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FAQ: Auditorium Programs
Concerts at the National Gallery are open to the public, free of charge. Admittance is on a first-come, first-seated basis, beginning at one half hour before each concert. The entrance at 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW remains open on Sunday until 6:30 p.m. Families with small children may be asked to sit in designated areas. Please note that late entry or reentry of the West Building after 6:30 p.m. is not permitted. For further information, call (202) 842-6941.
For the convenience of concertgoers, the Garden Café remains open until 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or to request group reservations for ten or more, call (202) 712-7458.
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Hispanic music in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month and The Art of Power: Royal Armor and Portraits from Imperial Spain
Hispanic music in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month and The Art of Power: Royal Armor and Portraits from Imperial Spain
Hyunah Yu, soprano
Music by Duparc, Fauré and other French composers
Presented in honor of The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900
Concert Notes (PDF 127k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
with Rosa Lamoreaux, soprano
Italian Renaissance music
Presented In honor of An Antiquity of Imagination: Tullio Lombardo and Venetian High Renaissance Sculpture
Concert Notes (PDF 94k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
Music by Debussy, Taffanel, and other composers
Presented in honor of The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900
Concert Notes (PDF 96k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
Norman Scribner, artistic director
With Douglas Riva, pianist
Music by Granados and other Spanish composers
Presented in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month and The Art of Power: Royal Armor and Portraits from Imperial Spain
Concert Notes (PDF 97k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
Quartets by Debussy, Prokofiev, and Webern
Presented in honor of The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900
Concert Notes (PDF 94k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
Trios by Franck, Jongen, and other Belgian composers
Presented in honor of The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900
Concert Notes (PDF 96k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
Music from the Golden Age of the Netherlands
Presented in honor of Judith Leyster, 1609–1660
Concert Notes (PDF 387k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
Jakob Lindberg, lutenist
"Orpheus in England"
Music by Dowland and Purcell
Concert Notes (PDF 387k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
Music by Couperin and Rameau
Presented in honor of Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500–1800
Concert Notes (PDF 166k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
Beethoven: Sonatas nos. 4, 15, 24, 25, and 27
Fourth of seven concerts in Fellner's Beethoven Sonata Cycle
Concert Notes (PDF 358k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
Music by Marais, Rameau, and Telemann
Presented in honor of Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500–1800
Concert Notes (PDF 170k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
Music by Prokofiev, Schumann, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky
Concert Notes (PDF 89k) (Download Acrobat Reader)
Music by Couperin, Rebel, and Rameau
Presented in honor of Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500–1800
Music by Gevaert, Janequin, Rameau, Sermisy, Tessier, and other French composers
Presented in honor of Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500–1800
Stephen Ackert, narrator
"A Suite bergamasque in Art and Music"
Music by Debussy
Yehudi Wyner, pianist
Music by Carter, Reich, and Wyner
First concert in the 64th American Music Festival
Presented in honor of The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: Selected Works
Music by Corigliano, Jalbert, Reich, and Moravec
Second concert in 64th American Music Festival
Music by Aikman, Corigliano, and Lerdahl
Third concert in 64th American Music Festival
Music by Carter, Bolcom, Gandolfi, and Kirchner
Final concert of 64th American Music Festival
Caroling in the seasonally decorated West Building Rotunda is a favorite at the Gallery. Guest choirs lead afternoon sing-along caroling. Singers and listeners of all ages are welcome.
Steffen Horn, pianist
Music by Falla, Grieg, and other composers
Presented in conjunction with the Norwegian Christmas Festival at Union Station
Caroling in the seasonally decorated West Building Rotunda is a favorite at the Gallery. Guest choirs lead afternoon sing-along caroling. Singers and listeners of all ages are welcome.
Music by Albéniz, Granados, Tarregá, and other composers
Concerts continue through May 2010
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