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 

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

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 

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; 

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

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