Become a member and save up to 24% on your program registration price! Join today If you are already a member, log in to access your member price. Masterworks of Five Centuries (Saturday and Sunday series) Smithsonian Chamber Music Society In-Person Concert Weekend Performance Sunday, March 16, 2025 - 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. ET Code: 1P0863 Location: St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Capitol Hill)301 A St SE, Washington, DCMetro: Capitol South Select your Registration Login $32 Member 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 $36 Non-Member Add to cart Log in to add this program to your wishlist! A 10% processing fee will be applied at checkout. Adding to your cart... Save when you purchase this program as a part of one of these series! 6 Program Series: Masterworks of Five Centuries Saturday Series View series details 6 Program Series: Masterworks of Five Centuries Sunday Series View series details Resize text Smithsonian Chamber Music Society concerts are held in the intimate Nicholas and Eugenia Taubman Hall of Music, American History Museum (Photo: Hugh Talman/Smithsonian) The 48th season of the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society features musical masterpieces from the late-16th to the early 21st century, played on some of the world’s most highly prized musical instruments. The repertoire ranges from acclaimed masterpieces to undeservedly obscure gems by all-but-forgotten composers during this 6-concert series held mostly on Saturdays or all Sundays. Kenneth Slowik, SCMS artistic director and recipient of the Smithsonian Distinguished Scholar Award, again curates a series of pre-concert talks one hour prior to each concert, shedding light on the glorious music and the lives and times of the featured composers. Concert Program The Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra concert in mid-March, featuring baritone Mischa Bouvier, explores 20th- and 21st-century works ranging from the elegiac (Busoni, Mahler, and Strauss) to the transcendently hopeful (Golijov). Ferruccio Busoni, arr. Schönberg: Berceuse élégiaqueGustav Mahler, arr. Slowik: KindertotenliederRichard Strauss: MetamorphosenOsvaldo Golijov: Tenebrae The Smithsonian Chamber OrchestraMischa Bouvier, baritone; Kenneth Slowik, conductor Additional Masterworks of Five Centuries Series Concerts November 2, 2024 or November 3, 2024 November 23, 2024 or November 24, 2024 December 7, 2024 or December 8, 2024 March 29, 205 or March 30, 2025 April 12, 2025 or April 13, 2025 This series is available on Saturdays or Sundays. Other Smithsonian Chamber Music Society Performances The Axelrod String Quartet 2024-2025 Saturday concert series The Axelrod String Quartet 2024-2025 Sunday concert series General Information This program and its artists are subject to change. This concert takes place at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 301 A St., NE (Metro: Capitol South). Advanced sales will close at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 14, 2025. Within 24 hours of the concert, this page will be updated if tickets will be available for purchase at the door. If available, mobile device and credit card transactions will apply (no cash allowed). Refer to our health and safety information for in-person programs.
