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Known for musical variety, this concert continues the tradition with Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony and Julien Labro playing Piazzolla’s Concerto for Bandoneon. Also featured will be the mesmerizing Villa Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 and the stunning aria, El majo y el ruiseñor from the Granados opera, Goyescas.

Guests Artists:
Danielle Talamantes, soprano
Julien Labro, bandoneon

With the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Peter Rubardt, conductor

Saturday, January 13 7:30PM in the Saenger Theatre

A Bel Canto Salon – Washington Master Chorale

​The season finale takes place on Saturday, March 3, 2024 with A Bel Canto Salon at National Presbyterian Church (4101 Nebraska Ave, NW) at 5pm. In this performance two Steinways will grace the stage to celebrate this beloved operatic style. Highlights Include Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle, in its original salon form. In addition, WMC will present excerpts from Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzer, Op. 52, and Lori Latiman’s witty and eloquent vocal cycle, Are Women People, on texts from the American suffragist movement.

Featuring:
Danielle Talamantes, soprano
Kerry Wilkerson, bass-baritone

Mozart & Mahler unites two classical music powerhouses and two of National Philharmonic’s favorite guest artists under the baton of Maestro Piotr Gajewski. Pianist Claire Huangci joins NatPhil for Mozart’s striking Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, one of his most complex and virtuosic works. With a darker tone than many of his other piano works, Concerto No. 24 sweeps between moments of turmoil and serenity, showcasing Huangci’s technical prowess and the expressivity of the full orchestra.

The powerful musical arc of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 unfolds like a grand folk tale. A singular musical experience, Mahler has described it as reminding him of his mother’s smile and sounding like “a dewdrop on a flower that suddenly, illuminated by the sun, bursts into a thousand lights and colors,” and later that it “explodes into a wall of sound representing the gates of heaven.” Distinguished soloist Danielle Talamantes, soprano, joins NatPhil for the final movement, “The Heavenly Life,” in which heaven is described as a beautiful meadow full of playing children and blooming flowers, where loved ones are reunited.

Featured Artists:
Danielle Talamantes, soprano
Claire Huangci, piano

With the NatPhil conducted by Maestro Piotr Gajewski

Saturday, April 6, 2024 7:30PM at the Music Center at Strathmore