Tuesday night February 18 at 7:30 pm: The sixth concert at The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum. (The Ratner Museum is at 10001 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD, at the corner of Lone Oak Drive, East, just outside the Beltway). Program: Mozart's Piano Quartet #2 in Eb Major, K. 493 - a warmly exuberant conversation for four. Brahms' Quartet No. 3 in C minor Op. 60 - a work of noble drama: passionate, tender and tragic. Adagio and Allegro for cello and piano by our own David Teie - lyrical and brilliant. Performers: Claudia Chudacoff, violin, Mahoko Eguchi, viola (NSO), David Teie, cello (NSO), Carl Banner, piano Tickets are $15 in advance (postmarked by February 12) or $18 at the door. The first 2 rows of seats are reserved for advance ticket holders. (Names will be on a list at the door). Send check to: Washington Musica Viva, Inc., 9925 Dickens Avenue, Bethesda MD 20814-2105 * Tuesday February 25 at 7:30 pm: WMV's fifteenth concert in the Czech Music Series at the Embassy of the Czech Republic. The Embassy of the Czech Republic is at 3900 Spring of Freedom St (aka Linnean St) NW, Washington, DC. Off Tilden St, east of Connecticut Ave. Reservations are recommended. Please call (202) 274-9100, ext. 3413. Tickets are $12 at the door. For more info: www.mzv.cz/washington/ Program: Bohuslav Martinu's effervescent Trio in F for flute, cello and piano; Viktor Kalabis' Piano Trio Op. 39, evoking medieval chant and church bells; Dvorak's intimate and uplifting Trio in e minor Op. 90, the "Dumky." Performers: Thomas Perazzoli, flute, Natasha Bogachek, violin, and Janet Frank, cello, all members of the National Symphony Orchestra, along with pianist Carl Banner. For more information go to: www.geocities.com/washingtonmusicaviva David Cheng <[log in to unmask]>