{"id":2070272,"date":"2025-10-05T12:22:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T12:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2070272"},"modified":"2025-10-05T12:22:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T12:22:02","slug":"concerts-from-the-library-of-congress-march-2023-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/concerts-from-the-library-of-congress-march-2023-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerts from the Library of Congress: March 2023 Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The repairs in the Coolidge Auditorium are ongoing, and we are thankful for the flexibility of our artists and audiences as we strive to present all that we can in alternative venues. After the success of our two February events that took place at St. Mark\u2019s Episcopal Church, Concerts from the Library of Congress is pleased to remind you of two additional events taking place there on March 20th<\/sup> and March 21st<\/sup>: Ars Nova Copenhagen and Stephen Hough, respectively. At the close of the month, on March 31, Immanuel Wilkins will be presented in the Kreeger Theater at Arena Stage.<\/p>\n

All events are free and open to the public, but you do need to register to attend and we recommend arriving by 7:30pm, as space may be limited and seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to double-check the venue on your registration before you come! While St. Mark\u2019s (301 A Street, SE; Washington, DC 20003) is close to the Library, Arena Stage is farther away, part of the Mead Center for American Theater (1101 6th St SW, Washington, DC 20024). As of today, audience members in any theater at Arena Stage are required to be masked, so please bring one with you.<\/p>\n

Thank you again for all of your support during this unexpected interruption of our normal concert events\u2014we look forward to seeing you at these and other upcoming events, and hope that later in the spring we will be able to celebrate a homecoming in the Coolidge Auditorium!<\/p>\n

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Monday, March 20, 2023, 8pm
<\/strong>St. Mark\u2019s Episcopal Church
<\/strong>301 A Street, SE; Washington, DC 20003
<\/strong>Ars Nova Copenhagen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Download the program for Ars Nova Copenhagen here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

With \u201cMy end is my beginning,\u201d the gorgeous voices of Ars Nova Copenhagen link the worlds of Machaut and Gibbons to those of the 20th<\/sup>-century and beyond. Known for their performances of early and new music, the ensemble led by Paul Hillier is equally at home voicing the Cries of London and Copenhagen. The second half of their concert is devoted to a recent work by Caroline Shaw, How to fold the wind, <\/em>the title of which suggests some delicate origami in its construction.<\/p>\n

There will be no preconcert talk for this event.<\/p>\n

Program:
\u201cMy End Is My Beginning\u201d
PELLE GUDMUNDSEN-HOLMGREEN, Three Stages (The Cries of Copenhagen)<\/em>
GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT, Ma fin est ma commencement
<\/em>GAVIN BRYARS, And so ended Kant\u2019s travelling in this world
<\/em>ORLANDO GIBBONS \/ HILLIER, The Cries of London
<\/em>ORLANDO GIBBONS, What is our life?
<\/em>PER N\u00d8RG\u00c5RD, Wie ein Kind
<\/em>CAROLINE SHAW, How to fold the wind<\/em><\/p>\n

Click here for more information and to register<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 8pm
<\/strong>St. Mark\u2019s Episcopal Church
<\/strong>301 A Street, SE; Washington, DC 20003
<\/strong>Sir Stephen Hough, piano<\/strong><\/p>\n

Download the program for Stephen Hough here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Stephen Hough, photo credit: Sim Canetty-Clarke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sir Stephen Hough brings his trademark eloquence and precision to a recital filled with music by composers close to his heart. From the mysterious and mystical realms of Mompou and Scriabin to the evocative imagery of Debussy and Hough\u2019s own Partita, Hough leaves a stamp on all of this repertoire. His recital closes with a suite of pieces selected from the second volume of Liszt\u2019s\u00a0Ann\u00e9es de p\u00e8lerinage\u2014<\/em>the famous Petrarch sonnets as well as the astounding \u201cDante Sonata.\u201d The Library has several works by Mompou in its collections, and an original song manuscript that is a darker revision of one of Liszt\u2019s most beloved songs and piano transcriptions, the\u00a0Sonetto 104 del Petrarca<\/em>.<\/p>\n

There will be no preconcert talk for this event.<\/p>\n

Program:
FEDERICO MOMPOU, Cants\u00a0m\u00e1g\u00eccs
<\/em>CLAUDE DEBUSSY, Estampes
<\/em>ALEXANDER SCRIABIN, Sonata no. 5, op. 53
STEPHEN HOUGH, Partita
FRANZ LISZT, Selections from\u00a0Ann\u00e9es de p\u00e8lerinage, Deuxi\u00e8me Ann\u00e9e \u2013 Italie<\/em>, S. 161
Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
Apr\u00e8s une lecture du Dante. Fantasia quasi Sonata<\/em><\/p>\n

Click here for more information and to register<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Friday, March 31, 2023, 8pm
<\/strong>Kreeger Theater at Arena Stage
<\/strong>1101 6th St SW, Washington, DC 20024
Immanuel Wilkins Quartet<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Immanuel Wilkins Quartet, photo credit: Rog Walker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saxophonist, composer and arranger, Blue Note<\/em> artist and Downbeat<\/em> Rising Star, Immanuel Wilkins is a vital voice in a new generation of jazz thinkers. \u201cHis sound is most often silky and lush\u2026with a gorgeous tone and phrasing\u2026 but he can shift into a grittier gospel feel or an airier whisper as the art requires.\u201d (Pop Matters.com). <\/em>\u201cMy work is the intersection between spiritual practice and Black aesthetics,\u201d Wilkins says, referencing John Coltrane and the music of the Baptist and Pentecostal churches of his Philadelphia childhood. Last fall, he toured major jazz havens in Europe, hitting festivals in Stockholm, Berlin and Madrid and venues like Hamburg\u2019s Elb Philharmonie. In March, after a residency at New York\u2019s The Stone, performing with Bill Frisell, Susie Ibarra and other colleagues, Wilkins makes a stop at the Library as part of a nationwide swing across the heartland with his longtime quartet: Micah Thomas on piano, Rick Rosato on bass, and Kweku Sumbry on drums.<\/p>\n

As of today, audience members in any theater at Arena Stage are required to wear a mask, so please bring one with you.<\/p>\n

There will be no preconcert talk for this event.<\/p>\n

Click here for more information and to register<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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