Chamber Music

Upcoming Events

• Trio Solisti

  Dec 3, 2009 at 7:30 PM | Buy Now
  In commemoration of the 200^th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth, the "consistently brilliant…dangerous and radical" (The New York Times) Trio Solisti presents one of Mendelssohn's most lauded works, Trio No. 2.

• The Waverly Consort

  Dec 16, 2009 at 7:30 PM | Buy Now
  Returning for another performance of The Christmas Story, The Waverly Consort's eight singers and five instrumentalists recount the events of Christmas with the timeless spirit of medieval church dramas.

• Steven Isserlis, cello & Kirill Gerstein, piano

  Jan 6, 2010 at 7:30 PM | Buy Now
  Cellist Stephen Isserlis performs in recital with pianist Kirill Gerstein in a program that includes Isserlis's own transcription of Schumann's Violin Sonata No. 3.

• The Kennedy Center Chamber Players play Brahms

  Jan 10, 2010 at 2:00 PM | Buy Now
  The Kennedy Center Chamber Players play three of Brahms's greatest sonatas--for violin and piano, viola and piano, and cello and piano.

• East Coast Chamber Orchestra

  Feb 14, 2010 at 7:30 PM | On Sale 12/9/09,
  The youthful, energetic East Coast Chamber Orchestra's program covers a wide variety of classical music with works by Purcell, Elgar, Britten, Villa-Lobos, and Tchaikovsky.

• Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio

  Feb 28, 2010 at 7:30 PM | On Sale 12/9/09,
  Enjoy a night of Schubert from the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, hailed by the New York Times as "one of the best-blended, most sensitive, and intelligent piano trios in the world today."

• Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano

  Apr 21, 2010 at 7:30 PM | On Sale 2/10/10,
  Performing as part of Joyful Sounds: Gospel Across America, mezzo-soprano Marietta Simpson "endows everything she sings with uncommon intelligence" (San Francisco Chronicle).

• The Kennedy Center Chamber Players play Ravel, Dutilleux & Dvorák

  Apr 25, 2010 at 2:00 PM | On Sale 2/10/10,
  Dutilleux's Ainsi la nuit for String Quartet is the centerpiece of this Kennedy Center Chamber Players program that also includes Ravel's Introduction and Allegro and Dvo?ák's String Sextet.

• Escher String Quartet

  Apr 26, 2010 at 7:30 PM | On Sale 2/10/10,
  The exuberant Escher String Quartet returns for a night of Bartók, Brahms, and Beethoven, demonstrating what the San Francisco Chronicle calls "ripe tonal balances with the kind of heedless intensity that comes with youth."

• Pro Musica Hebraica presents: The Biava Quartet: An Evening of French Jewish Music

  Apr 29, 2010 at 7:30 PM | Buy Now
  Pro Musica Hebraica is devoted to presenting Jewish classical music, much of it believed lost, forgotten, or rarely performed, in a concert hall setting. The award-winning Biava Quartet returns to play a program of French Jewish music.

• Christine Brewer, soprano, with Craig Rutenberg, piano

  May 7, 2010 at 7:30 PM | On Sale 2/10/10,
  In association with the Vocal Arts Society's America Sings Festival, renowned American soprano Christine Brewer and pianist Craig Rutenberg present a recital featuring songs by Richard Strauss, Joseph Marx, Richard Hundley, and others.

• Jennifer Koh, violin & Reiko Uchida, piano

  May 9, 2010 at 7:30 PM | On Sale 2/10/10,
  Virtuoso violinist Jennifer Koh, who plays with "energy and velvety richness" (The New York Times), returns to the Kennedy Center with pianist Reiko Uchida for a performance that is equal parts experimentation and standard repertory.
  

• The Kennedy Center Chamber Players play Gieseking, Szymanowski & Schubert

  Jun 6, 2010 at 2:00 PM | On Sale 4/7/10,
  Gieseking's Quintet--for piano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn--opens The Kennedy Center Chamber Players' program, followed by Szymanowski's Mythes for violin and piano. The concert concludes with Schubert's String Quintet in C major.