Classical Month in Washington (December)
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!
December 1, 2009 (Tue)
12:10 pm
Noontime Cantata: Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63 [FREE]
Washington Bach Consort
Church of the Epiphany
December 2, 2009 (Wed)
12:10 pm
Joel Fan, piano [FREE]
64th American Music Festival
National Gallery of Art
December 2, 2009 (Wed)
12:10 pm
Madrigal Singers from St. Alban's and NCS [FREE]
St. John's, Lafayette Square
December 2, 2009 (Wed)
8 pm
Sonny Rollins
WPAS
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 3, 2009 (Thu)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Yuja Wang (premiere of Higdon piano concerto)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 3, 2009 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Trio Solisti
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
December 3, 2009 (Thu)
8 pm
Angela Hewitt, piano
WPAS
Music Center at Strathmore
December 3, 2009 (Thu)
8 pm
Nicolò Ceva, Trionfo per l'Assunzione della Santissima Vergine (1705)
Georgetown University
Wolfington Hall (Jesuit Residence)
December 4, 2009 (Fri)
1:30 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Yuja Wang (premiere of Higdon piano concerto)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 4, 2009 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Handel, M-Word
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
December 4, 2009 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Handel, M-Word
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
December 4, 2009 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Christmas Concert for Charity
Catholic University School of Music
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
December 4, 2009 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Handel, M-Word
Washington National Cathedral
December 4, 2009 (Fri)
8 pm
St. Lawrence String Quartet [FREE]
Library of Congress
December 4, 2009 (Fri)
8 pm
University of Maryland Symphony
Music by Strauss, Varèse, Rachmaninoff
Clarice Smith Center
December 4, 2009 (Fri)
8 pm
Donizetti, Daughter of the Regiment
Virginia Opera
George Mason University Center for the Arts
December 5, 2009 (Sat)
11 am
The Polar Express
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Meyerhoff Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
December 5, 2009 (Sat)
2 pm
Plamena Mangova, piano
WPAS
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
December 5, 2009 (Sat)
4 pm
Handel, M-Word
Washington National Cathedral
December 5, 2009 (Sat)
5 pm
21st Century Consort
Reynolds Center
December 5, 2009 (Sat)
7 pm
Georgetown University Concert Choir [FREE]
Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, Georgetown University
December 5, 2009 (Sat)
7:30 pm
Great Noise Ensemble
Catholic University School of Music
December 5, 2009 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Yuja Wang (premiere of Higdon piano concerto)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 5, 2009 (Sat)
8 pm
Sinter Klass (music for St. Nicholas and Haydn anniversary)
Chantry with Modern Musick
St. Mary, Mother of God
December 6, 2009 (Sun)
2 pm
Donizetti, Daughter of the Regiment
Virginia Opera
George Mason University Center for the Arts
December 6, 2009 (Sun)
3 pm
Georgetown University Orchestra
All-Mozart program
Gaston Hall, Healy Building
December 6, 2009 (Sun)
3 pm
Piano Concert and Reception, with Audrey Andrist (guest artist) [FREE]
Piano Society of Greater Washington
Calvary Lutheran Church (Silver Spring, Md.)
December 6, 2009 (Sun)
4 pm
Bates and Friends Ensemble [FREE]
Phillips Collection
December 6, 2009 (Sun)
4 pm
Handel, M-Word
Washington National Cathedral
December 6, 2009 (Sun)
5:30 pm
Juilliard Quartet
Shriver Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
December 6, 2009 (Sun)
7 pm
Kennedy Center Honors
Honorees include Grace Bumbry
Kennedy Center Opera House
December 6, 2009 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Jens Elvekjaer, piano [FREE]
National Gallery of Art
December 8, 2009 (Tue)
7:30 pm
Ray Chen, violin
Young Concert Artists
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
December 9, 2009 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Shanghai String Quartet [FREE]
Music by Penderecki, Beethoven, Debussy
Freer Gallery of Art
December 9, 2009 (Wed)
7:30 pm
New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House
December 10, 2009 (Thu)
7 pm
Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker
Washington Ballet (many performances, through December 27)
Warner Theater
December 10, 2009 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano) and Kathleen Kelly (piano)
Vocal Arts Society
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
December 10, 2009 (Thu)
7:30 pm
New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House
December 10, 2009 (Thu)
8 pm
Diaz Trio with Rodrigo Ojeda (piano) [FREE]
Library of Congress
December 10, 2009 (Thu)
8 pm
University of Maryland Wind Ensemble
Music by Schuller, Enesco, Varèse
Clarice Smith Center
December 11, 2009 (Fri)
7:30 pm
New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House
December 11, 2009 (Fri)
8 pm
In Dulci Jubilo: A German Christmas
Folger Consort, with Cantate Chamber Singers
Folger Shakespeare Library
December 12, 2009 (Sat)
12 noon
Joy of Christmas: Family Matinee
Cathedral Choral Society
Washington National Cathedral
December 12, 2009 (Sat)
1:30 and 7:30 pm
New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House
December 12, 2009 (Sat)
4 pm
Joy of Christmas
Cathedral Choral Society
Washington National Cathedral
December 12, 2009 (Sat)
5 and 8 pm
In Dulci Jubilo: A German Christmas
Folger Consort, with Cantate Chamber Singers
Folger Shakespeare Library
December 12, 2009 (Sat)
7 pm
Unsilent Night + BOOM!
Mobtown Modern
Parade starting at Penn Station
Ending at the Metro Gallery (Baltimore, Md.)
December 12, 2009 (Sat)
7:30 pm
New Juilliard Ensemble [FREE]
Music by Cage, Cowell, others
Freer Gallery of Art
December 12, 2009 (Sat)
8 pm
National Philharmonic: Handel's M-Word
Music Center at Strathmore
December 12, 2009 (Sat)
8 pm
Canadian Brass Christmas
George Mason University Center for the Arts
December 13, 2009 (Sun)
1:30 and 7:30 pm
New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House
December 13, 2009 (Sun)
2 and 5 pm
In Dulci Jubilo: A German Christmas
Folger Consort, with Cantate Chamber Singers
Folger Shakespeare Library
December 13, 2009 (Sun)
3 and 4:30 pm
Hansel and Gretel
National Marionette Theater
Candlelight Concert Society
Smith Theater, Howard Community College (Columbia, Md.)
December 13, 2009 (Sun)
3 pm
National Philharmonic: Handel's M-Word
Music Center at Strathmore
December 13, 2009 (Sun)
4 pm
Raphael Trio [FREE]
Phillips Collection
December 13, 2009 (Sun)
4 pm
Etherea (vocal ensemble) (with Grace Cloutier, harp)
Britten, Ceremony of Carols, other holiday music
Châteauville Foundation (Castleton Farms, Va.)
December 13, 2009 (Sun)
4 pm
Joy of Christmas
Cathedral Choral Society
Washington National Cathedral
December 13, 2009 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet) and Steffen Horn (piano) [FREE]
National Gallery of Art
December 14, 2009 (Mon)
7 pm
Joyeux Noël
Choral Arts Society
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 16, 2009 (Wed)
7:30 pm
In Dulci Jubilo: A German Christmas
Folger Consort, with Cantate Chamber Singers
Folger Shakespeare Library
December 16, 2009 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Waverly Consort: The Christmas Story
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
December 16, 2009 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Beethoven's Birthday
Ann Schein (piano), Earl Carlyss (violin), Jerome Barry (baritone)
Embassy Series
Embassy of Germany
December 17, 2009 (Thu)
7 pm
Handel, M-Word
National Symphony Orchestra
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 17, 2009 (Thu)
7:30 pm
In Dulci Jubilo: A German Christmas
Folger Consort, with Cantate Chamber Singers
Folger Shakespeare Library
December 18, 2009 (Fri)
8 pm
Stradivari Anniversary: Parker Quartet [FREE]
Library of Congress
December 18, 2009 (Fri)
8 pm
In Dulci Jubilo: A German Christmas
Folger Consort, with Cantate Chamber Singers
Folger Shakespeare Library
December 18, 2009 (Fri)
8 pm
Handel, M-Word
National Symphony Orchestra
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 19, 2009 (Sat)
1 pm
Jean Renoir, La petite marchande d'allumettes [FREE]
Film screening with live music by Andrew Simpson, piano
National Gallery of Art
December 19, 2009 (Sat)
1 pm
Washington Chorus: Candlelight Christmas
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 19, 2009 (Sat)
2 and 5 pm
In Dulci Jubilo: A German Christmas
Folger Consort, with Cantate Chamber Singers
Folger Shakespeare Library
December 19, 2009 (Sat)
4 pm
Joyeux Noël
Choral Arts Society
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 19, 2009 (Sat)
8 pm
Handel, M-Word
National Symphony Orchestra
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 20, 2009 (Sun)
1 pm
Handel, M-Word
National Symphony Orchestra
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 20, 2009 (Sun)
2 and 5 pm
In Dulci Jubilo: A German Christmas
Folger Consort, with Cantate Chamber Singers
Folger Shakespeare Library
December 20, 2009 (Sun)
2 and 4 pm
Choral Arts Society Family Christmas Concerts
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
December 20, 2009 (Sun)
3 pm
An International Christmas
Washington Bach Consort
National Presbyterian Church
December 20, 2009 (Sun)
4 pm
Erin Keefe (violin) and Lucille Chung (piano) [FREE]
Phillips Collection
December 20, 2009 (Sun)
6:30 pm
National Gallery Vocal Arts Ensemble: Christmas Concert [FREE]
National Gallery of Art
December 20, 2009 (Sun)
7 pm
Joyeux Noël
Choral Arts Society
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 21, 2009 (Mon)
7 pm
Washington Chorus: Candlelight Christmas
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 21, 2009 (Mon)
7:30 pm
Baltimore Consort: Bright Day Star
Basilica of the Assumption (Baltimore, Md.)
December 22, 2009 (Tue)
7 pm
Washington Chorus: Candlelight Christmas
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 23, 2009 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Washington Chorus: Candlelight Christmas
Music Center at Strathmore
December 23, 2009 (Wed)
8 pm
M-Word Sing-along
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 24, 2009 (Thu)
1 pm
Joyeux Noël
Choral Arts Society
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 27, 2009 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Sharon Isbin, guitar [FREE]
National Gallery of Art
December 31, 2009 (Thu)
8:30 pm
New Year's Eve at the Kennedy Center
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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