BRITTEN

Double Concerto forViolin, Viola,& Orchestra

Mark Ramirez, Violin & Olivia Haijoff, ViolaIreland’s These Things Shall Be

presented with the NOVA Community Chorus, Dr. Mark Whitmire, Music Director

Sunday, April 2 • 3 pmChurch of The Epiphany (DC)

Sunday, April 9 • 3 pmGeorge Washington Masonic National Memorial (Alexandria)

�Benjamin Britten, Double Concerto for Violin, Viola andOrchestra, Mark Ramirez, Violin & Olivia Haijoff, Viola

John Ireland, These Things Shall Be, with the NOVA Community Chorus

Composition Competition Winner - TBD

�The Philharmonic presents two outstanding works fromEnglish composers. The celebrated Violin-Viola Duo ofMarc Ramirez and Olivia Haijoff lead off with Britten’slively and charming Double Concerto. The piece is fullof energy, with fanfares, soaring and rapturousmelodies, and ending with soft far-away chords. Basedon Victorian poetry, the Philharmonic and the NOVACommunity Chorus showcase John Ireland’s celebratedimpressionistic choral work, a utopian vision of a futurein which free people would live peaceably with oneanother. Finally, a piece by the 2016-17 CompositionCompetition winner will fill out the program.

BrittenCRESTON,COPLAND, IVES & DOPPLER

FromWest to EastTyler Castrucci, Trombone

Lynn Ann Zimmerman-Bell, FluteSunday, June 4 • 3 pm Church of The Epiphany (DC)

Sunday, June 11 • 3 pmGeorge Washington Masonic National Memorial (Alexandria)

�Paul Creston, Fantasy for Trombone, Op. 42, Tyler Castrucci, Trombone

Aaron Copland, The Red Pony

Franz Doppler, The Fantasie Pastorale, op. 26, Lynn Ann Zimmerman-Bell, Flute

Charles Ives, Variations on “America”

�From the west side of the Atlantic, we hear pieces by Copland, Ives, and Creston. The Philharmonic’s principaltrombonist Tyler Castrucci reveals Creston’s lyrical melodiesand extended harmonic idiom. Adapted from his 1949film score for the movie with the same name, Copland’sRed Pony suite captures the soul of the American heartlandthrough some of his most memorable music. From theeast side of the Atlantic, Lynn Ann Zimmerman-Bell,WMP’s principal flutist, delights us with the brilliant andflowing melodies of Hungarian composer Franz Doppler. TheFantasie Pastoraleweaves love songs and fiery dances intoa grand finale. Finally, the Philharmonic concludes the2016-17 season with music from this side of the ocean,Ive’s humorous and surprising variations on the well-known“My Country ‘tis of Thee” tune.

Creston CoplandDoppler Ives

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Double Concerto

Sunday, October 16 • 3 pmChurch of The Epiphany (DC)

Sunday, October 23 • 3 pmGeorge Washington Masonic National Memorial (Alexandria)

�Jean Sibelius, The Swan of Tuonela, Mary Padilla, Oboe

Johannes Brahms, Concerto, Violin & Violoncello,op.102, A minor (Double Concerto),

with Christina Wensel, Violin & Ben Wensel, Cello

Paul Hindemith, Mathis der Maler

�WMP kicks off its 46th season with three master-pieces. The Double Concerto was Brahms’ final workfor orchestra. It treats the soaring violin andthe sonorous cello as one instrument, and with theorchestra, creates a passionate, richly melodic andfinely crafted musical palate that also includes somehumorous and conversational moments. Sibelius’mystical tone poem, based on Finnish mythology,beautifully evokes a magic land of enchantment.Mathis der Maler contains some of Hindemith’s mostbeautiful music. Based on the famous Isenheim altar-piece tableau, Hindemith’s radiant music features aconcert of angels, depicts the tragedy of death, andculminates in visionary majestic alleluias.

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GloriaWith the NOVA Community Chorus,Dr. Mark Whitmire, Music DirectorMoor’s Double Concerto with

Wendy Sutter, Cello & Sam Magill, CelloSunday, December 4 • 3 pm

Church of The Epiphany (DC)

Sunday, December 11 • 3 pmGeorge Washington Masonic National Memorial (Alexandria)

�Ernest Bloch, In the Night (A Love Poem)

Emanuel Moor, Concerto for Two Cellos, Op. 69 in D Major, with Wendy Sutter, Cello

& Sam Magill, Cello

Francis Poulenc, Gloria, with the NOVA Community Chorus

�WMPA partners with the NOVA Community Chorusto welcome the holiday season with Poulenc’s exuberant, then solemn, then humorous, andthen gleeful, Gloria, one of his best loved works. Complementing Poulenc’s colorful music palette,Ernst Bloch’s expressive and atmospheric tonepoem opens the concert. Rounding out the programis Hungarian composer Emanuel Moor’s doublecello concerto with its sweeping melodies andbreath-taking romantic score.

PoulencPADEREWSKI

Piano Concerto in AMinor

with Pianist Thomas PandolfiSunday, February 12 • 3 pm

Church of The Epiphany (DC)

Sunday, February 19 • 3 pmGeorge Washington Masonic National Memorial (Alexandria)

�Ignacy Jan Paderewski,

Piano Concerto, Op 17, A minorThomas Pandolfi, Pianist

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, The River

�The Philharmonic teams with acclaimed pianistThomas Pandolfi to showcase Paderewski’s eloquent concerto. The concerto charms with itsintriguing pictorials, undulating Romanza, and itsbrilliant Allegro that recalls the Polish highlands.Closing out the program, Ellington’s tone poemis a musical allegory that traces the river from itsspring source to its end in the sea, paralleling thecycle of life from birth to death. Wonderfullymelodic, and flowing constantly like a river, thesuite incorporates folk songs, jazz, and spiritualand blues elements.

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We are thrilled to be rounding outour fourth decade of WashingtonMetropolitan Philharmonic concertsin Alexandria and Washington. Asalways, the 2016-17 season providesa variety of musical experiences tothose curious about unusual and exceptional music. We invite you to experience the profound beauty of sym-phonic music in a season long journey. This season featuresseveral “double concertos,” outstanding soloists, and arare performance of Emánuel Moór’s Concerto for TwoCellos with acclaimed cellists, Wendy Sutter and SamMagill. The season opens with Brahms’ Concerto for Violinand Violincello, with extraordinary duo soloists Christineand Ben Wensel. Other featured soloists during the seasoninclude orchestra principals oboist Mary Padilla, flutist LynnAnn Zimmerman-Bell, and trombonist Tyler Castrucci. Otherreturning Philharmonic favorites include pianist ThomasPandolfi and the renowned Violin-Viola duo Marcolivia. Of course, our choral colleagues, the NOVA Community Chorus, return for their annual holiday concert performingPoulenc’s Gloria, and in the spring, John Ireland’s TheseThings Shall Be.

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