Classical Month in Washington (January)

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Classical Month in Washington is a monthly feature. If there are concerts you would like to see included on our schedule, send your suggestions by e-mail (ionarts at gmail dot com). Happy listening!

January 5, 2008 (Sat)
11 am, 1 pm, and 3:30 pm
NSO Teddy Bear Concert: Imagination Duo
Kennedy Center Family Theater
Review -- Charles T. Downey and Miss Ionarts (Ionarts, January 7)

January 5, 2008 (Sat)
3 pm
Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel
Opera Bel Cantanti
Randolph Road Theater (Silver Spring, Md.)

January 5, 2008 (Sat)
5 pm
Armonia Nova: Twelfth Night
Our Savior Lutheran (Arlington, Va.)

January 6, 2008 (Sun)
1 and 3 pm
NSO Ensemble Concert: Math and Music
Kennedy Center Family Theater
Review -- Ronni Reich (Washington Post, January 8)

January 6, 2008 (Sun)
4 pm
ArcoVoce [FREE]
Phillips Collection

January 6, 2008 (Sun)
6 pm
NSO Young Soloists' Finals
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

January 6, 2008 (Sun)
6 pm
Armonia Nova: Twelfth Night
Christ Church (Alexandria, Va.)

January 6, 2008 (Sun)
6:30 pm
New York Chamber Soloists [FREE]
National Gallery of Art
Review -- Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, January 8)

January 7, 2008 (Mon)
6 pm
Jessica Krash, lecture
Kennedy Center Terrace Gallery

January 10, 2008 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Guarneri String Quartet
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Review -- Michael Lodico (Ionarts, January 12)

January 10, 2008 (Thu)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
Review -- Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, January 14)

January 11, 2008 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Artis Quarttet-Wien
WPAS
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Review -- Daniel Ginsberg (Washington Post, January 14)

January 11, 2008 (Fri)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

January 11, 2008 (Fri)
8 pm
Victoria's Requiem
Folger Consort
Washington National Cathedral
Review -- Charles T. Downey (Washington Post, January 13)

January 11, 2008 (Fri)
8 pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
With Pinchas Zukerman
George Mason University Center for the Arts
Review -- Robert Battey (Washington Post, January 14)

January 12, 2008 (Sat)
2 pm
Adam Neiman, piano
WPAS
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Review -- Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, January 14)

January 12, 2008 (Sat)
3 and 7:30 pm
National Philharmonic Piano Trio
Music Center at Strathmore

January 12, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Music Center at Strathmore

January 12, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
Eclipse Chamber Orchestra
Includes Dominik Maican, Solaris
Dumbarton Concert Series

January 12, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
Victoria's Requiem
Folger Consort
Washington National Cathedral

January 13, 2008 (Sun)
1, 3 and 6 pm
NSO Kinderkonzert: Strings and Stories
Kennedy Center Family Theater

January 13, 2008 (Sun)
2 pm
Left Bank Concert Society: Darkness and Light
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Review -- Michael Lodico (Ionarts, January 15)

January 13, 2008 (Sun)
3 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

January 13, 2008 (Sun)
4 pm
Eric Himy (piano) and Friends [FREE]
Phillips Collection

January 13, 2008 (Sun)
5:30 pm
Nathan Gunn, baritone
Shriver Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
Review -- Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, January 15)

January 13, 2008 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Vilnius String Quartet [FREE]
National Gallery of Art

January 13, 2008 (Sun)
7 pm
Choral Arts Society: MLK Tribute
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Review -- Daniel Ginsberg (Washington Post, January 16)

January 13, 2008 (Sun)
7:30 pm
Masterworks of Four Centuries
Music of Gade, Schumann, Mendelssohn
Smithsonian Chamber Players
Smithsonian Castle

January 13, 2008 (Sun)
7:30 pm
Emmanuel Ceysson, harp
Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington

January 14, 2008 (Mon)
6 pm
Jessica Krash, lecture
Kennedy Center Terrace Gallery

January 16, 2008 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Christine Schäfer (soprano) and Eric Schneider (piano)
Schubert, Winterreise
Vocal Arts Society
Embassy of Austria
Review -- Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, January 18)

January 17, 2008 (Thu)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Sarah Chang, violin (Brahms concerto, Corigliano 2nd symphony)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Review -- Michael Lodico (Ionarts, January 18)

January 18, 2008 (Fri)
1:30 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Sarah Chang, violin (Brahms concerto, Corigliano 2nd symphony)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

January 18, 2008 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Countertop Quartet
Christ Church (Kensington, Md.)
Review -- Joan Reinthaler (Washington Post, January 21)

January 19, 2008 (Sat)
6 pm
Emerson Quartet
Smithsonian Resident Associates
National Museum of Natural History
Review -- Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, January 21)

January 19, 2008 (Sat)
7:30 pm
Christina Nassif (soprano), Benjamin Warschawski (tenor), George Peachey (piano)
Embassy Series
Austrian Embassy
Review -- Mark J. Estren (Washington Post, January 21)

January 19, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Sarah Chang, violin (Brahms concerto, Corigliano 2nd symphony)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

January 20, 2008 (Sun)
2 pm
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
All-Brahms program
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Review -- Anne Midgette (Washington Post, January 22)

January 20, 2008 (Sun)
3 pm
Washington Bach Consort
Concertos for violin, harpsichord
Harman Center for the Arts
Review -- Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, January 22)

January 20, 2008 (Sun)
4 pm
Michelle Makarski, violin [FREE]
Phillips Collection

January 20, 2008 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Jeni Slotchiver, piano [FREE]
National Gallery of Art

January 22, 2008 (Tue)
7:30 pm
Kirov Ballet: La Bayadère
Kennedy Center Opera House
Review -- Sarah Kaufman (Washington Post, January 24)

January 23, 2008 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Review -- Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, January 25)

January 23, 2008 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Ensemble Salzburg [FREE]
Austrian Cultural Forum
Embassy of Austria

January 23, 2008 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Kirov Ballet: La Bayadère
Kennedy Center Opera House

January 24, 2008 (Thu)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Review -- Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, January 26)

January 24, 2008 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Metropolitan Opera National Council Middle Atlantic Auditions
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

January 24, 2008 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Emmanuel Ceysson, harp
Embassy Series
La Maison Française
Review -- Daniel Ginsberg (Washington Post, January 26)

January 24, 2008 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Kirov Ballet: La Bayadère
Kennedy Center Opera House

January 25, 2008 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Kirov Ballet: La Bayadère
Kennedy Center Opera House

January 25, 2008 (Fri)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

January 25, 2008 (Fri)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Kirill Gerstein, piano
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
Review -- Daniel Ginsberg (Washington Post, January 28)

January 26, 2008 (Sat)
1:30 and 7:30 pm
Kirov Ballet: La Bayadère
Kennedy Center Opera House

January 26, 2008 (Sat)
2 pm
Yuja Wang, piano
WPAS
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Review -- Michael Lodico (Ionarts, January 28)

January 26, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

January 26, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Kirill Gerstein, piano
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

January 26, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
Axelrod Quartet
Smithsonian Resident Associates
Grand Salon, Renwick Gallery
Review -- Ronni Reich (Washington Post, January 28)

January 26, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
National Philharmonic
With Jody Gatwood, violin
Music Center at Strathmore

January 27, 2008 (Sun)
1:30 pm
Kirov Ballet: La Bayadère
Kennedy Center Opera House

January 27, 2008 (Sun)
3 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Kirill Gerstein, piano
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

January 27, 2008 (Sun)
3 pm
Ensō String Quartet with soprano Rosa Lamoreaux [FREE]
National Academy of Sciences

January 27, 2008 (Sun)
4 pm
Leonid Sushansky (violin) and Carlos Rodriguez (piano) [FREE]
Phillips Collection

January 27, 2008 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Central Bucks County High School Choir [FREE]
National Gallery of Art

January 27, 2008 (Sun)
7:30 pm
Members of National Symphony Orchestra
Mozart and Stravinsky: Search for Perfection
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

January 27, 2008 (Sun)
7:30 pm
Axelrod Quartet
Smithsonian Resident Associates
Grand Salon, Renwick Gallery

January 27, 2008 (Sun)
8 pm
Amit Peled (cello) and Alon Goldstein (piano)
Friends of Music Series
Dumbarton Oaks

January 28, 2008 (Mon)
6 pm
Jessica Krash, piano
Kennedy Center Theater Lab

January 28, 2008 (Mon)
7:30 pm
Merlin Ensemble [FREE]
Music by Zemlinsky, Schoenberg, and others
Austrian Cultural Forum
Embassy of Austria

January 28, 2008 (Mon)
8 pm
Amit Peled (cello) and Alon Goldstein (piano)
Friends of Music Series
Dumbarton Oaks

January 29, 2008 (Tue)
7:30 pm
Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty
American Ballet Theater
Kennedy Center Opera House

January 30, 2008 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty
American Ballet Theater
Kennedy Center Opera House

January 31, 2008 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty
American Ballet Theater
Kennedy Center Opera House