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CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2010
| MARCH |
Ensemble Pro Tem
When: Saturday, March 13th, at 7:30 pm
Where:
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church,
8009 Fort Hunt Road, Alexandria GoogleMap
What:
A. Bruckner, Motets; Olivier Messiaen, "Quartet for the end of time"
$$:
Ticket prices: Adults $20; Seniors $15; Students $10; Youth under 13
$5.00 Tickets are available at door, or at the parish office
More info:
(703) 765-4342 (ask for Ms. Marty Young)
ALEXANDRIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
When:
Saturday, March 13 at 8:00 p.m.
Where: Rachel
M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria
GoogleMap
Who:
Kim Allen Kluge (conductor); Elizabeth Bishop ( mezzo-soprano); Ta’u
Pupu’a ( tenor), and Allison Bailey ( violin)
What:
Grofe,
“Sunrise” from Grand Canyon Suite
Ravel, “Dawn” from Daphnis and Chloe
Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Vivaldi, “Spring” from Four Seasons
Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde
$$:
Purchase tickets online or by calling
(703) 548-0885
More info:
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
St. Paul’s Old Town Music Offerings:
Choral Eucharist
When: Sunday, March 14, at 11:00 a.m.
Where:
St.
Paul's Church, 228 South Pitt Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 GoogleMaps
Who:
The combined Treble Choirs of Christ Church, Alexandria; St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Arlington; St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Greenwich, Connecticut; and St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Alexandria, VA
More info:
(703) 549-3312 or email: douglas@stpaulsalexandria.com
ALEXANDRIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
When:
Sunday, March 14 at 3:00 p.m.
Where: Rachel
M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria
GoogleMap
Who:
Kim Allen Kluge (conductor); Elizabeth Bishop ( mezzo-soprano); Ta’u
Pupu’a ( tenor), and Allison Bailey ( violin), with Bowen McCauley Dance
Company
What:
Vivaldi,
“Spring” from Four Seasons
Kluge, Haiku Suite: Three nature poems for sakahachi and orchestra
Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde
$$:
Purchase tickets online or by calling
(703) 548-0885
More info: Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
Oleh
Krysa, violinist
When: Sunday, March 14 at 3:00 pm
Where:
The Lyceum, 201
S. Washington St, Alexandria GoogleMap
What:
works by Brahms, Wagner, Schubert, De Falla, Debussy and Paganini.
$$:
suggested donation $20, students free; unreserved seating.
More
info: The Washington Group Cultural
Fund; (301) 229-2615
Reception
to follow the concert
St. Paul’s Old Town Music Offerings:
Choral Evensong
When: Sunday, March 14, at 5:00 p.m.
Where:
St.
Paul's Church, 228 South Pitt Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 GoogleMaps
Who:
The combined Treble Choirs of Christ Church, Alexandria; St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Arlington; St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Greenwich, Connecticut; and St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Alexandria, VA
More info:
(703) 549-3312 or email: douglas@stpaulsalexandria.com
Vesper Organ Concert at Grace Church
When: March 14, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Where:
Grace Episcopal Church,
3601 Russell Road, Alexandria, VA 22305 GoogleMaps
Who: Timothy Edward Smith, organist
What:
Organ Concert on the new Di Gennaro-Hart pipe organ of Grace Church.
Music for Lent (45 minute program)
$$:
Admission free, but a free-will offering will be taken.
More info:
(703) 549-1980 or e-mail music.director@gracealex.org
St. Paul’s Old Town Music Offerings:
Choral Eucharist
When:
Sunday, March 21, at 11:00 a.m.
Where:
St.
Paul's Church, 228
South Pitt Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 GoogleMaps
Who:
St. Paul's Choir; Douglas Beck, conductor
More info:
(703) 549-3312 or email: douglas@stpaulsalexandria.com
Marine Chamber Orchestra:
Masters of the Craft
When:
Sunday, March 21, at 2:00 pm
Where:
Rachel
M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria
GoogleMap
Who:
Assistant Director Captain Michelle A. Rakers, conducting; Gunnery Sgt. Elizabeth Matera, clarinet soloist; Staff Sgt. Chaerim Smith, violin soloist
What:
-
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Overture to "Così fan
tutte"
-
Paul
Hindemith, "Clarinet Concerto" (1947)
Rather Fast
Fast
Quiet
Gay; Fast
-
Ludwig van Beethoven Romance in F for Violin and Orchestra, Op.50
-
Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 86 in D
Adagio; Allegro spiritoso
Capriccio: Largo
Menuet: Allegretto
Finale: Allegro con spirito
$$:
Free, open to the public
Chamber Music at the Lyceum:
Musicians of Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
When:
Sunday, March 21 at 4:00 pm
Where:
The
Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St, Alexandria, Virginia 22314
GoogleMap
What:
program to be determined
$$:
free
More
info: Alexandria
Symphony Orchestra's 2010 season
US Marine Band:
The Dream Hour
When: Sunday, March 28 at 2:00 pm
Where:
Rachel M.
Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria GoogleMap
Who:
Director Colonel Michael J. Colburn, conducting; Mark Shields, Moderator
$$:
Free, no tickets required
Washington
Metropolitan Philharmonic with NOVA Community Chorus
When:
Sunday, March 28 at 3:00 p.m.
Where:
Bishop Ireton High School,
201 Cambridge Road, Alexandria, VA 22314 Google
Map
Program:
Johannes
Brahms, Symphony No. 3, op. 90, F major
Italian
Opera Choruses
Donizetti,
Chorus of Wedding Guests (from "Lucia di Lammermoor")
Verdi,
Witches Chorus, (from "Macbeth")
Verdi,
Soldier’s Chorus, (from "Il Trovatore")
Mascagni,
Easter Hymn, (from "Cavalleria rusticana")
Verdi,
Chorus "Va pensiero", (from "Nabucco")
Verdi,
Triumphal Scene, (from "Aida")
More
info: Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association;
NOVA Community
Chorus
PALM
SUNDAY LITURGY
J.
S. Bach, Cantata No. 182, "Sei wilkommen, Himmelskönig" J.
S. Bach, Clavier Concerto in d-minor
When: Sunday,
March 28, at 4:00 pm worship service
Who:
The Choir of Westminster Presbyterian Church, with orchestra (Paul
Stetsenko, conductor/pianist, with Tim Foley, conductor)
Where: Westminster Presbyterian Church,
2701 Cameron Mills Road, Alexandria, VA 22302
What: A
special Palm Sunday worship service with sung scripture, a cantata, and
a concerto.
More info: (703) 549-4766
|
| APRIL |
Marine Chamber Orchestra: Ancient Airs and Dances
When: Sunday, April 11 at 2:00 pm
Where:
Bishop Ireton High School,
201 Cambridge Road, Alexandria Google
Map
Who:
Director Colonel Michael J. Colburn, conducting
What:
-
Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1
Balletto detto “Il conte Orlando” (Simone
Molinaro)
Gagliarda (Vincenzo Galilei)
Villanella (anonymous)
Passo mezzo e mascherada (anonymous)
-
Richard Strauss, "Suite from Le Bourgeois
Gentilhomme," op. 60 (1918)
Overture to Act 1 (Jourdain—der Bürger)
Minuet
The Fencing Master
Entrance and Dance of the Tailor
Minuet of Lully
Courante
Entrance of Cleonte (after Lully)
Prelude to Act 2 (Intermezzo)
The Dinner (Table Music and Dance of the
Kitchenboy)
$$:
Free, no tickets required
Bach
Vespers - Eastertide (I)
When:
Sunday, April 11, at 6:00 pm
Who:
Paul Stetsenko, organist; Kristen Folkerts, Cantor
Where:
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
2701 Cameron Mills Road, Alexandria GoogleMap
What: Organ music by J. S.
Bach for Eastertide, woven into a vesper
liturgy
Prelude
and Fugue in g-minor BWV 535
Chorale
preludes from "Das Orgelbüchlein":
Christ
lag in Todesbanden
Jesus
Christus, unser Heiland
Christ
ist erstanden
More
info: Bach
Vespers at Westminster
Vesper Organ Concert at Grace Church
When: April 11, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Where:
Grace Episcopal Church,
3601 Russell Road, Alexandria, VA 22305 GoogleMaps
Who:
Thom Robertson and Timothy Edward Smith, organists
What:
Organ Concert on the new Di Gennaro-Hart pipe organ of Grace Church.
Music for Two Organs and Two Organists. (45 minute program)
$$:
Admission free, but a free-will offering will be taken.
More info:
(703) 549-1980 or e-mail music.director@gracealex.org
US Marine Band:
German Masterworks
When:
Sunday, April 18 at 2:00 pm
Where:
Rachel
M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria
GoogleMap
Who:
Assistant Director Captain Michelle A. Rakers, conducting; SSgt Sara Dell'Omo, mezzo-soprano
What:
-
Carl
Teike/ed. Bourgeois, March “Old Comrades”
-
Johannes Brahms/tr. Safranek,
Academic Festival Overture, Opus 80
-
Paul
Hindemith, Symphony in B-flat for Band
Moderately fast, with vigor
Andantino grazioso
Fugue: Rather broad
-
Felix Mendelssohn/ed. Hogwood,
Overture in C for Winds, Op. 24
-
Richard Strauss/tr. Hindsley,
Dance of the Seven Veils from "Salome"
-
Richard Strauss/tr. Smith, Two
Lieder:
“Allerseelen,” Opus 10, No. 8 (“All Soul’s Day”)
“Zueignung,” Opus 10, No. 1 (“Dedication”)
-
Richard Wagner/tr. Singleton, Overture to
The Flying Dutchman
$$:
Free, open to the public
Bach
Vespers - Eastertide (II)
When:
Sunday, April 18, at 6:00 pm
Who:
Paul Stetsenko, organist; Dave Gunter, Cantor
Where:
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
2701 Cameron Mills Road, Alexandria GoogleMap
What: Organ music by J. S.
Bach for Eastertide, woven into a vesper
liturgy
Prelude
and Fugue in C-major, BWV 547
Chorale
preludes from "Das Orgelbüchlein":
Erstanden
ist der heil'ge Christ
Erschienen
ist der herrliche Tag
Heut
triumphieret Gottes Sohn
More
info: Bach
Vespers at Westminster
Musical
Offerings at Blessed Sacrament
John McCrary (piano)
When:
Friday, April 30, at 8:00 pm
Where:
Blessed Sacrament Catholic
Church, 1427 West Braddock Road, Alexandria, VA 22302 Map
What:
Works by Bach, Schumann, Scarlatti, Chopin, and Liszt
More
info: call John McCrary at (703) 998-6100, or online at www.blessedsacramentcc.org
$$:
Donations will be accepted to support the concerts at Blessed
Sacrament
|
| MAY |
US Marine Band:
Man vs. Machine
When: Sunday, May 2 at 2:00 pm
Where:
Rachel
M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria
GoogleMap
Who:
Colonel Michael J. Colburn, Director, conducting, MGySgt Mark Latimer, timpani soloist; Wilford Brimley, narrator
-
John Philip Sousa, March, “A Century of Progress”
-
John Adams/tr. Odom, “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
-
James Oliverio, Timpani Concerto No. 1, "The Olympian"
Volitivo con precisione
Lento introspettivo
Feroce con brio
-
John Williams/arr. Lavender, Suite from the movie "The
Reivers"
-
Steven Bryant, "Ecstatic Waters"
Ceremony of Innocence
Augurs
The Generous Wrath of Simple Men
The Loving Machinery of Justice
Spiritus Mundi
-
Malcom Arnold,
A Grand Grand Overture for Three Vacuum Cleaners, One Floor Polisher, and Concert
Band, Opus 57
$$:
Free, no tickets required
Eclipse
Chamber Orchestra
When:
Sunday, May 2 at 3:00 p.m.
Where:
George
Washington Masonic Memorial, 101 Callahan Drive, Alexandria, VA GoogleMap
Who:
Sylvia Alimena, conductor
What:
Schubert,
Overture in B-flat Major, D. 470
Mozart, Piano Concerto #9 in E-flat Major, K. 271 (Edward Newman, piano)
Bizet, Symphony in C Major
$$:
Tickets required; purchase
tickets online
More
info: Eclipse
Chamber Orchestra
ALEXANDRIA CHORAL
SOCIETY The Children’s Chorus presents: Ten Years in
Harmony
When: Sunday, May 2 at 4:00 p.m.
Where:
Fairlington
United Methodist Church, 3900
King Street, Alexandria GoogleMap What:
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Children’s Chorus
$$:
$10 seniors, $20 adults over 13 years of age, children 12 and under are free
More info:
www.AlexChoralSociety.org
or e-mail: info@AlexChoralSociety.org
Music
at Christ Church: Choral Evensong
When: Sunday, May 2 at 5:00 pm
Where:
Christ Church,
118 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 GoogleMaps
Who: Choir of Christ Church
What:
Philip Radcliffe,
"Preces and Responses"
Herbert Brewer, "Evening Service in D"
C. Hubert Parry, "Dear Lord and Father of mankind"
$$: Free admission, donations accepted
More
info: Music
at Christ Church
Marine Chamber Orchestra
- Young People’s Concert: Music History Mystery
When: Sunday, May 9 at 2:00 pm
Where:
Rachel
M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria
GoogleMap
Who:
Assistant Director Major Jason K. Fettig, conducting
What:
-
J. S. Bach/ed.
Soldan, Overture from Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066
-
J. S. Bach/ed.
Soldan, Overture from Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
-
Haydn, Symphony No. 94 in G,
"Surprise"
Andante
Allegro di molto
-
Haydn,
Allegro con spirito from Symphony No. 103 in E-flat, "Drum Roll"
-
Beethoven,
Allegro con brio from Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Opus 67
-
Beethoven,
Adagio and Allegro vivace from Symphony No. 4 in B-flat, Opus 60
-
David
Rakowski, "Stolen Moments"
Fast
Slow and Expressive
Sultry
Vivace
$$:
Free, no tickets required
St. Paul’s Old Town Music Offerings:
Choral Evensong
When:
Sunday, May 9, at 5:00 p.m.
Where:
St.
Paul's Church, 228
South Pitt Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 GoogleMaps
Who:
St. Paul's Choir; Douglas Beck, conductor
More info:
(703) 549-3312 or email: douglas@stpaulsalexandria.com
ALEXANDRIA
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
with
Alexandria
Choral Society, Heritage
Signature Chorale and The
Metropolitan Chorus
When: Saturday, May 22, at 8 p.m.
Where: Rachel
M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria
GoogleMap
Who:
Kim Allen Kluge, conductor
What:
Karl Orff, Carmina Burana
$$:
Tickets required. Buy tickets online at http://www.alexsym.org
More info:
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra,
ACS, HSC,
The MetChorus
ALEXANDRIA
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
with
Alexandria
Choral Society, Heritage
Signature Chorale and The
Metropolitan Chorus
When:
Sunday, May 23, at 3 p.m.
Where: Rachel
M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria
GoogleMap
Who:
Kim Allen Kluge, conductor
What:
Carl Orff, Carmina Burana
$$:
Tickets required. Buy tickets online at http://www.alexsym.org
More info:
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra,
ACS, HSC,
The MetChorus
Bach
Vespers - Pentecost
When:
Sunday, May 23, at 6:00 pm
Who:
Paul Stetsenko, organist, Carolyn Carmack, Cantor
Where:
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
2701 Cameron Mills Road, Alexandria GoogleMap
What: Organ music by J. S.
Bach for Pentecost, woven into a vesper
liturgy
Prelude
and Fugue in D-major, BWV 532
Chorale
preludes from "Das Orgelbüchlein":
Komm,
Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist
Herr
Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend
Liebster
Jesu, wir sind hier
More
info: Bach
Vespers at Westminster
Bach
Vespers
When:
Sunday, May 30, at 6:00 pm
Who:
Paul Stetsenko, organist;; Janet Riksen, Cantor
Where:
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
2701 Cameron Mills Road, Alexandria GoogleMap
What: Organ music by J. S.
Bach for Ordinary Time, woven into a vesper
liturgy
Prelude
and Fugue in e-minor, BWV 533
Chorale
preludes from "Das Orgelbüchlein":
Dies
sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot
Vater
unser im Himmelreich
Durch
Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt
Es
ist das Heil uns kommen her
Ich
ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
More
info: Bach
Vespers at Westminster
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| JUNE |
St. Paul’s Old Town Music Offerings:
Music Ministry
Sunday
When:
Sunday, June 6, at 10:00 a.m.
Where:
St.
Paul's Church, 228
South Pitt Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 GoogleMaps
More info:
(703) 549-3312 or email: douglas@stpaulsalexandria.com
Music
at Christ Church: God as a Jazz Musician
When: Sunday, June 6 at 5:00 pm
Where:
Christ Church,
118 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 GoogleMaps
What: A service with the Christ Church Choirs under the direction of
composer Dent Davidson and a homily by The Reverend Dan Matthews, rector emeritus of Trinity Church, Wall Street
$$: Free admission, donations accepted
More
info: Music
at Christ Church
Bach
Vespers
When:
Sunday, June 6, at 6:00 pm
Who:
Paul Stetsenko, organist; Dave Aland, Cantor
Where:
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
2701 Cameron Mills Road, Alexandria GoogleMap
What: Organ music by J. S.
Bach for Ordinary Time, woven into a vesper
liturgy
Prelude
and Fugue in c-minor BWV 549
Chorale
preludes from "Das Orgelbüchlein":
In
dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr
Wenn
wir in höchsten Nöten sein
Wer
nur den lieben Gott läßt walten
Alle
Menschen müssen sterben
Ach
wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig
More
info: Bach
Vespers at Westminster
Washington
Metropolitan Philharmonic Association
When:
Sunday, June 6 at 3:00 p.m.
Where:
Bishop Ireton High School,
201 Cambridge Road, Alexandria Google
Map
Who:
Ulysses S. James, Music Director/Conductor; Jon Lackey, Tenor; Jay
Chadwick, Horn
Program:
James
Kazik, Overture
Gustav
Mahler, Symphony No. 1, D major
Benjamin
Britten, Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31
More
info: Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association;
|
| JULY |
St. Paul's Old Town Music Offerings:
4th
of July Organ Fireworks
When:
Sunday, July 4, at 11:30 am
Where:
St. Paul's
Church, 228 S. Pitt Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
GoogleMaps
Who:
Douglas A. Beck, Organist
$$:
Free to the public, with optional donation at the door
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| AUGUST |
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| SEPTEMBER |
|
| OCTOBER |
Bach
Vespers - "The German Mass" (Kyrie)
When:
Sunday, October 3, at 6:00 pm
Who:
Paul Stetsenko, organist
Where:
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
2701 Cameron Mills Road, Alexandria GoogleMap
What:
Prelude in E-flat Major BWV
552
Two
preludes on the chorale "Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit" from
Clavierübung III
Two
preludes on the chorale "Christe, aller Welt Trost" from Clavierübung
III
Two
preludes on the chorale "Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist" from Clavierübung
III
More
info: Bach
Vespers at Westminster
Bach
Vespers - "The German Mass" (Gloria)
When:
Sunday, October 10, at 6:00 pm
Who:
Paul Stetsenko, organist
Where:
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
2701 Cameron Mills Road, Alexandria GoogleMap
What:
Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV
541
Three
preludes on the chorale "Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'" from
Clavierübung III
More
info: Bach
Vespers at Westminster
Bach
Vespers - "The German Mass" (Ten Commandments and The Creed)
When:
Sunday, October 17, at 6:00 pm
Who:
Paul Stetsenko, organist
Where:
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
2701 Cameron Mills Road, Alexandria GoogleMap
What:
Prelude and Fugue in b-
minor
BWV 544
Two preludes on the chorale "Diess sind die heil'gen zehen Gebot'" from
Clavierübung III
Two
preludes on the chorale "Wir glauben all' an einen Gott" from
Clavierübung III
More
info: Bach
Vespers at Westminster
Bach
Vespers - "The German Mass" (Lord's
Prayer and Baptism)
When:
Sunday, October 24, at 6:00 pm
Who:
Paul Stetsenko, organist
Where:
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
2701 Cameron Mills Road, Alexandria GoogleMap
What:
Prelude and Fugue in A major,
BWV 536
Two
preludes on the chorale "Vater unser im Himmelreich" from Clavierübung
III
Two
preludes on the chorale "Christ unser Herr sum Jordan kam" from
Clavierübung III
More
info: Bach
Vespers at Westminster
Bach
Vespers - "The German Mass" (Confession and Eucharist)
When:
Sunday, October 31, at 6:00 pm
Who:
Paul Stetsenko, organist
Where:
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
2701 Cameron Mills Road, Alexandria GoogleMap
What:
Two
preludes on the chorale "Aus tiefer Noth schrei' ich zu dir"
from Clavierübung III
Two
preludes on the chorale "Jesus Christus unser Heiland" from Clavierübung
III
Fugue in E-flat Major BWV 552 ("St. Anne")
More
info: Bach
Vespers at Westminster
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| NOVEMBER |
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| DECEMBER |
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