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Portrait of Augusta Read Thomas

March 23, 2019 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

$20

Curtis 20/21 performs a selection of works by Curtis’s 2018–19 composer in residence, Augusta Read Thomas. A Grammy Award-winning master with an impressive body of works that embody unbridled passion and fierce poetry, she has been called “a true virtuoso composer” (The New Yorker) and “one of the most recognizable and widely loved figures in American music” (American Academy of Arts and Letters).

An on-stage conversation with Augusta Read Thomas will precede the performance.

 

Program:

capricci for flute and clarinet
two thoughts about the piano
double helix mansueto tribute
Scat for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Helix Spirals for string quartet
Klee Musings for piano trio – movement #1
Plea For Peace for light lyric soprano and string quartet
Selene for percussion quartet and string quartet

Details

Date:
March 23, 2019
Time:
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost:
$20
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Website:
https://www.curtis.edu/performances/18-19-2021-ensemble/portrait-of-augusta-read-thomas/

Organizer

Curtis Institute of Music
Phone
(215) 893-5252
Email
tickets@curtis.edu
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Venue

Gould Rehearsal Hall, Curtis Institute of Music
1616 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103 United States
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Phone
(215) 893-5252
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