March 9
Music at Dumbarton Oaks
Dénes Várjon, pianist
Music by Handel, Mozart, Brahms, Schumann, Liszt
7 p.m. Dumbarton Oaks
March 10
Music at Emmanuel
Zane Forshee, guitarist
Jeff Stern, percussionist
Lansky: Partita
Cerrone: Double Happiness
Koshinski: Killjoy
6 p.m. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore
March 11
PostClassical Ensemble
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor
Melissa Wimbish, soprano
Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire (selections)
Weill: Oil Music
Weill: “Berlin im Licht/Hosannah Rockefeller” from Happy End
Holländer: “Oh! How We Wish That We Were Kids Again”
Spoliansky: “Masculine-Feminine”
Holländer: “Chuck Out the Men!”
Weill: “Pirate Jenny” and “Alabama Song” from The Threepenny Opera
Eisler: “Abortion is Illegal”
Eisler: “Song of the Moldau”
Weill: “Bilbao Song”
Weill: “Speak Low”
Weill: “My Ship”
Shostakovich: The New Babylon (excerpt)
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Ruckus, contemporary music ensemble
Lewis: Hexis
Lewis: Dark Matter
Lewis: Signifying Riffs
Lang: these broken wings
Cuong: Fine Lines
7:30 p.m. Linehan Hall, UMBC
March 12
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Ying Fu, violinist
Raymond Tsai, cellist
Schumann: Manfred Overture
Simon: Double Concerto Suite (world premiere)
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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Overlook Quartet
Selections of contemporary music
7:30 p.m. The Mansion at Strathmore
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jun Märkl, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, piano
Pépin: Les Eaux célestes
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Egyptian”)
Debussy: Ibéria
Ravel: Boléro
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
March 13
Classical Movements
Musicians of WNO Orchestra
Sirmen: Trio in D Major
Fanny Mendelssohn: Romance
Sung: Dance of the White Lotus
Auerbach: Three Dances
Larsen: Trio for flute, viola, and harp
5:30 and 7 p.m. The Rectory, Alexandria
The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Bach: Mass in A Major
Bach: Mass in G Minor
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D Major
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
7:30 p.m. Trinity United Methodist Church, Alexandria
Annapolis Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Elizabeth Sarian, Amia Langer, Chelsea Laggan
Craig Kier, conductor
7:30 p.m. Maryland Hall
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Ying Fu, violinist
Raymond Tsai, cellist
Schumann: Manfred Overture
Simon: Double Concerto Suite (world premiere)
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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Tabea Zimmermann, violist
Javier Perianes, pianist
Schumann: Fantasiestücke
Britten: Lachrymae
Shostakovich: Viola Sonata
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jun Märkl, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, piano
Pépin: Les Eaux célestes
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Egyptian”)
Debussy: Ibéria
Ravel: Boléro
8 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Nicholas Bavani, pianist
Glass: Walk to School
Brahms: Ballade in D minor
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 8 (first movement)
Prokofiev: Étude No. 4
Mendelssohn: Presto agitato
Glière: Russian Sailors’ Dance
Chopin: Mazurka in A minor
Schumann: “Einfach” (from Davidsbündlertänze)
8 p.m. An die Musik Live
Lux Choir
Robby Napoli, conductor
Howells: Requiem
Music of Britten, Barber, Tin, others
8 p.m. Christ Church, Georgetown
March 14
Annapolis Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel (family performance)
Elizabeth Sarian, Amia Langer, Chelsea Laggan
Craig Kier, conductor
11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Maryland Hall
Washington Performing Arts
Mishka Rushdie Momen, pianist
Byrd: Pavana Lachrymae
Purcell: Ye Tuneful Muses: Ground
Purcell: Suite in G major
Haydn: Keyboard Sonata in C Major
Bull: Walsingham: 30 Variations
Dowland: In Darkness Let Me Dwell
Adès: Darknesse visible
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30
2 p.m. JHU Bloomberg Center
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NSO Presents
Alexandra Dovgan, pianist
Chopin: Barcarolle
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3
Franck: Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 2
3 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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Washington Concert Opera
Bizet: The Pearl Fishers
Emily Pogorelc, Will Liverman, Christian Simmons, Anthony León
Antony Walker, conductor
6 p.m. Lisner Auditorium
Carmina, chamber choir
Richard W. Robbins, conductor
Music of Billings, other American composers
7 p.m. Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Bethesda
Chamber Music Maryland
Geneva Lewis, violinist
Maria Ioudenitch, violinist
Evren Ozel, pianist
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 (“Spring”)
Chausson: Poème
Ysaÿe: Sonata for Two Violins
Sarasate: Navarra
7:30 p.m. Horowitz Center, Columbia
The Washington Chorus
Eugene Rogers, conductor
Deborah Sternberg, soprano
Melissa Kornacki, mezzo
David Miranda, tenor
Wei-Han Wu, pianist
Takach: Everything is Made of Light
Holst: Nunc Dimittis
Still: Plain-Chant for America
Reagon: Ella’s Song
Barnwell: Spiritual
Dvořák: Mass in D Major
7:30 p.m. National Presbyterian Church
The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Bach: Mass in A Major
Bach: Mass in G Minor
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D Major
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
7:30 p.m. Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Georgetown
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Ying Fu, violinist
Raymond Tsai, cellist
Schumann: Manfred Overture
Simon: Double Concerto Suite (world premiere)
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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Lux Choir
Robby Napoli, conductor
Howells: Requiem
Music of Britten, Barber, Tin, others
8 p.m. Church of the Ascension and St. Agnes
March 15
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Ricardo Cyncynates, violinist
Heather LeDoux Green, violinist
Daniel Foster, violist
David Hardy, cellist
Lambert Orkis, pianist
Previn: Violin Sonata No. 2
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3
Strauss: Piano Quartet in C Minor
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
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Chamber Music Maryland
Geneva Lewis, violinist
Maria Ioudenitch, violinist
Music for two violins
2 p.m. Peale Museum
Washington National Opera
Joplin-Sneed: Treemonisha
Viviana Goodwin, Justin Austin, Tichina Vaughn, Jonathan Pierce Rhodes
Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
2 p.m. Lisner Auditorium
Castleton Festival
John Arlievsky, baritone
Schubert: Winterreise
2 p.m. Theatre House, Castleton
Polinger Artists of Excellence
Tommy Mesa, cellist
Ilya Yakushev, pianist
Casarrubios: Silbo
Debussy: Cello Sonata in D Minor
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3
N. Boulanger: Three Pieces for Cello and Piano
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1
3 p.m. Bender JCC
Annapolis Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Elizabeth Sarian, Amia Langer, Chelsea Laggan
Craig Kier, conductor
3 p.m. Maryland Hall
Washington Master Chorale
Thomas Colohan, conductor
Obasi: Three Maritime Songs (world premiere)
Music by Bynes, Lloyd, Barnes, Hailstork, Robles
3 p.m. St. Ann Catholic Church
Trio Céleste, piano trio
Jalbert: Piano Trio No. 1
Schoenfeld: Café Music
Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 (“Dumky”)
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Bach: Mass in A Major
Bach: Mass in G Minor
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D Major
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
5 p.m. Westmoreland UCC, Bethesda
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Smithsonian Consort of Viols
Music of Ward, Purcell
6:30 p.m. National Museum of American History
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts
Quartet Integra
Janáček: String Quartet No. 1 (“Kreutzer Sonata”)
Takemitsu: A Way a Lone
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Justice Forum
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Chiarina Chamber Players
Weinberg: Piano Trio
Mumford: Expanding echoes of layered resonances (world premiere)
Bansal: Love, Loss, and Exile
Salerni: Seven Meditations
Laitman: Daughters
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2
7:30 p.m. St. Mark’s, Capitol Hill
March 16
Isata Kanneh-Mason, pianist
Music by Beethoven, Ravel, Tabakova
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
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March 17
Musica Spira, early music group
Music by Perucona, Leonarda
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
March 20
L’Opéra Comique de Washington
Simon Charette, conductor
Chabrier: L’Étoile
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française
IN Series
Torf: For Women Serving Time
Music by Fauré
Adrienne Torf, pianist and conductor
7:30 p.m. Dupont Underground
March 21
Washington National Opera
Ward: The Crucible
J’Nai Bridges, Ryan McKinny, Lauren Carroll, Ronnita Miller
Robert Spano, conductor
7 p.m. Lisner Auditorium
Music at Emmanuel
Mount Vernon Virtuosi
Amit Peled, conductor
Music for cello ensemble
7 p.m. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore
IN Series
Torf: For Women Serving Time
Music by Fauré
Adrienne Torf, pianist and conductor
7:30 p.m. Dupont Underground
March 22
IN Series
Torf: For Women Serving Time
Music by Fauré
Adrienne Torf, pianist and conductor
2:30 p.m. Dupont Underground
St. Ann Concert Series
Mount Vernon Virtuosi
Amit Peled, conductor
3 p.m. St. Ann Catholic Church
Free admission
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
Robert Moody, conductor
Henrik Heide, flutist
Dvořák: Czech Suite
Ibert: Flute Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
3 p.m. Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College
Han Chen, pianist
Roberta Michel, flutist
Varèse: Density 21.5
Antheil: Flute Sonata
Boulez: Sonatine for flute and piano
Stravinsky: Quatre études, Op. 7
Ligeti: Études for Piano (selections from Book I)
Antheil: Piano Sonata No. 2 (“The Airplane”)
Stravinsky: Trois mouvements de Petrouchka
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Paulina Francisco, soprano
Sara MacKimmie, soprano
Corey Shotwell, countertenor
Clifton Massey, countertenor
Jacob Perry Jr., tenor
Gregório Taniguchi, tenor
Jonathon Adams, bass
Edmund Milly, bass
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
4 p.m. National Presbyterian Church
Music at Emmanuel
Emmanuel Choir and Chamber Orchestra
Christian Lane, conductor
Julie Bosworth, soprano
Andrew Bearden Brown, tenor
Jackson: Passion
4 p.m. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore
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Georgetown Concert Series
Goldmund Quartet
String quartets by Haydn, Bacewicz, Schubert
5 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Georgetown
Choralis and Ēchos, choirs
Gretchen Kuhrmann, conductor
5 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Golda Schultz, soprano
Jonathan Ware, pianist
Strohl: Dix poésies mises en musique (selections)
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Songs by Crumb, C. Schumann, Price
5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall
March 23
Washington National Opera
Ward: The Crucible
J’Nai Bridges, Ryan McKinny, Lauren Carroll, Ronnita Miller
Robert Spano, conductor
7 p.m. Lisner Auditorium
March 24
Ham Chan, pianist
Debussy: Études, Book 1
Rachmaninoff: Études-Tableaux, Op. 33
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts
Viano Quartet
Anthony McGill, clarinetist
Haydn: String Quartet No. 64 (“Largo”)
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
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March 25
Washington National Opera
Ward: The Crucible
J’Nai Bridges, Ryan McKinny, Lauren Carroll, Ronnita Miller
Robert Spano, conductor
7 p.m. Lisner Auditorium
March 26
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Eun Sun Kim, conductor
Javier Perianes, pianist
Paradis: Overture to Der Schulkandidat
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
7:30 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
French-American Piano Society
Jean-Baptiste Doulcet, pianist
Music by Schumann, Grieg
Improvisations by Doulcet
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française
March 27
Washington National Opera
Ward: The Crucible
J’Nai Bridges, Ryan McKinny, Lauren Carroll, Ronnita Miller
Robert Spano, conductor
7 p.m. Lisner Auditorium
Chamber Music at the Barns
Ani Aznavoorian, cellist
Marta Aznavoorian, pianist
Komitas: Music of Armenia
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnol
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1
Paganini: Variations on One String on a Theme by Rossini (“Moses”)
7:30 p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap
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Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
James Ross, conductor
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (excerpts)
Richter: Four Seasons Recomposed (excerpts)
7:30 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Mind on Fire
Pique Collective
Black Cherry Puppet Theater
Lyons: Procedures
8 p.m. 2640 Space
March 28
Chamber Music Maryland
Anderson & Roe, piano duo
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (for two pianos)
Holst: Nocturne on Neptune
Bizet: Carmen Fantasy (for two pianos)
7:30 p.m. Linehan Hall, UMBC
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Eun Sun Kim, conductor
Javier Perianes, pianist
Paradis: Overture to Der Schulkandidat
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
March 29
National Symphony Orchestra
Michelle Merrill, conductor
Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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Washington National Opera
Ward: The Crucible
J’Nai Bridges, Ryan McKinny, Lauren Carroll, Ronnita Miller
Robert Spano, conductor
2 p.m. Lisner Auditorium
Music at Alden
Solomon Eichner, pianist
2 p.m. McLean Community Center
Terra String Quartet
Jacob Kellerman, guitarist
Malats: Serenata Española
Falla: 7 Canciones Populares Españolas
Albéniz: España No. 2 (Tango)
Albéniz: España No. 3 (Malagueña)
Music by Francisco Coll
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
Music at Emmanuel
Parker Ramsay, harpist
Edmund Milly, bass-baritone
Muhly: The Street
7:30 p.m. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore
March 31
Alexei Romanenko, cellist
Biber: Passacaglia in G minor (“The Guardian Angel”)
Bach: Chaconne in D Minor
Bach: Solo Cello Suite No. 6
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Young Concert Artists
Kiron Atom Tellian, pianist
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 2 (“Sonata-Fantasy”)
Chopin: Etudes (selected)
Scriabin: Etudes (selected)
Schumann: Symphonic Etudes
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
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