5 January – Tyler St. Clare, Janna Critz, Joshua Barnett, Michael Jancarek, voices, dulcimers, guitars, antique flutes; bringing to life the revelry of 15 March – The Choir of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, UK; one of the UK’s premier professional church ensembles, currently on tour in the US 10 May – Duo Amaral Jorge Amaral & Mia Pomerantz-Amaral, guitars in the music of Latin America: duoamaral.com Christmas as it might have been celebrated in the colonies 300 years ago 17 May – Robert Simonds, violin 12 January – Schola Epihaniensis: Rachel Evangeline Barham, James Rogers, Oliver Mercer, Roger Isaacs,Voices Jeremy Filsell, piano Michelle Lundy, Harp; Music for Epiphany-tide including Benjamin Britten’s Canticles ‘The Journey of the Magi’ and ‘Abraham & Isaac’ 19 January – Theo Davis, harpsichord & organ plays plays Purcell, Biber and Piazzolla: robertsimonds.squarespace.com 24 May – Jocelyn Swigger, piano presents on Frédéric 22 March – Richard Giarusso, Baritone Lauren Rausch, violin Jeremy Filsell continuo in an all-Bach Chopin’s virtuoso Etudes Op. 25 and the three Nouvelle Etudes jocelynswigger.com program to mark the historic events of Holy Week 31 May – Ralitza Patcheva & Jeremy Filsell, pianos 26 January – Tzu-yi Chen, piano The 29 March – Andrew Sords, Violin Ina Mirtcheva, piano; this internationally recognized duo offers masterworks recent runner-up at the 7th Liszt-Garrison International Piano Competition and prizewinner for the ’Best Liszt Interpretation Award’ plays Tchaikovsky, Liszt and Debussy. 5 April – Washington Bach Consort, J. Reilly Lewis, director Cantata: Am Abend aber desselbigen perform Rachmaninov’s symphonic scale Suite for Two Pianos Op. 17 and music by Debussy on two Steinway Ds Bach, Couperin, Dupré & Duruflé on Epiphany’s grand organ by Beethoven, Franck and Sarasate: andrewsords.com Sabbats, BWV 42; Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 2 February – Amy Domingues ,Viola da Gamba Anthony Harvey, theorbo Jeremy Filsell, continuo; Enigmatic 552 Victoria Shields, organ Echoes: The Voice of the Viola da Gamba— Works by Marais, Buxtehude and Telemann: amydomingues.com 12 April – I Dilettosi Fiori enchanting Liebeslieder Waltzes “ ..I am the one who, walking in greenery, seeks delightful flowers.” Corina 14 June – The Atlantic Reed Consort; an Oboe, Clarinet, Marti, Flutes and Clavisimbalum 9 February – MARDI GRAS celebrated with New Orleans Jazz from Mike Flaherty's Dixieland Direct ... 16 February – Vasily Popov, cello Ralitza Patcheva, piano. This virtuoso husband-and-wife team offer works by Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and Brahms 23 February – BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Peate Peagues and Irvin Peterson; an observance of important events and music in the history of the African diaspora 1 March –Washington Bach Consort, J. Reilly Lewis, director Cantata: Wie schön 14th century music for Clavisimbalum and flutes: ramee.org 19 April – Martin Labazevitch piano; a performance of Modest Mussorgsky’s monumental Pictures at an Exhibiton (1874) 26 April – Beau Soir Ensemble Michelle Lundy, harp Jennifer Ries, viola Lauren Sileo, flute; music by Scarlatti and Respighi: beausoir.org leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1; Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 547 Jeremy Filsell, organ 8 March – Sarah Biber, cello Jeremy Filsell, piano celebrating the 100th anniversary of Max Reger’s death (March 19, 1916) with a rare performance of his epic 3rd Sonata in F major Op. 78 for cello and piano: takomaensemble.blogspot.com/p/cellos-and-bass.html 3 May –Washington Bach Consort, J. Reilly Lewis, director Cantata: Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens BWV 148; Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540 Todd 7 June – Scott Auby, Kristen Dubenion-Smith, Matthew Loyal Smith, Rebecca Kellerman-Petretta, Voices with Jeremy Filsell, piano in Brahms’ beguiling and Fickley, organ Bass Clarinet, Saxophone and Bassoon quintet with cutting edge sound and who add a new twist to Bach, Vivaldi and Debussy: arconsort.org 21 June – Floyd’s Row; Andrew Arceci, gamba Chris Ferebee, mandolin; a British-American ensemble fusing early, folk, and classical idioms; works by Purcell, Campion and Francesco Barsanti: floydsrow.com 28 June – Magnificat with Philip Cave director; the professional and award-winning British Early Music Ensemble specializing in the restoration and performance of neglected choral masterpieces from Reformation England and 16th century Spain: chorworks.com/magnificat/