The 21st Century Consort, award-winning contemporary music ensemble-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution for over four decades, embarks on its first season at the beautiful St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill.

Pre-concert discussion at 4:00pm. Performance begins at 5:00pm.

Program:

GYÖRGY LIGETI: Poème Symphonique for 100 Metronomes
SEBASTION CURRIER: Variations on Time and Time Again
ELLIOTT CARTER: Tempo e Tempi, with Lucy Shelton
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Quartet for the End of Time