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Event | Concerts and Performances loadbang with Christopher Otto, Violin and Ning Yu, Piano

  • Friday, May 30, 2025

    08:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT

  • Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium & Whittall Pavilion

    10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC 20540

Part of Concerts from the Library of Congress

Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

Musicians
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Adrian Sandi, bass clarinet
Andy Kozar, trumpets
Ty Bouque, baritone voice
William Lang, trombone

Christopher Otto, violin
Ning Yu, piano

With more than 500 premieres to their name, loadbang is an ensemble that plays each piece like it was born yesterday. With its unique mixture of bass clarinet, baritone voice, trumpet and trombone, each new piece offers something brand new to listener and performer alike. loadbang's program includes a cluster of newly commissioned works by Hilda Paredes and Michael Finnissy, whose piece (commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress) draws on Walt Whitman materials held at the Library. The evening with loadbang will encircle the premiere of a new work for violin and piano by Christopher Otto, violinist with the JACK Quartet, and pianist Ning Yu. It will be an unforgettable evening that embraces the possibilities of this unique ensemble.

Preconcert Conversation with the Artists
6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion

Tickets available for this event starting at 10am on Wednesday, March 12th

Program
SEBASTIAN CURRIER
Cognitive Dissonance (Library of Congress Koussevitzky Commission)

HILDA PAREDES
Lo inaudible

CHRISTOPHER OTTO
Buggydandy (Library of Congress McKim Commission)

MICHAEL FINNISSY
Dear Pete—Dear Walt (Library of Congress Koussevitzky Commission)

LAURA CETILIA
Breath of Cinder Depth of Moss