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Upcoming Concerts

Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 3:30 pm

Schubert: Quartettsatz in C Minor, D703

Mozart: Quintet in D Major, K593

Bruckner: Quintet in F Major, WAB 112

The Axelrod String Quartet
Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 7:30 pm

Ferruccio Busoni, arr. Schönberg: Berceuse élégiaque

Gustav Mahler, arr. Slowik: Kindertotenlieder

Osvaldo Golijov: Tenebrae

 

Mischa Bouvier, baritone

Kenneth Slowik, conductor

Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra
Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 6:30 pm

Music of Franz Schubert

Naoko Takao & Kenneth Slowik, fortepiano

More Concerts

Great Instruments with Great Stories

Cello by Luigi Rovatti, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1915
Rovatti was born in Italy in 1861 and trained there as a pupil of Joseph and Enrico Rocca. He emigrated to Argentina in 1885, producing about 1,000 violins,... More
The “Servais" Cello
The Stradivarius cello of 1701, known as the Servais, is unquestionably among the jewels of the Smithsonian’s collection. It is a magnificent instrument... More
Violin from the shop of Amati, ca. 1670
This beautiful violin bears a label identifying it as the work of Nicolò Amati, the son of Hieronymus and nephew of Antonio Amati, who are known as... More