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the HOW YOU CAN CONSIDER HELPING THE TUESDAY CONCERT SERIES AT TUESDAY MAINTAIN EPIPHANY’S ARTISTIC PROFILE THE CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY AND ITS INSTRUMENTS CONCERT The Tuesday Concert Series reaches out to the entire metropolitan Washington community 52 weeks of the year, and Since the Church of the Epiphany was founded in brings both national and international artists here to 1842, music has played a vital role in the life of the parish. The Tuesday Concert Series reaches out to the SERIES Washington, DC. The series enjoys partnerships with many entire metropolitan Washington community and runs artistic groups in the area, too, most keenly with the Washington throughout the year. No other concert series follows July - December Bach Consort, the Levine School of Music, and the Avanti such a pattern and, as such, it is unique in the 2017 Orchestra. Washington, DC area. There is no admission charge to the concerts, and visitors and Epiphany houses three fine musical instruments: The regular concert-goers are invited to make a freewill offering to Steinway D concert grand piano was a gift to the support our artists. This freewill offering has been the primary church in 1984, in memory of vestry member Paul source of revenue from which our performers have been Shinkman, and the 4-manual, 64-rank, 3,467-pipe remunerated, and a small portion of this helps to defray costs of Æolian-Skinner pipe organ (1968) is one of the most the church’s administration, advertising and instrument upkeep. versatile in the city. The 3-stop chamber organ (2014), Today, maintaining the artistic quality of Epiphany’s series with commissioned in memory of Albert and Frances this source of revenue is challenging. Manola, was built by Orglarstvo Škrabl of Slovenia. To support this, it is possible to sponsor an individual concert, a series of concerts, or indeed a season. Please do consider how Epiphany’s arts program could be a collaborative, corporate or business venture with you. There are specific ways in which you can help sustain us. Please be in touch with Director of Music Jeremy Filsell at Fanny Nemeth-Weiss [email protected], or Development Director Whitney Brimfield at [email protected], or take a PARTNERSHIP brochure from the rear of the church to learn about ways in which Epiphany’s arts program could benefit you specifically. 12:10 p.m. New disc: EPIPHANY’S Schola Cantorum, VIDENTES at Metro Center TUESDAYCONCERTSERIES and the krabl chamber organ in 1317 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005 202-347-2635 • [email protected] • www.epiphanydc.org EPIPHANYDC Mass & Motets by Cristóbal de Morales (1500-1553) CD available from the church office • $15 CHURCHOFTHEEPIPHANYDC Washington Bach The Barclay Brass Ensemble Carter Sligh Amy Broadbent Nathan Yoonie Han Consort Létorneau July 7/4 • The USAF String Quartet An Independence Day celebration of America with works by Dvorak, Scott Joplin and J.P. Sousa. 7/10 • Helene Papadopoulos, piano, plays the seminal Goldberg Variations. BWV 988 of J. S. Bach. 9/12 • Yoonie Han, piano , this New York-Toronto based pianist plays 7/18 • Adam Ebert, clarinet, & Raffi Kasparian, piano, play Mozart Spanish music by Albeniz and Granados; Goyescas Op. 11 and the charming Five Bagatelles of Gerald Finzi. 10/31 • Anna Ouspenska, piano, Fedor Ouspenska, violin, & Igor 9/19 • Christine Browne-Munz, mezzo-soprano, Nathan Létorneau, Zubovsky, cello, in Soviet music of the Second World War era; Shostakovich’s 7/25 • Fanny Nemeth-Weiss, cello, plays music by Kodaly, Popper and the tenor, & Jeremy Filsell, piano, in a program reflecting the Canadian landscape Second Piano Trio (1944) and the Prokofiev Cello Sonata, Op. 119 (1949). unashamedly romantic Cello Sonata by Samuel Barber, Op. 6 (1932). and culture, focusing on nature and the wandering narrative of adventure. Including Larysa Kuzmenko’s In Search of Eldorado (on texts of Edgar Allen Poe) and 11/7 • Washington Bach Consort, Todd Fickley, John Beckwith’s Young Man From Canada. November director & organist, Cantata: Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 192; Prelude and Fugue August 8/1 • The Barclay Brass Ensemble performs a Bach in E-flat, BWV 552. www.bachconsort.org program, marking the 500th anniversary in 2017 of the Reformation. 9/26 • The Carya Ensemble with Sonya Sutton & Sophia Vastek, piano, offering Debussy’s Printemps (1887) and his rarely performed Cantata 11/14 • Claire Eichorn, clarinet, Vasily Popov, cello, & Hyeweon 8/8 • Cha Park, piano, plays Haydn and Granados alongside Ravel's pianistic L’Enfant Prodigue. Gessner, piano, a program of Transcendence & Inspiration—the music of Oliver masterpiece Gaspard de la nuit. Messiaen alongside Brahms’ Clarinet Trio, Op. 114. 8/15 • Peter & Will Anderson, saxophone & clarinet, two brothers October 10/3 • Washington Bach Consort, Matthew Dirst, known for unique renditions of classic jazz songs and innovative original music: guest director & organist, Cantata: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 100; 11/21 • Amy Broadbent, soprano, & Carter Sligh, countertenor, “These guys flood the room with joy” (Seattle Times). Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532. www.bachconsort.org perform Pergolesi’s evergreen setting of the Stabat Mater. 8/22 • David Pedraza, viola, & Anna Nizhegorodsteva, piano, play 10/10 • Darya Gabay & Hyeweon Gessner, piano duet, piano 11/28 • Beau Soir Trio with Jennifer Ries, viola, David Lonkevich, performing an eclectic program to include J. S. Bach, Paganini, and the magnificent 1919 Sonata by Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979). arrangements of classical ballet and opera scores including West Side Story, The Magic flute, & Michelle Lundy, harp, Flute, and Petrushka. Bach’s Trio Sonata, BWV 1038. 8/29 • Brooke Evers, soprano, & Jeremy Filsell, piano, in Cabaret Songs 10/17 • Amy Domingues & Donna Fournier, violas da gamba, & of Benjamin Britten and American composer William Bolcom. 12/5 • Washington Bach Consort, Dana Marsh, Anthony Harvey, theorbo, European Treasures - works of French and Dutch December guest director & organist, Cantata: Süßer Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152 & masters Marin Marais & Johannes Schenck Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, BWV 648; Fuga: sopra il Magnicat (á5), BWV 733. September 9/5 • Martin Schmeding, organ, in 500 Years of www.bachconsort.org Reformation: Organ Music on Lutheran Themes; from J.S. Bach’s Clavierübung, perform 10/24 • Polaris Piano Trio with Laura Kobayashi, piano, Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony (transcribed by W. T. Best), and Max Reger’s music by Lili Boulanger, D’un matin de Printemps (1917-1918) alongside Schubert, 12/12 • Jeremy Lyons, guitar, & Lisa Perry, soprano, focusing on Choral Fantasia Ein feste Burg, Op. 27. Coleridge-Taylor, and Lois Farrenc’s Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, Op. 45 Spanish Masterpieces with music by de Falla and Joaquín Rodrigo. (1857). 12/19 • The Choir of the Church of the Epiphany & the AYPO Brass Ensemble with Jeremy Filsell, director, & Christopher Betts, organ, give their annual selection of well-known and contemporary music for Christmas in a concert of season readings and music. All programs in the Tuesday Concert Series begin at 12:10 pm. Admission is free, but a $10 free-will contribution is invited in support of the performers. Helene Polaris Chrstine Papadopoulos Adam Ebert Piano Trio Peter and Will Anderson Browne-Munz David Pedraza .