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MARCH / APRIL 2020

RachmaninoffPiano Concerto

Acclaimed pianist Thomas Pandolfi returns to amaze the audience with a scintillating

performance of Rachmaninoff’s epic secondPiano Concerto. Nineteenth century German

composer Emilie Mayer’s brilliant third symphony will also amaze us with its contrasting Viennese

styles, rich textures, and overall brilliance.

American Song Book Selection

EMILIE MAYERSymphony No. 3, Sinfonie Militair

RACHMANINOFFPiano Concerto No.2,

Thomas Pandolfi, piano

MAY 2020

Price Violin ConcertoRing in summer with Elinor Remick Warren’s

shimmering tone poem based on vistas of the Sierras. Visualize the concert pavilions in America’s green

town summer lawns as you hear Corigliano’sGazebo Dances. The Washington Saxophone Quartet joins WMP in performing Sid Robinovitch’s superb

illumination of the many styles of saxophone music. The season concludes with Florence Price’s rarely

performed and beautiful Violin Concerto, with acclaimed violinist Marlisa Woods.

American Song Book Selection

ELINOR REMICK WARRENCrystal Lake

SID ROBINOVITCHConcerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra

(1998), Washington Saxophone Quartet

CORIGLIANOGazebo Dances

FLORENCE PRICEViolin Concerto No. 2, Marlisa Woods, Violin

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Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association (WMPA) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization

of musicians and music lovers dedicated to making high-quality musical performances and opportunitiesaccessible to the community. WMPA sponsors three

orchestras: The Philharmonic, plus two youth orchestras - the WM Concert Orchestra and WM

Youth Orchestra; a free summer chamber concert series; and a composition competition. Through its unique and diverse programming and initiatives, WMPA celebrates the living, breathing nature of music—music that moves with time, moves its

audiences, and makes a difference.

CONCERT LOCATIONS The George Washington Masonic

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An Important Change for the 2019-20 Season:

We are delighted to perform five of our concerts this seasonat the intimate and warm performance space of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax (UUCF) in Oakton, Virginia.

We will no longer be performing at theChurch of the Epiphany in downtown Washington, DC.

UUCF has ample free parking and great accessibility. See our website for additional information about this venue.

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Don’t miss our exciting Focus on America season! Each concert will begin with a song for soloist and orchestra

from the Great American Songbook. You will hear a familiar wonderful song by American songwriters like

Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and others. Each concert will also feature at least one work by an

American composer. And we will continue our last season’s Spotlight on Women Composers theme by

performing outstanding works by women composers at several concerts. Finally, you will hear some “traditional”

classical music. WMP will perform works by Faure, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, Richard Strauss, Elgar, and

Beethoven. We’re delighted to have outstanding artists Tom Pandolfi, the Washington Saxophone Quartet, Molly

Jones, Tim Kidder, Karl Hovey, John Sutherland Earle, Charles Williams, and Marlisa Woods performing

with the orchestra.

As always, I have carefully selected the works WMP will perform because they are exceptionally fine, well

composed music that moved and interested me and should be performed. I know you will enjoy experiencing

their beauty as I do.

Don’t miss this amazing season of music. Expand your musical horizons and support us by buying your season flex pass tickets now. As always, youth 18 and under are free, and the WMP Season Flex Pass is the best value in

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I look forward to sharing this amazing season of music with you and the WMP orchestra family.

Please note: The performers and programare subject to change.

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OCTOBER 2019

Elgar Cello ConcertoWMP opens its season with Gwyneth Walker’s

dramatic setting of Langston Hughes famous poem. Virgil Thomson’s witty Symphony takes hymn tunes and other Americana to a different and thoroughly enjoyable level. Maryland Symphony cellist Molly

Jones performs Elgar’s beloved and poeticCello Concerto, his last work for orchestra.

American Song Book Selection

GWYNETH WALKERLet America be America Again,

Charles Williams, Narrator

VIRGIL THOMSONSymphony On A Hymn Tune

ELGAR

Cello Concerto,Molly Jones, Cellist

Stravinsky PulcinellaJoin WMP for delightful musical treats during the holiday season as we perform Vaughan Williams

delightful version of Greensleeves. WMP’s principal violinist Tim Kidder solos in Lukas Foss’s melodious and virtuosic Three American Pieces, orchestrated by Foss for

Itzhak Perlman. WMP’s principal Tubist Karl Hovey explores Richard Strauss’ romantic Horn Concerto,

playing it on the tuba. Discover how Stravinsky evokes the world of commedia dell’arte clowns in Pulcinella.

Holiday Selection from the American Song Book

VAUGHAN WILLIAMSFantasia on Greensleeves, Lynn Ann Zimmerman-Bell,

Flute; Heidi Sturniolo, Harp

LUKAS FOSSThree American Pieces, Timothy Kidder, violin

RICHARD STRAUSSHorn Concerto No.1, Karl Hovey, tuba

STRAVINSKYPulcinella

FEBRUARY 2020

Beethoven EmperorConcerto

Don’t miss this concert of great music. Stephen Ellis of Fanfare Magazine calls WMPA Composition Competition winner Anthony Iannaccone’s colorful

Third Symphony “stunning” and “one of the supreme American symphonies.” WMP pairs this

outstanding work with Beethoven’s great and powerful “Emperor” Piano Concerto, performed by locally-renowned pianist John Sutherland Earle.

American Song Book Selection

ANTHONY IANNACCONESymphony No. 3, Night Rivers

BEETHOVEN

Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor,John Sutherland Earle, pianist

ULYSSES S. JAMESMusic Director and Conductor

JOHN SUTHERLAND EARLEIGOR STRAVINSKYMOLLY JONES