National Symphony’s Carmina Burana pairs with gentler devotions for an opening concert of contrasts

David Rohde is a performer, teacher and writer who revels in the entire gamut of Baroque to jazz and pop music. His performing and conducting credits in the Washington area range from classical piano recitals to Stephen Sondheim musicals, and his vocal students appear primarily on theatrical stages around the US. David’s Q&A interviews with both famous and emerging opera singers, conductors and instrumentalists have been popular in the Washington area arts media, and themed articles on subjects ranging from the huge selection of Prokofiev’s music in Washington area concert programs to the appeal of concert opera have brought a new dimension to the classical scene there.