Summer Concerts: 2008

Past Events

• National Symphony Orchestra: Memorial Day Concert

  May 25, 2008 at 8:00 PM
  FREE! PBS remembers the sacrifices of America's veterans with a Memorial Day concert at the U.S. Capitol featuring the NSO and many other special guests.

• National Symphony Orchestra: National Conducting Institute Concert

  Jun 21, 2008 at 6:01 PM
  FREE! Graduates of the NSO's National Conducting Institute lead the Orchestra in their NSO conducting debuts.
  

• A Capitol Fourth

  Jul 4, 2008 at 8:00 PM
  FREE! Celebrate Independence Day with the NSO, led by guest conductor Erich Kunzel, and special guests in a free concert of patriotic favorites, classical masterworks, and more - all followed by the spectacular fireworks display! Gates open at 3 p.m.

• NSO at Wolf Trap: Bernstein's Candide in concert

  Jul 6, 2008 at 8:15 PM
  The NSO is joined by conductor Stephen Lord and this year's Wolf Trap Opera Company artists in a concert staging of Candide, Leonard Bernstein's delightfully witty ode to optimism.

• NSO at Wolf Trap: Tcheers for Tchaikovsky!

  Jul 10, 2008 at 8:15 PM
  The 1812 Overture is back with a bang in an evening featuring live cannon effects and favorites from The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker to the stunning Violin Concerto.

• NSO at Wolf Trap: An Evening with Kiri Te Kanawa

  Jul 11, 2008 at 8:15 PM
  The legendary soprano makes her only DC-area appearance.

• NSO at Wolf Trap: This Way to Broadway with Marvin Hamlisch

  Jul 12, 2008 at 8:15 PM
  Marvin Hamlisch leads the Orchestra in This Way to Broadway, an evening of Broadway favorites, including hits by George Gershwin and Irving Berlin, and tunes from his own A Chorus Line.

• National Trustees' NSO Summer Music Institute Orchestra Concert

  Jul 13 - 27, 2008
  FREE! Participants in this intensive program for talented young musicians ages 14-21 present two free concerts on the Concert Hall stage.