Washington Classical Review

May 24 – Apr 24, 2023

National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Beethoven: Overture from Egmont
Walker: Sinfonia No. 2
Beethoven: Overture from Coriolan
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Washington National Opera
Puccini: La Bohème
Gabriella Reyes, Jacqueline Echols, Kang Wang, Gihoon Kim;
Alevtina Ioffe, conductor
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org

Scottish Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Salem: The Crucible
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
kennedy-center.org

May 25

Quinteto Latino, wind quintet
Music by Latino composers
6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Mansion at Strathmore

National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Beethoven: Overture from Egmont
Walker: Sinfonia No. 2
Beethoven: Overture from Coriolan
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org

Russian Chamber Art Society
WNO Cafritz Young Artists
Vera Danchenko-Stern, pianist
Music by Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française

Scottish Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Salem: The Crucible
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
kennedy-center.org

May 26

Washington National Opera
Puccini: La Bohème
Amber Monroe, Teresa Perrotta, Kevin Punnackal, Jonathan Patton;
Alevtina Ioffe, conductor
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org

Bel Cantanti Opera
Katerina Souvorova, pianist and conductor
Music by Franz Lehar
7:30 p.m. Bender JCC

Scottish Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Salem: The Crucible
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
kennedy-center.org

May 27

Scottish Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Salem: The Crucible
2 and 8 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
kennedy-center.org

Washington National Opera
Puccini: La Bohème
Gabriella Reyes, Jacqueline Echols, Kang Wang, Gihoon Kim;
Alevtina Ioffe, conductor
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org

Capriccio Baroque
Alberto Busettini, harpsichordist
Music by Pasquini, A. Scarlatti, Handel
7:30 p.m. Aberfoyle Place
capricciobaroque.org

Bel Cantanti Opera
Katerina Souvorova, pianist and conductor
Music by Franz Lehar
7:30 p.m. Bender JCC

National Chamber Ensemble
Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2
7:30 p.m. Gunston Arts Center

May 28

Scottish Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Salem: The Crucible
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
kennedy-center.org

Carson Cooman, organist
Music for Memorial Day
2 p.m. Washington National Cathedral
Free admission

Memorial Day Festival Chorus
United States Air Force Orchestra
Craig Jessop and Donald Schofield, conductors
Music for Memorial Day
3 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Free admission

Choralis
Gretchen Kuhrmann, conductor
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
Elgar: “Nimrod” from Enigma Variations
McDowall: Every Day Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo
5 p.m. National Presbyterian Church

Bel Cantanti Opera
Katerina Souvorova, pianist and conductor
Music by Franz Lehar
7:30 p.m. Bender JCC

May 30

Beau Soir Ensemble
Music for flute, viola, and harp
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission

May 31

Embassy Series
Haskell Small, pianist
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16
Small: Song of a Stroke Survivor
Hovhaness: Twelve Armenian Folk Songs
Chopin: Fantasie in F Minor
6:30 p.m. Arts Club of Washington

April 25 – Mar 22, 2023

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

Apollo Orchestra
Cho-Liang Lin, conductor and violinist
Michelle Kim, violinist
Julie Vidrick Evans, organist
Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Violins in A Minor
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 (“Haffner”)
4 p.m. Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College
Free admission
apolloorchestra.com

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

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
operaphila.org

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