October 6
Sun Young Chang, soprano
Slavina Zhelezova, pianist
R. Schumann: Dichterliebe
C. Schumann: Drei Lieder, Op. 12
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
October 8
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Leora Cohen, violinist
Ariel Lanyi, pianist
Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 22
Gershwin-Heifetz: Three Selections from Porgy and Bess
Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 2
6 p.m. Kennedy Center Justice Forum
Free admission
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Stravinsky: Scènes de Ballet
Haydn: Symphony No. 85 (“La Reine”)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
7 p.m. Schlesinger Hall, Alexandria
October 9
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Stravinsky: Scènes de Ballet
Haydn: Symphony No. 85 (“La Reine”)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
11:30 a.m. Schlesinger Hall, Alexandria
Russian Chamber Art Society
Timur Bekbosunov, tenor
Matt Podd, tenor
Yvette Cornelia Holzwarth, violinist
Selected Soviet songs
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française
Opera Baltimore
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Jonathan Bryan, Katerina Burton, Sarah Coit, Hayden Smith
Joshua Horsch, conductor
7:30 p.m. Stephens Hall, Towson
October 10
IN Series
Biern/Nelson: The M.A.K.A.do:
Make America Kingly Again!
Music by Sullivan
Hayley Abramowitz, Andrew Adelsberger, Melanie Ashkar, Greg Sliskovich
Dana Scott, conductor
7:30 p.m. Arena Stage
inseries.org
Bel Cantanti Opera
Britten: The Turn of the Screw
James Mancuso, Samantha Sosa, Emma Jones
Katerina Souvorova, conductor
7:30 p.m. Bender JCC
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Stravinsky: Scènes de Ballet
Haydn: Symphony No. 85 (“La Reine”)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman, conductor
Russell Peterson, saxophonist
Leshnoff: Radiance (world premiere)
Hochstatter: Noir Concerto No. 1 for saxophone
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3
8 p.m. GMU Center for the Arts
fairfaxsymphony.org
October 11
IN Series
Biern/Nelson: The M.A.K.A.do:
Make America Kingly Again!
Music by Sullivan
Hayley Abramowitz, Andrew Adelsberger, Melanie Ashkar, Greg Sliskovich
Dana Scott, conductor
2:30 p.m. Arena Stage
inseries.org
Opera Baltimore
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Jonathan Bryan, Katerina Burton, Sarah Coit, Hayden Smith
Joshua Horsch, conductor
3 p.m. Stephens Hall, Towson
Bel Cantanti Opera
Britten: The Turn of the Screw
James Mancuso, Samantha Sosa, Emma Jones
Katerina Souvorova, conductor
3 p.m. Bender JCC
Mackenzie Melemed, pianist
Copland: “Buckaroo Holiday” from Rodeo
Kaminsky: Threnody…October 2024
Beach: Ballade, Op. 6
Rorem: Piano Sonata No. 1 (third movement)
Dorman: Lament and Variations
MacDowell: New England Idyls (selections)
Gottschalk: Union (Concert Paraphrase on National Airs)
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
Pablo Ferrández, cellist
Bach: Solo Cello Suite No. 3
Cassadó: Cello Suite
Bach: Solo Cello Suite No. 1
Britten: Cello Suite No. 1
5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall
shriverconcerts.org
October 12
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Paula Maust, organist
Sarah MacKimmie, soprano
P. Lucy McVeigh, mezzo-soprano
Ross Tamaccio, bass
Buxtehude: Praeludium in G Minor
Buxtehude: Toccata in D Minor
Bach: Cantata No. 39 (Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot)
12:10 p.m. St. Mark’s, Capitol Hill
Free admission
October 13
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Paula Maust, organist
Sarah MacKimmie, soprano
P. Lucy McVeigh, mezzo-soprano
Ross Tamaccio, bass
Buxtehude: Praeludium in G Minor
Buxtehude: Toccata in D Minor
Bach: Cantata No. 39 (Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot)
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
October 14
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts
Davóne Tines, bass-baritone
Shaw: Kyrie
Bach: “Wie jammern mich doch die verkehrten Herzen” from Cantata No. 170
Shaw: Agnus Dei
Sorey: Songs of Death (selections)
Bonds: “To a Brown Girl Dead”
Shaw: Credo
Bach: “Mache dich, mein Herze, rein” from St. Matthew Passion
Shaw: Gloria
Shaw: Sanctus
Eastman: Prelude to The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc
Dieudonné/Tines: Vigil
7:30 p.m. Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, GWU
Washington Performing Arts
Itzhak Perlman, violinist
Rohan De Silva, pianist
7:30 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
washingtonperformingarts.org
October 15
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture from Egmont
Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Mendelssohn: Selections from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
6 p.m. Kennedy Center Studio K
Free admission
National Symphony Orchestra
John Adams, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violinist
Piazzolla: Three Tangos
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé – Suite
Adams: Scheherazade.2
7 p.m. GMU Center for the Arts
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”)
7:30 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
IN Series
Biern/Nelson: The M.A.K.A.do:
Make America Kingly Again!
Music by Sullivan
Hayley Abramowitz, Andrew Adelsberger, Melanie Ashkar, Greg Sliskovich
Dana Scott, conductor
7:30 p.m. Arena Stage
inseries.org
Poiesis Quartet
Music for string quartet
7:30 p.m. The Mansion at Strathmore
October 16
Chamber Music Maryland
Natalie Clein, cellist
Bach: Solo Cello Suite No. 1
Casals: The Song of the Birds
Vasks: Das Buch
Pritchard: Radiance
Bach: Solo Cello Suite No. 3
7 p.m. Peale Museum
chambermusicmaryland.org
IN Series
Biern/Nelson: The M.A.K.A.do:
Make America Kingly Again!
Music by Sullivan
Hayley Abramowitz, Andrew Adelsberger, Melanie Ashkar, Greg Sliskovich
Dana Scott, conductor
7:30 p.m. Arena Stage
inseries.org
The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Brian Ganz and Eric Conway, pianists
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
Bonds: Credo
7:30 p.m. Schlesinger Hall, Alexandria
thethirteenchoir.org
National Symphony Orchestra
John Adams, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violinist
Piazzolla: Three Tangos
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé – Suite
Adams: Scheherazade.2
8 p.m. GMU Center for the Arts
October 17
Chamber Music Maryland
Natalie Clein, cellist
Bach: Solo Cello Suite No. 1
Casals: The Song of the Birds
Vasks: Das Buch
Pritchard: Radiance
Bach: Solo Cello Suite No. 3
4 p.m. Octagon Museum
chambermusicmaryland.org
The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Brian Ganz and Eric Conway, pianists
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
Bonds: Credo
4 p.m. National Presbyterian Church
thethirteenchoir.org
Cantate Chamber Singers
Victoria Gau, conductor
Carl DuPont, baritone
Van: A Procession Winding Around Me
Buller: Mass in Exile
5 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville
Dumbarton Concerts
Tommy Mesa, cellist
Olga Kern, pianist
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 2
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Casarrubios: 24 Mozas
Hailstork: Elegy
Barber: Cello Sonata
N. Boulanger: Trois Pièces
Copland: “Waltz & Celebration” from Billy the Kid
7:30 p.m. Dumbarton United Methodist Church
IN Series
Biern/Nelson: The M.A.K.A.do:
Make America Kingly Again!
Music by Sullivan
Hayley Abramowitz, Andrew Adelsberger, Melanie Ashkar, Greg Sliskovich
Dana Scott, conductor
7:30 p.m. Arena Stage
inseries.org
Gabriela Montero at Prager
Gabriela Montero, pianist
Selection of music, improvisations
7:30 p.m. Prager Family Center for the Arts, Easton
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”)
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
October 18
Castleton Festival
Chenyu Wang, pianist
2 p.m. Theatre House, Castleton
IN Series
Biern/Nelson: The M.A.K.A.do:
Make America Kingly Again!
Music by Sullivan
Hayley Abramowitz, Andrew Adelsberger, Melanie Ashkar, Greg Sliskovich
Dana Scott, conductor
2:30 p.m. Arena Stage
inseries.org
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”)
3 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Takács Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet No. 66
Simon: Warmth from Other Suns
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 (“Death and the Maiden”)
3 p.m. The Clarice
Wagner Society of Washington DC
Jeffrey Swann, pianist
Jennifer Mondie, violist
Maisy Parker, mezzo-soprano
Eugene Mondie, clarinetist
Mozart: Trio in E-flat Major (“Kegelstatt”)
Brahms: Two Songs for Voice, Viola, and Piano
Wagner: Sonate für das Album von Frau Wesendonck
Wagner: Elegy in A-flat
Wagner: Porazzi Theme
Wagner-Swann: Loge’s Narrative from Das Rheingold
3 p.m. Katzen Arts Center, American University
Chamber Music Maryland
Quatuor Danel
Natalie Clein, cellist
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8
Schubert: String Quintet in C Major
4 p.m. Horowitz Center, Columbia
chambermusicmaryland.org
Apollo Orchestra
David Chan, conductor
Noelle Drewes, oboist
Bach: Concerto in C Minor for Oboe and Violin
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (“Romantic”)
4 p.m. Church of the Little Flower
Free admission
Sandbox Percussion
Torke: BLOOM
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
Washington Master Chorale
Thomas Colohan, conductor
Edward Washington II, tenor
Evelyn Simpson Curenton, organist
Andrew Rosenblum, pianist
Dvořák: Four Choruses
Bartók: Four Slavic Folk Songs
Ešenvalds: Northern Lights
Dett: The Chariot Jubilee
Vinson: All Creatures of Our God and King (world premiere)
5 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Brian Ganz and Eric Conway, pianists
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
Bonds: Credo
5 p.m. Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church
thethirteenchoir.org
Music at Emmanuel
VOCES8, chamber choir
Music by Gibbons, Sheppard, Whitacre, Walker
7 p.m. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore
emmanueldowntown.org
Washington Performing Arts
Simone Dinnerstein, pianist
Rameau: Gavotte et six doubles
Lasser: Twelve Variations on a Chorale by J.S. Bach
Ludwig-Leone: Prelude to Liquid Days
Bach: Fifteen Sinfonias
Jarrett/Karcher: Encore from Tokyo
7:30 p.m. Sixth & I
October 19
Musicians from the Teatro Real of Spain
Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 (“American”)
Arriaga: String Quartet No. 1
Beach: String Quartet
7 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
October 20
Una Tone, violinist
Rudolf Ozolins, pianist
Beethoven: Romance, Op. 50
Jenkins: Sarikiz
Music by Vasks, other Latvian composers
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Italian Cultural Institute
Modern Musick, early music ensemble
Georgetown University Chamber Singers
Frederick Binkholder, conductor
Cimarosa: La ballerina amante
5 p.m. Davis Performing Arts Center, Georgetown University
October 21
U.S. Marine Band Chamber Orchestra
Music by American composers
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
October 22
National Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Steven Banks, saxophonist
Slatkin: Schubertiade
Tower: Love Returns
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3
7 p.m. Schlesinger Hall, Alexandria
Opera Philadelphia
Bryan: Suddenly Last Summer
Mikaela Bennett, Stephanie Roth Haberl, Branden Lindsay
Nathan Koci, conductor
7 p.m. Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia
Livewire 16: We the People
newRUCKUS, contemporary music ensemble
Bunch: New work (world premiere)
Music by Cuong, Green, Smith
7:30 p.m. Linehan Hall, UMBC
October 23
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jonathan Carney, violinist
Ginastera: Estancia: Four Dances
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 (“Paris”)
Piazzolla: Sinfonía Buenos Aires
11 a.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
National Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Steven Banks, saxophonist
Slatkin: Schubertiade
Tower: Love Returns
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3
11:30 a.m. Schlesinger Hall, Alexandria
Washington Bach Consort
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Music by Peri, Caccini, Monteverdi, d’India, Strozzi
7 p.m. Live! At 10th & G
Dumbarton Concerts
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Oliver Wass, harpist
Songs by Monteverdi, Purcell, Handel, Schubert, Beach, others
7:30 p.m. Dumbarton United Methodist Church
IN Series
Biern/Nelson: The M.A.K.A.do:
Make America Kingly Again!
Music by Sullivan
Hayley Abramowitz, Andrew Adelsberger, Melanie Ashkar, Greg Sliskovich
Dana Scott, conductor
7:30 p.m. Baltimore Theater Project
inseries.org
Livewire 16: We the People
newRUCKUS, contemporary music ensemble
Zohn Collective
Chacon: Voiceless Mass
Reich: Double Sextet
7:30 p.m. Linehan Hall, UMBC
Opera Philadelphia
Bryan: Suddenly Last Summer
Mikaela Bennett, Stephanie Roth Haberl, Branden Lindsay
Nathan Koci, conductor
8 p.m. Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia
October 24
Shriver Hall Concert Series
OAK Trio
Haydn: Piano Trio No. 32
Frank: Four Folk Songs for Piano Trio
Schoenfield: Café Music
Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 (“Dumky”)
3 p.m. Baltimore Museum of Art
Thomas Circle Singers
Miles Canaday, conductor
Walker: A Heart in Hiding
Barber: The Coolin
Marsh: Everlasting Covenant
Music by LaVoy, others
5 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Livewire 16: We the People
Zohn Collective
5 p.m. Linehan Hall, UMBC
Washington Concert Opera
Haydn: Armida
Lauren Snouffer, Fran Daniel Laucerica, Shannon Crowley
Antony Walker, conductor
6 p.m. Lisner Auditorium
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Francine Kay, pianist
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Debussy: Three Preludes
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie
Chopin: Two Mazurkas
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1
6 p.m. Kennedy Center Justice Forum
Free admission
Washington Bach Consort
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Music by Peri, Caccini, Monteverdi, d’India, Strozzi
7 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Anna H. Wang Concert Series
Sphinx Virtuosi
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano
McFarlane: American Dialogues
Sierra: Sinfonietta for Strings
Geter: Declaration
Montgomery: Banner!
Ravel-Miloradovic: “Blues” from Violin Sonata
Stravinsky: Concerto in D for string orchestra (“Basle”)
7 p.m. Takoma Park Seventh-Day Adventist Church
IN Series
Biern/Nelson: The M.A.K.A.do:
Make America Kingly Again!
Music by Sullivan
Hayley Abramowitz, Andrew Adelsberger, Melanie Ashkar, Greg Sliskovich
Dana Scott, conductor
7:30 p.m. Baltimore Theater Project
inseries.org
National Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Steven Banks, saxophonist
Slatkin: Schubertiade
Tower: Love Returns
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jonathan Carney, violinist
Ginastera: Estancia: Four Dances
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 (“Paris”)
Piazzolla: Sinfonía Buenos Aires
8 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Capriccio Baroque
Jory Vinikour, harpsichordist
Music by L. Couperin, Rameau, Duphly
8 p.m. Live! At 10th & G
October 25
Opera Philadelphia
Bryan: Suddenly Last Summer
Mikaela Bennett, Stephanie Roth Haberl, Branden Lindsay
Nathan Koci, conductor
2 p.m. Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia
IN Series
Biern/Nelson: The M.A.K.A.do:
Make America Kingly Again!
Music by Sullivan
Hayley Abramowitz, Andrew Adelsberger, Melanie Ashkar, Greg Sliskovich
Dana Scott, conductor
2:30 p.m. Baltimore Theater Project
inseries.org
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jonathan Carney, violinist
Ginastera: Estancia: Four Dances
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 (“Paris”)
Piazzolla: Sinfonía Buenos Aires
3 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
Radu Ratoi, accordionist
Benett Tsai, cellist
Music by Rameau, Bach, Enescu, Bartók, others (arranged)
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Choral Arts Chamber Ensemble and Orchestra
Marie Bucoy-Calavan, conductor
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Shaw: To the Hands
Buxtehude: Ad Manus (selections)
Brahms: An die Heimat
Derus: Whoever You Are
5 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Choralis
Todd Fickley, conductor
Bach: Cantata No. 190
Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day
5 p.m. National Presbyterian Church
Cathedral Choral Society and Orchestra
Steven Fox, conductor
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
6 p.m. Washington National Cathedral
Eric Jacobsen, cellist
Nurit Bar-Josef, violinist
Dana Kelley, violist
Steve Beck, pianist
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1
Duos by Mozart
7 p.m. Dumbarton Oaks
October 26
Eric Jacobsen, cellist
Nurit Bar-Josef, violinist
Dana Kelley, violist
Steve Beck, pianist
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1
Duos by Mozart
7 p.m. Dumbarton Oaks
October 27
Áron Dóbisz, organist
Dvořák-Scott: Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”)
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Music at Emmanuel
Andrew Sords, violinist
Dariusz Skoraczewski, cellist
Michael Sheppard, pianist
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2
Music by Brahms, Rachmaninoff
6 p.m. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore
emmanueldowntown.org
October 28
Musicians from Marlboro
Jonathan Leibovitz, clarinetist
Leo Appel and Alex Redington, violinists
Samuel Rosenthal, violist
Elena Ariza, cellist
Haydn: String Quartet No. 31
Dean: String Quartet No. 3 (“Hidden Agendas”)
Saariaho: Aure
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major
7:30 p.m. National Museum of Asian Art
October 29
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Mary-Victoria Voutsas, pianist
Music by Hadjidakis, Mitropoulos, Kalomiris, Xenakis
6 p.m. Kennedy Center Justice Forum
Free admission
October 30
Classical Arts Society of Washington
Christopher Schmitt, pianist
Siwoo Kim, violinist
Tartini-Kreisler: Violin Sonata in G Minor (“Devil’s Trill”)
Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1
Ysaÿe: Solo Violin Sonata No. 2
Schubert-Ernst: Der Erlkönig
Gluck: “Dance of the Blessed Spirits” from Orfeo ed Euridice
Paganini: “La Campanella”
6:30 p.m. Arts Club of Washington
Attacca Quartet
Music for string quartet
Adams: Iron Jig
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
October 31
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Axelrod String Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet No. 43
Mozart: String Quartet No. 18 (“Drum”)
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 5
7:30 p.m. National Museum of American History
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