A BEL CANTO SALON

MARCH 3​
At our season finale, two Steinways will grace the stage to celebrate this beloved operatic style. Highlights include Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle, in its rarely heard original salon form. In addition, Washington Master Chorale will present excerpts from Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzer, Op. 52, and Lori Laitman’s witty and eloquent vocal cycle, Are Women People?, on texts from the American suffragist movement. 

The program will include a generous list of critically-acclaimed Guest Artists including Thomas Pandolfi and Dr. Amanda Halstead on piano, Soprano Danielle Talamantes, and many more. See full list below.
Sunday, March 3, 2024 | 5:00pm
Pre-Concert Talk | 4:00pm
National Presbyterian Church
4101 Nebraska Ave, NW​
​Washington, D.C.
More About Laitman’s Are Women People

The cycle sets the poetry of Alice Duer Miller, excerpts from a speech by Susan B. Anthony and The 19th Amendment. It was commissioned in 2016 by The Howard Hanson Institute for American Music at The Eastman School of Music and the Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote in New York State. It premiered March 5, 2017 at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. 

Featured Guest Artists

Photo by Alessandro Rossi