Classical Movements Series

Sunday, November 3, 2024
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

The Last Stand Quartet unites four distinguished musicians from The National Symphony Orchestra, praised by The Washington Post for their "consistent refinement and interpretive restraint." At The Rectory on Princess Street, they will be joined by pianist Natalia Kazaryan for an evening featuring Schumann’s Piano Quartet No. 1 and Mozart's String Quartet in F Major.

Program:

Robert Schumann Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K. 590

Featuring: Derek Powell, violin; Joel Fuller, violin; Majoko Iguchi, viola; and Rachel Young, cello and Natalia Kazaryan, piano

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Classical Movements Series

Sunday, November 3, 2024
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

The Last Stand Quartet unites four distinguished musicians from The National Symphony Orchestra, praised by The Washington Post for their "consistent refinement and interpretive restraint." At The Rectory on Princess Street, they will be joined by pianist Natalia Kazaryan for an evening featuring Schumann’s Piano Quartet No. 1 and Mozart's String Quartet in F Major.

Program:

Robert Schumann Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K. 590

Featuring: Derek Powell, violin; Joel Fuller, violin; Majoko Iguchi, viola; and Rachel Young, cello and Natalia Kazaryan, piano

For tickets, click here.

Bach to the Future

Friday, October 11, 2024
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Counterpoint is thrilled to launch its first season with a truly unique performance—Bach to the Future; a bold fusion of J.S. Bach's timeless genius combined with the innovative energy of the 21st century. The program is brought to life by the exceptional musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), the highly sought-after soloist & collaborator, cellist Gabriel Cabezas, and Counterpoint’s founder & pianist, Natalia Kazaryan, in partnership with Grace Street Creative. This multimedia performance will take place in the vibrant Dupont Underground, a historical landmark turned into a contemporary creative space.

Program:

Chaconne in D minor for solo piano, transcription by Ferruccio Busoni

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 for flute, string quartet and harpsichord

I. Allegro
II. Affettuoso
III. Allegro

Air on the G String, from Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068, arranged for string quartet

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, arranged for electronic keyboards

Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29, BWV 29, arranged for electronic keyboards

Featuring: Leah Arsenault, flute, Dayna Hepler and Jennifer Kim, violins, Andrew Eng, viola, Gabriel Cabezas, cello and Natalia Kazaryan, piano

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Bach to the Future

Friday, October 4, 2024
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

An innovative fusion of J.S. Bach’s timeless genius with 21st-century multimedia creativity.

Counterpoint Concerts is thrilled to launch its inaugural season with a truly unique performance of Bach to the Future on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center. This bold reimagining of Bach’s masterpieces features musicians from the National Symphony Orchestra and Counterpoint’s founder & pianist, Natalia Kazaryan, in collaboration with Grace Street Creative.

Bach to the Future reimagines Bach’s beloved masterpieces for both traditional and unconventional instrumentations, showcasing the everlasting magic of classical music through time. The program will feature Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 for a flute and string quintet with harpsichord, Chaconne in D minor transcribed for piano by Ferruccio Busoni, Air on the G String for string quartet, and works performed on electronic keyboard instruments, in a nod to Wendy Carlos’ groundbreaking recording “Switched On Bach.”

Special thanks to Charles Perryman for Sound Engineering and Visualization Design. 

Program:

Chaconne in D minor for solo piano, transcription by Ferruccio Busoni

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 for flute, string quartet and harpsichord

I. Allegro
II. Affettuoso
III. Allegro

Air on the G String, from Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068, arranged for string quartet

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, arranged for electronic keyboards

Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29, BWV 29, arranged for electronic keyboards

Featuring: Leah Arsenault Barrick, flute, Dayna Hepler and Jennifer Kim, violins, Andrew Eng, viola, Joseph Gotoff, cello and Natalia Kazaryan, piano, harpsichord, electronic keyboards

Solo Piano Recital at the Museum of Contemporary Art Westport

Saturday, April 27, 2024
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM

PROGRAM

Vivian Fung - “Kotekan,” from Glimpses

Olivier Messiaen - Selections from Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant -Jésus

Lili Boulanger - Trois morceaux pour piano

Johannes Brahms - 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 118

Grażyna Bacewicz - Piano Sonata No. 2

Solo Recital at the Brushwood Music Center

Saturday, March 23, 2024
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

PROGRAM

Lili Boulanger – Trois morceaux pour piano

Clara Schumann – Three Romances, Op. 21

Grazyna Bacewicz – Piano Sonata No. 2

Vivian Fung – “Kotekan” from Glimpses

Joan Tower – Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman

Emma Lou Diemer – Piano Sonata No. 3

Solo Piano Recital presented by the Washington International Piano Arts Council

Friday, February 23, 2024
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM

PROGRAM

J.S. Bach – Keyboard Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826

Lili Boulanger – Trois morceaux pour piano

Maurice Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin

Vivian Fung – “Kotekan,” from Glimpses

Johannes Brahms – 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 118

Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center

Natalia Kazaryan joins the musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra.

Friday, February 9, 2024
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

PROGRAM

Franz Schubert – Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, “Trout”

Maurice Ravel – Arrangements of the Mother Goose Suite

PERFORMERS

Jennifer Kim, violin

Andrew Eng, viola

Eugena Cheng, cello

Charles Nilles, bass

Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center

From Brahms and Ravel to George Walker and Vivian Fung:
The Great Explorers of Harmony and Rhythm

Friday, February 2, 2024
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

PROGRAM

Vivian Fung – “Kotekan” from Glimpses

Johannes Brahms – 7 Fantasien, Op. 116

George Walker – Piano Sonata No. 5

Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin

WETA Front Row Washington

WETA broadcast of Conservation/Exploration with clarinetist Zachary Good on Front Row Washington

Monday, January 22, 2024
9:00 PM – 10:30 PM

PROGRAM

Louis Couperin, Elisabeth de La Guerre, François Couperin – French Baroque Style Brisé for solo bass clarinet

Jessie Montgomery – Peace for clarinet and piano

Germaine Tailleferre – Arabesque for clarinet and piano

Joan Tower – Wingspan for clarinet and piano

Zachary Good – Paco’s One Hundred Years for solo clarinet

Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2

Olivier Messiaen – Chant dans le style de Mozart for clarinet and piano

Although anchored by Beethoven’s vivacious “ Appassionata” Sonata, this program takes listeners on a grand musical journey across nearly 100 years of musical development — from France at the start of World War I to midcentury modernism and a thrilling work for prepared piano written at the dawn of the 21st century.

Program:
Vivian Fung – “Kotekan,” from Glimpses
Grażyna Bacewicz – Piano Sonata No. 2
Lili Boulanger – Trois morceaux pour piano
George Walker – Piano Sonata No. 2
Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 57 “Appassionata”

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Although anchored by Beethoven’s vivacious “ Appassionata” Sonata, this program takes listeners on a grand musical journey across nearly 100 years of musical development — from France at the start of World War I to midcentury modernism and a thrilling work for prepared piano written at the dawn of the 21st century.

Program:
Vivian Fung – “Kotekan,” from Glimpses
Grażyna Bacewicz – Piano Sonata No. 2
Lili Boulanger – Trois morceaux pour piano
George Walker – Piano Sonata No. 2
Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 57 “Appassionata”

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Brahms - Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Marta Krechkovsky, violin

Elizabeth Fayette, violin

Erika Grey, viola

Joseph Gotoff, cello

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Solo Recital featuring works by Lili Boulanger, Grazyna Bacewicz, Vivian Fung, Brahms, and George Walker.

Program TBA

Works by HT Burleigh, Ottorino Respighi, Margaret Bonds, Undine Smith Moore and a world premiere of Chrystal E. Williams’ collaboration with composer Felipe Hostin.

Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

Alexandria Symphony Orchestra

James Lee, conductor

The price of your ticket includes access to unlimited food and drinks.

Felix Mendelssohn's older sister of three years, Fanny Mendelssohn, was a prolific composer, and the source of much of her brother's inspiration. Both siblings wrote piano trios and songs, as well as especially lyrical pieces for piano solo entitled “Songs without Words.” Enjoy the lesser known Fanny Mendelssohn's meticulously crafted works and unique brand of melody and expressiveness alongside those of Felix. Cofounders Natalia Kazaryan and Christopher Schmitt will be joined by Associate Concertmaster of the National Symphony, violinist Ying Fu, and series regular, cellist Joseph Gotoff.

Solo Recital of works by Vivian Fung, Mel Bonis, Grazyna Bacewicz, Joan Tower, Lera Auerbach, and Emma Lou Diemer.

Her Art’s Desire Opening Night Gala

Solo piano work performed by Natalia Kazaryan, as well as her Undergraduate students from Howard University.

Adjudicating final round of the Piano Competition.

The price of your ticket includes access to unlimited food and drinks.

The pioneering voices of African-American women and the men who supported them, the collaboration between the sexes in poetry and song, and the progressive integration of thematic content and musical texture provide the essence of this artistic tribute to such a relevant piece of American history. Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Chrystal E. Williams returns from the Metropolitan Opera to offer a program of Art Songs with pianist and cofounder Natalia Kazaryan. H.T. Burleigh's “Five Songs of Laurence Hope” will be performed alongside Ottorino Resphigi's “Quattro Canzone,” based on a text by Ada Negri. Spirituals by Margaret Bonds and Undine Smith Moore, “The Dean of Black Women Composers,” will be featured beside the world premiere of “They Walk Alone,” a collaboration between Ms. Williams’ and her husband: composer, Felipe Hostin.

In keeping with holiday celebrations around the globe, our December concert will explore how various composers found meaning in music, whether it be through tradition, worship, or simply gratitude and purpose. Pianist and cofounder Natalia Kazaryan will perform the Second Keyboard Partita by the great J.S. Bach, and several selections from the Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus of Olivier Messiaen, who was a prisoner of war during WWII in France. The concert will close with Felix Mendelssohn's second piano trio, an homage to the role of the spiritual in his life. Pianist and cofounder Christopher Schmitt will be joined by series regular cellist Joseph Gotoff, and the young prodigious talent of Bulgarian/Japanese descent, violinist Julia Angelov.

Reception begins at 6:30, followed by the concert at 7:15.

Discounted parking after 6 pm at 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W

The price of your ticket includes access to food and drinks.

Solo recital featuring works by Beethoven, Messiaen, Bonis, and Ravel. Fill out contact form for more information.