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December is the time for the best holiday traditions! Join us for the ultimate holiday classic, Handel’s Messiah, as guided by guest conductor Anthony Blake Clark. The dynamic and passionate maestro is known as a leading voice among his generation of choral conductors.

In 2011, pianist Brian Ganz began his world-famous quest to perform all 250 works by Frédéric Chopin in what he calls the “Extreme Chopin” project, in partnership with National Philharmonic at The Music Center at Strathmore. Chopin is considered one of the greatest piano composers in history, and Ganz has been capturing over the years, one performance at a time, the magic and majesty of the Polish artistic genius. Now that he is nearly done with this mythic musical quest, he brings some of the most challenging and exciting Chopin compositions to where it all began. Join him in celebrating the composer, as he captures Chopin’s passion and power. It’s all happening on February 28th, only hours away from the composer’s 215th birthday.

The Washington Chorus and National Philharmonic join forces once again to bring American voices and struggles to life on stage in “Stand the Storm.” On this program, composers Nkeiru Okoye, Leonard Bernstein, John Legend, Common, and Rollo Dilworth demonstrate their own method for both standing through adversity and enacting the change necessary to build and sustain communities that are fair and just for all. Featuring the world premiere of the brand-new symphonic orchestration for Dilworth’s Weather: Stand the Storm, as well as the beloved arrangement of “Glory” by TWC’s own Eugene Rogers, join us as we examine our nation's disparities and find strength and unity through this powerful performance.

This program, guest conducted by Naima Burrs, brings you three very different but very important masterpieces of classical music written in the last century.