Washington Classical Review

April 1 – Mar 22, 2023

Counter)induction, contemporary music ensemble
Music by Vigeland, Williams, Bartlett, Velazquez
3 p.m. Hammer Auditorium, Corcoran School of the Arts
Free admission

New Orchestra of Washington
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor
Miray Ito, violinist
Méhul: Symphony No. 1 (fourth movement)
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
5 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

National Symphony Orchestra
Kevin John Edusei, conductor
Midori, violinist
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Moussa: Nocturne
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Washington Bach Consort
Dana T. Marsh, conductor
Schein: Fontana d’Israel
7 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Alexandria

Candlelight Concert Society
Angela Hewitt, pianist
Scarlatti: Selected Sonatas
Bach: English Suite No. 6
Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3
7:30 p.m. Horowitz Performing Arts Center
candlelightconcerts.org

Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Axelrod String Quartet
Mozart: String Quartet No. 14
Bartók: String Quartet No. 1
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7
7:30 p.m. National Museum of American History

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
José-Luis Novo, conductor
Esther Yoo, violinist
Ranjbaran: Esther
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
8 p.m. Maryland Hall

April 2

NSO Family Concert
Kyle Dickson, conductor
Still: Poem for Orchestra
Mason/Woodson: This Is the Rope
Price: Dances in the Canebrakes (first movement)
Holland: Motor City Dance Remix
Abels: Finale from Delights and Dances
2 and 4 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Washington Performing Arts
Charles Richard-Hamelin, pianist
Chopin: Two Nocturnes, Op. 27
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2
Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

Awadagin Pratt, pianist
Glass: Glassworks (selections)
Couperin: Les Baricades Mystérieuses
Vasks: Castillo Interior
Hersch: Nocturne for Left Hand Alone
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in D major
Chopin: Nocturne in B major
Tchaikovsky: Intermezzo from The Nutcracker
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor
3 p.m. The Clarice

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
José-Luis Novo, conductor
Esther Yoo, violinist
Ranjbaran: Esther
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
3 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore

Washington National Cathedral Choir and Orchestra
Michael McCarthy, conductor
Laura Choi Stuart, soprano
Poulenc: Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence
Poulenc: Sept répons des ténèbres
Duruflé: Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens
Duruflé: Requiem
4 p.m. Washington National Cathedral
cathedral.org

Clayton Stephenson, pianist
Bach-Busoni: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 (“Appassionata”)
Godowsky: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Johann Strauss (selection)
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 4
4 p.m. Phillips Collection

Bach in Baltimore
T. Herbert Dimmock, conductor
Bach: St. John Passion
Melissa Wimbish, soprano
Rebecca Printz, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Regan, tenor
Carl Dupont, bass
Eric Carey, bass
4 p.m. Church of the Resurrection, Lutherville-Timonium

Capitol City Symphony
Victoria Gau, conductor
Delius: Hiawatha
Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”)
5 p.m. Atlas Performing Arts Center

Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Axelrod String Quartet
Mozart: String Quartet No. 14
Bartók: String Quartet No. 1
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7
6:30 p.m. National Museum of American History

Lavinia Meijer, harpist
Nadia Sirota, violinist
Music by Glass, Shaw, Balter, Reid, Ludwig-Leone, Meijer
7 p.m. Dumbarton Oaks

April 3

Washington Bach Consort
Dana T. Marsh, conductor
Paul Byssainthe, organist
Bach: Jesu, meine Freude
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor
Buxtehude: Toccata in F Major
12:10 p.m. St. Mark’s, Capitol Hill

Lavinia Meijer, harpist
Nadia Sirota, violinist
Music by Glass, Shaw, Balter, Reid, Ludwig-Leone, Meijer
7 p.m. Dumbarton Oaks

April 4

Washington Bach Consort
Dana T. Marsh, conductor
Paul Byssainthe, organist
Bach: Jesu, meine Freude
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor
Buxtehude: Toccata in F Major
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany

Washington Chorus
Eugene Rogers, conductor
Brandie Sutton, soprano
Rehanna Thelwell, mezzo-soprano
Demetrious Sampson, Jr., tenor
Kenneth Overton, baritone
Moore: Scenes from the Life of a Martyr
Duruflé: Requiem
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall

Washington Performing Arts
Yefim Bronfman, pianist
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 4
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien
Salonen: Sisar
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

Russian Chamber Art Society
Fanyong Du, tenor
Elizaveta Ulakhovich, soprano
Vera Danchenko-Stern, pianist
Alexei Ulitin, pianist
Risa Hokamura, violinist
Connor Kim, cellist
Albert Cano Smit, pianist
Rachmaninoff: Selected songs
Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaque No. I
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française

April 5

Kaitlyn Brown Jackson, soprano
Margot Rood, soprano
F. Couperin: Leçons des Ténèbres
12:15 p.m. St. John’s Church, Lafayette Square
Free admission

Joffrey Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Demutsky: Anna Karenina
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org

April 6

Joffrey Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Demutsky: Anna Karenina
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org

Heidi J. Tsai, harpsichordist
Music by Chambonnières, Mesangeau, Forqueray, F. Couperin, others
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française

April 7

Joffrey Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Demutsky: Anna Karenina
1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org

April 8

Joffrey Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Demutsky: Anna Karenina
1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org

Conrad Tao, pianist
Jay Campbell, cellist
Lamb: The Additive Arrow
Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor
2:30 and 6:30 p.m. Phillips Collection

April 9

Joffrey Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Demutsky: Anna Karenina
1:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org

Thomas Sheehan, organist
Music for Easter
2 p.m. Washington National Cathedral
Free admission

April 11

Mischa Zupko, pianist
Doug O’Connor, saxophonist
Leo Zupko, violinist
Music by M. Zupko
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission

April 13

Musicians from Marlboro
Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano
Alexi Kenney, violinist
Lun Li, violinist
Hélène Clément, violist
Tanner Menees, violist
Yi Qun Xu, cellist
William Langlie-Miletich, double bassist
Mendelssohn: Two Pieces for String Quartet
Wiancko: Benkei’s Standing Death
Kurtág: Duos for Soprano and Double Bass from The Notebooks of G.C. Lichtenberg
Kirsten: yes I said yes I will Yes
Beethoven: String Quintet in C Major
6:30 p.m. Phillips Collection

Rachel Barton Pine, violinist
Works for solo violin
6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Mansion at Strathmore

Washington Arts Ensemble
Christopher Scmitt, pianist
Char Prescott, cellist
Aaron Clay, double-bassist
Schubert: “Die Forelle”
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major (“Trout”)
6:30 p.m. Arts Club of Washington

National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Walker: Sinfonia No. 4 (“Strands”)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Stravinsky: L’Oiseau de feu
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Olga Kern, pianist
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
Rouse: Symphony No. 6
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore

Brentano Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet No. 32 (“The Bird”)
Golijov: Ever Yours ft. Thalea Quartet
Dvořák: String Quartet No. 14
8 p.m. The Clarice

April 14

IN Series
Adams: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
Judy Yannini, Daniel J. Smith, Shana Oshiro, Louisa Waycott;
Emily Baltzer and Dave Chavez, conductors
7:30 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project

National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Walker: Sinfonia No. 4 (“Strands”)
Scriabin: Piano Concerto
Stravinsky: L’Oiseau de feu
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

April 15

Inscape, chamber orchestra
Richard Scerbo, conductor
Golijov: Last Round
Kay: Pietà
Itoh: Tear of the Clouds
Copland: Appalachian Spring: Suite for 13 Instruments
5 p.m. Silver Spring United Methodist Church

IN Series
Adams: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
Judy Yannini, Daniel J. Smith, Shana Oshiro, Louisa Waycott;
Emily Baltzer and Dave Chavez, conductors
7:30 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project

Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
James Ross, conductor
Natalia Kazaryan, pianist
López-Gavilán: Mojito con saoco
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
7:30 p.m. Schlesinger Concert Hall

Maryland Opera
James Harp, conductor and pianist
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (excerpts)
Bellini: “Suoni la tromba” from I Puritani
Bellini: Norma (excerpts)
7:30 p.m. Church of the Redeemer, Baltimore

National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Walker: Sinfonia No. 4 (“Strands”)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Stravinsky: L’Oiseau de feu
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Olga Kern, pianist
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
Rouse: Symphony No. 6
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
8 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski, conductor
Melissa White, violinist
Coleman: Umoja, Anthem for Unity for Orchestra
Price: Violin Concerto No. 2
Simon: Fate Now Conquers
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore

April 16

Margarita Loukachkina, pianist
Nikita Borisevich, violinist
2 p.m. Alden Theatre, McLean Community Center

IN Series
Adams: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
Judy Yannini, Daniel J. Smith, Shana Oshiro, Louisa Waycott;
Emily Baltzer and Dave Chavez, conductors
3 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project

Washington Performing Arts
Emanuel Ax, pianist
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 13
Schubert-Liszt: Four Songs
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage I (“Vallée d’Obermann,” No. 6)
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21
4 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore

Bach in Baltimore
T. Herbert Dimmock, conductor
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 (“Organ Symphony”)
Music by Gabrieli
4 p.m. Church of the Redeemer, Baltimore

Cantate Concert Choir
Montgomery College Chorus
Victoria Gau, conductor
Jenkins: The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
5 p.m. Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College

Chiarina Chamber Players
Adrienne Kim, pianist
Efi Hackmey, pianist
Mozart: Sonata for Two Pianos in D major
Messiaen: Visions de l’Amen (selections)
7:30 p.m. St. Mark’s, Capitol Hill

April 17

Vocal Arts DC
Elizabeth Llewellyn, soprano
Simon Lepper, pianist
Songs by Coleridge-Taylor, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Stanford
Mahler: Rückert-Lieder
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
vocalartsdc.org

April 19

PostClassical Ensemble
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
José Sacín, bass-baritone
Israel Lozano, tenor
Goldman: Love’s Magicians
Falla: El retablo de maese Pedro
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

Washington Performing Arts
Taiwan Philharmonic
Jun Märkl, conductor
Paul Huang, violinist
Chen: Ebbs and Flows (world premiere)
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Debussy: La Mer
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall

April 20

Carmina and Illuminare, choirs
Vera Kochanowsky, conductor
Music by Byrd, Brumel, Brahms, Rheinberger
2:15 p.m. Reston Community Center
Free admission

Young Concert Artists
Lun Li, violinist
Poulenc: Violin Sonata
Matteis: Alia Fantasia
Bach: Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2
Messiaen: Fantaisie for violin and piano
Schumann: Bird as Prophet
Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 2
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

April 21

Beau Soir Ensemble
Music for flute, viola, and harp
6 p.m. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Free admission

Katie Procell, soprano
Kyle Blake Jones, alto saxophonist
Valerie Hsu, pianist
Music by Chang, Dayton, Laitman, Previn, others
7 p.m. An die Musik Live

Washington Performing Arts
Danish String Quartet
Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 (“Rosamunde”)
Thorvaldsdottir: New work for string quartet
Schubert: “Gretchen am Spinnrade”
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
David Shifrin, clarinetist
Juho Pohjonen, pianist
Radek Baborak, horn player
Chad Hoopes, violinist
Hsin-Yun Huang, violist
David Finckel, cellist
Brahms: Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano
Brahms: Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano
Dohnányi: Sextet for Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Piano
7:30 p.m. Barns at Wolf Trap

Library of Congress
Harlem Quartet
Michael Brown, pianist
Beach: Piano Quintet in F Minor
López-Gavilán: Cuarteto en Guaguancó
Strayhorn: Take the A Train
Von Schauroth: Song Without Words
Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major
8 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill
Free admission

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Anna Rakitina, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinist
Reid: When the World As You’ve Known It Doesn’t Exist
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (“Enigma”)
8 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

April 22

Carmina and Illuminare, choirs
Vera Kochanowsky, conductor
Music by Byrd, Brumel, Brahms, Rheinberger
4 p.m. Resurrection Evangelical Lutheran Church
Free admission

IN Series
Adams: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
Judy Yannini, Daniel J. Smith, Shana Oshiro, Louisa Waycott;
Emily Baltzer and Dave Chavez, conductors
7:30 p.m. Atlas Performing Arts Center

Bel Cantanti Opera
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Emily Hughes, Miles Herr, Rob McGinness, Paul Hill;
Katerina Souvorova, conductor
7:30 p.m. Bender JCC

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Anna Rakitina, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinist
Reid: When the World As You’ve Known It Doesn’t Exist
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (“Enigma”)
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore

Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman, conductor
George Li, pianist
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance (March No. 1)
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Elgar: Symphony No. 1
8 p.m. GMU Center for the Arts

April 23

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Anna Rakitina, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinist
Reid: When the World As You’ve Known It Doesn’t Exist
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (“Enigma”)
3 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

IN Series
Adams: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
Judy Yannini, Daniel J. Smith, Shana Oshiro, Louisa Waycott;
Emily Baltzer and Dave Chavez, conductors
3 p.m. Atlas Performing Arts Center

Candlelight Concert Society
Jerusalem String Quartet
Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2 (“On Cabardian Themes”)
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 10
Bartók: String Quartet No. 6
4 p.m. Horowitz Performing Arts Center

Washington International Piano Series
Murray McLachlan, pianist
4 p.m. Ward Recital Hall, Catholic University
Free admission

Piotr Anderszewski, pianist
Bach: Overture in the French Style
Szymanowski: Selected Mazurkas
Webern: Variations, Op. 27
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31
5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall

Arod Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet No. 23
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 (“Death and the Maiden”)
7 p.m. Bender JCC

April 25

Chengcheng Yao, pianist
Nonoka Mizukami, percussionist
Music by Puts, Viñao, others
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission

April 27

National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Abel Pereira, Markus Osterlund, James Nickel, Robert Rearden, horn players
Mendelssohn-Hensel: Overture in C Major
Schumann: Konzertstück for Four Horns
Mendelssohn: Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
Schubert: Symphony No. 3
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Isidore String Quartet
Bach: The Art of the Fugue
Childs: Awakening
Ngwenyama: Violin/Viola Duo
Britten: String Quartet No. 2
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Justice Forum
kennedy-center.org

April 28

National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Abel Pereira, Markus Osterlund, James Nickel, Robert Rearden, horn players
Mendelssohn-Hensel: Overture in C Major
Schumann: Konzertstück for Four Horns
Mendelssohn: Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
Schubert: Symphony No. 3
11:30 a.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Bel Cantanti Opera
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Emily Hughes, Miles Herr, Rob McGinness, Paul Hill;
Katerina Souvorova, conductor
7:30 p.m. Bender JCC

Opera Baltimore
Gounod: Faust
Michael John Butler, Toni Marie Palmertree, Hans Tashjian;
Josh Quinn, conductor
7:30 p.m. The Engineers Club

April 29

28 Chairs
Béatrice Martin, harpsichordist
Raphaël Cohen-Akenine, recorder player
Music by Bach, Telemann, Handel, van Wassenaer
4 p.m. Chevy Chase

21st Century Consort
Christopher Kendall, conductor
Music for Earth Day
5 p.m. St. Mark’s, Capitol Hill
Free admission

IN Series
Adams: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
Judy Yannini, Daniel J. Smith, Shana Oshiro, Louisa Waycott;
Emily Baltzer and Dave Chavez, conductors
7:30 p.m. Atlas Performing Arts Center

Bel Cantanti Opera
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Emily Hughes, Miles Herr, Rob McGinness, Paul Hill;
Katerina Souvorova, conductor
7:30 p.m. Bender JCC

Dumbarton Concerts
Lysander Piano Trio
Eric Silberger, bandoneon player
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1
Rossini-De Vilbac: Piano Trio after The Barber of Seville
Turina: Circulo
Lalo: Piano Trio No. 3 (Presto)
Ndonada-Breen: Two Nguni Dances
7:30 p.m. Dumbarton United Methodist Church

Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Axelrod String Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet No. 61 (“Fifths”)
Britten: String Quartet No. 2
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16
7:30 p.m. National Museum of American History

National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Abel Pereira, Markus Osterlund, James Nickel, Robert Rearden, horn players
Mendelssohn-Hensel: Overture in C Major
Schumann: Konzertstück for Four Horns
Mendelssohn: Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
Schubert: Symphony No. 3
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Capriccio Baroque
Lillian Gordis, harpsichordist
Jérôme Hantaï, viola da gamba player
Music by Bach, F. Couperin, Marais, Forqueray
8 p.m. St. Thomas’s Parish Church

April 30

IN Series
Adams: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
Judy Yannini, Daniel J. Smith, Shana Oshiro, Louisa Waycott;
Emily Baltzer and Dave Chavez, conductors
3 p.m. Atlas Performing Arts Center

Opera Baltimore
Gounod: Faust
Michael John Butler, Toni Marie Palmertree, Hans Tashjian;
Josh Quinn, conductor
3 p.m. The Engineers Club

Jorge Luis Prats, pianist
3 p.m. St. Ann Catholic Church
Free admission

Michelle Cann, pianist
Ravel: La Valse
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz
Price: Fantasie No. 2
Price: Fantasie No. 4
4 p.m. Phillips Collection

Washington National Cathedral Choir
Cathedra, chamber choir
Michael McCarthy, conductor
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
4 p.m. Washington National Cathedral

Washington Bach Consort
Dana T. Marsh, conductor
Paulina Francisco, soprano
Crossley Danielle Hawn, soprano
Roger O. Isaacs, countertenor
Kyle Stegall, tenor
Mischa Bouvier, bass
Bach: B Minor Mass
4 p.m. National Presbyterian Church

Prince George’s Philharmonic
Jesus Manuel Berard, conductor
Brian Ganz, pianist
Márquez: Danzón No. 2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Sibelius: Swan of Tuonela
Respighi: Pines of Rome
4 p.m. The Clarice

Classical Movements
Nurit Bar-Josef, violinist
Marissa Regni, violinist
Natasha Bogachek, violinist
Daniel Foster, violist
Rebecca Epperson, violist
Loewi Lin, cellist
Lin Ma, clarinetist
Zino Bogachek, violinist
Bogachek: Three Violin Duos
Lysenko: Quartet in D
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
7 p.m. Third Baptist Church, Alexandria

Ēchos, chamber choir
Gretchen Kuhrmann, conductor
5 p.m. Fairfax Presbyterian Church

Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Axelrod String Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet No. 61 (“Fifths”)
Britten: String Quartet No. 2
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16
6:30 p.m. National Museum of American History

March 22 – Feb 22, 2023

Embassy Series
Ensemble MidtVest
Sørensen: Fuggitivo
Nielsen: Wind Quintet
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1
6:30 p.m. Arts Club of Washington

Washington National Opera
Tesori: Blue
Kenneth Kellogg, Briana Hunter, Aaron Crouch, Joshua Conyers;
Joseph Young and Jonathan Taylor Rush, conductors
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
kennedy-center.org

March 23

National Symphony Orchestra
Stanislav Kochanovsky, conductor
Stephen Hough, pianist
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”)
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

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

Young Concert Artists
Risa Hokamura, violinist
Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata No. 3 (“Ballade”)
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1
Hosokawa: Elegy
Chausson: Poème
Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

Bennewitz Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet No. 42
Martinů: String Quartet No. 1 (“The French”)
Dvořák: String Quartet No. 13
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française

March 24

National Symphony Orchestra
Stanislav Kochanovsky, conductor
Stephen Hough, pianist
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”)
11:30 a.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Washington Arts Ensemble
Natalia Kazaryan, pianist
Christopher Schmitt, pianist
Ying Fu, violinist
Joseph Gotoff, cellist
Music of Felix Mendelssohn, Fanny Mendelssohn
6:30 p.m. Arts Club of Washington

Opera Baltimore
OperaDelaware Orchestra and Chorus
Verdi: La Traviata
Lindsay Ohse, Matthew Vickers, Benjamin Taylor;
Domenico Boyagian, conductor
7:30 p.m. Stephens Hall, Towson University

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Oksana Lyniv, conductor
Angel Blue, soprano
Janáček: Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Blanchard: Selections from Fire Shut Up In My Bones
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
8 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

March 25

Thomas Circle Singers
Miles Canaday, conductor
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Music by McFerrin, Mahelona
5 p.m. Church of the Epiphany

Washington National Opera
Tesori: Blue
Kenneth Kellogg, Briana Hunter, Aaron Crouch, Joshua Conyers;
Joseph Young and Jonathan Taylor Rush, conductors
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
kennedy-center.org

Dumbarton Concerts
Balourdet String Quartet
Adam Sadberry, flutist
Wolf: Italian Serenade
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 4
Villa-Lobos: Assobio a Jato (The Jet Whistle)
Beach: Theme and Variations
7:30 p.m. Dumbarton United Methodist Church

National Symphony Orchestra
Stanislav Kochanovsky, conductor
Stephen Hough, pianist
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”)
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Oksana Lyniv, conductor
Angel Blue, soprano
Janáček: Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Blanchard: Selections from Fire Shut Up In My Bones
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore

Washington Men’s Camerata
Frank Albinder, conductor
Music by Victoria, Ponce, Escalada
Shatin: La Frontera (world premiere)
8 p.m. Live at 10th and G

Virginia Chamber Orchestra
William and Mary Symphony
David Grandis, conductor
Sarah Russell-Hunter, violinist
Lydia Doughty, horn player
Brahms: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
Saint-Saëns: Morceau de concert
Honegger: Pastorale d’été
8 p.m. Capital One Hall

March 26

Vocal Arts DC
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
Kevin J. Miller, pianist
Owens: Desire
Owens: Silver Rain
Bonds: Songs of the Seasons
Songs by Evans, Barnes, Simon, others
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
vocalartsdc.org

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Oksana Lyniv, conductor
Angel Blue, soprano
Janáček: Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Blanchard: Selections from Fire Shut Up In My Bones
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
3 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

Opera Baltimore
OperaDelaware Orchestra and Chorus
Verdi: La Traviata
Lindsay Ohse, Matthew Vickers, Benjamin Taylor;
Domenico Boyagian, conductor
3 p.m. Stephens Hall, Towson University

Capitol Early Music
Medici Ensemble
Michael Lynn, flute and recorder player
Alan Choo, baroque violinist
Ruby Brallier, viola da gamba player
Mark Edwards, harpsichordist
3 p.m. St. George’s Episcopal Church, Arlington

Chantry, chamber choir
David Taylor, conductor
Morales: Missa De beata Virgine
Byrd: Gradualia Propers for the Annunciation
Lassus: Ave Maria
Morales: Ave Maria
3 p.m. St. Mary, Mother of God

National Philharmonic
Laura Colgate, violinist
Elizabeth Hill, pianist
Aundi Marie Moore, soprano
Regino Madrid, violinist
Lori Barnet, cellist
Julius Wirth, violist
Music by Price, Bonds
3 p.m. Mexican Cultural Institute

Alexander Kobrin, pianist
3 p.m. St. Ann’s Catholic Church
Free admission

Maryland Opera
James Harp, pianist and conductor
Amy Shoremount-Obra, soprano
John Pickle, tenor
Todd Thomas, baritone
Opera excerpts by Verdi, Bizet, Halévy, Puccini, others
3 p.m. Beth El Congregation

Inna Faliks, pianist
Krausas: Master and Margarita Suite
3 p.m. National Gallery of Art
Free admission

Danbi Um, violinist
Amy Yang, pianist
Smetana: From the Homeland
Bloch: Violin Sonata No. 2 (“Poème mystique”)
Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 2
Ravel: Tzigane
4 p.m. Phillips Collection

City Choir of Washington
Erin Freeman, conductor
Suzanne Karpov, soprano
Jacob Perry, Jr., tenor
Ian Pomerantz, baritone
Farber: Ashkina
Bach: Cantata No. 21 (Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis)
5 p.m. Temple Sinai

Christian Tetzlaff, violinist
Tanja Tetzlaff, cellist
Kiveli Dörken, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 3
Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 2
Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1
5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall

March 28

Rebecca Ehren, organist
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission

March 30

Ravinia Steans Music Institute
Miriam Fried, violinist
Music of  Bartók, Mendelssohn, others
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

Ruti Abramovitch, pianist
John Sharp, cellist
Liba Schacht, violinist
Leclair: Violin Sonata No. 3
Faurè: Violin Sonata No. 1
Ravel: Piano Trio in A Minor
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française

March 31

National Symphony Orchestra
Kevin John Edusei, conductor
Midori, violinist
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Moussa: Nocturne
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Washington Bach Consort
Dana T. Marsh, conductor
Schein: Fontana d’Israel
7 p.m. Live at 10th and G

Counter)induction, contemporary music ensemble
Boyce: Ars Poetica
7 p.m. Corcoran, GWU
Free admission

Tara Helen O’Connor, flutist
James Austin Smith, oboist
Alan Kay, clarinetist
Marc Goldberg, bassoonist
David Byrd-Marrow, horn player
Shai Wosner, pianist
Smit: Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet
Haas: Suite for Oboe and Piano
Schulhoff: Divertissement for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon
Klein: Wiegenlied
Thuille: Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet
7:30 p.m. Barns at Wolf Trap

Christian Hartman, cellist
Music by Fuentes, Schöllhorn, Penderecki, Saunders Smith
7:30 p.m. Linehan Hall, UMBC

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
José-Luis Novo, conductor
Esther Yoo, violinist
Ranjbaran: Esther
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
8 p.m. Maryland Hall

February 24 – Jan 27, 2023

National Symphony Orchestra
Simone Young, conductor
Chen Reiss, soprano
Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate
Mozart: Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro
Mozart: “Dove sono” (from Le Nozze di Figaro)
Mozart: “Non mi dir” (from Don Giovanni)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
11:30 a.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

February 25

Capital City Symphony
Ingrid Lestrud, conductor
7 p.m. Atlas Performing Arts Center

Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Axelrod String Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet No. 25
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 4
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1
7:30 p.m. National Museum of American History

Candlelight Concert Society
Hanzhi Wang, accordionist
Steven Banks, saxophonist
Xak Bjerken, pianist
Handel: Recorder Sonata in G Minor
Penderecki: Three Miniatures
Bach: Goldberg Variations (selections)
Lohse: Autumn Rain
Lohse: Winter’s Tale
Maikusiak: The Elements
Piazzolla: Milonga Del Angel
Lennon: Distances Within Me
Banks: Come As You Are
7:30 p.m. Horowitz Center

Concerts at Bradley Hills
Tempest Trio
Amit Peled, cellist
Ilya Kaler, violinist
Alon Goldstein, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 4 (“Gassenhauer”)
Stutschewsky: Hasidic Fantasy
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 2
7:30 p.m. Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church

National Symphony Orchestra
Simone Young, conductor
Chen Reiss, soprano
Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate
Mozart: Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro
Mozart: “Dove sono” (from Le Nozze di Figaro)
Mozart: “Non mi dir” (from Don Giovanni)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

National Philharmonic
Brian Ganz, pianist
Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C Major for Cello and Piano
Chopin: Piano Trio in G Minor
Chopin: Grand Duo Concertant in E Major
Chopin: Cello Sonata in G Minor
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore

February 26

Flutronix, flute duo
Third Coast Percussion
Joachim et al.: Rubix
3 p.m. The Clarice

Martin Labazevitch, pianist
Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat Major (“Heroic”)
Chopin: Mazurkas (selected)
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1
Chopin: Ballade No. 4
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor
3 p.m. St. Ann’s Catholic Church
Free admission

Xavier Foley, bassist
Foley: Lost Child
Bach: Cello Suite No. 5
Foley: Letting Go
Foley: Upright Metal
Foley: Changes
Foley: Etude No. 3 (“Lament”)
Foley: Etude No. 10 (“The Dance”)
Foley: Etude No. 11 (“The Singer”)
Foley: Irish Fantasy
4 p.m. Phillips Collection

28 Chairs
Philippe Leroy, harpsichordist
Music from the English Renaissance
4 p.m. Chevy Chase D.C.

Dover Quartet
Joseph Conyers, double bass player
Haydn: String Quartet No. 30 (“The Joke”)
Walker: String Quartet No. 1
Dvořák: String Quintet No. 2
5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall

Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Axelrod String Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet No. 25
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 4
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1
6:30 p.m. National Museum of American History

February 27

Dover Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet No. 62 (“Emperor”)
Bates: Suite for String Quartet
Dvořák: String Quartet No. 10
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
kennedy-center.org

February 28

Paul Byssainthe, Jr., organist
Music by Duruflé, Hurd, others
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission

Washington Performing Arts
Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano
Justin Austin, baritone
Laura Ward, pianist
Geter: Cotton
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

January 27 – Dec 24, 2022

Austrian Cultural Forum
Peachtree String Quartet
Elizabeth Pridgen, pianist
Schubert: String Trio in B-flat Major
Klein: String Trio
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1
7 p.m. Embassy of Austria

Dumbarton Concerts
Sound Impact, string quartet
Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 (“American”)
Price: Five Folk Songs in Counterpoint
Wie: “Saeya, Saeya, Paran Saeya” from Han
Avery: The Coming of Faces – Tahatikonsonhtontie
7:30 p.m. Dumbarton United Methodist Church

18th Street Singers
Benjamin Olinsky, conductor
7:30 p.m. First Trinity Lutheran Church

January 28

Washington Performing Arts
Charles Richard-Hamelin, pianist
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel: Prélude
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Chopin: 24 Préludes
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

Shriver Hall Concert Series
Jasmine Pigott, tuba player
Aaron Thacker, pianist
Chad Beebe, percussionist
Plog: Tuba Sonata
Baadsvik: Ordner Seg
Pigott: Gateways
Gomez: Latin Jazz Suite
3 p.m. Baltimore Museum of Art
Free admission

Polyhymnia, chamber chorus
Steve Beck, conductor
Milhaud: Quatrains valaisains
Halffter: Three Epitaphs
Music by Vaughan Williams, Tallis
8 p.m. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Free admission

Classical Movements
Marianna Prjevalskaya, pianist
Elise Blake, violinist
Sibelius: Five Pieces
Andrée: Two Romances
Sveinbjörnsson: Lofsöngur
Nielsen: Five Pieces (selections)
Grieg: Peer Gynt (selections)
5 and 7 p.m. The Rectory, Alexandria

Washington Arts Ensemble
Chrystal Williams, mezzo-soprano
Natalie Kazaryan, pianist
Burleigh: Five Songs of Laurence Hope
Respighi: Quattro Canzone
Hostin: They Walk Alone
Music by Bonds, Moore
6:30 p.m. Arts Club of Washington

18th Street Singers
Benjamin Olinsky, conductor
7:30 p.m. First Trinity Lutheran Church

Anna H. Wang Presidential Concert Series
Parker Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11
Ligeti: String Quartet No. 2
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14
8 p.m. Takoma SDA Church

January 29

Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Heather LeDoux Green, violinist
Daniel Foster, violist
David Hardy, cellist
Lin Ma, clarinetist
Lambert Orkis, pianist
Bruch: Eight Pieces for clarinet, viola, and piano (selections)
Currier: Ghost Trio
Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 5 (“Ghost Trio”)
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
kennedy-center.org

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Eva Ollikainen, conductor
Michelle Cann, pianist
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
3 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore

January 30

Sō Percussion
Caroline Shaw, soprano
Negrón: Gone
Negrón: New Music
Wolfe: Forbidden Love
Shaw: Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
kennedy-center.org

January 31

Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Exigence, vocal ensemble
Washington Chorus
Tito Muñoz, conductor
Aundi Marie Moore, soprano
Simon: Motherboxx Connection
Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade for Orchestra
Coleman: Seven O’Clock Shout
Abels: Delights and Dances
Cordero: Holding Our Breath
Hill: Fix Me, Jesus
Thompson: Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Legend: “Glory” from Selma
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

December 24 – Nov 22, 2022

Choral Arts Society of Washington
Choral Arts Symphonic Chorus
Choral Arts Youth Choir
Choral Arts Orchestra
Jace Kaholokula Saplan, conductor
Brandon Straub, conductor
Music for Christmas
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall

December 25

Thomas Sheehan, organist
Rebecca Ehren, organist
Music for Christmas
1:30 p.m. Washington National Cathedral

December 30

Bel Cantanti Opera
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors
Peter Burrough, Michael Nansel, Christian Simmons, Melanie Ashkar;
Katerina Souvorova, pianist and conductor
3 and 7:30 p.m. Trinity Lutheran Church

November 22 – Oct 24, 2022

Patrick Merrill, harpsichordist
Bach: Goldberg Variations
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission

November 23

Kansas City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House

November 25

Kansas City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House

November 26

Kansas City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House

November 27

Seraph Brass
1 and 3 p.m. National Gallery of Art
Music by women composers
Free admission

Kansas City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House

Bridget Kibbey, harpist
Alexi Kenney, violinist
Clara Schumann: Three Romances
Larsen: Sun Strider
Music by Biber, Messiaen, Rodrigo, Clarke, others
4 p.m. Phillips Collection

November 29

Jinsun Cho, organist
Music for Advent and Christmas
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission

Smithsonian Chamber Players
Dvořák: Bagatelles
Brahms: Serenade in D Major (nonet version)
7 p.m. National Museum of American History

Éva Polgár, pianist
László Borbély, pianist
Gábor Varga, pianist
“Carpathian Impressions”: music of Liszt, Bartók, and Kodály
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center
kennedy-center.org

Washington Performing Arts
tenThing, brass ensemble
Tine Thing Helseth, trumpeter
8 p.m. Sixth & I

October 25 – Sep 23, 2022

Chuck Seipp, trumpeter
Randall Sheets, organist
Music by Handel, Vivaldi, Bach
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission

October 26

Capriccio Baroque
Jean Rondeau, harpsichordist
Bach: Goldberg Variations
8 p.m. Live at 10th & G
capricciobaroque.org

October 27

National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Julian Rachlin, violinist
Respighi: Burlesca
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Casella: Symphony No. 3
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall

October 28

Washington Arts Ensemble
Christopher Schmitt, pianist
Katie Hyun, violinist
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 (“Funeral March”)
Wieniawski: Faust Fantasy
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Chausson: Poème
6:30 p.m. Dupont Underground

28 Chairs
Ignacio Prego, harpsichordist
Music by Bach, Froberger, Purcell
7 p.m. The Athenaeum, Alexandria

The Washington Chorus
Eugene Rogers, conductor
Élise Sharp, cellist
Nicole Joseph, soprano
Geter: Cantata for a More Hopeful Tomorrow
7 and 8:30 p.m. First Congregational United Church of Christ

Washington National Opera
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Latonia Moore, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Gwyn Hughes Jones, Christopher Maltman;
Michele Gamba, conductor
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Anne-Marie McDermott, pianist
Stella Chen, violinist
Arnaud Sussmann, violinist
Paul Neubauer, violist
Nicholas Canellakis, cellist
Dvořák: Violin Sonatina in G Major
Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet in G Minor
Ysaÿe: Rêve d’enfant
Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2
7:30 p.m. Barns at Wolf Trap
wolftrap.org

National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Julian Rachlin, violinist
Respighi: Burlesca
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Casella: Symphony No. 3
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall

October 29

Concerts at Kirkwood
Martin Labazevitch, pianist
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 18
Music by Chopin
3 p.m. Kirkwood Presbyterian Church

Washington Arts Ensemble
Christopher Schmitt, pianist
Katie Hyun, violinist
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 (“Funeral March”)
Wieniawski: Faust Fantasy
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Chausson: Poème
6:30 p.m. Arts Club of Washington

Washington National Opera
Strauss: Elektra
Christine Goerke, Sara Jakubiak, Katarina Dalayman, Štefan Margita;
Evan Rogister, conductor
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House

The Washington Chorus
Eugene Rogers, conductor
Élise Sharp, cellist
Nicole Joseph, soprano
Geter: Cantata for a More Hopeful Tomorrow
7 and 8:30 p.m. First Congregational United Church of Christ

Candlelight Concert Society
Marc-André Hamelin, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 (“Hammerklavier”)
Fauré: Barcarolle No. 1
Fauré: Nocturne No. 2
Fauré: Nocturne No. 12
Fauré: Barcarolle No. 6
Hamelin: Suite à l’ancienne
7:30 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC
candlelightconcerts.org

Yuja Wang, pianist
7:30 p.m. Prager Family Center for the Arts (Easton, Md.)

National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Julian Rachlin, violinist
Respighi: Burlesca
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Casella: Symphony No. 3
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall

Sarah Fleiss, soprano
Lucy Baker, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Tancredi, tenor
Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Miloš Repický, pianist
Ting Ting Wong, pianist
Brahms: Neue Liebeslieder Walzer (selections)
Coolidge: “Thy soul hath snatched up mine”
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission

October 30

Washington National Opera
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Latonia Moore, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Gwyn Hughes Jones, Christopher Maltman;
Michele Gamba, conductor
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House

Ignacio Prego, harpsichordist
Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, Soler
3 p.m. National Gallery of Art
Free admission

Brentano String Quartet
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
M. Wagner: Dido Reimagined
3 p.m. The Clarice

Bel Cantanti Opera
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Laura Zahn, Emily Casey, Nicholas Hudak, Andrew Boisvert;
Katerina Souvorova, conductor
3 p.m. Bender JCC

National Philharmonic
Rebecca Bryant Novak, conductor
Jinan Laurentia Woo, violinist
Emad Zolfaghari, violist
Luka Coetzee, cellist
3 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore

Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Amy Broadbent, soprano
Clifton Massey, countertenor
Matthew Loyal Smith, tenor
Jonathon Adams, baritone
Jason Widney, bass
Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia (Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day)
Purcell: My heart is inditing
Purcell: Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem
Purcell: O sing unto the Lord
4 p.m. National Presbyterian Church

Miloš Karadaglić, guitarist
Sor: Variations on a Theme by Mozart
Bach: Chaconne from Solo Violin Partita No. 2
Albéniz: “Sevilla” from Suite española
Villa-Lobos: Five Preludes
Arlen-Takemitsu: Over the Rainbow
Duplessy: Amor Fati
4 p.m. Phillips Collection

Apollo Orchestra
David Neely, conductor
Roberto Diaz, violist
Adams: The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra
Sheng: Of Time and Love
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
4 p,m. Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College
Free admission
apolloorchestra.com

Choralis, chamber choir
Gretchen Kuhrmann, conductor
Dehlinger: Requiem
Pott: The Lost Wand
5 p.m. Schlesinger Hall

Chantry, chamber choir
David Taylor, conductor
Josquin: Ave Maria, Virgo serena
Palestrina: Missa brevis
Victoria: O magnum mysterium
Byrd: O magnum mysterium
Guerrero: Alma Redemptoris Mater
Palestrina: Alma Redemptoris Mater
Gibbons: First Service Magnificat
Gibbons: Nunc dimittis
Byrd: Ave verum corpus
Peñalosa: Ave verum corpus
Victoria: O vos omnes
Croce: O vos omnes
Palestrina: Hodie Christus natus est
Byrd: Hodie Christus natus est
7 p.m. St. Bernadette Church, Silver Spring

Washington Performing Arts
Midori, violinist
Music by Bach, contemporary composers
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

October 31

Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Samantha Scheff, organist
Bach: Prelude & Fugue in E-flat Major
Bach: Cantata No. 80 (Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott)
12:10 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal, Capitol Hill
Free admission

Washington National Opera
Strauss: Elektra
Christine Goerke, Sara Jakubiak, Katarina Dalayman, Štefan Margita;
Evan Rogister, conductor
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House

September 23 – Aug 19, 2022

Washington Concert Opera
Matt Hill, tenor
Jessica Harika, soprano
David Hanlon, pianist
6 p.m. Union Market
Free admission

Washington Arts Ensemble
Natalia Kazaryan, pianist
Christopher Schmitt, pianist
Kobi Malkin, violinist
Allyson Goodman, violist
Loewi Lin, cellist
Bonis: Soir
Bonis: Matin
Bonis: Piano Quartet
Fauré: Piano Quartet in C Minor
6:30 p.m. Arts Club of Washington

IN Series
INnovātiō Baroque Orchestra
Theatre Nohgaku
Monteverdi: The Nightsong of Orpheus (adaptation)
Tony Boutté, Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Janna Critz, Gayssie Lugo, Cara Schaefer;
Tim Nelson, conductor
7:30 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project
inseries.org

Maryland Lyric Opera
Verdi: Macbeth
Lester Lynch, Jill Gardner, Andrea Silvestrelli, Yi Li;
Joseph Colaneri, conductor
7:30 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
mdlo.org

Opera Philadelphia
Rossini: Otello
Khanyiso Gwenxane, Lawrence Brownlee, Daniela Mack, Alek Shrader;
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
8 p.m. The Academy of Music
operaphila.org

Folger Consort
Jessica Beebe, soprano
Saraswathi Ranganathan, veena player
Sruti Sarathy, violinist and vocalist
Baroque and Carnatic music
8 p.m. Folger Shakespeare Library

September 24

U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps Modern Flute Ensemble
Ewazen: Harmony in Blue and Gold
1 and 2 p.m. National Museum of Asian Art
Free admission

Folger Consort
Jessica Beebe, soprano
Saraswathi Ranganathan, veena player
Sruti Sarathy, violinist and vocalist
Baroque and Carnatic music
4 and 7 p.m. Folger Shakespeare Library

National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Smetana: Vltava
Simon: This Land
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall

Opera Philadelphia
Hosokawa: The Raven
Kristen Choi, Joseph Ahmed, Ang(ela) Bey, Vitche Boule-Ra;
Eiki Isomura, conductor
7 p.m. Miller Theater
operaphila.org

IN Series
INnovātiō Baroque Orchestra
Theatre Nohgaku
Monteverdi: The Nightsong of Orpheus (adaptation)
Tony Boutté, Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Janna Critz, Gayssie Lugo, Cara Schaefer;
Tim Nelson, conductor
7:30 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project
inseries.org

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade for Orchestra
Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer
Strauss: An Alpine Symphony
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore

Anna H. Wang Presidential Concert Series
Latonia Moore, soprano
Laura Ward, pianist
Verdi: “Son giunta!….Madre, pietosa Vergine” from La forza del destino
Rachmaninoff: Six Songs, Op. 38
Massenet: “Pleurez mes yeux” from Le Cid
Songs by Quilter, Davis, Watts, R. Strauss
8 p.m. Takoma Park Seventh-Day Adventist Church

September 25

Washington Concert Opera
Matt Hill, tenor
Jessica Harika, soprano
David Hanlon, pianist
11 a.m. Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park
Free admission

Opera Philadelphia
Rossini: Otello
Khanyiso Gwenxane, Lawrence Brownlee, Daniela Mack, Alek Shrader;
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
2 p.m. The Academy of Music
operaphila.org

Maryland Lyric Opera
Verdi: Macbeth
Lester Lynch, Jill Gardner, Andrea Silvestrelli, Yi Li;
Joseph Colaneri, conductor
2 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
mdlo.org

Folger Consort
Jessica Beebe, soprano
Saraswathi Ranganathan, veena player
Sruti Sarathy, violinist and vocalist
Baroque and Carnatic music
2:30 p.m. Folger Shakespeare Library

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade for Orchestra
Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer
Strauss: An Alpine Symphony
3 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association
West Shore Piano Trio
3 p.m. The Lyceum, Alexandria
Free admission

IN Series
INnovātiō Baroque Orchestra
Theatre Nohgaku
Monteverdi: The Nightsong of Orpheus (adaptation)
Tony Boutté, Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Janna Critz, Gayssie Lugo, Cara Schaefer;
Tim Nelson, conductor
7:30 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project
inseries.org

September 29

National Symphony Orchestra
John Storgårds, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violinist
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (“Classical”)
Adams: Violin Concerto
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall

Opera Philadelphia
Hosokawa: The Raven
Kristen Choi, Joseph Ahmed, Ang(ela) Bey, Vitche Boule-Ra;
Eiki Isomura, conductor
7 p.m. Miller Theater
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Capriccio Baroque
Naoko Akutagawa, harpsichordist
Music by Georg and Gottlieb Muffat, Mattheson, Buxtehude, Handel
7:30 p.m. St. Thomas Parish Church, Dupont Circle
capricciobaroque.org

Jennifer Piazza-Pick, soprano
Natalie Groom, clarinetist
Music by Leiter, Szeghy, Stevenson, Day, Fitzhugh, Bond
7:30 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC

September 30

National Symphony Orchestra
John Storgårds, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violinist
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (“Classical”)
Adams: Violin Concerto
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall

Opera Philadelphia
Rossini: Otello
Khanyiso Gwenxane, Lawrence Brownlee, Daniela Mack, Alek Shrader;
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
8 p.m. The Academy of Music
operaphila.org

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
José-Luis Novo, conductor
Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano
Copland: El Salón México
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Copland: “Zion’s Walls” from Old American Songs
Smith: “This Little Light of Mine” from Four Negro Spirituals
Boyer: Ellis Island: The Dream of America
8 p.m. Maryland Hall

August 19 – Jun 27, 2022

Annapolis Chamber Music Festival
Bacewicz: Quintet for Wind Instruments
Kodály: Serenade for two violins and viola
Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2
7:30 p.m. St. Martin’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Annapolis

August 20

Dominic Armstrong, tenor
Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano
Joel Harder, pianist
Janáček: The Diary of One Who Disappeared
2 p.m. Castleton Festival

Wolf Trap Opera Company
Floyd: Susannah
Ann Toomey, Christian Pursell, Robert Stahley, Joseph Leppek;
Stephanie Rhodes Russell, conductor
7:30 p.m. Barns at Wolf Trap
wolftrap.org

Annapolis Chamber Music Festival
Villa-Lobos: Ciranda da sete notas
Schumann: Adagio and Allegro
Brahms: Serenade No. 2
7:30 p.m. St. Martin’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Annapolis

Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall

August 21

Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association
Alexandria Baroque
3 p.m. The Lyceum, Alexandria
Free admission

August 23

Matthew Barker, trumpeter
Jinsun Cho, organist
Alicia Barker, violinist
Music by Eben, Williams, others
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission

August 28

Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association
Heather Vaughn, violinist
Jay DeWire, pianist
3 p.m. The Lyceum, Alexandria
Free admission

August 30

John Wolfe, organist
Music by Bach, Messiaen, de Grigny
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission

June 27 – May 24, 2022

Ludovico Einaudi, pianist
Music by Einaudi
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 28

Army Band Clarinet Quartet
Music for Independence Day
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission

June 29

Maryland Lyric Opera
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
Hunter Enoch, Nayoung Ban, Javier Arrey, Mary Feminear, Allegra da Vita;
Louis Salemno, conductor
7 p.m. The Clarice
mdlo.org