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2015–2016 Concert Series

Performances take place Sundays at 7:00 p.m. and Mondays at 8:00 p.m.

Admission is available by subscription only. When additional seats are available, admission may be arranged the Friday before the concert. If you wish to subscribe to the Friends of Music, or for more information, please contact Cindy Greene, Concert Coordinator.

The Knights

October 4 & 5, 2015

The brilliant orchestral collective that made its Washington debut at Dumbarton Oaks returns as a chamber ensemble to offer a stirring evening of music from roughly one hundred years ago, in the tumultuous but highly creative times surrounding World War I. Music From The Great War Era includes works by Maurice Ravel, Ernest Bloch, Sergei Prokofiev, and Igor Stravinsky.

Find out more about The Knights here. ◼ Photo by Sarah Small. Third Practice

November 15 & 16, 2015

Exploring the close connections between traditional classical and contemporary music, the professional vocal ensemble Third Practice bridges the gap between past and present in a performance of the motet Komm, Jesu, Komm by J. S. Bach, the exquisite Musikalische Exequien by Heinrich Schütz, and the little match girl passion by David Lang, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize.

Find out more about Third Practice here.

Musica Pacifica with David Greenberg

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The acclaimed Baroque ensemble brings its dazzling virtuosity and warm expressiveness to this season’s holiday program, Frost and Fire: A Scottish Christmas Celebration. Traditional Scottish Gaelic tunes seasoned with a dash of Cape Breton–style fiddling are interspersed with seasonal music by Henry Purcell, Arcangelo Corelli, Heinrich Biber, and Georg Muffat.

Find out more about Musica Pacifica here.

Christopher Taylor

January 10 & 11, 2016

A New York Times preview article about this remarkable American artist begins, “Those who know the pianist Christopher Taylor tend to speak of him in the hushed, reverent tones typically reserved for natural wonders if not the otherworldly. . . . Critics praise his virtuosity, [and] his cerebral interpretations tempered by an aching tenderness.” The award‑winning musician will play compositions by J. S. Bach, Alexander Scriabin, and Johannes Brahms.

Find out more about Christopher Taylor here.

Horszowski Trio

January 31 & February 1, 2016

When the members of the Horszowski Trio played together for the first time, they immediately felt the spark of a unique connection. Their close friendship had created a deep trust, which in turn has led to exhilarating expressive freedom. Experience their powerful artistic chemistry in a program of piano trios by Ludwig van Beethoven, Joan Tower, and Robert Schumann.

Find out more about the Horszowski Trio here.

Dover Quartet ◼ Photo by Katrin Talbot. March 6 & 7, 2016

The Dover Quartet catapulted to http://doaks.org/news-events/friends-of-music/2015-2016 2/4 5/20/2015 2015–2016 Concert Series — Dumbarton Oaks international stardom following a stunning sweep of the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition. The New Yorker dubbed them “the young American string quartet of the moment,” and the Strad lauded their “exceptional interpretive maturity, tonal refinement and taut ensemble.” Hear them play works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Caroline Shaw, and Dmitri Shostakovich.

Find out more about the Dover Quartet here. ◼ Photo by Lisa‑Marie Mazzucco.

Venice Baroque Orchestra

April 10 & 11, 2016

The celebrated Venice Baroque Orchestra is recognized as one of the premier ensembles devoted to period instrument performance. Led from the harpsichord by the scholar and ensemble’s founder Andrea Marcon, the orchestra promises to deliver a splendid evening of concertos for multiple instruments by Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli, George Frideric Handel, and Pietro Locatelli.

Find out more about the Venice Baroque ◼ Photo by Lisa‑Marie Mazzucco. Orchestra here.

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