Month: April 2024

(Updated April 3)

Klaus Mäkelä, the 28-year-old Finn slated to become chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam in the 2027-28 season, now has been selected as the next music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, also beginning in 2027-28.

He succeeds Riccardo Muti, who last season concluded a 13-year tenure in Chicago.

Mäkelä’s initial term as music director in Chicago will be for five years; effective immediately, he will serve as music director-designate. He has a comparable transitional arrangement in Amsterdam.

A cellist who studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Mäkelä began a meteoric rise in 2020 when, at 24, he was named chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic. A year later, he took over direction of Orchestre de Paris. He will relinquish both posts after the 2026-27 season. He also was principal guest conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra from 2018 to 2021.

Mäkelä, who will be 31 when he takes over in Chicago, will be the youngest music director in the orchestra’s history, and one of the youngest ever to lead a major US orchestra.

UPDATE: The New Yorker’s Alex Ross leads a chorus of critics expressing skepticism over Mäkelä’s Chicago appointment, calling the conductor “a gifted young musician who exhibits assured technique on the podium but has yet to find a distinct interpretive personality. . . . [H]e makes a strong first impression. His staying power is unproven.”

At Mäkelä’s age, an earlier generation of conductors “got their start with regional ensembles and worked their way up to the supposed big leagues,” Ross notes. “[Leonard] Bernstein was leading exploratory concerts at the New York City Symphony. [Wilhelm] Furtwängler was based in Lübeck, Herbert von Karajan in Aachen, Otto Klemperer in Barmen. (Not Bremen – Barmen.)”

Mäkelä has deflected on the age issue by noting that Willem Mengelberg was 24 when he took over the Concertgebouw in 1895. At the time, however, the orchestra was a seven-year-old ensemble in a cultural backwater, not the musical powerhouse it is today.

In the past, Ross notes, conductors “tended to devote themselves single-mindedly to their ensembles. They built something substantial before moving on. In general, the most notable conductor-orchestra pairings have been exclusive ones.” Mengelberg was a prime example: He led the Concertgebouw for 50 years, and didn’t take on a second directorship, of the New York Philharmonic, until he was nearly three decades into his Amsterdam tenure. (He left New York after six years, the last two of them in a contentious power-sharing arrangement with Arturo Toscanini.)

Mäkelä says that he plans to maintain ties with the Oslo and Paris orchestras once he has taken over in Amsterdam and Chicago – plus, no doubt, many hard-to-resist guest-conducting invitations. He promises to be an exemplar of overextended maestros who, Ross writes, “apparently consider themselves failures if they aren’t racking up hundreds of thousands of frequent-flier miles every year.”

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/conductors-had-one-job-now-they-have-three-or-four

Another factor that hasn’t been stressed so far in reactions to Mäkelä’s Chicago appointment: He will be following, and inevitably will be compared with, Muti, who at 82 is one of world’s most experienced conductors and acclaimed as one of the greatest of his generation. Big shoes to fill, to say the least.

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.

April 2 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, 10 First St. SE, Washington
Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall directing
Vincenzo Ruffo: “Capricci in musica a tre voci”
Emilio de’Cavalieri: “Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo” – Sinfonia
de’Cavalieri: “Musique des intermèdes de ‘La Pellegrina’ ” – “Ballo del Gran Duca”
Tobias Hume: “Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke” (selections) 
anon: “Greensleeves to a Ground”
Samuel Scheidt: “Ludi Musici” – “Galliard battaglia”
Girolamo Frescobaldi: “Il primo libro delle canzoni a una, due, tre, e quattro voci” (selections)
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger: “Libro terzo d’intavolatura di chitarrone” – Toccata, Fantasia
Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde: “Canzoni, fantasie et correnti da suonar” – “Susanna passegiatta” per basso solo et basso continuo
Andrea Falconieri: “Il primo libro di canzone, sinfonie, fantasie, capricci, brandi, correnti, gagliarde, alemane, volte” (selections)
Antonio Valente: “Gallarda Napolitana”
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/

April 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washintton
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts:
Imani Winds
Jeff Scott: “Titilayo”
Wayne Shorter: “Terra Incognita”
Paquito D’Rivera: “Aires Tropicales”
Valerie Coleman: “Rubispheres No. 1”
Shawn Okpebholo: “Rise”
Júlio Medaglia: “Belle Epoque en Sud-America”
$50
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 4 (7 p.m.)
April 6 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Labadie conducting
Henri-Joseph Rigel: Symphony No. 4 in C minor
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297 (“Paris”)
Fauré: Requiem
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
The Washington Chorus
$15-$112
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Emanuel Ax, piano
Beethoven: Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 (“Pathétique”)
Schoenberg: “3 Pieces,” Op. 11
Beethoven: Sonata in A major, Op. 2, No. 2
Webern: Variations, Op. 27
Schoenberg: “6 Little Pieces,” Op. 19
Beethoven: Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 (“Appassionata”)
$30-$50
free masterclass, 5 p.m. April 4, Camp Concert Hall
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

April 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
April 6 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Pops
Adam Turner conducting
LaKisha Jones, vocalist
“To Whitney with Love”
songs TBA by Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Donna Summer
$10-$199
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

April 5 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Chamber Singers
Michael Slon directing
“A Concert of Campaign Songs”
$20
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

April 5 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, 10 First St. SE, Washington
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Janáček: Violin Sonata
Brahms: Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 108
Thomas Adès: “The Tempest” Suite
György Kurtág: “3 pezzi,” Op. 14e
Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 2
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/

April 6 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Neave Trio
works TBA by Brahms, Mel Bonis, Lili Boulanger, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
$10
(804) 828-1166
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

April 6 (8 p.m.)
April 7 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Carlos Miguel Prieto conducting
Gershwin: “An American in Paris”
Silvestre Revueltas: “Redes” Suite
Bernstein: “Three Dance Episodes from ‘On the Town’ ”
Alberto Ginastera: “Estancia” Suite
José Pablo Moncayo: “Huapango”
$15-$86
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

April 6 (1:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Virginia Women’s Chorus
Katherine “KaeRenae” Mitchell directing
Virginia Men’s Glee Club
Frank Albinder directing
instrumental ensemble
“Shining through Grounds”
Dan Forrest: “Ubi Caritas”
other works TBA
$20
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

April 6 (4 & 7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
“Fragments”
J.S. Bach: cello suites (excerpts)
other works TBA
$40-$75
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 7 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Chamber Music Series:
Kelly Sulick, flute
John Mayhood, piano
Eugène Bozza: “Agrestide”
Jake Heggie: “Fury of Light”
Amanda Harberg: “Feathers and Wax”
Miguel del Aguila: “Miami Flute Suite”
Carlos Simon: “Move It”
Aaron Stepp: “Carpinteria” for flute & electronics (premiere)
$15
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

April 7 (7 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Jeffrey Siegel, piano & speaker
“Keyboard Conversations: Three Great Romantics”
works TBA by Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Brahms
$29-$50
(703) 993-2787
http://cfa.gmu.edu

April 7 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Kennedy Center Chamber Players:
Ying Fu & Dayna Hepler, violins
Daniel Foster & Ruth Wicker, violas
David Hardy, cello
Robert Oppelt, double-bass
Paul Cigan, clarinet
Lambert Orkis & Jiyoung Oh, piano
Carlos Simon: “Elegy: a Cry from the Grave”
Barber: Cello Sonata in C minor, Op. 6
Derek Douglas Carter: “Breonna’s Lullaby”
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 (“Trout”)
$39
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 7 (2 & 7 p.m.)
Studio F, Kennedy Center, Washington
Washington National Opera Cafritz Young Artists
conductor TBA
Handel: “Partenope”
in Italian
$10
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 7 (5 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Uniting Voices Chicago
Choral Arts Orchestra
Josephine Lee conducting
Ted Hearne: “Partition”
Orff: “Carmina burana”
Amy Owens, soprano
Kyle Tomlin, tenor
Vasil Garvanliev, baritone
$15-$69
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Wind Ensemble
Steven Barton directing
Washington Saxophone Quartet
works TBA by Copland, Chance, Boysen, Barton, others
free; reservation required
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

April 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Museum of Art, 1 Memorial Place, Norfolk
Feldman Chamber Music Series:
Telegraph Quartet
Fanny Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat major
George Walker: Quartet No. 1 (“Lyric”)
Dvořák: Quartet in A flat major, Op. 105
$40
(757) 552-1630
http://feldmanchambermusic.org

April 8 (8 p.m.)
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, 190 Alumni Mall, Blacksburg
Barbara Nissman, piano
program TBA
$15
(540) 231-5300
http://artscenter.vt.edu

April 9 (8 p.m.)
Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St.
Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg:
Telegraph Quartet
Fanny Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat major
George Walker: Quartet No. 1 (“Lyric”)
Dvořák: Quartet in A flat major, Op. 105
$30
(757) 741-3300 (Williamsburg Regional Library)
http://chambermusicwilliamsburg.org

April 10 (7 p.m.)
River Road Church, Baptist, River & Ridge roads, Richmond
E. Carl Freeman Concert Series:
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips directing
“Darkness to Light”
Robert White: “Lamentations II”
White: “Exaudiat te”
Thomas Tallis: “Lamentations II”
Robert Parsons: “O bone Jesu”
Parsons: “Ave Maria”
White: “Regina caeli”
William Byrd: “All Saints Propers”
$40, via http://eventbrite.com
(804) 288-1131
http://rrcb.org/e-carl-freeman-concert-series/

April 10 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Vox Concordia
Lisa Fusco directing
Black Awakening Gospel Choir
Frankie James directing
Commonwealth Singers
Chris Hansen directing
“Anchors of the Soul: A Celebration of Black Composers”
program TBA
$10
(804) 828-1166
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

April 10 (8 p.m.)
Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Jason Moran, piano
“Solo Ellington”
works TBA by Duke Ellington
$35-$95
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 11 (7:30 p.m.)
Williamsburg Community Chapel, 3899 John Tyler Highway
Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra
Michael Butterman conducting
Stephen Lias: “Gates of the Artic”
Bernstein: “Chichester Psalms”
Regional Combined Chorus
Alan Hovhannes: Symphony No. 2 (“Mysterious Mountain”)
Copland: “The Tender Land” Suite
$65
(757) 229-9857
http://williamsburgsymphony.org

April 11 (7 p.m.)
April 12 (11:30 a.m.)
April 13 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Xian Zhang conducting
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A minor, Op. 33
Billy Childs: Saxophone Concerto
Steven Banks, saxophone
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor (“From the New World”)
$15-$112
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 11 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Pops
Lawrence Loh conducting
“Prohibition and the Roaring ’20s”
program TBA
$42-$102
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org

April 12 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU University Band
director TBA
program TBA
$10
(804) 828-1166
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

April 12 (7:30 p.m.)
First Presbyterian Church, 4602 Cary Street Road, Richmond
Richmond chapter, American Guild of Organists Repertoire Recital Series:
Raúl Prieto Ramírez, organ
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532
J.S. Bach: “Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ,” BWV 649
Juan Maria Thomàs i Sabater: “Toccata post Te Deum”
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault: “Three Movements from Suite du premier ton”
Franck: “Piece héroïque”
Saint-Saëns: Rhapsody, Op. 7, No. 1
Widor: Symphonie VI – Allegro
donation requested
(804) 358-2383
http://richmondago.org/organ-repertoire-recital-series/

April 12 (8 p.m.)
The Lawn, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Baroque Orchestra
David Sariti, violin & director
works TBA by Telemann, Giuseppe Sammartini, Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Juan Corchado
$10
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

April 13 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First & Franklin streets
Victor Haskins, multi-instrumentalist
program TBA
free
(804) 646-7223
http://rvalibrary.org/gellman-room-concerts

April 13 (3 p.m.)
Grace & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 8 N. Laurel St., Richmond
Wrenmasters Baroque Quartet
program TBA
free
(804) 359-5628
http://ghtc.org

April 13 (7 p.m.)
April 14 (3 p.m.)
Marburg House, 312 Bute Lane, Richmond
Belvedere Series:
Rebecca Anderson, violin
Joshua Halpern, cello
Mary Boodell, flute
Jessica Xylina Osborne, piano
Valentin Silvestrov: “28 Juli 1750 . . . in memoriam J.S.B.”
Kenji Bunch: “Vesper Flight” for flute & piano
Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 5 in G major for solo violin
Domenic Salerni: “Seven Meditations”
Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
$30-$45 (limited seating)
(804) 833-1481
http://belvedereseries.org

April 13 (8 p.m.)
Altria Theater, Main & Laurel streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
“Black Panther,” film with live orchestral accompaniment
$15-$86
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

April 13 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Rob Fisher conducting
Stephen Sondheim: “Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” concert version
Rod Gilfry (Sweeney Todd)
Donna Lynne Champlin (Mrs. Lovett)
Tom Quaintance, stage director
in English
$29.25-$110
(757) 282-2822
http://vafest.org/tickets-and-events/

April 13 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa University Singers
orchestra
Michael Slon conducting
Ēriks Ešenvalds: “St. Luke’s Passion”
Ešenvalds: “Only in Sleep”
Ešenvalds: “Stars”
works TBA by Jake Runestad, Richard Danielpour, Kristin Hauge, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
$15
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

April 13 (7:30 p.m.)
Historic Academy Theater, 600 Main St., Lynchburg
Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra
David Glover conducting
“Back to the ’80s”
pops program TBA
$20-$100
(434) 528-3256
http://lynchburgsymphony.org

April 13 (3 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
DC Youth Orchestra
Young Virtuosi
Evan Ross Solomon conducting
Nielsen: “Saul and David” – Act 2 Prelude
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: “The Bamboula – Rhapsodic Dance,” Op. 43
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7 in C sharp minor
Johann Strauss II: “Tales from the Vienna Woods”
free
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 14 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Schola Cantorum
Jeffrey Riehl directing
UR Women’s Chorale
Timothy Drummond directing
program TBA
free; reservation required
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

April 14 (3:30 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Second Sunday South of the James:
Clover Hill High School Band
program TBA
donation requested
(804) 272-7514
http://bonairpc.org/concert-series/

April 14 (3 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Cavalier Symphony Orchestra
conductors TBA
“Take Flight”
John Powell: “How to Train Your Dragon” – “Test Drive”
John Williams: “Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones” – “Across the Stars”
Rossini: “The Barber of Seville” Overture
Elgar: “Enigma Variations” – “Nimrod”
Holst: “The Planets” – “Jupiter”
$10
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

April 14 (4 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Kathryn Stott, piano
Fauré: Berceuse, Op. 16
Dvořák: “Songs My Mother Taught Me”
Sérgio Assad: “Menino”
Nadia Boulanger: Cantique
Fauré: “Papillon,” Op. 77
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
Arvo Pärt: “Spiegel im Spiegel”
Franck: Violin Sonata in A major (cello arrangement)
sold out; waiting list
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://kennedy-center.org

April 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Old Dominion University Orchestra
The Governor’s School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen conducting
“Side by Side Concert”
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major
Kathryn Kelly, soprano
$11-$17
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

April 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Post-Classical Ensemble
Angel Gil-Ordóñez conducting
Ellington Carthan, host and piano
Felix Contreras, conga
“Beyond Category: the Concert Music of Duke Ellington”
$45-$65
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 17 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Symphonic Wind Ensemble
director TBA
Carrie Brockwell, vocalist
works TBA by Brockwell, John Williams, others
$25
(804) 828-1166
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

April 17 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Symphony Orchestra
Naima Burrs conducting
Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C major
Joanne Kong, piano
Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, violin
Christoph Wagner, cello
other works TBA
free; registration required
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

April 18 (7 p.m.)
April 20 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Simone Young conducting
Kaija Saariaho: “Orion”
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat major, K. 271 (“Jeunehomme”)
Lisa de la Salle, piano
Richard Strauss: “Also sprach Zarathustra”
$15-$112
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 18 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Vocal Arts DC:
Daniela Mack, mezzo-soprano
Keun-A Lee, piano
works TBA by Rossini, Pauline Viardot, Reynaldo Hahn, Carlos Guastavino, Alberto Ginastera, Astor Piazzola, Rene Orth
$50
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 18 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, 10 First St. SE, Washington
Kronos Quartet
trad.: “The House of the Rising Sun” (Jacob Garchik arrangement)
Geeshie Wiley: “Last Kind Words” (Garchik arrangement)
Jlin: “Little Black Book” (Garchik arrangement)
Scott Johnson: “How It Happens”
Johnson: “Movies”
Johnson: “What Would Have Happened”
Sun Ra, Terry Riley & Sara Miyamoto: “Kiss Yo Ass Goodbye” (Paul Wiancko arrangement)
Steve Reich: “WTC 9/11”
Charlton Singleton: “Testimony”
Michael Gordon: “Campaign Songs: 1 (God Bless America)”
Ken Benshoof: “John Brown’s Body”
Abel Meeropol: “Stange Fruit” (Garchik arrangement)
Laurie Anderson: “Flow” (Garchik arrangement)
Zachary James Watkins: “Peace Be Till” (featuring the recorded voice of Dr. Clarence B. Jones)
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/

April 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Salem Civic Center, 1001 Roanoke Boulevard
Roanoke Symphony Pops
Brent Havens conducting
Mig Ayesa, guest star
“We Will Rock You: Windbourne’s Music of Queen”
$31-$58
(540) 343-9127
http://rso.com

April 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Matthew Hagle, piano
Dvořák: Violin Sonatina in G major, Op. 100
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 47 (“Kreutzer”)
Dolores White: “Blues Dialogues”
William Grant Still: “Here’s One”
Billy Childs: “Incident on Larpenteur Avenue”
William Grant Still: Suite for violin & piano
$40-$75
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://kennedy-center.org

April 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Danish String Quartet
Purcell: Chaconne
Haydn: Quartet in G minor, Op. 20, No. 3
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 7
Scandinavian folksong arrangements TBA
$40-$50
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

April 20 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Pops
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
Andrew Lloyd Webber: symphonic suites from “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Evita,” “Sunset Boulevard”
$15-$86
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

April 20 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon conducting
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Alexander von Zemlinsky: “Lyric Symphony”
Melody Moore, soprano
Lucas Meacham, baritone
$42-$102
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org

April 21 (4 p.m.)
Second Presbyterian Church, 5 N. Fifth St., Richmond
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
Rieko Aizawa, piano
Brendon Elliott & Mari Lee, violins
Tanner Menees, viola
James Wilson, cello
Lauren Williams, oboe
“Britannia”
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: “Petite Suite de Concert,” Op. 77
Britten: ”Phantasy” Quartet, Op. 2
Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84
“Musical Time Machine Inspired by H.G. Wells:”
Hannah Kendall: “Tuxedo: Hot Summer, No Water”
Richard Rodney Bennett: “Eustace and Hilda”
Ethel Smyth: “Variations on Bonny Sweet Robin” (excerpt)
Hubert Parry: Intermezzo
John Field: Nocturne in C minor
Purcell: Fantasia à 4
$30
(804) 304-6312
http://cmscva.org

April 21 (3 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra
David Stewart Wiley conducting
“From Italy with Love”
Rossini: “The Barber of Seville” Overture
Ferdinando Carulli: Guitar Concerto in E minor
Michael Havens, guitar
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major (“Italian”)
$34-$58
(540) 343-9127
http://rso.com

April 21 (5 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
New Orchestra of Washington
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez conducting
Reena Esmail: “Testament”
Bernstein: Serenade (“After Plato’s Symposium”)
Kevin Zhu, violin
Rodion Shchedrin: “Carmen Suite” (after Bizet)
$30-$59
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 22 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Chamber Ensembles
Joanne Kong directing
program TBA
free; registration required
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

April 23 (7:30 p.m.)
Christ & St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 560 W. Olney Road, Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players
Kevin Kwan directing
Molly Quinn, soprano
“A Baroque Celebration”
Deiterich Buxtehude: Trio Sonata in C major, BuxWV 266 
Buxtehude: Cantata, “Befiehl dem Engel dass er komm,” BuxWV 10 
Handel: Trio Sonata in B flat major, HWV 388
Handel: Gloria
J.S. Bach: Trio Sonata in C minor, BWV 526
J.S. Bach: Cantata, “Der Herr denkt an uns,” BWV 196
$26.25-$35
(757) 282-2822
http://vafest.org/tickets-and-events/

April 23 (7:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Paul Lewis, piano
Schubert: Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Schubert: Sonata in A major, D. 959
Schubert: Sonata in B flat major, D. 960
$12-$45
(434) 924-3376
http://tecs.org

April 23 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Dover Quartet
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Duke Ellington: “In a Sentimental Mood” (Daniel Schlosberg arrangement)
Ernő Dohnányi: Piano Quintet No. 2 in E flat minor, Op. 26
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
$50
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 25 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
April 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
April 27 (7:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins conducting
Kodály: “Dances of Galánta”
George Butterworth: “A Shropshire Lad”
Borodin: “Prince Igor” – “Polovtsian Dances”
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major
Geneva Lewis, violin
$10-$119
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

April 26 (7 p.m.)
St. Benedict Catholic Church, 300 N. Sheppard St., Richmond
Three Notch’d Road:
Nathan Medley, countertenor
Ian Pomerantz, bass
Sheila Dietrich, soprano
Ben Geier & Joel Kumro, tenors
Fiona Hughes, violin
Matvey Lapin, violin & viola
Christa Patton, winds & harp
Paul Von Hoff, trombone
Joel VanderZee, organ
Jeremy Ward directing
Michael Praetorius: “Polyhymnia, Caduceatrix, et Panegyrica” (selections)
donation requested
(434) 409-3424
http://tnrbaroque.org

April 26 (7 p.m.)
April 27 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Opera
VCU Symphony
Daniel Myssyk conducting
Massenet: “Cinderella”
cast TBA
Michelle Harman-Gulick, stage director
in English, English captions
$10
(804) 828-1166
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

April 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Perkinson Arts Center, 11810 Centre St., Chester
April 27 (7:30 p.m.)
Ryan Recital Hall, St. Christopher’s School, 6010 Fergusson Road, Richmond
April 28 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Richmond Symphony
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
Mozart: Serenade in G major, K. 525 (“Eine kleine Nachtmusik”)
Jennifer Higdon: Oboe Concerto
Victoria Chung, oboe
Stravinsky: Concerto in E flat major (“Dumbarton Oaks”)
Mozart: Symphony No. 27 in G major, K. 199
$30-$50
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

April 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, 190 Alumni Mall, Blacksburg
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša conducting
Wagner: “Lohengrin” – Act 1 Prelude
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Hélène Grimaud, piano
Wagner: “Tannhäuser” Overture
$40-$85
(540) 231-5300
http://artscenter.vt.edu

April 26 (8 p.m.)
April 27 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Vince Mendoza conducting
Madison Cunningham, Ben Folds, Bill Frisell, Don Henley, Gregory Porter, JD Souther, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks & Trisha Yearwood, guest stars
“Here It Is: a Tribute to Leonard Cohen”
$49-$149
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 26 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, 10 First St. SE, Washington
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Hamelin: new work TBA
Ives: Sonata No. 2 (“Concord, Mass., 1840-60”)
Schumann: “Waldszenen,” Op. 82
Ravel: “Gaspard de la nuit”
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/

April 26 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Terence Blanchard, trumpet & conductor
E-Collective
Turtle Island Quartet
Andrew F. Scott
Justin Austin & Adrienne Danrich, vocalists
Blanchard: “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” concert version
in English
$38-$108
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://strathmore.org

April 27 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First & Franklin streets
Marina Andueza & Itzel Hamil, piano duo
program TBA
free
(804) 646-7223
http://rvalibrary.org/gellman-room-concerts

April 27 (7:30 p.m.)
First Presbyterian Church, 500 Park St., Charlottesville
April 28 (4 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Staunton
Three Notch’d Road:
Nathan Medley, countertenor
Ian Pomerantz, bass
Sheila Dietrich, soprano
Ben Geier & Joel Kumro, tenors
Fiona Hughes, violin
Matvey Lapin, violin & viola
Christa Patton, winds & harp
Paul Von Hoff, trombone
Joel VanderZee, organ
Jeremy Ward directing
Michael Praetorius: “Polyhymnia, Caduceatrix, et Panegyrica” (selections)
$30
(434) 409-3424
http://tnrbaroque.org

April 27 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša conducting
Wagner: “Lohengrin” – Act 1 Prelude
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Hélène Grimaud, piano
Wagner: “Tannhäuser” Overture
$50-$80
(703) 993-2787
http://cfa.gmu.edu

April 27 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Anna Geniushene, piano
Muzio Clementi: Sonata in E flat major, Op.1
Tchaikovsky: “Two Pieces,” op. 1
Chopin: Rondo in C minor, Op. 1
Mieczysław Weinberg: “Wiegnlied,” Op. 1
Schumann: “Abegg Variations,: Op. 1
Berg: Sonata in B minor, Op. 1
Brahms: Sonata in C major, Op. 1
$40-$75
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://kennedy-center.org

April 28 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Young Concert Artists:
Chaeyoung Park, piano
Debussy: Études, Book 1
George Crumb: “A Little Suite for Christmas”
Beethoven: Sonata in B flat major, Op. 106 (“Hammerklavier”)
$20-$45
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 28 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Carlos Simon: “Amen!”
Ives: Symphony No. 2
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Yunchan Lim, piano
sold out; waiting list
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org

April 29 (7:30 p.m.)
Norfolk Academy, 1585 Wesleyan Drive
Virginia Arts Festival:
Les Violons du Roy
Jonathan Cohen conducting
Miloš Karadaglić, guitar
Handel: Concerto grosso in A minor, Op. 6, No. 4
J.S. Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 – Chaconne (guitar arrangement)
Vivaldi: Concerto in D major, RV 93, for lute, 2 violins & continuo (guitar arrangement)
other works TBA
$10-$35
(757) 282-2822
http://vafest.org/tickets-and-events/

April 29 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Cyrus Chestnut, piano
ensemble & chorus
Chestnut & Malcolm J. Merriweather conducting
Duke Ellington: “Sacred Concert”
$29-$99
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 30 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle conducting
Wagner: “Tristan und Isolde” – Prelude & “Liebestod”
Alexander von Zemlinsky: “Symphonische Gesänge,” Op. 20
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major (“Pastoral”)
$35-$110
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://kennedy-center.org

April 30 ( 8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, 10 First St. SE, Washington
Les Violons du Roy
Jonathan Cohen conducting
Miloš Karadaglić, guitar
Guillaume Dumanoir: Overture
Alessandro Marcello: Adagio
Domenico Alberti: Allegro
Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Concerto grosso in F minor, Op. 1, No. 8
Vivaldi: “L’estro armonico,” Op. 3 (selections)
Francesco Geminiani: Concerto grosso in D minor, H. 143 (“La Folia”)
Rameau: “Les Boréades: The Arts and the Hours” (selections)
François Couperin: “Second livre de pieces de clavecin, 6e ordre” – “Les baricades mistérieuses”
Louis-Claude Daquin: “Livre de pièces de clavecin” – “Le coucoû”
Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Passacaglia
Purcell: “The History of Timon of Athens” Overture
Purcell: “The Fair Queen” Prelude
Purcell: “Oedipus” – “Music for a while”
Purcell: “Dido and Aeneas” – “When I am laid in earth”
Purcell: “King Arthur” “What power art thou”
Telemann: “Tafelmusik,” Book I – Conclusion (allegro)
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/

May 2 (7 p.m.)
May 3 (11:30 a.m.)
May 4 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck conducting
Beethoven: “Fidelio” Overture
Beethoven: Romance No. 1 in G major for violin & orchestra
Beethoven: Romance No. 2 in F major for violin & orchestra
Nurit Bar-Josef, violin
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor
$15-$112
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

May 2 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jeannette Sorrell conducting
J.S. Bach: Oboe Concerto in F major, BWV 1053r
Katherine Needleman, oboe
Handel: “Water Music” Suite No. 1 in F major
André Grétry: “Zémire et Azor” ballet suite
Mozart: “Idomeneo” ballet music, K. 367
$21-$102
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org

May 3 (7:30 p.m.)
May 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Opera Lafayette
Christophe Rousset conducting
Jean-Joseph Mouret: “Les Fêtes de Thalie”
cast TBA
Catherine Turocy, stage director
in French
$30-$135
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

May 4 (8 p.m.)
May 5 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Anthony Parnther conducting
Florence Price: Symphony No. 3 in C minor
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495
Dominic Rotella, French horn
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major
$15-$86
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

May 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Virginia Symphony Pops
Virginia Symphony Chorus
Chelsea Tipton conducting
“The Music of ‘Star Wars’ ”
$17.50-$119
(757) 891-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

May 4 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Brian Ganz, piano
Chopin: Ballade in G minor, Op. 23
Chopin: Scherzo in D flat major, Op. 31
Chopin: études, Opp. 10 & 25 (selections)
Chopin: mazurkas TBA
$34-$53
(703) 993-2787
http://cfa.gmu.edu

May 5 (4 p.m.)
Holy Comforter Episcopal Church, Monument Avenue at Staples Mill Road, Richmond
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord
J.S. Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904
J.S. Bach: “French Suite” No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 815
J.S. Bach: Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E flat major, BWV 998
J.S. Bach: “English Suite” No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808
J.S. Bach: “English Suite” No. 4 in F major, BWV 809
$30
(804) 304-6312
http://cmscva.org

May 5 (3 p.m.)
Berglund Performing Arts Theatre, Orange Avenue at Williamson Road, Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor (“Choral”)
Adelaide Trombetta, soprano
Brian Thorsett, tenor
Cecelia McKinley, contralto
Kenneth Kellogg, bass
Roanoke Symphony Chorus
other choruses TBA
$34-$58
(540) 343-9127
http://rso.com

May 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St.
May 9 (7:30 p.m.)
Hixon Theater, Barr Education Center, 440 Bank St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Takács Quartet
Olga Kern, piano
Dvořák: Quartet in E major, Op. 51
Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor
$35
(757) 282-2822
http://vafest.org/tickets-and-events