Pianist Emanuel Ax, mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges, the Danish String Quartet and trumpeter-composer Terence Blanchard highlight classical attractions in the 2023-24 season of the University of Richmond’s Modlin Arts Center.
Other classical artists featured in the ticketed series, Modlin Arts Presents, are cellist Zuill Bailey with pianist Natasha Paremski, the Canadian Brass and the trio of pianist Inon Barnatan, violinist James Ehnes and cellist Alisa Weilerstein.
Blanchard, the jazz trumpeter and composer of the opera “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” which was premiered in 2019, will lead a performance of a new concert version of the work.
UR’s music department will stage free concerts by its faculty artists and faculty and student ensembles, including the 50th annual presentation of the Christmas-season Festival of Lessons and Carols by the UR Schola Cantorum and Women’s Chorale.
Modlin Arts Presents also will feature visiting artists in jazz, folk and ethnic musics, dance and theater.
Tickets, sold in three seating “zones” of Camp Concert Hall, may be purchased separately, with discounts for UR students, faculty and staff and for seniors and groups, or in discounted packages of four or more performances.
To obtain a season brochure and more information, call the Modlin Center box office at (804) 289-8980 or visit http://modlin.richmond.edu
Classical programs in the Modlin Arts Presents series, all at 7:30 p.m. in Camp Concert Hall:
Oct. 27
Inon Barnatan, piano
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
James Ehnes, violin
Schubert: Piano Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, D. 929
$30-$50
Nov. 9
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano
pianist TBA
program TBA
$30-$50
Nov. 12
Terence Blanchard, trumpet & composer
other artists TBA
Blanchard: “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” (concert version)
$30-$50
Nov. 29
Canadian Brass
“Holiday Show”
program TBA
$35-$65
Feb. 24
Zuill Bailey, cello
Natasha Paremski, piano
program TBA
$30-$50
April 5
Emanuel Ax, piano
works TBA by Beethoven, Schoenberg, Webern
$30-$50
April 20
Danish String Quartet
works TBA by Haydn, Shostakovich
Scandinavian folk song arrangements
$30-$50
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Free programs from the UR Music Department, at 7:30 p.m. in Camp Concert Hall unless listed otherwise:
Sept. 29
artists TBA
Family Weekend Concert
program TBA
Oct. 29 (3 p.m.)
UR Schola Cantorum & Women’s Chorale
program TBA
Nov. 20
UR Wind Ensemble
“Old Wine in New Bottles”
works TBA by Rimsky-Korsakov, Berlioz, Wagner, Leroy Anderson, others
Dec. 3 (5 & 8 p.m., Cannon Memorial Chapel)
UR Schola Cantorum & Women’s Chorale
50th annual Festival of Lessons & Carols
Dec. 4
UR Chamber Ensembles
program TBA
Dec. 6
UR Symphony Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor – I: Moderato
Ben Nguyen, piano
other works TBA
Jan. 31
Richard Becker, piano
Schubert: “Moments musicaux,” D. 780
Brahms: Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 118, No. 1
Brahms: Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118, No. 2
Brahms: Intermezzo in B flat major, Op. 117, No. 2
Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Becker: Variations (2024)
Feb. 4 (3 p.m.)
Paul Hanson, piano
program TBA
March 3 (3 p.m.)
Doris Wylee-Becker, piano
program TBA
March 4
Richmond Piano Trio:
Joanne Kong, piano
Daisuke Yamamoto, violin
Neal Cary, cello
Debussy: Piano Trio in G major
Grieg: Piano Trio movement
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 70, No. 1 (“Ghost”)
April 8
UR Wind Ensemble
works TBA by Copland, Chance, Boysen, Barton, others
April 14 (3 p.m.)
UR Schola Cantorum & Women’s Chorale
program TBA
April 17
UR Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C major
Joanne Kong, piano
Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, violin
Christoph Wagner, cello
other works TBA
April 22
UR Chamber Ensembles
program TBA
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