May 14
Washington National Opera
Bernstein: West Side Story (semi-staged)
Ryan McCartan, Shereen Pimentel, Taylor Harvey, Amanda Castro
James Lowe, conductor
7:30 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Francesco Piemontesi, pianist
Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Saariaho: Ciel d’hiver
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
7:30 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
National Symphony Orchestra
Joe Hisaishi, conductor
Hisaichi: Concerto for Orchestra (world premiere)
Hisaichi: Music from The Boy and the Heron
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org
May 15
Washington National Opera
Bernstein: West Side Story (semi-staged)
Ryan McCartan, Shereen Pimentel, Taylor Harvey, Amanda Castro
Marin Alsop, conductor
7:30 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
Bel Cantanti Opera
Four Seasons Dancers
Aundi Maria Moore, soprano
Emily Casey, soprano
Hannah Wardell, mezzo soprano
James Mancuso, tenor
Peter Burroughs, tenor
Kevin Short, bass-baritone
Matthew Cossack, bass-baritone
TJ Maistrose, percussionist
Guzal Isametdinova, pianist
Katerina Souvorova, conductor and pianist
Music for America 250
7:30 p.m. The Writer’s Center, Bethesda
Music at Emmanuel
The Emmanuel Choir
Christian Lane, conductor
Adrienne Hyde, baroque cellist
Adam Pearl, organist
Bach: Six Motets
7:30 p.m. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore
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National Symphony Orchestra
Joe Hisaishi, conductor
Hisaichi: Concerto for Orchestra (world premiere)
Hisaichi: Music from The Boy and the Heron
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org
May 16
Washington Performing Arts
Julia Hamos, pianist
Kurtág: Játékok (selections)
Haydn: Keyboard Sonata in E Minor, Hob.XVI:34
Ligeti: Selected Études, Books I & II
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 8
Schumann: Fantasie in C Major
2 p.m. Hopkins Bloomberg Center
washingtonperformingarts.org
National Symphony Orchestra
Joe Hisaishi, conductor
Hisaichi: Concerto for Orchestra (world premiere)
Hisaichi: Music from The Boy and the Heron
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org
Bradley Hills Presents
American Brass Quintet
7:30 p.m. Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Francesco Piemontesi, pianist
Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Saariaho: Ciel d’hiver
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
May 17
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Francesco Piemontesi, pianist
Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Saariaho: Ciel d’hiver
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
3 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Bel Cantanti Opera
Four Seasons Dancers
Aundi Maria Moore, soprano
Emily Casey, soprano
Hannah Wardell, mezzo soprano
James Mancuso, tenor
Peter Burroughs, tenor
Kevin Short, bass-baritone
Matthew Cossack, bass-baritone
TJ Maistrose, percussionist
Guzal Isametdinova, pianist
Katerina Souvorova, conductor and pianist
Music for America 250
3 p.m. The Writer’s Center, Bethesda
Choralis, chamber choir
Gretchen Kuhrmann, conductor
Danielle Talamantes, soprano
Caroline Nielsen, mezzo-soprano
Douglas Culclasure, tenor
Kerry Wilkerson, bass
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (last movement)
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast
5 p.m. National Presbyterian Church
Washington Douglass Chorale
Theodore Thorpe III, conductor
Scott Tucker, conductor
Music by Beethoven, Rheinberger, Thompson, Parker, others
5 p.m. National City Christian Church
Cathedral Choral Society and Orchestra
Steven Fox, conductor
Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes
Bonds: Credo
Copland: Promise of Living
6 p.m. Washington National Cathedral
Ariel String Quartet
Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 (“American”)
Porat: Four Ladino Songs
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12
7 p.m. Bender JCC
May 19
Anna Keiserman, pianist
Music by Weinberg, Rachmaninoff, Auerbach
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
May 20
Washington Concert Opera
Ailyn Pérez, soprano
Opera selections
6 p.m. La Maison Française
May 21
Jennifer Koh, violinist
Thomas Sauer, pianist
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 1
Iyer: Bridgetower Fantasy
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 (“Kreutzer”)
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
kennedy-center.org
May 23
Music at Emmanuel
Mount Vernon Virtuosi
Amit Peled, cellist and conductor
Music by composers from Maryland
7 p.m. Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Free admission
May 24
Memorial Day Festival Chorus
Capital Wind Symphony
Craig Jessop, conductor
William Lake, Jr., conductor
Dallyn Vail Bayles, tenor
Music for Memorial Day
3 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra
David Kirven, conductor
Alicia McMahan, English horn player
Nick Nichols, trumpeter
Williams: Liberty Fanfare
Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
Copland: Quiet City
Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Copland: Appalachian Spring
3 p.m. Hylton Performing Arts Center
United States Marine Band (“The President’s Own”)
Music for Memorial Day
8 p.m. Filene Center at Wolf Trap
Free admission
wolftrap.org
May 26
PostClassical Ensemble
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor
Music by Gluck, Offenbach, Mahler, Stravinsky, others
6:30 p.m. Hopkins Bloomberg Center
May 27
Baroklyn, string ensemble
Simone Dinnerstein, pianist
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
Katherine Needleman, oboist
Music by J.S. Bach
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
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May 28
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Elena Urioste, violinist
Smyth: Overture to The Wreckers
Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto
Elgar: Enigma Variations
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
May 29
Counterpoint
Zachary Good, clarinetist
Katie Hyun, violinist
Brook Speltz, cellist
Natalia Kazaryan, pianist
Messiaen: Melody on a Theme of Mozart
Biber: Passacaglia for solo violin
Akiho: Lost on Chiaroscuro Street
Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
6:30 p.m. Dupont Underground
National Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan, conductor
Ives: Three Places in New England
Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring
Mahler: Symphony No. 1
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Elena Urioste, violinist
Smyth: Overture to The Wreckers
Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto
Elgar: Enigma Variations
8 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
May 30
National Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan, conductor
Ives: Three Places in New England
Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring
Mahler: Symphony No. 1
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org
Polyhymnia, chamber choir
Steven Beck, conductor
Motets, madrigals by Palestrina
Music by Evett, Hagen
8 p.m. Bethesda Presbyterian Church
Free admission
May 31
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Bach-Sitkovetsky: Goldberg Variations
Dvořák: String Quintet No. 2
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
kennedy-center.org
Washington Men’s Camerata
Children’s Chorus of Washington, Young Men’s Ensemble
Scott Tucker, conductor
Music by Thompson, Dawson, Foster, Conte, others
3 p.m. St. Ann Catholic Church
Symphony of the Potomac
Joel Lazar, conductor
Francine Kay, pianist
Franck: Le chasseur maudit
Falla: Nights in the Garden of Spain
Chausson: Symphony in B-Flat
3 p.m. Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College
Washington Piano Society
3 p.m. Ward Hall, Catholic University of America
Free admission
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman, conductor
Claire Huangci, pianist
Prokofiev: Selections from Romeo and Juliet
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
4 p.m. GMU Center for the Arts
City Choir of Washington
City Choir Orchestra
Erin Freeman, conductor
Laura Choi Stuart, soprano
Gabriela Estephanie Solís, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Hill, tenor
Edmund Milly, bass-baritone
Bach: B Minor Mass
5 p.m. National Presbyterian Church
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
Robert Moody, conductor
Bryan Cheng, cellist
Zappa: G-Spot Tornado
Ingram: Animals of The Solstice: Calm of the Equinox
Bates: Cello Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
7:30 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
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