The BSO, conducted by Lucas Waldin, will present Aretha - A Tribute in The Music Center on February 27. The tribute to The Queen of Soulwill feature symphony favorites Capathia Jenkins and Darryl Williams performing such iconic hits as “Respect,” “A Natural Woman,” “Chain of Fools,” “Amazing Grace” and much more.
The BSO, led by Marin Alsop, will perform Mozart and Mendelssohn in The Music Center on March 29. A work newly commissioned by the BSO from the young British composer Anna Clyne will be juxtaposed with Fanny Mendelssohn’s Overture in C Major. The program will also include Fanny’s famous brother’s “Italian” Symphony No. 4. French pianist David Fray will perform Mozart’s youthful masterpiece of the classical style, the Piano Concerto No. 9 “Jeunehomme.”
Images below: Anna Clyne by Jennifer Taylor & David Fray by Paulo Roversi
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, led by early-music specialist/harpsichord Nicholas McGegan, with Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital, will perform two of Vivaldi's Mandolin Concertos in The Music Center on March 7. The program will also include Haydn’s Symphony No. 80 and Bizet’s Symphony No. 1, composed when Bizet was 17 and a student at the Paris Conservatory.
Images below: Nicholas McGegan by Steve Sherman & Avi Avital by Zohar Ron
The BSO, conducted by Marin Alsop, will perform Mahler's Symphony No 3 on March 12 & 14 at the Music Center. The orchestra will be joined by Cierra Byrd, mezzo-soprano, the University of Maryland College Park Concert Choir, led by Edward Maclary, director, and the Peabody Children's Chorus, led by Doreen Falby, director.
The BSO, led by Marin Alsop, will perform Mozart and Mendelssohn in The Music Center on March 29. A work newly commissioned by the BSO from the young British composer Anna Clyne will be juxtaposed with Fanny Mendelssohn’s Overture in C Major. The program will also include Fanny’s famous brother’s “Italian” Symphony No. 4. French pianist David Fray will perform Mozart’s youthful masterpiece of the classical style, the Piano Concerto No. 9 “Jeunehomme.”
Images below: Anna Clyne by Jennifer Taylor & David Fray by Paulo Roversi
The BSO will present Movie with Orchestra: The Wizard of Oz in the Music Center on April 16. The audience can enjoy The Wizard of Oz on the big screen and follow the yellow brick road with Dorothy and her friends as the BSO, conducted by Scott Terrell (pictured), performs the Academy Award-winning score.
The BSO, conducted by Peter Oundjian, will present Off the Cuff: Holst The Planets in The Music Center on April 24. The concert will salute the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Telescope, complete with Hubble photos and a special guest from NASA.
Photo below: Peter Oundjian - Photo (c)Sian Richards
The BSO, conducted by Marin Alsop, will present Russian pianist Olga Kern in a performance of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in The Music Center on April 30. The concert will open with a new work by British composer Anna Clyne, and Mahler’s Fourth Symphony.
The National Philharmonic, conducted by Piotr Gajewski, will perform Mozart's Requiemin The Music Center on March 21. The orchestra will be joined by Suzanne Karpov, soprano, Magdalena Wór, mezzo-soprano, Norman Shankle, tenor and Kevin Deas, bass. The orchestra will also perform Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A Major with Jon Manasse, clarinet.
The National Philharmonic, conducted by Piotr Gajewski, will perform a concert titled Music + Prose in The Music Center on April 18, featuring Danielle Talamantes, soprano and Zuill Bailey, cello. The program will include works by Samuel Barber, Henry Dehlinger, Alistair Coleman and Michael Daugherty.
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by José-Luis Novo (pictured below), with Anne Akiko Meyers, violin, will perform Adam Schoenberg's Violin Concerto, titled Orchard in Fog, which Meyers commissioned, in the Music Center on March 1. The concert will include Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3 and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra.
March 3: Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox March 6: Bruce Hornsby & YMusic combine genres
March 13: The Washington Chorus St. Patrick's Day
March 15: Singer Tony Bennett (Pictured below) March 19: The Florida State U. Symphony Orchestra March 20: Washington Performing Arts presents pianist Murray Perahia
April 2: Fei & Abigail Washburn - guzheng and banjo duet April 3/4: Baritone Gregory Porter April 5: Nat'l Concerts - The Journey of Harriet Tubman April 11: R&B superstar Brian McKnight April 17: Vocalist Lea Salonga (Photo by Raymund Isaac) April 19: Charles Lloyd & the Marvels & Lucinda Williams April 29: Songwriter and pianist David Foster
