Community Concerts at Second

Hailed by The New Yorker Much Ado About Nothing, contemporary works by Reena Esmail, and Brahms' Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108. Post-Concert Reception open to all!

Featuring Suite from Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev), Three Madrigals (Martinů), and Piano Quartet in C minor (Strauss). Concert ends approximately 9:00 PM. Free admission, no tickets required.

GRAMMY-nominated lutenist performing classical and traditional pieces. Free admission, no tickets required.

Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 15; Edgar Meyer: Concert Duo for Violin and Bass; Antonin Dvorak: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81

Recently signed to Blue Note Records and hailed by The New York Times

Featuring Air for Cello and Piano (Kevin Puts), Capriccio (Lukas Foss), Sonata for Two Violins (Ysaÿe), and String Quartet No. 12 (Dvořák). Concert ends approximately 9:05 PM. Free admission, no tickets required.

"Tallis Through the Looking Glass" program featuring works by Benjamin Britten, William Byrd, Meredith Monk, Thomas Tallis, Henry Purcell, and Ted Hearne. Sponsored by Cindy Levering. Free admission, no tickets required.

Praised by The Washington Post as “one of this country’s most interesting and profound pianists,” Awadagin Pratt; Johannes Brahms: Ballades, Op. 10; César Franck: Prelude Chorale and Fugue; François Couperin: Selections from Pieces de Clavecin; Johannes Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, Op. 24

"Glass Reflections" program featuring Philip Glass etudes alongside works by Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Ligeti, Schubert, and Shostakovich. Steinway Artist. Sponsored by Stephen Boesel. Free admission, no tickets required.

Featuring Tenebrae (Golijov), Entr'acte (Shaw), Rustiques pour trio d'anches (Canteloube), and String Quartet No. 2 (Mendelssohn). Concert ends approximately 9:00 PM. Free reception after concert. Free admission, no tickets required.

“The Heifetz of the flute” (Gramophone) (Classical Now),

Bela Bartok: String Quartet No. 6; Clipper Mill Quartet: Kevin Smith & Ivan Stefanović, violins; Karin Brown, viola; Dan Levitov, cello; Paul Wiancko: Viola Sonata “Buoyant Forces”; Colin Sorgi, viola; Wan-chi Su, piano; Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80; Taiwutsegi Quartet: Agnes Tse & Chelsea Kim violins, Colin Sorgi, viola; Bo Li, cello

Claude Debussy: Sonata No. 2; Cécile Chaminade: Concertino, Op. 107, arr. Skaila Kanga; Trio Sirènes: Marcia McHugh, flute; Karin Brown, viola; Jacqueline Pollauf, harp; Paquito D’Rivera: Aires Tropicales; Marcia McHugh, flute; Melissa Hooper, oboe; Vitor Trindade, clarinet; Schuyler Jackson, bassoon; Beth Graham, horn; Ludwig Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10, Op. 74 “Harp”; Taiwutsegi Quartet: Agnes Tse and Adam Wu, violins; Colin Sorgi, viola; Jeremy Tai, cello

The Morgan State University Choir is renowned as one of the nation's most prestigious university choral ensembles. While their wide-ranging repertoire spans classical, gospel, and popular music, the choir is especially acclaimed for their historic and authoritative performances preserving the heritage of the spiritual. Don’t miss this opportunity to see them in our intimate space!

Gabreila Lena Frank: Cuatro Bosquejos Pre-Incaicos (Four Pre-Inca Sketches); Andrzej Kurylewicz: Capriccio a due; Marcia McHugh, flute; Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello; Paul Hindemith: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 30; Holly Jenkins & Kevin Smith, violins; Helen Hess, viola; Jeremy Tai, cello; Vitor Trindade, clarinet; Michael Sheppard: Movement for English Horn and Piano (World Premiere); Jane Marvine, English horn; Michael Sheppard, piano; Lori Laitman: I Never Saw Another Butterfly; Jane Marvine, English

Internationally acclaimed, award-winning Axiom brass quintet presents “Love, Mystery and Despair,” a passionate affair with the romance, mystery, and intrigue of Latin Music. Highlighting Piazzola’s mastery of tangos, Cacilda Borges Borbosa’s luscious harmonies, and a new bossa-nova-inspired composition from Lillian Lee, Axiom explores the vast wealth of musical idioms from Latin origins.

Join us to celebrate 40 years of extraordinary music-making at this special anniversary event featuring acclaimed pianists Cyrus Chestnut and Alon Goldstein along with musicians of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Hailed by Time The New York Times Manuel de Falla’s beloved Seven Popular Spanish Songs in an arrangement for flute, viola, and harp—a fitting celebration of CC2nd’s four visionary musical decades! A post-concert reception celebrating CC2nd’s 40th Anniversary Season will be open to al