Classical Month in Washington (April)
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!
April 1, 2011 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Mendelssohn Piano Trio
Embassy of Austria
April 1, 2011 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Fauré, Requiem
Christ Church Cathedral Choir and Cathedra
Washington National Cathedral
April 1, 2011 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Rossini, L'Italiana in Algeri
Opera Bel Cantanti
JCCGW (Rockville, Md.)
April 1, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Iván Fischer (conductor) and Jozsef Lendvay, Jr. (violin)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
April 1, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
University of Maryland Wind Orchestra
Music by Torke, Messiaen
Clarice Smith Center
April 1, 2011 (Fri)
8:15 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Prokofiev, Cinderella Suite
Music Center at Strathmore
April 2, 2011 (Sat)
3 pm
Rossini, L'Italiana in Algeri
Opera Bel Cantanti
JCCGW (Rockville, Md.)
April 2, 2011 (Sat)
7 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Prokofiev, Cinderella Suite
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
April 2, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
Stile Antico
Lutheran Church of the Reformation
April 2, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Iván Fischer (conductor) and Jozsef Lendvay, Jr. (violin)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
April 2, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
Trio Solisti
Music by Dvořák, Piazzolla, Musorgsky
Dumbarton Concerts
April 2, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
National Philharmonic
Music by Beethoven
Music Center at Strathmore
April 3, 2011 (Sun)
2 pm
Puccini, Madama Butterfly
Virginia Opera
GMU Center for the Arts
April 3, 2011 (Sun)
3 pm
University of Maryland Wind Ensemble [FREE]
Clarice Smith Center
April 3, 2011 (Sun)
3 pm
National Philharmonic
Music by Beethoven
Music Center at Strathmore
April 3, 2011 (Sun)
4 pm
Steven Scheschareg, bass-baritone
Songs of travel by Foote, Mahler, Vaughan Williams
Phillips Collection
April 3, 2011 (Sun)
5 pm
Washington Chorus
Music by Elena Ruehr
National Presbyterian Church
April 3, 2011 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Inscape Chamber Orchestra [FREE]
Music by Messiaen
National Gallery of Art
April 3, 2011 (Sun)
8:30 pm
Spring Gala: Michael Kaiser at the Kennedy Center
NSO with Joshua Bell, Renée Fleming, et al.
Kennedy Center Opera House
April 5, 2011 (Tue)
12:10 pm
Noontime Cantata Series: Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwolfe, BWV 22 [FREE]
Washington Bach Consort
Church of the Epiphany
April 5, 2011 (Tue)
7:30 pm
Handel, Acis and Galatea
Opera Lafayette
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
April 5, 2011 (Tue)
7:30 pm
New York City Ballet
Ballets by Balanchine
Kennedy Center Opera House
April 5, 2011 (Tue)
7:30 pm
Fessenden Ensemble
Music by Grieg, Schumann
St. Columba's Episcopal Church
April 6, 2011 (Wed)
12:10 pm
Prayers from the Ark [FREE]
Soloists from St. John's Choir
St. John's, Lafayette Square
April 6, 2011 (Wed)
7:30 pm
New York City Ballet
Ballets by Balanchine
Kennedy Center Opera House
April 6, 2011 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Midori (violin) and Jonathan Biss (piano)
With Nobuko Imai (viola) and Antoine Lederlin (cello)
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
April 6, 2011 (Wed)
8 pm
Adam, Le Corsaire
Washington Ballet
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
April 6, 2011 (Wed)
8 pm
Mobtown Modern
Music by Oscar Bettison
The Windup Space (Baltimore, Md.)
April 7, 2011 (Thu)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Dawn Upshaw, soprano (music by Golijov, Webern, Mahler)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
April 7, 2011 (Thu)
7:30 pm
New York City Ballet
Ballets by Balanchine
Kennedy Center Opera House
April 7, 2011 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Vertigo String Quartet
Music by Corigliano, Mendelssohn
Mansion at Strathmore
April 7, 2011 (Thu)
7:30 pm
ATOS Trio
Music by Dvořák, Haydn, Beethoven
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
April 7, 2011 (Thu)
8 pm
Adam, Le Corsaire
Washington Ballet
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
April 8, 2011 (Fri)
1:30 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Dawn Upshaw, soprano (music by Golijov, Webern, Mahler)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
April 8, 2011 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Lorenzo Gatto (violin) and Roman Rabinovich (piano)
Residence of the Belgian Ambassador
April 8, 2011 (Fri)
7:30 pm
New York City Ballet
Ballets by Balanchine
Kennedy Center Opera House
April 8, 2011 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Tavener, Lament for Jerusalem
Cathedra
Washington National Cathedral
April 8, 2011 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Rossini, Barber of Seville
Maryland Opera Studio
Clarice Smith Center
April 8, 2011 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Madison Brass Quintet
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
April 8, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Fête d’Eté: French Cantatas and Suites
Folger Consort
With Jolle Greenleaf, soprano
Folger Shakespeare Library
April 8, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Adam, Le Corsaire
Washington Ballet
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
April 8, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
April 8, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
London Conchord Ensemble [FREE]
Music by Mozart, Poulenc, Bridge, Beethoven
Library of Congress
April 8, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano
Barns at Wolf Trap
April 8, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
University of Maryland Men's and Women's Choruses [FREE]
Clarice Smith Center
April 8, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Post-Classical Ensemble
Music by Stravinsky
Music Center at Strathmore
April 9, 2011 (Sat)
11 am
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
April 9, 2011 (Sat)
1:30 and 7:30 pm
New York City Ballet
Ballets by Balanchine
Kennedy Center Opera House
April 9, 2011 (Sat)
2 pm
U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" [FREE]
Music of Copland
Library of Congress
April 9, 2011 (Sat)
2:30 and 8 pm
Adam, Le Corsaire
Washington Ballet
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
April 9, 2011 (Sat)
3 pm
Escher String Quartet [FREE]
Baltimore Museum of Art
April 9, 2011 (Sat)
5 and 8 pm
Fête d’Eté: French Cantatas and Suites
Folger Consort
With Jolle Greenleaf, soprano
Folger Shakespeare Library
April 9, 2011 (Sat)
7:30 pm
Mozart, Abduction from the Seraglio
Maryland Opera Studio
Clarice Smith Center
April 9, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Dawn Upshaw, soprano (music by Golijov, Webern, Mahler)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
April 9, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
WPAS
Sixth and I Historic Synagogue
April 9, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
Borealis String Quartet
Music by Beethoven
Smith Theater, Howard Community College (Columbia, Md.)
April 9, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet
Russian National Ballet Theater
GMU Center for the Arts
April 10, 2011 (Sun)
1 and 5:30 pm
Adam, Le Corsaire
Washington Ballet
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
April 10, 2011 (Sun)
1:30 pm
New York City Ballet
Ballets by Balanchine
Kennedy Center Opera House
April 10, 2011 (Sun)
2 pm
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Music by Brahms
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
April 10, 2011 (Sun)
2 pm
Fête d’Eté: French Cantatas and Suites
Folger Consort
With Jolle Greenleaf, soprano
Folger Shakespeare Library
April 10, 2011 (Sun)
3 pm
Left Bank Concert Society [FREE]
Music by Poulenc, Schnittke, Prokofiev
Smithsonian American Art Museum
April 10, 2011 (Sun)
3 pm
Rossini, Barber of Seville
Maryland Opera Studio
Clarice Smith Center
April 10, 2011 (Sun)
3 pm
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Mozart, Requiem (with Rob Kapilow, lecturer)
WPAS
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
April 10, 2011 (Sun)
4 pm
Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet
Russian National Ballet Theater
GMU Center for the Arts
April 10, 2011 (Sun)
4 pm
Post-Classical Ensemble: Stravinsky and the Piano
Music Center at Strathmore
April 10, 2011 (Sun)
4 pm
WarnerNuzova, cello and piano
Music by Beethoven
Phillips Collection
April 10, 2011 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Venice Baroque Orchestra [FREE]
Music by Vivaldi, others
National Gallery of Art
April 10, 2011 (Sun)
7 pm
Kronos Quartet
Music by Partch, Reich, others
Clarice Smith Center
April 10, 2011 (Sun)
7:30 pm
Orli Shaham (piano) and Gil Shaham (violin)
JCCGW (Rockville, Md.)
April 11, 2011 (Mon)
6 pm
Laura Strickling and Melissa Wimbish, sopranos [FREE]
With J. Timothy McReynolds, piano
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
April 11, 2011 (Mon)
7:30 pm
Jennifer Johnson, mezzo-soprano
Young Concert Artists
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
April 12, 2011 (Tue)
6 pm
National Gallery of Art String Quartet [FREE]
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
April 12, 2011 (Tue)
8 pm
St. Petersburg Philharmonic
With Yuri Temirkanov (conductor) and Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
WPAS
Music Center at Strathmore
April 12, 2011 (Tue)
8 pm
Kronos Quartet [FREE]
Reading of student compositions
Clarice Smith Center
April 13, 2011 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Rossini, Barber of Seville
Maryland Opera Studio
Clarice Smith Center
April 14, 2011 (Thu)
1:30 pm
Bach Cantata Series [FREE]
Clarice Smith Center
April 14, 2011 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Fragments (directed by Peter Brook)
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
April 14, 2011 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Rossini, Barber of Seville
Maryland Opera Studio
Clarice Smith Center
April 15, 2011 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Mozart, Abduction from the Seraglio
Maryland Opera Studio
Clarice Smith Center
April 15, 2011 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Fragments (directed by Peter Brook)
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
April 15, 2011 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Carl Donakowski (cello) and Gabriel Dobner (piano)
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
April 15, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Chaplin, The Gold Rush (screening with live music)
Music Center at Strathmore
April 15, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Mason Symphony Orchestra
GMU Center for the Arts
April 16, 2011 (Sat)
1:30 and 7:30 pm
Fragments (directed by Peter Brook)
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
April 16, 2011 (Sat)
3 pm
Hans Kristian Goldstein, cello [FREE]
Baltimore Museum of Art
April 16, 2011 (Sat)
5 pm
21st Century Consort
Smithsonian American Art Museum
April 16, 2011 (Sat)
6 pm
Winners of Joseph and Goldie Feder Memorial String Competition [FREE]
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
April 16, 2011 (Sat)
7:30 pm
Rossini, Barber of Seville
Maryland Opera Studio
Clarice Smith Center
April 16, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Chaplin, The Gold Rush (screening with live music)
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
April 16, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
From the Top (taping)
With Christopher O'Riley, piano
Clarice Smith Center
April 17, 2011 (Sun)
1:30 pm
Fragments (directed by Peter Brook)
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
April 17, 2011 (Sun)
2 pm
Afiara String Quartet
WPAS
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
April 17, 2011 (Sun)
3 pm
Mozart, Abduction from the Seraglio
Maryland Opera Studio
Clarice Smith Center
April 17, 2011 (Sun)
3 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Chaplin, The Gold Rush (screening with live music)
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
April 17, 2011 (Sun)
3 pm
Eclipse Chamber Orchestra
With Carole Bean (flute) and Cristina Nassif (soprano)
George Washington Masonic Memorial (Alexandria, Va.)
April 17, 2011 (Sun)
4 pm
Bach, St. John Passion
Washington National Cathedral
April 17, 2011 (Sun)
4 pm
WarnerNuzova, cello and piano
Music by Beethoven
Phillips Collection
April 17, 2011 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Georgia Chamber Singers [FREE]
Music by Frank Martin
National Gallery of Art
April 17, 2011 (Sun)
7 pm
Jon Manasse (clarinet) and Jon Nakamatsu (piano)
Dumbarton Oaks
April 17, 2011 (Sun)
7 pm
Michael Feinstein, piano
WPAS
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
April 17, 2011 (Sun)
7:30 pm
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
National Museum of American History
April 18, 2011 (Mon)
8 pm
Jon Manasse (clarinet) and Jon Nakamatsu (piano)
Dumbarton Oaks
April 21, 2011 (Thu)
8 pm
Lucinda Childs, Dance
Music by Philip Glass
Clarice Smith Center
April 22, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Lucinda Childs, Dance
Music by Philip Glass
Clarice Smith Center
April 23, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
With Arabella Steinbacher, violin
GMU Center for the Arts
April 24, 2011 (Sun)
4 pm
Sara Daneshpour, piano
Phillips Collection
April 26, 2011 (Tue)
8 pm
New Music at Maryland [FREE]
Performance of student compositions
Clarice Smith Center
April 27, 2011 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Sofja Gülbadamova, piano
National Museum of Women in the Arts
April 28, 2011 (Thu)
12:10 pm
Christian Tetzlaff and Antje Weithaas, violinists [FREE]
Music by Bartók, others
National Gallery of Art
April 28, 2011 (Thu)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Kurt Masur (conductor) and Sarah Chang (violin)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
April 28, 2011 (Thu)
8 pm
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center [FREE]
With Thomas Hampson, baritone
Music by Crumb, Tan Dun
Library of Congress
April 28, 2011 (Thu)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Music by Smetana, Bruch, Brahms
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
April 29, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Kurt Masur (conductor) and Sarah Chang (violin)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
April 29, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Music by Smetana, Bruch, Brahms
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)
April 29, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
WPAS
Music Center at Strathmore
April 30, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Kurt Masur (conductor) and Sarah Chang (violin)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
April 30, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Music by Smetana, Bruch, Brahms
Music Center at Strathmore
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