Calendar
March 23 – Mar 21, 2025
IN Series
Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea
Caitlin Wood, Daniel Moody, Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Peter Walker, Maribeth Diggle
Timothy Nelson, conductor
2:30 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Roberto González-Monjas, conductor
Yeol Eum Son, pianist
Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 (“Reformation”)
3 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Escher String Quartet
Brandon Patrick George, flutist
Beach: Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet
Ravel: String Quartet in F
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Mozart: Flute Quartet No. 1
Ginastera: Impresiones de la Puna
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Concertos by Endler, Vivaldi, Bach, Telemann
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3
4 p.m. National Presbyterian Church
City Choir of Washington
Erin Freeman, conductor
Music by Copland, Barber, Duson, Barnwell, Gershwin, Ellington
5 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Capital City Symphony
Victoria Gau, conductor
Sophia Lin, pianist
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Bonds: Montgomery Variations
5 p.m. Atlas Performing Arts Center
Leif Ove Andsnes, pianist
Grieg: Piano Sonata in E minor
Tveitt: Piano Sonata No. 29 (“Sonata etere”)
Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28
5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall
March 25
Acis Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet No. 66
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Music at Emmanuel
Ah Young Hong, soprano
Music by Hildegard von Bingen, Hersch
6 p.m. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore
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New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Delibes: Coppélia
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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French-American Piano Society
Lise de la Salle, pianist
Chopin: Ballade No. 1
Chopin: Ballade No. 4
Liszt: Cantique d’Amour
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française
March 26
Julia Fischer, violinist
Jan Lisiecki, pianist
Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 26
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 (“Spring”)
Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 2
7:30 p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap
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New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Delibes: Coppélia
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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Twyla Tharp Dance
Third Coast Percussion
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Glass: Aguas da Amazonia
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
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March 27
New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Delibes: Coppélia
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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Borromeo Quartet
Sanlikol: The Demons and Humans of Siyah-Kalem
Schuller: “Canzona” from String Quartet No. 3
Beethoven: “Grosse Fuge”
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14
7:30 p.m. National Museum of Asian Art
Free admission
Twyla Tharp Dance
Third Coast Percussion
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Glass: Aguas da Amazonia
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
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March 28
The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Bach: Four Latin Masses
7:30 p.m. Virginia Theological Seminary
IN Series
Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea
Caitlin Wood, Daniel Moody, Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Peter Walker, Maribeth Diggle
Timothy Nelson, conductor
7:30 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill
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New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Delibes: Coppélia
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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Twyla Tharp Dance
Third Coast Percussion
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Glass: Aguas da Amazonia
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
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March 29
New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Delibes: Coppélia
1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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Twyla Tharp Dance
Third Coast Percussion
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Glass: Aguas da Amazonia
2 and 8 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
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IN Series
Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea
Caitlin Wood, Daniel Moody, Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Peter Walker, Maribeth Diggle
Timothy Nelson, conductor
2:30 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill
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Shriver Hall Concert Series
Ivalas Quartet
Golijov: Tenebrae
Alberga: String Quartet No. 1
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13
3 p.m. Linehan Hall, UMBC
Free admission
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Naoko Takao and Kenneth Slowik, fortepianists
Schubert: Music for piano, four hands
7:30 p.m. National Museum of American History
The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Bach: Four Latin Masses
7:30 p.m. St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Capitol Hill
Martin Fröst, clarinetist
Antoine Tamestit, violist
Shai Wosner, pianist
Music by Dvořák, Brahms, Bizet
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
March 30
New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Delibes: Coppélia
1:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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Conrad Tao, pianist
Caleb Teicher, tap dancer
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Bach: Aria from Goldberg Variations
Music by Schoenberg, Tao, others
3 p.m. The Clarice
Symphony on the Potomac
Joel Lazar, conductor
Karen Walwyn, pianist
Goins: Reverie and Celebration
Price: Piano Concerto
MacDowell: “Indian” Suite
3 p.m. Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College
Emmanuel Choir
Peabody Children’s Chorus
Christian Lane, conductor
Adam Detzner, organist
Daley: Prayer for Peace
Music by choral composers
4 p.m. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore
Stile Antico, chamber choir
Motets by Palestrina, Lassus, Victoria, Josquin, Arcadelt, Anerio, Allegri
Frances-Hoad: A Gift of Heaven
5 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Georgetown
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Naoko Takao and Kenneth Slowik, fortepianists
Schubert: Music for piano, four hands
6:30 p.m. National Museum of American History
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Choral Arts Orchestra
Marie Bucoy-Calavan, conductor
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Kyle Tomlin, tenor
Joseph Lattanzi, bass
Haydn: The Creation
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Bach: Four Latin Masses
7:30 p.m. Chevy Chase United Methodist Church
March 31
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Paul Byssainthe, Jr., organist
Bach: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross
Bach: Fugue in G Minor
Bach: Cantata No. 42 (Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats)
12:10 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill
Free admission
April 1
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Paul Byssainthe, Jr., organist
Bach: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross
Bach: Fugue in G Minor
Bach: Cantata No. 42 (Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats)
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
April 3
National Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Mao Fujita, pianist
Schumann: Overture to Julius Caesar
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (“Italian”)
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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Washington International Piano Society
Pasquale Iannone, pianist
7 p.m. Ward Recital Hall, Catholic University
Free admission
Verona Quartet
Wu Man, pipa player
Music by Boccherini, Dvořák, Dowland, Marsalis, Tsintsadze, Man
7:30 p.m. National Museum of Asian Art
Free admission
April 4
Members of National Symphony Orchestra
Aaron Goldman, flutist
Jennifer Mondie, violist
Mahoko Eguchi, violist
Alexander Jacobsen, bass player
Music by Arnold, PDQ Bach, Schulhoff, Jacobsen
6 p.m. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Free admission
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Washington Bach Consort
Wade Davis, cellist
Bach: Solo Cello Suite No. 1
Bach: Solo Cello Suite No. 3
7 p.m. Live at 10th and G
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Paul Huang, violinist
Jonathan Swensen, cellist
Adam Walker, flutist
Evren Ozel, pianist
Orion Weiss, pianist
Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 19
Grieg: Cello Sonata in A minor
Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1
Prokofiev: Flute Sonata in D major
7:30 p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap
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Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
José-Luis Novo, conductor
Dalí String Quartet
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Morales-Matos: Fiesta No. 2
Tse: Restless World Anew (world premiere)
7:30 p.m. Maryland Hall
Mark Morris Dance Group
Morris: MOON (world premiere)
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
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April 5
Mark Morris Dance Group
Morris: MOON (world premiere)
2 and 8 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
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Castleton Festival
Sujari Britt, cellist
Jared Alan Yoakem, pianist
Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C
Crumb: Solo Cello Sonata
Music by Chopin
2 p.m. Theatre House, Castleton
Chamber Music Maryland
Italian Saxophone Quartet
Music by Joplin, Handel, Bach, Gershwin, Bernstein, others
4 p.m. Octagon Museum
Cantate Chamber Singers
Victoria Gau, conductor
Shaw: To the Hands
Berko: Sacred Place
Music by Gjeilo
5 p.m. Christ Episcopal Church, Kensington
Washington Bach Consort
Wade Davis, cellist
Bach: Solo Cello Suite No. 1
Bach: Solo Cello Suite No. 3
7 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Chiarina Chamber Players
Carrie Bean Stute, cellist
Efi Hackmey, pianist
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4
Esmail: Jhula Jhule
Simon: Lickety Split
Casarrubios: Sonia
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3
7:30 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill
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Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
José-Luis Novo, conductor
Dalí String Quartet
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Morales-Matos: Fiesta No. 2
Tse: Restless World Anew (world premiere)
7:30 p.m. Maryland Hall
National Philharmonic
Naima Burrs, conductor
Smyth: Overture to The Boatswain’s Mate
Bonds: Montgomery Variations
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
National Chamber Ensemble
Juilliard Virtuosi
Leonid Sushansky, violinist
Thomas Pandolfi, pianist
Music by Bach, Liebermann, Brahms
7:30 p.m. Ballston Center, Marymount University
National Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Mao Fujita, pianist
Schumann: Overture to Julius Caesar
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (“Italian”)
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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April 6
National Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Mao Fujita, pianist
Schumann: Overture to Julius Caesar
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (“Italian”)
3 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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Doric String Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet No. 27
Berg: Lyric Suite
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
Chamber Music Maryland
Italian Saxophone Quartet
Music by Handel, Rossini, Nyman, Gershwin, Bernstein, others
4 p.m. Horowitz Center, Columbia
Apollo Orchestra
David Chan, conductor
Tiffany Choe, soprano
Sahel Salam, tenor
Sergio Martínez, bass
Stravinsky: Pulcinella
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
4 p.m. Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
Free admission
Bach in Baltimore
T. Herbert Dimmock, conductor
Rhianna Cockrell, mezzo-soprano
Melissa Wimbish, soprano
Ben Hawker, tenor
Christopher Talbot, bass-baritone
Bach: Mass in B Minor
4 p.m. First Lutheran Church, Ellicott City
Concerts at Bradley Hills
Ken Cowan, organist
5 p.m. Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Selections of choral music
6 p.m. Washington National Cathedral
Lysander Piano Trio
Turina: Circulo
Schubert: Notturno
Perlman: Nostos
Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1
7 p.m. Bender JCC
April 8
Jiin Kim, pianist
Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Music at Emmanuel
Magdalena, early music ensemble
Music by Josquin, Guédron, Le Roy, Attaingnant, F. Couperin
6 p.m. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violinist
Lambert Orkis, pianist
Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 18
Schubert: Fantasie in C Major
Darvishi: Likoo
Respighi: Violin Sonata in B Minor
Works by Kreisler
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
April 10
National Symphony Orchestra
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Alban Gerhardt, cellist
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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French-American Piano Society
Anne Queffélec, pianist
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française
Margaret Leng Tan, pianist
Tan: AND NO BIRDS SING: A Requiem for the Earth
8 p.m. Kennedy Center River Pavilion
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April 11
National Symphony Orchestra
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Alban Gerhardt, cellist
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy
11:30 a.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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Classical Arts Society
Loewi Lin, cellist
Christopher Schmitt, pianist
Prokofiev: Cello Sonata
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4
Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango
6:30 p.m. Arts Club of Washington
Russian Chamber Art Society
Natalie Conte, soprano
Anton Belov, baritone
Martin Labazevitch, pianist
Medtner: Romances (selections)
Medtner: Fairy Tales
Rimsky-Korsakov: Romanes and Duets (selections)
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française
Jennifer Koh, violinist
Thomas Sauer, pianist
Del Sol String Quartet
Ravel: Violin Sonata in G Major
León: Anima
Negrón: Cooper and Emma
León: New work
Esmail: Zeher
Johnston: “Amazing Grace”
León: Esencia
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
U.S. Naval Academy Glee Club
U.S. Military Academy Choir
U.S. Air Force Academy Choir
U.S. Coast Guard Academy Choir
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Choir
Washington Festival Orchestra
Jenkins: The Armed Man
Whitacre: Deep Field
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
Free admission
April 12
21st Century Consort
Christopher Kendall, conductor
Berio: Sequenza
Seo: Toy Store
Young: Tête-À-Tête
Deak: Greta the Fearless (world premiere)
5 p.m. Hirshhorn Museum
Free admission
Dumbarton Concerts
Michelle Cann, pianist
Holt: Negro Dance
King: Four Seasonal Sketches
Price: Fantasie nègre Nos. 1 & 2
Smith: Variations on a Theme by MacDowell
Bonds: Spiritual Suite
7:30 p.m. Dumbarton United Methodist Church
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Smithsonian Consort of Viols
Music of Jenkins, Lawes
7:30 p.m. National Museum of American History
National Symphony Orchestra
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Alban Gerhardt, cellist
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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April 13
Inscape, chamber orchestra
Richard Scerbo, conductor
Stucky: Ad Parnassum
Tower: Into the Night
Rachmaninoff-Gale: Symphonic Dances
2 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC
Josef Špaček, violinist
George Xiaoyuan Fu, pianist
Smetana: From My Homeland
Janáček: Violin Sonata
Suk: Song of Love
Friml: The Devil’s Joke
Kaprálová: Elegie
Kaprálová: Burleska
Martinů: Violin Sonata No. 1
Mucha: “Ukolebavka” from Sea Scenes
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
Washington Concert Opera
Verdi: Luisa Miller
Angel Blue, Kang Wang, George Gagnidze, Morris Robinson
Antony Walker, conductor
6 p.m. Lisner Auditorium
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Smithsonian Consort of Viols
Music of Jenkins, Lawes
6:30 p.m. National Museum of American History
Dénes Várjon, pianist
Music by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bartók
7 p.m. Dumbarton Oaks
April 14
Dénes Várjon, pianist
Music by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bartók
7 p.m. Dumbarton Oaks
Washington Performing Arts
Yefim Bronfman, pianist
Music by Mozart, Debussy, Tchaikovsky
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
April 15
Avalos Solera Duo
Music of Bach arranged for two bandoneons
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
April 17
Members of Washington National Opera Orchestra
Chamber music selections
6 p.m. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Free admission
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Gabriela Montero, pianist
Ortiz: Antrópolis
Montero: Piano Concerto No. 1 (“Latin”)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
April 18
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Gabriela Montero, pianist
Ortiz: Antrópolis
Montero: Piano Concerto No. 1 (“Latin”)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
8 p.m. The Clarice
April 20
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Karim Sulayman, tenor
Beach: Piano Trio
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
Hahn-Poster: Five Songs
Korngold: Piano Quintet in E Major
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
April 21
Orchestra National Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Thomas Zehetmair, conductor and violinist
Bologne: Overture from The Anonymous Lover
Crawford Seeger: Andante for Strings
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Zehetmair: Passacaglia, Burlesque and Chorale
Beethoven: Grosse Fuge
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
April 22
Tiger Lily Trio
Eileen Grycky, flutist
Christopher Nichols, clarinetist
Christine Delbeau, pianist
Music by Barker, Coleman, Folio, Harberg
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Young Concert Artists
Oliver Neubauer, violinist
Janice Carissa, pianist
Schubert: Violin Sonatina No. 1
Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin
Zwilich: Fantasy for Solo Violin
Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-flat Major
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
April 23
Orchestra National Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Thomas Zehetmair, conductor and violinist
Bologne: Overture from The Anonymous Lover
Crawford Seeger: Andante for Strings
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Zehetmair: Passacaglia, Burlesque and Chorale
Beethoven: Grosse Fuge
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française
Joel Sachs, pianist
Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2
Ives: Selections from Piano Sonata No. 1 (“Concord, Mass., 1840-1860”)
7:30 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC
April 24
New Orchestra of Washington
Ahmed Alabaca, conductor
Dvořák: Humoresque
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Grieg: Anitra’s Dance
Britten: Playful Pizzicato
Carreno: Serenade for Strings (“Finale: Tempo di Marcia”)
6:30 p.m. Room and Board
Free admission
April 25
New Orchestra of Washington
Ahmed Alabaca, conductor
Dvořák: Humoresque
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Grieg: Anitra’s Dance
Britten: Playful Pizzicato
Carreno: Serenade for Strings (“Finale: Tempo di Marcia”)
4:30 p.m. Germantown Library
Free admission
Maryland Opera
Bizet: Carmen
Chrystal E. Williams, Victor Starsky, Gustavo Feulien, Colleen Daly
James Harp, conductor
7 p.m. Church of the Redeemer, Baltimore
L’Opéra Comique de Washington
Natalia Pérez, soprano
Simon Charette, pianist
Selections of art song, zarzuela
7 p.m. National League of American Pen Women
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Paul Huang, violinist
Danbi Um, violinist
Matthew Lipman, violist
Timothy Ridout, violist
David Finckel, cellist
Sihao He, cellist
Bach: “Ricercar a 6” from The Musical Offering
Haydn: String Trio in G major
Schubert: String Trio in B-flat major
Strauss: String Sextet from Capriccio
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
7:30 p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap
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Hélène Grimaud, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30
Brahms: Three Intermezzos, Op. 117
Brahms: Seven Fantasies, Op. 116
Bach-Busoni: Chaconne in D Minor from Violin Partita No. 2
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
Opera Philadelphia
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Timothy Murray, Olivia Smith, Khanyiso Gwenxane, Elizabeth Reiter
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
8 p.m. Academy of Music, Philadelphia
April 26
Concerts from Kirkwood
Beau Soir Ensemble
Music for flute, viola, and harp
3 p.m. Kirkwood Presbyterian Church
New Orchestra of Washington
Ahmed Alabaca, conductor
Dvořák: Humoresque
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Grieg: Anitra’s Dance
Britten: Playful Pizzicato
Carreno: Serenade for Strings (“Finale: Tempo di Marcia”)
4:30 p.m. Wheaton Library
Free admission
Maryland Opera
Bizet: Carmen
Chrystal E. Williams, Victor Starsky, Gustavo Feulien, Colleen Daly
James Harp, conductor
7 p.m. Church of the Redeemer, Baltimore
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
James Ross, conductor
Sofya Gulyak, pianist
Assad: Brazilian Fanfare
Rossini: Overture from William Tell
Simon: “Ring Shout” and “Holy Dance” from Four Black American Dances
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
7:30 p.m. Schlesinger Concert Hall
Horszowski Trio
Clarke: Piano Trio
Wuorinen: Piano Trio No. 1
Wuorinen: Piano Trio No. 2 (world premiere)
Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
April 27
Paragon Philharmonia
Miriam Burns, conductor
Nick Thompson, clarinetist
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Hailstork: Sonata da Chiesa
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Adrover: Imágenes (world premiere)
Pirotti: Inesita
Copland: Three Latin American Sketches
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Opera Philadelphia
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Timothy Murray, Olivia Smith, Khanyiso Gwenxane, Elizabeth Reiter
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
8 p.m. Academy of Music, Philadelphia
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Eva Ollikainen, conductor
Gil Shaham, violinist
Gubaidulina: Fairytale Poem
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: Petrushka
3 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
James Ross, conductor
Sofya Gulyak, pianist
Assad: Brazilian Fanfare
Rossini: Overture from William Tell
Simon: “Ring Shout” and “Holy Dance” from Four Black American Dances
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
3 p.m. George Washington Masonic Memorial
Chamber Music Maryland
Living Arts Collective Ensemble
Danielle DeSwert Hahn, pianist
Duparc: “L’invitation au voyage”
Saint-Saëns: Cello Sonata No. 1
Fauré: La Bonne Chanson
N. Boulanger: Trois pièces pour violoncelle et piano
3 p.m. Peale Museum
Juan Sebastián Delgado, cellist
Kristhyan Benitez, pianist
Piazzolla: Serenade from Tres Piezas Breve
Lavista: Quotations
MIgnone: Modinha
Chavez: Madrigal
Piazzolla: Escualo
Ponce: Cello Sonata
3 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC
Alexander Kobrin, pianist
3 p.m. St. Ann Catholic Church
Free admission
Yunchan Lim, pianist
Lee: …round and velvety-smooth blend…
Bach: Goldberg Variations
4 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
Miguel da Silva, violist
Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 1
Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 2
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Andrew Fouts, violinist
Laura Choi-Stuart, soprano
Sylvia Leith, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Hill, tenor
Jonathon Adams, bass
Bologne: Violin Concerto No. 10
Mozart: Requiem
4 p.m. National Presbyterian Church
April 29
Esencia Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet No. 62 (“Emperor”)
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Takács Quartet
Britten: String Quartet No. 2
Ngwenyama: Flow
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
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April 30
Opera Baltimore
Britten: Albert Herring
Hope Briggs, Eric Finbarr Carey, Scott Hetz Clark, Elizabeth Sarian
Joshua Horsch, conductor
7:30 p.m. Engineers Club, Baltimore
March 21 – Feb 20, 2025
IN Series
Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea
Caitlin Wood, Daniel Moody, Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Peter Walker, Maribeth Diggle
Timothy Nelson, conductor
7:30 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project
inseries.org
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
James Ross, conductor
Bach: Concerto for Three Violins in D Major
Bach-Sitkovetsky: Goldberg Variations
7:30 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Alexandria
New Orchestra of Washington
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor
Dvořák: Serenade for Wind Ensemble
Misra: Selected Poems
7:30 p.m. St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church
March 22
Hélène Papadopoulos, pianist
Bach: Toccata in D Minor
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21
2 p.m. An die Musik Live
Washington International Piano Series
Wael Farouk, pianist
4 p.m. Ward Hall, Catholic University
Free admission
Carmina and Illuminare, choirs
Richard W. Robbins, conductor
Music by Casulana, Aleotti, others
7 p.m. Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
IN Series
Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea
Caitlin Wood, Daniel Moody, Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Peter Walker, Maribeth Diggle
Timothy Nelson, conductor
7:30 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project
inseries.org
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Roberto González-Monjas, conductor
Yeol Eum Son, pianist
Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 (“Reformation”)
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
Washington Men’s Camerata
Young Men’s Ensemble of Children’s Chorus of Washington
Scott Tucker, conductor
Music by Fauré, Poulenc, d’Indy, Gounod, Duruflé, Milhaud, others
8 p.m. Live at 10th and G
March 23
IN Series
Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea
Caitlin Wood, Daniel Moody, Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Peter Walker, Maribeth Diggle
Timothy Nelson, conductor
2:30 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project
inseries.org
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Roberto González-Monjas, conductor
Yeol Eum Son, pianist
Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 (“Reformation”)
3 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Escher String Quartet
Brandon Patrick George, flutist
Beach: Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet
Ravel: String Quartet in F
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Mozart: Flute Quartet No. 1
Ginastera: Impresiones de la Puna
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Concertos by Endler, Vivaldi, Bach, Telemann
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3
4 p.m. National Presbyterian Church
City Choir of Washington
Erin Freeman, conductor
Music by Copland, Barber, Duson, Barnwell, Gershwin, Ellington
5 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Capital City Symphony
Victoria Gau, conductor
Sophia Lin, pianist
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Bonds: Montgomery Variations
5 p.m. Atlas Performing Arts Center
Leif Ove Andsnes, pianist
Grieg: Piano Sonata in E minor
Tveitt: Piano Sonata No. 29 (“Sonata etere”)
Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28
5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall
March 25
Acis Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet No. 66
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Music at Emmanuel
Ah Young Hong, soprano
Music by Hildegard von Bingen, Hersch
6 p.m. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore
emmanueldowntown.org
New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Delibes: Coppélia
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org
French-American Piano Society
Lise de la Salle, pianist
Chopin: Ballade No. 1
Chopin: Ballade No. 4
Liszt: Cantique d’Amour
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française
March 26
Julia Fischer, violinist
Jan Lisiecki, pianist
Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 26
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 (“Spring”)
Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 2
7:30 p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap
wolftrap.org
New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Delibes: Coppélia
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org
Twyla Tharp Dance
Third Coast Percussion
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Glass: Aguas da Amazonia
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
kennedy-center.org
March 27
New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Delibes: Coppélia
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org
Borromeo Quartet
Sanlikol: The Demons and Humans of Siyah-Kalem
Schuller: “Canzona” from String Quartet No. 3
Beethoven: “Grosse Fuge”
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14
7:30 p.m. National Museum of Asian Art
Free admission
Twyla Tharp Dance
Third Coast Percussion
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Glass: Aguas da Amazonia
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
kennedy-center.org
March 28
The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Bach: Four Latin Masses
7:30 p.m. Virginia Theological Seminary
IN Series
Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea
Caitlin Wood, Daniel Moody, Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Peter Walker, Maribeth Diggle
Timothy Nelson, conductor
7:30 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill
inseries.org
New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Delibes: Coppélia
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org
Twyla Tharp Dance
Third Coast Percussion
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Glass: Aguas da Amazonia
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
kennedy-center.org
March 29
New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Delibes: Coppélia
1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org
Twyla Tharp Dance
Third Coast Percussion
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Glass: Aguas da Amazonia
2 and 8 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
kennedy-center.org
IN Series
Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea
Caitlin Wood, Daniel Moody, Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Peter Walker, Maribeth Diggle
Timothy Nelson, conductor
2:30 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill
inseries.org
Shriver Hall Concert Series
Ivalas Quartet
Golijov: Tenebrae
Alberga: String Quartet No. 1
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13
3 p.m. Linehan Hall, UMBC
Free admission
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Naoko Takao and Kenneth Slowik, fortepianists
Schubert: Music for piano, four hands
7:30 p.m. National Museum of American History
The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Bach: Four Latin Masses
7:30 p.m. St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Capitol Hill
Martin Fröst, clarinetist
Antoine Tamestit, violist
Shai Wosner, pianist
Music by Dvořák, Brahms, Bizet
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
March 30
New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Delibes: Coppélia
1:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org
Conrad Tao, pianist
Caleb Teicher, tap dancer
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Bach: Aria from Goldberg Variations
Music by Schoenberg, Tao, others
3 p.m. The Clarice
Symphony on the Potomac
Joel Lazar, conductor
Karen Walwyn, pianist
Goins: Reverie and Celebration
Price: Piano Concerto
MacDowell: “Indian” Suite
3 p.m. Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College
Emmanuel Choir
Peabody Children’s Chorus
Christian Lane, conductor
Adam Detzner, organist
Daley: Prayer for Peace
Music by choral composers
4 p.m. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore
Stile Antico, chamber choir
Motets by Palestrina, Lassus, Victoria, Josquin, Arcadelt, Anerio, Allegri
Frances-Hoad: A Gift of Heaven
5 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Georgetown
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Naoko Takao and Kenneth Slowik, fortepianists
Schubert: Music for piano, four hands
6:30 p.m. National Museum of American History
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Choral Arts Orchestra
Marie Bucoy-Calavan, conductor
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Kyle Tomlin, tenor
Joseph Lattanzi, bass
Haydn: The Creation
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Bach: Four Latin Masses
7:30 p.m. Chevy Chase United Methodist Church
March 31
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Paul Byssainthe, Jr., organist
Bach: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross
Bach: Fugue in G Minor
Bach: Cantata No. 42 (Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats)
12:10 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill
Free admission
February 20 – Jan 11, 2025
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
Music by Chernin, Foumai, Price, Field, Chopin, Debussy, others
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
vocalartsdc.org
Musicians from Marlboro
Sang Yoon Kim, clarinetist
Evren Ozel, pianist
Maria Ioudenitch, violinist
Stephanie Zyzak, violinist
Hiroki Kasai, violist
Natalie Loughran, violist
Peter Stumpf, cellist
Schumann: Märchenerzählungen
Schumann: String Quartet No. 2
Kurtág: Hommage à R. Sch.
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor
7:30 p.m. National Museum of Asian Art
Free admission
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
Choir and Chamber Players of Saint Peter’s
Kevin O’Brien, conductor
Music by Schütz, Schein, Bach, Mendelssohn
2 p.m. St. Peter’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
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 25
Laurent Jochum, organist
Boëllmann: Suite gothique
Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata No. 6 (“Vater unser im Himmelreich”)
Bédard: Variations sur Christus Vincit
Franck: Pièce héroïque
Takle: Power of Life
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Ginger Hildebrand, violinist
David Hildebrand, pianist
Selections of American and French music from time of Lafayette
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française
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
Alon Goldstein, pianist
Julietta Curenton, flutist
Chopin: Four Mazurkas, Op. 68
Chopin: Variations on a theme by Rossini, for Flute and Piano
Chopin: Variation No. 6 from Hexaméron
Chopin: Variations in D major on a National Air by Thomas Moore, for Piano Duet
Chopin: Rondo for Two Pianos
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 1
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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
December 23 – Nov 26, 2024
National Philharmonic
Baltimore Choral Arts Society
Anthony Blake Clark, conductor
Aundi Marie Moore, soprano
Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano
Norman Shankle, tenor
Jorell Williams, baritone
Handel: Messiah
7:30 p.m. Capital One Hall
December 24
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Marie Bucoy-Calavan, conductor
Music for Christmas
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 25
Thomas Sheehan, organist
Ariana Corbin, organist
Music for Christmas
1:30 p.m. Washington National Cathedral
Free admission
December 29
Strauss Symphony of America
Budapest Ballet
András Deák, conductor
Katarzyna Dondalska, soprano
Franz Gürtelschmied, tenor
Music by Strauss, others
3 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
November 26 – Oct 22, 2024
Lourdes de la Peña, cellist
Serhii Morozov, pianist
Goltermann: Cello Concerto No. 4
Schubert: Moment Musical
Chopin: Nocturne in C# minor
Prokofiev: March from Music for Children
Fauré: Elegy
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
November 27
Raíces Negras Trio
Moore: Afro-American Suite
León: Sands of Time
Fábregas: Voices of the Rainforest
Assad: Flight of the Fairies (world premiere)
6 p.m. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Free admission
Philadelphia Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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November 29
Philadelphia Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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November 30
Philadelphia Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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October 22 – Sep 21, 2024
Ondřej Horňas, organist
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”)
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Opera Lafayette
Kalanidhi Dance Company
Karim Sulayman, tenor
Sean Shibe, guitarist
Music by Caccini, Monteverdi, Purcell, Britten, others
7:30 p.m. Dupont Underground
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October 24
L’Opéra Comique de Washington
Le Choeur Grégorien de Paris
Rija Randriamampionona and Jiyoung Mary Kim, conductors
Music of the Ars Antiqua
7 p.m. North Bethesda United Methodist Church
Livewire Festival
Ruckus, new music ensemble
Garrett: ”The trees out there are bent and dripping” (world premiere)
Dusman: Terra Mycellia (world premiere)
Gardner: New work (world premiere)
Rubin: Dreaming Fire, Tasting Rain
Repar: breathing.bones.mobile.mind
7:30 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC
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October 25
Livewire Festival
Sofia Kamayianni and Tim Ward, pianists
Music for Piano+ system
2 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC
Washington National Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio
Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Jamez McCorkle, Derek Welton, David Leigh
Robert Spano, conductor
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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Opera Bel Cantanti
Poulenc: La voix humaine
Emily Casey, Rob McGinness
Katerina Souvorova, conductor and pianist
7:30 p.m. Writer’s Center of Bethesda
Quatuor Diotima
Schoenberg: String Quartet in D Major (No. “0”)
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 4
Berg: Lyric Suite
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
Capriccio Baroque
Justin Taylor, harpsichordist
Music by Bach, A. Scarlatti, D. Scarlatti, Marcello, Valente
8 p.m. La Maison Française
Livewire Festival
Hub New Music
Teodora Adzharova, pianist
Dustin Donahue, percussionist
Hasanova: Interconnectedness (world premiere)
Hovda: The Lion’s Head
Calderoni: Murex
Young: to hear the things we cannot see
8 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC
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October 26
Livewire Festival
Caballito Negro, new music ensemble
Lisa Cella, flutist
Dustin Donahue, percussionist
Rigler: Two Seaming
O’Halloran: music for the small hours
Smith: No. 13
Rowe: Itch
Seo: Birds, Bees, Electric Fish
12 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC
Free admission
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Quatuor Diotima
Korngold: String Quartet No. 3
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 3
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 1
2 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
Livewire Festival
Music by Annea Lockwood
5:30 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC
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Washington National Opera
Christine Goerke, soprano
Brandon Jovanovich, tenor
Derek Welton, bass-baritone
Soloman Howard, bass
Robert Spano, conductor
Music of Wagner
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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Chamber Music Maryland
Ulysses Quartet
Oskar Espina Ruiz, clarinetist
Shaw: Plan and Elevation
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: String Quartet in E-flat major
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor
7:30 p.m. Horowitz Performing Arts Center
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Gabriela Montero, pianist
Schumann: Kinderszenen
7:30 p.m. Prager Family Center for the Arts, Easton
Opera Bel Cantanti
Poulenc: La voix humaine
Emily Casey, Rob McGinness
Katerina Souvorova, conductor and pianist
7:30 p.m. Writer’s Center of Bethesda
Pan American Symphony Orchestra
Sergio Alessandro Buslje, conductor
Sean Mahon, pianist
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Music of Kapustin, Ellington, Pirotti
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
October 27
Mount Vernon Virtuosi
Amit Peled, conductor
11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Bender JCC
Free admission
Washington National Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio
Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Jamez McCorkle, Derek Welton, David Leigh
Robert Spano, conductor
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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Washington Performing Arts
Tony Siqi Yun, pianist
Brahms: Theme with Variations in D Minor
Wagner-Liszt: “Isoldes Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 (“Appassionata”)
Busoni: Berceuse from Elegies
Schumann: Symphonic Études
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Viano Quartet
Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor
Coleman: Moonshot for String Quartet
Dvořák: String Quartet No. 13
3 p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap
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Chamber Music Maryland
Ulysses Quartet
Oskar Espina Ruiz, clarinetist
Vivaldi: “Spring” Concerto from Four Seasons (Allegro)
Komitas: Armenian Folk Songs (selections)
Wilson: Hungarian Folk Songs (selections)
Grosshandler: Suite for Clarinet Quintet
Richter: On The Nature Of Daylight
Royer: La Marche des Scythes
3 p.m. Peale Museum
Agata Miklavc, violinist
Jason Solounias, pianist
3 p.m. St. Ann Catholic Church
Free admission
Santiago Cañón-Valencia, cellist
Victor Santiago Asuncion, pianist
Duparc: Lamento
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Psathas: Halo
Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style
Márquez: Lejanía Interior
Stravinsky: Suite Italienne
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Motets throughout history
4 p.m. National Presbyterian Church
Bach in Baltimore
T. Herbert Dimmock, conductor
Amy Cassiere, oboist
Ben Hawker, tenor
Rob McGinness, baritone
Taylor Hillary Boykins, mezzo-soprano
Kerry Holahan, soprano
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4
Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in D minor
Bach: Cantata No. 80 (Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott)
4 p.m. Maryland State Boychoir Center for the Arts
Cantate Chamber Singers
Firebird Project Theatre
Victoria Gau, conductor
Music by Vaughan Williams, Rutter, Diemer
5 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville
Escher Quartet
Jordan Bak, violist
Mozart: String Quartet No. 21
Dvořák: String Quintet No. 3 (“American”)
Brahms: String Quintet No. 2
5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall
October 29
Thomas Sheehan, organist
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Washington National Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio
Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Jamez McCorkle, Derek Welton, David Leigh
Robert Spano, conductor
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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October 30
Isidore String Quartet
Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 (“Dissonance”)
Childs: String Quartet No. 3 (“Unrequited”)
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
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Emi Ferguson, flutist
Ruckus, baroque ensemble
Ligeti: Musica ricercata
Telemann: Fantasias (selected)
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
October 31
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboist
Prokofiev: Summer Night (Suite from Betrothal in a Monastery)
Raskatov: Oboe Concerto (“Time’s River”)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”)
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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Washington National Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio
Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Jamez McCorkle, Derek Welton, David Leigh
Robert Spano, conductor
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
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Sarah Cahill, pianist
Music by women composers
7:30 p.m. The Mansion at Strathmore
September 21 – Aug 20, 2024
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Jonathan Woody, bass
Clara Rottsolk, soprano
Margot Rood, soprano
Kristen Dubenion-Smith, mezzo-soprano
Rhianna Cockrell, mezzo-soprano
Jacob Perry, Jr., tenor
James Reese, tenor
Enrico Lagasca, bass
Edmund Milly, bass
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
7 p.m. St. Mark’s, Capitol Hill
Gabriela Montero at Prager
Khatia Buniatishvili, pianist
Music by Bach, Liszt, others
7:30 p.m. Prager Family Center for the Arts, Easton
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Musicians from BSO OrchKids
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
8 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
September 22
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Jonathan Woody, bass
Clara Rottsolk, soprano
Margot Rood, soprano
Kristen Dubenion-Smith, mezzo-soprano
Rhianna Cockrell, mezzo-soprano
Jacob Perry, Jr., tenor
James Reese, tenor
Enrico Lagasca, bass
Edmund Milly, bass
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
4 p.m. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Borromeo String Quartet
Henry Kramer, pianist
Bacewicz: String Quartet No. 6
Hailstork: String Quartet No. 2 (Variations on “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”)
Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2
7 p.m. Bender JCC
Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival
Tina Chancey, viola da gambist
Jeffrey Cohan, flutist
Music by Sweelinck, Ortiz, Hotteterre, Couperin, others
7:30 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill
September 24
Akiko Kobayashi, violinist
Music by Bach, Telemann, others
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Polyaspora Festival
New solo works by Peabody Conservatory students
5:30 p.m. Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Free admission
Valentin Tournet, viola da gambist
Music of Sainte-Colombe, Marais
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française
September 25
Opera Philadelphia
Mazzoli: The Listeners
Nicole Heaston, Troy Cooke, Lindsey Reynolds, Kevin Burdette
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
7 p.m. Academy of Music
Polyaspora Festival
New ensemble works by Peabody Conservatory students
7 p.m. Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Free admission
September 26
Polyaspora Festival
Music by Mitchell, Mumford, Khumalo, Adu-Gilmore, others
7 p.m. Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Free admission
Njioma Grevious, violinist
7:30 p.m. The Mansion at Strathmore
September 27
Polyaspora Festival
Music by Lara, Oliveira, Santos, Balter, others
7 p.m. Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Free admission
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
James Ehnes, violinist
Lee: Visions of Cahokia
Barber: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
8 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Opera Philadelphia
Mazzoli: The Listeners
Nicole Heaston, Troy Cooke, Lindsey Reynolds, Kevin Burdette
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
8 p.m. Academy of Music
September 28
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Yunchan Lim, pianist
Simon: Four Black American Dances
Bonis: Pavane; Sarabande; Bourrée
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Ravel: La Valse
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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Mind on Fire
Hersch: and we, each (world premiere)
Ah Young Hong, Jesse Blumberg
Tito Muñoz, conductor
7:30 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
James Ross, conductor
Marlisa Woods, violinist
Chris Franke, violinist
Aaron Clay, bassist
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Higdon: Concerto 4-3 (selections)
Ortiz: Kauyumari
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
7:30 p.m. Schlesinger Concert Hall
Opera Bel Cantanti
Donizetti: La fille du régiment
Tess Ottinger, Jonathan Pierce Rhodes, Scott Clark, others
Katerina Souvorova, conductor
7:30 p.m. Bender JCC
Chiarina Chamber Players
Michelle Cann, pianist
Price: Piano Quintet
R. Schumann: Piano Quintet
7:30 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
James Ehnes, violinist
Lee: Visions of Cahokia
Barber: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
September 29
Opera Philadelphia
Mazzoli: The Listeners
Nicole Heaston, Troy Cooke, Lindsey Reynolds, Kevin Burdette
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
2 p.m. Academy of Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
James Ehnes, violinist
Lee: Visions of Cahokia
Barber: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
3 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
James Ross, conductor
Marlisa Woods, violinist
Chris Franke, violinist
Aaron Clay, bassist
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Higdon: Concerto 4-3 (selections)
Ortiz: Kauyumari
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
3 p.m. George Washington Masonic Memorial
Opera Bel Cantanti
Donizetti: La fille du régiment
Tess Ottinger, Jonathan Pierce Rhodes, Scott Clark, others
Katerina Souvorova, conductor
3 p.m. Bender JCC
Washington National Cathedral Choir and Orchestra
Michael McCarthy, conductor
Mozart: Requiem
Pärt: The Deer’s Cry
Pärt: Berliner Messe
4 p.m. Washington National Cathedral
Washington Douglass Chorale
Theodore T. Thorpe III, conductor
Scott Tucker, conductor
4 p.m. National United Methodist Church
Apollo Orchestra
Nicholas Hersh, conductor
Maria Loudenitch, violinist
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Barber: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
4 p.m. Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College
Free admission
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Mind on Fire
Hersch: and we, each (world premiere)
Ah Young Hong, Jesse Blumberg
Tito Muñoz, conductor
4:30 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project
August 20 – Jun 24, 2024
Annapolis Chamber Music Festival
Melissa Wimbish, soprano
Jeff Stern, percussionist
Lash: C
Saariaho: Ciel Étoilé
Mignone: Five songs for bassoon and soprano
Esmail: Chuti Hui Jagah
7:30 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis
August 23
Annapolis Chamber Music Festival
M. Haydn: Divertimento for horn, viola, and double bass
Schoenberg-Webern: Chamber Symphony No. 1
Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 (“Dissonance”)
7:30 p.m. St. Martin’s Lutheran Church
August 24
Annapolis Chamber Music Festival
Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto in D major
Connesson: Sextet for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, double bass, and piano
Coleman: Trio Toccata
Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
7:30 p.m. St. Martin’s Lutheran Church
August 25
Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association
Samuel Runolfson, cellist
3 p.m. The Lyceum, Alexandria
June 25 – May 24, 2024
DC Singer Collective
Music by Monteverdi, Strozzi
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
June 27
Wolf Trap Opera Company
Mozart: Così fan tutte
Renée Richardson, Erin Wagner, Kyle White, Lunga Eric Hallam
Christine Brandes, conductor
2 p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap
wolftrap.org
June 29
Wolf Trap Opera Company
Mozart: Così fan tutte
Renée Richardson, Erin Wagner, Kyle White, Lunga Eric Hallam
Christine Brandes, conductor
7:30 p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap
wolftrap.org
June 30
Hesperus, early music ensemble
Amanda Balestrieri, soprano
Wesley Leffingwell, harpsichordist
Tina Chancey, viol player
Montéclair: Pan et Syrinx
Instrumental works by Marais, Louis Couperin
Airs de cour by Lambert, Moulinié
2:30 p.m. St. Mark’s Church, Capitol Hill
Chantry, chamber choir
David Taylor, conductor
Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli
Byrd: Gradualia (Propers for Sts. Peter and Paul)
Palestrina: Tu es Petrus
Palestrina: Sancte Paule
3 p.m. St. Bernadette Church, Silver Spring
Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association
Haskell Small, pianist
3 p.m. The Lyceum, Alexandria
National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic
Heritage Signature Chorale
Marin Alsop, conductor
Adia Evans, soprano
Jazmine Olwalia, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Barasa Kiharangwa, tenor
Kevin Short, bass
Higdon: Blue Cathedral
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
6 p.m. Washington National Cathedral
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