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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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Members of the National Gallery of Art Orchestra
Per Kristian Skalstad, guest conductor
Tone Elisabeth Braaten, soprano
Andreas Sønning, flutist
January 6 at 6:30PM

Sponsored by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in honor of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch

Concert Notes (PDF 115k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

Orava String Quartet
January 13 at 6:30PM

Music by Haydn and Mendelssohn

Concert Notes (PDF 100k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

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

Music by Paganini
In collaboration with the Phillips Collection

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

Sunday, 6:30 pm
Concert continues at National Gallery of Art, West Building Main Floor, West Garden Court

Concert Notes (PDF 91k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

National Gallery of Art New Music Ensemble
February 3 at 6:30PM

Music by Brahms, Bryan, Carter, and Mumford
First concert with Jeffrey Mumford, composer-in-residence
Presented in honor of African American History Month

Concert Notes (PDF 127k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

National Gallery of Art Chamber Players
with Miranda Cuckson, violinist, and Julia Bruskin, cellist
February 10 at 6:30PM

Music by Mumford
Presented in honor of African American History Month

Concert Notes (PDF 96k) (Download Acrobat Reader)

Avalon String Quartet
with Winston Choi, pianist
February 17 at 6:30PM

Music by Mumford
Presented in honor of African American History Month

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

Poulenc Trio
February 24 at 6:30PM

Music by Ellington, Still, and other composers
Presented in honor of African American History Month

Vienna Piano Trio
March 3 at 6:30PM

Music by Beethoven, Haydn, and Saint-Saëns

Hermitage Cats: A Musical
March 10 at 6:30PM

Based on the book Anna and the Hermitage Cats by Mary Ann Allin
Music by Chris Brubeck

Inscape Chamber Orchestra
March 17 at 6:30PM

Richard Scerbo, conductor
Music by Debussy, Delage, Hindemith, and Ravel

Paul Posnak, pianist
March 20 at 12:10PM

Music by Gershwin and other composers

Yoshikazu Nagai, pianist
March 24 at 6:30PM

Presented in honor of the 2013 National Cherry Blossom Festival

Edvinas Minkstimas, pianist
March 27 at 12:10PM

With National Gallery of Art and Phillips Camerata resident musicians
Beethoven's Concerto no. 2

Ars Vocalis
March 31 at 4:00PM

William Rivera, conductor
Music by Puerto Rican and other Hispanic composers

Crowden School Ensemble
April 3 at 12:10PM

Music by Bach, Dvorák, and other composers

Winners of the 2013 Feder Memorial String Competition
April 6 at 3:30PM

Presented in collaboration with the Washington Performing Arts Society

Danielle DeSwert Hahn, pianist
April 7 at 6:30PM

With National Gallery of Art and Phillips Camerata resident musicians
Beethoven's Concerto no. 3

National Gallery of Art Vocal Ensemble
April 10 at 12:10PM

Excerpts from Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience
Presented in honor of Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848–1900

National Gallery of Art Vocal Ensemble
April 14 at 6:30PM

Excerpts from Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience
Presented in honor of Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848–1900

Nima Sarkekich, pianist
April 17 at 12:10PM

Music by French composers written between 1815 and 1915
Presented in honor of Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac

Sponsored in part by the Embassy of France

Mykola Suk, pianist
April 21 at 6:30PM

With National Gallery of Art and Phillips Collection resident musicians
Music by Beethoven

Duo Leroy-Moubarak
April 24 at 12:10PM

French music for cello and piano written between 1815 and 1915
Presented in honor of Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac

Sponsored in part by the Embassy of France

Katherine Chi, pianist
April 28 at 6:30PM

Music by Bach, Beethoven, Mallia, Scriabin, and Vonorov

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