Front Row Washington

Classical performances by top local musicians and ensembles at venues throughout the Washington area.

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One of today's great string quartets performs Debussy and a recently discovered work by Ysaÿe.

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Edgar Moreau & Jessica Osborne play Beethoven and Poulenc

September 27, 2021 9:00 pm

Presented by the Candlelight Concert Society

Award-winning cellist Edgar Moreau joins pianist Jessica Xylina Osborne for an early cello sonata by Beethoven and a post-WW2 sonata by Poulenc.
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St Lawrence String Quartet plays John Adams and Osvaldo Golijov

October 4, 2021 9:00 pm

Presented by the Phillips Collection

Listen to one of today's premier string quartets perform 21st-century music by living composers.
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Music of invention from the Levine School of Music

October 11, 2021 9:00 pm

Presented by Levine Music

Levine Music is a Washington area school of music for all ages. In this faculty recital, we hear music (new and old!) based on counterpoint like fugues, canons, and improvisation.
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Doric String Quartet plays Haydn and Britten

October 18, 2021 9:00 pm

Presented by the Phillips Collection

Listen to one of today's established string quartets perform music written nearly 200 years apart.
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East Coast Chamber Orchestra plays Frank and Bach

October 25, 2021 9:00 pm

Presented by the Candlelight Concert Society

We'll hear two fantastic works in this concert featuring ECCO, the Chaconne by Bach arranged for orchestra, and Gabriela Lena Frank's An Andean Walkabout.
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