Classical period (1750-1820) – Upcoming Concerts near Baltimore, MD

Shriver Hall Concert Series: Pablo Ferrández, cello & Julio Elizalde, piano

Shriver Hall Concert Series
Sunday, January 19, 2025 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (EST)
Shriver Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Max Bruch — Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
Ludwig van Beethoven — Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
Johannes Brahms — Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38

$46 ($10 student)

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The Axelrod String Quartet: Stradivarius & Amati

Axelrod String Quartet, Smithsonian Chamber Music Society, and Smithsonian Music
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 3:30pm – 5:30pm (EST)
Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, DC, United States
Franz Schubert — String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703 "Quartettsatz"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Quintet in D major, K. 593
Anton Bruckner — String Quintet in F major, WAB 112

$36 ($32 member)

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Dumbarton Concerts: Fry Street Quartet – exciting & expressive music for string quartet

Dumbarton Concerts
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Dumbarton United Methodist Church / Dumbarton Concerts, Washington, DC, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet in D major, Op. 20, No. 4, Hob. III:34
Clarice Assad — Canções da America
Claude Debussy — String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 91

In person: $48

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The Axelrod String Quartet: Stradivarius & Amati

Axelrod String Quartet, Smithsonian Chamber Music Society, and Smithsonian Music
Sunday, January 26, 2025 @ 3:30pm – 5:30pm (EST)
Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, DC, United States
Franz Schubert — String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703 "Quartettsatz"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Quintet in D major, K. 593
Anton Bruckner — String Quintet in F major, WAB 112

$36 ($32 member)

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Poulenc Trio at Hopkins Bloomberg Center

Poulenc Trio and Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University
Friday, January 31, 2025 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm (EST)
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, Washington, DC, United States
Online and in-person
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"
James Lee III — Principal Brothers No. 4
Thomas Benjamin — Three Études for Trio
Viet Cuong — Explain Yourself!

Free (RSVP recommended for in-person attendance)

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NSO Emerging Conductors Concert

National Symphony Orchestra
Friday, January 31, 2025 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (EST)
Millennium Stage North at the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, United States
Online and in-person
Johannes Brahms — Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — "In quali eccessi... Mi tradì" from Don Giovanni, K. 527
Antonín Dvořák — The Noon Witch, Op. 108, B. 196
Franz Liszt — Orpheus, S. 98

Free (RSVP recommended for in-person attendance)

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Bach in Baltimore: Haydn's 'The Creation'

Bach in Baltimore
Sunday, February 2, 2025 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (EST)
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Baltimore, MD, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn — Die Schöpfung ("The Creation"), Hob. XXI:2

$39 in advance, $44 at the door ($10 students age 13 & over w/valid ID; ages 12 & under free)

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Washington Performing Arts: Nikolai Lugansky, piano

Washington Performing Arts (D.C.)
Sunday, February 9, 2025 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (EST)
Terrace Theater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Felix Mendelssohn — Lieder ohne Worte ("Songs Without Words") (selections)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2 "Tempest"
Richard Wagner — Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D (selections; arr. Nikolai Lugansky)
Franz Liszt / Richard Wagner — "Isolde's Liebestod" from Tristan und Isolde, S. 447

$57.50

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Takács Quartet with Sir Stephen Hough: Beethoven, Hough, Brahms

Takács Quartet
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Gildenhorn Recital Hall at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1
Stephen Hough — String Quartet No. 1 "Les Six Rencontres"
Johannes Brahms — Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

$25-$40 ($10 student/youth)

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Classical Kids LIVE!: Saint-Georges' Sword & Bow

Classical Kids LIVE!
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 @ 10:00am – 11:00am (EST)
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — Selected works

$7

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Classical Kids LIVE!: Saint-Georges' Sword & Bow

Classical Kids LIVE!
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 @ 11:30am – 12:30pm (EST)
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — Selected works

$7

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Library of Congress: Jupiter Quartet

Jupiter String Quartet and Concerts From the Library of Congress
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, DC, United States
Carlos Simon — Warmth from Other Suns
Shulamit Ran — String Quartet No. 3 "Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory"
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130
Ludwig van Beethoven — Grosse Fuge, Op. 133

Free (currently sold out; see ticket link for availability updates)

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Classical Kids LIVE!: Saint-Georges' Sword & Bow

Classical Kids LIVE!
Thursday, February 20, 2025 @ 10:00am – 11:00am (EST)
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — Selected works

$7

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Classical Kids LIVE!: Saint-Georges' Sword & Bow

Classical Kids LIVE!
Thursday, February 20, 2025 @ 11:30am – 12:30pm (EST)
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — Selected works

$7

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Classical Kids LIVE!: Saint-Georges' Sword & Bow

Classical Kids LIVE!
Saturday, February 22, 2025 @ 11:00am – 12:00pm (EST)
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — Selected works

$12-$22

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[SOLD OUT] Phillips Collection: Brentano String Quartet

Brentano Quartet and Phillips Music at the Phillips Collection
Sunday, February 23, 2025 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (EST)
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, United States
Online and in-person
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, Op. 18, No. 6
Lei Liang — Selected works (world premiere TBA)
Benjamin Britten — String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36

SOLD OUT

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Annapolis Symphony: Serenade

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
Friday, February 28, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven — Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
Leonard Bernstein — Serenade (After Plato's 'Symposium')
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Alberto Ginastera — Four Dances from Estancia (Suite), Op. 8a

$39.75-$100.75

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Annapolis Symphony: Serenade

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, March 1, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven — Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
Leonard Bernstein — Serenade (After Plato's 'Symposium')
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Alberto Ginastera — Four Dances from Estancia (Suite), Op. 8a

$39.75-$100.75

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Annapolis Symphony: Serenade

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, March 2, 2025 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EST)
The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven — Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
Leonard Bernstein — Serenade (After Plato's 'Symposium')
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Alberto Ginastera — Four Dances from Estancia (Suite), Op. 8a

$10-$69

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NSO Presents: Leonidas Kavakos, violin & Daniil Trifonov, piano

National Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, March 2, 2025 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven — Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23
Francis Poulenc — Violin Sonata, FP 119
Johannes Brahms — Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 "Regensonate"
Béla Bartók — Rhapsody No. 1, Sz. 87

$44-$144

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