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WashingtonRomantic Titans: Sibelius, Strauss & Wagner
Wagner, Sibelius, Strauss R.
National Symphony Orchestra; Simone Young; Sergey Khachatryan
WashingtonBruckner’s Seventh Gerlach plays Haydn
Haydn, Bruckner
National Symphony Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda; William Gerlach
WashingtonMozart’s “Jupiter” & Bach’s Brandenburg No. 1
Bach, Loussier, Mozart
National Symphony Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda; Marissa Regni; Robert McEwan
WashingtonOpera in Concert: Puccini’s Il trittico
Puccini
National Symphony Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda; Roman Burdenko; Sabrina Gárdez; Erika Grimaldi; Agnieszka Rehlis
WashingtonGaffigan conducts Appalachian Spring
Ives, Copland
National Symphony Orchestra; James Gaffigan
WashingtonCann plays Coleman
Dvořák, Coleman, Lumar II, Gershwin
National Symphony Orchestra; Kellen Gray; Michelle Cann
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Young and Lamsma bring levity to National Symphony Orchestra
A dark trio of works focused around Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto made for a compelling concert in Washington DC.
NSO triumphs with Boyer and Lang Lang
With a world premiere by Peter Boyer and a stunning Beethoven piano concerto deftly played by Lang Lang, the evening didn’t fail to strike a poignantly significant chord.
National Symphony makes a fine-sounding digital return to the stage
Vibrant Mozart G minor symphony anchors the National Symphony’s digital return to the stage as distancing, sound engineering requirements generally score well
Rollicking Mahler Fifth may have just put NSO on the global map
Clarion details from start to finish result in a spectacular Mahler Fifth from Noseda and the National Symphony Orchestra
Tetzlaff redefines clarity with the National Symphony Orchestra
Christian Tetzlaff proves once again why audiences can’t get enough of his sound in a program of Dvořák and Schumann with Christoph Eschenbach at the helm.
Copland’s Third Symphony redeems Slatkin and the NSO
After a humdrum reimagining of Paganini's 24th Caprice and an underwhelming Rachmaninov piano concerto, Slatkin triumphs with an august Copland 3.
Expanded Puts song cycle scores well for NSO
Kevin Puts’ expanded work on Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Steiglitz provides another triumph for Renée Fleming and the NSO, while two Strauss works demonstrate both its artistic re-emergence and work left to do.
A luxuriant Tristan und Isolde Act 2 from Noseda and the NSO
Wagner’s Liebestod-laden second act proves the ideal opera snapshot in Washington DC.