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2020PIOTR GAJEWSKI

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E R O I C A +B E E T H O V E NS AT SEPT 21, 2019 + SUN SEPT 22 , 2019Sat + Sun: Member Encore Q&A | Sun 2-2:30pm: Meet the Musicians

EROICA TRIO Erika Nickrenz, piano | Sara Parkins, violin | Sara Sant’Ambrogio, cello

PIOTR GAJEWSKI conductor

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

The acclaimed Eroica Trio, winner of the prestigious Naumburg Award, teams up with the National Philharmonic for an exciting performance of Beethoven’s unique Triple Concerto, a work of irresistible appeal, at once intimate and symphonic in style. EROICA TRIO

“Everyone felt themselves transported to another world...the Trio’s technical brilliance...was superb.” — Die Presse (Vienna)

Sponsored by Ms. Jane Liu & Mr. Edward Brinker

T H E M U S I C O F A B B AA R R I V A L F R O M S W E D E N

S AT NOV 2 , 2019

NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC | PIOTR GAJEWSKI conductor

Relive the musical and movie Mamma Mia! ABBA musicians perform the group’s greatest hits including Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, Take a Chance, The Winner Takes It All, Waterloo, Fernando and more!

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: Par t i c ipa te in the Co lo r the Mus i c P ro jec t

V O I C E S O F L I G H TSILENT FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA AND CHORALEFEATURING THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC

S AT NOV 23 , 2019

SUZANNE KARPOV soprano KATHERINE PRACHT mezzo–soprano

MATTHEW SMITH tenor KERRY WILKERSON baritone

STAN ENGEBRETSON conductor

NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC CHORALE

An incredibly moving and popular work for solo voices, chorus and orchestra, Richard Einhorn’s Voices of Light has been hailed as “a triumph” (Los Angeles Times) and praised as “lush,” “brilliantly effective” and “moving” by The New York Times.

Sponsored by Rochelle Stanfield & Edward Grossman

experience the music of the holidays!

KIDS7-17 FREE

H A L L E L U J A H !HANDEL’S MESSIAHS AT DEC 21, 2019 + SUN DEC 22 , 2019

ESTHER HEIDEMAN soprano MAGDALENA WÓR mezzo-soprano

MATTHEW SMITH tenor KEVIN DEAS bass

STAN ENGEBRETSON conductor

NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC CHORALE

Celebrate the holidays with Handel’s glorious masterpiece, the Messiah!Purchase tickets early to these popular performances The Washington Post calls “phenomenal.”

HOLIDAY SINGIN’ POPSFR I DEC 6 , 2019 | 7:30PM

ALI EWOLDT phantom of the opera

HILARY MORROW birdland jazz club

KEVIN ROSE international vocalist

EVAN RUGGIERO acclaimed tapper

LUKE FRAZIER conductor

NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC CHORALE

J U P I T E R S Y M P H O N YS AT JAN 18 , 2020 + SUN JAN 19 , 2020Sat + Sun: Member Encore Q&A | Sun 2-2:30pm: Meet the Musicians

ORLI SHAHAM piano

PIOTR GAJEWSKI conductor

W. A. MOZARTOverture to Il Re Pastore (The Shepherd King)

Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor WITH BEETHOVEN CADENZAS

Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”

Surround yourself with Mozart’s last symphony, the majestic “Jupiter,” regarded by critics as among the greatest symphonies in classical music, and his sublime Piano Concerto No. 20.

ORLI SHAHAMOrli Shaham is “a first-rate Mozartean,” says the Chicago Tribune.

B R I A N G A N ZCHOPIN – THE GROWTH OF GENIUSS AT FEB 1, 2020

BRIAN GANZ piano

Join pianist extraordinaire Brian Ganz as he celebrates the 10TH YEAR in his monumental quest to perform the complete works of the great Romantic composer Frédéric Chopin. Ganz explores masterpieces such as the Polonaise-Fantaisie, the Funeral March and theNocturnes, Op. 27 to demonstrate the blossoming of Chopin’s genius.

10TH YEAR!

BRIAN GANZ“There isn’t much about Chopin that Brian Ganz doesn’t know. His delight and wonder in this music seem to grow, apparently without bounds, as time goes on.” — The Washington Post

B L A C K C L A S S I C A L M U S I C P I O N E E R S

S AT FEB 22 , 2020

MELISSA WHITE violin

PIOTR GAJEWSKI conductor

WYNTON MARSALIS Wild Strumming of FiddleFLORENCE PRICE Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major

GEORGE WALKER Lyric for StringsWILLIAM GRANT STILL Symphony No. 1, “Afro-American”

MELISSA WHITESphinx Competition winner violinist Melissa White is “bringing a new attitude to classical music, one that is fresh, bracing and intelligent.” — The Cincinnati Enquirer

Sponsored by Patricia Haywood Moore & Roscoe M. Moore Jr.

M O Z A R T R E Q U I E MS AT MAR 21, 2020Member Encore Q&A

JON MANASSE clarinet

SUZANNE KARPOV soprano MAGDALENA WÓR mezzo–soprano

NORMAN SHANKLE tenor KEVIN DEAS bass

PIOTR GAJEWSKI conductor

W. A. MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A Major Requiem in D Minor

JON MANASSE“...an absolutely first-rate clarinet soloist.” — The New York Times

M U S I C + P R O S ES AT APR 18 , 2020

Meet the Composers 6:45-7:30pm | Member Encore Q&A

DANIELLE TALAMANTES soprano

ZUILL BAILEY cello

PIOTR GAJEWSKI conductor

SAMUEL BARBER Overture to The School for ScandalHENRY DEHLINGER The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock+

ALISTAIR COLEMAN Concerto for Cello and Orchestra*MICHAEL DAUGHERTY Tales of Hemingway

Hear cellist Zuill Bailey’s Grammy-winning performance of Michael Daugherty’s Tales of

Hemingway. Henry Dehlinger’s new musical adaptation of the famous poem by T. S. Eliot,

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, was composed specifically for the expressive lyric

voice of soprano Danielle Talamantes.+ orchestral premiere *world premiere

Sponsored by the Prufrock Fund

M I S S A S O L E M N I SS AT MAY 30 , 2020

ESTHER HEIDEMAN soprano SHIRIN ESKANDANI mezzo–soprano

NORMAN SHANKLE tenor KERRY WILKERSON baritone

PIOTR GAJEWSKI conductor NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC CHORALE

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123

This spiritual message to mankind was written during Beethoven’s last creative period, when he was almostcompletely deaf and increasingly isolated. It is music of greatemotional power that Beethoven said aimed“to awaken and permanently instill religious feelings not only into the singers but also into the listeners.”

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE:Par t i c ipa te in the Co lo r the Mus i c P ro jec t

“From the heart – may it go to the heart.” — Beethoven wrote in his score for Missa Solemnis.

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