A number of readers have suggested that, for planning and ticket-purchasing purposes, the monthly calendar include events early in the following month. Good idea, which I’ve put into intermittent practice in recent calendars. From February onward, calendar listings will run through the first week of the following month.
Month: January 2022
Concerts called off in VA-DC region
Updated Feb. 4
– The St. Olaf Choir concert scheduled for Feb. 6 at River Road Church, Baptist, has been postponed to a date to be announced later. For information on refunds for tickets already purchased, call the church office at (804) 288-1131 or visit http://rrcb.org
– A Richmond Symphony Chamber Chorus program scheduled for Feb. 6 at St. Christopher’s School has been postponed and will be rescheduled. Details: (804) 788-1212; http://www.richmondsymphony.com
– A concert by viola da gamba player Lisa Terry and harpsichordist Joanne Kong scheduled for Feb. 9 at the University of Richmond’s Modlin Arts Center has been postponed until April 13, when it will be staged in UR’s Perkinson Recital Hall, North Court. Details: (804) 289-8980; http://modlin.richmond.edu
– A performance by the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra scheduled for Feb. 1 at Washington’s Kennedy Center has been postponed until Jan. 31, 2023. Details: (800) 444-1324; http://kennedy-center.org
Wilkins: Embrace Ellington’s Americanness
Thomas Wilkins, the Norfolk native who served as associate conductor of the Richmond Symphony in the 1990s and currently is music director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, points to Duke Ellington’s orchestral music, including “The River” Suite and “Sacred Concerts,” which he has been conducting with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the past week, as among the long-missed opportunities for US orchestras to speak with an American accent.
“[C]omposers like Mahler or Dvořák or Tchaikovsky didn’t hesitate to write about their own life experiences in the sound world they grew up in,” Wilkins says in an interview with Tom Jacobs for SF Classical Voice. “We hear the Jewishness of Mahler, the Czechness of Dvořák. But for some reason, we are slow to accept anything that approaches ‘Americanism.’ The problem is we rob ourselves of the opportunity of expanding our palate.”
Conductor suddenly quits in Seattle
Updated Jan. 16
Thomas Dausgaard, the Danish conductor who has been music director of the Seattle Symphony for 2½ seasons, has quit the post, submitting his resignation in an e-mail to the orchestra’s board president.
“My decision to step away at this moment when we’ve realized such collective artistic success is a result of these pandemic times, which centers the question for us all: [H]ow do we value our lives?” the conductor wrote in a statement included in a news release on his sudden departure, adding that “it is time for me to move on.”
In a Seattle Times article, Krishna Thiagarajan, president and CEO of the orchestra, told Gavin Borchert that “significant problems in travel” during the pandemic had limited Dausgaard’s ability to work with the orchestra. “I don’t know that I expected it, but I’m not sure I was totally surprised,” Thiagarajan said.
Dausgaard, who also is chief conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, had performed as a guest conductor in Seattle for nine years before his appointment as music director. He had been due to vacate the post at the end of the 2022-23 season, Borchert reports:
Norman Lebrecht, on his Slipped Disc blog, reports that Dausgaard also has canceled his next engagement with the Scottish orchestra:
Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony board had been at odds for some time, The New York Times Javier C. Hernández reports.
“I felt personally not safe,” the conductor said. “I felt threatened.” He accused the orchestra administration “of repeatedly trying to silence and intimidate him,” Hernández reports, to which Jon Rosen, Seattles board president replied, “There’s no accuracy to any allegations that there was a hostile environment or that he was, in fact, unsafe.”
Douglas McLennan, writing for the Seattle news-cooperative website Post Alley, digs deeper into what one former Seattle Symphony board member describes as “a train wreck.” McLennan writes that Dausgaard’s exit follows many others: “In the past two-plus years, at least 58 employees of the roster of 89 listed in late 2018 programs – including seven of the eight senior management team – have left. The board shows a similar attrition; of 39 board members listed at the end of 2018, 27 have departed.”
The result, McLennan writes, has been a “draining of the orchestra’s human capital from bottom to the top of the institution.”
January calendar
Classical performances in and around Richmond, with selected events elsewhere in Virginia and the Washington area. Program information, provided by presenters, is updated as details become available. Adult ticket prices are listed; senior, student/youth, military, group and other discounts may be offered. Service fees may be added.
Contact presenters or venues for health-safety protocols.
Jan. 5 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Mario Venzago conducting
Rossini: “William Tell” Overture
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
Louis Lortie, piano
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (“Rhenish”)
$35-$90
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org
Jan. 7 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Richmond Music Teachers Association members
works TBA by Scriabin, J.S. Bach, Federico Ruiz, others
free
(804) 646-7223
http://rvalibrary.org/events/gellman-concerts/
Jan. 11 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Postclassical Ensemble chorale & orchestra
“Amazing Grace”
spirituals; works TBA by J.S. Bach, William Grant Still, Samuel Barber, Adolphus Hailstork
$45
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Jan. 12 (7 p.m.)
Jan. 13 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 14 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (“Rhenish”)
$25-$124
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Jan. 12 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Pops
Jack Everly conducting
“Revolution: The Music of The Beatles, a Symphonic Experience”
$35-$90
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org
Jan. 14 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Pops
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
Butcher Brown, guest stars
$15-$85
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com
Jan. 15 (3 p.m.)
Perkinson Arts Center, 11810 Centre St., Chester
Richmond Symphony
Daniel Myssyk conducting
“Celebrate MLK”
program TBA honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
$25
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com
Jan. 15 (7 p.m.)
Calvary Revival Church, 5833 Poplar Hall Drive, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
conductor TBA
“A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”
program TBA
free
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org
Jan. 19 (7 p.m.)
Jan. 20 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 21 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
$15-$109
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Jan. 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Perkinson Arts Center, 11810 Centre St., Chester
Jan. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Ryan Recital Hall, St. Christopher’s School, 711 St. Christopher Road, Richmond
Jan. 22 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Richmond Symphony
Valentina Peleggi conducting
Christopher Theofanidis: “Visions and Miracles”
Marian Bauer: Symphonic Suite for strings
Steven Snowden: “This Mortal Frame”
Schuyler Slack, cello
Bartók: Divertimento for strings
$25
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com
Jan. 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Jan. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Jan. 22 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins conducting
Peter Boyer: “Silver Fanfare”
William Dawson: “Negro Symphony”
Victor Wooten: “La Lección Tres”
Victor Wooten, electric bass
$25-$114
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org
Jan. 21 (4 p.m.)
All Saints Episcopal Church, 8787 River Road, Richmond
Daniel Stipe, piano
program TBA
free
(804) 288-7811
http://allsaintsrichmond.org
Jan. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Kronos Quartet
Nikky Finney, narrator
Valérie Sainte-Agathe conducting
Michael Abels & Nikky Finney: “At War with Ourselves”
$35
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu
Jan. 21 (7 & 9 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Washington National Opera American Opera Initiative
Evan Rogister conducting
B.E. Boykin & Jarrod Lee: “Oshun” (premiere)
Jens Ibsen & Cecelia Raker: “Bobbie and the Demon” (premiere)
Silen Wellington & Walken Schweigert: “What the Spirits Show” (premiere)
casts TBA
$19-$45
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Jan. 21 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon conducting
Verdi: Requiem
Michelle Bradley, soprano
Yuliana Matochkina, mezzo-soprano
Russell Thomas, tenor
Morris Robinson, bass
The Washington Chorus
$35-$90
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org
Jan. 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Janáček: Sonata (“1.X.1905”)
Alexander Vustin: “Lamento”
Beethoven: Sonata in A flat major, Op. 110
Dvořák: “Poetic Tone Pictures,” Op. 85
$60-$90
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://washingtonperformingarts.org
Jan. 24 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 25 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
conductor TBA
Ben Rector & Cody Fry, guest stars
$29-$139
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Jan. 25 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts:
Jaime Laredo & Bella Hristova, violins
Nokuthula Ngwenyama & Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, violas
Keith Robinson & Sharon Laredo Robinson, cellos
Nokuthula Ngwenyama: “Sexagesimal Celebration”
Brahms: String Sextet in B flat major, Op. 18
Brahms: String Sextet in G major, Op. 36
$45
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Jan. 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Matt Worth, baritone
Alex Katsman, piano
Schubert: “Winterreise”
free
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu
Jan. 26 (8 p.m.)
Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Renée Fleming VOICES:
Juan Diego Flórez, tenor
Vincenzo Scalera, pianist
program TBA
$69-$149
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Jan. 27 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Jan. 29 (2:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
Gregory Spears & Greg Pierce: “Fellow Travelers”
Joseph Lattanzi (Hawkins Fuller)
Andres Acosta (Timothy Laughlin)
Katherine Pracht (Mary Johnson)
Katrina Thurman (Miss Lightfoot)
Joshua Jeremiah (Sen. Joseph McCarthy/Estonian Frank/Interrogator)
John Fulton (Sen. Charles Potter/General Arlie/Bartender)
Kaileigh Riess (Lucy)
Kyle White (Tommy McIntyre)
Jeremy Harr (Sen. Potter’s Assistant/Bookseller/Technician/French Priest/Party Guest)
Kevin Newbury, stage director
in English, English captions
$20-$110
(866) 673-7282
http://vaopera.org
Jan. 27 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 28 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Steven Reineke conducting
Ne-Yo, guest star
$34-$114
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Jan. 27 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Eva Ollikainen conducting
“Off the Cuff”
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor
$35-$90
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org
Jan. 28 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Quatuor Cent Cordes
program TBA
free
(804) 646-7223
http://rvalibrary.org/events/gellman-concerts/
Jan. 28 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 29 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Valentina Peleggi conducting
Vaughan Williams: “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis”
Anna Clyne: “DANCE”
Inbal Segev, cello
Rimsky-Korsakov: “Scheherazade”
$15-$85
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com
Jan. 28 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano
Chopin: 2 nocturnes, Op. 27
Chopin: Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35
Franck: Prélude, Aria et Final, Op. 23
Ravel: “Le tombeau de Couperin”
$60-$90
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://washingtonperformingarts.org
Jan. 29 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Chamber Music Series:
Jiyeon Choi, clarinet
program TBA
$15
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events
Jan. 29 (4 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Silk Road Ensemble:
Pura Fé, lap-steel slide guitar & vocals
Haruka Fujii, percussion
Maeve Gilchrist, Celtic harp & vocals
Wu Man, pipa
Karen Ouzounian, cello
Mazz Swift, violin & vocals
“Uplifted Voices”
program TBA
$33-$55
(703) 993-2787
http://cfa.gmu.edu
Jan. 29 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Kennedy Center Chamber Players:
Heather LeDoux Green, violin
Daniel Foster, viola
David Hardy, cello
Lin Ma, clarinet
Lambert Orkis, piano
Bruch: “8 Pieces,” Op. 83, for clarinet, viola & piano (excerpts)
Sebastian Currier: “Ghost Trio” for violin, cello, and piano
Beethoven: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 (“Ghost”)
$49
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Jan. 29 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Eva Ollikainen conducting
Britten: “Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’ ”
Florence Beatrice Price: Piano Concerto in one movement
Michelle Cann, piano
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor
$35-$90
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org
Jan. 30 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Sō Percussion
Caroline Shaw, composer & vocalist
Angélica Negrón: “gone”
Negrón: “go back”
Julia Wolfe: “Forbidden Love”
Shaw: “Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part”
$50
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Jan. 31 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts:
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Tito Muñoz & Eugene Rogers conducting
EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble
Aundi Marie Moore, soprano
members of The Washington Chorus
Carlos Simon: “Motherboxx Connection”
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade for orchestra
Valerie Coleman: “Seven O’Clock Shout”
Michael Abels: “Delights and Dances”
Carolos Cordero & Julie Flanders: “Holding Our Breath”
trad.: “Fix Me, Jesus” (Augustus Hill arrangement)
Joel Thompson: “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed”
John Legend: “Selma” – “Glory” (Eugene Rogers arrangement)
$20-$50
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Feb. 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Richard Becker, piano
Becker: “Nine Inventions for the Muses”
works TBA by Ravel, Albéniz, Chopin
poetry readings from Becker’s “Fates,” “On Sunday Afternoons,” “Scylla”
free
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu
Feb. 2 (7:30 p.m.)
First Baptist Church, Monument Avenue at Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Valentina Peleggi directing
program TBA
$25
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com
Feb. 2 (7:30 p.m.)
Williamsburg Community Chapel, 3899 John Tyler Highway
Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra
Michael Butterman conducting
Michael Abels: “Global Warming”
Xavier Foley: “For Justice and Peace”
Bottesini: “Gran Duo concertante”
Xavier Foley, double-bass
Eunice Kim, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
$60
(757) 229-9857
http://williamsburgsymphony.org
Feb. 2 (7 p.m.)
Feb. 4 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan conducting
Mozart: “Idomeneo” – ballet music
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Beatrice Rana, piano
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor
$15-$109
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Feb. 2 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Opera Lafayette
Patrick Dupré-Quigley conducting
Gwendoline Blondeel & Hannah De Priest, sopranos
Sarah Mesko, mezzo-soprano
Patrick Kilbride, tenor
Jonathan Woody, bass-baritone
Pergolesi: “La Servante Maîtresse”
Nick Olcott, stage direction
Pergolesi: “Stabat Mater”
$90-$135
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Feb. 2 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Kwamé Ryan conducting
John Luther Adams: “Become Ocean”
Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor
Pablo Ferrández, cello
$35-$90
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org
Feb. 3 (7 p.m.)
Holy Comforter Episcopal Church, Monument Avenue at Staples Mill Road, Richmond
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
Cramer String Quartet
James Wilson, cello
“La Vida Notturna”
Boccherini: Guitar Quintet in G major (“Fandango”)
Brian Nabors: “Soul Bop”
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga: Quartet No. 3 in E flat major
Boccherini: String Quintet in C major (“La musica notturno della strade di Madrid”)
Boccherini: String Quintet in E major – Minuetto
$30
(804) 304-6312
http://cmscva.org
Feb. 3 (8 p.m.)
The Anthem, 901 Wharf St. SW, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan conducting
Mozart: “Idomeneo” – ballet music
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor
$25-$40
(202) 888-0020
http://theanthemdc.com
Feb. 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Rachmaninoff: “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”
Claire Huangci, piano
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor
$19-$99
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org
Feb. 4 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
Cramer Quartet
works TBA by Haydn, contemporary composers
free
(804) 646-7223
http://rvalibrary.org/events/gellman-concerts/
Feb. 4 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Pops
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
“Classic Hollywood Love Songs”
songs TBA from “West Side Story,” “Ben Hur,” “Dr. Zhivago,” “Titantic,” other films
$15-$85
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com
Feb. 4 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 5 (2 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
Gregory Spears & Greg Pierce: “Fellow Travelers”
Joseph Lattanzi (Hawkins Fuller)
Andres Acosta (Timothy Laughlin)
Katherine Pracht (Mary Johnson)
Katrina Thurman (Miss Lightfoot)
Joshua Jeremiah (Sen. Joseph McCarthy/Estonian Frank/Interrogator)
John Fulton (Sen. Charles Potter/General Arlie/Bartender)
Kaileigh Riess (Lucy)
Kyle White (Tommy McIntyre)
Jeremy Harr (Sen. Potter’s Assistant/Bookseller/Technician/French Priest/Party Guest)
Kevin Newbury, stage director
in English, English captions
$45-$115
(866) 673-7282
http://vaopera.org
Feb. 5 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Gloria Chien, piano
Telemann: Fantasias for solo clarinet
Jessie Montgomery: “Peace”
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
Deng Yu-Hsien: “Pining for the Spring Breeze” (Stephen Hough arrangement)
James Lee III: “Ad Anah?”
Weber: “Grand Duo Concertant”
$35
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu
Feb. 5 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs
Michele Fowlin & Theodore Thorpe III directing
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Jace Kaholokula Saplan directing
“Living the Dream . . . Singing the Dream”
program TBA, in tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.
$25-$75
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://washingtonperformingarts.org
January calendar
Classical performances in and around Richmond, with selected events elsewhere in Virginia and the Washington area. Program information, provided by presenters, is updated as details become available. Adult ticket prices are listed; senior, student/youth, military, group and other discounts may be offered.
Primary Covid-19 safety protocols are listed for each event. Contact presenters or venues for detailed requirements.
Jan. 9 (3 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Rous conducting
family concert:
“The Mozart Experience”
program TBA
activities in lobby, 2 p.m.
$12-$22
masks required
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org
Jan. 9 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Vocal Arts DC:
David Portillo, tenor
Craig Terry, piano
works TBA by Barber, Britten, Ginastera, Carlos Guastavino
$50
proof of vaccination, photo ID & masks required
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Jan. 13 (7 p.m.)
Jan. 15 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 16 (3 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major
George Walker: Sinfonia No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
$15-$109
proof of vaccination, photo ID & masks required
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Jan. 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Jan. 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Kellen Gray conducting
Undine Smith Moore: “Scenes from the Life of a Martyr”
Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
Norfolk State University Concert Choir
$25-$110
masks required
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org
Jan. 15 (11 a.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
Amaryn Olmeda, violin
“Dreams of Freedom: ‘My Hero, Martin’ ” by Morgan Avery McCoy, Inc.
$10
proof of vaccination or recent negative test result, photo ID & masks required
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com
Jan. 15 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Naho Bessho, piano
works TBA by Grieg, Schubert, Sibelius, Prokofiev, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
free
masks required
(804) 646-7223
http://rvalibrary.org/events
Jan. 16 (8 p.m.)
The Loft at the HofGarden, 2818 W. Broad St.
Classical Revolution RVA:
artists TBA
“Classical Incarnations”
program TBA
donation requested
masks required
(804) 424-3303 (HofGarden)
http://www.classicalrevolutionrva.com/events
Jan. 16 (7 p.m.)
Second Calvary Baptist Church, 2940 Corprew Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Kellen Gray conducting
Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
“A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”
free
masks required
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org
Jan. 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Rossini: “The Barber of Seville” Overture
Debussy: Rhapsodie for alto saxophone and orchestra
Courtney Bryan: “Carmen, Jazz Suite on Themes by Bizet”
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
Ibert: “Concertino da Camera”
Turina: “La oración del terrero”
$40
masks required
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu
Jan. 20 (7 p.m.)
Jan. 21 (11:30 a.m.)
Jan. 22 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
Beethoven: “Leonore” Overture No. 3
William Grant Still: Symphony No. 4 (“Autochthonous”)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major
$15-$109
proof of vaccination, photo ID & masks required
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Jan. 20 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Rossini: “The Barber of Seville” Overture
Debussy: Rhapsodie for alto saxophone and orchestra
Courtney Bryan: “Carmen, Jazz Suite on Themes by Bizet”
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
Ibert: “Concertino da Camera”
Turina: “La oración del terrero”
$44-$98
proof of vaccination or negative test result & masks required
(301) 581-5100
http://strathmore.org
Jan. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Perkinson Arts Center, 11810 Centre St., Chester
Richmond Symphony
Emanuele Andrizzi conducting
C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concerto in D minor
Mary Boodell, flute
Stacy Garrop: “Spectacle of Light”
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (“Rhenish”)
$22.50
proof of vaccination or recent negative test result, photo ID & masks required
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com
Jan. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Grove Avenue at Three Chopt Road, Richmond
Richmond chapter, American Guild of Organists Repertoire Recital Series:
Dexter Kennedy, organ
Franck: Choral No. 1 in E major
Franck: Fantaisie in A major
Franck: Pièce héroïque in B minor
Franck: Choral No. 2 in B minor
Franck: Cantabile in B major
Franck: Choral No. 3 in A minor
donation requested
masks required
(804) 288-2867
http://richmondago.org
Jan. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Jan. 22 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Orchestra Pops
conductor TBA
Teri Hansen, Ali Ewolt & Nathaniel Stampley, guest stars
“Golden Age of Broadway”
$25-$81
masks required
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org
Jan. 23 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Richmond Symphony
Emanuele Andrizzi conducting
C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concerto in D minor
Mary Boodell, flute
Stacy Garrop: “Spectacle of Light”
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (“Rhenish”)
$22
proof of vaccination or recent negative test result, photo ID & masks required
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com
Jan. 23 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Paul Hanson, piano & speaker
lecture-recital on Ives’ Piano Sonata No. 1
free; ticket registration required
masks required
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu
Jan. 23 (3 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna
Sharon Isbin, guitar
Granados: Spanish Dance No. 5
Francisco Tárrega: “Recuerdos de la Alhambra”
Leo Brouwer: “El Decameron Negro”
Tárrega: “Capricho Arabe”
Albéniz-Segovia: “Asturias”
Antonio Lauro: Waltz No. 3 (“Natalia”)
Gentil Montaña: “Suite Colombiana” No. 2 – “Porro”
Augustín Barrios: “La Catedral”
Barrios: “Julia Florida”
Barrios: Waltz No. 3
Barrios: Waltz No. 4
$44
proof of vaccination or negative test result, photo ID & masks required
(703) 255-1868
http://wolftrap.org
Jan. 23 (7 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Jeffrey Siegel, piano & speaker
“Keyboard Conversations: Fantastic Fantasies”
Wilhelm Stenhammar: Fantasy in B minor, Op. 11, No. 1
Mendelssohn: “The Last Rose of Summer”
works TBA by J.S. Bach, Mozart
$29-$48
proof of vaccination or recent negative test result & masks required
(703) 993-2787
http://cfa.gmu.edu
Jan. 25 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Fortas Chamber Music Series:
Jaime Laredo & Cathy Meng, violins
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Sharon Robinson & Keith Robinson, cellos
Erwin Schulhoff: Duo for violin and cello
Richard Danielpour: “A Shattered Vessel”
Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D. 956
$45
proof of vaccination, photo ID & masks required
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Jan. 27 (7 p.m.)
Jan. 28 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 29 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
Beethoven: “The Consecration of the House” Overture
George Walker: Sinfonia No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor (“Choral”)
Camilla Tilling, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
Isaacha Savage, tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass-baritone
The Washington Chorus
$15-$109
proof of vaccination, photo ID & masks required
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Jan. 28 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 29 (7:30 p.m.)
Jan. 30 (2:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer: “Three Decembers”
Karen Ziemba (Madeline Mitchell)
Cecilia Violetta López (Beatrice Mitchell)
Efraín Solís (Charlie Mitchell)
Lawrence Edelson, stage director
in English, English captions
$15-$85
proof of vaccination or recent negative test result, photo ID & masks required
(866) 673-7282
http://vaopera.org
Jan. 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, 190 Alumni Mall, Blacksburg
Danish String Quartet
program TBA
$25-$55
masks required
(540) 231-5300
http://artscenter.vt.edu
Jan. 29 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Donovan Williams, violin & composer
Hope Armstrong Erb, piano
works TBA by Copland, Williams, Florence Price, James Erb, John Winn
free
masks required
(804) 646-7223
http://rvalibrary.org/events
Jan. 29 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 30 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Valentina Peleggi conducting
Roxanna Panufnik: “Alma’s Songs without Words”
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major
Stefan Jackiw, violin
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
$10-$82
proof of vaccination or recent negative test result, photo ID & masks required
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com
Jan. 29 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Royal Philharmonic
Vasily Petrenko conducting
Britten: “Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’ ”
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor
Kian Soltani, cello
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
$45-$75
proof of vaccination or recent negative test result & masks required
(703) 993-2787
http://cfa.gmu.edu
Jan. 30 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Chamber Music Series:
artists TBA
program TBA
$15
masks required
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events
Jan. 30 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs
Michele Fowlin & Theodore Thorpe III directing
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Scott Tucker directing
“Living the Dream . . . Singing the Dream”
program TBA
$25-$75
proof of vaccination, photo ID & masks required
(202) 784-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://washingtonperformingarts.org
Jan. 31 (7:30 p.m.)
Kaufman Theater, Chrysler Museum of Art, 1 Memorial Place, Norfolk
Feldman Chamber Music Society:
Escher Quartet
Mozart: Quartet in C major, K. 465 (“Dissonance”)
Bartók: Quartet No. 3
Beethoven: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 127
George Walker: “Lyric for Strings”
$25 (seating limited)
masks required
(757) 552-1630
http://feldmanchambermusic.org
Feb. 1 (8 p.m.)
Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St.
Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg:
Escher Quartet
Mozart: Quartet in C major, K. 465 (“Dissonance”)
Bartók: Quartet No. 3
Beethoven: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 127
George Walker: “Lyric for Strings”
$25 (waiting list)
masks required
(757) 741-3300 (Williamsburg Regional Library)
http://chambermusicwilliamsburg.org
Feb. 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Vocal Arts DC:
Will Liverman, baritone
Myra Huang, piano
Ravel: “Don Quichotte a Dulcinée”
works TBA by Richard Strauss, Howard Swanson
$50
proof of vaccination, photo ID & masks required
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Feb. 1 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts:
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Tito Muñoz conducting
Exigence Vocal Ensemble
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano
members of The Washington Chorus
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade for orchestra
Valerie Colman: “Seven O’Clock Shout”
Michael Abels: “Delights and Dances”
trad.-Augustus Hill: “Fix Me, Jesus”
Carlos Cordero: “Holding Our Breath”
Joel Thompson: “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed”
John Legend-Eugene Rogers: “Selma” – “Glory”
$20-$50
proof of vaccination, photo ID & masks required
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Feb. 2 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Richard Becker, piano & speaker
works TBA by Liszt, Albéniz, Chopin
readings of poems from Becker’s “On Sunday Afternoon”
free; ticket registration required
masks required
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu
Feb. 3 (7 p.m.)
Feb. 5 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New conducting
Vaughan Williams: “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis”
Missy Mazzoli: Violin Concerto
Jennifer Koh, violin
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E flat major
$15-$109
proof of vaccination, photo ID & masks required
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
Feb. 4 (8 p.m.)
Capital One Hall, 7750 Capital One Tower Road, Tysons
National Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New conducting
Vaughan Williams: “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis”
Missy Mazzoli: Violin Concerto
Jennifer Koh, violin
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E flat major
$29-$69
proof of vaccination, photo ID & masks required
(800) 653-8000 (Ticketmaster)
http://capitalonehall.com/events
Feb. 5 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 6 (2 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer: “Three Decembers”
Karen Ziemba (Madeline Mitchell)
Cecilia Violetta López (Beatrice Mitchell)
Efraín Solís (Charlie Mitchell)
Lawrence Edelson, stage director
in English, English captions
$45-$115
proof of vaccination or recent negative test result, photo ID & masks required
(866) 673-7282
http://vaopera.org
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