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2006 National Symphony Orchestra, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (November 10, 2006) Choral Arts Society, Missa Solemnis (November 8, 2006) Hélène Grimaud at Shriver Hall (November 7, 2006) Quatuor Ébène, Corcoran Gallery of Art (November 6, 2006) Heinz Zednik at the Austrian Embassy (November 4, 2006) Hopkinson Smith at Dumbarton Oaks (November 4, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman, Amanda Forsyth (November 3, 2006) Marilyn Nonken at La Maison Française (November 1, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra Family Concert, Spooky Tales (October 31, 2006) Kirov Orchestra, Kennedy Center (October 28, 2006) Kennedy Center Chamber Players, Terrace Theater (October 28, 2006) András Schiff, Cappella Andrea Barca (October 26, 2006) Washington Wagner Society, Emerging Singers Concert (October 24, 2006) Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Covent Garden (October 21, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra, Lynn Harrell (October 20, 2006) Montage Music Society, Zemlinsky at the Library of Congress (October 20, 2006) Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Emanuel Ax (October 20, 2006) Emerson Quartet and Menahem Pressler, Shriver Hall (October 17, 2006) Rossini, Siege of Corinth, Baltimore Opera (October 16, 2006) Mandelring Quartet, Library of Congress (October 15, 2006) Beaux Arts Trio, Library of Congress (October 14, 2006) Denyce Graves, Kennedy Center (October 13, 2006) Cleveland Orchestra, Kennedy Center (October 11, 2006) Nicholas Maw, Sophie's Choice, Washington National Opera (second cast) (October 10, 2006) Louis Lortie, National Gallery of Art (October 9, 2006) Washington Bach Consort, Noontime Cantata (October 8, 2006) Great Noise Ensemble, Steve Reich (October 8, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra, James Galway (October 6, 2006) Mozart through His Letters, Washington National Opera (October 5, 2006) Jérôme Hantaï and Maude Gratton, La Maison Française (October 4, 2006) Washington Bach Consort, Mozart (October 1, 2006) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich (September 30, 2006) François-Frédéric Guy, Corcoran Gallery of Art (September 27, 2006) Nicholas Maw, Sophie's Choice, Washington National Opera (September 26, 2006) Bluebeard's Castle/Gianni Schicchi, Washington National Opera (September 23, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra, Gil Shaham (September 22, 2006) Contemporary Music Forum, Corcoran Gallery of Art (September 19, 2006) French Opera Arias, Opera Bel Cantanti (September 16, 2006) Lawrence Brownlee at the Terrace Theater (September 13, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra, Prelude Festival (September 8, 2006) Smithsonian Chamber Players at the Reynolds Center (August 28, 2006) Mostly Mozart Festival (August 27, 2006) Mozart, Marriage of Figaro, Wolf Trap (August 20, 2006) Four Islands Recital, Wolf Trap (August 14, 2006) Strauss, Salome, Santa Fe Opera (August 6, 2006) Massenet, Cendrillon, Santa Fe Opera (August 5, 2006) Renée Fleming at Wolf Trap (August 4, 2006) Bizet, Carmen, Santa Fe Opera (August 2, 2006) Mozart, The Magic Flute, Santa Fe Opera (August 1, 2006) Thomas Adès, The Tempest, Santa Fe Opera (July 31, 2006) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven's 9th (July 29, 2006) Colin Jacobsen Quartet, Bargemusic (July 25, 2006) Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, Wolf Trap Opera (July 25, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra, Carmina and the Ring, Wolf Trap (July 23, 2006) Rossini's Le Comte Ory, Wolf Trap Opera (July 22, 2006) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Cheering Tchaikovsky (July 17, 2006) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Best of Baroque (July 8, 2006) Naji Hakim at Washington National Cathedral (July 7, 2006) Ground, Ignoti Dei Opera (July 1, 2006) Tempesta di Mare, Drew Minter, National Gallery of Art (June 30, 2006) Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra, Schlesinger Hall (June 27, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra, Family Concert (June 21, 2006) Matthias Maute, Washington Early Music Festival (June 21, 2006) Chicago Symphony, Farewell Concerts with Daniel Barenboim (June 20, 2006) Modern Musick, Matthias Maute (June 20, 2006) Cavalli's La Didone, Ignoti Dei Opera (June 18, 2006) Telemann's Orpheus, Wolf Trap Opera (June 18, 2006) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Joshua Bell, Marin Alsop (June 16, 2006) June Chamber Music Festival II, Kreeger Museum (June 15, 2006) Sara Davis Buechner, National Gallery of Art (June 14, 2006) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Mahler's Second Symphony (June 12, 2006) National Gallery String Quartet (June 11, 2006) June Chamber Music Festival I, Kreeger Museum (June 11, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra, Mahler's Eighth Symphony (June 9, 2006) Tchaikovsky's Iolanta, Opera Bel Cantanti (June 9, 2006) National Philharmonic, Mozart C Minor Mass (June 8, 2006) Sumi Jo at the Kennedy Center (June 7, 2006) Kennedy Center Chamber Players, Terrace Theater (June 6, 2006) Mozart's Idomeneo, Opera Lafayette (June 4, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Masur (June 2, 2006) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Carney (June 2, 2006) Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists, Renwick Gallery (May 28, 2006) Washington Musica Viva (May 27, 2006) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Julia Fischer (May 26, 2006) Renaud Déjardin and Márta Gődény, La Maison Française (May 26, 2006) Turn of the Screw, Châteauville Foundation (May 25, 2006) Musicians of Saint-Julien, La Maison Française (May 25, 2006) Cathedral Choral Society, Britten's War Requiem (May 24, 2006) Bach Sinfonia and Chantry, Red Priest Vespers (May 23, 2006) Wonny Song, Kennedy Center Terrace Theater (May 22, 2006) Palestrina Choir, St. Matthew's Cathedral (May 20, 2006) Cho-Liang Lin and André-Michel Schub, Library of Congress (May 20, 2006) Maurizio Pollini at Strathmore (May 19, 2006) Stephen Ackert, National Gallery of Art (May 19, 2006) Angela Hewitt at Shriver Hall (May 17, 2006) L'Italiana in Algeri, Washington National Opera (May 16, 2006) Christopher Guzman at the Phillips Collection (May 16, 2006) Dædalus Quartet, Corcoran Gallery of Art (May 15, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra (May 12, 2006) Vitaly Samoshko, Polish Embassy (May 12, 2006) La Clemenza di Tito, Washington National Opera (May 9, 2006) Festa della Voce, Corcoran Gallery of Art (May 6, 2006) Jacques Ogg at the Library of Congress (May 6, 2006) Ahn Trio, National Museum of Women in the Arts (May 4, 2006) Weilerstein Trio, Corcoran Gallery of Art (May 4, 2006) Shanghai Quartet, Freer Gallery of Art (May 2, 2006) Efe Baltacigil, Kennedy Center Terrace Theater (April 29, 2006) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, On the Transmigration of Souls (April 29, 2006) Il Matrimonio Segreto, University of Maryland Opera Studio (April 28, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich (April 28, 2006) Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman, Kennedy Center (April 28, 2006) Piotr Anderszewski, National Gallery of Art (April 27, 2006) Ensemble Doulce Mémoire, La Maison Française (April 26, 2006) San Francisco Symphony, Kennedy Center (April 26, 2006) Jerusalem String Quartet, Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington (April 24, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra, Julian Rachlin (April 21, 2006) Choral Arts Society, Strathmore (April 17, 2006) Lang Lang at Strathmore (April 15, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra, Helmut Rilling (April 14, 2006) Diotima Quartet, La Maison Française (April 12, 2006) Fazil Say, Shriver Hall (April 12, 2006) Leon Fleisher, Shriver Hall (April 11, 2006) Washington Chorus, Kennedy Center (April 10, 2006) Malcolm Bilson, Baltimore Museum of Art (April 9, 2006) Krystian Zimerman, Shriver Hall (April 8, 2006) Reto Reichenbach, Swiss Embassy (April 8, 2006) Yo-Yo Ma at the Kennedy Center (April 7, 2006) Tancredi, Washington Concert Opera (April 6, 2006) L'Elisir d'Amore, Washington National Opera (April 3, 2006) Yundi Li, Strathmore (April 3, 2006) Vadim Repin and Nikolai Lugansky, Meyerhoff Hall (April 2, 2006) Takács Quartet, Corcoran Gallery (April 1, 2006) Das Rheingold, Washington National Opera (April 1, 2006) Specification Fifteen, Hirshhorn Museum of Art (March 31, 2006) Peter Serkin, Strathmore (March 31, 2006) Dada Concert, National Gallery of Art (March 30, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Khachatryan (March 30, 2006) Rachel Barton Pine, National Gallery of Art (March 28, 2006) Bach Collegium Japan, Library of Congress (March 28, 2006) Sandrine Piau at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (March 26, 2006) Washington Bach Consort, Cathedral Choral Society (March 25, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra, Emanuel Ax (March 24, 2006) Francis Poulenc Trio, Polish Embassy (March 24, 2006) Roberto Cominati, Kennedy Center (March 21, 2006) Washington National Opera, Golden Gala (March 21, 2006) Olivier Latry at Notre-Dame de Paris (March 21, 2006) Dóra Seres, flutist (March 19, 2006) Boston Symphony, David Robertson, Yo-Yo Ma (March 19, 2006) Baltimore Symphony, Emanuel Ax (March 17, 2006) Baltimore Symphony, James Judd (March 16, 2006) Dead Man Walking, Baltimore Opera (March 14, 2006) Ian Bostridge and Belcea Quartet, Library of Congress (March 13, 2006) Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center (March 12, 2006) Musicians from Marlboro, Freer Gallery (March 11, 2006) Turtle Island String Quartet, Strathmore Mansion (March 10, 2006) Leslie Savoy Burrs, Vanqui, Clarice Smith (March 9, 2006) Matthias Soucek at the Austrian Embassy (March 8, 2006) Parker String Quartet with Roger Tapping, Corcoran Gallery of Art (March 5, 2006) Boston Symphony Orchestra: Schoenberg, Beethoven (March 5, 2006) Così Fan Tutte, Opera Theater of Northern Virginia (March 4, 2006) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, with Sergey Khachatryan (March 3, 2006) Jerusalem Symphony, Strathmore (March 1, 2006) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Gil Shaham (February 28, 2006) Left Bank Concert Society, Terrace Theater (February 28, 2006) Vienna Piano Trio, Shriver Hall (February 27, 2006) Meredith Monk, Impermanence (February 26, 2006) Verdi, Requiem, Kirov Opera (February 25, 2006) Rachel Barton Pine, National Museum of Women in the Arts (February 24, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra, with Midori (February 24, 2006) Parsifal, Kirov Opera (February 23, 2006) Boston Symphony: Schoenberg (February 22, 2006) Turandot, Kirov Opera (February 21, 2006) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at the Kennedy Center (February 15, 2006) Brentano Quartet at the Corcoran (February 15, 2006) Kalichstein–Laredo–Robinson Trio (February 14, 2006) Opera Lafayette, with Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (February 13, 2006) Andrew Simpson, The Furies (February 13, 2006) National Symphony, with Christoph von Dohnányi and Alban Gerhardt (February 10, 2006) Alfred Brendel at the Kennedy Center (February 9, 2006) Kennedy Center Chamber Players (February 9, 2006) Washington Bach Consort Noontime Cantata (BWV 153) (February 8, 2006) Baltimore Symphony at Strathmore (Bruckner, Ninth Symphony) (February 7, 2006) Alan Held at Wolf Trap (February 5, 2006) Premiere of Roberto Sierra's Missa Latina, National Symphony Orchestra, Choral Arts Society (February 3, 2006) Bruckner, Ninth Symphony, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (February 3, 2006) Calder Quartet at the Kennedy Center (February 1, 2006) Renaud Capuçon and Gautier Capuçon, Shriver Hall (January 31, 2006) Minetti Quartett, Embassy of Austria (January 29, 2006) Abduction from the Seraglio, National Symphony Orchestra (January 27, 2006) Natalia Gutman and Friends, Kennedy Center (January 26, 2006) Jennifer Check, Young Concert Artists, Kennedy Center (January 24, 2006) Paolo Pandolfo at Dumbarton Oaks (January 23, 2006) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet at the Kennedy Center (January 23, 2006) Klavier Trio Amsterdam at the Corcoran Gallery of Art (January 22, 2006) Dmitri Hvorostovsky at the Kennedy Center (January 20, 2006) National Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, Four Last Songs and Other Strauss (January 20, 2006) Mark Crayton at the Phillips Collection (January 19, 2006) James Conlon, National Symphony Orchestra, Wagner, Die Walküre, Act I (January 13, 2006) Marin Alsop, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, with Leon Fleisher (January 13, 2006) National Gallery Orchestra, with José Serebrier (January 11, 2006) Randall Scarlata and Jeremy Denk, FAES (January 10, 2006) Gilligan Goes to the Teddy Bear Concert, Kennedy Center (January 9, 2006) Folger Consort, Palestrina and Monteverdi (January 7, 2006) 2005 Renée Fleming, Sacred Songs and Carols, PBS Special (December 26, 2005) Tobias Picker, An American Tragedy, Met Radio Broadcast (December 24, 2005) Choral Arts Society of Washington, Christmas Music (December 24, 2005) Folger Consort, Corelli and Charpentier (December 23, 2005) Master Chorale of Washington, Candlelight Concert (December 22, 2005) Suspicious Cheese Lords, National Gallery of Art (December 20, 2005) Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung, Phillips Collection (December 20, 2005) Opera Lafayette at La Maison Française (December 19, 2005) Jupiter Quartet, Library of Congress (December 18, 2005) Vienna Choir Boys at Strathmore (December 17, 2005) James Conlon, Juilliard Orchestra, Mahler's Third Symphony (December 16, 2005) Messiah, National Symphony, Washington Chorus (December 16, 2005) Trio Mediæval at the Kennedy Center (December 13, 2005) Thomas Meglioranza at the Phillips Collection (December 13, 2005) Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson at the Icelandic Ambassador's Residence (December 13, 2005) Alexis Descharmes and Nicholas Baldeyrou, La Maison Française (December 11, 2005) Geir Draugsvoll, Accordion, at the National Gallery (December 6, 2005) Wolfgang Holzmair at the Austrian Embassy (December 5, 2005) Lang Lang with the National Symphony Orchestra (December 2, 2005) Frank Huang at the Terrace Theater (December 1, 2005) Philadelphia Orchestra at the Kennedy Center (November 30, 2005) Boston Symphony Orchestra, with Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Neruda Songs (November 28, 2005) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, with Baiba Skride (November 26, 2005) Gunther Schuller Festival in Boston, Part 3 (November 24, 2005) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Bluebeard's Castle (November 22, 2005) Garth Newel Piano Quartet at the Corcoran (November 20, 2005) Gunther Schuller Festival in Boston, Part 2 (November 19, 2005) Mitsuko Uchida at Strathmore (November 18, 2005) Kennedy Center Chamber Players (November 17, 2005) Gunther Schuller Festival in Boston, Part 1 (November 16, 2005) Hilary Hahn at the Kennedy Center (November 15, 2005) Baltimore Opera, La sonnambula (November 14, 2005) Alexander Kobrin at the Terrace Theater (November 13, 2005) Musicians from Marlboro, Freer Gallery of Art (November 12, 2005) National Symphony Orchestra, with Vladimir Ashkenazy and Ryo Goto (November 11, 2005) Mini-Critic: Salzburger Marionettentheater, Magic Flute (November 9, 2005) Chant and Polyphony at the National Gallery (November 8, 2005) The Washington Chorus, Carmina Burana (November 8, 2005) Teodor Brcko and Monika Mockovĕáková at the Slovak Embassy (November 8, 2005) Left Bank Concert Society at Clarice Smith (November 7, 2005) Mini-Critic Goes to Porgy and Bess (November 6, 2005) Washington National Opera, Porgy and Bess (November 5, 2005) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with Håvard Gimse (November 4, 2005) Sarah E. Geller at An die Musik LIVE (November 2, 2005) Schola Cantorum of Boston, Thomas Tallis (November 1, 2005) Washington Concert Opera, Puccini’s Il Tabarro and Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana (November 1, 2005) Choral Arts Society, Alexander's Feast (November 1, 2005) Boston Symphony, A Child of Our Time (October 30, 2005) David and Julie Coucheron at the Norwegian Ambassador's Residence (October 30, 2005) Corigliano Quartet at the Library of Congress (October 30, 2005) Camerata Nordica at the Terrace Theater (October 28, 2005) Cecilia Bartoli at the Kennedy Center (October 28, 2005) Takács Quartet at the National Gallery (October 26, 2005) Munich Symphony Orchestra at GMU Center for the Arts (October 25, 2005) Midori at Strathmore (October 24, 2005) Jupiter Quartet at the Corcoran (October 22, 2005) Borodin Quartet at the Library of Congress (October 21, 2005) Strauss's Daphne, with Renée Fleming (October 20, 2005) Opera Bel Cantanti, La Fille du Régiment (October 18, 2005) Takács Quartet at Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (October 17, 2005) Ancient Greek Music at the Corcoran (October 17, 2005) Severin von Eckardstein (October 16, 2005) Juana Zayas at the Cuban Interests Section (October 15, 2005) NSO, Pinchas Zukerman (October 14, 2005) Beaux Arts Trio at the National Gallery (October 10, 2005) Tōru Takemitsu at Library of Congress (October 9, 2005) BSO, Carlos Kalmar (October 9, 2005) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Americana (October 8, 2005) Folger Consort (October 8, 2005) NSO, Nikolaj Znaider (October 7, 2005) Washington Bach Consort, Noontime Cantata, Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe (October 5, 2005) Doctor Atomic (October 4, 2005) Takács Quartet, Shriver Hall (October 4, 2005) Carl Nielsen, Maskarade (October 3, 2005) Opera Lafayette at Hillwood (October 2, 2005) Prima Vista Quartet (October 2, 2005) BSO, Juanjo Mena (October 1, 2005) WNO: Trilogy (October 1, 2005) NSO, Truls Mørk (September 30, 2005) WNO: I Vespri Siciliani (September 29, 2005) Bach Consort at Strathmore (September 26, 2005) Hans Werner Henze's L'Upupa (September 26, 2005) Kennedy Center Chamber Players (September 24, 2005) BSO, Fazil Say (September 23, 2005) NSO, Itzhak Perlman (September 22, 2005) Contemporary Music Forum, Corcoran (September 20, 2005) David Finckel, Wu Han at Clarice Smith (September 17, 2005) Håkon Austbø at the Hirshhorn (September 13, 2005) Brazil, Embassy Series (September 12, 2005) NSO, Alisa Weilerstein (September 9, 2005) Summer Opera: La Cenerentola at Wolf Trap (August 21, 2005) Summer Opera: Mini-Critic Hears Brundibár (August 14, 2005) Marc-André Hamelin in New York (August 4, 2005) Rostropovich Cello Competition (August 3, 2005) Summer Opera: Ainadamar in Santa Fe (August 2, 2005) More Shadow than Light: Ionarts on Ferneyhough (July 29, 2005) Freude schöner Götterfunken: Baltimore's Last Summer Thursday (July 29, 2005) Summer Opera: Peter Grimes in Santa Fe (July 24, 2005) Summer Opera: Barber of Seville in Santa Fe (July 23, 2005) The Other Thursday Show: NSO and CCS at WNC (July 22, 2005) Lisztful Thinking (July 22, 2005) Summer Opera: Lucio Silla in Santa Fe (July 21, 2005) Summer Opera: The Ring in Pittsburgh (Part 2) (July 19, 2005) Washington Musica Viva at the Ratner Museum (July 19, 2005) Summer Opera: The Ring in Pittsburgh (Part 1) (July 16, 2005) Summer Thursday Classics with the BSO (July 15, 2005) 21st Century Consort (July 13, 2005) Summer Opera: Gloriana in St. Louis (June 28, 2005) Elgar Triumphans, O'Connor Entertains (June 17, 2005) Repin in a Brewbaker World Premiere (June 17, 2005) Summer Opera: Massenet's Cendrillon (June 16, 2005) Rock Creek Festival: Armonia Nova Baroque (June 15, 2005) Early Music Festival: Palestrina Choir (June 14, 2005) La Maison Française’s French-American Contemporary Music Festival, Part 2 (June 14, 2005) With Overtones of Modernity (June 11, 2005) Gelber, Tortelier, and Orchestral Splendor (June 11, 2005) Mi Chiamo Luisa Miller (June 10, 2005) Washington Concert Opera (June 9, 2005) Early Music Festival: Baltimore Consort (June 6, 2005) Early Music Festival: Chantry and Piffaro (June 5, 2005) Early Music Festival: Hesperus (June 4, 2005) Gloom, Doom, and Despair: Slatkin Leads the NSO in Glorious DSCH-11 (June 3, 2005) ArcoVoce at the Phillips Collection (June 1, 2005) Selig sind, die da Leid tragen! (May 23, 2005) Family Weekend at the National Gallery (May 22, 2005) Operetta Evening at the Austrian Embassy (May 22, 2005) The Call of the Cantata Answered (May 21, 2005) Samson et Dalila at Washington National Opera (May 18, 2005) St. Petersburg on the Potomac (May 17, 2005) Shakespeare Opera Excerpts at Renwick Gallery (May 17, 2005) Sacchini's Œdipe à Colone (May 15, 2005) I Toschi (May 15, 2005) Forget Blondes—Cellists Have More Fun (May 14, 2005) Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin at Library of Congress (May 14, 2005) Brucker, Like You've Never Heard Before (May 13, 2005) Barenboim's Mahler Mosaic; Mozart Magic (May 13, 2005) Rock Like It's 1599 (May 12, 2005) A Child of Our Time? (May 12, 2005) Musica Alta Ripa at Dumbarton Oaks (May 10, 2005) Left Bank Ligeti (May 9, 2005) Kinderconzert at the Kennedy Center (May 8, 2005) Kraggerud to the Rescue (May 7, 2005) Happy 165th Birthday, Pyotr (May 7, 2005) Shostakovich Travels through Jerusalem (May 6, 2005) More Peabody, More Beethoven (May 6, 2005) Noontime Cantata (May 5, 2005) Kremerata Baltica at Shriver Hall (May 3, 2005) Liszt Your Favorites (May 3, 2005) Tales of Hoffmann in Baltimore (May 2, 2005) David Finckel and Wu Han at the Library of Congress (May 1, 2005) Kremerland (April 30, 2005) It's So Cool to Be Norwegian (April 30, 2005) Artemis Foul (April 29, 2005) Shanghai Quartet and a Taste of China (April 28, 2005) Penelope Crawford at the National Gallery (April 27, 2005) David Cates at the Library of Congress (April 25, 2005) Film with Live Soundtrack (April 22, 2005) Slatkin and the NSO Speak Austrian (April 22, 2005) The Peabody Trio's Beethoven Extravaganza (April 19, 2005) Washington Bach Consort at the Library of Congress (April 17, 2005) Twilight Concert at the Corcoran (April 13, 2005) Temirkanov's Mahler of Brass (April 12, 2005) Esclarmonde, Part 2 (April 12, 2005) Ligeti with the Pacifica Quartet (April 11, 2005) Christ Church Cathedral Choir at the National Gallery (April 11, 2005) Amadeus Trio at the Clarice Smith Center (April 10, 2005) Massenet's Esclarmonde with Washington Concert Opera (April 10, 2005) Evgeny Kissin at Strathmore (April 8, 2005) Joan of Arc, Schiller, Russian, Tchaikovsky (April 7, 2005) Form over Matter: Lang Lang at the Kennedy Center (April 4, 2005) Ioanna d'Arcova at Washington National Opera (April 2, 2005) Orpheus at Strathmore (April 1, 2005) Tchaikovsky's The Maid of Orleans, Washington National Opera (March 30, 2005) Verdi's Requiem at the Kennedy Center (March 25, 2005) Choral Arts Society: St. Matthew Passion (March 23, 2005) Lawrence Dutton at the Smithsonian (March 22, 2005) Orchestre de Chambre Français at the National Gallery (March 22, 2005) Albert Herring at Catholic University (March 19, 2005) Pražák Quartet at the Corcoran (March 19, 2005) Mendelssohn String Quartet and Robert Mann at the NAS (March 17, 2005) Nabucco on the Met Broadcast (March 13, 2005) Oslo Philharmonic at the Kennedy Center (March 10, 2005) Washington Chamber Players at the National Gallery (March 10, 2005) REBEL Ensemble at the Library of Congress (February 27, 2005) Vanessa Pérez at the Venezuelan Embassy (February 27, 2005) Renée Fleming at the Kennedy Center (February 25, 2005) "Crossroads" at Lisner Auditorium (February 25, 2005) Itzhak Perlman at Strathmore (February 22, 2005) Lully's Acis et Galatée: Opera Lafayette (February 22, 2005) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with Hilary Hahn (February 21, 2005) Aviv Quartet (February 19, 2005) National Symphony Orchestra with David Zinman (February 18, 2005) Christine Brewer at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (February 17, 2005) Prague Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center (February 15, 2005) National Symphony Orchestra with Lynn Harrell (February 11, 2005) Christine Antenbring and Lyubov Petrova at La Maison Française (February 7, 2005) Premiere of Democracy (January 29, 2005) Ethel at the Kennedy Center (January 23, 2005) Violons du Roy at the Kennedy Center (January 23, 2005) Boris Godunov, Kirov Opera (January 22, 2005) Stephen Ackert and Cyrus Forough at the National Gallery (January 22, 2005) World Premiere of Philip Glass, Seventh Symphony (January 21, 2005) Krzysztof Jablonski at the Kennedy Center (January 17, 2005) National Symphony with Christine Brandes (January 14, 2005) Suspicious Cheese Lords at the Swiss Embassy (January 11, 2005) 2004 Konstantin Lifschitz at the Kennedy Center (December 19, 2004) Messiah at the Kennedy Center (December 17, 2004) Beaux Arts Trio at Library of Congress (December 15, 2004) World AIDS Day Concert at UN Pan American Health Organization (December 15, 2004) Henning Kraggerud and Helge Kjekshus at the National Gallery (December 14, 2004) Thomas Hampson at the Library of Congress (December 9, 2004) Paganini Duo at Ecuadorian Ambassador's Residence (December 8, 2004) Christmas with the Washington Bach Consort at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (December 6, 2004) National Symphony at the Kennedy Center (December 3, 2004) Philadelphia Orchestra and Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg at the Kennedy Center (December 2, 2004) Bach's B Minor Mass, Washington Chorus at the Kennedy Center (December 1, 2004) Follow-Up: Il Trovatore at Washington National Opera (November 30, 2004) Cuarteto Carpentier at the Venezuelan Embassy (November 26, 2004) Heather LeDoux-Green and Danielle DeSwert at the Church of the Epiphany (November 15, 2004) Gil and Orli Shaham at the Kennedy Center (November 14, 2004) National Symphony with Roberto Abbado (November 10, 2004) Trio Solisti at the Kennedy Center (November 9, 2004) Luisa Fernanda at Washington National Opera (November 8, 2004) François Le Roux and Mikhail Hallak at La Maison Française (November 8, 2004) Ivo Pogorelich at George Mason University (November 4, 2004) Zürich String Trio at the Swiss Embassy (November 3, 2004) George Crumb Ensemble at the Library of Congress (November 1, 2004) Maurizio Pollini at the Kennedy Center (October 31, 2004) Il Trovatore at Washington National Opera (October 25, 2004) National Symphony Orchestra and Han-Na Chang (October 24, 2004) Vocal Arts Society: Michael Schade and Russell Braun (October 22, 2004) Palestrina Choir at Church of the Epiphany (October 22, 2004) Panocha Quartet at the Library of Congress (October 21, 2004) Left Bank Concert Society at the Terrace Theater (October 20, 2004) Washington Performing Arts Society: Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig (October 19, 2004) American Composers Forum: "Voices" at Flashpoint Gallery (October 19, 2004) Wolfgang Holzmair at the Austrian Embassy (October 18, 2004) Takács Quartet at the Corcoran Gallery (October 17, 2004) Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini at the Kennedy Center (October 13, 2004) Alessandra Marc at the National Gallery (October 12, 2004) American Opera at the Renwick Gallery (October 11, 2004) Billy Budd at Washington National Opera (September 29, 2004) Washington Bach Consort Opens 28th Season (September 27, 2004) Andrea Chénier, Washington National Opera (September 24, 2004) Andrea Chénier, Washington National Opera (September 9, 2004) Dialogues des Carmélites, Opera International (August 6, 2004) La Bohème at Wolf Trap (August 2, 2004) Biber's Rosary Sonatas in Manchester (July 29, 2004) Charpentier's Four Seasons in Manchester (July 25, 2004) Strauss's Capriccio at the Palais Garnier, Paris (July 11, 2004) National Gallery Orchestra at the National Gallery (June 18, 2004) Mischa Maisky at the National Gallery (June 10, 2004) Joseph Smith at the National Gallery (June 6, 2004) Colorado String Quartet at the National Gallery (May 20, 2004) Ann Schein at the National Gallery (May 12, 2004) Woodley Ensemble at the National Cathedral (May 3, 2004) Olivier Baumont at the Library of Congress (April 30, 2004> Dmitry Sitkovetsky at the National Gallery (April 23, 2004) Ieva Jokubaviciute at the Freer Gallery (April 21, 2004) Nabucco on the Met Opera Broadcast (April 20, 2004) Leipzig String Quartet at the Library of Congress (April 18, 2004) Some Thoughts on the Washington Opera (April 14, 2004) Cuarteto de Bellas Artes at the National Gallery (April 10, 2004) Die Walküre on the Met Opera Broadcast (April 7, 2004) Ruth Laredo at the National Gallery (March 30, 2004) Das Rheingold on the Met Opera Broadcast (March 25, 2004) Bartók Quartet at the National Gallery (March 24, 2004) Sophie Daneman at the National Gallery (March 21, 2004) Millennium Wagner Opera Company at the Cosmos Club (March 18, 2004) Mendelssohn Quartet at the Library of Congress (March 12, 2004) Vienna Piano Trio at the National Gallery (March 10, 2004) Emil Chudnovsky at the German Embassy (March 7, 2004) Jon Lackey at the National Gallery (March 6, 2004) Brodsky Quartet at the Library of Congress (February 27, 2004) Ysaÿe String Quartet at the National Gallery (February 24, 2004) Brodsky Quartet at the Library of Congress (February 22, 2004) Anonymous 4, La Bele Marie (February 15, 2004) Díaz Trio at the Library of Congress (February 14, 2004) Les Arts Florissants at the Kennedy Center (February 4 and 5, 2004) Marc-André Hamelin at the National Gallery (January 18, 2004) Juilliard String Quartet at the Library of Congress (January 15, 2004) 2003 Menahem Pressler at the Library of Congress (December 24, 2003) Angela Hewitt at the National Gallery (December 18, 2003) Romeiko Ensemble at Saint Matthew's Cathedral (December 14, 2003) Juilliard String Quartet at the Library of Congress (December 13, 2003) Musicians from Marlboro at the Freer Gallery (December 12, 2003) Kodály Quartet at the Library of Congress (November 8, 2003) Chilingirian Quartet at the Library of Congress (October 28, 2003) Juilliard Quartet at the Library of Congress (October 24, 2003) Juilliard Quartet at the Library of Congress (October 22, 2003) Verdi Requiem at the Kennedy Center (October 20, 2003) Concerts at Versailles (October 14 and 15, 2003)