The Parker Quartet takes over our social media!
Look out for a feature of the Grammy-winning Parker Quartet this weekend on our social media! They will be sharing behind the scenes action as they come into town to perform at Bender JCC with violist from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Getz on September 11. Follow us and get to know this incredible quartet!
Environmental activism front row and center on Front Row Washington
Front Row Washington returns this Monday after its summer hiatus with a bang! We feature the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic performing spectacular music inspired by nature and environmental activism, and a work for violin and orchestra featuring soloist Madeline Adkins. Local music making a global impact - join us for an exciting season of Front Row Washington this Monday night at 9PM ET!
Return of Classical Breakdown for Season 4
Classical Breakdown returns for Season 4! We are excited for another season of great explorations of our classical favorites, both old and new. John Banther and Bill Bukowski kick off the season with a deep-dive into a favorite from the repertoire, Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. So many of us know and love this tour-de-force for piano and orchestra, but John and Bill shed new fun facts and a fresh perspective, including Rachmaninoff's secret weapon for performing this piece.
Another classical scoundrel on Choral Showcase
Bill Bukowski continues on his tour of rogues' gallery on Choral Showcase, featuring some of classical's best (or worst) criminals. This week, it's a cautionary tale from Finland's epic, The Kalevala - the sad tale of Kullervo, from an early work by Jean Sibelius for orchestra with chorus and soloists. Sunday night at 9PM ET.
Bel canto Bellini on Opera Matinee
Opera Matinee presents Vincenzo Bellini’s final work, I Puritani, Saturday at 1PM ET. It is a masterpiece about conflicted love set against 17th century English civil war, elevated with the most sublime music of Bellini's bel canto style. We hear a production of Teatro dell’Opera Rome, starring Jessica Pratt and John Osborn, led by Roberto Abbado.
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