Classical Month in Washington (November)

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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!

November 1, 2011 (Tue)
12:10 pm
Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 [FREE]
Washington Bach Consort
Church of the Epiphany

November 1, 2011 (Tue)
7 pm
Ran Dank, piano
Embassy Series
Venue TBA

November 1, 2011 (Tue)
7:30 pm
Orion String Quartet
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

November 2, 2011 (Wed)
12:10 pm
Monadnock Music Trio [FREE]
National Gallery of Art (West Building Lecture Hall)

November 2, 2011 (Wed)
12:10 pm
Michael Lodico, organ [FREE]
St. John's, Lafayette Square

November 2, 2011 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Avanti Orchestra
Friday Morning Music Club
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

November 2, 2011 (Wed)
8 pm
The Great Gatsby
Washington Ballet
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater

November 3, 2011 (Thu)
5:30 pm
Ives Project: Ives Playing Ives [FREE]
Lecture with Jeremy Denk, Joseph Horowitz
Mansion at Strathmore

November 3, 2011 (Thu)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Oliver Knussen (conductor), Peter Serkin (piano)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

November 3, 2011 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Jascha Nemtsov and Friends
Pro Musica Hebraica
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

November 3, 2011 (Thu)
8 pm
Post-Classical Ensemble: Ives Project
With Jeremy Denk, piano
Music Center at Strathmore

November 3, 2011 (Thu)
8 pm
The Great Gatsby
Washington Ballet
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater

November 4, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Jeremy Denk, piano
Music by Ives, Beethoven
Music Center at Strathmore

November 4, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Oliver Knussen (conductor), Peter Serkin (piano)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

November 4, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Mozart Piano Quartet [FREE]
Library of Congress

November 4, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
UMD Wind Orchestra
Clarice Smith Center

November 4, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Verdi, La Traviata
Lyric Opera of Baltimore
Modell Lyric Opera House (Baltimore, Md.)

November 4, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
The Great Gatsby
Washington Ballet
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater

November 5, 2011 (Sat)
11 am and 1:30 pm
NSO Teddy Bear Concert: Tunes 'n' (Pig) Tales
Kennedy Center Family Theater

November 5, 2011 (Sat)
2 pm
Roberto Diaz (viola) and Kwan Yi (piano) [FREE]
Franz Liszt Bicentenary Project
Library of Congress

November 5, 2011 (Sat)
2 pm
Marouan Benabdallah, piano
WPAS
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

November 5, 2011 (Sat)
2:30 and 8 pm
The Great Gatsby
Washington Ballet
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater

November 5, 2011 (Sat)
5 pm
21st Century Consort
Smithsonian American Art Museum

November 5, 2011 (Sat)
7:30 pm
JACK Quartet
Ives Project
Mansion at Strathmore

November 5, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Oliver Knussen (conductor), Peter Serkin (piano)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

November 5, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
National Philharmonic
With Piotr Paleczny, piano
Music Center at Strathmore

November 5, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
Berta Rojas, guitar
Dumbarton Concerts

November 6, 2011 (Sun)
1:30 and 6:30 pm
The Great Gatsby
Washington Ballet
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater

November 6, 2011 (Sun)
2 pm
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

November 6, 2011 (Sun)
2 pm
Verdi, La Traviata
Lyric Opera of Baltimore
Modell Lyric Opera House (Baltimore, Md.)

November 6, 2011 (Sun)
3 pm
Washington Bach Consort: Pergolesi
With Agnes Zsigovics (soprano), Daniel Taylor (countertenor)
National Presbyterian Church

November 6, 2011 (Sun)
3 pm
National Philharmonic
With Piotr Paleczny, piano
Music Center at Strathmore

November 6, 2011 (Sun)
4 pm
Haeran Hong (soprano) and Ken Noda (piano)
Phillips Collection

November 6, 2011 (Sun)
4 pm
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin
GMU Center for the Arts

November 6, 2011 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Talich String Quartet [FREE]
National Gallery of Art (West Garden Court)

November 6, 2011 (Sun)
7 pm
Amit Peled (cello) and Noreen Cassidy-Polera (piano)
Dumbarton Oaks

November 7, 2011 (Mon)
8 pm
Amit Peled (cello) and Noreen Cassidy-Polera (piano)
Dumbarton Oaks

November 8, 2011 (Tue)
8 pm
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
WPAS
Music Center at Strathmore

November 9, 2011 (Wed)
12:10 pm
National Gallery of Art New Music Ensemble [FREE]
National Gallery of Art (East Building Auditorium)

November 9, 2011 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Ádám György, piano
Embassy Series
Embassy of Hungary

November 9, 2011 (Wed)
8 pm
Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble
Mobtown Modern
2640 Space (Baltimore, Md.)

November 10, 2011 (Thu)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Gautier Capuçon (cello)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

November 10, 2011 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor
Washington National Opera
Kennedy Center Opera House

November 10, 2011 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Ádám György, piano
Embassy Series
Embassy of Hungary

November 10, 2011 (Thu)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Music by Copland et al.
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

November 11, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Gautier Capuçon (cello)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

November 11, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Robert Belinić, guitar
Barns at Wolf Trap

November 11, 2011 (Fri)
8:15 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Off the Cuff (Copland), with Marin Alsop
Music Center at Strathmore

November 12, 2011 (Sat)
3 pm
Johannes String Quartet [FREE]
Baltimore Museum of Art

November 12, 2011 (Sat)
7 pm
Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor
Washington National Opera
Kennedy Center Opera House

November 12, 2011 (Sat)
7 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Off the Cuff (Copland), with Marin Alsop
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

November 12, 2011 (Sat)
7:30 pm
Taiwanese American Charity and Education Association: Annual Concert
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

November 12, 2011 (Sat)
7:30 pm
Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra
With Amy Beth Horman, violin
Vienna Presbyterian Church

November 12, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Gautier Capuçon (cello)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

November 12, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
National Philharmonic
Beach, Grand Mass in E-flat Major
Music Center at Strathmore

November 12, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
Takács Quartet
Clarice Smith Center

November 12, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
GMU Center for the Arts

November 13, 2011 (Sun)
2 pm
Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor
Washington National Opera
Kennedy Center Opera House

November 13, 2011 (Sun)
3 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Music by Copland et al.
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

November 13, 2011 (Sun)
3 pm
UMD Men's and Women's Choruses [FREE]
Clarice Smith Center

November 13, 2011 (Sun)
3 pm
Capital Wind Symphony
Vienna Presbyterian Church (Vienna, Va.)

November 13, 2011 (Sun)
4 pm
Kelly Hall-Tompkins (violin) and Bridget Kibbey (harp)
Phillips Collection

November 13, 2011 (Sun)
4 pm
Vivaldi Project: Trio Sonatas
National Presbyterian Church

November 13, 2011 (Sun)
4 pm
Homage to Modern Classics
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

November 13, 2011 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Alexander Markov, violin [FREE]
National Gallery of Art (West Garden Court)

November 14, 2011 (Mon)
7 pm
Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor
Washington National Opera
Kennedy Center Opera House

November 14, 2011 (Mon)
7 pm
Chamber Music Student Recital [FREE]
Clarice Smith Center

November 14, 2011 (Mon)
7:30 pm
Ivo Kaltchev (piano) and Lilia Donkova (violin)
CUA School of Music

November 15, 2011 (Tue)
7:30 pm
Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor
Washington National Opera
Kennedy Center Opera House

November 15, 2011 (Tue)
8 pm
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Cabell Hall (Charlottesville, Va.)

November 15, 2011 (Tue)
8 pm
Manning the Canon: Songs of Gay Life
New York Festival of Song
Clarice Smith Center

November 16, 2011 (Wed)
12:10 pm
Alexandre Dossin, pianist and Stephen Ackert, organist [FREE]
Music by Liszt
National Gallery of Art (East Building Auditorium)

November 16, 2011 (Wed)
5:30 pm
Chamber Music Student Recital [FREE]
Clarice Smith Center

November 16, 2011 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor
Washington National Opera
Kennedy Center Opera House

November 17, 2011 (Thu)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

November 17, 2011 (Thu)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Honegger, Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

November 18, 2011 (Fri)
1:30 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

November 18, 2011 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor
Washington National Opera
Kennedy Center Opera House

November 18, 2011 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Puccini, Suor Angelica / Poulenc, La voix humaine
CUA School of Music

November 18, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Honegger, Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

November 18, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Stravinsky, The Rake's Progress
Peabody Opera
Modell Lyric Opera House (Baltimore, Md.)

November 18, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
With Roberto Diaz, viola
Maryland Hall (Annapolis, Md.)

November 18, 2011 (Fri)
8 pm
Washington Chorus
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

November 19, 2011 (Sat)
11 am and 1:30 pm
NSO Kinderkonzert: Follow That Fiddle
Kennedy Center Family Theater

November 19, 2011 (Sat)
3 pm
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
WPAS
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

November 19, 2011 (Sat)
6 pm
Emerson String Quartet
National Museum of Natural History

November 19, 2011 (Sat)
7 pm
Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor
Washington National Opera
Kennedy Center Opera House

November 19, 2011 (Sat)
7:30 pm
Amelia al Ballo / Il Tabarro
Maryland Opera Studio (with piano)
Clarice Smith Center

November 19, 2011 (Sat)
7:30 pm
Puccini, Suor Angelica / Poulenc, La voix humaine
CUA School of Music

November 19, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

November 19, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
With Roberto Diaz, viola
Maryland Hall (Annapolis, Md.)

November 19, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
Jason Vieaux (guitar), with Escher Quartet
Candlelight Concert Society
Smith Theater, Howard Community College (Columbia, Md.)

November 20, 2011 (Sun)
2 pm
Stravinsky, The Rake's Progress
Peabody Opera
Modell Lyric Opera House (Baltimore, Md.)

November 20, 2011 (Sun)
2 pm
Puccini, Suor Angelica / Poulenc, La voix humaine
CUA School of Music

November 20, 2011 (Sun)
2:30 and 4:30 pm
The Sleeping Beauty
National Marionette Theater
Candlelight Concert Society
Smith Theater, Howard Community College (Columbia, Md.)

November 20, 2011 (Sun)
2:30 and 4:30 pm
Capital City Symphony: Family Concert
Atlas Performing Arts Center

November 20, 2011 (Sun)
3 pm
Amelia al Ballo / Il Tabarro
Maryland Opera Studio (with piano)
Clarice Smith Center

November 20, 2011 (Sun)
4 pm
NGA Wind Quintet
Phillips Collection

November 20, 2011 (Sun)
6:30 pm
National Gallery of Art Orchestra [FREE]
Leshnoff, Double Concerto
National Gallery of Art (West Garden Court)

November 20, 2011 (Sun)
7:30 pm
Smithsonian Chamber Players
Music by Schumann
National Museum of American History

November 20, 2011 (Sun)
7:30 pm
UMD Chamber Singers and University Chorale
Clarice Smith Center

November 22, 2011 (Tue)
7:30 pm
Amelia al Ballo / Il Tabarro
Maryland Opera Studio (with piano)
Clarice Smith Center

November 23, 2011 (Wed)
12:10 pm
Verdehr Trio [FREE]
National Gallery of Art (West Building Lecture Hall)

November 26, 2011 (Sat)
8 pm
Chanticleer Christmas
GMU Center for the Arts

November 27, 2011 (Sun)
4 pm
Kate Liu, piano
Phillips Collection

November 27, 2011 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Steven Spooner, piano [FREE]
Music by Liszt
National Gallery of Art (West Garden Court)