The Music Center at Strathmore, located at 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, is home to the National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on the road. Fresh musical repertoire for spring concerts will be as welcome as the warm weather. For availability, ticket information and free preconcert lectures, log on to strathmore.org or call 301-581-5101.
The National Philharmonic
Tickets: 301-581-5100
Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
When: 8 p.m. April 28, 3 p.m. April 29
Featured artist: Sarah Chang
Debussy
When: 8 p.m. May 5
Featured artists: Brian Ganz, piano; Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Piotr Gajewski, conductor
Debussy’s “Martyrdom of St. Sebastian”
When: 8 p.m. May 19
Featured artists: Eliot Pfanstiehl, narrator; Stan Engebretson, conductor; Audrey Elizabeth Luna, soprano; Rosa Lamoreaux, soprano; Linda Maguire, mezzo-soprano
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, music director and conductor
Tickets: 877-BSO-1444
‘Romeo and Juliet’
When: 8 p.m. April 14
Featured artists: Lionel Bringuier,conductor; Jonathan Carney,violin
SuperPops Concert Series: ‘Do You Hear the People Sing? Miss Saigon to Les Miserables’
When: 8 p.m. April 19
Featured artist: Jack Everly, conductor
Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
When: 8 p.m. April 26
Featured artists: Jun Markl,conductor; Arabella Steinbacher,violin
Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony
When: 8:15 p.m. May 4
Featured artist: Marin Alsop, conductor
Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2
When: 8 p.m. May 12
Featured artists: Marin Alsop,conductor; Andre Watts, piano
BSO SuperPops: ‘The Beat Goes On! The Music of the Baby Boomers’
When: 8 p.m. May 17
Featured artist: Jack Everly, conductor
Beethoven’s Ninth
When: 8 p.m. May 26
Featured artists: Peter Oundjian, conductor
Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto
When: 8 p.m. May 31
Featured artists: Gunther Herbig, conductor; Jonathan Biss, piano
