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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Chamber music returns to The Lyceum this summer as the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association presents its 36th annual Summer Sunday Chamber Music Series, with a dozen free concerts running every Sunday afternoon from June 7 through Aug. 30.
The concerts begin at 3 p.m. at The Lyceum, the Alexandria History Museum, in Old Town Alexandria. No tickets are required, and a $25 donation is suggested. Organizers note that performances are subject to change.
The series opens June 7 with "Piano & Friends," a program of works by Kenji Bunch, Clara Schumann and Dmitry Shostakovich performed by an ensemble of voice, winds, strings and piano. The following Sundays feature Alexandria Baroque on baroque violin and lute, June 14; pianist Luke Ratcliffe in works by Chopin and Schumann, June 21; the Main Street Chamber Players, July 5; and "Music to Celebrate America 250," a program marking the nation's 250th anniversary, July 12.
The lineup continues through the summer with a solo piano recital by Maxim Pakhonov on July 26; "A Celebration of Song," featuring soprano Elizabeth Kluegel and pianist John Sutherland Earle, Aug. 2; the Aloha Players, Aug. 9; the 5th Floor Ensemble, Aug. 16; "Clarinet Trios," Aug. 23; and "Piano Quintets" with music by Amy Beach and Johannes Brahms, Aug. 30. A flute-and-cello program by Keith Wright and Sam Runolfson is set for July 19, with the repertoire to be announced.
The Lyceum series is one of several programs run by the association, a nonprofit whose offerings include the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic, an orchestra for professional, semiprofessional and amateur musicians; two youth orchestras; and free community concerts in underserved areas. The association says its donations support that work and its goal of building future audiences for orchestral music.
