21st Century Consort: An Unsecret Garden
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FREE Registration recommended. As the Hirshhorn anticipates celebrating its newly revitalized Sculpture Garden’s opening at the end of October, the 21st Century Consort will mark this significant moment with a musical exploration of gardens and the life that unfolds within them. An Unsecret Garden invites audiences into a sonic experience where nature, art, memory, and imagination intertwine. Among the nature-inspired music presented in this program will be Arnold Schoenberg’s The Book of the Hanging Gardens , and Helen Grimes’s Aviary Sketches , inspired by Joseph Cornell’s Untitled: Aviary with Yellow Birds , currently on view in Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960 . Join Consort director Christopher Kendall at 4 PM, after the performance, for a discussion of the themes and music presented. SCHEDULE 2 PM | Performance 4 PM | Post-concert Talk PROGRAM Arnold Schoenberg: The Book of the Hanging Gardens (1908–1909) Helen Grimes: Aviary Sketches (2014) Intermission Caroline Shaw: Plan & Elevation (2015) Pēteris Vasks: Landscape with Birds (1980) Mikhail Johnson: Wach Ya Haydn (2020) Paul Novak: Entwining (2021) ABOUT THE 21ST CENTURY CONSORT Founded in 1975, the 21st Century Consort became the resident ensemble for contemporary music at the Smithsonian Institution in 1978. In this season’s concerts at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Consort continues to present dynamically balanced concerts related to Museum exhibitions, featuring music—incl
