Commission/Premiere – Upcoming Concerts near Ashburn, VA
Washington Performing Arts: Our Song, Our Story
Friday, February 10, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Terrace Theater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Program includes works by
Margaret Bonds,
Harry Burleigh,
Richard Smallwood,
Damien Sneed,
George Frideric Handel,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Giacomo Puccini,
Giuseppe Verdi,
Richard Strauss, and
George Gershwin.
$30-$75
Marian Anderson Vocal Award Recital: Leah Hawkins
Sunday, February 12, 2023 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (EST)
Terrace Theater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Traditional
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Guide My Feet
(arr. Jester Hairston)
Richard Wagner — Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91
Francis Poulenc — Les Chemins de l'amour ("The pathways of love"), FP 106-Ia
Aaron Copland — Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
William Grant Still — Songs of Separation
Jasmine Barnes — Proverb (Kennedy Center premiere)
Peter Ashbourne — Five Songs for Soprano and Piano
Richard Wagner — Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91
Francis Poulenc — Les Chemins de l'amour ("The pathways of love"), FP 106-Ia
Aaron Copland — Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
William Grant Still — Songs of Separation
Jasmine Barnes — Proverb (Kennedy Center premiere)
Peter Ashbourne — Five Songs for Soprano and Piano
$39-$49
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Calidore String Quartet
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Terrace Theater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven
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String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
Anna Clyne — Breathing Statues (D.C. premiere, Kennedy Center co-commission)
George Walker — Lyric for Strings
Leoš Janáček — String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters”
Anna Clyne — Breathing Statues (D.C. premiere, Kennedy Center co-commission)
George Walker — Lyric for Strings
Leoš Janáček — String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters”
$45
Baltimore Symphony: Marin Conducts TITAN
Friday, February 17, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Huang Ruo
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Tipping Point
(BSO co-commission & world premiere)
Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 1 in D major "Titan"
Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 1 in D major "Titan"
$25-$80
Baltimore Symphony: Marin Conducts TITAN
Saturday, February 18, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD, United States
Huang Ruo
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Tipping Point
(BSO co-commission & world premiere)
Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 1 in D major "Titan"
Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 1 in D major "Titan"
$35-$90
Baltimore Symphony: Marin Conducts TITAN
Sunday, February 19, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EST)
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Online and in-person
Huang Ruo
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Tipping Point
(BSO co-commission & world premiere)
Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 1 in D major "Titan"
Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 1 in D major "Titan"
In person: $25-$80 | Stream: $9.99
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Dover Quartet
Monday, February 27, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Terrace Theater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn
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String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3, Hob. III:77 "Emperor"
Mason Bates — Suite for String Quartet (D.C. premiere)
Antonín Dvořák — String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major, Op. 51 B. 92
Mason Bates — Suite for String Quartet (D.C. premiere)
Antonín Dvořák — String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major, Op. 51 B. 92
$49 ($45 wheelchair/companion)
National Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich's Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, & Strings | Sibelius' Symphony No. 2
Thursday, March 2, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Jessie Montgomery
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Hymn for Everyone
(NSO premiere/co-commission)
Dmitri Shostakovich — Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 (Conrad Tao, piano & William Gerlach, trumpet)
Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Dmitri Shostakovich — Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 (Conrad Tao, piano & William Gerlach, trumpet)
Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
$15-$98
Washington Musica Viva: Eric Pritchard & Carl Banner
Saturday, March 4, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
BannerArts Studio, Takoma Park, MD, USA
Bill Robinson
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Violin Concerto No. 2
(world premiere of reduction for violin & piano)
Leoš Janáček — Violin Sonata
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin Sonata No. 35 in A major, K. 526
Leoš Janáček — Violin Sonata
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin Sonata No. 35 in A major, K. 526
$20 advance only
National Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich's Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, & Strings | Sibelius' Symphony No. 2
Saturday, March 4, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Jessie Montgomery
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Hymn for Everyone
(NSO premiere/co-commission)
Dmitri Shostakovich — Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 (Conrad Tao, piano & William Gerlach, trumpet)
Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Dmitri Shostakovich — Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 (Conrad Tao, piano & William Gerlach, trumpet)
Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
$19-$109
Phillips Collection: Alexi Kenney, violin – Shifting Ground
Sunday, March 5, 2023 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (EST)
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, United States
Online and in-person
Program includes works by
Johann Sebastian Bach,
George Enescu,
Paul Wiancko,
Du Yun,
Nicola Matteis,
Salina Fisher,
Matthew Burtner,
Angélica Negrón,
Giuseppe Colombi, and
Thuridur Jónsdóttir.
In person: $45 ($25 member) | Stream: $15 ($10 member)
Phillips Collection: Conrad Tao & Jay Campbell
Saturday, April 8, 2023 @ 2:30pm – 3:30pm (EDT)
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, United States
Online and in-person
Catherine Lamb
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The Additive Arrow
(Washington, DC premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
$45 ($25 member) | Stream: $15 ($10 member)
Phillips Collection: Conrad Tao & Jay Campbell
Saturday, April 8, 2023 @ 6:30pm – 7:30pm (EDT)
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, United States
Online and in-person
Catherine Lamb
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The Additive Arrow
(Washington, DC premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
$45 ($25 member) | Stream: $15 ($10 member)