INTERSECTIONS: Songs of the Earth

This thoughtfully curated program brings together music inspired by the different faces of the natural world. With strings, winds, and piano as vehicles, these imaginative works create an all-encompassing experience where sound, sky, and seascape collide.

FAMILY CONCERT: Harlem’s Little Blackbird

A children’s book about Jazz-Age singer and DC native Florence Mills comes to life with music! Soprano Melissa Wimbish leads listeners through American music of the 1920s and more, and you’ll also meet the instruments of the piano quartet.

BETWEEN WORLDS: Dvořák, Ravel, Simon, Ponce

Composers who merged styles and experiences inspired this program of riveting chamber music. Featuring award-winning violinist Njioma Grevious, members of the Catalyst Quartet, and Chiarina’s artistic directors.

CONCERTO CELEBRATION: Mozart, Beethoven, Prokofiev

Experience the solo concerto up close! Captivating transcriptions of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, featuring National Symphony Orchestra principal clarinetist Lin Ma, and Beethoven’s first piano concerto, with Efi Hackmey, pair with Prokofiev’s lively overture.

AIZURI QUARTET: C. Schumann, Brahms, Bartók

This award-winning ensemble presents a cornerstone work by Bartók and an original transcription of a Clara Schumann song, and they collaborate in a performance of Brahms’s beloved String Sextet No. 1.

Nonpareil

Composers whose voices are singular: Gabriel Fauré’s beloved Piano Quartet in C minor meets music for piano and strings by Rebecca Clarke, Carlos Simon, and Reinaldo Moya.

Visions: Mozart & Messiaen

With the collective power of two pianos side by side, pianists Efi Hackmey and Adrienne Kim perform Messiaen and Mozart.

Robert – Clara – Johannes

This musical power couple—the Schumanns—and their close friend Brahms composed some of the most enduring music in the German Romantic tradition. With Nurit Bar-Josef, Abel Pereira, and Chiarina artistic directors.