Month: October 2025

Ticket sales at the Kennedy Center have dropped significantly since its takeover in February by President Trump and his allies. “Unfilled seats are now a regular feature of Washington’s national center for the performing arts,” The Washington Post’s Travis M. Andrews, Jeremy B. Merrill and Shelly Tan report.

Their article includes a chart showing that so far this year, 43 percent of “seats available for [a] median Kennedy Center show” had not been sold before the day of performance. That compares with 7 percent in 2024 and 20 percent in 2023. The empty-seat rate even exceeds that of 2021 (34 percent), when the center was reopening after going dark through most of 2020 during the pandemic.

Those numbers are based on ticket-spending data compiled by Consumer Edge. The Post also tabulated ticket availability for 63 events in the Kennedy Center’s main venues from Sept. 3 to Oct. 19.

The reporters note that ticket sales have dropped at venues in other cultural centers, citing as an example The New York Times’ recent report of lower sales for Broadway shows.

The Kennedy Center did not respond to The Post’s request for comment; but one staffer, quoted anonymously “for fear of reprisal,” said: “This downturn isn’t just about pricing or programming – it feels directly tied to the new regime’s leadership shift and the broader political climate. . . . I’ve heard from ticket buyers who say they’re choosing not to attend because of what the Kennedy Center now represents. The brand itself has become polarizing . . . ”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/10/31/kennedy-center-sales/

In the ongoing rediscovery of Black classical composers, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and his music stand apart from other figures. Born in 1875 to an English mother and a father from Sierra Leone, Coleridge-Taylor was British and was not marginalized in his lifetime, as so many Black American composers were.

He received the best education that British conservatories could provide, was respected by his White contemporaries, and was popular both as a violinist and a composer in the late-romantic/Edwardian style of Charles Villiers Stanford (his teacher), Edward Elgar and Gustav Holst.

(He was not the first European of African descent to enjoy such stature. Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was a comparably mainstream musical figure in 18th-century France.)

At the turn of the 20th century, Coleridge-Taylor produced one of the most popular vocal-orchestral works in the English-speaking world: “The Song of Hiawatha,” a triptych of cantatas based on the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In 1904, while touring the US with the work, the composer was invited to the White House by President Theodore Roosevelt. “Such an invitation reflects how respected Coleridge-Taylor was,” The New York Times’ Eleanor Stanford writes in an article timed to the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth.

Hiawatha was not Coleridge-Taylor’s only American subject; he also arranged Black spirituals and songs. And many of his works also draw on West African themes.

Stanford, interviewing the Coleridge-Taylor scholar Lionel Harrison and musicians reviving Coleridge-Taylor’s compositions, offers a good introduction to a composer worth getting to know:

11 p.m.-1 a.m. EDT
0300-0500 UTC
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.net

Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47
Allegri String Quartet
Sinfonia of London/John Barbirolli
(Warner Classics)

Haydn: Quartet in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5
Quatuor Hanson
(Aparté)

Respighi: “Poema autunnale”
Julia Fischer, violin
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo/Jakov Kreizberg
(Decca)

Mieczysław Weinberg: Fantasy, Op. 52
Pieter Wispelwey, cello
Les Métamorphoses/Raphaël Feye
(Evil Penguin)

Bartók: “Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta”
Helsinki Philharmonic/Susanna Mälkki
(BIS)

Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata in G major, Op. 27, No. 5
Hilary Hahn, violin
(Deutsche Grammophon)

11 p.m.-1 a.m. EDT
0300-0500 UTC
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.net

Glinka: “Capriccio brillante on the ‘Jota aragonesa’ ” (“Spanish Overture” No. 1)
BBC Philharmonic/Vassily Sinaisky
(Chandos)

Óscar Navarro: “Juego de Ladrones” (“Den of Thieves”) Suite
Atlantic Chamber Ensemble
(Imaginary Animals)

Manuel de Falla: “Noches en los jardines de España”
(“Nights in the Gardens of Spain”)
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
London Philharmonic/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
(Decca)

Poulenc: Organ Concerto in G minor
James O’Donnell, organ
London Philharmonic/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
(LPO)

Pēteris Vasks: Cello Concerto No. 2 (“Presence”)
Sol Gabetta, cello
Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson
(Sony Classical)

The Korean-American pianist Minsoo Sohn will replace Emanuel Ax in Richmond Symphony concerts on Oct. 25 and 26 at the Carpenter Theatre of Dominion Energy Center.

Ax canceled the dates due to a “scheduling conflict.” His website lists performances with the Austin Symphony in Texas on Oct. 24 and 25.

Sohn will be the soloist in Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, which Ax had been scheduled to play. The program, conducted by Valentina Peleggi, the orchrestra’s music director, also includes Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 in E minor and the Intermezzo from Pietro Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana.”

11 p.m.-1 a.m. EDT
0300-0500 UTC
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.net

Copland: “Four Dance Episodes from ‘Rodeo’ ”
New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein
(Sony Classical)

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: “Commedia dell’Arte”
Gabriela Diaz, violin
Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose
(BMOP Sound)

Debussy: “Six épigraphes antiques”
(Ernest Ansermet orchestration)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Kazuki Yamada
(Pentatone)

Mahler: “Totenfeier”
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/Jakub Hrůsa
(Accentus Music)

Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
(Kurt Atterberg orchestration)
NorrlandsOperan Symphony Orchestra/Kristjan Järvi
(BIS)

Previously unknown or long-forgotten works by famous composers occasionally emerge from searches of archives. Recent examples: a little waltz by Frédéric Chopin found at New York’s Morgan Library and Museum, and two instrumental pieces and an aria for “Sémiramis,” a never-completed cantata by Maurice Ravel, found in Paris’ Bibliotheque National de France.

A local council office’s files are a far less likely source for old scores (at least of the musical variety), but that’s where researchers have found several pieces by two of the great names of 17th-century English music, Henry Purcell and John Blow.

A song that Purcell wrote for “Love for Money,” a play by Thomas D’Urfey, was found in a Worcestershire records office. A bound collection of keyboard works by Purcell and Blow turned up in Norfolk; its blank pages were “repurposed around 1810, with some of the blank music staves being used as lines for the index of Thetford town council records,” The Guardian’s Dalya Alberge reports.

The discoveries were made in “Music, Heritage, Place: Unlocking the Musical Collections of England’s County Record Offices,” a project of the Royal Holloway, University of London and Newcastle University. “Both discoveries show the crucial role of county council archives and their staff in preserving this musical heritage,” said Stephen Rose of Royal Holloway.

Alberge’s report:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/07/experts-find-music-english-composer-henry-purcell

11 p.m.-1 a.m. EDT
0300-0500 UTC
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.net

Johann Joseph Fux: Concerto in D major (“Le dolcezze e l’amerezze della notte”)
(“The Gentleness and Bitterness of the Night”)
Freiburger Barockorchester/Gottfried von der Goltz
(Carus)

Schubert: Impromptu in F minor, D. 935, No. 1
Krystian Zimerman, piano
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Schoenberg: “Verklärte Nacht” (“Transfigured Night”)
Berlin Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Chausson: “Poème de l’amour et de la mer” (“Poem of Love and the Sea”)
Veronique Gens, soprano
Orchestre National de Lille/Alexandre Bloch
(Alpha)

Mieczysław Weinberg: Concertino in G minor, Op. 42, for violin & string orchestra
Linus Roth, violin
Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn/Ruben Gazarian
(Challenge Classics)

Vaughan Williams: “Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis”
New Queen’s Hall Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth
(Argo)

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. Prices may include service fees.

Oct. 2 (7 p.m.)
Marburg House, 3102 Bute Lane, Richmond
Belvedere Series:
Domenic Salerni & Chris Jussell, violins
Danielle Wiebe Burke, viola
Katie Tertell, cello
“An Evening in Spain”
Gaspar Cassadó: Quartet No. 3 in C minor
sold out; waiting list
(804) 833-1481
https://belvedereseries.org

Oct. 2 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 3 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 4 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
Mel Bonis: “Three Dances”
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Simon Trpčeski, piano
Ravel: “Daphnis et Chloé”
Choral Arts Society of Washington
$21-$145
(800) 444-1324
https://kennedy-center.org

Oct. 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
“One Hour – Three Acts – #NoFilter”
Christopher Weiss & John de los Santos: “Service Provider”
Robert Paterson & Mark Campbell: “The Whole Truth”
Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer: “Cinderella 99”
casts TBA
in English
$18.60-$28.60
(866) 673-7283
https://vaopera.org

Oct. 3 (11 a.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins conducting & speaking
Coffee Concert:
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major
coffee & muffins at 10 a.m.
$15-$41
(757) 892-6366
https://virginiasymphony.org

Oct. 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Oct. 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins conducting
Michael Abels: “Amplify”
Schubert: “Rosamunde” incidental music – “Hunters’ Chorus”
Beethoven: Fantasia in C minor, Op. 90 (“Choral Fantasy”)
Albert Cano Smit, piano
Virginia Symphony Chorus
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major
$15-$135
(757) 892-6366
https://virginiasymphony.org

Oct. 3 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
The Vivaldi Project
Vivaldi: works TBA
free
(434) 924-3376
https://music.virginia.edu/upcoming-events-list

Oct. 3 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Jean Françaix: Octet
Schubert: Octet in F major, D. 803
$41-$65
(703) 993-2787
https://cfa.gmu/edu

Oct. 4 (8 p.m.)
Agecroft Hall, 4305 Sulgrave Road, Richmond
Ronn McFarlane, lute
Andrew McEvoy, guitar
Francesco da Milano: “Fantasia Secondo”
anonymous: “La Rossignol”
anonymous: “Drewries accordes”
John Johnson: “The Flatt Pavan”
Johnson: “The Flatt Galliard”
John Dowland: “My Lord Chamberlaine his Galliard”
Dowland: “My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home”
Dowland: “The Earl of Essex Galliard”
McFarlane: “On the Heath”
McFarlane: “Sycamore”
$24; seating limited
(804) 355-4241
https://www.agecrofthall.org

Oct. 5 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Ronald Crutcher, cello
pianist TBA
works TBA by Beethoven, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Henry Eccles
interview with Melody Barnes
free; registration recommended
(804) 289-8980
https://modlin.richmond.edu

Oct. 5 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Chamber Music Series:
Elizabeth Roberts, bassoon
John Mayhood, piano
program TBA
$15
(434) 924-3376
https://music.virginia.edu/upcoming-events-list

Oct. 7 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Grove Avenue at Three Chopt Road, Richmond
Richmond chapter, American Guild of Organists Repertoire Recital Series:
Thomas Sheehan, organ
Timothy Tikker: “Toccata kopanitska”
Takashi Sakai: “A Meditative Improvisation”
Rachel Laurin: “Quatre Pèlerinages en Lorraine,” Op. 30
Brenda Portman: Elegy
Carson Cooman: Overture to “Uncle Vanya”
Mark A. Miller: “Variations on Engelberg”
donation requested
(804) 288-2867
https://richmondago.org/organ-repertoire-recital-series/

Oct. 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Isidore Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in B flat major, Op. 76, No. 4 (“Surprise”)
Brahms: Quartet in B flat major, Op. 67
Dvořák: Quartet in G major, Op. 106
$12-$45
(434) 924-3376
https://tecs.org

Oct. 8 (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
works TBA by Sousa, Joseph Wilcox Jenkins, Viet Cuong, Valerie Coleman
$14
(804) 828-2787
https://arts.vcu.edu/music/#concerts-events

Oct. 9 (7:30 p.m.)
Perkinson Recital Hall, North Court, University of Richmond
Nathan Sherman, viola
Sherman: works TBA
free; reservation recommended
(804) 289-8980 (Modlin Arts Center box office)
https://modlin.richmond.edu

Oct. 9 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 10 (11:30 a.m.)
Oct. 11 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Hans Graf conducting
Johann Strauss II: “Roses from the South”
Alban Berg: Violin Concerto (“To the Memory of an Angel”)
Renaud Capuçon, violin
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor (“Unfinished”)
Strauss: “Emperor Waltz”
$21-$145
(800) 444-1324
https://kennedy-center.org

Oct. 10 (7 p.m.)
St. Benedict Catholic Church, 300 N. Sheppard St., Richmond
Three Notch’d Road: the Virginia Baroque Ensemble
Katelyn Grace Jackson, soprano
Kim Leeds, alto
Robert Petillo, tenor
Jared Swope, bass
Fiona Hughes and Natalie Kress, violins
Matvey Lapin, viola
Ben Wyatt, cello
Sam Suggs, double-bass
Gaia Saetermoe-Howard & Sarah Schilling, oboes d’amore & da caccia
Steven Marquardt, baroque trumpet
Todd Fickley, organ & direction
J.S. Bach: Cantata, “Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir,” BWV 131
J.S. Bach: Cantata, “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben,” BWV 147
J.S. Bach: “Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir,” BWV 29 – Sinfonia
free
(804) 254-8810
https://tnrbaroque.org

Oct. 10 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Symphony
Daniel Myssyk conducting
program TBA
$14
(804) 828-2787
https://arts.vcu.edu/music/#concerts-events

Oct. 10 (7:30 p.m.)
Salem Civic Center, 1001 Roanoke Boulevard
Roanoke Symphony Pops
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Boogie Wonder Band, guest stars
$30-$64
(540) 343-9127
https://rso.com

Oct. 11 (5 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Pops
Valentina Peleggi conducting
“A Night in Vienna”
Mozart: 2 marches in D major
Mozart: Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331
Schubert: “Marche militaire”
Beethoven: Contradance in E flat major, WoO 14, No. 7
Brahms: “Hungarian Dance” No. 5 in G minor
Johann Strauss II: “Die Fledermaus” Overture
Strauss: “Voices of Spring”
Strauss: “Roses from the South”
Strauss: “Tritsch-Tratsch Polka”
Strauss: “Thunder and Lightning Polka”
Strauss: “On the Beautiful Blue Danube”
Johann Strauss I: “Radetzky March”
$13.60-$102.10
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
https://richmondsymphony.com

Oct. 11 (4 p.m.)
Christ Episcopal Church, 120 W. High St., Charlottesville
Oct. 12 (4 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverley St., Staunton
Three Notch’d Road: the Virginia Baroque Ensemble
Katelyn Grace Jackson, soprano
Kim Leeds, alto
Robert Petillo, tenor
Jared Swope, bass
Fiona Hughes and Natalie Kress, violins
Matvey Lapin, viola
Ben Wyatt, cello
Sam Suggs, double-bass
Gaia Saetermoe-Howard & Sarah Schilling, oboes d’amore & da caccia
Steven Marquardt, baroque trumpet
Todd Fickley, organ & direction
J.S. Bach: Cantata, “Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir,” BWV 131
J.S. Bach: Cantata, “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben,” BWV 147
J.S. Bach: “Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir,” BWV 29 – Sinfonia
$30
(434) 255-0427
https://tnrbaroque.org

Oct. 11 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
Vaughan Williams: “The Lark Ascending”
Max Richter: “Recomposed: Vivaldi: ‘The Four Seasons’ ”
William Hagen, violin
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D major
$54-$75
(703) 993-2787
https://cfa.gmu/edu

Oct. 11 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Joana Carneiro conducting
Stravinsky: “Pulcinella” Suite
Rodrigo: “Concierto de Aranjuez”
Rafael Aguirre, guitar
Andreia Pinto Correia: “Cortejo”
Stravinsky: “The Fairy’s Kiss” Divertimento
$37-$107
(877) 276-1444
https://strathmore.org

Oct. 12 (3:30 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Second Sunday South of the James:
Danah R. Dargon, soprano
Russell Wilson, piano
Gospel, spiritual, art songs TBA
donation requested
(804) 272-7514
https://bonairpc.org/concert-series

Oct. 12 (4 p.m.)
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 12291 River Road, Goochland
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
Rebecca Anderson & Suliman Tekalli, violins
Jordan Bak, viola
James Wilson, cello
Mary Boodell, flute
Charles Overton, harp
“War and Peace”
Debussy: “Danses sacrée et profane”
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Zachary Wadsworth: “Harbor” for harp, flute & strings
Prokofiev: “Romeo and Juliet” Suite for flute, viola & harp (Gilad Cohen arrangement)
$33.85
(804) 304-6312
https://cmscva.org

Oct. 12 (7 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Jeffrey Siegel, piano & speaker
“Keyboard Conversations: Chopin – the Romantic”
Chopin: Ballade in G minor, Op. 23
other Chopin works TBA
$38-$60
(703) 993-2787
https://cfa.gmu/edu

Oct. 16 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 17 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 18 (3 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian conducting
Beethoven: “Egmont” Overture
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major
Isabelle Faust, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major
$21-$145
(800) 444-1324
https://kennedy-center.org

Oct. 17 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue
Dimitrije Vasiljević, piano
program TBA
$14
(804) 828-2787
https://arts.vcu.edu/music/#concerts-events

Oct. 17 (7 p.m.)
Abner Clay Park, Clay Street at Brook Road, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
“In Light Festival”
George Ferrandi: “Super!Giant!Jump!Star!”
other works TBA
free
(804) 788-1212
https://richmondsymphony.com

Oct. 18 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First & Franklin streets
Gamelan Raga Kusuma
Peni Candra Rini directing & vocals
Indonesian gamelan works TBA
free; seating limited
(804) 646-7223
https://rvalibrary.org

Oct. 18 (7 p.m.)
Marburg House, 3102 Bute Lane, Richmond
Belvedere Series:
Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, violin
Danielle Wiebe Burke, viola
Amanda Gookin, cello
Ingrid Keller & Jessica Xylina Osborne, piano
“The Divine Feminine”
Leilehua Lanzilotti: “Kou Inoa”
Polina Nazaykinskaya: new work TBA (premiere)
Liliya Ugay: “A tree. A rock. A cloud.”
Florence Price: Fantasie No. 1 in G minor
Rebecca Clarke: Piano Trio
sold out; waiting list
(804) 833-1481
https://belvedereseries.org

Oct. 18 (7 p.m.)
Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW, Washington
Third Coast Percussion
Salar Nader, tabla
Jlin: “Please Be Still”
Jessie Montgomery: “Lady Justice/Black Justice, The Song”
Tigran Hamasyan: Sonata for Percussion
tabla solo in honor of Ustad Zakir Hussain
Zakir Hussain: “Murmurs in Time”
$46-$69
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
https://washingtonperformingarts.org

Oct. 18 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Mario Venzago conducting
Anna Clyne: “Masquerade”
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
Claire Huangci, piano
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major (“Great”)
$37-$107
(877) 276-1444
https://strathmore.org

Oct. 19 (3 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Trio Zimbalist
George Xiaoyuan Fu: Piano Trio No. 1
Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat major, Op. 87 (“Archduke”)
$35
(804) 828-2787
https://arts.vcu.edu/music/#concerts-events

Oct. 19 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Richmond Symphony
Hae Lee conducting
Beethoven: “Coriolan” Overture
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Sarabande et Rigaudon
Wagner: “Siegfried Idyll”
Haydn: Symphony No. 87 in A major
$36.10
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
https://richmondsymphony.com

Oct. 19 (4 p.m.)
Perkinson Recital Hall, North Court, University of Richmond
Thomas Meglioranza, baritone
Reiko Uchida, piano
“American Song from the Atomic Age”
songs TBA by Copland, Sondheim, Virgil Thomson, John Cage, Margaret Bonds, Tom Lehrer, others
free; reservation recommended
Meglioranza in free master class, 3 p.m. Oct. 21, Perkinson Recital Hall
(804) 289-8980 (Modlin Arts Center box office)
https://modlin.richmond.edu

Oct. 19 (3 p.m.)
Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church, 28 Old Stone Church Road, Fort Defiance
Staunton Music Festival:
James Wilson, cello
Carsten Schmidt, fortepiano
Beethoven: Cello Sonata in A major, Op. 69
Beethoven: Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 102, No. 1
Beethoven: Cello Sonata in D major, Op. 102, No. 2
$26
(540) 800-6012
https://stauntonmusucfestival.org/events

Oct. 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Kaufman Theater, Chrysler Museum of Arts, 1 Memorial Place, Norfolk
Feldman Chamber Music Series:
Weiss Kaplan Stumpf Trio
Lili Boulanger: “Deux Pièces en Trio”
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 1, No. 1
Schumann: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 63
$40
(757) 552-1630
https://feldmanchambermusic.org

Oct. 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, 190 Alumni Mall, Blacksburg
The Music Inclusion Ensemble
Adrian Anantawan directing
Gaelynn Lea, violin & vocals
Molly Joyce, composer
program TBA
$5
(540) 231-5300
https://artscenter.vt.edu

Oct. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Williamsburg Community Chapel, 3899 John Tyler Highway
Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra
Michael Butterman conducting
Respighi: “Ancient Airs and Dances” Suite No. 3
Haydn: Sinfonia concertante in B flat major
John Dowland: “Lachrimae antiquae”
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D major (“Reformation”)
$41
(757) 229-9857
https://williamsburgsymphony.org

Oct. 21 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Schubert: “Winterreise”
$59-$179
(800) 444-1324
https://kennedy-center.org

Oct. 23 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Daniel Bernard Roumain, violin & composer
Marc Bamuthi Joseph, spoken word artist
“Blackbird, Fly”
program TBA
$28-$45
(804) 289-8980
https://modlin.richmond.edu

Oct. 23 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Fortas Chamber Music Series:
Jennifer Koh, violin
Thomas Sauer, piano
Andrew Norman: “Bridging I”
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 30, No. 1
Norman: “Bridging II”
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2
Norman: “Bridging III”
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 30, No. 3
$61
(800) 444-1324
https://kennedy-center.org

Oct. 23 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward conducting
Mark Simpson: “Israfel”
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Francesca Dego, violin
Berlioz: “Symphonie fantastique”
$37-$107
(877) 276-1444
https://strathmore.org

Oct. 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Oct. 25 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 26 (2 p.m.)
Oct. 29 (7:30 p.m.)
Oct. 30 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 1 (2 p.m.)
Nov. 2 (2 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Kwamé Ryan conducting
Verdi: “Aïda”
Jennifer Rowley/Amber R. Monroe (Aïda)
Raehann Bryce-Davis/Agnieszka Rehlis (Amneris)
Adam Smith/Robert Watson (Radamès)
Shenyang (Amonasro)
Morris Robinson (Ramfis)
Kevin Short (the King)
Francesca Zambello, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$52-$355
(800) 444-1324
https://kennedy-center.org

Oct. 25 (7:30 p.m.)
Oct. 26 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Valentina Peleggi conducting
Mascagni: “Cavalleria Rusticana” – Intermezzo
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor
Minsoo Sohn, piano
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor
$20-$102.10
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
https://richmondsymphony.com

Oct. 25 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen conducting
Brahms: “Hungarian Dance” No. 5 in G minor
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major
Kayhan Kalhor: “Venus in the Mirror”
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh (Persian spiked fiddle)
$134-$254
(757) 892-6366
https://virginiasymphony.org

Oct. 25 (11 a.m.)
Parkway Church on the Mountain, 3645 Orange Ave. NE, Roanoke
Akemi Takayama, violin
David Stewart Wiley, piano
works TBA by Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Amy Beach, others
$34-$52
(540) 343-9127
https://rso.com

Oct. 25 (2 p.m.)
Hopkins Bloomberg Center Theater, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington
Avery Gagliano, piano
Schumann: “Novelletten,” Op. 21 (selections)
Barber: Nocturne, Op. 33
Alistair Coleman: “Music in Timelapse”
Chopin: “Polonaise-Fantaisie” in A flat major, Op. 61
Rachmaninoff: préludes, Opp. 23 & 32 (selections)
$69
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
https://washingtonperformingarts.org

Oct. 26 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Schola Cantorum
Jeffrey Riehl directing
Mary Beth Bennett, piano
program TBA
free; reservation recommended
(804) 289-8980
https://modlin.richmond.edu

Oct. 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
“The Musical World of Harry Potter”
$15-$135
(757) 892-6366
https://virginiasymphony.org

Oct. 26 (2:30 & 4:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Evan Roider conducting
Kresley Figueroa, soprano
“Halloween Spooktacular”
$25-$29
(800) 444-1324
https://kennedy-center.org

Oct. 27 (7:30 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducting
Gabriela Ortiz: “Si el oxígeno fuera verde”
Ravel: Puano Concerto in G major
Vikingur Ólafsson, piano
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E flat major
$51.75-$126.50
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
https://washingtonperformingarts.org

Oct. 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
J.S. Bach: Prelude in E Major, BWV 854
Beethoven: Sonata in E minor, Op. 90
J.S. Bach: Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830
Schubert: Sonata in E minor, D. 566 – I: Moderato; II: Allegretto
Beethoven: Sonata in E Major, Op. 109
$41.25-$74.25
(434) 979-1333
https://theparamount.net

Oct. 30 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Dreamers’ Circus:
Nikolaj Busk, piano & accordion
Ale Carr, Nordic cittern
Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violin
program TBA
$28-$45
(804) 289-8980
https://modlin.richmond.edu

Oct. 30 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 31 (11:30 a.m.)
Nov. 1 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Jader Bignamini conducting
Wynton Marsalis: “Herald, Holler and Hallelujah!”
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
Hélène Grimaud, piano
Richard Strauss: “Don Juan”
Tchaikovsky: “Romeo and Juliet”
$21-$145
(800) 444-1324
https://kennedy-center.org

Oct. 31 (7 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Pops
conductor TBA
Richard O’Brien: “The Rocky Horror Show” (Trey Pollard orchestration)
Richmond Triangle Players
$20-$102.10
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
https://richmondsymphony.com

Oct. 31 (7:30 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra
Peter Wilson conducting
“Symphonic Masquerade on All Hallows Eve”
Mussorgsky: “Night on Bald Mountain”
Saint-Saëns: “Danse Macabre”
Peter Wilson, violin
Grieg: “Peer Gynt” Suite No. 1 — IV. “In the Hall of the Mountain King”
Berlioz: “Symphonie fantastique” – V: “Sabbath Night’s Dream”
John Williams: “Jaws” Suite
Marius Constant: “The Twilight Zone” Theme
Bernard Herrmann: “Psycho” Suite
Stephen Schwartz: “Wicked” (highlights)
Alexandre Desplat: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” Suite
Williams: “E.T.” – “The Flying Theme”
$11.75-$101
(434) 979-1333
https://theparamount.net

Nov. 1 (3 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Alexandre Kantorow, piano
J.S. Bach: “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen” (Franz Liszt arrangement)
Medtner: Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 5
Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28
J.S. Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 – V: Chaconne (Johannes Brahms arrangement)
$41-$137
(800) 444-1324
https://kennedy-center.org

Nov. 2 (3 p.m.)
Perkinson Arts Center, 11810 Centre St., Chester
Richmond Symphony
Hae Lee conducting
Teddy McPherson, narrator
“The Science of Sound”
Gregory Smith: “Vibe”
Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G major (“Surprise”)
John Adams: “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
$20-$30
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
https://richmondsymphony.com

Nov. 2 (4 p.m.)
Ryan Recital Hall, St. Christopher’s School, 6010 Fergusson Road, Richmond
Richmond Philharmonic
Peter Wilson conducting
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (“Eroica”)
Morton Gould: “American Salute”
John Williams: “Born on the Fourth of July”
Matt Stevens, trumpet
Williams: “Saving Private Ryan” – “Hymn to the Fallen”
Tchaikovsky: “1812 Overture”
free
pre-concert talk at 3 p.m.
(804) 556-1039
https://richmondphilharmonic.org

Nov. 2 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Chamber Music Series:
Jiyeon Choi, clarinet
Shelby Sender, piano
program TBA
$15
(434) 924-3376
https://music.virginia.edu/upcoming-events-list

Nov. 2 (3 p.m.)
Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church, 28 Old Stone Church Road, Fort Defiance
Staunton Music Festival:
Carsten Schmidt, fortepiano
“Piano Music circa 1830”
Schubert: impromptus, D. 899
Schumann: Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11
Schubert: impromptus, D. 935
$26
(540) 800-6012
https://stauntonmusucfestival.org/events

Nov. 2 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Hindemith: Viola Sonata in F major, Op. 11, No. 4
Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
$48
(800) 444-1324
https://kennedy-center.org

Nov. 3 (7 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone
pianist TBA
program TBA
$45
(800) 444-1324
https://kennedy-center.org

Nov. 7 (7 p.m.)
River Road Church, Baptist, River & Ridge roads, Richmond
E. Carl Freeman Concert Seriues:
Vox Humana
William Bradley Roberts directing
program TBA
free; tickets required via https://eventbrite.com
(804) 288-1131
https://rrcb.org/e-carl-freeman-concert-series/

Nov. 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 9 (2:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 W. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
Rossini: “La Cenerentola” (“Cinderella”)
Lisa Marie Rogali (Angelina)
David Walton (Don Ramiro)
Patrick Wilhelm (Dandini)
Levi Hernandez (Don Magnifico)
Isaiah Musik-Ayala (Alidoro)
Maggie Kinabrew (Clorinda)
Melanie Dubil (Tisbe)
Davud Lefkowich, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$14.61-$152
(866) 673-7282
https://vaopera.org

Nov. 7 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 8 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Pops
Steven Reineke conducting
“Steven’s Classical Mixtape”
works TBA by Ravel, Respighi, Elgar, Debussy, others
$33-$103
(800) 444-1324
https://kennedy-center.org

Nov. 8 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First & Franklin streets
W&M Middle Eastern Music Ensemble
program TBA
free; seating limited
(804) 646-7223
https://rvalibrary.org

Nov. 8 (7 p.m.)
Marburg House, 3102 Bute Lane, Richmond
Belvedere Series:
Angela Chan, violin
Jordan Bak, viola
Andres Sanchez, cello
Qing Jiang, piano
Kodály: Duo, Op. 7, for violin & cello
Vaughan Williams: Romance
Dvořák: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 87
Bak: works TBA
$55.20
(804) 833-1481
https://belvedereseries.org

Nov. 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 9 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Valentina Peleggi conducting
Ives: “The Unanswered Question”
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major
Francesca Dego, violin
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor
$20-$102.10
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
https://richmondsymphony.com

Nov. 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW, Washington
Twincussion
traditional: “Cloudy Sky” (Yi-Chih Lu & Twincussion arrangement)
Handel-Halvorsen: Passacaglia (Twincussion arrangement)
traditional: “Longing for the Spring Breeze” (Yi-Chih Lu & Twincussion arrangement)
Wayne Siegel: “42nd Street Rondo”
Chopin: Étude in E major, Op. 10, No. 3
Tomasz Golinski: “Layered Elements”
Twincussion: “Twin Beats”
Minoru Miki: “Marimba Spiritual II”
$40.25
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
https://washingtonperformingarts.org

Nov. 9 (3 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Grieg: “Peer Gynt” Suite No. 1
Nino Rota: Trombone Concerto
Jay Crone, trombone
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major (“Pastoral”)
$34-$61
(540) 343-9127
https://rso.com