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Sun, February 16, 2025 – 4:00 pm Concert in 27 days

PostClassical Ensemble with James Austin Smith

The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20009

Oboist James Austin Smith joins PostClassical Ensemble in a program featuring oboe works from Baroque to contemporary, including pieces by Albinoni, Price, Penderecki, Berio, Walker, and Puts.

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Tue, March 18, 2025 – 7:30 pm Concert in 57 days

Beyond The Godfather: The Concert Music of Nino Rota

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Terrace Theater, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566

PostClassical Ensemble’s season finale will celebrate Italian composer Nino Rota’s iconic film scores from The Godfather, La Strada, Amarcord, and Romeo and Juliet, while also showcasing his lesser-known concert works, highlighting his prolific artistry.

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2024-2025

Mon, January 13, 2025 – 7:30 pm

Amazing Grace: Fire and Light

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Terrace Theater, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566

PostClassical Ensemble’s New Year tradition, Amazing Grace, will feature Native American composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, who will showcase his works, including selections from his cantata Standing Bear, and will receive the American Roots Artist Award for his contributions to American music.

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Tue, November 19, 2024 – 7:30 pm + Wed, November 20, 2024 – 7:30 pm

Legends of Brazil: A Musical Celebration for 200 Years of Friendship

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Terrace Theater, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566

Join PostClassical Ensemble to celebrate the 200th anniversary of U.S.-Brazil diplomatic relations with a concert featuring a rich array of Brazilian music, including works by José Maurício Nunes, Francisco Mignone, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and performances by Elin Melgarejo and Tatjana Mead Chamis.

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Sat, November 2, 2024 – 8:00 pm

Pierrot Lunaire

Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 633 Sligo Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910

On the 150th anniversary of Arnold Schoenberg’s birth, his work Pierrot Lunaire, which explores the emotional journey of the “sad clown” Pierrot, is performed in the Sprechstimme style, blending speech and song.

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Sat, October 19, 2024 – 8:00 pm

Music for Cuba

La Catedral de la Virgen María de la Concepción Inmaculada de La Habana, 156 Empedrado, La Habana, Cuba

As part of the exchange program initiated by Gil-Ordóñez in 2017, this will be his fourth visit to conduct the Orchestra of the Lyceum Mozartiano de La Habana.

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2023-2024

Sun, June 9, 2024 – 12:30 pm

Open Rehearsal with Academia Renacimiento Choruses and Orchestras

Angel Gil-Ordóñez’ annual visit to work with the students of the Academia Renacimiento/Trinitate Philharmonia culminates with a final rehearsal.

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Tue, April 16, 2024 – 7:30 pm

Beyond Category: The Concert Music of Duke Ellington

The Kennedy Center, Terrace Theater, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566

Discover a new perspective on the legendary Duke Ellington’s music as PostClassical Ensemble and Guest Curator Dr. John E. Hasse explore his diverse and lesser-known concert pieces, showcasing his groundbreaking forays into ballet, opera, film scores, Broadway musicals, and symphony orchestras.

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Wed, April 10, 2024 – 8:00 pm

The Jacobs School of Music Chamber Orchestra plays Beethoven, Martinů, and Revueltas

Simon Music Center, 1201 E 3rd St, Bloomington, IN 47405

As part of Angel Gil-Ordóñez’ regular guest conducting partnership with the Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana, Gil-Ordóñez conducts music by Beethoven, Martinů, and Revueltas.

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Sun, February 25, 2024 – 11:00 pm

The Anxious Ear: Seven Deadly Sins

National Gallery of Art, West Building, Main Floor – West Garden Court, 6th St and Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20565

As part of the exhibit “The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and its Legacy,” PostClassical Ensemble presents a program with works by Schoenberg and Weill.

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Wed, January 10, 2024 – 7:30 pm

Amazing Grace: In Paradisum

The Kennedy Center, Terrace Theater, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566

PostClassical Ensemble’s seasonal favorite returns with a program for chorale and orchestra that celebrates the universal expression of the human spirit through music. Amazing Grace, perhaps the most universal of folk hymns, has inspired people all around the world for centuries.

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Thu, November 16, 2023 – 7:30 pm

Bouncing Off The Walls: Music and Architecture

The Kennedy Center, Terrace Theater, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566

Join PostClassical Ensemble for Bouncing off the Walls: Music and Architecture, a concert which explores the complex relation between the two art forms, from music that was specifically written for particular buildings to early 20th-century modernist efforts to reduce both forms to their elemental materials.

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Thu, October 12, 2023 – 8:30 pm

Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Bilkent Konser Salonu, Üniversiteler, 1598. Cd. No:1, 06800 Çankaya/Ankara, Turkey

This concert in Ankara, Turkey, celebrates the National Day of Spain with a program featuring two emblematic works by Manuel de Falla, and closing with with Ferit Tüzün’s Çayda çıra.

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Want to know more about Gil-Ordóñez? Listen to WWFM’s series of podcast for a deep dive into his work with PostClassical Ensemble and what motivates and fascinates him as a conductor.