The
Emerson String Quartet
Sat., Sept. 13, Sat., Jan. 31, 6 p.m.
Sun., Mar. 22, May 17, Sat., June 20, 6 p.m.
Throughout its history, the Emerson String Quartet has garnered an international
reputation for groundbreaking chamber music projects and related recordings.
The
Axelrod Quartet: Stradivarius and Amati
Saturday series: Oct. 18, Jan. 31, and May
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Concerts at 8 p.m., with pre-concert talks at 7 p.m.
mithsonian Chamber Music Society audiences are privy to the unparalleled
experience of being able to hear two magnificent quartets of instruments—one
made by Antonio Stradivari, the other by his teacher Nicolo Amati—in this
popular three-concert series.
The
Axelrod Quartet: Stradivarius and Amati
Sunday series: Oct. 19, Feb. 1, and May 3
Concerts at 7:30 p.m., with pre-concert talks at 6:30 p.m.
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society audiences are privy to the unparalleled
experience of being able to hear two magnificent quartets of instruments—one
made by Antonio Stradivari, the other by his teacher Nicolo Amati—in this
popular three-concert series.
21st
Century Consort
Sat., Oct. 25, Dec. 6, Feb. 21, April 4
Concerts at 5 p.m. (receptions follow), with pre-concert discussions at 4 p.m.
The Smithsonian’s new-music ensemble-in-residence for more than three decades,
the 21st Century Consort embarks on its third season in the Nan Tucker McEvoy
Auditorium of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Masterworks
of Five Centuries
Sun., Nov. 16, Jan. 11, Feb. 15, Mar. 15, Apr. 5, May 17
Concerts at 7:30 p.m., with pre-concert talks at 6:30 p.m.
The Smithsonian Chamber Music Society celebrates its 32st season with an
appropriately eclectic repast, , balancing familiar masterworks with undeservedly
neglected pieces.
Rob
Kapilow: What Makes It Great?
Nov. 19, 2008, Feb. 18, Apr. 15, 2009
The Smithsonian Associates and the Washington Performing Arts Society join
forces to present a series exploring masterpieces of the Romantic piano
repertoire.
Smithsonian
Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
Dec. 13, 2008, Feb. 21, Apr. 4, June 6, 2009
The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra (SJMO) was founded in 1990 with
an appropriation from Congress in recognition of the importance of jazz
in American culture. In the fourth year of its series with The Smithsonian
Associates, SJMO has been hailed for its “vitality and skill”
Jazz Times, “crisp ensemble work,” and “many
gifted soloists”
Washington Post.
John Eaton and Friends: A Salute to American Song and Jazz
Fri., Feb. 27, April 17, June 19, 7:30 p.m.
Nationally celebrated pianist, scholar, and humorist,
John Eaton, and renowned jazz bass maestro,
Tommy Cecil, come together with some of DC’s well-known experts to delve into the music that we know and love.