National Gallery of Art

Mysticism in Spanish music and art from 1500 to the present
Presented in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month

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Gilles Vonsattel, pianist

October 12 at 6:30PM

Music by J. S. Bach, Liszt, Muhly, Rorem, and Schubert
Presented in connection with Spotlight Switzerland

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Michele Campanella, pianist

October 15 at 12:10PM

Music by Domenico Scarlatti
Presented in honor of Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples

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Festival Strings Lucerne

October 19 at 6:30PM

Music by Brahms, Mendelssohn, and Sarasate
Presented in connection with Spotlight Switzerland

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Brazilian Guitar Quartet

October 22 at 12:10PM

Music by Albeniz, Villa-Lobos, and other Brazilian composers

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Vienna Piano Trio

October 26 at 6:30PM

West Building Ground Floor, Lecture Hall

Music by Haydn, Schubert, and Smetana

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Musica ad Rhenum

October 29 at 12:10PM

Seventeenth-century music for recorder, cello, and harpsichord
Presented in honor of Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered

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National Gallery Vocal Arts Ensemble

November 2 at 6:30PM

Music by seventeenth-century composers
Presented in honor of Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered

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The Coast Orchestra

November 9 at 6:30PM

Silent film, In the Land of the Head Hunters, with live music
Presented in conjunction with the National Museum of the American Indian; in honor of George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings

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Euclid String Quartet

November 16 at 6:30PM

Quartets by Beethoven, Grieg, and Hindson

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The Singers' Companye

November 23 at 6:30PM

Samuel Gordon, conductor
Music by Native American and other American composers
Presented in honor of George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings

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Verge Ensemble

November 30 at 6:30PM

Music by Carter and world premiere by Jeffrey Mumford

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Till Fellner, pianist

December 7 at 6:30PM

Beethoven Sonatas, opp. 31 and 101

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Holiday Caroling

December 13 at 1:30PM, 2:30PM

Caroling in the seasonally decorated West Building Rotunda is a favorite at the Gallery. Guest choirs lead afternoon sing-along caroling. Singers and listeners of all ages are welcome.

Stoneridge School of the Sacred Heart, Bethesda, MD
Nancy Fazio, director

Holiday Caroling

December 14 at 1:30PM, 2:30PM

Caroling in the seasonally decorated West Building Rotunda is a favorite at the Gallery. Guest choirs lead afternoon sing-along caroling. Singers and listeners of all ages are welcome.

Annapolis Area Christian School Madrigal Singers
Cindy Bauchspies, director

New York Opera Society and Soloists from Norway

December 14 at 6:30PM

Norwegian Christmas Festival

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Holiday Caroling

December 20 at 1:30PM, 2:30PM

Caroling in the seasonally decorated West Building Rotunda is a favorite at the Gallery. Guest choirs lead afternoon sing-along caroling. Singers and listeners of all ages are welcome.

Marriotts Ridge High School
Terry Eberhardt, director

Holiday Caroling

December 21 at 1:30PM, 2:30PM

Caroling in the seasonally decorated West Building Rotunda is a favorite at the Gallery. Guest choirs lead afternoon sing-along caroling. Singers and listeners of all ages are welcome.

National Gallery Orchestra Strings
Stephen Ackert, conductor

Alessandra Marc, soprano
with National Gallery Orchestra Strings

December 21 at 6:30PM

Stephen Ackert and Dingwall Fleary, guest conductors
Danielle DeSwert, pianist
Music by Ernest Bloch and other composers
Presented in honor of Oceans, Rivers, and Skies: Ansel Adams, Robert Adams, and Alfred Stieglitz

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National Gallery Orchestra

December 28 at 6:30PM

Manfred Knoop, guest conductor
Eva Lind, soprano
New Year Concert

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National Gallery String Quartet with Menahem Pressler, pianist

January 4 at 6:30PM

West Building Ground Floor, Lecture Hall

Music by Mozart and Schumann

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Ma'alot Wind Quintet

January 11 at 6:30PM

Music by Barber, Ligeti, Mendelssohn, and Piazzolla
Presented in conjunction with the 200th anniversary celebration of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn— Mendelssohn on the Mall

Preceded at 6:00 by a pre-concert talk on Mendelssohn and the visual arts

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National Gallery Orchestra

January 18 at 6:30PM

Kenneth Slowik, guest conductor
Music by Mendelssohn and Schubert
Presented in conjunction with Mendelssohn on the Mall

Fine Arts Quartet

January 25 at 6:30PM

String Quartets by Mendelssohn
Presented in conjunction with Mendelssohn on the Mall

Ulrich Urban, pianist

February 1 at 6:30PM

Music by Mendelssohn and other composers
Presented in conjunction with Mendelssohn on the Mall

Josef Feigelson, cellist
Peep Lassmann, pianist

February 8 at 6:30PM

Complete works for cello and piano by Mendelssohn
Presented in conjunction with Mendelssohn on the Mall

National Gallery Orchestra and University of Akron Choir

February 15 at 6:30PM

Samuel Gordon, guest conductor
Music by Mendelssohn
Presented in conjunction with Mendelssohn on the Mall

The Mendelssohn Piano Trio

February 22 at 6:30PM

Music by Mendelssohn and other composers
Presented in conjunction with Mendelssohn on the Mall

Leon Bates, pianist

February 25 at 12:10PM