National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Joshua Bell, violin, plays Mendelssohn; Matthias Goerne, baritone, & Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano, sing Hindemith

Joshua Bell--"the greatest American violinist active today" (Boston Herald)--plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. Plus, singers Matthias Goerne and Michelle DeYoung join for Hindemith's When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd: A Requiem for those we love.

Performance Timing:  Part One - 30 min.; Intermission - 15 min.; Part Two - 65 min.

NOTE: There is NO late seating until intermission.

Organ Postlude: Thu., Jan. 30 performance followed by a mini-recital on the Kennedy Center Concert Hall's Rubenstein Family Organ, free with purchase of concert ticket.