Community Calendar

It's Alexandria's favorite holiday musical tradition! Celebrate the season with family and friends. Join conductor James Ross and the Alexandria Symphony for carols, classics, and sparkling holiday favorites. Plus, special guest violinist, Chelsey Green and The Green Project ensemble, fuse classical and contemporary, jazz and R&B.

The New Year’s Day Chamber Concert offers a delightful celebration of Baroque music with works by Bach, Lully, Telemann, and Vivaldi. This event promises an enchanting experience, featuring Bach’s intricate counterpoint, Lully’s elegant French baroque style, Telemann’s innovative compositions, and Vivaldi’s vibrant concertos. Each piece reflects the distinct character of its composer, from Bach’s profound depth to Vivaldi’s exuberant energy. This concert is a perfect way to usher in the new year, celebrating timeless masterpieces that continue to inspire and captivate audiences.

Our first Sunday concert of 2025 features two giants of Baroque and classical eras.

Bach: Cantata 83: Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde
Bach’s Cantata 83 celebrates the Feast of the Purification of Mary with joyous melodies and intricate harmonies, reflecting both spiritual significance and Bach’s mastery of Baroque composition.

Mozart: Symphony No. 25
Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 in G minor is marked by its dramatic intensity and emotional depth, featuring powerful orchestration and dynamic contrasts that exemplify the Sturm und Drang style.

Members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra snd Peabody Conservatory
Mozart String Quartet No. 16 in E-flat Major, K. 428 • Gabriela Lena Frank Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout • Beethoven String Quartet Op. 59 No. 3 in C Major, “Rasumovsky”

Shriver Hall Concert Series presents Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández, one of music’s fastest
rising stars, hailed for his “superb technique and exhilarating musicality” (Los Angeles Times). Ferrández is joined by pianist Julio Elizalde, an artist of “compelling artistry and power” (Seattle Times). Expressive pieces inspired by the voice complement cello sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms: two major works with distinct styles yet a shared boldness and breadth of emotion.

Pablo Ferrández, cello
Julio Elizalde, piano

MAX BRUCH: Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 3 for Cello and Piano in A major, Op. 69
SERGEY RACHMANINOFF: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Sonata for Cello and Piano in E minor, Op. 38

Featuring a pre-concert talk at 4:30 PM

Shriver Hall Concert Series presents the Grammy-nominated Dover Quartet in their return to Shriver Hall, and formidable pianist Michelle Cann, who brings her “enormous, rich sound” and “joyous, lit-from-within energy” (La Scena Musicale) to this intimate setting. Together they present one of the pinnacles of the chamber music repertoire: Dvořák’s colorful, folk-inflected quintet. Expansive sounds from American composers open the program.

Dover Quartet
Michelle Cann, piano

JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Strum
PURA FÉ: Rattle Songs (Arr. Tate)
JEROD IMPICHCHAACHAAHA’ TATE: New Work
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK: Quintet for Piano and Strings in A major, Op. 81

Featuring a pre-concert talk at 4:30 PM

Shriver Hall Concert Series invites you to enjoy an afternoon getting to know the artistry of one of Peabody Conservatory’s top talents. Violinist Wei Zhu, winner of the 2024 Yale Gordon Competition. Zhu has already performed at Beijing’s National Centre for Performing Arts, the Seoul Arts Center, and New York’s Carnegie Hall, as well as touring with the Sejong Soloists. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree with Vadim Gluzman. His recital will dazzle with artistry and virtuosity at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Wei Zhu, violin

Program to be announced.

A concert journey through winter landscapes, including orchestral selections from the seasonal favorite, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. Bookending the program is Elinor Remick Warren’s musical depiction of a placid and frozen lake as seen on a hike in the High Sierras, “The Crystal Lake” and Tchaikovksy’s First Symphony, aptly titled “Winter Daydreams” – an early work that he continued to hold in high regard throughout his life.

Shriver Hall Concert Series presents acclaimed tenor Ian Bostridge, an artist renowned for his lyric gifts and “instinct for conveying meaning and emotion with disarming clarity” (The Guardian). Bostridge will perform works set to profound texts from his native England. This signature program features a kaleidoscope of composers inspired by William Shakespeare alongside Bostridge’s heartfelt rendition of Britten’s transcendent Holy Sonnets, with texts by poet John Donne.
Master collaborative pianist Julius Drake joins for this imaginative collection.

Ian Bostridge, tenor
Julius Drake, piano

JOHN DOWLAND: "In darkness let me dwell"
GERALD FINZI: Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18
FRANZ SCHUBERT: “An Sylvia,” Op. 106, No. 4
FRANZ SCHUBERT: “Ständchen,” D. 889
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN: “She never told her death,” Hob. XXVIa/34
ROGER QIULETER: “Come away, Death,” Op. 6, No. 1
IVOR GURNEY: "Under the Greenwood Tree"
IVOR GURNEY: "Sleep"
ERICH KORNGOLD: “Desdemona’s Song,” Op. 31, No. 1
ERICH KORNGOLD: “Come away, death,” Op. 29, No. 1
ERICH KORNGOLD: “Adieu, Good Man Devil,” Op. 29, No. 3
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35

Featuring a pre-concert talk at 4:30 PM

Shriver Hall Concert Series presents Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, “one of the most gifted musicians of his generation” (Wall Street Journal), making a heralded return to Baltimore after 25 years. The New York Times attests that “when he sits in front of the keyboard…extraordinary things happen.” Andsnes brings this brilliance to Chopin’s cycle of Preludes, as well as Grieg’s contemplative—and only—piano sonata; written at age 22, it dazzles with his talent and passion.

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

EDVARD GRIEG: Sonata in E minor, Op. 7
GEIRR TVEITT: Sonata No. 29, Op. 129, “Sonata etere”
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 28

Featuring a pre-concert talk at 4:30 PM