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Image: Studio of Gerard ter Borch II, The Music Lesson, c. 1670, Timken Collection, 1960.6.10Image: Thomas Eakins, Study for "Negro Boy Dancing": The Banjo Player, probably 1877, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1985.64.16Image: Thomas Sully, Lady with a Harp: Eliza Ridgely, 1818, Gift of Maude Monell Vetlesen, 1945.9.1Image: Auguste Renoir, Young Spanish Woman with a Guitar, 1898, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.17.76
The 67th Season of Concerts 2008–2009

Concerts at the National Gallery are open to the public, free of charge. Admittance is on a first-come, first-seated basis, beginning at one half hour before each concert. The entrance at 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW remains open on Sunday until 6:30 p.m. Families with small children may be asked to sit in designated areas. Please note that late entry or reentry of the West Building after 6:30 p.m. is not permitted. For further information, call (202) 842-6941.

For the convenience of concertgoers, the Garden Café remains open until 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or to request group reservations for ten or more, call (202) 712-7458.

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See also the Jazz in the Garden listings.

Frédéric Yonnet (Harmonica)
October 3 at 5:30PM, 7:15PM

Presented in connection with the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival

)musica(aperta and the National Gallery of Art Vocal Arts Ensemble
October 5 at 6:30PM

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

Concert Notes (PDF 116k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

Gilles Vonsattel, pianist
October 12 at 6:30PM

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

Concert Notes (PDF 141k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

Michele Campanella, pianist
October 15 at 12:10PM
Festival Strings Lucerne
October 19 at 6:30PM

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

Concert Notes (PDF 112k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

Brazilian Guitar Quartet
October 22 at 12:10PM

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

Concert Notes (PDF 94k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

Vienna Piano Trio
October 26 at 6:30PM

Music by Haydn, Schubert, and Smetana

Concert Notes (PDF 100k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

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

Concert Notes (PDF 85k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

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

Concert Notes (PDF 136k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

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

Concert Notes (PDF 104k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

Euclid String Quartet
November 16 at 6:30PM

Quartets by Beethoven, Grieg, and Hindson

Concert Notes (PDF 94k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

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

Concert Notes (PDF 104k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

Verge Ensemble
November 30 at 6:30PM

Music by Carter and world premiere by Jeffrey Mumford

Concert Notes (PDF 105k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

Till Fellner, pianist
December 7 at 6:30PM

Beethoven Sonatas, opp. 31 and 101

Concert Notes (PDF 94k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

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

Concert Notes (PDF 100k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

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

Concert Notes (PDF 145k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

National Gallery Orchestra
December 28 at 6:30PM

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

Concert Notes (PDF 93k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

National Gallery String Quartet with Menahem Pressler, pianist
January 4 at 6:30PM

Music by Mozart and Schumann

Concert Notes (PDF 92k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

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

Concert Notes (PDF 117k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

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

Music by Barber, Copland, Corea, Dett, George, Gottschalk, Matheny, and Walker
Presented in honor of African American History Month

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