Month: February 2025

The takeover of the Kennedy Center, Washington’s largest performing-arts venue, by President Trump and his supporters has provoked a predictable outcry from people against whom Trump campaigned. The place where over-educated elites and denizens of the deep state go for opera, ballet, symphony concerts and DEI-indoctrination productions was an easy and obvious target.

Is the takeover a herald of populist cultural counter-revolution, or a bright shiny object dangled to distract the media and the chattering classes? Pretty clearly the latter, and its shine is dimming quickly. Alongside agency shutdowns, mass firings, radical policy shifts, data harvesting by 20-somethings – a red alert a day, it seems – the future of the Kennedy Center is a marginal concern.

Despite its more diverse programming in recent years, the center has always been a mostly mainstream, mostly highbrow venue. It will continue to be, however many bookings of country music or patriotic pageants are added to its schedule. Its house highbrows will accept constraints on their programming; the National Symphony Orchestra already has canceled a gay pride show.

The president, elected chairman by the center’s new board, and its interim administrative chief, Richard Grenell, who is also presidential envoy for special missions, presumably will have more on their minds than what is or isn’t staged at the facility.

They may leave that to people like Paolo Zampolli. Profiled recently by Politico’s Michael Schaffer, Zampolli runs a New York agency for fashion models and “is credited with introducing [Trump] to his future wife, Melania, at New York’s Kit Kat Club.” His “Manhattanite idea of glitz likely tracks pretty closely with that of the president,” Schaffer writes. Appointed by Trump to the center’s board in 2020, Zampolli envisions glamorizing the place, with a marina for boaters, a high-dollar restaurant and events such as fashion shows. “So luxurious. So prestigious,” he says:

http://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/21/paolo-zampolli-kennedy-center-plans-00205280

Meanwhile, the avant-garde and “woke” productions that the center strikes from its schedule should have no trouble finding alternative performance spaces. The Washington area has plenty that aren’t affiliated with the federal government and are insulated from political pressure. One venue has already stepped up: Strathmore, the performing-arts center in DC’s Maryland suburbs, will stage the International Pride Orchestra’s Pride Celebration Concert on June 5, after the Kennedy Center canceled the event.

10 a.m.-noon EST
1500-1700 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.org

Carlos Simon: “Tales – a Folklore Symphony”
National Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda
(National Symphony Orchestra)

Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
Martha Argerich & Nicolas Economou, pianos
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Florence Price: “Fantasie nègre” No. 1 in E minor
Michelle Cann, piano
(Curtis Studio)

Bartók: “Contrasts”
Ricardo Morales, clarinet
Jasper Wood, violin
David Riley, piano
(Endeavour Classics)

William Levi Dawson: “Negro Folk Symphony”
Seattle Symphony/Roderick Cox
(Seattle Symphony Media)

President Donald J. Trump has dismissed the Kennedy Center’s board chairman and trustees not appointed by him, and the newly configured board has fired the center’s president, Deborah Rutter, naming Trump its chairman and an ally as interim president.

In accepting the board chair after its longtime leader, David M. Rubenstein, was dismissed, Trump said in a social-media post that “[w]e will make [t]he Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!” Speaking to reporters on Monday, the president said, “We didn’t like what they were showing and various other things. . . . [W]e’re going to make sure that it’s good and it’s not going to be woke.”

“The work of artists doesn’t always make us feel comfortable, but it sheds light on the truth,” Rutter, who had planned to leave later in the year, told the center’s staff in a farewell meeting. “Much like our democracy itself, artistic expression must be nurtured, fostered, prioritized, and protected. It is not a passive endeavor; indeed, there is no clearer sign of American democracy at work than our artists, the work they produce, and audiences’ unalienable right to actively participate.”

Rutter’s interim replacement, Richard Grenell, was US ambassador to Germany and acting director of national intelligence in the first Trump administration. In December, Trump announced that in his second term Grenell would serve as presidential envoy for special missions.

Soprano Renée Fleming has resigned as an artistic advisor to the center “out of respect” for Rutter, The Washington Post’s Travis M. Andrews, Manuel Roig-Franzia, Janay Kingsberry and Matt Viser report. The singer-songwriter Ben Folds also quit his advisory role with the National Symphony Orchestra.

The National Symphony and Washington National Opera are resident ensembles at the Kennedy Center. The center also presents theater, dance, music, film, speakers and educational series, and its venues are used by Washington area choruses, orchestras and other performing groups.

The Washington Post’s report on the Kennedy Center shakeup:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/02/12/trump-elected-kennedy-center-board-chair/

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. Ticket prices do not include service fees.

Feb. 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Ryan Recital Hall, St. Christopher’s School, 6010 Fergusson Road, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Valentina Peleggi conducting
Stewart Goodyear: Serenade for Strings
Julia Perry: Prelude for Strings
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
$50
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

Feb. 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Virginia Symphony Pops
conductor TBA
“Dancing in the Street: the Music of Motown”
$15-$119
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

Feb. 1 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
Samuel Barber: “Vanessa” (concert presentation)
Nicole Heaston (Vanessa)
J’Nai Bridges (Erika)
Matthew Polenzani (Anatol)
Susan Graham (The Old Baroness)
Thomas Hampson (The Old Doctor)
in English
$17-$133
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Feb. 1 (2 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, 10 First St. SE, Washington
Francesco Corti, harpsichord
Handel: “Giulio Cesare” Overture
Handel: Suite No. 1 in A major, HWV 426
J.S. Bach: “French Suite” No. 5 in G major, BWV 816
William Babell: Prelude in F major
Handel: “Rinaldo” Overture (William Babell arrangement)
J.S. Bach: “French Suite” No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813
Handel: Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 428
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/

Feb. 1 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Robert Treviño conducting
Zhou Tian: “Metropolis”
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major
Karen Gomyo, violin
Ravel: “Alborada del gracioso”
Ravel: “Rapsodie espagnole”
Ravel: “Pavane pour une infante défunte”
Ravel: “La valse”
$38-$99
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org/community-education/our-partners/bso

Feb. 2 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Metropolitan Opera Laffont Voice Competition
Mid-Atlantic Region Voice Competition Round
artists TBA
program TBA
$55
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Feb. 2 (7:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Men, Women & Children of the Gospel Choirs of Washington Performing Arts
Theodore Thorpe III directing
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Marie Bucoy-Calavan directing
“Living the Dream . . . Singing the Dream: a Choral Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”
program TBA
$28-$87
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Feb. 3 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
True North Symphony Orchestra & Choir
David Hamilton & Stephen Carrell conducting
Greg Nelson & Bob Farrell: “Saviour: a Modern Oratorio”
Wes Hampton, tenor
Travis Cottrell, tenor
Shane McConnell, tenor
Shelley Jennings, mezzo-soprano
Dan Baker, baritone
$15-$45
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Feb. 5 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, 10 First St. SE, Washington
Holger Falk, baritone
Steffen Schleiermacher, piano
songs TBA by Schubert, Hanns Eisler
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/

Feb. 6 (7 p.m.)
Feb. 7 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 8 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Stéphane Denève conducting
Guillaume Connesson: “Maslenitsa”
Khachaturian: Piano Concerto
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Mussorgsky: “Pictures at an Exhibition” (Maurice Ravel orchestration)
$17-$133
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Feb. 6 (7 p.m.)
Studio K Club, Kennedy Center, Washington
Third Coast Percussion
Philip Glass: “Aguas da Amazonia” – “Metamorphosis No. 1,” “Amazon River” (Third Coast Percussion arrangement)
Jlin: “Perspective”
Tyondai Braxton: “Sunny X”
$17-$46
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Feb. 8 (7 p.m.)
Feb. 9 (3:30 p.m.)
Marburg House, 3102 Bute Lane, Richmond
Belvedere Series:
Emily Fons, mezzo-soprano
Ambroise Aubrun, violin
Ingrid Keller, piano
“La vie en rose”
songs TBA by Poulenc, Fauré, Henri Duparc, Reynaldo Hahn, Edith Piaf
Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
sold out; waiting list
(804) 833-1481
http://belvedereseries.org

Feb. 8 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Pops
Hae Lee conducting
“Mancini: an Orchestral Love Affair”
Henry Mancini: works TBA
$15-$86
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

Feb. 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Virginia Symphony Orchesatra
Eric Jacobsen conducting
Brahms: “Hungarian Dances” Nos. 10, 6, 4, 21
György Ligeti: Piano Concerto
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Piano Concerto No. 1
Yuja Wang, piano
Tchaikovsky: “Romeo and Juliet” Fantasy-Overture
$74-$170
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

Feb. 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Feb. 9 (3:30 p.m.)
Martin Luther King Jr. Arts Center, Charlottesville High School, 1400 Melbourne Road
Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia
Benjamin Rous conducting
Kristin Hauge: “Morning Overture”
Prokofiev: “Romeo and Juliet” (excerpts)
work TBA
Jack Siegel, bass-baritone
$10-$53
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu

Feb. 8 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
“Love Is in the Air”
Maurice Jarre: “Dr. Zhivago” Suite
Clarice Assad: “The Unstruck Heart” – “Anahata”
Rupert Boyd, guitar
Laura Metcalf, cello
Mascagni: “Cavalleria Rusticana” – Intermezzo
Puccini: “Suor Angelica” – Intermezzo
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor – IV: Adagietto
Bizet: “Carmen” Suites (excerpts)
$20-$65
(703) 993-2787
http://fairfaxsymphony.org

Feb. 9 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Nikolai Lugansky, piano
Mendelssohn: “Songs without Words” (selections)
Beethoven: Sonata in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2 (“Tempest”)
Wagner: “Götterdämmerung” (excerpts) (Nikolai Lugansky arrangement)
Wagner: “Tristan und Isolde” – “Isoldes Liebestod” (Franz Liszt arrangement)
sold out; waiting list
(202) 785-9727
http://washingtonperformingarts.org

Feb. 9 (3:30 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Second Sunday South of the James:
members & friends concert
program TBA
donation requested
(804) 272-7514
http://bonairpc.org/concert-series

Feb. 10 (7:30 p.m.)
Kaufman Theater, Chrysler Museum of Art, 1 Memorial Place, Norfolk
Trio con Brio Copenhagen
Prokofiev: “Romeo and Juliet” Suite
Mieczysław Weinberg: Piano Trio, Op. 24
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 (“In Memory of a Great Artist”)
$40
(757) 552-1630
http://feldmanchambermusic.org

Feb. 11 (7:30 p.m.)
Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St.
Trio con Brio Copenhagen
Prokofiev: “Romeo and Juliet” Suite
Mieczysław Weinberg: Piano Trio, Op. 24
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 (“In Memory of a Great Artist”)
$30
(757) 741-3300
http://chambermusicwilliamsburg.org

Feb. 11 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 12 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Steven Reineke conducting
Cody Fru & Friends, LANY & Sleeping at Last, guest stars
$39-$124
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Feb. 13 (7:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Smithsonian Academy Orchestra
Kenneth Slowik conducting
Haydn: Symphony No. 91 in E flat major
Beethoven: “Coriolan” Overture
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major (“Italian”)
free
(434) 924-3052
http://music.virginia.edu/events

Feb. 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverley St., Staunton
Feb. 15 (4 p.m.)
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 7599 Rockfish Gap Turnpike (Route 250 west), Greenwood
Feb. 16 (4 p.m.)
Grace Episcopal Church, 5607 Gordonsville Road, Keswick
Three Notch’d Road:
Dominic Giardino, clarinet, chalumeau & direction
Sheila Dietrich, soprano
Kim Leeds, mezzo-soprano
Fiona Hughes, violin
Jason Fisher, viola
Kelsey Schilling, bassoon
Jennifer Streeter, harpsichord
“If Music Be the Food of Love”
Vivaldi: “Juditha triumphans” (excerpts)
Handel: “Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne” (excerpts)
works TBA by Purcell, Antonio Caldara
$30
(434) 409-3424
http://tnrbaroque.org

Feb. 15 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First & Franklin streets
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
artists TBA
Elgar: Serenade in E minor, Op. 20 (arranged for flute & strings)
Borodin: Quartet in D major
free; seating limited
(804) 646-7223
http://cmscva.org

Feb. 15 (4 p.m.)
Grace & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 8 N. Laurel St., Richmond
Scott Wichmann & Jason Marks, vocalists
Ryan Corbitt, piano
“Valentines on Broadway: a Romantic Afternoon”
$20
(804) 359-5628
http://ghtc.org

Feb. 15 (7:30 p.m.)
River Road Church, Baptist, River & Ridge roads, Richmond
Washington & Lee University Singers
Shane Lynch directing
Virginia State University Concert Choir
Craig Robertson directing
program TBA
free; tickets required via http://eventbrite.com
(804) 288-1131
http://rrcb.org

Feb. 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Feb. 16 (3 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra
Chelsea Tipton conducting
Mozart: “Don Giovanni” Overture
J.C. Bach: Symphony in B flat major, Op. 18, No. 2
Haydn: Sinfonia concertante in B flat major
Akemi Takayama, violin
Kelley Mikkelsen, cello
Scott Bartlett, bassoon
William Parrish Jr., oboe
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major
$34-$59
(540) 343-9127
http://rso.com

Feb. 16 (4 p.m.)
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 12291 River Road, Richmond
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
artists TBA
Donovan Williams: new work TBA
Ravel: Quartet in F major – I: Allegro moderato – très doux
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: “Fantasiestücke,” Op. 5 – I: Prelude
Debussy: Préludes, Book 1 – “Des pas sur la neige” (Sahun Sam Hong arrangement)
Ravel: “Miroirs” – “Alborada del gracioso” (Sahun Sam Hong arrangement)
Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major – II: Blues (Sahun Sam Hong arrangement)
Miles Davis: “Blue in Green” (Sahun Sam Hong arrangement)
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Quartet No. 1 (“Calvary”) – III: Rondo: Allegro vivace
Mendelssohn: String Octet in E flat major, Op. 20
$30
(804) 362-8163
http://cmscva.org

Feb. 16 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Guitar Series:
Kathy & David Robertson, guitars
program TBA
$12
(804) 828-1166
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

Feb. 16 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Chamber Music Series:
Ayn Balija, viola
Shelby Sender, piano
works TBA by Brahms, Bariş Kerem Bahar, Reena Esmail, Amanda Harberg
$15
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

Feb. 16 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Cristian Măcelaru conducting
Jessie Montgomery: “Snapshots”
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor
Simon Trpčeski, piano
Stravinsky: Symphony in C major
Enescu: “Romanian Rhapsody” No. 1
$38-$78
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org

Feb. 17 (2 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
2025 Capital Orchestra Festival:
AdventHealth Orchestra, Florida
Greenville County Youth Orchestras’ Young Artist Orchestra, South Carolina
Norwalk Youth Symphony Principal Orchestra, Connecticut
The Plant Orchestra, Florida
Valley High School Orchestra, Iowa
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor (“Organ”)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major
Mozart: “Don Giovanni: Overture
Fauré: “Masques et bergamasques”
John Williams: “Schindler’s List” Theme
free; tickets required
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Feb. 18 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
HUB Chamber Ensemble
program TBA
$12
(804) 828-1166
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

Feb. 18 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Ravel: “Sérénade grotesque”
Ravel: “Menuet antique”
Ravel: “Pavane pour une infante défunte”
Ravel: “Jeux d’eau”
Ravel: Sonatine
Ravel: “Miroirs”
Ravel: “Gaspard de la nuit”
Ravel: “Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn”
Ravel: “Valses nobles et sentimentales”
Ravel: Prélude
Ravel: “À la manière de Chabrier”
Ravel: “Le tombeau de Couperin”
$34-$120
(202) 785-9727
http://washingtonperformingarts.org

Feb. 19 (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
guest artists TBA
“Song and Dance”
program TBA
$12
(804) 828-1166
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

Feb. 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Young Concert Artists:
Chelsea Guo, soprano & piano
Eden Chen, piano
Fauré: “Mandoline après un rêve”
Fauré: Ballade, Op. 19
Ravel: “Miroirs” – II: “Oiseaux tristes;” IV: “Alborada del gracioso”
Chopin: “In mir klingt ein Lied” (Ernst Marischka setting)
Pauline Viardot: “12 mazurkas de Chopin” (selections)
Ives: “Concord” Sonata – “The Alcotts”
trad.: “Give Me Jesus” (Moses Hogan arrangement)
trad.: “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” (Moses Hogan arrangement)
Bert Meyers: “Songs by A Bu”
Kurt Weill: “Lost in the Stars”
Stephen Sondheim: “Putting It Together”
$20-$45
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Feb. 19 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, 10 First St. SE, Washington
Jupiter Quartet
Carlos Simon: “Warmth from Other Suns”
Shulamit Ran: Quartet No. 3 (“Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory”)
Beethoven: Quartet in B flat major, Op. 133, with “Grosse Fuge”
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/

Feb. 20 (7 p.m.)
Feb. 22 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 23 (3 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko conducting
Anatoly Liadov: “Kikimora”
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Edgar Moreau, cello
Tchaikovsky: “Manfred” Symphony
$17-$133
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Feb. 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Vocal Arts DC:
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
John Churchwell, piano
Schumann: “Liederkreis,” Op. 39
works TBA by Handel, Korngold, Brahms, Florence Price, John Adams, Jake Heggie
$50
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Feb. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Third Coast Percussion
Salar Nader, tabla
Zakir Hassan: “Murmurs in Time”
Jessie Montgomery: “Lady Justice”
Jlin: “Please Be Still”
Tigran Hamasyan: Sonata for percussion
$20-$60
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

Feb. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Feb. 23 (2:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
Mozart: “Così fan tutte”
Keely Futterer (Fiordiligi)
Kristen Choi (Dorabella)
Terrence Chin-Loy (Ferrando)
Ethan Vincent (Guglielmo)
Wm. Clay Thompson (Don Alfonso)
Ashley Fabian (Despina)
Mo Zhou, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$21.25-$130
(866) 673-7282
http://vaopera.org

Feb. 22 (7:30 p.m.)
River Road Church, Baptist, River & Ridge roads, Richmond
William & Mary Choir
Mark Helms directing
program TBA
free; tickets required via http://eventbrite.com
(804) 288-1131
http://rrcb.org

Feb. 22 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 23 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Rei Hotoda conducting
Vivian Fung: “Earworms”
Wynton Marsalis: Trumpet Concerto
Michael Sachs, trumpet
Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major
$15-$86
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

Feb. 22 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Ivo Kaltchev, piano
Debussy: Préludes, Book 1
works TBA by Gershwin, Messiaen, George Crumb, Philip Glass, Astór Piazzolla, Bill Evans, Karen Tanaka, Dobrinka Tabakova
free
(434) 924-3052
http://music.virginia.edu/events

Feb. 23 (7 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra & Percussion Ensemble
conductor TBA
program TBA
free
(804) 788-1212
http://richmondsymphony.com

Feb. 25 (7:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
McGill/McHale Trio:
Demarre McGill, flute
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Michael McHale, piano
Chris Rogerson: “A Fish Will Rise”
Poulenc: Flute Sonata, Op. 164
Guilaume Connesson: “Techno-Parade”
Augusta Holmès: “Evocation d’Amour” (Michael McHale arrangement)
Barber: “Excursions” Nos. 3, 4
Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata, Op. 184
Valerie Coleman: “Portraits of Langston”
$12-$45
(434) 924-3376 (UVa Arts box office)
http://tecs.org

Feb. 25 (7 p.m.)
Heights Community Church, 2014 Memorial Ave. SW, Roanoke
Matvey Lapin, violin
Katja Lapin, piano
Fritz Kreisler: works & arrangements TBA
$34-$52
(540) 343-9127 (Roanoke Symphony box office)
http://rso.com

Feb. 27 (7 p.m.)
March 1 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Julia Wolfe: “Her Story”
Lorelei Ensemble
Rimsky-Korsakov: “Scheherazade”
$17-$133
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Feb. 27 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward conducting
Dvořák: “Carnival” Overture
Jessie Montgomery: “Five Freedom Songs”
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major
Julia Bullock, soprano
$38-$99
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org

Feb. 28 (7:30 p.m.)
March 2 (2:30 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
Mozart: “Così fan tutte”
Keely Futterer (Fiordiligi)
Kristen Choi (Dorabella)
Terrence Chin-Loy (Ferrando)
Ethan Vincent (Guglielmo)
Wm. Clay Thompson (Don Alfonso)
Ashley Fabian (Despina)
Mo Zhou, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$22.91-$130
(866) 673-7282
http://vaopera.org

Feb. 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Perkinson Arts Center, 11810 Centre St., Chester
March 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Ryan Recital Hall, St. Christopher’s School, 6010 Fergusson Road, Richmond
March 2 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Richmond Symphony
Hae Lee conducting
Vaughan Williams: “Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ ”
Ruth Gipps: Clarinet Concerto
David Lemelin, clarinet
Copland: “Appalachian Spring” Suite
$30 (Chester, Ashland), $50 (Richmond)
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

March 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Orchestra Pops
conductor TBA
Adrienne Warren, guest star
“A Tina Turner Celebration”
$15-$136
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

March 1 (3:30 p.m.)
Brooks Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Francesca Hurst, piano
program TBA
free
(434) 924-3052
http://music.virginia.edu/events

March 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW, Washington
Brooklyn Rider
Ariadne Greif, soprano
Clarice Assad: “Cinematheque”
Tyshawn Sorey: untitled
Gabriel Kahane: “American Studies”
Schoenberg: Quartet No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 10
Giovanni Sollima: 4 quartets
Colin Jacobsen: “Chalk and Soot” Suite
$45
(202) 785-9727
http://washingtonperformingarts.org

March 2 (3 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Goldmund Quartet
Schubert: “Erlkönig” (Jakob Enke arrangement)
Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op. 18, No. 1
Grieg: Quartet in G minor, Op. 27
$35
(804) 828-1166
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

March 2 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Doris Wylee-Becker, piano
program TBA
free; tickets required
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

March 2 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Chamber Music Series:
mixed ensembles
program TBA
$15
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu

March 2 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 23
Poulenc: Violin Sonata
Brahms: Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 78
Bartók: Violin Rhapsody No. 1
$44-$144
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

March 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Laurel Street at Floyd Avenue, Richmond
Richmond chapter, American Guild of Organists’ Repertoire Recital Series:
Jean-Baptiste Robin, organ
Lully: “March and 5 variations” (Jean-Baptiste Robin transcription)
Rameau: “Les Sauvages” (Jean-Baptiste Robin transcription)
François Couperin: “Tierce en taille”
Widor: Symphonie No. 6 – I: Allegro
Franck: “Pièce héroïque”
Robin: “Chant du Ténéré”
Ravel: “Le Tombeau de Couperin” (Jean-Baptiste Robin transcription)
free; registration required via http://richmondcathedral-music.ticketleap.com/organ-recital-jean-baptiste-robin/
(804) 359-5651
http://richmondago.org

March 4 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
String faculty recital
program TBA
$12
(804) 828-1166
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

March 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Anzû Quartet
program TBA
free; tickets required
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

March 6 (7:30 p.m.)
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, 190 Alumni Mall, Blacksburg
Dante Quartet
Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op. 135
Elgar: Quartet in E minor, Op. 83
Ian Venables: “The Wreaths of Time” (premiere)
$20-$55
(540) 231-5300
http://artscenter.vt.edu/performances

March 6 (7 p.m.)
March 7 (8 p.m.)
March 8 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
Nicola Campogrande: “Decisamente allegro”
Nino Rota: Trombone Concerto
Craig Mulcahy, trombone
Debussy: “Images”
Ravel: “Boléro”
$17-$133
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

March 8 (4 p.m.)
Grace & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 8 N. Laurel St., Richmond
Cheryl Van Ornam, organ
Christine Ertell, flute
Jacquelin Spears, cello
works TBA by J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann, Franck, others
free
(804) 359-5628
http://ghtc.org

March 8 (7 p.m.)
March 9 (4 p.m.)
Wilton House Museum, 215 S. Wilton Road, Richmond
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
artists TBA
“Baroque at Wilton”
program TBA
$30 (March 8); sold out, waiting list (March 9)
(804) 362-8163
http://cmscva.org

March 8 (8 p.m.)
March 9 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Valentina Peleggi conducting
Conni Ellisor: “A Woman without Apology”
Jennifer Higdon: Violin Concerto
Massenet: “Thaïs” – “Méditation”
Inmo Yang, violin
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor
$15-$86
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

March 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Berglund Performing Arts Theatre, Orange Avenue at Williamson Road, Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Sibelius: “Finlandia”
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Francesca Anderegg, violin
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
$34-$59
(540) 343-9127
http://rso.com

March 8 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor
Sergey Antonov, cello
Mussorgsky: “Pictures at an Exhibition” (Maurice Ravel orchestration)
Dvořák: 3 Slavonic dances, Op. 72
$20-$65
(703) 993-2787
http://fairfaxsymphony.org

March 8 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, 10 First St. SE, Washington
Anthony Braxton, composer, saxophone & electronics
Jean Cook & Erica Dicker, violins
Tomeka Reid, cello
Carl Testa, double-bass & electronics
Katherine Young, bassoon
James Fei & Chris Jonas, saxophones
Stephanie Richards, trumpet
Reut Regev, trombone
Dan Peck, tuba
Adam Matlock, accordion & voice
Cory Smythe, piano
Aaron Siegel, percussion
Nick Hallett & Anne Rhodes, vocalists
Braxton: “Composition 222”
Braxton: “Composition 100”
Braxton: “Thunder Music”
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/

March 8 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward conducting
Berg: Violin Concerto (“In Memory of an Angel”)
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Martinů: “Memorial to Lidice”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
$38-$99
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org