WMPA Summer Chamber Music Series
Each summer, Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association sponsors a Summer Chamber Music Series, held between mid-June and September at The Lyceum in historic Old Town Alexandria. These weekly performances are free and open to the public. The performances feature small ensembles and soloists, primarily from Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic and the local arts community.
Where:
The Lyceum
201 South Washington Street
Alexandria, Virginia
When:
Sunday afternoons at 3 P.M. (exceptions noted)
Donations accepted at the door.
Call (703) 799-8229 with questions or for more information
2013 Summer Chamber Music Series Program
June 9, 2013
Cellist Dortea Racz and pianist Dmitry Samogray
- Franz Schubert: Three Song Transcriptons
- Alexander Tcherepnin: Songs and Dances, Op. 84
- George Gershwin: Three Preludes
- Boris Papandopulo: Rapsodia Concertante
June 16, 2013
Violinists David Brown and Sheyna Burt, violists Caroline Brethauer and TheresaSchiafly, and cellist Emily Toll - Music for “Viola Quintet”
- Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in g minor, K. 516
- Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 1 in A major, Op. 18
June 23, 2013
Pianist Sasha Beresovsky
- Music by Schubert, Scriabin, and Beethoven
June 30, 2013
Washington Metropolitan Special Member Event
July 7, 2013
Pianist Haskell Small
- Mozart: Sonata in B flat, K. 333
- Small: “A Glimpse of Silence”
- Holst: Toccata
- Hovhaness: three pieces inspired by mountains
July 14, 2013
The Edwin Trio: violinist Rachele Sills, cellist Ryan Bridgland, and pianist Stefanie Watson
- Franz Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2
- Paul Schoenfeld’s Café Music and more
July 21, 2013
Flutist Larry Ink, Clarinetist Hannah Ink, Oboist Susan Logan, and pianist Laura Marchisotto Bogart - Folk Songs and Arts Songs
- William Grant Still: Miniatures for Flute, Oboe and Piano (1948)
- Ralph Vaughn Williams: Six Studies in English Folk Song for Clarinet and piano (1926)
- Bela Bartok: Three Folksongs from the County of Csík for Oboe and Piano
- Gordon Jacob: Sonatina for Oboe and Piano
- Gary Ink: Duet for Flute and Clarinet
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Caprice on Russian and Danish airs, Op. 79 for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano
July 28, 2013
Violinist Tim Kidder, violist Jason Diggs and cellist Joan Kidder
- Jean Cras: String Trio
- Zoltan Kodaly: Intermezzo
- Ernst von Dohnanyi: Serenade in C major, Op. 10
August 4, 2013
Percussionist Paul Durning and friends
- Percussive Landscapes
August 11, 2013
Pianists Sylvia Hong and Michael Rector
- Works by Chopin and assorted American composers, including Suite for Piano, Four Hands, by local composer and winner of Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic’s 2011 Composition Competition, Jonathan Kolm
August 18, 2013
Washington’s Camerata
- Baroque music for traverse and baroque guitar
August 25, 2013
Violist Will Hurd and pianist Elizabeth Hill
- Music by Bach, Brahms and Hindemith
September 1, 2013
Violinist Benjamin Scott and piano accompanist
- Music by Beethoven, Ravel, Copland, and Grieg
