Sunday, February 11, 2018. 4:00pm
    Anderson House | 2118 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC
 
In "Super Ars Nova", District5 explores the strange and fascinating world of music on the precipice of explosive change. Expect rule-breaking harmonies from the late Renaissance, trippy 70s electronic tape, Arabic/Klezmer/Gypsy tonalities, harmonicas, tubes, allusions to the mysterious Cyprus Codex, and more!

SUPERNOVA: the dramatic destruction of a massive star during the last stellar evolutionary stages of its life, whose end is marked by a final titanic explosion

ARS NOVA: a style of music of the 14th century, characterized by great freedom and variety of rhythm and melody contrasted with the strictness of the music of the 13th century​

The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati presents District5 in the first concert of its spring American Music Series.
 
Program:
Jacob Druckman: Delizie Contente Che l'Alme Beate for wind quintet and electronic tape (1973)

Mohammed Fairouz: Jebel Lebnan (2010)

Carlo Gesualdo/David Plylar: Fantasy transcription of Morro, lasso, al mio duolo from Madrigals Book 6 (1611/2017)

Evis Sammoutis: J.II.9 fragments (2017)
1. The bells of Saint Sophia
2. Saint Hilarion Castle
3. "Je prens plaisir en une dame"

Anderson House, a 1905 mansion and National Historic Landmark in Washington, DC, is the headquarters of the Society of the Cincinnati and its American Revolution Institute. The Institute hosts a new American Music Series that focuses on American music genres and American composers. Our program at Anderson House will feature the WORLD PREMIERE of Evis Sammoutis's J.II.9 fragments, commissioned through a 2016 Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Grant. This commission 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.
We are excited to premiere this work in our hometown, Washington, DC!


Free admission. Unticketed. Seating on a first-come, first-served basis.
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