Philharmonic Schedule of Events

 

All WMP performances are free and open to the public.  Donations are strongly encouraged and help to keep high quality music accessible to the community.

 

WMP 2010-2011 Season Program

 

(Each concert will take place at 3 pm either at Bishop Ireton H.S. (Alexandria, VA) or Church of the Epiphany (Washington, DC). Although the dates below have been requested, they are not yet firm.  This information will be updated as soon as the concert dates and venue assignments are finalized.)

October 17, 2010

October 24, 2010

- Gustav Holst - The Planets
- Octavio Vasquez, winner of the WMP 2009-10 Composition Competition - Styx

 

December 5, 2010

December 12, 2010

- Robert Schurmann - Concertstueck
- George Frederic Handel - Judas Maccabaeus

 

February 13, 2011

February 20, 2011

- Antonin Dvorak - Piano Concerto, op. 33, G minor, with solo pianist Stephen Bertino
- Samuel Barber - Capricorn Concerto, with soloists Emily Bentgen (oboe), Lynn Ann Zimmerman (flute), and Brett Lemley (trumpet)
- Unique works by top three finalists of the WMP 2010-11 Composition Competition


April 10, 2011

April 17, 2011

- Launy Grondahl - Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra, with solo trombonist Kirsten Warfield
- Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9, op. 125, D minor, in collaboration with Northern Virginia Community Chorus


June 5, 2011

June 12, 2011

- Bela Bartok - Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, with solo violist Will Hurd
- Octavio Vasquez, winner of the WMP 2009-10 Composition Competition - Hermes
- Igor Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1945)


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