2024-2025 Season

Celebrating 40 Years of National Philharmonic

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Rachmaninoff Festival

September 14, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. – The Music Center at Strathmore
Joseph Young, conductor
Sergei Babayan, piano
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Oleg Volkov, piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
            Oleg Volkov, piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 1
            Daniil Trifonov, piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3
            Sergei Babayan, piano

 This concert was made possible in part by generous financial support from Edward Maguire, Brad Clark, Cameron Beebe and Jacqueline Mars. 

 

Verdi’s Requiem

Presented by National Philharmonic and Cantate

November 23, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. – The Music Center at Strathmore
Victoria Gau, conductor
Amber Monroe, soprano
Magdalena Wór, mezzo soprano
Rafael Moras, tenor
Zaikuan Song, bass

Guiseppe Verdi, Messa da Requiem

Handel’s Messiah

with Baltimore Choral Arts Society

December 21, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. – The Music Center at Strathmore
December 22, 2024 at 3 p.m. – The Music Center at Strathmore
December 23, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. – Capital One Hall
Anthony Blake Clark, conductor
Aundi Marie Moore, soprano
Lucia Bradford, mezzo soprano
Norman Shankle, tenor
Jorell Williams, baritone

George Frideric Handel, Messiah

 

An Evening of Chopin with Brian Ganz

February 28, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. – The Music Center at Strathmore
Brian Ganz, piano

Works by Frédéric Chopin. Programming to come.

Stand the Storm

Presented by National Philharmonic and The Washington Chorus

March 15, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. – The Music Center at Strathmore
Eugene Rogers, conductor
Monique Holmes-Spells, mezzo soprano
Damian Norfleet, baritone

Leonard Bernstein, Chichester Psalms
            Monique Holmes-Spells, mezzo soprano
Nkeiru Okoye, Invitation to a Die-In
            Damien Norfleet, baritone
John Stephens, Lonnie Lynn and Che Smith arr. Eugene Rogers, Glory (from Selma)
Rollo Dilworth, Weather: Stand the Storm (world-premiere orchestration)

 

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

April 5, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. – The Music Center at Strathmore
Naima Burrs, conductor

Ethel Smyth, Overture to The Boatswain’s Mate
Margaret Bonds, Montgomery Variations
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5


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