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2.4.08

Classical Month in Washington (June)

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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!

June 1, 2008 (Sun)
3 pm
Puccini, La Bohème
Opera Bel Cantanti
Randolph Road Theater (Silver Spring, Md.)

June 1, 2008 (Sun)
3 pm
Gala Black Tie Event: Water Music on the Potomac
Eclipse Chamber Orchestra

June 1, 2008 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Choral Arts Society of Washington [FREE]
Music by Franz Liszt
National Gallery of Art

June 1, 2008 (Sun)
8 pm
A World of Voices
Bobby McFerrin, Chanticleer, et al.
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 1, 2008 (Sun)
8 pm
National Philharmonic
Music Center at Strathmore

June 5, 2008 (Thu)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra (Grieg, Peer Gynt)
With Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 5, 2008 (Thu)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Bach, Brandenburg Concertos
Music Center at Strathmore

June 5, 2008 (Thu)
8 pm
JCC Symphony Orchestra
Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington

June 6, 2008 (Fri)
12 noon
Covington String Quartet [FREE]
Arts Club of Washington

June 6, 2008 (Fri)
1:30 pm
National Symphony Orchestra (Grieg, Peer Gynt)
With Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 6, 2008 (Fri)
7:30 pm
American Chamber Players
June Chamber Music Festival
Kreeger Museum

June 7, 2008 (Sat)
11 am
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Vivaldi and Handel
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 7, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra (Grieg, Peer Gynt)
With Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 7, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Bach, Brandenburg Concertos
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 7, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
National Philharmonic
Britten, War Requiem
Music Center at Strathmore

June 8, 2008 (Sun)
3 pm
Cantate Chamber Singers
Music by Maurice Saylor
Holton-Arms School

June 8, 2008 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Anna Kijanowska, piano [FREE]
Music by Chopin, Szymanowski, and other Polish composers
National Gallery of Art

June 10, 2008 (Tue)
7:30 pm
American Chamber Players
June Chamber Music Festival
Kreeger Museum

June 12, 2008 (Thu)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 12, 2008 (Thu)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Barry Douglas, piano
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 13, 2008 (Fri)
12 noon
Brian Jones (clarinet), Igor Zubovsky (cello), and Diane Winter-Pyles (piano) [FREE]
Arts Club of Washington

June 13, 2008 (Fri)
7:30 pm
American Chamber Players
June Chamber Music Festival
Kreeger Museum

June 13, 2008 (Fri)
7:30 pm
16th Evelyn Lear and Thomas Stewart Emerging Singers Concert
Wagner Society of Washington, D.C.
Embassy of Germany

June 13, 2008 (Fri)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Barry Douglas, piano
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 13, 2008 (Fri)
8 pm
Verdi, Un Giorno di Regno
Wolf Trap Opera
The Barns at Wolf Trap

June 14, 2008 (Sat)
7:30 pm
Washington Men's Camerata: Songs of the Sea
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

June 14, 2008 (Sat)
7:30 pm
Korngold, Die tote Stadt
Summer Opera Theater Company
Hartke Theater (Catholic University)

June 14, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 14, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Barry Douglas, piano
Music Center at Strathmore

June 14, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
Masters of the 17th Century German Baroque
Music by Schein, Hassler, Praetorius
Chantry
St. Mary Mother of God (727 5th Street NW)

June 14, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
George Mason University Center for the Arts

June 15, 2008 (Sun)
2 pm
Musicale Series: French Flair
Eclipse Chamber Orchestra

June 15, 2008 (Sun)
2 pm
Verdi, Un Giorno di Regno
Wolf Trap Opera
The Barns at Wolf Trap

June 15, 2008 (Sun)
3 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Barry Douglas, piano
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 15, 2008 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Judith Ingolfsson (violin) and Vladimir Stoupel (piano) [FREE]
Music by Hallgrímsson, Ravel, and Schubert
National Gallery of Art

June 15, 2008 (Sun)
8 pm
National Gallery Chamber Players
With Rosa Lamoreaux, Barbara Hollinshead, Stephen Ackert
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Columba's Episcopal Church

June 16, 2008 (Mon)
8 pm
La Ménéstrandise
Washington Early Music Festival
Christ Church, Capitol Hill

June 16, 2008 (Mon)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 17, 2008 (Tue)
8 pm
Verdi, Un Giorno di Regno
Wolf Trap Opera
The Barns at Wolf Trap

June 18, 2008 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Composers in Conversation: Joan Tower
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 18, 2008 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Korngold, Die tote Stadt
Summer Opera Theater Company
Hartke Theater (Catholic University)

June 18, 2008 (Wed)
9 pm
Washington Musica Viva: Cabaret Songs
Busboys and Poets (2021 14th Street NW)

June 19, 2008 (Thu)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Music by Beethoven and Tower
Music Center at Strathmore

June 20, 2008 (Fri)
12 noon
Friends of Fasch [FREE]
Arts Club of Washington

June 20, 2008 (Fri)
8 pm
Suspicious Cheese Lords
Washington Early Music Festival
Christ Church, Capitol Hill

June 20, 2008 (Fri)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Music by Beethoven and Tower
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 21, 2008 (Sat)
5 pm to Midnight
Fête de la Musique
La Maison Française

June 21, 2008 (Sat)
6 pm
NSO Conducting Institute [FREE]
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 21, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
Armonia Nova
Washington Early Music Festival
Christ Church, Capitol Hill

June 21, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Music by Beethoven and Tower
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 22, 2008 (Sun)
2:30 pm
Korngold, Die tote Stadt
Summer Opera Theater Company
Hartke Theater (Catholic University)

June 22, 2008 (Sun)
3 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Music by Beethoven and Tower
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 22, 2008 (Sun)
3 pm
ArcoVoce Chamber Ensemble
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Alban's Episcopal Church

June 22, 2008 (Sun)
5 pm
J. Reilly Lewis, organ [FREE]
Washington National Cathedral

June 22, 2008 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Washington Bach Consort [FREE]
Washington Early Music Festival
National Gallery of Art

June 23, 2008 (Mon)
7:30 pm
Randall Scarlata (baritone) and Thomas Bagwell (piano)
Austrian Cultural Forum
Embassy of Austria

June 23, 2008 (Mon)
8 pm
Music under the Summer Stars [FREE]
Metropolitan Chorus
Lubber Run Amphitheater (Arlington, Va.)

June 23, 2008 (Mon)
8:30 pm
Harmonious Blacksmith
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Columba's Episcopal Church

June 24, 2008 (Tue)
8 pm
Washington Kantorei
Washington Early Music Festival
Lutheran Church of the Reformation

June 25, 2008 (Wed)
8 pm
Countertop Quartet
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Paul's K Street

June 26, 2008 (Thu)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Sol Gabetta, cello
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 26, 2008 (Thu)
8 pm
Ensemble Gaudior
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill

June 27, 2008 (Fri)
12 noon
Heleen du Plessis (cello) and Eun Joo Chun (piano) [FREE]
Arts Club of Washington

June 27, 2008 (Fri)
12 noon
Friends of Fasch (quartets)
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill

June 27, 2008 (Fri)
5 pm
Bruce Neswick, organ [FREE]
Washington National Cathedral

June 27, 2008 (Fri)
8 pm
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill

June 27, 2008 (Fri)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Sol Gabetta, cello
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 28, 2008 (Sat)
4 pm
Illuminare and Carmina
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill

June 28, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
Modern Music
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill

June 28, 2008 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Sol Gabetta, cello
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 29, 2008 (Sun)
5 pm
Douglas Major, organ [FREE]
Washington National Cathedral

June 29, 2008 (Sun)
5 pm
Judith Spokes (violin) and Carl Banner (piano)
Washington Musica Viva
Dennis and Philip Ratner Museum (Bethesda, Md.)

June 29, 2008 (Sun)
6:30 pm
National Gallery Chamber Players String Quartet [FREE]
Music by Haydn, Patiño, and Schubert
National Gallery of Art

June 29, 2008 (Sun)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra: Tribute to Leonard Slatkin
With Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

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