Month: July 2025

Tom Lehrer, the Ivy League mathematician whose acerbic satirical songs delighted fans and outraged civic and religious establishments, has died at 97.

Lehrer was a math prodigy who enrolled at Harvard University at 15, subsequently taught there and at Wellesley College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California at Santa Cruz, and worked for the Atomic Energy Commission and National Security Agency in the early 1950s.

A pianist since his childhood in New York, Lehrer doted on Broadway show tunes, Gilbert & Sullivan operettas and Tin Pan Alley-vintage songs. They were echoed in the peppy and faux-sentimental tunes to which he set his pointed lyrics.

In his student years, he began writing comic songs – “Fight Fiercely, Harvard” was a campus favorite – and recorded them to make side money. Subsequent stints in the US Army and nuclear and security agencies inspired darker takes on Cold War themes, such as “So Long Mom (a Song for World War III),” “We Will All Go Together When We Go” and “Wernher von Braun,” a takedown of the Nazi rocket scientist who became a leading figure in the US aerospace program.

Lehrer also cast a jaundiced eye on society at large, targeting mainstays of mid-century, middle-class America, including the Boy Scouts (in “Be Prepared”) and, most notoriously, the Catholic Church (in “The Vatican Rag”). A more whimsical side came through in such numbers as a patter song running through the periodic table of chemical elements (set to the tune of “I am a modern major general” from “The Pirates of Penzance”) and “Silent E” (“Who can turn a cub into a cube?”), written for the children’s television show “The Electric Company.”

Outfitted professorially, with thick-framed glasses, suit and tie, singing like an old-school vaudevillian while cheerfully tickling the ivories, Lehrer performed intermittently in concert and nightclub dates in the ’50s and ’60s, leaving the stage for good after a 1967 Scandinavian tour.

His output was not large – “37 songs in 20 years,” by his count, recorded on three studio albums with some reprised on a live recording; but their appeal was lasting. His albums sold hundreds of thousands of copies in the US, Britain and elsewhere, largely without radio airplay because of their provocative lyrics.

“Lacking exposure in the media, my songs spread slowly,” Lehrer remarked. “Like herpes, rather than ebola.”

That spread continued long after his retirement from performing and recording, thanks to the Dr. Demento radio show, Cameron Mackintosh’s British stage revue “Tomfoolery,” and a nerdy-young-professional grapevine that had fueled his popularity from the start.

In 2020, he put his lyrics and original tunes into the public domain.

Lehrer continued his teaching career, dividing his time between Massachusetts and California, adding sessions on musical theater to his math classes at Santa Cruz.

An obituary by Richard Severo and Peter Keepnews for The New York Times:

One of Lehrer’s last shows, a televised concert from 1967:

POSTSCRIPT: Lehrer was among the last masters of the American comic popular song, a genre that really needs to be revived, not necessarily for satire. Funny tunes have gotten people through wars, depressions and other turmoil for generations. Our time sure could use that kind of comic relief.

In current popular music, wittiness pops through in comic rap (very niche), from some country singers (notably, Brad Paisley) and some musicals (think “Hamilton” and “The Book of Mormon”), and most prominently in drag cabaret (mostly reviving vintage songs). But when was the last time a comic or novelty tune made the top 40?

You’d think that today’s pop stars, with their gym-toned abs and glutes, A-list mingling and mating prospects and no-expenses-spared lifestyles, could turn off their usual modes of expression (ticked-off, ironic, distantly lovelorn) and give us the occasional laugh.

Does AI have a sense of humor?

Celebrating the centenary of electrical recording – in which microphones amplify sound, producing a more realistic representation of music – we go back-to-shellac: Memorable recordings from the golden age of the 78-rpm record. At this speed, many of the legendary figures of 20th-century classical music documented their artistry and set standards of performance that today’s musicians strive to meet.

Note: Reissues of 78-era recordings come and go. Some discs played on this program are out of print, but the performances still circulate in physical and digital incarnations, whose sound quality ranges from judiciously enhanced to faithfully dim and scratchy. The discs I’ve chosen minimize noise and distortion. Dates of performances are listed.

7-10 p.m. EDT
2300-0200 UTC
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.net

Richard Strauss: “Don Juan”
Concertgebouw Orchestra/Willem Mengelberg
(1938)
(Dutton Laboratories)

Rachmaninoff: “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
Philadelphia Orchestra/Leopold Stokowski
(1934)
(RCA)

Gershwin: “An American in Paris”
George Gershwin, celesta
Victor Symphony Orchestra/Nathaniel Shilkret
(1929)
(RCA)

Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
Jascha Heifetz, violin
London Philharmonic/Thomas Beecham
(1935)
(Warner Classics)

Ernest Bloch: “Schelomo: Rhapsodie Hébraïque”
Emanuel Feuermann, cello
Philadelphia Orchestra/Leopold Stokowski
(1940)
(Biddulph)

Liszt: “Harmonies poétiques et religieuses” – “Funérailles”
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
(1932)
(Warner Classics)

Wagner: “Tristan und Isolde” – Prelude & “Liebestod”
Berlin Philharmonic/Wilhelm Furtwängler
(1938)
(Biddulph)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major
New York Philharmonic/Arturo Toscanini
(1936)
(Pristine Audio)

Chopin: Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 27, No. 2
Dinu Lipatti, piano
(1947)
(Warner Classics)

Cleo Laine, the British jazz vocalist also famed for performances in music theater and modern classical repertory, has died at 97.

Laine launched her career singing with a group led by clarinetist and saxophonist John Dankworth, whom she married in 1958. The couple continued performing together until shortly before Dankworth’s death in 2010.

Known for her four-octave vocal range, Laine sang jazz, cabaret and popular standards, as well as Dankworth’s settings of texts by William Shakespeare and other British literary figures, and 20th-century classics such as Arnold Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire,” William Walton’s “Façade,” Kurt Weill’s “The Seven Deadly Sins” and Leonard Bernstein’s “On the Town.” She performed in stage productions ranging from Franz Léhar’s “The Merry Widow” to Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music.”

In 1976, she made a celebrated recording of songs from The Gershwins’ “Porgy and Bess” with Ray Charles. She also recorded with Mel Tormé, Dudley Moore, James Galway and John Williams.

She was the only female artist to be nominated for jazz, pop and classical Grammy Awards, winning a Grammy for jazz vocal performance in 1986.

Laine was tapped as an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) in 1979 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1997.

She continued to perform into her late 80s. Her son, Alec, is a jazz bassist, and her daughter, Jacqui, is a jazz vocalist.

An obituary by Ben Beaumont-Thomas for The Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/25/cleo-laine-britain-jazz-singer-john-dankworth-dies

Pernambuco, the Brazilian wood used for bows of stringed instruments, has been classed since 2007 as endangered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Trade in in the wood is permitted but tightly regulated.

Now CITES is considering upgrading protection of Pernambuco to its highest level, which would prohibit trade except under even stricter terms.

This would make it nearly impossible to make new bows from the wood, and existing bows “unsellable and untradeable,” says Eva-Maria Tomasi, a violinist in the Berlin Philharmonic and member if its orchestra board.

“Pernambuco had precisely the properties needed for an ideal bow – density, robustness, resilience and, simultaneously, elasticity and flexibility. Only this wood offers that unique combination,” Tomasi explains in an interview posted on the orchestra’s website. “Almost all high-quality bows have been crafted from Pernambuco for the past 250 years. Although carbon bows are being developed today, they aren’t comparable in quality.”

The violinist fears that “musicians who already own bows would be severely affected – particularly when traveling. Each musician would require their own CITES document for their bow, presented and stamped at each border crossing.”

The International Pernambuco Conservation Initiative, founded in 1999, has supported reforestation, crackdowns on illegal trade, and “continued use of existing bows and the crafting of new bows from sustainably-grown Pernambuco,” Tomasi says. “Whether this will remain possible is currently under discussion – clearly an enormously important question for musicians and orchestras.”

The full interview:

http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/stories/interview-about-pernambuco-with-eva-maria-tomasi/

(via http://slippedisc.com)

The Tabernacle Choir of Salt Lake City, perhaps the largest and certainly the best-known American choir, is celebrating the 5,000th broadcast of its radio program “Music and the Spoken Word.”

Ruth Graham, writing for The New York Times, notes that the 30-minute show’s format “not only has endured since 1929, but almost as remarkably, has barely changed. There’s the announcer’s gentle welcome, a three-minute inspirational message and a handful of hymns performed by the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, formerly and still better known as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.”

No Richmond station currently broadcasts the program, which is aired on Sundays at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time. It can be accessed at http://www.thetabernaclechoir.org/music-and-the-spoken-word-weekly-broadcast and via various music-streaming services. The choir’s website also archives past episodes.

In an article for The Guardian, Nicholas McCarthy, a pianist who was born without a right hand, explores music for piano left-hand, “often seen as a mysterious niche” of the classical repertory.

Some of the best-known works in this genre were written for the Viennese pianist Paul Wittgenstein, brother of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. After losing his right arm in World War I, the pianist commissioned some of the leading composers of his time to write concertos and other works for the left hand, most famously Maurice Ravel, but also Sergei Prokofiev, Richard Strauss, Paul Hindemith, Benjamin Britten, Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Bohuslav Martinů.

Left-hand piano music, however, has a longer history, McCarthy notes. Franz Liszt and other virtuosos of the 19th century offered “dazzling feats of pyrotechnics using only their left hand. Using the so-called ‘weaker’ hand to deliver a bravura display was irresistible to concertgoers, and the spectacle would leave them in awe.”

More seriously, Johannes Brahms produced a piano left-hand arrangement of the Chaconne that concludes Johann Sebastian Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1016, for solo violin. Brahms’ arrangement predates Feruccio Busoni’s better-known two-hand transcription by two decades.

“Though the left hand tends to be weaker, its physiology gives it an advantage,” writes McCarthy, who played the Ravel concerto in a BBC Proms concert on July 20. “In standard two-handed piano repertoire the melody line is mostly projected in the right hand by the little finger, the weakest of the fingers. But in left-hand repertoire the melody line is projected by the thumb, the strongest digit, giving it greater clarity.”

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/16/left-turns-how-a-terrible-war-injury-led-to-the-birth-of-one-handed-piano-music

“Ten percent: That’s how much more money people spend at restaurants when classical music is being played in the background.” – Ed Elson, on the Prof G podcast, July 15

Classing up the proceedings with music has a long history. For centuries, aristocrats and rich people have employed musicians to serenade them at dinners and social occasions. The most epic example of dining accompaniment is Georg Philipp Telemann’s “Tafelmusik” (“Music for the Table”) of 1733, three sets of orchestral and chamber pieces, collectively clocking in at 4 hours or so.

In the 19th century, spas and grand hotels employed classical musicians to give their spaces finishing touches of class. Upscale restaurants and department stores soon followed – over time, though, they traded in Chopin for show tunes and nostalgic “our songs.”

More recently, specialty and luxury retailers pipe in classical music as a status signal, conditioning patrons to pay high prices. A harpist or string quartet playing in the corner at a wedding reception exudes classiness.

Meanwhile, some businesses and public spaces play classical music to drive away the rowdy and unwashed – weaponizing classiness.

My most frequent exposure to classics in the background is at urgent-care clinics, where the music presumably is played to calm patients in the treatment area. For me, it’s a diverting game of name-that-composer. My batting average is pretty good – post-baroque, anyway.

In the waiting room, we get home-renovation TV. Watching people tear down walls is therapeutic? Who knew?

7-10 p.m. EDT
2300-0200 UTC
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.org

Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703
Artemis Quartett
(Erato)

Jan Václav Voříšek: Sonata in B flat minor, Op. 20
Nikolai Demidenko, piano
(AGPL)

Brahms: Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40
William Purvis, horn
Daniel Phillips, violin
Richard Goode, piano
(Bridge)

Mozart: Serenade in D major, K. 239 (“Serenata notturna”)
English Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Britten
(Decca)

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Martha Argerich, piano
Berlin Philharmonic/Claudio Abbado
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Kodály: “Summer Evening”
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Barber: “Knoxville, Summer of 1915”
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Orchestra of St. Luke’s/David Zinman
(Nonesuch)

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D major
London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn
(RCA)

For the Fourth of July weekend, musical Americana – which, being American, goes off in all directions.

7-10 p.m. EDT
2300-0200 UTC
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.org

Alexander Reinagle: “Occasional Overture” in D major
(Bertil Van Boer reconstruction)
Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois
(Naxos)

Amy Beach: Symphony in E minor (“Gaelic”)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
(Chandos)

Ives: “New England Holidays Symphony” – III: “The Fourth of July”
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/David Zinman
(Decca)

Bernstein: “Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story’ ”
New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein
(Sony Classical)

Libby Larsen: “Sorrow Song and Jubilee”
Apollo Chamber Players
(Navona)

William Grant Still: Symphony No. 2 (“Song of a New Race”)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
(Chandos)

Michael Torke: Violin Concerto (“Sky”)
Tessa Lark, violin
Albany Symphony/David Alan Miller
(Albany)

Copland: “Appalachian Spring”
(original version for 13 instruments)
Harmonie Ensemble/Steven Richman
(Bridge)

Jessie Montgomery: “Banner”
Catalyst Quartet
chamber orchestra/Julian Wachner
(Azica)

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.

July 1 (7:30 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna
Salon Series:
Arianna Rodriguez, soprano
Sam Dhobhany, bass-baritone
Renate Rohlfing, piano
program TBA
$78
(703) 255-1900
http://wolftrap.org

July 3 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
American Festival Choir
various conductors
Sandi Patty, Charles Billingsley & April Duren, vocalists
“Celebrate America: A Tribute to our Veterans”
Phil Barfoot: “In God We Trust” (Cliff Duren arrangement) (premiere)
other works TBA
$25
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

July 4 (5:30 p.m.)
Dogwood Dell, Byrd Park, Richmond
Richmond Concert Band
Virginia Opera members
Full Spectrum
“The Big Show”
fireworks follow concert
free
(804) 646-5733
http://rva.gov/parks-recreation/dogwood-dell

July 4 (8 p.m.)
Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park, 3400 Mountain Road, Glen Allen
Richmond Symphony
conductor TBA
“Red, White and Lights”
patriotic pops concert with laser-light show
free
(804) 652-1455
http://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/red-white-and-lights-2025/

July 4 (8 p.m.)
National Mall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Jack Everly conducting
Choral Arts Society of Washington
U.S. Army Band
Joint Armed Forces Chorus
The Temptations
Yolanda Adams
The Beach Boys
Abi Carter
Patrick Lundy & the Ministers of Music
Josh Turner
Trombone Shorty
LOCASH
Alfonso Ribeiro
Lauren Diagle
“A Capitol Fourth”
program TBA
free
(800) 444-1324 (Kennedy Center box office)
http://kennedy-center.org

July 5 (6:30 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, 39 Mountain Inn Loop, Wintergreen Resort, Nelson County
Wintergreen Music Festival:
Festival Orchestra
Erin Freeman conducting
“An American Salute with Orchestra”
patriotic, Broadway & film works TBA
free
(434) 361-0541
http://wintergreenmusic.org

July 6 (3 p.m.)
July 7 (7 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, 39 Mountain Inn Loop, Wintergreen Resort, Nelson County
Wintergreen Music Festival:
Festival Orchestra
Kamna Gupta, harpsichord & conducting
J.S. Bach: “Brandenburg” Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Haydn: Symphony No. 7 in C major (“Le midi”)
Ravel: “Le Tombeau de Couperin”
$52
(434) 361-0541
http://wintergreenmusic.org

July 6 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot Springs
Jeannette Fang, piano
Logan Skelton: “Waltz-Mazurka” in A minor (fragments of Chopin)
Chopin: 24 préludes, Op. 28
Caroline Shaw: “Gustave Le Gray”
Franck: “Prélude, Choral et Fugue”
$36 (concert); $72 (concert & picnic)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

July 6 (6 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Summer Music Institute Orchestra
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser conducting
Brahms: “Tragic” Overture
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A minor, Op. 33
Webern: Passacaglia, Op. 1
Rimsky-Korsakov: “Capriccio espagnol”
free; reservation required
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

July 9 (7 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, 39 Mountain Inn Loop, Wintergreen Resort, Nelson County
Wintergreen Music Festival:
Festival ensemble
Maurice Duruflé: Prélude, Récitatif et Variations, Op. 3, for flute, viola & piano
Brahms: Viola Sonata in E flat major, Op. 120, No. 2
Charles Martin Loeffler: Octet for 2 clarinets, harp, string quartet & double-bass
$42
(434) 361-0541
http://wintergreenmusic.org

July 10 (6:30 p.m.)
Mooney Hall, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Summer Series:
Dominic Rotella, horn
Conrad Shaw, tuba
Russell Wilson, piano
Barbara York: Suite for horn, tuba & piano (“Dancing with Myself”)
Elizabeth Raum: “Color Code”
Roger Kelleway: “Dance of the Ocean Breeze”
Alec Wilder: Suite No. 2 for horn, tuba & piano
$36.10-$41.10
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

July 11 (7 p.m.)
July 12 (2 p.m.)
July 13 (2 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Opera
Brian DeMaris conducting
Gilbert & Sullivan: “The Pirates of Penzance”
David Blalock (Frederic)
Jeni Houser (Mabel)
Curt Olds (Major General Stanley)
Peter Kendall Clark (The Pirate King)
Kyle Lang, stage director
in English
$8.25-$95.75
(434) 979-1333
http://charlottesvilleopera.org

July 11 (8 p.m.)
July 12 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Steven Reineke conducting
Lindsey Stirling, electronic violin & dancer
“Night”
$102-$753
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

July 12 (7 p.m.)
July 13 (3 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, 39 Mountain Inn Loop, Wintergreen Resort, Nelson County
Wintergreen Music Festival:
Festival Orchestra
Mélisse Brunet conducting
Mozart: “The Magic Flute” Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
Avery Gagliano, piano
various composers: “Symphony for the Mountain”
$52
(434) 361-0541
http://wintergreenmusic.org

July 12 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot Springs
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Aaron Berofsky, violin
Astrid Schween, cello
Beethoven: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 16
Dohnányi: Piano Quintet in C minor, Op. 1
$36 (concert); $121 (concert & dinner)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

July 13 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot Springs
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Aaron Berofsky, violin
Astrid Schween, cello
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D. 956
$36 (concert); $72 (concert & picnic)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

July 16 (7 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, 39 Mountain Inn Loop, Wintergreen Resort, Nelson County
Wintergreen Music Festival:
Festival ensemble
Poulenc: Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano
Alfredo Casella: Serenata, Op. 46
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
$42
(434) 361-0541
http://wintergreenmusic.org

July 17 (6:30 p.m.)
Mooney Hall, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Summer Series:
Mary Boodell, flute
Lynette Wardle, harp
Adrian Pintea, violin
Hyo Joo Oh, viola
Jason McComb, cello
Jean Cras: Harp Quintet
Ibert: “Deux Interlude”
Villa-Lobos: “Quinteto Instrumental”
$36.10-$41.10
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

July 17 (7:30 p.m.) (postponed from July 10)
Neptune’s Park, 3001 Atlantic Ave., Virginia Beach
July 20 (8 p.m.)
Town Point Park, 113 Waterside Drive, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen conducting (July 10)
Alexander Chen conducting (July 20)
John Stafford Smith & Francis Scott Key: “The Star-Spangled Banner”
Rossini: “Il barbiere di Siviglia” (“The Barber of Seville”) Overture
Grieg: “Peer Gynt” Suite No. 1
Bernstein: “West Side Story” (selections)
Enrico Morricone: “The Mission” – “Gabriel’s Oboe”
Adolph Schreiner: “Immer kleiner” (“Always Smaller”)
John Williams: “The Terminal” – “Viktor’s Tale”
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor – IV: Andante maestoso – allegro vivace – meno mosso
Stephen Schwartz: “Wicked” (highlights)
Williams: “Scherzo for Motorcycle”
Williams: “Superman March”
free
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

July 17 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Steven Reineke conducting
“Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back,” film with live orchestral accompaniment
sold out; waiting list
(703) 255-1900
http://wolftrap.org

July 18 (7:30 p.m.)
July 20 (2 p.m.)
July 24 (2 p.m.)
July 26 (7:30 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna
Wolf Trap Opera
Geoffrey McDonald conducting
Poulenc: “Dialogues of the Carmelites”
Travon D. Walker (Chevalier de la Force)
Jonathan Patton (Marquis de la Force)
Erin Wagner (Blanche de la Force)
Robert Frazier (Thierry/M. Javelinot)
Cecelia McKinley (Madame de Croissy)
Gemma Nha (Sister Constance)
Gabrielle Beteag (Mother Marie)
Keely Futterer (Madame Lidoine)
Nathaniel Bear (The Chaplain)
Midori Marsh (Sister Mathilde)
Timothy Anderson (First Commissioner)
Søren Pedersen (Second Commissioner)
Naomi Steele (Mother Jeanne)
Chandler Benn (The Jailer)
Arianna Rodriguez (Sister Alice)
Sophia Maekawa (Sister Anne of the Cross)
WTO Studio Artists chorus
Katherine M. Carter, stage director
in French, English captions
$71-$115
(703) 255-1900
http://wolftrap.org

July 18 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Katharina Wincor conducting
Dukas: “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov: “Scheherazade”
$45-$111
(703) 255-1900
http://wolftrap.org

July 19 (7 p.m.)
July 20 (3 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, 39 Mountain Inn Loop, Wintergreen Resort, Nelson County
Wintergreen Music Festival:
Festival Orchestra
Erin Freeman conducting
Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
Will Ferguson, tenor
Jacob Wilder, horn
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major (“Pastoral”)
Alex Berko: “Sacred Place” (July 19)
Sing with Us! Chorus
Holst: “St. Paul’s Suite” (July 20)
LEAD Cooperative string students
$52
(434) 361-0541
http://wintergreenmusic.org

July 19 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot Springs
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Garth Newel Emerging Artists
Mozart: Quartet in A major, K. 464
Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
$30 (concert); $115 (concert & dinner)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

July 20 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot Springs
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Garth Newel Emerging Artists
Dvořák: Quartet in G major, Op. 106
Rachmaninoff: “Trio élégiaque” No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9
$30 (concert); $66 (concert & picnic)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

July 20 (6 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Summer Music Institute Orchestra
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser conducting
Wagner: “Die Meistersinger” Act 1 Prelude
Missy Mazzoli: Sinfonia (“for Orbiting Spheres”)
concerto TBA
Carlos Simon: “Fate Now Conquers”
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major
free; reservation required
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

July 22 (7:30 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna
Salon Series:
Brittany Olivia Logan, soprano
Laureano Quant, baritone
Joseph Li, piano
program TBA
$78
(703) 255-1900
http://wolftrap.org

July 23 (7 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, 39 Mountain Inn Loop, Wintergreen Resort, Nelson County
Wintergreen Music Festival:
Festival ensemble
Alyssa Morris: “Motion”
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
Danny Elfman: Piano Quartet
$42
(434) 361-0541
http://wintergreenmusic.org

July 24 (6:30 p.m.)
Mooney Hall, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Summer Series:
Emily Monroe & Alison Hall, violins
Stephen Schmidt, viola
Peter Greydanus, cello
Caroline Shaw: “Entr’acte”
Haydn: Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3 (“Emperor”)
Florence Price: “Five Folksongs in Counterpoint”
$36.10-$41.10
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

July 25 (7:30 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot Springs
Parker Quartet
John Adams: “Fellow Traveler”
Schubert: Quartet in A minor, D. 804 (“Rosamunde”)
Ravel: Quartet in F major
$30 (concert); $66 (concert & picnic)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

July 25 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Tianyi Lu conducting
Orff: “Carmina burana”
Wolf Trap Opera soloists TBA
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Children’s Chorus of Washington
$49-$115
(703) 255-1900
http://wolftrap.org

July 26 (7 p.m.)
July 27 (3 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, 39 Mountain Inn Loop, Wintergreen Resort, Nelson County
Wintergreen Music Festival:
Festival Orchestra
Christopher Rountree conducting
Libby Larsen: “Deep Summer Music”
Jeff Midkiff: Mandolin Concerto (“From the Blue Ridge”)
Jeff Midkiff, mandolin
Elgar: “Variations on an Original Theme” (“Enigma”)
$52
(434) 361-0541
http://wintergreenmusic.org

July 26 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot Springs
Parker Quartet
Beethoven: Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 (“Serioso”)
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Debussy: Quartet in G minor
$30 (concert); $115 (concert & dinner)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

July 26 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Sarah Hicks conducting
“Disney ’80s-’90s Celebration Concert”
$51-$177
(703) 255-1900
http://wolftrap.org

July 30 (7:30 p.m.)
July 31 (7:30 p.m.)
Chartway Arena, 4320 Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
conductor TBA
Laufey, guest star
$82-$118
(757) 282-2822
http://vafest.org

July 31 (6:30 p.m.)
Mooney Hall, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Summer Series:
Daisuke Yamamoto & Emily Monroe, violins
Hyo Joo Oh, viola
Schuyler Slack, cello
pianist TBA
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 1
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
$36.10-$41.10
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

Aug. 1 (7 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot Springs
Garth Newel Emerging Artists
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Jessie Montgomery: “Voodoo Dolls”
Hugo Wolf: “Italian Serenade”
Beethoven: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 74 (“Harp”)
free
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

Aug. 1 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Emil de Cou conducting
Sutton Foster & Kelli O’Hara, guest stars
$39-$100
(703) 255-1900
http://wolftrap.org

Aug. 2 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot Springs
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Pēteris Vasks: Piano Quartet
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
$30 (concert): $115 (concert & dinner)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

Aug. 2 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Emil de Cou conducting
“Back to the Future,” film with live orchestral accompaniment
$51-$95
(703) 255-1900
http://wolftrap.org

Aug. 3 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot Springs
Garth Newel Emerging Artists
Brahms: Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8
Schubert: Quartet in A minor, D. 804 (“Rosamunde”)
Prokofiev: Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92
$30 (concert); $66 (concert & picnic)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org