Upcoming Events of the SeventyFourth Season of The William

Nelson Cromwell and F. Lammot

Belin Concerts

Cantus

The Four Loves

February 7, Sunday, 3:30

West Building, West Garden Court

Cann Duo

Works by Leonard Bernstein, Margaret

Bonds, Jeffrey Mumford, Richard Rodgers,

and Michael Leibowitz. Presented in honor

of African American History Month

February 14, Sunday, 3:30 

West Building, West Garden Court

Bennewitz Quartet

Music by Czech composers

February 21, Sunday, 3:30 

West Building, West Garden Court

Beethoven Trio Fest

Complete Instrumental Trios

of Ludwig van Beethoven

February 24-28

West Building, West Garden Court

General Information

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and all of its programs is free of charge,

except as noted.

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during the performance is not allowed.

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devices are turned off.

Concerts are made possible in part

through the generosity of donors to the

National Gallery of Art through The Circle. 

Reserved seating is available in recognition

of their support. Please contact the

development office at (202) 842-6450 or

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The department of music produced these

program notes. Copyright ©2016 Board of

Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington

Cover Anonymous, Concert of Birds (detail),

1660/1670, National Gallery of Art, Washington,

Gift of John Dimick

74TH SEASON

OF CONCERTS

JANUARY 31, 2016 • NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
PROGRAM

3:30 • West Building, West Garden Court

National Gallery of Art Vocal Ensemble

Presented in honor of Power and Pathos:

Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World

Morten Lauridsen (1943)

From Mid-Winter Songs

Mid-Winter Waking

Intercession in Late October

John Bennett (c. 1735-1784)

All Creatures Now Are Merry Minded

John Farmer (c. 1570-1601)

Fair Phyllis I Saw Sitting All Alone

John Wilbye (c. 1574-1638)

Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers

Lord Mornington (1735-1781)

Orpheus with His Lute

Charles H. H. Parry (1848-1918)

Love Is a Sickness of Love

They Wrong Thee Much

Hymn to Diana

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

From the Greek Anthology

After Many a Dusty Mile

Yea, Cast Me from Heights of

the Mountains

Morten Lauridsen 

From Mid-Winter Songs

She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep

Thomas Bateson (c. 1570-1630)

Ah, Cupid Grant That I May Never See

John Wilbye

Adieu, Sweet Amaryllis

Thomas Morley (1557-1602)

Hard by a Crystal Fountain

Ned Rorem (b. 1923)

Four Madrigals (on poems of Sappho) 

Parting

Flowers for the Graces

Love

An Absent Friend

Morten Lauridsen 

From Mid-Winter Songs

Like Snow

Lament for Pasiphae

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The Musicians

National Gallery of Art Vocal Ensemble

The National Gallery of Art Vocal Ensemble was formed more than ten years ago to perform

concerts in connection with Gallery exhibitions, including seventeenth-century Dutch music 

in honor of Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered (2008) and Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes

of the Golden Age (2009), as well as music by Vivaldi and other Italian composers to celebrate 

the opening of Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals (2011). In 2010, members of the ensemble joined

forces with the early music ensemble ARTEK to perform Claudio Monteverdi's Vespers for the

Blessed Virgin (1610) on the occasion of its 400th anniversary year, and in 2012 and 2013, the 

group sang the Gallery's traditional Viennese New Year concert.

Rosa Lamoreaux, soprano and artistic director

Rebecca Kellerman Petretta, soprano

Barbara Hollinshead, mezzo-soprano

Matthew Smith, tenor

Matthew Heil, tenor

Brandon Straub, baritone

Steve Combs, bass-baritone

Betty Bullock, piano

Exhibition Information

Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculptures of the Hellenistic Age presents more than fifty bronze

sculptures and related works, dating from the fourth century BC to the first century AD.

These artifacts span the Hellenistic period when the art and culture of Greece spread

throughout the Mediterranean and lands once conquered by Alexander the Great. Through

the medium of bronze, artists were able to capture the dynamic realism, expression, and

detail that characterize the new artistic goals of the era. This exhibition features works from

renowned archaeological museums in Austria, Denmark, France, Georgia, Great Britain, 

Greece, Italy, Spain, Tunisia, the United States, and the Vatican. As few ancient bronzes 

survive —most were melted down over the centuries —this exhibition offers an unprecedented opportunity to appreciate the importance of bronze in antiquity and the innovations

of Hellenistic sculptors.

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