Pick of the Weekend, free video performances, lectures and conversations to keep you company.
 This Pick of the Weekend takes us back to our 2016-2017 season. We have a robust selection of performances, including tenor, Mark Padmore, Musicians from Marlboro, and a performance by musicians from the Santa Fe Music Festival, including Brett Dean, Tony Arnold, Juho Pohjonen, and the Orion Quartet. In addition, we paired these performances with their pre-concert lectures. We hope you enjoy it.
English tenor Mark Padmore is one of the most revered artists on the international touring scene, and was recognized with the 2016 Musical America Vocalist of the Year Award. Padmore’s exquisite artistry was on display in an intimate evening for voice and piano. He was joined by frequent recital partner pianist Andrew West who has collaborated with the likes of Florian Boesch, Alice Coote, and Roderick Williams, and is on faculty at the Royal Academy of Music.
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In conjunction with a recital by tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Andrew West, David Plylar of the Music Division lectured on love and longing in the songs of Beethoven and Schubert.
Alexi Kenney, violin | Robin Scott, violin |
Shuangshuang Liu, viola
Peter Stumpf, cello | Zoltán Fejérvári, piano
The Viennese schools were well-represented in this season’s final appearance of the Musicians from Marlboro. In addition to several classics by old friends, we heard a comparably expansive early quartet by Anton Webern, a composer renowned for his economy of means. The manuscript of Webern’s 1905 quartet is housed in the Hans Moldenhauer Archive in the Library of Congress.
Presented in association with the Bill and Mary Meyer Concert Series of the Smithsonian Freer and Sackler Galleries
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Members of Musicians from Marlboro discuss their work as chamber musicians, the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont and the creative environment at summer music festivals. This interview was presented in conjunction with a performance by Musicians from Marlboro at the Library.
Orion String Quartet
Brett Dean, viola | Tony Arnold, soprano | Juho Pohjonen, piano
This concert highlighted the music of Australian composer and violist Brett Dean, who premiered a new work for viola and piano—a Library co-commission—with Juho Pohjonen. His arresting monodrama “And once I played Ophelia” featured the remarkable soprano Tony Arnold as protagonist. Striking, imaginative effects in both vocal and string writing sketched a passionate figure the composer calls a “feistier” Ophelia. The manuscript for Schoenberg’s second quartet was given to the Library of Congress by Gertrude Clarke Whittall.
Presented in association with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
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Anne McLean of the Music Division discussed the Library's collaboration with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, which culminated in a concert at the Library. Joining her were violist/composer Brett Dean, pianist Juho Pohjonen, and Steven Ovitsky, executive director of the festival. The discussion covered the performance program and special projects.
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