Classical Month in Washington (June)

Last month | Next month
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!

June 1, 2012 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Delibes, Coppélia
Bolshoi Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House

June 1, 2012 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Narek Arutyunian (clarinet) and Mariko Furukawa (piano)
Embassy Series
Embassy of Armenia

June 1, 2012 (Fri)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Music by Strauss, Beethoven
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 1, 2012 (Fri)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Jonathan Biss (piano), Günther Herbig (conductor)
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 2, 2012 (Sat)
1:30 and 7:30 pm
Delibes, Coppélia
Bolshoi Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House

June 2, 2012 (Sat)
7:30 pm
Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra
Church of the Epiphany

June 2, 2012 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Music by Strauss, Beethoven
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 2, 2012 (Sat)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Jonathan Biss (piano), Günther Herbig (conductor)
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 2, 2012 (Sat)
8 pm
Deviant Septet
Atlas Center

June 2, 2012 (Sat)
8 pm
Barbara Hollinshead (mezzo-soprano) and Howard Bass (lute)
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Paul's, K Street

June 3, 2012 (Sun)
1:30 pm
Delibes, Coppélia
Bolshoi Ballet
Kennedy Center Opera House

June 3, 2012 (Sun)
2 pm
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Music by Mozart, Boccherini, Paganini
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

June 3, 2012 (Sun)
3 pm
The Ladyes Delight
Baltimore Consort
Washington Early Music Festival
Cathedral of St. Matthew

June 3, 2012 (Sun)
3 pm
Flute Extravaganza
Benefit for Eclipse Chamber Orchestra
Private home (McLean, Va.)

June 3, 2012 (Sun)
4 pm
Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra
Church of the Epiphany

June 3, 2012 (Sun)
4 pm
Amadeus Concerts
Saint Luke Catholic Church (McLean, Va.)

June 3, 2012 (Sun)
6 pm
Countertop Ensemble
Holy Spirit Catholic Church (Annandale, Va.)

June 3, 2012 (Sun)
6:30 pm
JACK Quartet [FREE]
National Gallery of Art

June 6, 2012 (Wed)
12:10 pm
Weston Sprott (trombone) and Michael Lodico (organ) [FREE]
St. John's, Lafayette Square

June 7, 2012 (Thu)
9:30 am
National Orchestral Institute [FREE]
Open rehearsal with Alan Gilbert
Clarice Smith Center

June 7, 2012 (Thu)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Music by Berlioz, Lalo, Tchaikovsky
With Claudio Bohórquez, cello
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 7, 2012 (Thu)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 7, 2012 (Thu)
8 pm
NOI Faculty Chamber Music Concert [FREE]
Clarice Smith Center

June 7, 2012 (Thu)
8 pm
L'Arabesque Baroque
Washington Early Music Festival
Cathedral of St. Matthew

June 8, 2012 (Fri)
7 pm
NOI Chamber Music Showcase [FREE]
Clarice Smith Center

June 8, 2012 (Fri)
7:30 pm
June Chamber Festival
American Chamber Players
Kreeger Museum

June 8, 2012 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Yevgeny Kutik (violin) and Timothy Bozarth (piano)
Embassy Series
Embassy of Luxembourg

June 8, 2012 (Fri)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Music by Berlioz, Lalo, Tchaikovsky
With Claudio Bohórquez, cello
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 8, 2012 (Fri)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 8, 2012 (Fri)
8 pm
Harmonious Blacksmith
Washington Early Music Festival
St. George's Episcopal Church

June 9, 2012 (Sat)
1 pm
The General (film screening) [FREE]
With live music by Hesperus
Smithsonian American Art Museum

June 9, 2012 (Sat)
3 pm
The Wind (film screening with live music)
World premiere of score by Andrew Earle Simpson
Cantate Chamber Singers
American Film Institute (Silver Spring, Md.)

June 9, 2012 (Sat)
7:30 pm
18th Street Singers
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

June 9, 2012 (Sat)
8 pm
NOI Chamber Orchestra
Clarice Smith Center

June 9, 2012 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Music by Berlioz, Lalo, Tchaikovsky
With Claudio Bohórquez, cello
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 9, 2012 (Sat)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Music Center at Strathmore

June 9, 2012 (Sat)
8 pm
Mozart, Idomeneo
In Series
Atlas Center

June 9, 2012 (Sat)
8 pm
Les Inegales
Washington Early Music Festival
St. George's Episcopal Church

June 10, 2012 (Sun)
2 pm
Washington International Competition for Strings
Friday Morning Music Club Foundation
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

June 10, 2012 (Sun)
3 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 10, 2012 (Sun)
3 pm
American Century Music [FREE]
Music by Ruth Crawford Seeger, others
Smithsonian American Art Museum

June 10, 2012 (Sun)
3 pm
Mozart, Idomeneo
In Series
Atlas Center

June 10, 2012 (Sun)
3:30 pm
Ronn McFarlane, lute
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Mark's Episcopal Church

June 10, 2012 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Rosa Lamoreaux (soprano) and William Sharp (baritone) [FREE]
National Gallery of Art

June 10, 2012 (Sun)
7:30 pm
Vivaldi Project
Washington Early Music Festival
St. George's Episcopal Church

June 12, 2012 (Tue)
7:30 pm
June Chamber Festival
American Chamber Players
Kreeger Museum

June 13, 2012 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Choral Arts Society
Tribute to Norman Scribner
Washington National Cathedral

June 14, 2012 (Thu)
7 pm
NOI Chamber Music Showcase [FREE]
Clarice Smith Center

June 15, 2012 (Fri)
9:30 am
NOI Orchestra [FREE]
Open rehearsal with Leonard Slatkin
Clarice Smith Center

June 15, 2012 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Bizet, Carmen
Opera Bel Cantanti
Catholic University

June 15, 2012 (Fri)
7:30 pm
June Chamber Festival
American Chamber Players
Kreeger Museum

June 15, 2012 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Michael Mizrahi, piano
Mansion at Strathmore

June 15, 2012 (Fri)
8 pm
Carmina
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Peter's, Capitol Hill

June 16, 2012 (Sat)
3 and 7:30 pm
Bizet, Carmen
Opera Bel Cantanti
Catholic University

June 16, 2012 (Sat)
8 pm
NOI Orchestra
With Leonard Slatkin
Clarice Smith Center

June 16, 2012 (Sat)
8 pm
Mozart, Idomeneo
In Series
Atlas Center

June 16, 2012 (Sat)
8 pm
Wayward Sisters
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Peter's, Capitol Hill

June 17, 2012 (Sun)
3 and 7:30 pm
Bizet, Carmen
Opera Bel Cantanti
Catholic University

June 17, 2012 (Sun)
3 pm
Calidore String Quartet
Candlelight Concert Society
Howard Community College (Columbia, Md.)

June 17, 2012 (Sun)
3 pm
Mozart, Idomeneo
In Series
Atlas Center

June 17, 2012 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Ignasi Terraza and Trio (Jazz) [FREE]
National Gallery of Art

June 17, 2012 (Sun)
7 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Glass, Overture for 2012 (world premiere)
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 17, 2012 (Sun)
7:30 pm
Ensemble Gaudior
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Peter's, Capitol Hill

June 18, 2012 (Mon)
7:30 pm
Hilary Hahn (violin) and Hauschka (toy piano)
Birchmere (Alexandria, Va.)

June 19, 2012 (Tue)
7:30 pm
Friends of Fasch
Washington Early Music Festival
All Souls Memorial Episcopal Church

June 22, 2012 (Fri)
9:30 am
NOI Open Rehearsal [FREE]
With Daniel Hege, conductor
Clarice Smith Center

June 22, 2012 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Castleton Festival: Opening Concert
With Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano
Castleton Festival (Castleton, Va.)

June 22, 2012 (Fri)
8 pm
Summer Gala: A Night in Vienna
Austrian Cultural Forum
Embassy of Austria

June 22, 2012 (Fri)
8 pm
La Pucelle: Celebrating Joan of Arc
Suspicious Cheese Lords
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Mark's Episcopal Church

June 23, 2012 (Sat)
7 pm
Rossini, Barber of Seville
Castleton Festival (Castleton Va.)

June 23, 2012 (Sat)
7:30 pm
Washington Chorus
Paola Prestini, Oceanic Verses (folk opera)
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

June 23, 2012 (Sat)
8 pm
NOI Orchestra
With Daniel Hege, conductor
Clarice Smith Center

June 23, 2012 (Sat)
8 pm
Armonia Nova
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Mark's Episcopal Church

June 24, 2012 (Sun)
2 pm
Castleton Festival Orchestra
Music by Flügelman, Mahler (with Inbal Segev, cello)
Castleton Festival (Castleton, Va.)

June 24, 2012 (Sun)
3 pm
NOI Orchestra [FREE]
Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf
Clarice Smith Center

June 24, 2012 (Sun)
4 and 6:30 pm
Leslie Amper, piano [FREE]
National Gallery of Art

June 24, 2012 (Sun)
7:30 pm
Le Tendre Amour
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Mark's Episcopal Church

June 27, 2012 (Wed)
8 pm
Stefanie Irànyi (mezzo-soprano) and Asher Fisch (piano) [FREE]
Mahler songs
Clarice Smith Center

June 27, 2012 (Wed)
8 pm
Atsuko Watanabe (harpsichord) and Keith Reas (organ)
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Mark's Episcopal Church

June 28, 2012 (Thu)
6:30 pm
Vocal Colors
Wolf Trap Opera Company
Phillips Collection

June 28, 2012 (Thu)
8 pm
NOI New Lights [FREE]
Clarice Smith Center

June 28, 2012 (Thu)
8 pm
Modern Musick
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Mark's Episcopal Church

June 29, 2012 (Fri)
9:30 am
NOI Orchestra [FREE]
Open rehearsal with Asher Fisch
Clarice Smith Center

June 29, 2012 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Rossini, Barber of Seville
Castleton Festival (Castleton Va.)

June 29, 2012 (Fri)
8 pm
Gilbert and Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance
New York G&S Players
Filene Center, Wolf Trap

June 29, 2012 (Fri)
8 pm
Mozart, Don Giovanni
Wolf Trap Opera
Barns at Wolf Trap

June 29, 2012 (Fri)
8 pm
Arco Voce
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Mark's Episcopal Church

June 30, 2012 (Sat)
7 pm
Bizet, Carmen
Castleton Festival (Castleton, Va.)

June 30, 2012 (Sat)
8 pm
NOI Orchestra
Mahler, Symphony No. 3
With Stefanie Irànyi (mezzo-soprano), Asher Fisch (conductor)
Clarice Smith Center

June 30, 2012 (Sat)
8 pm
Gilbert and Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance
New York G&S Players
Filene Center, Wolf Trap

June 30, 2012 (Sat)
8 pm
The Hunchback (film screening with live music)
Medieval music by Hesperus
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Mark's, Capitol Hill