In Sunday’s Post, classical music critic Tim Page asked the question a lot of us are wondering about these days: who will replace Leonard Slatkin at the podium of the National Symphony Orchestra? Slatkin still has two seasons left on his contract, but some rumormongers whisper his name as a possible replacement for Daniel Barenboim, who will be departing the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the end of this season. If Slatkin does vacate the post,…

Last night, we heard the National Symphony Orchestra give its first program of 2006, the second in the usual series of three concerts. This concert featured guest conductor James Conlon and three opera singers in the marquee work that really filled the hall, a concert performance of the first act of Richard Wagner’s opera Die Walküre. As we mentioned in last week’s Classical Music Agenda, Washington is getting ready for a much-anticipated encounter with Wagner’s…

Well, people, you had to get through a few weeks without your DCist Classical Music Agenda, and now the agony is over. Yes, there are once again concerts worth your while in Washington, and we are here to tell you where to go. If you are one of those classical fans who has somehow not heard, this year the world celebrates the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth, on January 27. As a result, everyone and…

Well, Washington, we are now two weeks into Christmas Concert Hell, and it’s only going to get worse. Non-holiday programs will increasingly be edged out by holiday ones, but this does not mean that there will be no good concerts to be heard, of either kind. Let DCist be your guide. We are planning to take some time off from the Classical Music Agenda for the holiday break: for concert information, read our Classical Week…