Schubert

Winterreise

Christine Schäfer

Eric Schneider

A reminder for tomorrow night's recital, Winterreise is performed without a break. Therefore there will be no late seating.

“I will sing a cycle of spine-chilling songs to you. I am curious to see what you think of them. They have taken more out of me than any others I have written. I like these songs more than all the others, and in time you will come to like them too.”
— Franz Schubert (Reminiscence by Josef von Spaun)

Website of particular interest

Ionarts (www.ionarts.org) is an on-line journal for classical music, culture, and the fine arts in the greater Washington area. From humble beginnings in June 2003, it has now grown into one of the region's most important sources for independent concert reviews and cultural commentary in and around Washington, D.C. The moderator of Ionarts, Dr. Charles T. Downey, was featured as Blogger of the Month for December 2007 by Marc Fisher of the Washington Post.

Ionarts is updated daily with reviews of a broad selection of concerts in the area (as well as occasional out-of-town reports), reviews of new classical CD and DVD releases, notices of classical music and arts news culled from newspapers around the world, and links to interesting articles in other publications. The site also features an extensive and nearly exhaustive calendar of classical performances in the Washington-Baltimore region. Although the primary focus is classical music, other writers contribute occasional pieces on art and film, which make the Web site of interest to Internet visitors beyond classical music connoisseurs.

They have not been able to cover all Vocal Arts recitals, but have written well about those that they could..

Special offer for Thomas Hampson with the NSO, Jan 31-Feb 2

The National Symphony Orchestra would like to extend this special offer to you, for concerts featuring acclaimed baritone Thomas Hampson.

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$40 SEATS IN THE PRIME AND REGULAR ORCHESTRA*

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THOMAS HAMPSON

with the NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

ALL-MAHLER PROGRAM

Jan. 31-Feb. 2 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall

Order your specially priced tickets online with the link at the email footer.

PRAISE FOR THOMAS HAMPSON:

"A star baritone!"

-THE NEW YORK TIMES

"His voice has a special beauty that's impossible to describe in words."

-OPERA MAGAZINE

"His powerhouse career shows no signs of slowing down."

-OPERA NEWS

Grammy-winning American opera star Thomas Hampson is also a celebrated lieder singer, and one of today's leading interpreters of Gustav Mahler's music. Hampson joins the NSO for "Kindertotenlieder," a cycle of five heartbreaking songs that set poems by Friedrich Rückert.

Conducted by Music Director Leonard Slatkin, the program continues with Mahler's 6th Symphony, which weaves together vigorous marches, pastoral nostalgia, and a diabolical scherzo before coming to an epic close with its famed "three hammer strokes of fate."

CONCERT DATES & TIMES:

No late seating - please arrive early.

--THURSDAY, JAN. 31 AT 7 - includes an "AfterWords" free post-concert discussion with Leonard Slatkin and Thomas Hampson

--FRIDAY, FEB. 1 AT 8

--SATURDAY, FEB. 2 AT 8

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Tickets also available at the Box Office or charge by phone

(202) 467-4600 | TTY (202) 416-8524 | Groups call (202) 416-8400

MENTION OFFER NUMBER "27071" TO RECEIVE YOUR SPECIAL DISCOUNT.

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Discount valid on $59 Prime Orchestra seats and $45/$50 Regular Orchestra seats only. Offer subject to availability. Not valid in combination with any other offer. Not valid on previously purchased tickets. Offer may be withdrawn at any time without notice.