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The National Gallery of Art’s new exhibit, America Collects Eighteenth-Century French Painting (May 21 through August 20, 2017) asks what American collectors make of France in the eighteenth-century, the period during which the nations were each other’s closest allies. On the exhibit’s opening day, the Marine Chamber Orchestra will present works by noted French composers Jean-Phillippe Rameau and Jean-Marie Leclair, as well as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s stunning tribute to Paris, his Symphony No. 31 in D, setting the tone to appreciate these seventy eighteenth-century paintings from collections across America. The concert will take place at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 21, in the National Gallery of Art's West Garden Court in northwest Washington, DC. Free admission. - The National Gallery of Art’s new exhibit, America Collects Eighteenth-Century French Painting (May 21 through August 20, 2017) asks what American collectors make of France in the eighteenth-century, the period during which the nations were each other’s closest allies. On the exhibit’s opening day, the Marine Chamber Orchestra will present works by noted French composers Jean-Phillippe Rameau and Jean-Marie Leclair, as well as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s stunning tribute to Paris, his Symphony No. 31 in D, setting the tone to appreciate these seventy eighteenth-century paintings from collections across America. The concert will take place at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 21, in the National Gallery of Art's West Garden Court in northwest Washington, DC. Free admission.

This program explores the connection between the human voice and instruments, with some works featuring the voice itself intermingled with the many instrumental sounds of the wind ensemble. Selections include Gustav Holst’s classic Second Suite in F for Military Band and Edward Elgar’s arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537, transcribed for band by Captain Ryan J. Nowlin. Also included is Joseph Schwantner’s and the mountains rising nowhere; William Bolcom’s Three Cabaret Songs, featuring mezzo-soprano Gunnery Sgt. Sara Sheffield; and James Stephenson’s Symphony No. 2, Voices, which was composed specifically for “The President’s Own.” The concert will take place at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 7, at Northern Virginia Community College's Schlesinger Concert Hall in Alexandria, Va. Free admission and parking. - This program explores the connection between the human voice and instruments, with some works featuring the voice itself intermingled with the many instrumental sounds of the wind ensemble. Selections include Gustav Holst’s classic Second Suite in F for Military Band and Edward Elgar’s arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537, transcribed for band by Captain Ryan J. Nowlin. Also included is Joseph Schwantner’s and the mountains rising nowhere; William Bolcom’s Three Cabaret Songs, featuring mezzo-soprano Gunnery Sgt. Sara Sheffield; and James Stephenson’s Symphony No. 2, Voices, which was composed specifically for “The President’s Own.” The concert will take place at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 7, at Northern Virginia Community College's Schlesinger Concert Hall in Alexandria, Va. Free admission and parking.