Program Director Jim Allison shares a few thoughts on the National Symphony Orchestra's newly completed Beethoven cycle ahead of our NSO-Beethoven marathon on February 15.
In honor of the National Symphony Orchestra’s European tour February 16-28, February’s NSOShowcase program is a sort of musical travelogue with NSO music director Gianandrea Noseda as our guide.
Next month the NSO is off to Great Places, from Carnegie Hall to La Scala! January’s NSO Showcase program takes us on a European journey to the Czech Republic, Austria, and France.
Maestro Gianandrea Noseda takes us on an epic musical tour of Rome with the National Symphony Orchestra with a program of Respighi’s Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, and Roman Festivals.
July’s NSO Showcase on WETA Classical features two tragic love stories from Italy…Nino Rota’s suite from the ballet based on the Fellini film, La Strada (the Road), and Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. In between, Hilary Hahn joins the NSO for Brahms’ Violin Concerto.
Travel to Bohemia, Chicago, Norway to North Africa and Vienna with the NSO and Maestro Noseda on NSO Showcase! Nicole Lacroix guides us through the musical tour, enjoying works by Dvorak, Beethoven, Florence Price, and more.
The finale of the NSO's Beethoven and American Masters Festival closes with a pairing of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and George Walker's Sinfonia No. 3 with Maestro Gianandrea Noseda. Learn more about the brilliant juxtaposition of the two masters.
The third set of concerts of the National Symphony Orchestra's Beethoven and American Masters Festival brings together Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 with his Coriolan and Egmont Overtures, along with the Sinfonia No. 2 by American composer George Walker.
