Classical Month in Washington (January)
Classical Month in Washington is a monthly feature that appears on the first of the month. 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 1, 2007 (Mon)
3 pm
New Year's Concert
Strauss Symphony of America, National Ballet of Hungary
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
January 3, 2007 (Wed)
5:30 pm
Masterclass with Henning Kraggerud, violinist
Strathmore (Education Center Room 309)
January 4, 2007 (Thu)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With violinist Henning Kraggerud (Brahms, violin concerto) and conductor Roberto Abbado
Music Center at Strathmore
Review -- Jens F. Laurson (Ionarts, January 5)
January 5, 2007 (Fri)
8 pm
The Elizabethan Muse
Folger Consort
Washington National Cathedral
Review -- Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, January 6)
January 6, 2007 (Sat)
1 and 3 pm
NSO Teddy Bear Concert: Imagination Duo
Glenn Donnellan and Jan Chong
Kennedy Center Family Theater
January 6, 2007 (Sat)
8 pm
The Elizabethan Muse
Folger Consort
Washington National Cathedral
January 7, 2007 (Sun)
1 and 3:30 pm
NSO Ensemble Concert: Math and Music
Yvonne Caruthers, cello
Kennedy Center Family Theater
January 7, 2007 (Sun)
4 pm
Calefax (woodwind quintet) with Irina Nuzova (piano) [FREE]
Phillips Collection
Review -- Joe Banno (Washington Post, January 9)
January 7, 2007 (Sun)
6 pm
Twelfth Night: Epiphany and the Winter Solstice
Armonia Nova
Christ Church (Alexandria, Va.)
January 7, 2007 (Sun)
6:30 pm
National Gallery Orchestra (Hobart Earle, guest conductor) [FREE]
Waltzes and polkas by Johann Strauss and other Viennese composers
National Gallery of Art
January 7, 2007 (Sun)
7 pm
Choral Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Review -- Ronni Reich (Washington Post, January 9)
January 11, 2007 (Thu)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Leila Josefowicz (Hindemith, violin concerto)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Review -- Jens F. Laurson (Ionarts, January 12)
January 11, 2007 (Thu)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Peabody Sesquicentennial Celebration (Marin Alsop, conductor)
Music by Strauss, Stravinsky
Meyerhoff Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
Review -- Tim Page (Washington Post, January 12)
January 12, 2007 (Fri)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Leila Josefowicz (Hindemith, violin concerto)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
January 12, 2007 (Fri)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Peabody Sesquicentennial Celebration (Marin Alsop, conductor)
Meyerhoff Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
January 12, 2007 (Fri)
8 pm
Symphonica Toscanini with Loren Maazel
George Mason University Center for the Arts (Fairfax, Va.)
Review -- Mark J. Estren (Washington Post, January 15)
January 13, 2007 (Sat)
1 pm
Trio Sarastro
Music by Henselt and Mendelssohn
The Lyceum (Alexandria, Va.)
January 13, 2007 (Sat)
7:30 pm
Alan Toda-Ambaras, cello
With Misako Toda (piano), Daniel Austrich (violin), with Ilya Friedberg (piano)
Mansion at Strathmore
Review -- Joan Reinthaler (Washington Post, January 15)
January 13, 2007 (Sat)
7:30 pm
Countertop Quartet
St. Paul's Episcopal Church (2430 K Street NW)
January 13, 2007 (Sat)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Marin Alsop (Strauss, Alpine Symphony; Stravinsky, Rite of Spring)
Music Center at Strathmore
January 13, 2007 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Leila Josefowicz (Hindemith, violin concerto)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
January 14, 2007 (Sun)
3 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Peabody Sesquicentennial Celebration (Marin Alsop, conductor)
Meyerhoff Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
January 14, 2007 (Sun)
4 pm
Amadeus Trio [FREE]
Phillips Collection
Review -- Joe Banno (Washington Post, January 16)
January 14, 2007 (Sun)
3 pm
Rome Trio [FREE]
Reynolds Center for American Art and Architecture
January 14, 2007 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Ellen Hargis (soprano) and Paul O’Dette (lute)
Music from the time of Shakespeare
National Gallery of Art
Review -- Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, January 16)
January 16, 2007 (Tue)
6 pm
Barbara Hollinshead (mezzo-soprano) and Howard Bass (lute) [FREE]
Songs from Shakespeare's Troupe
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
January 16, 2007 (Tue)
7:30 pm
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet
Kirov Ballet
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Review -- Charles T. Downey and Jens F. Laurson (Ionarts, January 18)
January 16, 2007 (Tue)
7:30 pm
Dilyana Korova (bassoon), with Ivo Kaltchek (piano), Noor Jihan (dancer), and Joseph Connell (percussion)
Beethoven Society of America
German Embassy (4645 Reservoir Road NW)
January 17, 2007 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet
Kirov Ballet
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
January 18, 2007 (Thu)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Richard Strauss, Salome (Deborah Voigt, Alan Held)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Review -- Jens F. Laurson (Ionarts, January 20)
January 18, 2007 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet
Kirov Ballet
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
January 19, 2007 (Fri)
7 pm
NSO Kinderkonzert: Strings and Stories
Kennedy String Quartet
Kennedy Center Family Theater
Review -- Stephen Brookes (Washington Post, January 22)
January 19, 2007 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet
Kirov Ballet
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
January 19, 2007 (Fri)
7:30 pm
The Artistry of Thomas Stewart [FREE]
Presented by Tim Page (Washington Post)
Wagner Society of Washington, D.C.
Funger Hall, George Washington University (2201 G Street NW)
January 19, 2007 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Sergei Leiferkus (baritone) and Vera Danchenko-Stern (piano)
La Maison Française (4101 Reservoir Road NW)
January 19, 2007 (Fri)
8 pm
Handel, Acis and Galatea
American Opera Theater (formerly Ignoti Dei Opera)
Baltimore Theater Project
Review -- Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, January 22)
January 19, 2007 (Fri)
8 pm
Laufman-Kurkowicz-Laufman Trio
Corcoran Gallery of Art
January 19, 2007 (Fri)
8 pm
Zephyros Winds
Woodwind quintets by Danzi, Britten, Debussy, Hindemith, Barber, Ravel
Dumbarton Oaks, Friends of Music series
January 20, 2007 (Sat)
1:30 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Richard Strauss, Salome (Deborah Voigt, Alan Held)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
January 20, 2007 (Sat)
1:30 and 7:30 pm
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet
Kirov Ballet
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
January 20, 2007 (Sat)
6 pm
Classic Ko Ensemble [FREE]
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
January 20, 2007 (Sat)
8 pm
Handel, Acis and Galatea
American Opera Theater (formerly Ignoti Dei Opera)
Baltimore Theater Project
January 20, 2007 (Sat)
8 pm
National Philharmonic
Brian Ganz, piano (Shostakovich, first piano concerto)
Music Center at Strathmore
Mark J. Estren (Washington Post, January 22)
January 20, 2007 (Sat)
8 pm
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Dumbarton Concerts
Dumbarton United Methodist Church (3133 Dumbarton Street NW)
Review -- Joan Reinthaler (Washington Post, January 22)
January 20, 2007 (Sat)
8 pm
Zephyros Winds
Woodwind quintets by Danzi, Britten, Debussy, Hindemith, Barber, Ravel
Dumbarton Oaks, Friends of Music series
January 21, 2007 (Sun)
1:30 pm
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet
Kirov Ballet
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
January 21, 2007 (Sun)
1 and 3:30 pm
NSO Kinderkonzert: Strings and Stories
Kennedy String Quartet
Kennedy Center Family Theater
January 21, 2007 (Sun)
3 pm
Handel, Acis and Galatea
American Opera Theater (formerly Ignoti Dei Opera)
Baltimore Theater Project
January 21, 2007 (Sun)
3 and 7:30 pm
Musica Pacifica
Mansion at Strathmore
Review -- Stephen Brookes (Washington Post, January 23)
January 21, 2007 (Sun)
4 pm
Spenser Myer, piano [FREE]
Phillips Collection
January 21, 2007 (Sun)
4 pm
Gospel Mass Choir
Washington Performing Arts Society
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Review -- Cecelia Porter (Washington Post, January 23)
January 21, 2007 (Sun)
6:30 pm
The Baltimore Consort
Music from the time of Shakespeare
National Gallery of Art
January 21, 2007 (Sun)
7 pm
Zephyros Winds
Woodwind quintets by Danzi, Britten, Debussy, Hindemith, Barber, Ravel
Dumbarton Oaks, Friends of Music series
January 21, 2007 (Sun)
7:30 pm
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, with violist Kirsten Johnson
U.S. premiere of Richard Danielpour, Piano Quartet
Fortas Chamber Music Series
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Review -- Daniel Ginsberg (Washington Post, January 23)
January 22, 2007 (Mon)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Richard Strauss, Salome (Deborah Voigt, Alan Held)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
January 24, 2007 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Hilliard Ensemble [FREE]
Music by Arvo Pärt, Jonathan Wild, Alexander Raskotiv, and others
Freer Gallery of Art
Review -- Charles T. Downey (Ionarts, January 26)
January 24, 2007 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Hamburg Symphony
With Robert McDuffie, violin
Music by Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Brahms
Music Center at Strathmore
Review -- Daniel Ginsberg (Washington Post, January 26)
January 24, 2007 (Wed)
8 pm
Yuri Bashmet, Wu Man, and the Moscow Soloists [FREE]
Music by Takemitsu, Tan Dun, and Hiyashi
Library of Congress
Review -- Jens F. Laurson (Ionarts, January 30)
January 25, 2007 (Thu)
7 pm
NSO Pops: Music of Duke Ellington
With Doc Severinsen, conductor and trumpet
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Review -- Stephen Brookes (Washington Post, January 27)
January 25, 2007 (Thu)
8 pm
Handel, Acis and Galatea
American Opera Theater (formerly Ignoti Dei Opera)
Baltimore Theater Project
January 26, 2007 (Fri)
7 pm
NSO Pops: Music of Duke Ellington
With Doc Severinsen, conductor and trumpet
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
January 26, 2007 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano (with pianist Malcom Martineau)
Fortas Chamber Music series
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Review -- Jens F. Laurson (Ionarts, January 29)
January 26, 2007 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (Shakespeare Festival)
Music by Nicolai, Tchaikovsky, Elgar
Carlos Kalmar, guest conductor
Music Center at Strathmore
January 26, 2007 (Fri)
8 pm
Puccini, Tosca
Bulgarian State Opera
George Mason University Center for the Arts (Fairfax, Va.)
Review -- Tom Huizenga (Washington Post, January 29)
January 26, 2007 (Fri)
8 pm
Handel, Acis and Galatea
American Opera Theater (formerly Ignoti Dei Opera)
Baltimore Theater Project
January 26, 2007 (Fri)
8 pm
Parker String Quartet
The Barns at Wolf Trap
January 26, 2007 (Fri)
8 pm
Great Noise Ensemble: Dancing, Drumming and Re-Defining
Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts
January 27, 2007 (Sat)
1 and 3 pm
NSO Teddy Bear Concert: Tunes 'n' Tales
Marissa Regni (violin) and Dotian Levalier (harp)
Kennedy Center Family Theater
January 27, 2007 (Sat)
2 pm
Tanya Bannister, piano
Washington Performing Arts Society
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Review -- Jens F. Laurson (Ionarts, January 29)
January 27, 2007 (Sat)
7:30 pm
Rossini, Il Viaggio a Reims
Kirov Opera
Kennedy Center Opera House
Review -- Jens F. Laurson (Ionarts, February 4)
January 27, 2007 (Sat)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (Shakespeare Festival)
Music by Nicolai, Tchaikovsky, Elgar
Carlos Kalmar, guest conductor
Meyerhoff Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
January 27, 2007 (Sat)
8 pm
Handel, Acis and Galatea
American Opera Theater (formerly Ignoti Dei Opera)
Baltimore Theater Project
January 27, 2007 (Sat)
8 pm
NSO Pops: Music of Duke Ellington
With Doc Severinsen, conductor and trumpet
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
January 27, 2007 (Sat)
8 pm
Margarete Babinsky, piano
Embassy Series
Embassy of Austria
January 28, 2007 (Sun)
1 and 3 pm
NSO Family Concert: Pictures in Sound
Emil de Cou, conductor
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
January 28, 2007 (Sun)
3 pm
Rossini, Il Viaggio a Reims
Kirov Opera
Kennedy Center Opera House
Review -- Jens F. Laurson (Ionarts, February 4)
January 28, 2007 (Sun)
4 pm
Natasha Mah (piano) and Ashima Scripp (cello) [FREE]
Phillips Collection
January 28, 2007 (Sun)
4 pm
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
With Llyr Williams, piano
George Mason University Center for the Arts (Fairfax, Va.)
Review -- Mark J. Estren (Washington Post, January 30)
January 28, 2007 (Sun)
5:30 pm
Lynn Harrell, cello
With Victor Santiago Asuncion, piano
Music by Beethoven, Franck, Debussy, Chopin
Shriver Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
Review -- Robert Battey (Washington Post, January 30)
January 28, 2007 (Sun)
6:30 pm
The Alexandria Symphony (Kim Allen Kluge, conductor)
Music by Britten and Costello
National Gallery of Art
January 28, 2007 (Sun)
7 pm
Joshua Bell (violin) and Jeremy Denk (piano)
Washington Performing Arts Society
Music Center at Strathmore
Review -- Daniel Ginsberg (Washington Post, January 30)
January 28, 2007 (Sun)
7:30 pm
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) and Joseph Breinl (piano)
Songs of Mahler, Schubert, Strauss, and Ives
Vocal Arts Society
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Review -- Tim Page (Washington Post, January 30)
January 29, 2007 (Mon)
6 pm
Trio Moskva [FREE]
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
January 31, 2007 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Verdi, Falstaff
Kirov Opera
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Review -- Jens F. Laurson (Ionarts, February 4)
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