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  • About Music in McLean
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    • Past Performers
  • Paul Skevington, Artistic Director
  • Silver Jubilee
    • Video
    • Photos
  • Recordings
  • The Saint Luke Pipe Organ
    • Pipe Organ Specifications
  • The Saint Luke Harpsichord
  • Contact Music in McLean
  • Purchase Tickets
  • Past Seasons
    • 2019-2020 Past Concerts
    • 2017-2018 Season
    • 2016-2017 Season
    • 2015-2016 Season
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    • 2013-2014 Season

Past Seasons

2015-2016

Sunday, September 27, 4:00 PM

Amadeus Orchestra
Pre-concert lecture at 3:15 PM 
     A. Scott Wood, Artistic Director
     Alexandra Mikhlin, Violin
     Grétry: Tambourin
     Ravel: Pavane
     Massenet: Meditation from Thaïs
     Poulenc: Sinfonietta
Meet-the-artists reception
Tickets: $30, Youth (17 and under) Free • 703 759 5334 • amadeusconcerts.com

Friday, October 30, 8:00 PM
All Saints, All Hallows, All Voices and Brass
     Washington Symphonic Brass, Phil Snedecor, Artistic Director
     Fairfax Choral Society, Douglas Mears, Artistic Director
     Music of Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Berlioz, Verdi, Vaughan Williams, Carl Orff, John Williams, and Eric Whitacre.
Tickets: $25, Students $10 • 866-962-7277 • wsbrass.com

Sunday, November 1, 4:00 PM
Fauré Requiem
     Saint Francis Episcopal Choir, Great Falls
     Saint Luke Catholic Festival Choir, McLean
     Larry Vote, Conductor
     Paul Skevington, Organ
     Amadeus Chamber Orchestra
Meet-the-artists reception
Tickets: $15 • 703 356 0670 • musicinmclean.org

Sunday, November 8, 4:00 PM
National Men’s Chorus
     Thomas Beveridge, Artistic Director

     Thomas Pandolfi, Piano
     Paul Skevington, Organ
     Sacred Works
Tickets: $20, Students and Children Free • 202 244 7191 • nationalmenschorus.org

​Sunday, November 15, 4:00 PM
Eclipse Chamber Orchestra
     David Teie, Music Director
     Hozbauer: Concerto for Viola, Cello
     Telemann: Concerto for Flute and Bassoon
     Works by Bach and Vivaldi
Free Event with suggested $30 donation • 703 635 2770 • eclipseco.org

Sunday, November 22, 4:00 PM
Amadeus Orchestra
Pre-concert lecture at 3:15 PM  
     A. Scott Wood, Artistic Director
     Silver-Garburg Piano Duo
     Vivaldi: Overture to L’Olimpiade
     Mendelssohn: Octet
Meet-the-artists reception
Tickets: $30, Youth (17 and under) Free • 703 759 5334 • amadeusconcerts.com

Sunday, December 6, 3:00 PM
Saint Luke Family Lessons and Carols
     Saint Luke Cherubs, Choristers, and Women’s Choir
     Paul Skevington, Artistic Director
     Anne Schaffner, Narrator
Meet-the-artists reception
Free-will Offering • 703 356 0670 • musicinmclean.org

Sunday, December 13, 4:00 PM
Messiah Sing
     Saint Luke Festival Choir, Orchestra, and Soloists
     Paul Skevington, Artistic Director
     Thomas Colohan, Conductor
Tickets: $25 • 703 356 0670 • musicinmclean.org

Wednesday, January 13, 7:30 PM
Westminster Choir of Rider University
     Joe Miller, Conductor
     Mid-Atlantic Concert Tour
Tickets: $20 • 703 356 0670 • rider.edu/wcc/academics/choirs/westminster-choir


Sunday, March 13, 4:00 PM
Choral Splendor II: Music for Grand Organ and Chorus
Reston Chorale
     David Lang, Artistic Director

     Paul Skevington, Organ
     Tordis Fahringer, Organ
     Charles-Marie Widor: Mass for two choirs and two organs
     Works by Dupré, Messiæn, and Sweelinck
Meet-the-artists reception
Tickets: $30, Seniors 61+ $25, Youth 17 and under Free with adult ticket-holder. 
703 834 0079 • restonchorale.org

Sunday, May 22, 4:00 PM
Amadeus Orchestra
Pre-concert lecture at 3:15 PM  
     A. Scott Wood, Artistic Director
     Thomas Pandolfi, Piano
     Sibelius: Finlandia
     Grieg: Piano Concerto
     Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Meet-the-artists reception.
Tickets: $30, Youth (17 and under) Free • 703 759 5334 • amadeusconcerts.com

Sunday, May 29, 4:00 PM
Memorial Day Concert
     National Men’s Chorus
     Thomas Beveridge, Artistic Director
     Thomas Pandolfi, Piano
     Paul Skevington, Organ
Tickets: $20, Students and Children Free • 202 244 7191 • nationalmenschorus.org


Sunday, June 5, 5:00 PM
The City Choir of Washington
     Robert Shafer, Artistic Director
     Paul Skevington, Organ
     Duruflé: Requiem
     Area Premiere of Robert Shafer’s I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes
Tickets $30, Students and Seniors $20 • 202 495 1613 • thecitychoirofwashington.org

Sunday, September 28, 4:00 pm
Silver-Garburg Piano Duo
Amadeus Orchestra, A. Scott Wood, Conducto
Tickets: $30 * Youth (17 and under) Free * 703 759 5334 * amadeusconcerts.com

Our season opened with the Amadeus Orchestra performing Rossini’s Overture to The Silken Ladder, Schubert’s Symphony #5 and the beautiful Mendelssohn Concerto for Two Pianos in E major, featuring the acclaimed Silver-Garburg Piano Duo. A pre-concert lecture is open to the public at 3:15 pm and a meet-the-artists reception follows the concert.


Sunday, October 12, 4:00 pm
Brass Octoberfest
Washington Symphonic Brass
Tickets $25 * 866 962 7277 * wsbrass.com

Former Canadian Brass members Jens Lindemann - world famous trumpeter - and Martin Hackleman - former principal horn of the National Symphony Orchestra - present festive brass music to celebrate the season! The music of Brahms, Kreisler, Mozart, Mahler and Strauss will be featured.


Sunday, November 2, 4:00 pm
Great Sacred Music
National Men’s Chorus, Thomas Beveridge, Conductor * Thomas Pandolfi, Piano *  Paul Skevington, OrganTickets: $20, Students and Children Free * 202 244 7191 * nationalmenschorus.org

The National Men's Chorus, under the direction of esteemed conductor, Thomas Beveridge, presents their 15th anniversary concert. The performance will feature Gounod's Messe Solennelle, also known as the Saint Cecilia Mass; one of the composer's most famous works. 


Sunday, November 16, 4:00 pm
Pipes Spectacular  
Parker Ramsay, Organist
Free Event * 703 356 0670 * dcago.org

Organist Parker Ramsay, the first American ever to be Organ Scholar at King's College Cambridge, England, dazzles audiences with his virtuosic playing. Parker will share stories from his time at King's College, particularly regarding playing for live radio audiences of millions worldwide at the annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. The concert will be on the renowned Steiner-Reck tracker pipe organ at Saint Luke. Pipes Spectacular is sponsored by the Potomac, Northern Virginia, and District of Columbia Chapters of the American Guild of Organists.


Sunday, December 7, 4:00 pm
Messiah Sing
Saint Luke Festival Choir and Orchestra, Paul Skevington, Artistic Director
Tickets: $25 (Available online - see below - and at the door!) * 703 356 0670
* musicinmclean.org
Sunday, March 15, 4:00 pm
In Paradisum: Sacred Music from France
Fairfax Choral Society and Orchestra * Douglas Mears, Artistic Director * Paul Skevington, Organ
Tickets: $35, Students $15 (see website for advance sale discount) * 703 642 3277 * fairfaxchoralsociety.org

The FCS Symphonic Chorus and Concert Choir present In Paradisum, a concert of sacred masterworks from 20th century France. The centerpiece of this uplifting program will be Maurice Duruflé’s inspiring Requiem presented in its rarely-heard chamber orchestra version prepared by the composer fourteen years after the work’s premier.


Sunday, March 22, 4:00 pm
Choral Splendor: Music of France
The Reston Chorale, David Lang, Artistic Director
Tickets: $30, Seniors (62+) $25, Youth (17 and under with adult) Free * (see website for advance sale discount) * 703-834-0079 * restonchorale.org

Join The Reston Chorale for an evening of French choral music, featuring Organists Paul Skevington and Tordis Fahringer performing Louis Vierne's magnificent Messe Solennelle for two organs and mixed chorus. The concert will also include works by Duruflé, Faure, Franck and Widor.


Sunday, April 19, 4:00 pm
Amadeus Orchestra Winds
A. Scott Wood, Conductor
Tickets: $30 * Youth (17 and under) Free * 703 759 5334 * amadeusconcerts.com

Scott Wood and the Amadeus Orchestra Winds present an exciting program to include Mendelssohn’s Nocturne/Overture, Opus 24, Richard Strauss’s  Suite, opus 4 and Mozart’s Gran partita. A pre-concert lecture is open to the public at 3:15 PM and a meet-the-artists reception follows the concert.


Sunday, May 10, 4:30 pm
A French Choral Spectacular II
The City Choir of Washington, Robert Shafer, conductor, Paul Skevington, organ
Tickets: $30, Seniors and Students $20 * 202-495-1613 * thecitychoirofwashington.org

The Repeat of a Sellout! Last year’s popular and acclaimed all-French program returns with the same enthusiasm and new repertoire. An award-winning student of the French master composition teacher Nadia Boulanger, Maestro Shafer is an unparalleled conductor of French music. Drawing on the rich musical tradition of the great French cathedrals, this exciting program is not to be missed!


Sunday, May 17, 4:00 pm
Lyrical Romantics
Amadeus Orchestra
A. Scott Wood, Conductor, Jessica Stecklein, Soprano
Tickets: $30 * Youth (17 and under) Free * 703 759 5334 * amadeusconcerts.com

The Amadeus Orchestra presents works in the Romantic style including Weber's Overture to Oberon, Korngold's 'Marietta’s song' from Die Tote Stadt, and Brahms' Symphony #2. A pre-concert lecture begins at 3:15 pm and a 'Meet-the-Artists' reception follows the concert.


Sunday, May 24, 5:00 pm
Memorial Day Concert
National Men’s Chorus, Thomas Beveridge, Conductor
Tickets: $20, Students and Children Free * 202 244 7191 * nationalmenschorus.org

The National Men’s Chorus presents its annual Memorial Day Concert to honor the brave men and women of the armed forces with a program of patriotic music sure to inspire. Stand and be honored as the chorus sings the song of the military branch in which you or a loved one served.


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2013-2014 Concerts

Sunday, September 29, 4:00 PM

Summer’s End
Amadeus Orchestra, A. Scott Wood, Conductor, Steven Honigberg, Cello

Our season opened with Felix Mendelssohn’s entertaining and witty A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, followed by Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme and Franz Schubert’s mighty Symphony No. 2 in an up-close performance by one of the premiere orchestral ensembles in the Washington, D.C., area.  


Sunday, October 6, 4:00 PM
Debut Concert
Sound Impact
           Rebecca Jackson, Violin
           Jae Cosmos Lee, Violin
           Tiffany Richardson, Viola
           Danielle Cho, Cello
           Ashley Smith, Clarinet
           Konstantin Soukhovetski, Piano

A captivating afternoon of chamber music featured string quartets by Brahms and Mozart.  The program culminated in Haim (2012), inspired by the life of David Arben, Holocaust survivor and former associate concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra, written by Polina Nazaykinskaya for string quartet, clarinet, piano, and spoken word. 

Sunday, October 27, 4:00 PM
Haydn: Nelson Mass
Amadeus Orchestra, A. Scott Wood, Conductor
Combined Festival Choirs
            Reston Chorale
            Saint Luke Festival Choir
            Saint Francis Choir        

Italian Baroque composer Francesco Manfredini’s Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major opened the program followed by Joseph Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, written in 1798, during a time of political instability across Europe. From the anguished Kyrie to the joyous Agnus Dei, this is one of Haydn’s greatest compositions.  


Saturday, December 14, 7:30 PM
Messiah Sing
Saint Luke Festival Choir and Orchestra, Paul Skevington, Artistic Director

The audience had the chance to sing along to one of George Frideric Handel’s most famous works: Messiah, which features the instantly recognizable Hallelujah Chorus. Chamber orchestra, choir, and soloists were accompanied by the powerful Saint Luke Pipe Organ. This holiday tradition is one of our most beloved events!   

Sunday, January 12, 4:00 PM
Trio
Beau Soir Ensemble
           Carrie Rose, Flute
           Michelle Myers Lundy, Harp
           Wes Nichols, Oboe

A celebration of music from around the world including Argentine-inspired tangos and music from France and Russia. The sound of flute, harp, and oboe combine in a unique instrumental performance delivered by three talented musicians who exude passion and individual expression, enhanced with flowing synergy.

Sunday, Feb 2, 4:00 PM
Chopin Piano Recital
Brian Ganz, Piano

Brian Ganz is widely regarded as one of the premiere pianists of his generation. After a trip to Poland, the birthplace of famed composer and piano virtuoso Frederic Chopin, Brian Ganz made it his personal mission, starting in 2011, to perform Chopin's complete works. This recital featured music of Chopin along with discussion of the music. A catered reception follows the performance. All proceeds benefited the Polish American Arts Association Scholarship Fund.

Sponsored by the Polish American Arts Association

Sunday, February 9, 4:00 PM
Celebration
McLean Orchestra, Miriam Burns, Conductor, Paul Skevington, Organ

Organist Paul Skevington dazzled the audience in the powerful Poulenc Organ Concerto with strings and timpani, followed by the royal grandeur of Handel’s Water Music Suite, as well as Mozart’s dramatic Serenata Notturna and Haydn’s masterful Symphony No. 44, Trauer.     

Sunday, Feb 23, 2014, 4:00 PM
A French Choral Spectacular
The City Choir of Washington, Robert Shafer, Conductor, Paul Skevington, Organ

Music in McLean warmly welcomed Grammy award-winning conductor Robert Shafer and his talented hundred-voice City Choir for an unforgettable afternoon of choral music, accompanied by renowned organist Paul Skevington. They performed the magnificent Messe Solennelle by Vierne, Messiaen’s well-known Outburst of Joy, and the Gloria from Messe Cum Jubilo of Durufle. 


Location

Music in McLean
Saint Luke Catholic Church

7001 Georgetown Pike
McLean, Virginia 22101
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Phone: 703 356 0670 
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