town from 7
Concert Hall, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600. 800-444-1324. www.
kennedy-center.org/nso. $20-$85.
BRAHMS’S GERMAN REQUIEM
Thursday at 8. Performed by the Balitmore Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop. Mansion at Strathmore, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda. 410-783-8000.
301-581-5100.
www.bsomusic.org.
$25-$80.
“TEMPEST” Thursday at 8. Folger Consort and a period orchestra perform music composed by Matthew Locke and others for Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” Derek Jacobi and Richard Clifford read from the play, baritone Robert McDonald and countertenor David Daniels sing a selection of Handel arias. Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol St. NE. 202-544-7077. 202-543-4200.
$65-$75.
www.folger.edu.
RECITALS
NAIRA BABAYAN Friday at 7:30. Introspective music by Armenian composers for solo piano. Kentlands Mansion, 320 Kent Square Rd., Gaithersburg. 301-258-6394. www.
gaithersburgmd.gov/kentlandsmansion. www.
gaithersburgmd.gov/artsbarn. $22-$25.
JUILLIARD SCHOOL REUNION
CONCERT Sunday at 2. Performers include Metropolitan Opera singer Faith Esham, Royal Opera singer John Aler, theater singer Jonathan Reinhold and gospel singer Edwina Humphrey, with pianist Virginia Lum. St. Jane de Chantal Church, 9601 Old Georgetown Rd., Bethesda. 301-530-1550. Freewill offering.
SOHEIL NASSERI, PIANO Sunday at
4. Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata and others. Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. 301-581-5100. www.
strathmore.org.
JOAQUIN ACHÚCARRO Sunday at
6:30. Music by Spanish composers. National Gallery of Art, West Building, Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. (TDD: 202-842-6176).
www.nga.gov. Free.
CHORAL GROUPS
THE CONGRESSIONAL CHORUS AND AMERICAN YOUTH CHORUS Saturday at
8. The groups will perform Broadway tunes by Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein and Jerome Kern. Duke Ellington Theatre, 3500 R St. NW. 202-399-7993, Ext. 182.
202-342-7589.
www.chorusmarket. org/tickets. $15-$20.
DIVAS Saturday at 8 and Sunday at 3. A collection of songs from Lady Gaga to Judy Garland performed by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington. George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800.
www.gmcw.org. $20-$50.
PATRICK LUNDY AND THE
MINISTERS OF MUSIC Sunday at 5. A gospel performance. Church of the Annunciation, 3125 39th St. NW. 202-362-3323. Free, donations accepted.
WASHINGTON SUMMER SINGS
Tuesday at 7:30. Fauré’s Requiem. Conducted by J. Reilly Lewis. Sponsored by the New Dominion Chorale at Western Presbyterian Church. Western Presbyterian Church, 2501 Virginia Ave. NW. 703-442-9404.
www.newdominion.
org. $10.
POP|ROCK|FOLK |JAZZ|ETC.
CAPITAL JAZZ FEST Friday-Sunday.
Merriweather Post Pavilion, 10475 Little Patuxent Pkwy., Columbia. 410-715-5550. 877-435-9849. www.
merriweathermusic.com. $44-$165.
BERKLEE WORLD JAZZ NONET
Friday at 5. National Gallery of Art, Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-289-3360.
www.nga.gov. Free.
HUDSON AND WATSON Friday at 5.
National Harbor, 150 National Plaza, Baltimore.
www.nationalharbor.com. Free.
SONS OF PIRATES Friday at 6. Rio Center Mall, 9811 Washingtonian Blvd., Gaithersburg. 301-921-4684. Free.
ALCHEMY Friday at 6:30. Vienna Town Green, 144 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. 703-255-6360.
www.viennava.
gov. Free.
B2B’S Friday at 7. A Jimmy Buffett tribute band. Gaithersburg City Hall, 31 S. Summit Ave., Gaithersburg.
301-258-6350.
www.gaithersburgmd.gov.
Free.
MEMPHIS 59 Friday at 7:30. Performing a combination of rock, alt-country and pop music. Royal Lake Park, 5344 Gainsborough Dr., Fairfax.
703-324-7469.
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ parks/performances. Free.
SANDRA Y. JOHNSON QUINTET
Friday at 7:30. Grist Mill Park, 4710 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy., Alexandria. 703-324-7469. Free.
HOWARD LEVY Friday at 8. The harmonica player and founding member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones performs folk, blues, jazz, rock and world music to finish the Montpelier Spring Jazz Series. Montpelier Arts Center, 9652 Muirkirk Rd., Laurel. 301-377-7800. 410-792-0664. www.
pgparks.org. $20.
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Houston Ballet
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Falling (WELCH/MOZART)
The Suzanne Farrell Ballet
Suzanne Farrell, Artistic Director
Monumentum Pro Gesualdo and
Movements for Piano & Orchestra
(BALANCHINE/STRAVINSKY)
WASHINGTON DEBUT
North Carolina Dance Theatre
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Artistic Director
Shindig
(BONNEFOUX/TRADITIONAL BLUEGRASS)
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The Kennedy Center Ballet Season is sponsored by Altria Group, Inc.
PROGRAM B
Thu., June 17* at 7:30 p.m.
and Sat., June 19 at 1:30 & 7:30 p.m.
WASHINGTON DEBUT
Ballet Memphis
Dorothy Gunther Pugh,
Founder and Artistic Director
In Dreams (MCINTYRE/ORBISON)
WASHINGTON DEBUT
Ballet Arizona
Ib Andersen, Artistic Director
Diversions (ANDERSEN/BRITTEN)
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Peter Boal, Artistic Director
3 Movements (MILLEPIED/REICH)
PROGRAM C
Fri., June 18* at 7:30 p.m and Sun., June 20 at 1:30 p.m.
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Tom Mossbrucker, Artistic Director
Red Sweet (ELO/VIVALDI AND BIBER)
WASHINGTON DEBUT
Tulsa Ballet
Additional support is provided by Elizabeth and Michael Kojaian.
Tickets from $29 at the Box Office or charge
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Online at
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Age of Innocence
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The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own”
Wednesdays 7:00 pm
pre-ceremony pageantry begins at 6:45 pm
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THE WASHINGTON POST • FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2010
NORTH CAROLINA DANCE THEATRE, PHOTO BY JEFF CRAVOTTA
Photo of Wynonna Smith, Marva Hicks, Maurice Hines, Karla Mosley and Janine DiVita by Scott Suchman
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