Pianist Christopher Schmitt to Perform on Feb 16

Pianist Christopher Schmitt will be ​perform​ing​ this Friday, February 16, at 12:15 p.m., at our free weekly Music at Midday concert. Christopher holds a Doctorate in Piano Performance from the Juilliard School and performs regularly in small ensembles at the White House and throughout the Washington area as a member of the President’s Own U.S. Marine Band.

Come and enjoy piano works by some of the great masters:

• ​S​onata Op 81a, “Les Adieux” (Das Lebewohl; Abwesenheit; Das Wiedersehen) – Ludwig van Beethoven
• Three Pieces (Etude Op 33 no 5 in e flat minor; Etude Op 39 No 8 in d minor; Prelude Op 23 No 4 in D major) – Sergei Rachmaninoff
• Etude Op 10, No 10 – Frédéric Chopin
• Études d’exécution transcendante, S.139, No 10 in f minor – Franz Liszt