Month: October 2023

Medically advised to avoid crowded public events, I cannot yet attend concerts. The Richmond Symphony is making video streams of its mainstage concerts available to ticket-holders. The stream of this program became accessible on Oct. 4.

Valentina Peleggi conducting
with Daisuke Yamamoto, violin
Sept. 30, Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center

The Richmond Symphony opened its 2023-24 mainstage season with two tone poems, one titled a concerto, the other a symphony.

The Italian composer Andrea Portera’s “Eudaimonic” Concerto (“eudaimonic” is an ancient Greek term for human flourishing), receiving its premiere with Daisuke Yamamoto, the symphony’s concertmaster, as violin soloist, is not a conventional concerto.

The work, which, the composer says, draws “inspirations from anthropology, Jungian psychology, poetry and mathematics,” is not really a showcase for the violin; nor is it meant to be an exercise in self-expression. “For me, music is not the representation of myself or my personality,” Portera writes. “Music is a kind of distorting mirror, where every listener see[s] their own interiority. The result will be different for each individual, like a projective Rorschach test.”

Portera separates the concerto’s three movements with two interludes in which the violinist plays and sings, joined in the second interlude by a muted chant from other members of the orchestra. The violinist is a true soloist mainly in passages that could be termed soliloquies; otherwise, the instrument is a voice within an orchestration that often sounds like a bubbling cauldron of tone colors. The composer packs a lot of notes and expressive implications into 17 minutes.

Valentina Peleggi, the symphony’s music director and a onetime conservatory classmate of Portera’s, led an eventful, meticulously sonorous reading of the concerto, kaleidoscopically colorful, transparent in its sound textures. Continuity is a challenge in this piece; Yamamoto, Peleggi and the orchestra, rather than trying to undo its episodic character, played up the contrasts between episodes.

After a single hearing, my Rorschach test is unreadable. I was focused more on the music’s externalities – the way it sounds and moves – rather than its effect on my psychic innards. Through most of the piece, my ears were swimming in swells of orchestral color, not conscious of a musical flow (or not yet conscious, as I might become on subsequent hearings). The abrupt endings of movements were jolting; perhaps listeners are expected to imagine their own resolutions.

Gustav Mahler introduced his Symphony No. 1 in D major in 1889 as a “tone poem in symphonic form.” He subtitled the piece “Titan,” then thought better of it. He revised the work several times, dropping “Blumine” (“Flower Song”), one of its original five movements, and enlarging the original orchestration. The now-standard version of the symphony took 10 years to take shape.

This performance used the standard version, but the conductor seemed more attuned to Mahler’s initial conception of the work as a tone poem.

Peleggi paced marches and rustic dance themes briskly, and treated lyrical passages as slow, contemplative or dreamy interludes. This approach heightened the contrasts within the work – and gave wind soloists and choirs time and space to play expressively and with unusual subtlety – but also tended to splice the symphony into now lingering, now propulsive episodes. These tempo adjustments added three or four minutes to the symphony’s usual length.

Peleggi also adopted some old-school romantic interpretive touches, such as string portamento (slides from one note to the next) and Viennese-style rhythmic hiccups in the second movement’s Ländler dance tempo. These were common practices among conductors of Mahler’s generation, but much less so among interpreters in later generations.

A few cracked notes and loose threads of ensemble aside, this performance effectively balanced Mahler’s tone-poetics and symphonic form, songful in the main but propulsive and explosive when it needed to be. Not the only, and arguably not the ideal, way to play this symphony, but one that offered its share of rewards.

The stream of this program remains accessible until June 30. Access: $30. Details: (800) 514-3849 (ETIX); http://richmondsymphony.com

A North Carolina public-radio station plans not to air this season’s Metropolitan Opera broadcasts of seven contemporary works, four of them by Black and Latino composers, all of them touching on socially hot-button themes.

WCPE, based in the north central Piedmont region of North Carolina (including Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill) and billing itself as “the classical station,” is opting not to broadcast:

– Jake Heggie’s “Dead Man Walking,” which opened the current Met season. The opera is an adaptation of the Catholic nun Helen Prejean’s memoir of working with death-row inmates in Louisiana.

– Terence Blanchard’s “Champion” and “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.” The former, staged by the Met in April, is a treatment of the life of Emile Griffith, a gay boxer; the latter, which opened the company’s 2021-22 season, is based on Charles M. Blow’s memoir of his life as a Black boy in rural Louisiana. (Blanchard will lead a concert version of “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” on Nov. 12 at the University of Richmond’s Modlin Arts Center.)

– Anthony Davis’ “X: the Life and Times of Malcolm X,” a recounting of the life of the controversial Black Muslim activist, who was assassinated in 1965.

– John Adams’ “El Niño” (“The Baby Jesus”), a Nativity opera-oratorio, in which Jesus is born in Southern California to a homeless Mexican migrant.

– Kevin Puts’ “The Hours,” based on a biography of the British writer Virginia Woolf.

– Daniel Catán’s “Florencia en el Amazonas” (“Florencia in the Amazon”), the story of an opera singer in search of her lost lover, with a libretto in the “magical-realism” style of the Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez.

The North Carolina station’s general manager, Deborah S. Proctor, told National Public Radio that she rejected the operas because of their provocative subjects, explicit language, scenes of violence, or their being unsuited to the station’s classical format. “El Niño,” she said, is “unbiblical.”

Proctor said that not airing the productions was supported by 90 percent of about 1,000 responses to a questionnaire mailed in August to about 10,000 WCPE contributors. She added that if the station receives 2,000 responses from its supporters, it will re-analyze the results and may reconsider the bans.

She told NPR’s Anastasia Tsioulcas that the station aims to be “a safe refuge from the horrors of life.” In deciding what to broadcast, “I have a moral decision to make here,” Proctor said. “What if one child hears this? When I stand before Jesus Christ on Judgment Day, what am I going to say?”

http://www.npr.org/2023/09/29/1202425600/met-opera-wcpe-north-carolina

(via http://www.slippedisc.com)

Benjamin Dolle, the radio programming manager of VPM (Virginia Public Media), which airs Met broadcasts in Central Virginia and other regions of the state, writes in an e-mail: “VPM has always aired, and will continue to air, the Met Opera season as available to us in its entirety. Should the Metropolitan Opera change their broadcast schedule, that is beyond our control, but we do not plan to skip or alter any provided programming this season.”

The Met’s 2023-24 season of Saturday afternoon broadcasts is scheduled to run from Dec. 9 to June 8.

Not quite yet. In the coming week, I’ll get the last in a round of vaccinations that should make me medically fit to (cautiously) go to concerts once more. Live music, and reviews, by mid-October – that’s the plan.

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.

Oct. 1 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Valentina Peleggi conducting
Andrea Portera: “Eudaimonic” Concerto (premiere)
Daisuke Yamamoto, violin
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major
$15-$86
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

Oct. 1 (4 p.m.)
Grace Episcopal Church, 5607 Gordonsville Road, Keswick
Three Notch’d Road:
Fiona Hughes & Matvey Lapin, violins
Jason Fisher, viola
René Schiffer, cello
Sam Suggs, double-bass
David Ross, flute
Jennifer Streeter, harpsichord
J.S. Bach: “Goldberg Variations,” BWV 988 (string ensemble arrangement)
J.S. Bach: “Brandenburg” Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
$10-$30
(434) 409-3424
http://tnrbaroque.org

Oct. 2 (7:30 p.m.)
First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1000 Blanton Ave. at the Carillon, Richmond
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
Suliman Tekalli & Njioma Grevious, violins
Caleb Georges, viola
James Wilson, cello
Andrew Sommer, double-bass
Mary Boodell, flute
Lauren Williams, oboe
David Lemelin, clarinet
Thomas Schneider, bassoon
Cody Halquist, French horn
Dvořák: Nocturne in B major, Op. 40
Jessie Montgomery: “Strum”
Óscar Navarro: “Juego de Ladrones”
Mussorgsky: “Pictures at an Exhibition” (chamber arrangement)
$30
(804) 304-6312
http://cmscva.org

Oct. 5 (6:30 p.m.)
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Overbrook Road at Ownby Lane, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
Stacy Garrop: “Bohemian Café”
Jean Françaix: Octet
Stravinsky: “The Soldier’s Tale” Suite
$30-$35
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

Oct. 5 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Terry Austin directing
Philip Sparke: “Hymn of the Highlands” Suite
Steven Reineke: “Celebration Fanfare”
Richard Strauss: “Olympic Hymn”
Adrian Hernandez: “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”
Karl King: “The Iowa Band Law March”
$10
(804) 828-1166
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

Oct. 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Oct. 6 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Pops
Stuart Chafetz conducting
“Totally ’80s”
$25-$119
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

Oct. 5 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 6 (11:30 a.m.)
Oct. 7 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
Respighi: “The Fountains of Rome”
Respighi: “The Pines of Rome”
Respighi: “Roman Festivals”
$15-$112
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Oct. 6 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Symphony
Daniel Myssyk conducting
David Skidmore: “Ritual Music”
Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Bernstein: “Candide” Overture
$10
(804) 828-1166
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

Oct. 6 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Anoushka Shankar, sitar
Arun Ghosh, clarinet
Sarathy Korwar, drums-composer
Pirashanna Thevarajah, Carnatic percussion
Tom Farmer, bass
Shankar: works TBA
$28-$78
(202) 785-9727
http://washingtonperformingarts.org

Oct. 7 (9 a.m.-9 p.m.)
various venues, Church Hill, Richmond
Classical Revolution RVA
One Voice Chorus
Allison Smith, speaker
other artists TBA
2023 Mozart Festival
programs TBA
free
http://classicalrevolutionrva.com/events

Oct. 7 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 8 (2 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
Wagner: “Siegfried” (Jonathan Dove & Graham Vick adaptation)
Cooper Nolan (Siegfried)
Matthew Peña (Mime)
Kyle Albertson (the Wanderer [Wotan])
Joshua Jeremiah (Alberich)
Ricardo Lugo (Fafner)
Alissa Anderson (Erda)
Alexandra Loutsion (Brünnhilde)
Alicia Russell Tagert (a Woodbird)
Joachim Schamberger, stage director
in German, English captions
$40-$110
(866) 673-7282
http://vaopera.org

Oct. 8 (3:30 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Second Sunday South of the James:
Tam Trio
program TBA
donation requested
(804) 272-7514
http://bonairpc.org

Oct. 8 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Sonia Vlahcevic, piano
Alexander Wilkerson, trumpet
Toby Whitaker, trombone
Colton Dodd & Ruta-Smedina-Starke, piano
works TBA by Chopin, Bartók, Ernst Krenek, others
free
(804) 828-1166
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

Oct. 8 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Chamber Music Series:
Daniel Sender & David Sariti, violins
Ayn Balija, viola
Adam Carter, cello
Pete Spaar, double-bass
Kelly Peral, oboe
Jiyeon Choi, clarinet
Elizabeth Roberts, bassoon
Cody Halquist, French horn
Nathaniel Lee, trombone
I-Jen Fang, percussion
Øivind Westby: “Portrait of a Family”
Johann Georg Lickl: “Cassazione”
Cameron Church: “Duet for Kitchen Bowl & Viola”
Vaclav Nelhybel: Trio for brass (edited by Jiyeon Choi for clarinet, French horn & trombone)
$15
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

Oct. 10 (7 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Brandon Eldridge conducting
Norfolk State University Concert Choir
Hampton University Concert Choir
Shark City Dance & Drum Corps
other artists TBA
Urban Renewal Center’s “Evening of Hope”
program TBA
free; registration required via http://eventbrite.com
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

Oct. 10 (7:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Orion Weiss, piano
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 96
John Adams: “Road Movies”
Daniel Bernard Roumain: “Filter”
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
Amy Beach: Romance, Op. 23
$12-$45
(434) 924-3376 (UVa Arts box office)
http://tecs.org

Oct. 11 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
George Stoffan, clarinet
Joan Hovda, cello
Bruce Hammel, bassoon
Daniel Stipe, piano
works TBA by Mendelssohn, Margaret Brouwer, Alexander von Zemlinsky
$10
(804) 828-1166
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

Oct. 11 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 12 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 13 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 14 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Pops
Steven Reineke conducting
Maxwell, guest star
$59-$359
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Oct. 13 (7:30 p.m.)
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Laurel Street at Floyd Avenue, Richmond
Michael Hey, organ
Pierre Cochereau: “Scherzo symphonique” (Jeremy Filsell transcription)
J.S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Jason Roberts: “Variations on an Original Theme”
Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor – III: Passacaille (Michael Hey transcription)
Vierne: Symphony No. 2 in E major – III: Scherzo
Widor: Symphony No. 6 in G minor – I: Allegro
free; tickets required via http://eventbrite.com
(804) 359-5651
http://richmondcathedral.org/concerts

Oct. 13 (7:30 p.m.)
Oct. 15 (2:30 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
Wagner: “Siegfried” (Jonathan Dove & Graham Vick adaptation)
Cooper Nolan (Siegfried)
Matthew Peña (Mime)
Kyle Albertson (the Wanderer [Wotan])
Joshua Jeremiah (Alberich)
Ricardo Lugo (Fafner)
Alissa Anderson (Erda)
Alexandra Loutsion (Brünnhilde)
Alicia Russell Tagert (a Woodbird)
Joachim Schamberger, stage director
in German, English captions
$12-$100
(866) 673-7282
http://vaopera.org

Oct. 14 (7 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
University of Virginia Wind Ensemble
Cavalier Marching Band
works TBA by Sousa, Massenet, others
$26.75
(434) 979-1333
http://theparamount.net

Oct. 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Pan American Symphony Orchestra
Sergio Alessandro Buslje conducting
“Tango Sinfónico”
$55-$75
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Oct. 15 (3 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Isidore String Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in C major, Op. 20, No. 2
Billy Childs: Quartet No. 2 (“Awakening”)
Beethoven: Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
$35
(804) 828-1166
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

Oct. 15 (3 p.m.)
River Road Church, Baptist, River & Ridge roads, Richmond
E. Carl Freeman Concert Series:
Vox Humana
William Bradley Roberts directing
David Jones, oboe
Christopher Martin, organ
Yves Castagnet: Mass
“Words of 4 Wise Women,” texts by Harriet Tubman, Dorothy Parker, Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou
“Reflections on a Rabbi from Nazareth”
free; tickets required via http://eventbrite.com
(804) 288-1131
http://rrcb.org/e-carl-freeman-concert-series/

Oct. 15 (7 p.m.)
Gallery5 200 W. Marshall St., Richmond
Classical Revolution RVA:
artists TBA
program TBA
donation requested
(804) 678-8863 (Gallery5)
http://classicalrevolutionrva.com/events

Oct. 15 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts:
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Orion Weiss, piano
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 96
John Adams: “Road Movies”
Daniel Bernard Roumain: “Filter”
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
Amy Beach: Romance, Op. 23
$55
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Oct. 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Kaufman Theater, Chrysler Museum of Art, 1 Memorial Place, Norfolk
Feldman Chamber Music Series:
Lysander Piano Trio
Grieg: Andante con moto
Amanda Meier: Piano Trio in E flat major
Schubert: Piano Trio in E flat major, D. 929
$40
(757) 552-1630
http://feldmanchambermusic.org

Oct. 17 (7:30 p.m.)
Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St.
Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg:
Lysander Piano Trio
Grieg: Andante con moto
Amanda Meier: Piano Trio in E flat major
Schubert: Piano Trio in E flat major, D. 929
$30
(757) 741-3300 (Williamsburg Regional Library)
http://chambermusicwilliamsburg.org

Oct. 18 (7:30 p.m.)
Williamsburg Community Chapel, 3899 John Tyler Highway
Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra
Michael Butterman conducting
Astor Piazzolla: “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires”
Max Richter: “ ‘The Four Seasons’ Recomposed” (after Vivaldi)
Philippe Quint, violin
$65
(757) 229-9857
http://williamsburgsymphony.org

Oct. 18 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, 10 First St. SE, Washington
Meta4 Quartet
Kaija Saariaho: “Terra Memoria”
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83
Sibelius: Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 (“Voces intimae”)
free; tickets required via http://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/
(202) 707-5507
http://www.loc.gov/events/concerts-from-the-library-of-congress/concerts/upcoming-concerts/

Oct. 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, 190 Alumni Mall, Blacksburg
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier directing
J.S. Bach: “Actus tragicus – Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste,” BWV 106
J.S. Bach: “Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir,” BWV 131
J.S. Bach: “Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich,” BWV 150
J.S. Bach: “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen,” BWV 12
$25-$65
(540) 231-5300
http://artscenter.vt.edu

Oct. 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Paul Huang, violin
Helen Huang, piano
Percussion Collective
Lou Harrison: “Varied Trio”
Ravel: Violin Sonata in G major
Ke-Chia Chen: new work TBA (premiere)
Kenji Bunch: new work TBA
$40-$75
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://washingtonperformingarts.org

Oct. 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen conducting
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
Olga Kern, piano
$15-$119
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

Oct. 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts:
Emerson String Quartet
J.S. Bach-Mozart: fugues from “The Well-Tempered Clavier,” K. 405
Sarah Kirkland Snider: “Drink the Wild Ayre”
Bartók: Quartet No. 2
Beethoven: Quartet in B flat major, Op. 130, with “Grosse Fuge,” Op. 133
sold out; waiting list
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Oct. 21 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First & Franklin streets
Anamarie Diaz, flute
Hope Armstrong Erb, piano
works TBA by Poulenc, Claude Bolling, Valerie Coleman, William Averitt, Chloe Mackenzie Biggs
free
(804) 646-7223
http://rvalibrary.org/gellman-room-concerts

Oct. 21 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 22 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Valentina Peleggi conducting
Richard Strauss: “Don Juan”
Bartók: Viola Concerto
Paul Neubauer, viola
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor (“Pathétique”)
$15-$86
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

Oct. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen conducting
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor
Rachmaninoff: “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Olga Kern, piano
$15-$119
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

Oct. 21 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Valerie Coleman, flute & composer
program TBA
free
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

Oct. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW, Washington
Avi Avital, mandolin
Hanzhi Wang, accordion
Fritz Kreisler: “Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani”
Stravinsky: “Suite italienne”
J.S. Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 – Chaconne
J.S. Bach: “Goldberg Variations” – Aria and variations Nos. 1, 7, 14, 18, 29
Bartók: “Romanian Folk Dances”
Pablo de Sarasate: “Spanish Dances,” Op. 22 – “Romanza andaluza”
De Falla: “La Vida Breve” – “Danse Espagnole” No. 1
Saint-Saëns: “Introduction and Rondo capriccioso,” Op. 28
$40
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://washingtonperformingarts.org

Oct. 21 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Emil de Cou conducting
Michael Giacchino, host
“Marvel’s ‘Werefolf by Night,’ ” films with live orchestral accompaniment
$29-$59
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Oct. 22 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen conducting
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
Rachmaninoff: “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”
Olga Kern, piano
$15-$99
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

Oct. 22 (3 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Lisbon Toy Orchestra
works TBA by Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Bizet, Dvořák, Verdi, others
$60-$100
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Oct. 26 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 28 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Kevin John Edusei conducting
Duke Ellington: “Harlem”
Adolphus Hailstork: “JFK: the Last Speech”
Katerina Burton, soprano
Phylicia Rashad, narrator
John Adams: “Harmonielehre”
$15-$112
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Oct. 27 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Inon Barnatan, piano
James Ehnes, violin
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
“Swan Song”
Schubert: Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Schubert: Fantasy in C major, D. 934
Schubert: Piano Trio in E flat major, D. 929
$30-$50
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

Oct. 27 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Luke Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham Parkway, Richmond
Paley Music Festival:
Alexander Paley & Peiwen Chen, piano 4-hands
Schubert: Allegro in A minor, D. 947 (“Lebensstürme”)
Weber: “8 Pieces,” Op. 60
Schubert: Rondo in A major, D. 951
Smetana: “The Moldau”
$20 suggested donation
(804) 665-9516
http://paleymusicfestival.org

Oct. 27 (7:30 p.m.)
Salem Civic Center, 1001 Roanoke Boulevard
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra Pops
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Steve Lippia, guest star
“The American Songbook: Sounds of Sinatra”
$31-$58
(540) 343-9127
http://rso.com

Oct. 28 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Luke Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham Parkway, Richmond
Paley Music Festival:
Alexander Paley, piano
J.S. Bach: Partita in A minor, BWV 827
C.P.E. Bach: Rondo in A minor, Wq. 56/5
C.P.E. Bach: Rondo in C minor, Wq. 59
J.S. Bach: Fantasia in A minor, BWV 904
J.S. Bach: Partita in B flat major, BWV 825
$20 suggested donation
(804) 665-9516
http://paleymusicfestival.org

Oct. 28 (8 p.m.)
Altria Theater, Main & Laurel streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
“ ‘Ghostbusters’ in Concert,” film with live orchestral accompaniment
$15-$86
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

Oct. 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Morihiko Nakahara conducting
Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chorus
“From the Realms of Fantasy”
Orff: “Carmina burana” – “O Fortuna”
Wagner: “Die Walküre” – “Ride of the Valkyries”
Harold Arlen: “The Wizard of Oz” (selections)
Ravel: “Mother Goose” Suite – “The Fairy Garden”
Joe Hisaishi: “Spirited Away” Suite
Mick Jagger & Keith Richards: “Paint it Black”
Rebecca Gilmore, cello
Danny Elfman: “Wednesday” Main Titles
Elfman: “Edward Scissorhands” Suite
John Williams “Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban” – “A Bridge to the Past”
Koji Kondo: “The Legend of Zelda”
John Powell: “How To Train Your Dragon”
Howard Shore: “The Fellowship of the Ring” Symphonic Suite
$79
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

Oct. 28 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Mahani Teave, piano
J.S. Bach: “Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue” in D minor, BWV 903
Ancestral Rapa Nui-José Miguel Tobar: “I hē a Hotumatu’a”
Chopin: Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9, No. 1
Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Liszt: Ballade No. 2 in B minor
Rachmaninoff: “Moments musicaux,” Op. 16 – IV: Presto in E minor
Alejandro Arevalo: “Suite Rapa Nui”
$45-$80
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://washingtonperformingarts.org

Oct. 28 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 5 (2 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Daniela Candillari conducting
Jeanine Tesori & George Brant: “Grounded”
Emily D’Angelo (Jess)
Morris Robinson (Commander)
Frederick Ballentine (Trainer)
Joseph Dennis (Eric)
Michael Meyer, stage director
in English, English captions
$45-$299
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Oct. 29 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Schola Cantorum & Women’s Chorale
Jeffrey Riehl & David Pederson directing
program TBA
free
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

Oct. 29 (4 p.m.)
Holy Comforter Episcopal Church, Monument Avenue at Staples Mill Road, Richmond
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord
“French Dynasty”
works TBA by Louis, François & Armand-Louis Couperin
$30
(804) 304-6312
http://cmscva.org

Oct. 29 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Chamber Music Series:
Maximillian McNutt, trumpet
accompanist TBA
program TBA
$15
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

Oct. 29 (7 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Jeffrey Siegel, piano & speaker
“Keyboard Conversations: Power and Passion of Beethoven”
Beethoven: Sonata in F sharp major, Op. 78 (“à Thérèse”)
Beethoven: Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 (“Appassionata”)
$29-$50
(703) 993-2787
http://cfa.gmu.edu

Oct. 30 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Simone Dinnerstein & Awadagin Pratt, pianos
J.S. Bach-György Kurtág: “O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig,” BWV 1085
Brahms: Ballades, Op. 10
Philip Glass: Etude No. 6
Schubert: Fantasie in F minor, D. 940
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major (“Pastoral”) (Selmar Bagge arrangement)
$40-$75
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://washingtonperformingarts.org

Oct. 31 (7:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Purcell-Britten: Chacony for Strings
Nielsen: “Serenata in vano”
Howard Ferguson: Octet, Op. 4
Beethoven: Septet in E flat major, Op. 20
$12-$45
(434) 924-3376 (UVa Arts box office)
http://tecs.org

Nov. 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Young Concert Artists:
Harmony Zhu, piano
Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Chopin: Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1
Chopin: Sonata in B minor, Op. 58
Scriabin: Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19 (“Sonata-Fantasy”)
Camille Pepin: “Iridescence-Glace”
Nikolai Kapustin: Theme and Variations, Op. 41
$20-$45
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Nov. 2 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 3 (11:30 a.m.)
Nov. 4 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Otrchestra
Gustavo Gimeno conducting
Tania León: “Pasajes”
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor
Camille Thomas, cello
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor
$15-$112
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Nov. 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra
Peter Wilson conducting
“Symphonic Masquerade: an Evening of Specters, Spirits, and Spies”
Andrew Lloyd Webber: “Phantom of the Opera” (selections)
Franck: “Le chasseur maudit” (“The Accursed Huntsman”)
Shostakovich: “The Gadfly” Suite – Romance
Peter Wilson, violin
Mussorgsky: “Night on Bald Mountain”
Lalo Schifrin: “Mission Impossible” theme
Henry Mancini: “The Pink Panther” theme
James Horner: “The Rocketeer” (selections)
Quincy Jones: “Soul Bossa Nova”
James Bond film themes
$25-$90
(434) 979-1333
http://theparamount.net

Nov. 3 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
University Singers
UVa Chamber Singers
Michael Slon directing
Virginia Glee Club
Frank Albinder directing
Virginia Women’s Chorus
KaeRenae Mitchell directing
“Family Weekend Choral Showcase”
program TBA
$10
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

Nov. 4 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First & Franklin streets
Commonwealth Concert Opera
works TBA by Wagner, Kurt Weill, Sigmund Romberg, Stephen Sondheim
readings of Kahil Gibran, J.R.R. Tolkien
free
(804) 646-7223
http://rvalibrary.org/gellman-room-concerts

Nov. 4 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 6 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Evan Rogister conducting
Gounod: “Romeo et Juliette”
Rosa Feola (Juliet)
Adam Smith (Romeo)
Justin Austin (Mercutio)
Duke Kim (Tybalt)
Hunter Enoch (Grégorio)
Simon Godwin, stage director
in French, English captions
$45-$299
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Nov. 5 (2:30 p.m.)
River Road Church, Baptist, River & Ridge roads, Richmond
E. Carl Freeman Concert Series:
Stefan Palm, organ
program TBA
free; tickets required via http://eventbrite.com
(804) 288-11321
http://rrcb.org/e-carl-freeman-concert-series/

Nov. 5 (4 p.m.)
Ryan Recital Hall, St. Christopher’s School, 6010 Fergusson Road, Richmond
Richmond Philharmonic
Peter Wilson conducting
Mozart: “Don Giovanni” Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major
Respighi: “The Pines of Rome”
free
(804) 556-1039
http://richmondphilharmonic.org

Nov. 5 (3 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183
Kodály: “Dances of Galanta”
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
Akemi Takayama, violin
$34-$58
(540) 343-9127
http://rso.com

Nov. 5 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Mozart: String Quintet in B flat major, K. 174
Lili Boulanger: Nocturne
Boulanger: Cortège
Boulanger: “D’un matin de printemps”
Nate Heyder: “Ahead of Time”
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
$39
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org