Colin Currie and Nicolas Hodges

Concerts from the Library of Congress, 2017-2018

SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2018 at 8:00 PM

Photo: Colin CurrieColin Currie
Nicolas Hodges

Coolidge Auditorium

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(tickets available 12/13/2017, beginning at 10 AM)

A pair of extraordinary musicians unite in a special program of music for percussion, piano, and their combination. Known for their advocacy of new music, the duo will play classic solo works by Feldman and Stockhausen alongside a newly commissioned piece by Sir Harrison Birtwistle. Rounding out the concert is the second version of Stockhausen’s Kontakte, a treat rarely heard in Washington, D.C.

STOCKHAUSEN

Klavierstück V, from Work no. 4

BIRTWISTLE

Variations from the Golden Mountain

FELDMAN

The King of Denmark

BIRTWISTLE

Intrada for piano and percussion
Library of Congress Co-commission

STOCKHAUSEN

Kontakte, Work no. 12½

PRE-CONCERT LECTURE AND CONVERSATION WITH THE ARTISTS
6:30 PM - Whittall Pavilion (no tickets required)
Paul Miller, PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicianship at Duquesne University