October 25
Washington Performing Arts
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano, conductor
Martha Argerich, pianist
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Verdi: Aida Sinfonia
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org; 202-467-4600
October 26
Katherine Chi and Dina Vainshtein, pianists
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concert No. 5 (“Egyptian”)
Arensky: Egyptian Nights
Scarlatti: Le Chat Fugue
Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux
7:30 p.m. Freer Gallery of Art
Free admission
October 27
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Sol Gabetta, cellist
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite
8 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
October 28
Thomas Circle Singers
James Kreger, conductor
Parker: Heavenly Hurt
Mealor: Wherever You Are
Crabtree: Death and Resurrection
Ames: In Remembrance
Whitacre: She Weeps Over Rahoon
Lauridsen: Sure on this Shining Night
5 p.m. First Congregational United Church of Christ
Candlelight Concert Society
Parker Quartet
Jonathan Palevsky, narrator
Stravinsky: Concertino
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3
Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet
Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2
7 p.m. Horowitz Performing Arts Center
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Sol Gabetta, cellist
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
October 29
National Symphony Orchestra
Family Concert: Halloween Spooktacular
Emil de Cou, conductor
2 and 4 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org; 202-467-4600
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Sol Gabetta, cellist
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite
3 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Pomerium
Music by Du Fay, Lassus, de Wert
3:30 p.m. National Gallery of Art
Free admission
Steven Osborne, pianist
Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
Choralis
Gretchen Kuhrmann, conductor
Keely Borland, soprano
Robert Petillo, tenor
Steven Combs, bass
Haydn: The Creation
5 p.m. Schlesinger Concert Hall
Washington Master Chorale
Thomas Colohan, conductor
Martin: Mass
5 p.m. National Presbyterian Church
Shriver Hall Concert Series
Jeremy Denk, pianist
Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K. 511
Prokofiev: Visions fugitives
Beethoven: Sonata No. 30 in E major
Beethoven/Liszt: An die ferne Geliebte
Schumann: Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17
5:30 p.m. Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
October 30
Orlando Consort
Compère: Missa Alles regrets: Gloria
Dufay: Se la face ay pale
Dufay: Missa Se la face ay pale: Sanctus and Benedictus
Molinet: Tart ara mon cuer
Ockeghem: D’ung autre amer
Desprez: Missa D’ung aultre amer: Agnus Dei
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
October 31
Anna Ouspenska, pianist
Fedor Ouspenska, violinist
Igor Zubovsky, cellist
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2
Prokofiev: Cello Sonata
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Yehonatan Berick, violinist
Rita Sloan, pianist
Music of Brahms
8 p.m. The Clarice
Free admission
November 3
Posted Oct 22, 2017 at 12:20 pm by SANFORD BROTMAN
What a great service you provide. Besides the big name performers, Washington is awash in high level artists that should be seen and heard.
Thank you!