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The Alexandria Symphony Orchestra performs works from Vivaldi, Respighi and Gershwin in Seductive Soundscapes, with soloists Leonid Sushansky on violin and Carlos Rodriguez on piano. The program includes Summer and Autumn from the Four Seasons and Respighi's Pines of Rome. Learn more...

J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor is one of the crowning achievements in all of classical music. The students of the 2009 Choralis Summer Festival join Choralis as they perform this masterwork at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center. Learn more...

From the finest Russian folk orchestra outside Russia, Those Were the Days celebrates the traditional sound and repertoire of Russian music, with a 90-member chorus and a 65-piece orchestra, including domra, balalaika and vocal soloists. This performance marks the 20th anniversary of the Washington Balalaika Orchestra. Learn more...

Franz Liszt's rarely-performed oratorio Christus comes to the stage in a concert by the New Dominion Chorale and Orchestra. Acclaimed by critics when it debuted in the early 20th century, the lengthy Christus has been smartly edited by the Chorale's artistic director Thomas Beveridge for this performance that includes a 200-voice chorus, 50-piece orchestra and three soloists. Learn more...

The culmination of a season centered on the vocality of music, this program from Alexandria Symphony Orchestra includes Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser Overture, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikosky's Symphony No. 5 and Richard Rodgers' Overture to South Pacific. Learn more...

The Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Chorus, and Heritage Signature Chorale perform O' Lyric Voice, a concert celebrating two great crossover artists: theatrical composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and renowned saxophonist Branford Marsalis. The program includes selections form Schubert's Mass in Eb and Webber's Requiem, with Marsalis featured on three pieces: Bach's Aria, Ibert's Concertino da camera, and ASO Maestro Kim Allen Kluge's own Vocalise. Learn more...

Love is in the air with Alexandria Symphony Orchestra's special Valentine's weekend program that includes some of the greatest love stories ever put to music: Ravel's L'heure espagnole (The Spanish Hour) and Puccini's Love Duets from La bohème and Madama Butterfly. Joining ASO are the Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia and vocalists Leslie Mutchler, Peter Burroughs, Christopher Austin, Julia Rolwing, and former Baltimore Ravens player Ta'u Pupu'a. Learn more...

The Alexandria Symphony Orchestra celebrates the Thanksgiving season with their concert O' Thankful Voice. Yulia Gorenman is featured on Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 Elvira Madigan. Principal ASO French horn player Amy Horn also joins her colleagues as soloist in Alec Wilder's Suite for Horn and Strings. Dvorák's ever popular Serenade for Strings rounds out the program. Learn more...

The Alexandria Symphony Orchestra opens its new season with the multidisciplinary O' Inner Voice. Critically-acclaimed Bowen McCauley Dance joins the ASO for Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis and Brahms' Piano Concerto #1 (Mvt. 1), featuring local favorite Jeffrey Watson on piano. Also included on the program will be selections from Massenet, Vaughan Williams and Brahms. Learn more...

Inspire the inner spirit to dance as the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, in partnership with The Metropolitan Chorus and Heritage Signature Chorale, presents "Bliss." The concert will feature Smetana's "The Bartered Bride Overture," Hailstork's "Earthrise" (inspired by Beethoven's "Ode to Joy"), and Dvorák's "Cello Concerto" with special guest, world-renowned cellist Lynn Harrell. Learn more...

Revel in the pure physicality of music as The Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, in partnership with Bowen McCauley Dance and the Alexandria Choral Society, presents "Rapture". The program features Mendelssohn's Symphony #4 "Italian". Handel's "Zadok the Priest", Fauré's "Pavane", Beethoven's "Elegischer Gesang" (Opus 118), and Respighi's "Ancient Airs and Dances #1". Learn more...

Modern dance company Jane Franklin Dance presents Sound Walk, a blend of dance, live music, and collaboration from the local artistic community. The concert features dances set to music by Gina Biver's Splash, Nova String Quartet (sponsored by American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras), and Alexandria Choral Society Children's Chorus. Learn more...

Indulge in the lushness of interwoven strings and dancers as the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra presents a program of works by Bach, Strauss, Gabrieli, Tippett, Villa-Lobos and Tchaikovsky. Guest performers include BosmaDance and violinists Claudia Chudacoff and Najin Kim. Learn more...