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Concerts at the National Gallery are open to the public, free of charge. Admittance is on a first-come, first-seated basis, beginning 30 minutes 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.
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with Jean-Louis Steuermann, pianist
Brazilian-American New Year Concert
Presented in collaboration with the Embassy of Brazil
Concert Notes (PDF 159k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
Ricardo Bernardes, director
with Rosana Orsini, soprano
and the National Gallery of Art Chamber Players
18th-century Brazilian and Portuguese music
Presented in collaboration with the Embassy of Brazil
Concert Notes (PDF 159k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
Music by Villa-Lobos and other Brazilian composers
Presented in collaboration with the Embassy of Brazil
Concert Notes (PDF 159k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
A festival of French music from the 1870s
Presented in honor of the reopening of the Nineteenth-Century French Galleries
Men in Blaque: 1:00 and 3:00
Alexander Frey, organist: 2:00 and 4:00
Concert Notes (PDF 100k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
A festival of French music from the 1870s
Presented in honor of the reopening of the Nineteenth-Century French Galleries
The Singers Companye: 1:00 and 3:00
Alexander Frey, organist: 2:00 and 4:00
Concert Notes (PDF 100k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
Music by Fauré, Massenet, and other French composers
Presented in honor of the reopening of the Nineteenth-Century French Galleries
(ages 7 and up) Asteria (Sylvia Rhyne, soprano, and Eric Redlinger, tenor and lute) brings to life the songs of medieval Burgundy, transporting listeners back to the age of chivalry. Eric and Sylvia will demonstrate their instruments, sing songs and talk about what it was like in the medieval world of knights, ladies, troubadours, and kings. Approximately 45 minutes.
Music by Renaissance composers for lute and voice
Presented in honor of Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes
Concert Notes (PDF 89k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
Music for guitar and flute by Bach, Piazzolla, and other composers
Chamber music written between 1890 and 1921
Presented in honor of Picasso's Drawings, 1890–1921: Reinventing Tradition
Music by Debussy
Presented in honor of the reopening of the Nineteenth-Century French Galleries
José Cáceres, pianist
Music includes Greenleaf: A Modern Woman's Life and Love
Presented in honor of Women's History Month
Stephen Ackert, pianist
Music by J. S. Bach, Beethoven, and Falla
Danielle Hahn, pianist
Music by Alma Mahler, Kaija Saariaho, and other women composers
Presented in honor of Women's History Month
Japanese music for traditional drums
Opening concert of the National Gallery of Art Cherry Blossom Music Festival
Presented in honor of Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings by Itō Jakuchū (1760–1800)
(West Building, Mall entrance)
(ages 8 and up) Anraku, principal harpist of Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and Miyata, celebrated player of the shō, perform traditional Japanese and classical pieces
Presented in honor of the National Cherry Blossom Festival
Music for harp and shō by Hosokawa and other composers
Presented in honor of the National Cherry Blossom Festival
Timothy Lovelace, pianist
Music by Takemitsu and other composers
Presented in honor of the National Cherry Blossom Festival
Music by Hosokawa and Ives
Presented in honor of the National Cherry Blossom Festival
Michael Langlois, pianist
Chris DeChiara and Eric Plewinski, percussionists
"A Japanese Musical Meditation"
Presented in honor of the National Cherry Blossom Festival
Sponsored by Toshiba Corporation
(ages 8 and up) An improvisational chamber group uses Western instruments to explore Japanese folklore and includes a performance of Amanogawa, a contemporary piece for Japanese flute and percussion
Presented in honor of the National Cherry Blossom Festival
Music by Fox and traditional music for Japanese flute
Presented in honor of the National Cherry Blossom Festival
Music by Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and other composers
Presented in honor of the National Cherry Blossom Festival
Chosei Komatsu, guest conductor
Charles Wetherbee, violinist
Music by Fujiwara, Hisaishi, and Noadira
Presented in honor of the National Cherry Blossom Festival
Music by Haydn, Scarlatti, Schubert, and other composers
Presented in honor of the National Cherry Blossom Festival
Thierry Fischer, conductor
Yu Kosuge, pianist
Mozart: Overture to the Marriage of Figaro; Piano Concerto no. 22
Beethoven: Symphony no. 3
Presented in honor of the National Cherry Blossom Festival
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