September 21
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Jonathan Woody, bass
Clara Rottsolk, soprano
Margot Rood, soprano
Kristen Dubenion-Smith, mezzo-soprano
Rhianna Cockrell, mezzo-soprano
Jacob Perry, Jr., tenor
James Reese, tenor
Enrico Lagasca, bass
Edmund Milly, bass
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
7 p.m. St. Mark’s, Capitol Hill
Gabriela Montero at Prager
Khatia Buniatishvili, pianist
Music by Bach, Liszt, others
7:30 p.m. Prager Family Center for the Arts, Easton
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Musicians from BSO OrchKids
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
8 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
September 22
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Jonathan Woody, bass
Clara Rottsolk, soprano
Margot Rood, soprano
Kristen Dubenion-Smith, mezzo-soprano
Rhianna Cockrell, mezzo-soprano
Jacob Perry, Jr., tenor
James Reese, tenor
Enrico Lagasca, bass
Edmund Milly, bass
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
4 p.m. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Borromeo String Quartet
Henry Kramer, pianist
Bacewicz: String Quartet No. 6
Hailstork: String Quartet No. 2 (Variations on “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”)
Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2
7 p.m. Bender JCC
Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival
Tina Chancey, viola da gambist
Jeffrey Cohan, flutist
Music by Sweelinck, Ortiz, Hotteterre, Couperin, others
7:30 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill
September 24
Akiko Kobayashi, violinist
Music by Bach, Telemann, others
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Polyaspora Festival
New solo works by Peabody Conservatory students
5:30 p.m. Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Free admission
Valentin Tournet, viola da gambist
Music of Sainte-Colombe, Marais
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française
September 25
Opera Philadelphia
Mazzoli: The Listeners
Nicole Heaston, Troy Cooke, Lindsey Reynolds, Kevin Burdette
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
7 p.m. Academy of Music
Polyaspora Festival
New ensemble works by Peabody Conservatory students
7 p.m. Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Free admission
September 26
Polyaspora Festival
Music by Mitchell, Mumford, Khumalo, Adu-Gilmore, others
7 p.m. Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Free admission
Njioma Grevious, violinist
7:30 p.m. The Mansion at Strathmore
September 27
Polyaspora Festival
Music by Lara, Oliveira, Santos, Balter, others
7 p.m. Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Free admission
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
James Ehnes, violinist
Lee: Visions of Cahokia
Barber: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
8 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Opera Philadelphia
Mazzoli: The Listeners
Nicole Heaston, Troy Cooke, Lindsey Reynolds, Kevin Burdette
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
8 p.m. Academy of Music
September 28
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Yunchan Lim, pianist
Simon: Four Black American Dances
Bonis: Pavane; Sarabande; Bourrée
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Ravel: La Valse
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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Mind on Fire
Hersch: and we, each (world premiere)
Ah Young Hong, Jesse Blumberg
Tito Muñoz, conductor
7:30 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
James Ross, conductor
Marlisa Woods, violinist
Chris Franke, violinist
Aaron Clay, bassist
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Higdon: Concerto 4-3 (selections)
Ortiz: Kauyumari
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
7:30 p.m. Schlesinger Concert Hall
Opera Bel Cantanti
Donizetti: La fille du régiment
Tess Ottinger, Jonathan Pierce Rhodes, Scott Clark, others
Katerina Souvorova, conductor
7:30 p.m. Bender JCC
Chiarina Chamber Players
Michelle Cann, pianist
Price: Piano Quintet
R. Schumann: Piano Quintet
7:30 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
James Ehnes, violinist
Lee: Visions of Cahokia
Barber: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
September 29
Opera Philadelphia
Mazzoli: The Listeners
Nicole Heaston, Troy Cooke, Lindsey Reynolds, Kevin Burdette
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
2 p.m. Academy of Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
James Ehnes, violinist
Lee: Visions of Cahokia
Barber: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
3 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
James Ross, conductor
Marlisa Woods, violinist
Chris Franke, violinist
Aaron Clay, bassist
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Higdon: Concerto 4-3 (selections)
Ortiz: Kauyumari
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
3 p.m. George Washington Masonic Memorial
Opera Bel Cantanti
Donizetti: La fille du régiment
Tess Ottinger, Jonathan Pierce Rhodes, Scott Clark, others
Katerina Souvorova, conductor
3 p.m. Bender JCC
Washington National Cathedral Choir and Orchestra
Michael McCarthy, conductor
Mozart: Requiem
Pärt: The Deer’s Cry
Pärt: Berliner Messe
4 p.m. Washington National Cathedral
Washington Douglass Chorale
Theodore T. Thorpe III, conductor
Scott Tucker, conductor
4 p.m. National United Methodist Church
Apollo Orchestra
Nicholas Hersh, conductor
Maria Loudenitch, violinist
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Barber: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
4 p.m. Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College
Free admission
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Mind on Fire
Hersch: and we, each (world premiere)
Ah Young Hong, Jesse Blumberg
Tito Muñoz, conductor
4:30 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project