Unlike The Washington National Opera, The National Gallery Of Art Is Not Afraid Of 20th and Early 21th Century Musical Culture

A reason why I like the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.:

Moscow String Quartet
March 3 at 12:10
West Building Ground Floor, Lecture Hall
Music by Gubaidulina and other composers
Presented in honor of Women's History Month

Premiere of the National Gallery of Art New Music Ensemble
March 7 at 6:30
East Building Ground Level
Music by Varese, Xenakis, Roger Reynolds, and Steve Antosca
Presented in honor of The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: Selected Works
[Check back for link to program notes.]

Oni Buchanan, pianist
March 10 at 12:10
West Building Ground Floor, Lecture Hall
Music by women composers of the 21st century
Presented in honor of Women's History Month

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Alternative recommendations for this Sunday, also FREE of charge:

Sunday, March 7 at 3 PM
Washington National Opera Young Artists in Concert will perform semi-staged selections from American opera, including works by composers such as Argento, Weill, Barber, Susa, Bolcom, and Menotti.
Smithsonian Renwick Gallery Grand Salon, 1661 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.

Sunday, March 7 at 6 PM
The Curtis Institute of Music's Woodwind Quintet perform works by Ligeti, Messiaen, Barber, and others. In the Terrace Theater. Part of the Kennedy Center Conservatory Project.

Header credit: Mark Rothko 'Heads' 1941-42. [Not, to my knowledge, in the National Gallery of Art Collection.]
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