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 and safety protocols.
June 1 (7 p.m.)
June 2 (8 p.m.)
June 3 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
Beethoven: “The Creatures of Prometheus” Overture
George Walker: Sinfonia No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor (“Choral”)
Camilla Tilling, soprano
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Issachah Savage, tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass-baritone
The Washington Chorus
$15-$139 (June 1 sold out)
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
June 1 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Pops
Enrico Lopez-Yañez conducting
Josè Sibaja, trumpet
Mónica Abrego, soprano
“Latin Fire”
$35-$90
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org
June 3 (2 p.m.)
Bryan Park, 4308 Hermitage Road, Richmond
Richmond Symphony members
“Mile of Music”
ensemble works TBA during walk through park
free
(804) 788-1212
http://richmondsymphony.com
June 3 (8 p.m.)
Main Street at Walter Reed Way, Gloucester
June 11 (7:45 p.m.)
Cavalier Hotel, 4200 Atlantic Ave., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Helen Martell conducting
John Stafford & Francis Scott Key: “The Star-Spangled Banner”
Adolphus Hailstork: “Fanfare on ‘Amazing Grace’ ”
Rimsky-Korsakov: “Scheherazade” – I: “The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship”
Alan Menken: “The Little Mermaid” – “Part of Your World”
Lin-Manuel Miranda: “Moana” – “How Far I’ll Go”
Richard Rodgers: “South Pacific” – “I’m Gonna Wash That Man,” “A Wonderful Guy”
Angelica Michelle, vocalist
Gilbert & Sullivan: work TBA
John Philip Sousa: “Hands Across The Sea”
James Hosay: “Rivers of the Chesapeake” – I: “The Elizabeth”
trad.: “Shenandoah” (Bob Krogstad arrangement)
Johann Strauss II: “On the Beautiful Blue Danube”
John Williams: “Jaws” – “The Shark Theme”
John Williams: “Midway March”
free
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org
June 4 (2 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna
Véronique Filloux, soprano
Mary Beth Nelson, mezzo-soprano
Daniel Rich, baritone
William Clay Thompson, bass
Marco Rizzello, piano
Steven Blier directing
“Night and Day USA”
program TBA
$50
(703) 255-1868
http://wolftrap.org
June 4 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Adolphus Hailstork: Symphony No. 5 (premiere)
Orff: “Carmina burana”
Marlisa Hudson, soprano
Robert Baker, tenor
Brandon Hendrickson, baritone
National Philharmonic Chorale
$19-$99
(301) 493-9283
http://nationalphilharmonic.org
June 6 (7:30 p.m.)
The Paramount, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
The Cville Band
Steve Layman directing
Cécile Chaminade: Concertino for flute
Lizzie Mayhood, flute
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, K. 447
Becky Allen, French horn
other works TBA
free
(434) 979-1333
http://theparamount.net
June 7 (7 p.m.)
St. James’s Episcopal Church, 1205 W. Franklin St., Richmond
Welcome Summer Recital Series:
Charles Humphries, countertenor
Charles Lindsey, piano
works TBA by Purcell, Britten, George Butterworth, others
free
(804) 355-1779
http://doers.org/st-jamess-music-schedule/
June 7 (10:30 a.m.)
Hennage Auditorium, 301 S. Nassau St., Williamsburg
Virginia Arts Festival:
Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players
C.P.E. Bach: “Hamburg” Sonata in G major
Mozart: Divertimento in B flat major, K. 270
Carl Reinecke: Wind Sextet in B flat major, Op. 271
$18.75-$25
(757) 282-2822
http://vafest.org
June 8 (7 p.m.)
June 10 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Young conducting
Dvořák: “Othello” Overture
Florence Price: Piano Concerto in one movement
Michelle Cann, piano
Prokofiev: “Romeo and Juliet” (selections)
$15-$109
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
June 10 (2 & 8 p.m.)
Altria Theater, Main and Laurel streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
conductor TBA
“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” film with live orchestral accompaniment
$52.50-$119.50
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com
June 10 (8 p.m.)
Pocahontas State Park, 10301 State Park Road, Chesterfield County
Richmond Symphony
Daniel Myssyk conducting
Copland: “Outdoor Overture”
Florence Price: “Dances in the Canebrakes”
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A minor
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor (“From the New World”) – I: Adagio – allegro molto
Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D minor – II: Adagio molto (sostenuto)
Josef Suk: Serenade in E flat major – II: Allegro ma non troppo e grazioso
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
free; $10 parking fee
(804) 796-4255
http://richmondsymphony.com
June 10 (7:30 p.m.)
The Paramount, 215 E Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Symphony Pops
Benjamin Rous conducting
“Symphonic Sci-fi Spectacular”
film and television themes TBA
$15-$59.50
(434) 979-1333
http://theparamount.net
June 10 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Kevin John Edusei conducting
Kodály: ”Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song” (“The Peacock”)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor
$35-$90
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org
June 11 (4 p.m.)
River Road Church, Baptist, River and Ridge roads, Richmond
River Road Chancel Choir & orchestra
Robert Gallagher conducting
Beethoven: Mass in C major
Beethoven: Fantasia in C minor, Op. 90 (“Choral Fantasy”)
Daniel Stipe, piano
free; tickets required via http://eventbrite.com
(804) 288-1131
http://rrcb.org/all-beethoven-spring-chancel-choir-choir-2022-2023-concert-series/
June 11 (3 p.m.)
Lehman Auditorium, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival:
Festival Orchestra
Daniel Myssyk conducting
J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Amir Farsi, flute
J.S. Bach: Cantata, “Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke,” BWV 84
Christine Glick-Fairfield, soprano
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Lament for viola & piano
Diane Phoenix-Neal, viola
David Berry, piano
Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat major, Op. 20
Amy Glick, Wanchi Huang, Jake Roege & Violaine Michel, violins
Diane Phoenix-Neal & Celia Daggy, violas
Paige Riggs & Kelley Mikkelsen, cellos
$10-$40
(540) 432-4582
http://svbachfestival.org
June 11 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Frank Bridge: Lament for 2 violas
Stephen Jaffe: Quartet No. 2
Brahms: String Quintet in G major, Op. 111
$36
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
June 11 (5 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Choral Arts Society of Washington & orchestra
André J. Thomas conducting
Haydn: Mass in D minor (“Nelson Mass”)
Adolphus Hailstork: “I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes”
Dominick DiOrio: “Solaris”
$15-$69
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
June 12 (noon)
Asbury United Methodist Church, 205 S. Main St., Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival:
Jean-Marie Leclair: 6 duos for 2 violins, Op. 12
Wachni & Jake Roege, violins
Lera Auerbach: “Three Dances in the Old Style,” Op. 54
Amy Glick, violin
Paige Riggs, cello
Brahms: Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8
Wachni, violin
Kelly Mikkelsen, cello
David Berry, piano
free
(540) 432-4582
http://svbachfestival.org
June 13 (noon)
Asbury United Methodist Church, 205 S. Main St., Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival:
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in G major, Op. 37, No. 2
hymn medley
Luke Haynes, organ
Britten: “Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury”
Christine Carrillo, Chris Carrillo & Judith Saxton, trumpets
Florence Price: “Silk Hat and Walking Cane”
Lise Keiter, piano
J.S. Bach: Sonata in G minor, BWV 1029 – Vivace
Martha McGaughey, viola da gamba
Arthur Haas, harpsichord
Corelli: Sonata in D minor, Op. 5, Nop. 12 (“La Follia”)
Daniel Lee, baroque violin
Martha McGaughey, viola da gamba
Arthur Haas, harpsichord
free
(540) 432-4582
http://svbachfestival.org
June 14 (7:30 p.m.)
St. James’s Episcopal Church, 1205 W. Franklin St., Richmond
Welcome Summer Recital Series:
Eckhart Ensemble:
Gus Highstein, oboe & direction
Anna Bishop, Ellen Cockerham Riccio, Susy Yim & Adrian Pintea, violins
Johanna Beaver & Molly Sharp, violas
Ryan Lannan & Schuyler Slack, cellos
Ayça Kartari, double-bass
works TBA by J.S. Bach, Schubert, Respighi
free; donations benefit CARITAS
(804) 355-1779
http://doers.org/st-jamess-music-schedule/
June 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Attucks Theater, 1010 Church St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen conducting
Jessie Montgomery: “Five Freedom Songs”
Julia Bullock, soprano
Dvořák: Quartet in F minor, Op. 96 (“American”) (Stewart orchestration)
George Walker: “Lyric for Strings”
$10-$35
(757) 282-2822
http://vafest.org
June 14 (noon)
Asbury United Methodist Church, 205 S. Main St., Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival:
Lynda Dembowski: “Jams for 2 Clarinets”
Lynda Dembowski & James Tobin, clarinets
Gwenyth Walker: “When the Spirit Sings”
Joan Griffing, violin
Diane Phoenix-Neal, viola
Beth Vanderborgh, cello
Joseph Miraslav Weber: Septet in E major (“Aus meinem Leben”) (selections)
Amy Glick, violin
Diane Phoenix-Neal, viola
Paige Riggs, cello
Lynda Dembowski, clarinet
David Savige, bassoon
Jay Chadwick & David Wick, French horns
Pergolesi: Trio Sonata No. 4
Jay Crone & Matt Wright, tenor trombones
Harold Van Schaik, bass trombone
Kevin Stees, tuba
free
(540) 432-4582
http://svbachfestival.org
June 14 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Jules Buckley conducting
Anoushka Shankar, sitar
Shankar: works TBA (Buckley orchestrations)
$29-$99
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
June 15 (noon)
Asbury United Methodist Church, 205 S. Main St., Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival:
François Couperin: “Leçons de Ténèbres” – Seconde leçon
Leah Wenger, soprano
Cameron Kuzepski, harpsichord
Katie Kotar, baroque cello
Mozart: Flute Quartet in D major, K. 285
Cari Shipp, flute
Mark Taylor, violin
Celia Daggy, viola
Beth Vanderborgh, cello
Paquito d’Rivera: “Danzón & Afro”
Mark Hartman, violin
Nadine Monchecourt, cello
Lise Keiter, piano
Ernesto Lecuona: “La comparsa” (Jorge Amado arrangement)
Eleonel Molina & Phil Stoltzfus, violins
Thomas Stevens, viola
Beth Vanderborgh, cello
Jessie Montgomery: “Strum”
Violaine Michel & Christa Hoover, violins
Celia Daggy, viola
Amanda Gookin, cello
free
(540) 432-4582
http://svbachfestival.org
June 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Asbury United Methodist Church, 205 S. Main St., Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival:
Baroque Academy Faculty:
Judith Malafronte, mezzo soprano
Anne Timberlake, recorders
Daniel Lee, violin
Martha McGaughey, viola da gamba
Arthur Haas, harpsichord
Buxtehude: Trio Sonata in F major, Op. 1, No. 7
Barabara Strozzi: “Il Romeo”
Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi: Sonata in D major, Op. 3, No. 4 (“La Castella”)
John Eccles: “The Judgment of Paris” – “Saturnia, wife of thund’ring Jove am I”
Telemann: Sonata for viola da gamba & basso continuo
Jean-Henri D’Anglebert: “Transcriptions de Lully”
Passacaille d’Armide: “Ouverture de Cadmus”
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonata for violin & basso continuo
Tarquinio Merula: Ciaccona, Op. 12, No. 20
$10-$40
(540) 432-4582
http://svbachfestival.org
June 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Laurel Street at Floyd Avenue, Richmond
Daniel Sañez, organ
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 545
Domenico Zipoli: “Sonate d’intavolatura per organo e cimbalo” – 4 verses and Canzona in G minor
Mozart: “12 Variations on ‘Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman,’ ” K. 265
Franck: Chorale No. 1 in E major
Vierne: Berceuse, Op. 31, Vol. II, No. 19
Jehan Alain: “Litanies”
free; tickets required via http://eventbrite.com
(804) 359-5961
http://richmondcathedral.org/concerts
June 16 (noon)
Asbury United Methodist Church, 205 S. Main St., Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival:
Mendelssohn: Konzertstück in D minor, Op. 114, No. 2
Leslie Nicholas, clarinet
Lynda Dembowski, basset horn
Lise Keiter, piano
Madeleine Dring: Trio for flute, oboe & piano
Cari Shipp, flute
Stephen Key, oboe
Lise Keiter, piano
Marcel Tournier: Nocturne, Op. 21
Tom Stevens, viola
Kelly Mikkelsen, cello
Anastasia Jellison, harp
Vaughan Williams: “Six Studies in English Folk-Song”
Tom Stevens, viola
Anastasia Jellison, harp
works TBA
Michael Richardson, baritone
Marvin Mills, piano
free
(540) 432-4582
http://svbachfestival.org
June 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Lehman Auditorium, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival:
Festival Orchestra
Daniel Myssyk conducting
Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D major
Brendon Elliott, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (“Eroica”)
$10-$40
(540) 432-4582
http://svbachfestival.org
June 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Salem Civic Center, 1001 Roanoke Boulevard
Roanoke Symphony Pops
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Jeans ’n Classics, guest stars
“Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon”
$31-$56
(540) 343-9127
http://rso.com
June 17 (7:30 p.m.)
Lehman Auditorium, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival:
Festival Orchestra & Choir
Daniel Myssyk conducting
Adolphus Hailstork: “Fanfare on ‘Amazing Grace’ ”
Haydn: ”The Seasons” – “Spring”
Gabriela Lena Frank: “Pachamama Meets an Ode”
Sibelius: “Finlandia” (choir & orchestra version)
Zachary Wadsworth: “Beyond the Years”
Schumann: Symphony No.1 in B flat major (“Spring”)
$10-$40
(540) 432-4582
http://svbachfestival.org
June 17 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon conducting
Adolphus Hailstork: “Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed”
Alvin Singleton: “56 Blows”
Joel Thompson: “Awaken the Sleeper”
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor
$35-$90
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org
June 18 (7 p.m.)
Gallery5, 200 W. Marshall St., Richmond
Classical Revolution RVA
“Classical Incarnations”
chamber works TBA
donation requested
(804) 678-8863 (Gallery5)
http://classicalrevolutionrva.com/events
June 18 (10 a.m.)
Lehman Auditorium, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival:
Festival Choir, soloists & instrumentalists
Benjamin Bergey conducting
Marvin Mills, organ
the Rev. Shannon Dycus, homilist
“The Leipzig Service”
J.S. Bach: Cantata, “Jesu, nun sei gepreiset,” BWV 137
organ works TBA
free
(540) 432-4582
http://svbachfestival.org
June 20 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
David Hamilton conducting
CeCe Winans, guest star
$49-$124
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
June 21 (7:30 p.m.)
St. James’s Episcopal Church, 1205 W. Franklin St., Richmond
Welcome Summer Recital Series:
St. James’s Choir
Virginia Whitmire directing
“A Gloucester Prelude”
works TBA by Byrd, Bruckner, John Ireland, Herbert Howells, others
free; donations benefit Choir Scholarship Fund
(804) 355-1779
http://doers.org/st-jamess-music-schedule/
June 23 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham Parkway, Richmond
Alexander Paley, piano
Chopin: “Variations on ‘La ci darem la mano’ from Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni,’ ” Op. 2
Chopin: Waltz in E flat major, Op. 18
Chopin: Waltz in A flat major, Op. 34, No. 1
Chopin: Waltz in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2
Chopin: Waltz in F major, Op. 34, No. 3
Chopin: Waltz in A flat major, Op. 42
Chopin: Impromptu in A flat major, Op. 29
Chopin: Impromptu in F sharp major, Op. 36
Chopin: Impromptu in G flat major, Op. 51
Chopin: Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66
Chopin: “Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante,” Op. 22
donation requested
(804) 665-9516
http://paleymusicfestival.org
June 23 (7:30 p.m.)
June 24 (2 & 7:30 p.m.)
June 25 (2 p.m.)
The Paramount, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Opera
Brian Demaris conducting
Frank Loesser: “Guys and Dolls”
Keith Phares (Sky Masterson)
Elise Quagliata (Sister Sarah Brown)
Chauncey Packer (Nathan Detroit)
Cree Carrico (Miss Adelaide)
Linda Brovsky, stage director
$20-$75
(434) 979-1333
http://theparamount.net
June 23 (7:30 p.m.)
June 25 (2 p.m.)
June 29 (2 p.m.)
July 1 (7:30 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna
Wolf Trap Opera
Timothy Long conducting
Handel: “Semele”
Esther Tonea (Semele)
Veronique Filloux (Iris)
Juno: Emily Treigle (Juno/Ino)
Kathleen Felty (Athamas)
Lunga Eric Hallam (Jupiter)
Eric Lindsey (Cadmus/Somnus)
Samuel Krausz (Apollo)
Tara Faircloth, stage director
in English
$50-$94
(703) 255-1868
http://wolftrap.org
June 23 (8 p.m.)
June 24 (8 p.m.)
June 25 (2 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Steven Reineke conducting
John Williams: “The Music of ‘Star Wars’ ”
$29-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
June 30 (8 p.m.)
July 1 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
James Bagwell conducting
Natalie Merchant, guest star
“Keep Your Courage Tour”
$49-$139
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
July 5 (7:30 p.m.)
The Paramount, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
The Cville Band
Steve Layman directing
James Prodan, oboe
Robert Mott, bass trombone
Martha McKechnie, vocalist
program TBA
free
(434) 979-1333
http://theparamount.net
July 6 (6:30 p.m.)
Rhythm Hall, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Summer Series:
Victoria Chung, oboe
Thomas Schneider, bassoon
Russell Wilson, piano
André Previn: Trio for piano, oboe & bassoon
Lili Boulanger: “Three Pieces” for piano
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Duo for oboe & bassoon
Poulenc: Trio for piano, oboe & bassoon
sold out (waiting list)
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com
July 7 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Hersh conducting
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Alexander Malofeev, piano
Holst: “The Planets,” with projections of NASA space images
$25-$96
(703) 255-1868
http://wolftrap.org
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