Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
​2019-2020 Season
​"Focus on America"

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Don’t miss our exciting Focus on America season! Each concert will begin with a song for soloist and orchestra from the Great American Songbook. You will hear a familiar wonderful song by American songwriters like Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and others performed by acclaimed Soprano Elizabeth Kluegel.
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Each concert will also feature at least one work by an American composer. And we will continue our last season’s Spotlight on Women Composers theme by performing outstanding works by women composers at several concerts. Finally, you will hear some “traditional” classical music. WMP will perform works by Faure, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, Richard Strauss, Elgar, and Beethoven. We’re delighted to have outstanding artists Tom Pandolfi, the Washington Saxophone Quartet, Molly Jones, Tim Kidder, Karl Hovey, John Sutherland Earle, Charles Williams, and Marlisa Woods and others performing with the orchestra.
2019 Concerts
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SUNDAY OCT 13 3PM
Alexandria - Masonic Memorial

SATURDAY OCT 19 4:30PM
Oakton - UUCF  

Adults:$25; 18 and under Free
    
ELGAR CELLO CONCERTO
WMP opens its season with Gwyneth Walker’s dramatic setting of Langston Hughes famous poem. Virgil Thomson’s witty Symphony takes hymn tunes and other Americana to a different and thoroughly enjoyable level. Maryland Symphony cellist Molly Jones performs Elgar’s beloved and poetic Cello Concerto, his last work for orchestra.
Program:
American Song Book Selections
with Elizabeth Kluegel, Soprano                    
GWYNETH WALKER Let America be America Again, Charles Williams, Narrator
VIRGIL THOMSON Symphony on A Hymn Tune          
ELGAR Cello Concerto Molly Jones, Cellist

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SUNDAY DEC 8 3PM
Alexandria - Masonic Memorial
SUNDAY DEC 15 4:30PM
Oakton – UUCF
               
STRAVINSKY PULCINELLA                     
Join WMP for delightful musical treats during the holiday season as we perform Vaughan Williams delightful version of Greensleeves. WMP’s principal violinist Tim Kidder solos in Lukas Foss’s melodious and virtuosic Three American Pieces, orchestrated by Foss for Itzhak Perlman. WMP’s principal Tubist Karl Hovey explores Richard Strauss’ romantic Horn Concerto, playing it on the tuba. Discover how Stravinsky evokes the world of commedia dell’arte clowns in Pulcinella.
 
Holiday Selection from the American Song Book
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on Greensleeves, Lynn Ann Zimmerman-Bell, Flute; Heidi Sturniolo, Harp
LUKAS FOSS Three American Pieces, Timothy Kidder, violin
RICHARD STRAUSS Horn Concerto No.1, Karl Hovey, tuba
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella 
2020 Concerts

SUNDAY FEB 9 3 pm
Alexandria - Masonic Memorial
SUNDAY FEB 16 4:30PM
Oakton - UUCF      
 
BEETHOVEN EMPEROR CONCERTO
Don’t miss this concert of great music. Stephen Ellis of Fanfare Magazine calls WMPA Composition Competition winner Anthony Iannaccone’s colorful Third Symphony “stunning” and “one of the supreme American symphonies.” WMP pairs this outstanding work with Beethoven’s great and powerful “Emperor” Piano Concerto, performed by locally renowned pianist John Sutherland Earle.
                       
American Song Book Selection                     
ANTHONY IANNACCONE Symphony No. 3, Night Rivers  
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor, John Sutherland Earle, pianist
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​SUNDAY MAR 29 3PM 
Alexandria - Masonic Memorial
SUNDAY APR 5 4:30PM
Oakton - UUCF  
NOTE: This concert was canceled due to the COVID-19 Virus.
 
RACHMANINOFF PIANO CONCERTO
Acclaimed pianist Thomas Pandolfi returns to amaze the audience with a scintillating performance of Rachmaninoff’s epic second Piano Concerto. Nineteenth century German composer Emilie Mayer’s brilliant third symphony will also amaze us with its contrasting Viennese styles, rich textures, and overall brilliance.
 
American Song Book Selections                     
EMILIE MAYER Symphony No. 3, Sinfonie Militair  
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No.2, Thomas Pandolfi, piano

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SATURDAY MAY 30 4:30PM
Oakton - UUCF
SUNDAY MAY 31 3PM
Alexandria - Masonic Memorial
NOTE: This concert was canceled due to the COVID-19 Virus.
 
PRICE VIOLIN CONCERTO
Ring in summer with Elinor Remick Warren’s shimmering tone poem based on vistas of the Sierras. Visualize the concert pavilions in America’s green town summer lawns as you hear Corigliano’s Gazebo Dances. The Washington Saxophone Quartet joins WMP in performing Sid Robinovitch’s superb illumination of the many styles of saxophone music. The season concludes with Florence Price’s rarely performed and beautiful Violin Concerto, with acclaimed violinist Marlisa Woods.
           
American Song Book Selection                     
ELINOR REMICK WARREN Crystal Lake    
SID ROBINOVITCH Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra (1998), Washington Saxophone Quartet
JOHN CORIGLIANO Gazebo Dances         
FLORENCE PRICE Violin Concerto No. 2, Marlisa Woods, Violin

Programs and performers subject to change without notice.
​Tickets:
Single ticket price $25
As always, youth 18 and under are free.
Mini Flex Pass Package $75; 4 single tickets for the price of 3. CLICK HERE to learn more and purchase.
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​2019-20 Season
​PHILHARMONIC CONCERT VENUES
(UUCF) Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax
OAKTON VA: SATURDAY or SUNDAY afternoons at 4:30 pm
2709 Hunter Mill Road
Oakton, VA 22124.   https://uucf.org/
Directions: https://uucf.org/directions/
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(MM) George Washington Masonic National Memorial
ALEXANDRIA VA  SUNDAY afternoons at 3 pm
101 Callahan Drive Alexandria, Virginia 22301
www.gwmemorial.org/
Click on the link above for directions.  

An Important Change for the 2019-20 Season:
  • We are delighted to perform five of our concerts this season at the intimate and warm Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax (UUCF) performance space in Oakton. We will no longer be performing at the Church of the Epiphany in downtown Washington, DC. UUCF has ample free parking and great accessibility. See our Venue Page for additional information about this venue.​
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