| A Conversation with Dan McCarthy
on the Viola d'Amore
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On March 6 and 7, the Washington Bach Consort will present a concert featuring a very special instrument, played by viola d’amore virtuoso Dan McCarthy. Dan spoke with Matthew Dayton, a host on WETA Classical, about his approach to the viola d’amore and the music he will perform in Metal and Gut: Two. Read More»
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MARCH IS HERE, AND THE MUSIC BEGINS NOW.
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Join us TODAY and tomorrow for our always-popular FREE Noontime Cantata Series, the perfect midday pause. Then keep the momentum going this Friday and Saturday with Metal and Gut (March 6 in DC and March 7 in VA), followed by Monteverdi’s luminous Vespro della Beata Vergine on Sunday, March 22. From intimate lunchtime cantatas to sweeping evening masterworks, there’s something for every kind of listener this month. Bring a friend and celebrate the season with us—and yes, there will be a little chocolate along the way.
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| FREE! Noontime Cantata Series
Monday, March 2, 2026 at 12:10 P.M.
St. Mark's Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 12:10 P.M.
Church of the Epiphany, Washington, DC
Take a break from your busy workday and join us to enjoy the music of Bach in a beautiful and relaxing atmosphere!
Organ Prelude
Ciacona in E Minor, BuxWV 160, Dieterich Buxtehude
Praeludium in G Minor, Vincent Lübeck
Paula Maust, organ
Cantata
Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56
Edmund Milly, bass
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Dan McCarthy
viola d’amore
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| Metal and Gut
Daniel McCarthy and the Viola d’Amore
Friday, March 6, 2026 at 7 P.M.
Live! at 10th & G, Washington, DC
On Friday join us for a FREE post-concert
chocolate tasting with The Chocolate House!
Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 7 P.M.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Alexandria, VA
The Viola d’Amore was an instrument unique in timbre and resonance that evoked special emotions in operas and cantatas of the finest Baroque composers. With no uniform tuning or construction, surviving examples use anywhere from four to seven strings, with as many as 21 “sympathetic strings.” Multi-instrumentalist Daniel McCarthy will showcase this unique instrument, with collaborators David Ross, Julie Bosworth, and Marc Bellassai. Learn More»
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Paulina Francisco
soprano
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| The Light of Monteverdi
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206 (1610)
Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 4 P.M.
National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC
Among the most celebrated works in Western musical history, Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610) was dedicated to Pope Paul V at a moment when Claudio Monteverdi was aiming to make a quantum leap in his career prospects. After 20 years in the service of the illustrious Duke of Mantua, Monteverdi’s Marian vespers was published only three years before his star rose to the great Basilica of San Marco in Venice, where he famously served as music director for 30 years. Learn More»
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FREE: St. Ann presents Dominic Fiacco on the Organ
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St. Ann Catholic Church's Free Classical Concert Series continues when they welcome young organ virtuoso Dominic Fiacco for a program that traces a rich arc of organ music—from Buxtehude’s Baroque Prelude through French Romantic and early 20th-century works by Guilmant, Roger-Ducasse, Tournemire, and Duruflé.
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