Shostakovich and Iannaccone

Sunday April 15 • 3 pmChurch of the Epiphany (DC)

Sunday April 22 • 3 pmGeorge Washington Masonic National Memorial (Alexandria)

• • • • •Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5

Anthony Iannaccone, Divertimento for Orchestra

• • • • •It has been said that, in the monumental Fifth Symphony,the best qualities of Shostakovich's music, such asmeditation, humor and grandeur, blend in perfect balance and self-fulfillment. Written at the height ofStalin’s purges, and designed to appear to appease theRussian authorities, it nonetheless was a huge successat its first performance and continues to this day to beShostakovich’s most popular symphony. Similarly,American composer (and former WMPA CompositionCompetition winner) Iannacone’s Divertimento is hismost popular work. Based on a tune in Boccherini’sMenuet, it is a charming essay in free variation andthematic metamorphosis, combining a lullaby, a danceand the Menuet tune.

Bolcom, Debussy,and Dvorak

Featuring the Washington Saxophone Quartet

Sunday June 3 • 3 pmChurch of the Epiphany (DC)

Sunday June 10 • 3 pmGeorge Washington Masonic National Memorial (Alexandria)

• • • • •Claude Debussy, Rapsodie pour orchestre et saxophone, Rich Kleinfeldt, Saxophone

William Bolcom, Concerto Grosso for Saxophone Quartet, Washington Saxophone QuartetAntonin Dvorak, Golden Spinning Wheel,

op.109, B.197 (Zlatý kolovrat)

• • • • •The Philharmonic again partners with the WashingtonSaxophone Quartet. According to composer William Bolcom, his Concerto Grosso “was written purely as apiece to be enjoyed by performers and listeners.” Thefirst 3 movements evoke blues harmonies, a lyricallarghetto, a waltz, and the final movement combines aBach-like approach with be-bop rhythms and blues. TheDvorak work, a lush symphonic tone poem based on a folktale, displays melodic beauty, harmonic imagination,and brilliant orchestral vividness.

Quartet leader and saxophonist Rich Kleinfeldt will alsopresent Debussy’s delightful rhapsody for Saxophone.This impressionistic work is typical Debussy with atmos-pheric color and effects.

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Roundtree andTchaikovsky

Featuring Leonid Sushansky, Violin

Sunday October 22 • 3 pmChurch of the Epiphany (DC)

Sunday October 29 • 3 pmGeorge Washington Masonic National Memorial (Alexandria)

• • • • •Ben Roundtree, Symphony No. 1 “Heroes”Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto, op. 35 in D major, Leonid Sushansky, Violin

• • • • •Local Virginia composer Ben Roundtree’s five movementSymphony No. 1, based on five of Roundtree’s spiritualand inspirational heroes and mentors, leads off thisfirst program of the season. Then the Philharmonicteams with local star violinist Leonid Sushansky toperform Tchaikovsky’s beloved virtuoso Violin Con-certo. Overall lyrical, the concerto is in turns gracefuland brilliant, then elegaic, and the piece finishes witha dazzling display of pyrotechnics.

Wilsonand StillFeaturing Thomas Pandolfi, Pianist

Sunday February 11 • 3 pmChurch of the Epiphany (DC)

Sunday February 18 • 3 pmGeorge Washington Masonic National Memorial (Alexandria)

• • • • •Composition Competition Winner

William Grant Still, Symphony No 1Mark Edwards Wilson, Piano Concerto,

Thomas Pandolfi, Piano

• • • • •The Philharmonic presents two outstandingworks by American Composers. William GrantStill’s Symphony #1 combines a fairly traditionalsymphonic form with blues progressions andrhythms characteristic of popular African-Amer-ican music, including jazz and gospel music. Forthe second work, WMP teams with acclaimedpianist Thomas Pandolfi to present a WMP premiereof local composer Mark Edwards Wilson’s brilliantand lyrical Piano Concerto. This gorgeous concertodelights with flowing melodies and virtuosovariations. The program for this concert willinclude a piece by the 2017-18 WMPA CompositionCompetition Winner.

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and TansmanFeaturing Piotr Pakhomkin, GuitarSunday December 10 • 3 pm

George Washington Masonic National Memorial (Alexandria)

Sunday December 17 • 3 pmChurch of the Epiphany (DC)

• • • • •Jim Territo, John Henry vs. The Machine, Karl Hovey, Tuba; Charles Williams, Narrator

Ralph Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on Sussex FolkTunes for Cello and Orchestra, Randy Ward, CelloOttorini Respighi, Gli uccelli, P.154 (The Birds)Alexandre Tansman, Concertino in Homage to Manual de Falla, Piotr Pakhomkin, Guitar

• • • • •First explore American music with a Territo’s The Storyof John Henry Set to Music. The Tubist is featured asthe "voice" of John Henry, and the Percussion as “The Machine.” Then join WMP as we journey throughEngland, Italy and Spain (via a French Composer) in aconcert of favorites. WMP principal cellist Randy Wardperforms with the orchestra in Vaughn Williams’ pastoral English fantasy. The orchestra displays thebrilliant orchestral colors of Respighi’s stunning Ital-ianate tone poem. Outstanding guitarist PiotrPakhomkin concludes the program with Tansman’sdelightful homage to Manuel de Falla.

Please note: Performers and the program are subject to change.