Classical Movements

Musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra: Joel Fuller, Violin | Derek Powell, Violin | Mahoko Eguchi, Viola | Rachel Young, Cello Experience the National Symphony Orchestra up close and personal! These four stellar musicians are part of the NSO and perform together as the Last Stand Quartet. Stay for a post-concert reception, where the NSO musicians will meet-and-greet with the audience. This program pairs two landmark works that illuminate the evolution of the string quartet. Haydn’s String

Musicians of the Washington National Opera Orchestra: Adria Sternstein Foster, principal flute | Kayla Moffet, principal 2nd violin | Erika Gray, viola | Amy Frost Baumgarten, principal cello | Susan Robinson, principal harp An evening of chamber music by women, performed by some of today’s finest female musicians. The evening’s program includes Maddalena Sirmen’s spirited Trio in D Major, Fanny Mendelssohn’s tender Romance from her String Quartet (arranged for flute and strings), and Stella Sun

Vieness Piano Duo: Vijay Venkatesh, piano | Eva Schaumkell, piano Hailed for “effortless technical command and authority with a sense of poetry,” award-winning pianists Vijay Venkatesh and Eva Schaumkell return to the Secret Garden Concert Series as they play together on one piano with a program of Franz Schubert’s Fantasy in F Minor, Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals, and Barber’s Souvenirs. “Vijay Venkatesh and Eva Schaumkell, at the height of their abilities combine the profane and sacred,