Washington Classical Review

January 22 – Jan 11, 2025

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
kennedy-center.org

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
kennedy-center.org

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
kennedy-center.org

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
kennedy-center.org

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
kennedy-center.org

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
kennedy-center.org

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
operalafayette.org

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

February 5

Holger Falk, baritone
Steffen Schleiermacher, pianist
Songs by Eisler, Schubert
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission

February 6

National Symphony Orchestra
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
Connesson: Maslenitsa
Khachaturian: Piano Concerto
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Third Coast Percussion
Glass: Aguas da Amazonia (selections)
Jlin: Perspective
Braxton: Sunny X
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Studio K
kennedy-center.org

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Music for Black History Month
7 p.m. Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore
Free admission

Twelfth Night, early music ensemble
David Belkovski, keyboard player
Rachell Ellen Wong, violinist
Early music selections
7:30 p.m. The Mansion at Strathmore

February 7

Members of National Symphony Orchestra
Jennifer Kim, violinist
Rachelle Hunt, violinist
Ricardo Cyncynates, violist
James Lee, cellist
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8
Pärt: Da pacem Domine
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3
6 p.m. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Free admission
kennedy-center.org

Opera Lafayette
OperaCréole
Dédé: Morgiane
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Kenneth Kellogg, Joshua Conyers
Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor
7 p.m. The Clarice
operalafayette.org

Russian Chamber Art Society
Magdalena Wór, mezzo-soprano
Esther Tonea, soprano
Jonathan Bryan, baritone
Fanyong Du, tenor
Samuel Weiser, bass-baritone
Robert McGinness, baritone
Artyom Pak, pianist
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta (selections)
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française

National Symphony Orchestra
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
Connesson: Maslenitsa
Khachaturian: Piano Concerto
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Virginia Chamber Orchestra
David Grandis, conductor
Emil Chudnovsky, violinist
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor
Arriaga: Symphony in D
8 p.m. Capital One Hall

February 8

Shriver Hall Concert Series
Wei Zhu, violinist
Hui-Chuan Chen, pianist
Respighi: Violin Sonata in B Minor
Messiaen: Louange à l’éternité de Jésus
Bach: Chaconne from Partita No. 2
Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1
Ysaÿe: Solo Violin Sonata No. 5
Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
3 p.m. Baltimore Museum of Art
Free admission

National Symphony Orchestra
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
Connesson: Maslenitsa
Khachaturian: Piano Concerto
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman, conductor
Rupert Boyd, guitarist
Laura Metcalf, cellist
Jarre: Suite from Dr. Zhivago
Assad: The Unstruck Heart—Anahata
Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Puccini: Intermezzo from Suor Angelica
Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Bizet: Selections from Carmen Suites
8 p.m. GMU Center for the Arts

February 9

Washington Performing Arts
Nikolai Lugansky, pianist
Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words (selections)
Wagner-Lugansky: Ring Cycle (selected arrangements)
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

Calefax Reed Quintet
Barber: Excursions
Price: Sonata in E Minor (selections)
Bosmans: Quartet
Porter: “Just One of Those Things”
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
3 p.m. National Gallery of Art
Free admission

Constellations Chamber Concerts
Berofsky Family Quartet
3 p.m. Constellations Music Salon, Potomac

Claire Chase, flutist
Joshua Rubin, clarinetist
David Bowlin, violinist
Music by Dai Fujikura
4 p.m. Phillips Collection

Bach in Baltimore
Andrew Balio, trumpeter
Lynn Trapp, organist
Arrangements of music by Bach
4 p.m. St. Joseph’s Parish, Cockeysville

February 12

American Ballet Theatre
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Waller-Bridge: Crime and Punishment
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org

February 13

Rachel Beetz, flutist
Berglind Tómasdóttir, flutist
Julie Herndon, sound artist
7 p.m. Rhizome DC

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Cristian Măcelaru, conductor
Simon Trpčeski, pianist
Montgomery: Snapshots
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1
Stravinsky: Symphony in C
Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
7:30 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

American Ballet Theatre
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Waller-Bridge: Crime and Punishment
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org

February 14

American Ballet Theatre
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Waller-Bridge: Crime and Punishment
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org

Folger Consort
Crossley Hawn, soprano
Margot Rood, soprano
Kristen Dubenion-Smith, mezzo-soprano
Brian Kay, lutenist
Dan Meyers, multi-instrumentalist
Mary Springfels, viol player
Music by medieval composers, Juri Seo
8 p.m. Folger Shakespeare Library

February 15

American Ballet Theatre
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Waller-Bridge: Crime and Punishment
1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org

Folger Consort
Crossley Hawn, soprano
Margot Rood, soprano
Kristen Dubenion-Smith, mezzo-soprano
Brian Kay, lutenist
Dan Meyers, multi-instrumentalist
Mary Springfels, viol player
Music by medieval composers, Juri Seo
4 and 7 p.m. Folger Shakespeare Library

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Cristian Măcelaru, conductor
Simon Trpčeski, pianist
Montgomery: Snapshots
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1
Stravinsky: Symphony in C
Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
7 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
James Ross, conductor and horn player
Lee Hinkle, marimba player
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2
Puts: Marimba Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (“Great”)
7:30 p.m. Schlesinger Concert Hall

National Chamber Ensemble
Lucy Bowen McCauley Dancers
Leonid Sushansky, violinist and conductor
Music for Valentine’s Day
7:30 p.m. Gunston Arts Center

February 16

American Ballet Theatre
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Waller-Bridge: Crime and Punishment
1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org

Folger Consort
Crossley Hawn, soprano
Margot Rood, soprano
Kristen Dubenion-Smith, mezzo-soprano
Brian Kay, lutenist
Dan Meyers, multi-instrumentalist
Mary Springfels, viol player
Music by medieval composers, Juri Seo
2 p.m. Folger Shakespeare Library

Vision Duo
Ariel Horowitz, violinist
Britton-René Collins, marimba player
2 p.m. Evergreen Museum and Library

Monica Berney, organist
2 p.m. Washington National Cathedral
Free admission

Arnaud Sussmann, violinist
David Finckel, cellist
Wu Han, pianist
Haydn: Piano Trio No. 44
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2
3 p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap
wolftrap.org

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Cristian Măcelaru, conductor
Simon Trpčeski, pianist
Montgomery: Snapshots
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1
Stravinsky: Symphony in C
Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
3 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore

Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
James Ross, conductor and horn player
Lee Hinkle, marimba player
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2
Puts: Marimba Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (“Great”)
3 p.m. George Washington Masonic Memorial

Josu De Solaun Soto, pianist
3 p.m. St. Ann Catholic Church
Free admission

PostClassical Ensemble
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor
James Austin Smith, oboist
Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in D Minor
Penderecki: Capriccio for Oboe and 11 Strings
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Farrin: L’onde (della non vostra)
Price: Adoration for Oboe and Strings
Berio: Chemins IV
Puts: Oboe Concerto No. 1
4 p.m. Phillips Collection

Emily Levin, harpist
Colin Davin, guitarist
Falla: El Amor Brujo (selections)
5 p.m. Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church

Matchstick Percussion
Music for percussion quartet
5 p.m. Atlas Center

February 18

Washington Performing Arts
Seong-Jin Cho, pianist
Ravel: Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn
Ravel: Menuet antique
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Other music by Ravel
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall

Takács Quartet
Stephen Hough, pianist
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1
Hough: Les Six Rencontres
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor
7:30 p.m. The Clarice

February 19

Young Concert Artists
Chelsea Guo, soprano and pianist
Eden Chen, pianist
Fauré: “Mandoline” and “Après un rêve”
Fauré: Ballade
Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 62, no. 2
Ravel: Miroirs (selections)
Chopin: “In mir klingt ein Lied” (Etude, Op. 10, no. 3)
Viardot: Twelve Mazurkas de Chopin (selections)
Ives: Concord Sonata (“The Alcotts)
Hogan: “Give Me Jesus”
Hogan: “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

Jupiter String Quartet
Simon: Warmth from Other Suns
Ran: String Quartet No. 3 (“Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory”)
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 (with Grosse Fuge)
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission

February 20

Members of Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Chamber music selections
6 p.m. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Free admission
kennedy-center.org

National Symphony Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Edgar Moreau, cellist
Lyadov: Kikimora
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Washington International Piano Series
Francesca Hurst, pianist
7 p.m. Ward Recital Hall, Catholic University
Free admission

Vocal Arts DC
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
John Churchwell, pianist
Heggie: New song cycle
Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39
Music by Handel, Korngold, Brahms, Price, Adams
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

February 21

Classical Arts Society of Washington
Zino Bogachek, violinist
Loewi Lin, cellist
Christopher Schmitt, pianist
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1
Music by Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann
6:30 p.m. Arts Club of Washington

The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion
Jackson: To the Field of Stars
7:30 p.m. Virginia Theological Seminary

Opéra Comique de Washington
Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein
Melanie Ashkar, Danny Leclerc, Hayley Abramowitz, Raymond Ghattas
Simon Charette, conductor
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française

February 22

Capitol City Symphony
Victoria Gau, conductor
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
Visser: A Palestinian Wedding
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Elgar: Enigma Variations
7 p.m. Atlas Center

The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion
Jackson: To the Field of Stars
7:30 p.m. St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Capitol Hill

National Symphony Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Edgar Moreau, cellist
Lyadov: Kikimora
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

February 23

National Symphony Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Edgar Moreau, cellist
Lyadov: Kikimora
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
3 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Natalie Joachim, vocalist and flutist
Joachim: Ki moun ou ye (selections)
3 p.m. National Gallery of Art
Free admission

Capitol Early Music
Abella Harp Consort
Olivia Castor, harpist
Sarah Shodja, recorder player
Adrienne Hyde, viol player
William Simms, lutenist
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
3 p.m. St. George’s Episcopal Church, Arlington

Brentano String Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 6
Lei Liang: Madrigal Mongolia
Britten: String Quartet No. 2
4 p.m. Phillips Collection

The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion
Jackson: To the Field of Stars
5 p.m. Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church

Benjamin Appl, baritone
Bryan Wagorn, pianist
Schubert: Winterreise
7 p.m. Dumbarton Oaks

February 26

Opera Baltimore
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Chelsea Lehnea, Sarah Coit, Peter Drackley, Eric McKeever
Husan Chun-Novak, conductor and pianist
7:30 p.m. Engineers Club, Baltimore

February 27

National Symphony Orchestra
Lorelei Ensemble, vocal group
Marin Alsop, conductor
Wolfe: Her Story
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Julia Bullock, soprano
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Montgomery: Five Freedom Songs
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore

Paul Taylor Dance Company
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Music by Boyce, Bach, others
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
kennedy-center.org

February 28

Members of National Symphony Orchestra
Matthew Ross, flutist
Regino Madrid, violinist
Chiara Dieguez, violist
Ariana Nelson, cellist
Adriana Horne, harpist
Dvořák-Koncz: String Quartet No. 12 (“American”)
Jongen: Concert à Cinq
6 p.m. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Free admission
kennedy-center.org

Counterpoint
Zachary Good, clarinetist
Katie Hyunn, violinist
Natalia Kazaryan, pianist
Khachaturian: Trio for violin, clarinet, and piano
Simon: Sleep Well
Saariaho: Tocar
Ustvolskaya: Trio for clarinet, violin, and piano (second movement)
Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata
Singleton: Jasper Drag
Bartók: Contrasts
6:30 p.m. Arts Club of Washington

National Philharmonic
Brian Ganz, pianist
Music by Chopin
7:30 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
José-Luis Novo, conductor
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violinist
Bernstein: Serenade
Beethoven: Overture from The Creatures of Prometheus
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Ginastera: Estancia
7:30 p.m. Maryland Hall

Opera Baltimore
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Chelsea Lehnea, Sarah Coit, Peter Drackley, Eric McKeever
Husan Chun-Novak, conductor and pianist
7:30 p.m. Engineers Club, Baltimore

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Julia Bullock, soprano
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Montgomery: Five Freedom Songs
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
8 p.m. The Clarice

Paul Taylor Dance Company
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Music by Boyce, Bach, others
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
kennedy-center.org

January 11 – Dec 23, 2024

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
mcleancenter.org

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
vocalartsdc.org

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
kennedy-center.org

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
kennedy-center.org

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
kennedy-center.org

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
kennedy-center.org

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
kennedy-center.org

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