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, 2010 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Avanti Orchestra [FREE]
Friday Morning Music Club
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
December 1, 2010 (Wed)
8 pm
King's Singers: Joy to the World
Music Center at Strathmore
December 1, 2010 (Wed)
8 pm
Cabaret with Lara Bruckmann
Music by Bolcom, Weill, others
Mobtown Modern
The Windup Space (Baltimore, Md.)
December 2, 2010 (Thurs)
1:30 pm
Bach Cantata Series [FREE]
Clarice Smith Center
December 2, 2010 (Thurs)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Louis Lortie (piano) and Emmanuel Krivine (conductor)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 2, 2010 (Thurs)
7 pm
The Nutcracker (Septime Webre)
Washington Ballet (through December 26)
Warner Theater
December 3, 2010 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Christmas Concert for Charity
Catholic University of America
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
December 3, 2010 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Great Noise Ensemble
Catholic University of America, Ward Recital Hall
December 3, 2010 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Handel, Messiah
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
December 3, 2010 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Handel, Messiah
Washington National Cathedral
December 3, 2010 (Fri)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Louis Lortie (piano) and Emmanuel Krivine (conductor)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 3, 2010 (Fri)
8 pm
Mozart, Così fan tutte
Virginia Opera
George Mason Center for the Arts
December 3, 2010 (Fri)
8 pm
Menotti, Amahl and the Night Visitors
Mason Opera
George Mason University, Harris Theater
December 4, 2010 (Sat)
11 am
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Nutcracker (excerpts for children)
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
December 4, 2010 (Sat)
2 and 7:30 pm
Christmas Revels
Lisner Auditorium
December 4, 2010 (Sat)
2 pm
Dejan Lazic, piano
WPAS
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
December 4, 2010 (Sat)
4 pm
Handel, Messiah
Washington National Cathedral
December 4, 2010 (Sat)
4 pm
Vienna Boys Choir
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
December 4, 2010 (Sat)
7:30 pm
Jennifer Wilson, soprano (with Steven Gathman, piano)
Presented by Aurora Opera Theater
Spectrum Theater (Arlington, Va.)
December 4, 2010 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Louis Lortie (piano) and Emmanuel Krivine (conductor)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 4, 2010 (Sat)
8 pm
A Bach Family Holiday
Cantate Chamber Singers (with Modern Musick)
St. John's Norwood Parish (Chevy Chase, Md.)
December 4, 2010 (Sat)
8 pm
Menotti, Amahl and the Night Visitors
Mason Opera
George Mason University, Harris Theater
December 5, 2010 (Sun)
2 pm
Mozart, Così fan tutte
Virginia Opera
George Mason Center for the Arts
December 5, 2010 (Sun)
2 pm
Christmas Revels
Lisner Auditorium
December 5, 2010 (Sun)
4 pm
Handel, Messiah
Washington National Cathedral
December 5, 2010 (Sun)
4 pm
Joanna Frankel (violin) and Gregory DeTurck (piano)
Phillips Collection
December 5, 2010 (Sun)
5 pm
Adeste Fideles (Christmas concert)
Suspicious Cheese Lords
Church of the Annunciation
December 5, 2010 (Sun)
5 pm
Nikita Fitenko, piano
Catholic University of America, Ward Recital Hall
December 5, 2010 (Sun)
5:30 pm
Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio
Shriver Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
December 5, 2010 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Poulenc Trio [FREE]
National Gallery of Art
December 5, 2010 (Sun)
7 pm
New and Olde: Christmas from Two Worlds
Harmonious Blacksmith
Dumbarton Oaks
December 5, 2010 (Sun)
7 pm
Ceremony of Carols
George Mason Combined Choirs
George Mason Center for the Arts
December 5, 2010 (Sun)
7:30 pm
Parker Quartet
With Kim Kashkashian, viola
JCCGW (Rockville, Md.)
December 6, 2010 (Mon)
7:30 pm
Grigory Goryachev, guitar
Benefit concert for Esperanza Education Fund
Carnegie Institution of Washington
December 6, 2010 (Mon)
8 pm
New and Olde: Christmas from Two Worlds
Harmonious Blacksmith
Dumbarton Oaks
December 7, 2010 (Tue)
12:10 pm
Bach, Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange (BWV 155) [FREE]
Washington Bach Consort
With Jeremy Filsell, organ
Church of the Epiphany
December 7, 2010 (Tue)
7:30 pm
Stephen Costello (tenor), Elizabeth Futral (soprano), James Harp (piano)
Vocal Arts D.C.
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
December 7, 2010 (Tue)
7:30 pm
Modern Winds: Poulenc, Respighi, Persichetti
Fessenden Ensemble
St. Columba's Church
December 7, 2010 (Tue)
8 pm
Ken Ueno: Portrait Concert
Mobtown Modern
The Windup Space (Baltimore, Md.)
December 7, 2010 (Tue)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Chinese soloists
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
December 8, 2010 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Gleb Ivanov, piano
With Carter Brey, cello
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
December 8, 2010 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Great Russian Nutcracker
Moscow Ballet
Music Center at Strathmore
December 8, 2010 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Modern Winds: Poulenc, Respighi, Persichetti
Fessenden Ensemble
National City Christian Church
December 9, 2010 (Thu)
2 pm
Songs for the Unsung [FREE]
Washington National Opera and Double Nickels Theater Company
Armed Forces Retirement Home
December 9, 2010 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Great Russian Nutcracker
Moscow Ballet
Music Center at Strathmore
December 10, 2010 (Fri)
12 noon
Cathedral Choral Society: Young People's Joy of Christmas
Washington National Cathedral
December 10, 2010 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Morgenstern Trio
Beethoven Birthday Concert
Residence of the German Ambassador
December 10, 2010 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Christmas Revels
Lisner Auditorium
December 10, 2010 (Fri)
8 pm
A Renaissance Christmas
Folger Consort with Tallis Scholars
Gaston Hall, Georgetown University
December 10, 2010 (Fri)
8 pm
Waverly Consort: The Christmas Story
George Mason Center for the Arts
December 10, 2010 (Fri)
8 pm
University of Maryland Symphony and Wind Orchestra
Music by Mozart, Higdon, Mahler
Clarice Smith Center
December 11, 2010 (Sat)
12 noon
Cathedral Choral Society: Joy of Christmas Family Matinee
Washington National Cathedral
December 11, 2010 (Sat)
2 and 7:30 pm
Christmas Revels
Lisner Auditorium
December 11, 2010 (Sat)
4 pm
Cathedral Choral Society: Joy of Christmas
Washington National Cathedral
December 11, 2010 (Sat)
5 and 8 pm
A Renaissance Christmas
Folger Consort with Tallis Scholars
Gaston Hall, Georgetown University
December 11, 2010 (Sat)
8 pm
National Philharmonic: Messiah
Music Center at Strathmore
December 12, 2010 (Sun)
1 and 5 pm
Christmas Revels
Lisner Auditorium
December 12, 2010 (Sun)
2 and 5 pm
A Renaissance Christmas
Folger Consort with Tallis Scholars
Gaston Hall, Georgetown University
December 12, 2010 (Sun)
2:30 and 4:30 pm
TheatreWorksUSA: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Candlelight Concert Society
December 12, 2010 (Sun)
3 pm
National Philharmonic: Messiah
Music Center at Strathmore
December 12, 2010 (Sun)
4 pm
City Choir of Washington: Christmas Music
National Presbyterian Church
December 12, 2010 (Sun)
4 pm
Anna Bulkina, piano
Phillips Collection
December 12, 2010 (Sun)
4 pm
Cathedral Choral Society: Joy of Christmas
Washington National Cathedral
December 12, 2010 (Sun)
4 pm
Piano Society of Greater Washington: Recital
Calvary Lutheran Church (Silver Spring, Md.)
December 12, 2010 (Sun)
6 pm
Peabody Chamber Players
With Rob Kapilow, lecturer
National Museum of Natural History
December 12, 2010 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Ensemble Galilei [FREE]
National Gallery of Art
December 13, 2010 (Mon)
7 pm
Choral Arts Society: Christmas Music
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 16, 2010 (Thu)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra: Messiah
With Klara Ek (soprano) and Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 16, 2010 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Anonymous 4
Noël: Carols and Chants for Christmas
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
December 17, 2010 (Fri)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra: Messiah
With Klara Ek (soprano) and Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 17, 2010 (Fri)
8 pm
Gay Men's Chorus of Washington
Men in Tights: Pink Nutcracker
Lisner Auditorium
December 18, 2010 (Sat)
1 pm
Washington Chorus: Candlelight Christmas
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 18, 2010 (Sat)
3 and 8 pm
Gay Men's Chorus of Washington
Men in Tights: Pink Nutcracker
Lisner Auditorium
December 18, 2010 (Sat)
4 pm
Choral Arts Society: Family Christmas Concert
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 18, 2010 (Sat)
8 pm
Vienna Boys Choir: Christmas Concert
George Mason Center for the Arts
December 18, 2010 (Sat)
8 pm
Sybarite5 [FREE]
Stradivari Anniversary Concert
Library of Congress
December 18, 2010 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra: Messiah
With Klara Ek (soprano) and Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 19, 2010 (Sun)
1 pm
National Symphony Orchestra: Messiah
With Klara Ek (soprano) and Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 19, 2010 (Sun)
3 pm
A Baroque Christmas (Mexico and Latin America)
Washington Bach Consort
National Presbyterian Church
December 19, 2010 (Sun)
3 pm
Baltimore Consort: Renaissance Christmas
Mansion at Strathmore
December 19, 2010 (Sun)
3 pm
Adeste Fideles (Christmas concert)
Suspicious Cheese Lords
Our Lady of the Angels Chapel (Catonsville, Md.)
December 19, 2010 (Sun)
3 pm
Gay Men's Chorus of Washington
Men in Tights: Pink Nutcracker
Lisner Auditorium
December 19, 2010 (Sun)
3 pm
Vienna Boys Choir: Christmas Concert
George Mason Center for the Arts
December 19, 2010 (Sun)
4 pm
Stanislav Khristenko, piano
Phillips Collection
December 19, 2010 (Sun)
6 pm
Emerson String Quartet
Music by Debussy, Webern, Bartók
National Museum of Natural History
December 19, 2010 (Sun)
6:30 pm
NGA Vocal Ensemble and Chamber Players [FREE]
National Gallery of Art
December 19, 2010 (Sun)
7 pm
Washington Chorus: Candlelight Christmas
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 19, 2010 (Sun)
7:30 pm
Baltimore Consort: Renaissance Christmas
Mansion at Strathmore
December 20, 2010 (Mon)
7 pm
Washington Chorus: Candlelight Christmas
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 20, 2010 (Mon)
8 pm
Cathedral Choral Society: Joy of Christmas
Music Center at Strathmore
December 21, 2010 (Tue)
7 pm
Choral Arts Society: Christmas Music
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 21, 2010 (Tue)
7:30 pm
Washington Chorus: Candlelight Christmas
Music Center at Strathmore
December 22, 2010 (Wed)
7 pm
Washington Chorus: Candlelight Christmas
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 23, 2010 (Thu)
8 pm
Messiah Sing-Along [FREE]
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 24, 2010 (Fri)
1 pm
Choral Arts Society: Christmas Music
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
December 31, 2010 (Fri)
8:30 pm
New Year's Eve at the Kennedy Center
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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