January 11
Lux Choir
Robby Napoli, conductor
Music by Lauridsen, Howells, Esmail, others
7:30 p.m. Church of the Ascension and St. Agnes
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore Choral Arts Society, women’s chorus
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Jess Gillam, saxophonist
Lee: Sukkot through Orion’s Nebula
Clyne: Glasslands
Holst: The Planets
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
January 12
Alden Chamber Music Series
Junwen Liang, pianist
2 p.m. McLean Community Center
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore Choral Arts Society, women’s chorus
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Jess Gillam, saxophonist
Lee: Sukkot through Orion’s Nebula
Clyne: Glasslands
Holst: The Planets
3 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Constellations Chamber Concerts
Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboist
Monica Ellis, bassoonist
Ellen Hwangbo, pianist
Poulenc: Trio
Cuong: Trains of Thought
Previn: Trio
3 p.m. Constellations Music Salon, Potomac
Sara Daneshpour, pianist
Debussy: Préludes, Book 1
C.P.E. Bach: Keyboard Sonata in F-sharp minor
Schumann: Symphonic Etudes
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
Chamber Music Maryland
Jennifer Koh, violinist
Vijay Iyer, pianist
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for solo Violin (selections)
Iyer: The Diamond
Other music by Iyer
4 p.m. Horowitz Center, Columbia
Mark Irchai, pianist
Music by Corea, Hicks, Bartók, Mompou, R. Schumann
7 p.m. Dumbarton Oaks
Washington Philharmonic Orchestra
Guo-fu Ma, conductor
Yuqiang Dai, tenor
Chiara Taigi, soprano
Music for the New Year
7:30 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
January 13
Mark Irchai, pianist
Music by Corea, Hicks, Bartók, Mompou, R. Schumann
7 p.m. Dumbarton Oaks
PostClassical Ensemble
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor
Javier Arrey, baritone
Kirsten C. Kunkle, soprano
Tate: Hymn from Lowak Shoppala’
Tate: “Spider Brings Fire” from Lowak Shoppala’
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Tate: Chokfiꞌ
Prokofiev: Larghetto from Symphony No. 1 (“Classical”)
Tate: Standing Bear: A Ponca Indian Cantata (selection)
Traditional: Amazing Grace
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
January 14
Vocal Arts DC
Samantha Hankey, mezzo-soprano
Myra Huang, pianist
Schumann: Dichterliebe
Songs by Poulenc, Satie, Schoenberg, Trenet, Weill
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
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January 16
National Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Jorge Federico Osorio, pianist
Ortiz: Téenek – Invenciones de Territorio
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Conrad Tao, pianist
Britten: Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
January 17
National Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Jorge Federico Osorio, pianist
Ortiz: Téenek – Invenciones de Territorio
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
11:30 a.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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Classical Movements
Terra String Quartet
Sandow: The Remembered Song
Sandow: Mahler Variations
Sandow: Quartet for Anne
5 and 6:30 p.m. The Rectory, Alexandria
Members of National Symphony Orchestra
Sarah Frisof, flutist
Peter Cain, clarinetist
Scott Christian, percussionist
Daughtrey: Burn³
Harrison: Frogstomp
Moore: Blackbird Song
Mellits: Escape
Akiho: intuition) (Expectation
Kats-Chernin: Blue Silence
6 p.m. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Free admission
Annapolis Opera
Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti
Tim Mix, Amanda Densmoor, Patrick Kilbride, Rolfe Dauz
Craig Kier, conductor
7:30 p.m. Maryland Hall
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Conrad Tao, pianist
Britten: Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra
8 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Mind on Fire
Holt: Nobody Is Ever Missing
Heather Morrison, Cameron Falby, Kayleigh Sprouse, Kaylee Parker
8 p.m. The Voxel, Baltimore
January 18
Washington National Opera
American Opera Initiative
New short operas by Brenn, Marlor, Najmi
WNO Cafritz Young Artists
George Manahan, conductor
7 and 9 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
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National Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Jorge Federico Osorio, pianist
Ortiz: Téenek – Invenciones de Territorio
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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January 19
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Abel Pereira, horn player
William Gerlach, trumpeter
Michael Harper, trumpeter
Craig Mulcahy, trombonist
Seth Cook, tuba player
Simon: New piece (world premiere)
Arnold: Brass Quintet No. 1
Barfield: Gravity
Ewald: Brass Quintet No. 1
Bright: Western Suite
Bernstein-Gale: Suite from West Side Story
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
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John Holiday, countertenor
Jeanne-Minette Cilliers, pianist
Price: Four Songs from The Weary Blues
Price: Brown Arms
Bonds: The Sea Ghost
Bonds: Six Songs on Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Morris: Lyric Suite
Gershwin: “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess
3 p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap
wolftrap.org
Annapolis Opera
Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti
Tim Mix, Amanda Densmoor, Patrick Kilbride, Rolfe Dauz
Craig Kier, conductor
3 p.m. Maryland Hall
Tommy Mesa, cellist
Yoon Lee, pianist
Massenet: Méditation from Thaïs
Friedman: Pas de Deux
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Boulanger: Three Pieces for Cello and Piano
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
Washington International Piano Series
Katia Zaitseva and Nikita Fitenko, piano duo
4 p.m. Ward Recital Hall, Catholic University of America
Free admission
Mind on Fire
Holt: Nobody Is Ever Missing
Heather Morrison, Cameron Falby, Kayleigh Sprouse, Kaylee Parker
4 p.m. The Voxel, Baltimore
Pablo Ferrández, cellist
Julio Elizalde, pianist
Bruch: Kol Nidrei
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3
Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1
5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall
January 22
Austrian Cultural Forum
LGT Young Soloists, string ensemble
Alexander Gilman, conductor
Tara Stanegger, cellist
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Popper: Polonaise de concert
Bruch: Romance
Bottesini: Gran Duo for violin, double bass, and strings
Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
7 p.m. Embassy of Austria
Free admission
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Naomi Woo, conductor
Esther Yoo, violinist
Chao Tian, yangqin player
Huanzi: Spring Festival Overture
Waxman: Carmen Fantasy
Chang: Ballad of the Pipa
Cuong: Elevators (world premiere)
Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Tian: Metropolis
8 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
January 23
Members of Washington National Opera Orchestra
Chamber music selections
6 p.m. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Free admission
January 24
Counterpoint
Rob McGinness, baritone
Natalia Kazaryan, pianist
Schubert: Winterreise
6:30 p.m. S Street Salon
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Julia Bullock, soprano
Music by Handel, Vivaldi, Bach, Purcell, Rameau, others
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
January 25
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Axelrod String Quartet
Steven Dann, violist
Schubert: Quartettsatz
Mozart: String Quintet No. 5
Bruckner: String Quintet in F Major
3:30 p.m. National Museum of American History
City Choir of Washington
Soloists from Wolf Trap Opera Studio Artists program
Erin Freeman, conductor
Bizet: Carmen (selections)
5 p.m. Schlesinger Concert Hall
Classical Arts Society of Washington
Loewi Lin, cellist
Christopher Schmitt, pianist
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor
Grieg: Cello Sonata in A minor
6:30 p.m. Arts Club of Washington
Dumbarton Concerts
Fry Street Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet No. 27
Assad: Canções da América
Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
7:30 p.m. Dumbarton United Methodist Church
Polyhymnia, chamber choir
Steve Beck, conductor
8 p.m. Bethesda Presbyterian Church
Free admission
January 26
Nikita Fitenko, pianist
Katerina Saitseva, pianist
Anastasia Fitenko, pianist
3 p.m. St. Ann Catholic Church
Free admission
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Axelrod String Quartet
Steven Dann, violist
Schubert: Quartettsatz
Mozart: String Quintet No. 5
Bruckner: String Quintet in F Major
3:30 p.m. National Museum of American History
Dan Tepfer, pianist
Bach: Two-Part Inventions
Tepfer: Improvised Inventions
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
January 28
Nicolas Altstaedt, cellist
Solo cello music by Bach, Dutilleux, Kodály
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Naomi Woo, conductor
Esther Yoo, violinist
Chao Tian, yangqin player
Huanzi: Spring Festival Overture
Waxman: Carmen Fantasy
Chang: Ballad of the Pipa
Cuong: Elevators (world premiere)
Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Tian: Metropolis
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
January 29
National Ballet of China
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
National Children’s Chorus
Chinese New Year (music from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker)
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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January 30
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Nicole Heaston, soprano
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Barber: Vanessa
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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National Ballet of China
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
National Children’s Chorus
Chinese New Year (music from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker)
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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January 31
National Ballet of China
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
National Children’s Chorus
Chinese New Year (music from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker)
1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
José-Luis Novo, conductor
Netanel Draiblate, violinist
Coleridge-Taylor: Overture from The Song of Hiawatha
Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
7:30 p.m. Maryland Hall
18th Street Singers
Benjamin Olinsky, conductor
7:30 p.m. First Trinity Lutheran Church
Opera Philadelphia
Bologne: The Anonymous Lover
Symone Harcum, Travon D. Walker, Johnathan McCullough
Kalena Bovell, conductor
8 p.m. The Academy of Music
February 1
National Ballet of China
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
National Children’s Chorus
Chinese New Year (music from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker)
1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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Francesco Corti, harpsichordist
Handel: Overture from Giulio Cesare
Handel: Keyboard Suite No. 1
Bach: French Suite No. 5
Babell: Prelude in F major
Handel-Babell: Overture from Rinaldo
Handel-Babell: “Lascia ch’io pianga” from Rinaldo
Bach: French Suite No. 2
Handel: Keyboard Suite No. 3
2 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
Denyce Graves Foundation
Coalition of African-American Performing Arts
Michele Fowlin, conductor
Music by Price, Kerr, Logan, Moore, others
4 p.m. Washington National Cathedral
Free admission
Chantry, chamber choir
David Taylor, conductor
Byrd: Mass for Four Voices
Byrd: Gradualia (Propers for Candlemas)
7 p.m. St. Bernadette Church, Silver Spring
18th Street Singers
Benjamin Olinsky, conductor
7:30 p.m. First Trinity Lutheran Church
21st Century Consort
Christopher Kendall, conductor
L. Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps
Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps
Johnson: Ton Yo Han Mek Fashon
Wheeler: A Woman of Her Time: Coco Chanel Sings (world premiere)
5 p.m. Hirshhorn Museum
Free admission
Anna H. Wang Concert Series
Paul Huang, violinist
Helen Huang, pianist
7 p.m. Takoma Park Seventh Day Adventist Church
Chamber Music Maryland
Nicolas Altstaedt, cellist
Fazil Say, pianist
Britten: Cello Sonata
Say: Four Cities
Barber: Cello Sonata
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1
7:30 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC
Chiarina Chamber Players
Robert Wood, conductor
Grant Houston, violinist
Robert DiLutis, clarinetist
Sarah Frisof, flutist
Melissa Wimbish, soprano
Carrie Bean Stute, cellist
Efi Hackmey, pianist
Milhaud: Suite for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano
Coleman: Maombi Asante
Gershwin-Heifetz: Suite from Porgy and Bess
Cipullo: Josephine, Monodrama in One Scene
7:30 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
José-Luis Novo, conductor
Netanel Draiblate, violinist
Coleridge-Taylor: Overture from The Song of Hiawatha
Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
7:30 p.m. Maryland Hall
Pan American Symphony Orchestra
Sergio Alessandro Buslje, conductor
Holly Nelson, violinist
Agustin Muriago, pianist
Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy
Turina: Oración del Torero
Turina: Rapsodia Sinfónica
Falla: El Amor Brujo (excerpts)
Guastavino: La Rosa y el Sauce
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Nicole Heaston, soprano
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Barber: Vanessa
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Robert Treviño, conductor
Karen Gomyo, violinist
Zhou: Metropolis
Prokofiev: Concerto No. 1
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel: La Valse
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
Polyhymnia, chamber choir
Steve Beck, conductor
8 p.m. St. Columba’s Episcopal Church
Free admission
February 2
National Ballet of China
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
National Children’s Chorus
Chinese New Year (music from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker)
1:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org
Opera Philadelphia
Bologne: The Anonymous Lover
Symone Harcum, Travon D. Walker, Johnathan McCullough
Kalena Bovell, conductor
2 p.m. The Academy of Music
Ulysses Quartet
Ben Verdery, guitarist
Bernstein-Verdery: Clarinet Sonata
Shaw: Plan and Elevation
Bouey: Soul
Tower: Wild Summer
Verdery: Memories of Ellis Island
Hendrix-Verdery: Purple Haze
Dessner: Quintet for High Strings
3 p.m. National Gallery of Art
Free admission
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Robert Treviño, conductor
Karen Gomyo, violinist
Zhou: Metropolis
Prokofiev: Concerto No. 1
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel: La Valse
3 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
José-Luis Novo, conductor
Netanel Draiblate, violinist
Coleridge-Taylor: Overture from The Song of Hiawatha
Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
3 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
Polyhymnia, chamber choir
Steve Beck, conductor
3 p.m. Church of the Holy Comforter, Vienna
Free admission
Symphony of the Potomac
Joel Lazar, conductor
Irina Muresanu, violinist
Eric Kutz, cellist
Busoni: Lustspiel-Ouvertüre
Dvořák: Symphonic Variations
Brahms: Double Concerto
3 p.m. Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College
Baltimore Classical Guitar Society
Gabriel Bianco, guitarist
3 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC
Hayoung Choi, cellist
Bach: Solo Cello Suite No. 3
Cassadó: Solo Cello Suite
Kodály: Solo Cello Sonata
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
Bach in Baltimore
T. Herbert Dimmock, conductor
Elissa Edwards, soprano
Ben Ellerin, tenor
Rob McGinness, baritone
Haydn: The Creation
4 p.m. Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
Georgetown Concert Series
DC Singer Collective
Genevieve McGahey, conductor
Madrigals by Strozzi, Monteverdi
5 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Georgetown
Dover Quartet
Inon Barnatan, pianist
Montgomery: Strum
Crescioni: Rattle Songs
Tate: Abokkoli‘ Taloowa’
Dvořák: Piano Quartet No. 2
5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall
February 3
Opera Lafayette
OperaCréole
Dédé: Morgiane
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Kenneth Kellogg, Joshua Conyers
Patrick Quigley, conductor
7 p.m. Lincoln Theatre
True North Symphony Orchestra and Choir
David Hamilton, conductor
Stephen Carrell, conductor
Wes Hampton, tenor
Travis Cottrell, tenor
Shane McConnell, tenor
Shelley Jennings, mezzo-soprano
Dan Baker, baritone
Nelson and Farrell: Saviour: A Modern Oratorio
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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