Front Row Washington
This is a concert to remember as connections are made between the tango and past influences with legendary bandoneon player JP Jofre.
The Lysander Piano Trio has been praised by The Strad for its “incredible ensemble, passionate playing, articulate and imaginative ideas and wide palette of colors” and by The Washington Post for “an uncommon degree of heart-on-the-sleeve emotional frankness” and “vivid engagement carried by soaring, ripely Romantic playing.” The group has developed a reputation for exciting programming, finding creative ways to connect well-known masterworks with pieces by lesser-known and underrepresented composers, and discovering common threads across cultures and times.
Native from San Juan, Argentina, Juan Pablo Jofre Romarion aka JP Jofre, is a GRAMMY® Award-nominated composer and bandoneon player. Mr. Jofre has been repeatedly highlighted by the New York Times and praised as one of today’s leading artists by Great Performers at Lincoln Center. His music has been recorded by the legendary London Symphony Orchestra, 16 times Grammy winner Paquito D’ Rivera, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra among others.
Opera Matinee
Picture a Day Like This is a charming fairytale opera, in two plots, that challenges the distinctions of imagination and reality and explores the human condition through the flow of music. This chamber opera, written for intimate setting with five singers and small orchestra, premiered in 2023 and is sung in English. This production of the Aix-en-Provence Festival is led by the opera's composer, George Benjamin.
Choral Showcase
New choral albums this weekend on Choral Showcase, with Credo by Margaret Bonds, drawn from a racial justice manifesto by W.E.B. Dubois. From Ralph Vaughan Williams, Five Mystical Songs; and we'll explore a new choral collection of hymns by Gustav Holst.
From the Top
We’re backstage at the 2023 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival. Hear brilliant performances from the competitors and learn more about this outstanding group of young pianists gathered from around the world.
Classical Sunrise
Crisp, chilly mornings are finally here! Add the perfect soundtrack to the invigorating mornings with Classical Sunrise, our musical greeting to each weekday's sunrise.
- Monday 7:11AM Schumann - Piano Quintet: I-Allegro
- Tuesday 7:12AM Ravel - Alborada del Gracioso
- Wednesday 7:13AM Traditional: Spanish Dances: Paradetas
- Thursday 7:15AM Delibes - Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus
- Friday 7:15AM Schumann - Violin Sonata #2 in D Minor, Op. 121: IV. Bewegt
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