National Gallery of Art

The 65th Season of
Concerts at the National Gallery of Art
On the National Mall
Under the direction of Stephen Ackert
Sundays at 6:30 p.m. in the West Building, West Garden Court
Entrance at 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
(unless indicated otherwise)
Admission is free. First come, first seated.

15 October
Alessandra Marc, soprano
David Chapman, pianist
Opera arias by Gustave Charpentier and other 19th-century French composers in honor of Alexandre Louis-Marie Charpentier

22 October
National Gallery Orchestra
Robert Trory, guest conductor
Ann Schein, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 and music by Ibert, Mozart, and Wagner

29 October
Opus 3 Trio
Charles Wetherbee, violin
David Hardy, cello
Lisa Emenheiser, piano
Music by Haydn, Leshnoff, Shostakovich, and Brahms

5 November
6:30 p.m., West Building Lecture Hall
Amanda Pitt, soprano, David Owen Norris, pianist
Music by Gibbs, Quilter, Vaughan Williams, Walton, and Warlock in honor of Constable’s Great Landscapes

12 November
Suspicious Cheese Lords
Renaissance choral music in honor of Prayers and Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych

19 November
Peter de Groot, countertenor, Stephen Ackert, harpsichord, Daniel Rippe, viola da gamba
17th-century Dutch songs in honor of Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt’s Prints and Drawings

26 November
National Gallery Vocal Arts Ensemble
Rosa Lamoreaux, artistic director
Music by 19th- and 20th-century English composers in honor of The Artist’s Vision: Romantic Traditions in Britain

3 December
Shaun Tirrell, pianist
Music by Liszt, Rachmaninoff, and other composers

10 December
Anonymous 4
19th-century American hymns and tunes for female vocal quartet

17 December
The Nordic Choir
Christmas music from Norway and other countries

7 January 2007
National Gallery Orchestra
Hobart Earle, guest conductor
New Year Concert

14 January
Ellen Hargis, soprano, and Paul O’Dette, lutenist
Music from the time of Shakespeare in connection with the Washington Shakespeare Festival

21 January
The Baltimore Consort
Music from the time of Shakespeare in connection with the Washington Shakespeare Festival

28 January
The Alexandria Symphony
Kim Allen Kluge, conductor
Music by Britten and Costello in connection with the Washington Shakespeare Festival

4 February
Roger Chase, violist
Michiko Otaki, pianist
Music by Benjamin Dale, Sir Arthur Bliss and Vaughan Williams in honor of The Artist’s Vision: Romantic Traditions in Britain

11 February
Till Fellner, pianist
Music by J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Kurtág, and Schubert

The Sixty-Second American Music Festival
18 February – 4 March 2007

18 February
6:30 pm, East Building Auditorium
Mark Kaplan, violinist, Yael Weiss, pianist
Music by Carter, Feigin, and Sessions in honor of Jasper Johns: An Allegory of Painting, 1955–1965

25 February
6:30 pm, East Building Auditorium
Alan Feinberg, pianist
Music by Beiderbecke, Cage, Feldman, Ives, and Nancarrow in honor of Jasper Johns: An Allegory of Painting, 1955–1965

4 March
Contemporary Music Forum
Music of John Cage in honor of Jasper Johns: An Allegory of Painting, 1955–1965

11 March
National Gallery Orchestra
Dalia Atlas, guest conductor, Ingrid Fliter, pianist
Music by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, and other composers in honor of Women’s History Month and in conjunction with the National Museum of Women in the Arts”

18 March
The Davidson Fine Arts Chorale
James Dunaway, conductor
Music by Barber, Brahms, Mozart, Whitacre, and other composers

25 March
6:30 pm, West Building Lecture Hall
Thomas Mastroianni, pianist
Liszt and Debussy

1 April
Mark Kosower, cellist
Jee-Won Oh, pianist
Music by J. S. Bach, Ginastera, Khachaturian, Stroppa, and Mendelssohn.

8 April
National Gallery Chamber Players and Poulenc Trio
Music by Poulenc and other composers

15 April
Carthage College Lincoln Chamber Singers
Music by Brahms, Kenneth Jennings, and Gwyneth Walker

22 April
David Hardy, cellist
Lisa Emenheiser, pianist
Music by Stravinsky, Carter, and Grieg

29 April
Academy of Ancient Music
Music by J. S. Bach, Handel, and Telemann

2 May (Wednesday)
12:10 pm, East Building Auditorium
Thomas Hrynkiw, pianist
Music by J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Lev Revutsky, and Rob Prester

6 May
6:30 pm, West Building Lecture Hall
Anna Maria Pammer, soprano, Markus Vorzellner, pianist
Music by Schoenberg, Webern, and other composers

9 May (Wednesday)
12:10 pm, East Building Auditorium
Tao Lin, pianist
Music by Balakirev, Chopin, Haydn, and Schubert

13 May
Miceal O’Rourke, pianist, with the National Gallery Chamber Players String Quartet
Music by Brahms and Field

16 May (Wednesday)
12:10 pm, East Building Auditorium
Marta Felcman, pianist
Music by Chopin, Guastavino, Ravel, and Scarlatti

20 May
Inscape Chamber Music Project
Music for violin, clarinet, cello, and piano by Beethoven and Khachaturian

23 May (Wednesday)
12:10 pm, East Building Auditorium
Brian Ganz, pianist
Music by Chopin, Liszt, Lennon, and other composers

30 May (Wednesday)
12:10 pm, East Building Auditorium
Stephen Prutsman, pianist
Music by Ravel, J. S. Bach, and Prutsman

3 June
National Gallery Orchestra
George Manos, guest conductor
Music by J. S. Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms

6 June (Wednesday)
12:10 pm, East Building Auditorium
Ney Salgado, pianist
Music by Chopin, Liszt, Mozart, Ravel, Schubert, and Villa-Lobos

10 June
3:00 pm, East Building Atrium
Eddie Daniels, jazz clarinetist, and ensemble
Benny Goodman-style jazz concert in honor of Paul Mellon’s 100th birthday

13 June (Wednesday)
12:10 pm, West Building Lecture Hall
Hartmut Rhode, violist, Mykola Suk, pianist
Music by Hindemith, Bloch, and other German composers in honor of Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918–1945

17 June
6:30 pm, East Building Auditorium
Derek Katz, lecturer, Boris Krajny, pianist
Music by Czech composers with commentary in honor of Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918–1945

20 June (Wednesday)
12:10 pm, West Building Lecture Hall
Vilmos Szabadi, violinist, Balazs Szokolay, pianist
Music by Bartók and other Hungarian composers in honor of Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918–1945

24 June
Elena Letnanova, pianist
Music by Slovakian composers in honor of Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918–1945

27 June (Wednesday)
12:10 pm, West Building Lecture Hall
Elisabeth von Magnus, mezzo-soprano
Music by Alban Berg, Alma Mahler, and other Austrian composers in honor of Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918–1945

1 July
Royal String Quartet
Music by Szymanowski and other Polish composers in honor of Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918–1945

8 July
National Gallery Chamber Players
Renaissance and baroque chamber music presented in honor of Faraway Places…Outlandish Sights: Travels on Paper, 1300–1700, and in connection with the Washington Early Music Festival.

General Information

The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden are at all times free to the public. They are located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, and are open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Gallery is closed on December 25 and January 1. For information call (202) 737-4215 or the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (202) 842-6176, or visit the Gallery's Web site at www.nga.gov.

Visitors will be asked to present all carried items for inspection upon entering the East and West Buildings. Checkrooms are free of charge and located at each entrance. Luggage and other oversized bags must be presented at the 4th Street entrances to the East or West Building to permit x-ray screening and must be deposited in the checkrooms at those entrances. For the safety of visitors and the works of art, nothing may be carried into the Gallery on a visitor's back. Any bag or other items that cannot be carried reasonably and safely in some other manner must be left in the checkrooms. Items larger than 17 x 26 inches cannot be accepted by the Gallery or its checkrooms.

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