
Setting the stage for the dinner after the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s performance at the Kennedy Center. The seating arrangement is called “king’s tables,” in the spirit of Vienna and “Downton Abbey.” Photograph by Jeff Martin

Symphony enthusiasts Mary and Chris Mahle. Photograph by Jeff Martin

Some of the Washington Performing Arts Society’s most generous: Rachel Tinsley Pearson, Sidney Werkman, and Bitsy Folger. Photograph by Jeff Martin

Debra Sunshine and Abe Cherrick. Photograph by Jeff Martin

Christina and Jochen Duemler. Photograph by Jeff Martin

Purnell and Joan Choppin. Photograph by Jeff Martin

Back in Washington, the former Dutch ambassador, Joris Vos, with Erica Moorhead. Photograph by Jeff Martin

Martha Dippell and Dan Korengold. Photograph by Jeff Martin

Audrey Pendergast and Robert Misbin. Photograph by Jeff Martin

Joe and Carol Danks. Photograph by Jeff Martin

Miriam Fernandez and David Feola. Photograph by Jeff Martin

James Harkless and Mary Helen Thompson. Photograph by Jeff Martin

At close to 11 PM, the tables were filled at the Kennedy Center dinner for the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Photograph by Jeff Martin