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The Seventy-First Season of Concerts 2012–2013

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.

For the convenience of concertgoers, the Garden Café remains open until 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. For more information about making reservations only for the the Garden Café or to request group reservations for ten or more, call (202) 712-7458.

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National Gallery of Art New Music Ensemble
September 5 at 12:10PM

September 9 at 6:30PM

Music by John Cage and other composers
Presented as part of the John Cage Centennial Festival
Sponsored in Part by the Randy Hostetler Living Room Music Fund

Concert Notes (PDF 122k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

Osman Kivrak, viola
Teri Lazar, violin
Paul Kosower, cello
Stephen Ackert, piano
September 23 at 6:30PM

Music by J. S. Bach, Kivrak, and Mozart

Concert Notes (PDF 98k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

Barbora Kolarova, violinist
Andrea Rousova, lecturer
September 26 at 12:10PM

Music and art from the Czech new wave

Concert Notes (PDF 113k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

The Catholic University of America Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Choir
September 30 at 6:30PM

Music by Rimsky-Korsakov and Mozart

Preconcert talk, 6:00
Mozart and Prague
Stephen Ackert, National Gallery of Art

Concert Notes (PDF 106k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

Mak Grgic, guitarist
Stephen Ackert, organist
October 7 at 6:30PM

Music by Isaac, Kohaut, Weiss, and Hagen
Presented in honor of Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475–1540

Thomas Mastroianni, pianist
With Alessandra Marc, soprano, and Ricardo Cyncynates, violinst
October 14 at 6:30PM

The Love Sonnet and Nineteenth-Century Italian Music

Preconcert talk, 6:00
West Building Ground Floor, Lecture Hall
Nineteenth-Century Italian Sculpture and the Risorgimento
David Gariff, National Gallery of Art

I Musici di Roma
October 21 at 6:30PM

Music by Bossi, Rota, and other composers

Tanya Vegvari Plescia, pianist
October 28 at 6:30PM

Music by Hewitt, Mozart, and Reinagle
Presented in honor of Masterpieces of American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection, 1700–1830

Post-Classical Ensemble and George Vatchnadze, pianist
November 4 at 6:30PM

Music by Shostakovich

Michael Lewin, pianist
November 11 at 6:30PM

Music by Debussy and other composers

Washington Saxophone Quartet
November 18 at 6:30PM

Music by Bielawa, d'Rivera, and other composers
In honor of Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective

National Gallery of Art Orchestra
Philippe Entremont, guest conductor and soloist
November 25 at 6:30PM

Music by Brahms, Danielpour, and Mozart

Reformation Lutheran Church Choir, Washington, DC
December 2 at 6:30PM

Music by Bales, Leavitt, and other composers
Marking the 70th anniversary of the first concert at the National Gallery

Great Noise Ensemble
December 9 at 6:30PM

Music by Bayolo, Górecki, and Pärt
Sponsored in part by the Randy Hostetler Living Room Music Fund

Joseph Smith, pianist
December 12 at 12:10PM

Music by Chopin, Gershwin, and Korngold

Empire Brass with Elisabeth von Trapp, soprano
December 16 at 6:30PM

Holiday concert

Marcolivia
December 19 at 12:10PM

Music for violin and violin/viola duo

Jennifer Lane, soprano
Kenneth Slowik, fortepianist
December 23 at 6:30PM

Music from the era of the fortepiano

National Gallery of Art Vocal Ensemble
December 30 at 6:30PM

New Year Concert
Music by Lehár, Strauss, and other composers

Andreas Sønning, flutist
January 6 at 6:30PM

Music by Kjell Habbestad
Sponsored by the Royal Norwegian Embassy

Orava String Quartet
January 13 at 6:30PM

Music by Haydn and Mendelssohn

Carnegie-Mellon University Piano Trio
January 20 at 6:30PM

Music by Schubert and Vali
Preceded by a talk on the composers and their music by Stephen Ackert and M. Frank Ruppert

Preconcert talk, 6:00
West Building Ground Floor, Lecture Hall

Rachel Barton Pine, violinist
January 27 at 6:30PM

Music by Paganini
In collaboration with the Phillips Collection and in honor of Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac

Sunday, 4:00 pm
Concert begins at the Phillips Collection

Sunday, 6:30 pm
Concert continues at NGA West Building, West Garden Court

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