Commission/Premiere – Upcoming Concerts near Ashburn, VA
Peabody Composition & Organ Department Recital
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Leith Symington Griswold Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Free
21st Century Consort: Igor & Coco
Saturday, February 1, 2025 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (EST)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States
Lili Boulanger
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D'un matin de printemps ("Of a Spring Morning")
Igor Stravinsky — Le Sacre du printemps ("The Rite of Spring") (arr. for piano, four hands)
Mikhail Johnson — Ton yo han mek fashan (for marimba & bass clarinet)
Scott Wheeler — A Woman of Her Time: Coco Chanel Sings (world premiere)
Igor Stravinsky — Le Sacre du printemps ("The Rite of Spring") (arr. for piano, four hands)
Mikhail Johnson — Ton yo han mek fashan (for marimba & bass clarinet)
Scott Wheeler — A Woman of Her Time: Coco Chanel Sings (world premiere)
Free
Americana: Exploring the Depths of American Music | Ulysses Quartet & Ben Verdery, guitar |
Sunday, February 2, 2025 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (EST)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, United States
Leonard Bernstein
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Clarinet Sonata
(arr. Ben Verdery)
Caroline Shaw — Plan and Elevation
Christina Bouey — Soul
Joan Tower — Wild Summer
Benjamin Verdery — Memories of Ellis Island
Jimi Hendrix — Purple Haze (arr. Ben Verdery)
Bryce Dessner — Quintet for High Strings
Caroline Shaw — Plan and Elevation
Christina Bouey — Soul
Joan Tower — Wild Summer
Benjamin Verdery — Memories of Ellis Island
Jimi Hendrix — Purple Haze (arr. Ben Verdery)
Bryce Dessner — Quintet for High Strings
Free (RSVP required)
weathering: a world premiere & recital by Caitlin Glastonbury & Steven Naylor
Sunday, February 9, 2025 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (EST)
Leith Symington Griswold Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Arvo Pärt
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Solfeggio
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
David Lang — i lie
Kion Heidari — In Waves
Piers Connor Kennedy — A short story of falling
Steven Naylor — weathering (world premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
David Lang — i lie
Kion Heidari — In Waves
Piers Connor Kennedy — A short story of falling
Steven Naylor — weathering (world premiere)
Free
[SOLD OUT] Phillips Collection: Brentano String Quartet
Sunday, February 23, 2025 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (EST)
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, United States
Online and in-person
Ludwig van Beethoven
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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
Lei Liang — Selected works (world premiere TBA)
Benjamin Britten — String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36
SOLD OUT
NSO: Julia Wolfe's 'Her Story' with the Lorelei Ensemble | Marin Alsop conducts 'Scheherazade'
Thursday, February 27, 2025 @ 7:00am – 9:00pm (EST)
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
$17-$119
NSO: Julia Wolfe's 'Her Story' with the Lorelei Ensemble | Marin Alsop conducts 'Scheherazade'
Saturday, March 1, 2025 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
$21-$133
WPA Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Recital: Karen Slack, soprano – African Queens
Washington Performing Arts (D.C.) and
Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA)
Sunday, March 9, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Terrace Theater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Program includes works by
Dave Ragland,
Carlos Simon,
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor,
Florence Price,
Will Liverman,
Fred Onovwerosuoke,
Damien Geter,
Jasmine Barnes,
Jessie Montgomery,
Joel Thompson, and
Shawn Okpebholo.
$46-$86.25
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Balourdet Quartet
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Justice Forum at the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590, "Prussian"
Paul Novak — impossible inventions (DC premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59, No. 1 "Razumovsky"
Paul Novak — impossible inventions (DC premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59, No. 1 "Razumovsky"
$15
Vocal Arts DC: Mezzo-Soprano Fleur Barron & Pianist Kunal Lahiry
Friday, March 14, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Terrace Theater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Program includes works by
Xavier Montsalvatge,
Teodoro Valcárcel,
Ernesto Lecuona,
Gustav Mahler,
Arnold Schoenberg,
Ilse Weber,
Kurt Weill,
Maurice Delage,
Kamala Sankaram,
Maurice Ravel,
Kian Ravaei,
Zubaida Azezi,
Edo Frenkel,
Huang Ruo, and
Traditional.
$57.50
Library of Congress: Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin & Lambert Orkis, piano
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, DC, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Violin Sonata No. 18 in G major, K. 301/293a
Franz Schubert — Fantasie in C major for violin and piano, D. 934, Op. 159
Aftab Darvishi — Likoo (DC premiere)
Fritz Kreisler — Selected works
Ottorino Respighi — Violin Sonata in B minor, P. 110
Franz Schubert — Fantasie in C major for violin and piano, D. 934, Op. 159
Aftab Darvishi — Likoo (DC premiere)
Fritz Kreisler — Selected works
Ottorino Respighi — Violin Sonata in B minor, P. 110
Free (RSVP required)
Spire Series: Chanticleer
Friday, April 25, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
First & Franklin Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, MD, United States
Program includes works by
William Byrd,
Heinrich Isaac,
Traditional,
Irving Berlin,
Kurt Weill,
Joni Mitchell, and
Freddie Mercury.
$44.52-$81.88
Library of Congress: Horszowski Trio
Saturday, April 26, 2025 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, DC, United States
Rebecca Clarke
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Piano Trio
Charles Wuorinen — Piano Trio No. 1
Charles Wuorinen — Piano Trio No. 2 (world premiere)
Franz Schubert — Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, D. 929, Op. 100
Charles Wuorinen — Piano Trio No. 1
Charles Wuorinen — Piano Trio No. 2 (world premiere)
Franz Schubert — Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, D. 929, Op. 100
Free (RSVP required)
French National Orchestra of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: The Lafayette Musical & Immersive Bicentennial Tour (1825-2025)
Sunday, April 27, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Terrace Theater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
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Overture to L'Amant anonyme ("The Anonymous Lover")
Ruth Crawford Seeger — Andante for Strings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Thomas Zehetmair — Passacaglia, Burlesque, and Chorale for String Orchestra (DC premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
Ruth Crawford Seeger — Andante for Strings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Thomas Zehetmair — Passacaglia, Burlesque, and Chorale for String Orchestra (DC premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
$63.25-$173
[SOLD OUT] Phillips Collection: Sarah Rothenberg, piano
Thursday, May 1, 2025 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (EDT)
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, United States
Tyshawn Sorey
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Selected works
(Washington, D.C. premiere TBA)
Arnold Schoenberg — Sechs kleine Klavierstücke ("Six Little Piano Pieces"), Op. 19
Various — Selected works (TBA)
Arnold Schoenberg — Sechs kleine Klavierstücke ("Six Little Piano Pieces"), Op. 19
Various — Selected works (TBA)
SOLD OUT
Baltimore Symphony: Brahms Symphony No. 1 with Heyward
Thursday, May 1, 2025 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD, United States
Edward Elgar
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Froissart, Op. 19
James Lee III — Cello Concerto (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
James Lee III — Cello Concerto (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
$38-$99
Washington National Opera: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
Friday, May 2, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (EDT)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, DC, United States
Mason Bates
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The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
(WNO premiere)
$51.75-$241
Baltimore Symphony: Brahms Symphony No. 1 with Heyward
Saturday, May 3, 2025 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Edward Elgar
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Froissart, Op. 19
James Lee III — Cello Concerto (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
James Lee III — Cello Concerto (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
$27-$99
Washington National Opera: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
Sunday, May 4, 2025 @ 2:00pm – 3:45pm (EDT)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, DC, United States
Mason Bates
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The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
(WNO premiere)
$51.75-$310
Baltimore Symphony: Brahms Symphony No. 1 with Heyward
Sunday, May 4, 2025 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Edward Elgar
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Froissart, Op. 19
James Lee III — Cello Concerto (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
James Lee III — Cello Concerto (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
$27-$99
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