expressed
been featured at major venues
with a soulful and singular voice. A native of Israel
and festivals such as Lincoln
now living in the United States, Dorman draws
Centers Mostly Mozart Festival,
on a variety of cultural and historical influences
the Composer Portraits Series at
in composing. His works utilize an exciting and

New Yorks Miller Theatre, ISCM
complex rhythmic vocabulary, as well as unique | |
World Music Days, Norways Ultima
timbres and colors. Much of Dormans music Theres something beautifully refined
Festival, Klangspuren Festival,
finds its inspiration in the music of Israel and the about the music of . . . Thorvaldsdottir
Beijing Modern Music Festival,
surrounding region, extending the Eastern in it, seemingly skeletal structures
Reykjavik Arts Festival, Tectonics,
boundaries as far as the Indian subcontinent. sprout fragments of dramatic melodies,
and the Kennedy Center. Her works
The scales and the rhythms emanating from textures evocative of nature . . . , and
have received many nominations
the traditional classical music of the peoples of harmonies that open up the heavens.
and awardsmost notably the
the Mediterranean meet a modern, repetitive
prestigious 2012 Nordic Council Chicago Reader
minimalism, prevailing also in the music tradition of
Music Prize for her work Dreaming,
the Middle East.
and The New York Philharmonics

Dorman has chosen world-renowned Israeli | | Kravis Emerging Composer Award.
pianists Orli Shaham and Alon Goldstein, Israeli Her portrait album Aerial was
Avner Dormans music works
percussionist Tomer Yariv, 2012 Naumburg released in November 2014.
its magic by melding far-flung
International Violin Award-winner Tessa Lark, and
influences and making them Ensemble to be announced.
saxophonist Amanda Heim to perform a concert of
sound natural together.
his chamber music. In collaboration with the Embassy
The New York Times of Iceland in Washington, DC.
In collaboration with the Embassy of Israel in
Washington, DC.
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