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In this video the viewer learns about the American Folklife Center's Civil Rights Oral History Project. Folklife Specialist Stephen Winick describes the project, then the viewer sees first-hand accounts of the March on Montgomery. The viewer also learns about Zachary Watkins' composition, Peace Be Till ( youtu.be/-t99yQQUi4g , ) performed by the Kronos Quartet.
For transcript and more information, visit loc.gov/item/video-12666
In this video the viewer learns about the American Folklife Center's Civil Rights Oral History Project. Folklife Specialist Stephen Winick describes the project, then the viewer sees first-hand accounts of the March on Montgomery. The viewer also learns about Zachary Watkins' composition, Peace Be Till ( youtu.be/-t99yQQUi4g , ) performed by the Kronos Quartet.
For transcript and more information, visit loc.gov/item/video-12666
![Quatuor Diotima: Schoenberg at 150 Program II
In honor of the 150th anniversary of Arnold Schoenberg’s birth, we surveyed many of his works for string quartet held in manuscript at the Library of Congress. The eloquent and indefatigable Quatuor Diotima offered two striking programs over the course of two days, putting on display the passion, wit and craft of this oft-misunderstood artist. The quartet’s second program included the exciting third quartet by Erich Korngold, whose collection is held at the Library. We also heard two more Schoenberg quartets: the third quartet from 1927, which was also commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, and the first string quartet, composed over twenty years earlier—a monumental endeavor cast in a single movement. This video features excerpts from the program—the two Schoenberg quartets. Quatuor Diotima performed on the Library’s Stradivari instruments:
Yunpeng Zhao: Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1704, “Betts”
Léo Marillier: Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1700, “Ward”
Franck Chevalier: Viola by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1727, “Cassavetti”
Alexis Descharmes: Violoncello by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1699, “Castelbarco”
Program:
[0:44] Arnold Schoenberg
String Quartet no. 3, op. 30
[31:55] Arnold Schoenberg
String Quartet no. 1, op. 7
Participants:
Quatuor Diotima
Yunpeng Zhao & Léo Marillier, violin
Franck Chevalier, viola
Alexis Descharmes, cello
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![Tabea Zimmermann, viola and Javier Perianes, piano
Considered perhaps the worlds greatest violist, Tabea Zimmermann took a very rare American recital tour this spring with Spanish pianist Javier Perianes, stopping at just a few fortunate venues. Known for enthralling, revelatory performances and recordings, the artists performed masterworks of the viola repertoire: Robert Schumanns Fantasiestücke, Brahms second viola sonata, the poignant Lachrymae by Benjamin Britten, based on a song by John Dowland, and Shostakovichs op. 147 sonata, completed a month before the composers death. Viola aficionados enjoyed the chance to hear Zimmermann perform two encores (included here) on the Librarys remarkable Stradivari Fulton, ex-Baird, Tuscan-Medici viola, made in 1690. This video includes excerpts from the program, including music by Rober Schumann, Brahms, and Clara Schumann.
[00:30] Robert Schumann/Tabea Zimmermann, Fantasiestücke, op. 73
[13:39] Johannes Brahms, Sonata for Viola and Piano in E-flat major, op. 120/2
[38:20] Clara Schumann/Tabea Zimmermann, Drei Romanczen, op. 22
I. Andante molto
[43:22] Robert Schumann, Märchenbilder, op. 113
IV. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck
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