CLASSICAL MUSIC
ATLAS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
1333 H St. NE. 202/399-7993, www.atlasarts.org
Washington Musica Viva and Capital City Symphony: Chaise Lounge. March 22
Capital City Symphony: Choral Hits. March 30
Levine School: Brahms Birthday Bash. May 1
Capital City Symphony: Cinco de Mayo. May 4
In Series: Fin de Fiesta with pianist Carlo Rodriguez. June 14, 15
DUMBARTON CONCERTS
Dumbarton Church, 3133 Dumbarton St. NW. 202/965-2000, www.dumbartonconcerts.org
Amelia Piano Trio: East Meets West. March 15
Vogler String Quartet, Daniel Mueller-Schott, cello: Simply the Best. April 5
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY
201 East Capitol St. NE. 202/544-7077, www.folger.edu
Folger Consort: Seven Songs of Love. Feb. 15-17
Folger Consort: Highland Ayres. April 18-20
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THE ARTS
4400 University Drive, Fairfax. 888/945-2468, www.gmu.edu/cfa
Virginia Opera: Eugene Onegin. Feb. 22, 24
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks 4 with Amanda Gosier, soprano. March 1
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra: The Eroica Effect. March 30
Chanticleer: My Spirit Sang All Day. April 4
Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel: Austria and Hungary — Captivating Continentals. April 13
Virginia Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor. April 18, 20
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks 5. April 26
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks 6. May 10
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra: Peter Boyer’s Ellis Island: The Dream of America. June 14
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LISNER AUDITORIUM
730 21st St. NW. 202/994-6800, 301/808-6900 or ticketmaster.com; www.lisner.org
George Washington University Orchestra. April 6
Washington Concert Opera: Rossini’s Bianca e Falliero. April 13
HARMAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
610 F St. NW. 202/547-1122, www.shakespearetheatre.org/harmancenter
WPAS: Jian Wang, cello. Feb. 26.
WPAS: Sergey Khachatryan, violin, with Lusine Khachatryan, piano. March 18
Washington Bach Consort: Many Moods of Bach. March 30
WPAS: Yuliya Gorenman, piano. May 17
KENNEDY CENTER
Atrium, F Street and New Hampshire Avenue NW. 202/467-4600, kennedy-center.org
Performance Plus Series: When Masters Meet: Grieg and Ibsen. April 17
KENNEDY CENTER
Concert Hall, F Street and New Hampshire Avenue NW. 202/467-4600, kennedy-center.org
WPAS: Sir James Galway, flute. Feb. 25
NSO: Christoph Eschenbach conducting, with Erik Schumann, violin: Tchaikovsky. Feb. 26
WPAS: Joshua Bell, violin. March 3
NSO: Manfred Honeck conducting, with Ingrid Fliter, piano: Beethoven. March 6-8
WPAS: Lang Lang, piano. March 11
NSO: Hans Graf conducting, with Alban Gerhardt, cello: Prokofiev. March 13-15
The Choral Arts Society of Washington: Dvorak: Stabat Mater. March 16.
NSO: Mark Elder conducting, with Louis Lortie, piano: Prokofiev. March 27-29
NSO: Ivan Fischer conducting: Mahler’s Second Symphony. April 3-5
WPAS: Garrick Ohlsson, piano. April 6
NSO: Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducting, with Julian Rachlin, violin: Shostakovich. April 10-12
Master Chorale of Washington: Let My People Go! A Spiritual Journey Along the Underground Railroad. April 20
Vocal Arts Society: New York Festival of Song. April 22
NSO: Hugh Wolff conducting, with Stephen Hough, piano: Saint-Saens. April 24-26
The Washington Chorus: Songs of the Soul. April 27
WPAS: Orchestre National de France. April 28
Carnegie Mellon School of Music: Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic in Concert. April 29
NSO: Composer Portrait: Copland. May 1-3
Washington DC Band & Orchestra Festival. May 5
NSO, Leonard Slatkin, with Hilary Hahn, violin: Paganini. May 8-10
The Choral Arts Society of Washington: John Adams’ El Nino. May 18
The Richmond Symphony: 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert. May 27
NSO, Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting: All-Sibelius program. May 29-31
NSO, Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting: Grieg’s Peer Gynt. June 5-7
NSO, Leonard Slatkin: Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin in concert. June 12-16
NSO, Leonard Slatkin, with Sol Gabetta, cello: Tchaikovsky. June 26-28
NSO: Salute to Slatkin with Yo-Yo Ma, cello. June 29
KENNEDY CENTER
Family Theater, F Street and New Hampshire Avenue NW. 202/467-4600, kennedy-center.org
James Madison University’s School of Music: Amadi Hummings and Gabriel Dobner. April 30
Luciana Souza. May 2
James Madison University’s School of Music: Beth Chandler and Gabriel Dobner. May 11
KENNEDY CENTER
Opera House, F Street and New Hampshire Avenue NW. 202/467-4600, kennedy-center.org
Washington National Opera: The Flying Dutchman. March 15-April 10
Washington National Opera: Rigoletto. March 29-April 13
Washington National Opera: Tamerlano. April 30-May 22
Washington National Opera: Elektra. May 10-27
Washington National Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana in Concert with an Evening of Verismo Masterpieces. May 25-30
KENNEDY CENTER
Terrace Theater, F Street and New Hampshire Avenue NW. 202/467-4600, kennedy-center.org
Soheil Nasseri, piano. Feb. 23
Young Concert Artists Series: Benjamin Moser, piano. April 8
Pro Musica Hebraica Inaugural Concert. April 10
WPAS: Sergio Tiempo, piano. April 12
Kennedy Center Chamber Players: Works by Brahms, Martinu and Beethoven. April 13
Ariel String Quartet. April 21
Jonathan Biss, piano, and Miriam Fried, violin. May 12
Eighth Blackbird: The Only Moving Thing. May 13
Kennedy Center Chamber Players: Works by Jaffe, Schumann, more. May 18
Friday Morning Music Club: Washington International Competition for Piano. May 25
VSA Arts International Young Soloists Concert. May 29
Trio Mediaeval and Cantus. May 30
I Fagiolini. May 31
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE. Ticketmaster at 202/397-7328, 703/573-7328 or ticketmaster.com. For information: 202/707-4604, 202/707-5664, www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0708-schedule.html
• Alban Berg Quartet. Feb. 22.
• Orion Quartet with David Krakauer, clarinet. Feb. 28.
• Guillermo Klein Sextet. Feb. 29.
• Florestan Trio. March 7.
• Two Faces of Mexican Music festival: Camerata Bariloche. March 12.
• Two Faces of Mexican Music festival: Cuarteto Latinoamericano. March 13.
• Two Faces of Mexican Music festival: Post-Classical Ensemble with Eugenia Leon, vocalist. March 14.
• Beaux Arts Trio. April 1.
• Lynn Harrell, cello, with Victor Santiago-Asuncion, piano. April 3.
• Skampa Quartet with Iva Bittova, vocals and violin. April 11.
• Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante. April 16.
• Holloway/Linden/Mortensen Trio. April 17.
• Pavel Haas Quartet. April 18.
• Camerata Pacifica with Warren Jones, piano. April 24.
• Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. May 2.
• St. Petersburg String Quartet with Michael Tree, viola. May 9.
• Parker String Quartet and Borromeo String Quartet. May 16.
• Pacifica Quartet. May 29.
• Barnatan/Ferschtman/Weilerstein Trio. May 31.
THE MANSION AT STRATHMORE
10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda. 301/581-5100, www.strathmore.org
Miranda Blakeslee, viola. Feb. 27
Peter Pertis, piano. Feb. 24
Mayuko Kamio, violin. March 7
DBR, sonic artist. March 10
Sara Daneshpour, piano. March 27
Angela Taylor, singer-songwriter-flutist. April 2 and 23
The New Century Saxophone Quartet. April 17
Antares. May 15
MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. 301/581-5100, www.strathmore.org
State Symphony of Mexico. Feb. 20
BSO Soulful Symphony: Fresh Winds. Feb. 21
National Philharmonic: Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. Feb. 23
BSO Symphony with a Twist: Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights. Feb. 29
BSO Classical Thursdays: Beethoven’s Fifth with Emily Skala, flute. March 6
WPAS: Yundi Li, piano. March 12
National Philharmonic: Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. March 15
WPAS: Alfred Brendel, piano. March 17
BSO Classical Saturdays: Andre Watts Plays Brahms. March 29
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202/842-6941, www.nga.gov
National Gallery Chamber Players Piano Trio. Feb. 24
Soprano Celeste Headlee with pianist Danielle DeSwert. Feb. 27
SCHLESINGER CONCERT HALL AND ARTS CENTER
Northern Virginia Community College, 3001 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria. 703/845-6156, www.nvcc.edu/schlesingercenter
American Balalaika Symphony. Feb. 23
Capital Wind Symphony. Feb. 24
U.S. Marine Band. March 2
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra: Rapture. March 8, 9
WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202/537-5527, www.cathedral.org
World Premiere: Dominick Argento, Evensong: of Love and Angels; Mozart, Solemn Vespers of the Confessor. March 2
Bach, St. John Passion. March 16
Mendelssohn, Elijah. May 18
WOLF TRAP: THE BARNS
1645 Trap Road, Vienna. 703/255-1900, 703/255-1868, www.wolftrap.org. Tickets at the box office or at www.tickets.com, 703/218-6500.
The Gryphon Trio. March 7
Shakespeare Remixed: Southeastern Festival of Song. March 28
The Calder Quartet. April 11
David Finckel and Wu Han. April 25
STAGE
DAR CONSTITUTION HALL
1776 D St. NW. 202/628-1776, www.dar.org/conthall. Tickets 703/573-SEAT, 202/397-SEAT, 410/ 547-SEAT or www.ticketmaster.com
Chris Rock. April 18, 19
Steve Harvey. April 26
John Edward. June 20
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THE ARTS
4400 University Drive, Fairfax. 888/945-2468, www.gmu.edu/cfa
Rik Reppe: Staggering Toward America. March 2
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LISNER AUDITORIUM
730 21st St. NW. 202/994-6800, 301/808-6900 or ticketmaster.com; www.lisner.org
This American Life’s Ira Glass. April 12
THE IMPROV
1140 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202/296-7008, www.dcimprov.com
Flip Orley. March 5-16
John Pinette. May 15-18
Robert Schimmel. May 29-June 1
Kevin Pollak. June 19-22
PARILLA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Montgomery College, 51 Mannakee St., Rockville. 240/567-7542, montgomerycollege.edu/PAC
Bob Newhart. May 16
TIVOLI THEATRE
3333 14th St. NW. 202/234-7174.
Oyelo, Out Loud!: Hip-Hop, Spoken Word and Poetry. March 7, 8
WARNER THEATRE
13th and E streets NW. 202/397-SEAT, www.warnertheater.com
The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour. March 8
An Evening with Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood. April 12
WOLF TRAP: FILENE CENTER
1551 Trap Road, Vienna. 703/218-6500, www.wolftrap.org, www.tickets.com
A Prairie Home Companion. May 23, 24
WOLF TRAP: THE BARNS
1645 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets at the box office or at www.tickets.com, 703/218-6500. See www.wolftrap.org
Second City National Touring Company: One Nation, Under Blog. Feb. 29. Sold out.
THEATER
AMERICAN CENTURY THEATER
Theater II, Gunston Arts Center, 2700 S. Lang Street, Arlington. 703/998-4555, www.americancentury.org
Happy Birthday, Wanda June. March 7-29
Eccentricities of a Nightingale. April 4-26
The Titans. July 18-Aug. 16
ARENA STAGE
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