Release Date: September 30, 2005

The Sixty-Fourth Season of Concerts at the National Gallery of Art Under the Direction of Stephen Ackert

Sundays at 6:30 p.m., West Building, West Garden Court, unless otherwise indicated
Programs subject to change
Detailed information at www.nga.gov or (202) 842-6941

October 2, 2005
National Gallery Orchestra
Christopher Kendall, guest conductor
Nicolas Kendall, violinist
Music by Mahler, Schoenfield, and Stravinsky

October 9
Beaux Arts Trio
Menahem Pressler, pianist
Daniel Hope, violinist
Antonio Menesis, cellist
Music by Martinu, Beethoven, and Schubert

October 16
Rita Bouboulidi, pianist
Music by Beethoven, Brahms, and Schubert

October 23
Takacs String Quartet
Music by Haydn, Borodin, and Beethoven

October 30
Paul Galbraith, guitarist
Music by Mozart, Ravel, Bach, and Ponce

November 6
National Gallery Vocal Arts Ensemble
Gregorian chant, laude, and music by Palestrina
Presented in honor of Masterpieces in Miniature: Italian Manuscripts from the J. Paul Getty Museum

November 13
Håvard Gimse, pianist
Music by Haydn, Franck, Chopin, and Norwegian composers

November 20
Adkins-Newman Duo
Elizabeth Adkins, violinist; Edward Newman, pianist
Music by Stravinsky, Falla, Rosza, and Franck

November 27
Awadagin Pratt, pianist
Music by Haydn, Beethoven, Chopin, and other composers

December 4
Geir Draugsvoll, accordionist
Presented in connection with the Norwegian Christmas Festival
Music by Mozart, Grieg, Bach, and Nørgård

December 11
East Building Auditorium
Pacifica String Quartet
Music by Beethoven, Janacek, and Mendelssohn

December 18
Christmas Concert
Suspicious Cheese Lords
Renaissance and baroque music of the season for men’s voices

December 25
No concert

January 1, 2006
No concert

January 8
National Gallery Orchestra
José Serebrier, guest conductor
Gala Viennese New Year Concert

January 15
Howard University Choir
J. Weldon Norris, conductor
Program to be announced

January 22
National Gallery Orchestra
Otto Werner-Mueller, guest conductor
All-Mozart program

January 29
Paratore Brothers Piano Duo
Music by Richard Strauss, Ravel, and Tchaikovsky

February 5
Mozart Piano Quartet
Piano quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus and Franz Xaver Mozart

February 12
Auryn String Quartet
With pianist Hartmut Rhode
Program to be announced

February 19
Kuijken String Quartet
All-Mozart program

February 26
Program to be announced

March 5 (East Building Auditorium)
Martin Marks with the Aardvark Ensemble
Music for silent films and other works associated with the Dada movement
Presented in honor of Dada

March 12 (East Building Auditorium)
Alloy Orchestra
Music for silent films and other works associated with the Dada movement
Presented in honor of Dada

March 19
Egidius Kwartet
Baroque music by Dutch and other northern European composers
Presented in honor of Amorous Intrigues and Painterly Refinement: The Art of Frans van Mieris

March 26
National Gallery Vocal Arts Ensemble
Music inspired by the poetry of Shakespeare

April 2 (East Building Auditorium)
Kronos Quartet
Music by Terry Riley and other composers

April 9
Eusia String Quartet
With James Dick, pianist
Music by Debussy and Fauré
Presented in honor of Cézanne in Provence

April 16
No concert

April 23
Piotr Andrszewski, pianist
Program to be announced

April 30
Modern Musick
17th- and 18th-century music for small orchestra and soloists

May 7
Steven Honigberg, cellist
Program to be announced

May 14
Joseph Schwartz, pianist
Music by Schubert and other composers

May 21
National Gallery Orchestra
Vladimir Lande, guest conductor
Music by Rossini, Debussy, Prokofiev, and Tchaikovsky

May 28
No concert

June 4
National Gallery Chamber Players String Quartet
Program to be announced

June 11
Sara Davis Buechner, pianist
Music by Mozart, Dvorák and other composers

June 18
National Gallery Vocal Arts Ensemble
Renaissance Italian madrigals
Presented in honor of Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting

June 25
Drew Minter and Tempesta di Mare
Virtuoso music from the late Italian Renaissance
Presented in honor of Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting

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