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2018-2019 SEASON
UPCOMING:
LITTLE FLOWER CONCERT SERIES
Sunday, March 24, 2019. 4:00pm
Little Flower Parish
5607 Massachusetts Ave
Bethesda, MD
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District5 is excited to return to the Little Flower Concert Series. Join us for an afternoon of beautiful music that explores the many paths one takes to “come home.” Inspired by the incredible true stories of composers in their search for truth, family, identity, country, and life itself, District5 brings together the music and passion that binds us all together in our search for what it truly means to “come home.”
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"Coming Home" Program:
Zemlinsky: Humoresque
Clara Schumann: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, op. 20 (trans. Plylar)
Chopin: Selections from Preludes op. 28 (trans. Plylar)
Ruth Crawford Seeger: Suite for wind quintet
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Grieg: Lyric Pieces, op. 43 (trans. Plylar)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat, op. 81a "Les Adieux" (trans. Rumzis)
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Free admission.
NEW MUSIC DC SPOTLIGHT CONCERT
Sunday, September 16, 2018. 2:00pm
Georgetown University, New North Hall, Mcneir Auditorium
Washington, DC
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District5 is excited to join the District New Music Coalition for their inaugural New Music DC Conference. Sunday's Spotlight concert will feature both D5 and the Boulanger Initiative.
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In Super Ars Nova, District5 presents a fascinating program of contemporary music paired with iconic works from the 14th century Ars Nova period, culminating in a performance of their Chamber Music America commission, J.II.9 fragments, by Evis Sammoutis.
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Program:
Elliott Carter: Scrivo in Vento for solo flute
Jacapo da Bologna: Fenice fu
Carlo Gesualdo/David Plylar: Fantasy transcription of Morro, lasso, al mio duolo
Francesco Landini: Non avra ma pieta questa mia Donna
Jacob Druckman: Delizie Contente Che l'Alme Beate for wind quintet and electronic tape
Guillame de Mauchaut: Agnus Dei
Evis Sammoutis: J.II.9 fragments
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J.II.9 fragments has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.
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Register for Tickets:
$15 for Sunday concert (Sept 16) only
$25 includes full conference (Sept 15-16) and all concerts
PHANTASMS AND FANTASIES: DAVIES CONCERT SERIES
Sunday, September 23, 2018. 4:00pm
Davies Memorial Unitarian Universalist Church
7400 Temple Hill Road
Camp Springs, MD
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Enjoy a beautiful and haunting program of works by Barber, Leclaire, Tomasi, and Chopin. This evocative program will take you through a varied selection of music that clings to memory, is haunted by mortality, or merely explores the unfettered realm of imagination.
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Program:
Henri Tomasi: Cinq Danses Profanes et Sacrées
Samuel Barber: Summer Music
Dennis Leclaire: Fantasy for Woodwind Quintet, op. 4
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Frédéric Chopin: Selections from Preludes, op. 28 (trans. David Plylar)
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Adult Tickets: $15
Students Tickets (ages 18 and under): $5
ARTS CLUB OF WASHINGTON
Friday, March 22, 2019. 12:00pm
Arts Club of Washington
2017 Eye St. NW
Washington, DC
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Enjoy a 30-minute lunchtime performance in the heart of Washington DC.
District5 presents selections from "Coming Home." Inspired by the incredible true stories of composers in their search for truth, family, identity, country, and life itself, D5 brings together the music and passion that binds us all together in our search for what it truly means to “come home.”
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Program:
Ruth Crawford Seeger: Suite for wind quintet
Grieg: Lyric Pieces, op. 43 (trans. Plylar)
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Free admission.
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