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Regularly noted as one of the world's most versatile symphonic orchestras with soloistic qualities and robust musical prowess, the Amsterdam-based Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra makes its first return to Washington in five years, conducted by Finnish chief conductor designate Klaus Mäkelä.The concert opens with a new composition by Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer and sound artist Ellen Reid (p r i s m, Push/Pull). Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2, a masterpiece of fleeting tranquility punctuated by episodes of abrupt changes in mood and tonality, is performed with the “rich and technically immaculate” (The Guardian) playing of Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili. The program concludes with Rachmaninov’s textured, bombastic, and serene Symphony No. 2— a work with which the composer avenged the failure of his First. And how!
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Get tickets at https://www.washingtonperformingarts.org/event/royal-concertgebouw-orchestra/
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This performance is made possible through the generous support of Kenneth R. Feinberg and Diane Feinberg.
Washington Performing Arts’s classical music performances this season are made possible in part through the generous support of Betsy and Robert Feinberg and the Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts.
Special thanks to the following lead supporters of Washington Performing Arts’s mission-driven work: Jacqueline Badger Mars and Mars, Incorporated; D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities; the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts; and The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
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This performance is an external rental presented in coordination with the Kennedy Center Campus Rentals Office and is not produced by the Kennedy Center.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566-0001, United States,Washington D.C.
