- KC: Kennedy Center
- TT: Terrace Theater (at the KC)
- FS: Freer and Sackler Galleries at the Smithsonian
- PC: Phillips Collection
- CGA: Corcoran Gallery of Art
- NGA: National Gallery of Art
- LOC: Library of Congress
- CSC: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland
- SH: Strathmore Hall
- WPAS: Washington Performing Arts Society
- VAS: Vocal Arts Society
SH: Bobby McFerrin, Christopher O'Riley: "Amadeus" - an evening of light Mozart with the BSO
See the review by Joseph McLellan (Washington Post, April 4)
Saturday, April 2, 4:30 pm
KC: Lang Lang, piano (Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Liszt) (WPAS)
See the review by Jens F. Laurson (Ionarts, April 4)
Saturday, April 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 15, 7 pm (sometimes 7:30 pm)
KC: Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (Washington National Opera)
See the review by Philip Kennicott (Washington Post, April 4)
Saturday, April 2, 8 pm
CSC: Niklas Eppinger, cello, and Hae-Seung Shin, piano (Schumann, Beethoven, Kodály, Paganini)
Saturday, April 2, 8 pm
SH: National Philharmonic (Mozart, Requiem and other works), with Helen Donath (soprano), Patricia Miller (alto), John Aler (tenor), Kevin Deas (bass), and the National Philharmonic Chorale
Sunday, April 3, 2 pm
The only opera broadcast on PBS for the whole year, so don't miss it: Metropolitan Opera, Otto Schenk's production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868), with Karita Mattila (Eva), James Morris (Hans Sachs), Thomas Allen (Beckmesser), and René Pape (Pogner)
Sunday, April 3, 2 pm; April 5 and 8, 7:30 pm; April 11, 7 pm
KC: Tchaikovsky, The Maid of Orleans (Washington National Opera)
See review by Jens F. Laurson (Ionarts, April 2) and the review by Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, April 7)
Sunday, April 3, 3 pm
Gary Schocker, flute [FREE]
National Academy of Science (2100 C Street NW)
Sunday, April 3, 5 pm
PC: Niklas Eppinger, cello, and Hae-Seung Shin, piano
Sunday, April 3, 6:30 pm
NGA: Rosa Lamoreaux, soprano, and Betty Bullock, piano (French cabaret) [FREE]
See the review by Joseph McLellan (Washington Post, April 5)
Monday, April 4, 8 pm
Christopher Hinterhuber, piano
Embassy of Austria (3524 International Drive NW)
Tuesday, April 5, 8 pm
CSC: Catrin Finch, harp, Antoine Tamestit, viola, and Eugenia Zukerman, flute (Bach, Debussy)
See the review by Cecelia Porter (Washington Post, April 7)
Wednesday, April 6, 8 pm
SH: Evgeny Kissin, piano (Chopin, Medtner) (WPAS)
See the review by Jens F. Laurson (Ionarts, April 8)
Thursday, April 7, 7:30 pm
FS: Pacifica Quartet (Mendelssohn and Beethoven) [FREE]
See the review by Jens F. Laurson (Ionarts, April 11)
Friday, April 8, 7:30 pm
Massenet, Esclarmonde (Washington Concert Opera)
Lisner Auditorium
See the reviews by Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, April 10) and Jens F. Laurson (Ionarts, April 12)
Friday, April 8, 8 pm
Dmitri Berlinsky, violin, and Elena Baksht, piano (Franck, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Ravel, Paganini)
La Maison Française (4101 Reservoir Road NW)
Saturday, April 9, 8 pm
Borromeo String Quartet (Haydn, Bartók, Dvořák)
Dumbarton Oaks
See the review by Joe Banno (Washington Post, April 11)
Saturday, April 9, 8 pm
CSC: Amadeus Trio (Arensky, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky)
See the review by Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, April 10)
Saturday, April 9, 8 pm
SH: Baltimore Symphony (Mahler's 4th Symphony and Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto)
See the review by Jens F. Laurson (Ionarts, April 12)
Sunday, April 10, 3 pm
SH: Baltimore Symphony with Boys Choir of Harlem (classical, jazz, and spirituals)
See the review by Andrew Lindemann Malone (Washington Post, April 12)
Sunday, April 10, 5 pm
PC: Mark Crayton (countertenor), with James Janssen (harpsichord) and Laura Handler (cello)
See the review by Joan Reinthaler (Washington Post, April 12)
Sunday, April 10, 6:30 pm
NGA: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, England (Attwood, Crotch, Billings, and other British and American composers) [FREE]
See the review by Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, April 11)
Sunday, April 10, 6:30 pm
CGA: Twilight Concert in the Salon Dore (Colin St. Martin, traverso,
See the review by Jens F. Laurson (Ionarts, April 13)
Monday, April 11, 8 pm
KC: Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble (WPAS)
See the review by Gail Wein (Washington Post, April 13)
Wednesday, April 13, 8 pm (through April 17, various times)
KC: Washington Ballet, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet
See the review by Sarah Kaufman (Washington Post, April 16)
Thursday, April 14, 7:30 pm
United in Songs (mezzo soprano Jennifer Larmore, baritone François Le Roux, and pianist Mikhail Hallak from Theatre of Song, hosted by Sherrill Milnes)
La Maison Française (4101 Reservoir Road NW): reserve tickets by e-mail
Thursday, April 14, 8 pm
SH: Baltimore Symphony (with violinist Stefan Jackiw)
See the review by Joe Banno (Washington Post, April 16)
Thursday, April 14, 7:30 pm
2005 President's Concerts (Waging Peace: Music in Time of War)
Part I: Prologue-Souvenirs! (Hopeful songs from many wars, presented by music theater students)
Catholic University of America, Edward J. Pryzbyla Center
Friday, April 15, 7:30 pm
2005 President's Concerts (Waging Peace: Music in Time of War)
Part II: Lessons (CUA Symphony Orchestra: Music of Gorecki, Bernstein, Schoenberg, Penderecki)
Catholic University of America, Edward J. Pryzbyla Center
Friday, April 15, 8 pm
LOC: Washington Bach Consort (Bach's Cantata BWV 10, Meine Seel’ erhebt den Herren; Barber's Agnus Dei, works by Amy Beach and Eleanor Remick Warren)
Friday, April 15, 8 pm
CGA: Peabody Trio (four trios by Beethoven)
This is part of a complete series of the Beethoven trios (concluded on April 29 and May 13)
Friday, April 15, 8 pm
Mendelssohn Piano Trio (Tchaikovsky and Ravel)
La Maison Française (4101 Reservoir Road NW)
Friday, April 15, 7:30 pm (other performances on April 17, 21, 23)
CSC: Handel, Giulio Cesare (Maryland Opera Studio)
——» Go to previous concert schedule, for Late March.
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