Summer Concerts: 2006

Past Events

• National Conducting Institute Concert

  Sat., May 20, 2006, 6:00 PM
  FREE! Hear this next generation of brilliant conductors in a performance with the NSO in the Concert Hall.

• National Symphony Orchestra Memorial Day Concert

  Sun., May 28, 2006, 8:00 PM
  

• A Capitol Fourth 2006

  Tue., Jul. 4, 2006, 8:00 PM
  

• NSO at Wolf Trap: Itzhak Perlman, violin & conductor: Happy Birthday, Mozart!

  Thu., Jul. 6, 2006, 8:15 PM
  Celebrate Mozart's 250th birthday with Itzhak Perlman, who performs and conducts a program that includes the Adagio and Rondo and Symphony No. 41 ("Jupiter").

• NSO at Wolf Trap: To Boldly Go...

  Fri., Jul. 7, 2006, 8:30 PM
  With narration by Leonard Nimoy, journey to the final frontier and beyond with Gustav Holst's The Planets and music from Star Trek, Star Wars, and other science fiction films. 

• NSO at Wolf Trap: Beethoven's Greatest Hits

  Sat., Jul. 8, 2006, 8:15 PM
  Emil de Cou gives a grand introduction to Beethoven's immortal works, including the First Movement of Symphony No. 5 and the Finale ("Ode to Joy") from Symphony No. 9.

• NSO at Carter Barron Amphitheatre

  Jul. 14 - 15, 2006
  

• NSO at Wolf Trap: Carmina and The Ring

  Thu., Jul. 20, 2006, 8:15 PM
  Emil de Cou leads the NSO in a program featuring excerpts from Wagner's Ring Cycle and Shore's score to The Lord of the Rings, and Orff's Carmina Burana with The Washington Chorus .

• NSO at Wolf Trap: Some Enchanted Evening: The Music of Richard Rodgers

  Fri., Jul. 21, 2006, 8:15 PM
  Principal Pops Conductor Marvin Hamlisch leads a celebration of golden classics from The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, South Pacific, Carousel, and more.

• NSO at Wolf Trap: Roméo et Juliette in Concert

  Sat., Jul. 22, 2006, 8:15 PM
  Enjoy a semi-staged concert of Charles Gounod's romantic opera based on Shakespeare's tragedy of forbidden love.

• NSO at Wolf Trap: An Evening with Renée Fleming

  Thu., Aug. 3, 2006, 8:15 PM
   America's favorite soprano returns to Wolf Trap with a dazzling program of operatic arias and other selections.

• NSO at Wolf Trap: PLAY! A Video Game Symphony

  Fri., Aug. 4, 2006, 8:30 PM
  Guest conductor Arnie Roth leads the Orchestra in award-winning music from video games, accompanied by graphics on large screens.

• NSO at Wolf Trap: The Wizard of Oz

  Sat., Aug. 5, 2006, 8:30 PM
  Back by popular demand! The family favorite will be projected onto big screens with the NSO performing the entire film score.

• National Symphony Orchestra Labor Day Concert

  Sun., Sep. 3, 2006, 8:00 PM
  FREE, NO TICKETS REQUIRED! The Prelude Festival begins on a high note with selections from Copland's Rodeo and Lincoln Portrait, Bernstein's The Magnificent Seven, Williams's theme from Superman, plus much more.

• NSO Summer Music Institute Orchestra