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The National Symphony Orchestra made U Street, Howard University, Shaw, and Logan Circle the focus of its free community engagement activities in January 2013.
Excerpt from Debussy: Petite Suite: Mvt. IV, Ballet. As part of his week in residency, pianist Lang Lang gives a duo recital with mentor and friend Christoph Eschenbach of works for two pianos by Mozart and Schubert.
Excerpt from Schubert: Deux marches caracteristiques: Marche No. 1, Allegro vivace. As part of his week in residency, pianist Lang Lang gives a duo recital with mentor and friend Christoph Eschenbach of works for two pianos by Mozart and Schubert.
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Excerpt from Schubert: Duo in A minor, D 947 "Lebenssturme" (The Torments of Life). As part of his week in residency, pianist Lang Lang gives a duo recital with mentor and friend Christoph Eschenbach of works for two pianos by Mozart and Schubert.
Excerpt from Schubert: Fantasie for Piano 4 hands in F minor, D 940/Op. 103. As part of his week in residency, pianist Lang Lang gives a duo recital with mentor and friend Christoph Eschenbach of works for two pianos by Mozart and Schubert.
Excerpt from Mozart: Sonata for Piano 4 hands in F major, K. 497. As part of his week in residency, pianist Lang Lang gives a duo recital with mentor and friend Christoph Eschenbach of works for two pianos by Mozart and Schubert.
Excerpt from Mozart: Sonata for 2 Pianos in D major, K. 448. As part of his week in residency, pianist Lang Lang gives a duo recital with mentor and friend Christoph Eschenbach of works for two pianos by Mozart and Schubert.
The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) Youth Fellowship Program is an orchestral training program for young musicians in grades 9-12 in the DC metropolitan area.
National Symphony Orchestra Music Director Christoph Eschenbach gives an overview of the 2011-2012 NSO Classical season.
Among the finest conductors the world over, Maestro Christoph Eschenbach became the Music Director of the NSO and the Kennedy Center in 2010. Explore Eschenbach's history: his life, his career, his passionate dedication to the arts.
A post-concert discussion with Christoph Eschenbach, Julian Wachner, Nikolai Schukoff, and Nigel Boon. Recorded on March 12, 2010, following Eschenbach's inaugural concert of Verdi's Requiem.
Music Director Designate of the National Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Designate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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Additional Resources
- Eschenbach Reviewed on the Millennium Stage Review of Eschenbach's second Millennium Stage Recital
- Hail, Eschenbach, All Hail Charles Downey on Christoph Eschenbach
- Taking the Measure of the National Symphony Baltimore Sun Summary of First Eschenbach Season
- Eschenbach serves notice of exciting era to come with National Symphony The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD (March 15, 2010)
- New NSO Music Director: Christoph Eschenbach Eschenbach Appointed Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra
- Christoph Eschenbach to Lead National Symphony The Washington Post, Washington, DC (Sept. 26, 2008) "Ending months of speculation and years of searching, the National Symphony Orchestra has chosen its next music director: the German conductor and pianist Christoph Eschenbach..."
- NSO's Promising Date With Christoph Eschenbach The Washington Post, Washington, DC (Feb. 28, 2008) "In January, one of the Philadelphia Inquirer's music critics floated the possibility on his blog that Christoph Eschenbach would become the next music director of the NSO..."
- Christoph Eschenbach's official website
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Upcoming Events
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National Symphony Orchestra: Season Opening Ball Concert: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Cameron Carpenter, organ
9/29/2013 7:00 PM Eschenbach officially opens the NSO's new season with a program featuring superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma in Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations. Also, Saint-Saëns's "Organ Symphony" finale features the NSO debut of young organist Cameron Carpenter.
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National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / NSO Hechinger Commission: Roger Reynolds's george WASHINGTON
10/3/2013 - 10/5/2013 Music Director Christoph Eschenbach leads a fascinating program that includes Saint-Saëns's "Organ Symphony" featuring NSO organist William Neil, as well as george WASHINGTON, a world premiere by Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Roger Reynolds.
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National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Celebrating Wagner at 200: Act III of Parsifal, in concert
10/10/2013 - 10/12/2013 This concert version of the final act from Wagner's epic opera Parsifal features tenor Nikolai Schukoff, baritone Thomas Hampson, bass Yuri Vorobiev, and The Washington Chorus.
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National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Brahms's Symphony No. 1, plus two by Mozart
12/5/2013 - 12/7/2013 Maestro Eschenbach leads the NSO in Brahms's magnificent Symphony No. 1 and two classics by Mozart: the Die Zauberflöte Overture, as well as his Violin Concerto No. 4 featuring NSO concertmaster Nurit Bar-Josef.
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National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Dvorák's "From the New World" Symphony, plus Mozart and an NSO debut
1/23/2014 - 1/25/2014 Eschenbach leads Dvorák's Symphony No. 9, Mozart's "Haffner" Symphony, and a recent work by Avner Dorman featuring the NSO debut of young Austrian percussionist Martin Grubinger, "a master of the high-speed chase" (New York Times).
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National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Beyond the Score: Dvorák's Symphony No. 9 - Whose World?
1/24/2014 8:00 PM For aficionados and newcomers alike, this series uses actors, narration, excerpts, and multimedia to share captivating stories behind a score, followed by a full performance of the work. This event explores Dvorák's towering "New World" Symphony.
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Fortas Chamber Music Concert: Matthias Goerne, baritone & Christoph Eschenbach, piano: Die schöne Müllerin
1/27/2014 7:30 PM Hailed for their performance of Schubert's Winterreise in March 2012 as part of The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna, Goerne and Eschenbach come together again to perform Schubert's vivid song cycle Die schöne Müllerin.
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National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Joshua Bell, violin, plays Mendelssohn; Matthias Goerne, baritone, & Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano, sing Hindemith
1/30/2014 - 2/1/2014 Joshua Bell--"the greatest American violinist active today" (Boston Herald)--plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. Plus, singers Matthias Goerne and Michelle DeYoung join for Hindemith's When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom'd.
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National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Steven Isserlis, cello, plays Schumann
2/6/2014 - 2/8/2014 Steven Isserlis, renowned for "the unrivaled intensity of his playing" (The Guardian), shines in Schumann's Cello Concerto on a program led by Christoph Eschenbach that also includes the Brahms/Schoenberg Piano Quartet and Haydn's Symphony No. 72.
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National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Christian Tetzlaff, violin, plays Widmann
2/27/2014 - 3/1/2014 Christian Tetzlaff's "sheer, explosive virtuosity" (The New York Times) comes to the fore in Widmann's Violin Concerto. Beethoven's First and Second Symphonies frame the program, completing the NSO's recent Beethoven cycle.
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National Symphony Orchestra: Der Rosenkavalier in Concert, with Renée Fleming / Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
3/8/2014 6:00 PM Marking 150 years since Strauss's birth, soprano Renée Fleming headlines a concert performance of the composer's comic opera that features Sarah Connolly, Marisol Montalvo, Franz Hawlata, Adrian Eröd, Steve Davislim, and Washington Chorus.
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National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Celebrating R. Strauss at 150 featuring Iréne Theorin, soprano, and John Relyea, bass-baritone
3/20/2014 - 3/22/2014 The NSO salutes Richard Strauss with his Don Juan and selections from Elektra and Salome. The program also marks the NSO debut of soprano Iréne Theorin, praised for her "emotional vigor" (San Francisco Chronicle).
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National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Nicola Benedetti, violin, & Leonard Elschenbroich, cello, play Brahms's Double Concerto
6/5/2014 - 6/7/2014 Maestro Eschenbach leads Brahms's famed Double Concerto featuring two rising young stars--violinist Nicola Benedetti and cellist Leonard Elschenbroich, both in their NSO debuts. The program also includes Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" Symphony.
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National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Bruckner's Symphony No. 8
6/12/2014 - 6/14/2014 Music Director Christoph Eschenbach--"who puts his whole heart out on stage, every time" (The Washington Post)--concludes the NSO's classical season with Bruckner's titanic and awe-inspiring Symphony No. 8.
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