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Aug. 11, Bon Air Presbyterian Church

Olivier Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” has a meteorological history in these parts. Its instrumentation – violin, clarinet, cello and piano – isn’t one of the standard chamber-music configurations, so the piece is most often heard at festivals. Most are in the summer, which in the southeastern US is a season of sometimes spectacular thunderstorms.

The Messiaen has met heavy weather several times in Virginia. In what became something of a regional legend, a performance at the Hampden-Sydney Music Festival took place during a violent electrical storm. When the Richmond Chamber Players presented the work in 1998, concertgoers who arrived on a hot summer day left the concert to face an apocalyptic cloudscape with torrential rain to follow.

No such weather adventure when violinist Susy Yim, clarinetist David Lemelin, cellist Ryan Lannan and pianist John Walter played Messiaen’s quartet in the second program of this summer’s Richmond Chamber Players’ Interlude 2024 series. It was a mild summer afternoon when we went in and still was when we came out.

External atmospherics may enhance this musical experience, but aren’t needed. Messiaen’s stark yet otherworldly score, inspired by the revelation of St. John (a “mighty angel” declaring “that there should be time no longer”) in the Book of Revelations, creates its own atmosphere, an environment of rarified tonality – lots of thin strands produced in highest registers of the instruments – in which musical materials are developed without conventional linearity. The usual components of musical movement – melody, harmonic progression, rhythm – are sublimated or absent in a score that is more inhabited than followed.

The four musicians in this performance sounded intent on giving the piece as much expression, dimension and space as it can accommodate. Fine threads of sound seemed to give off auras. Contemplative sections had a uncanny stillness, enhancing the contrast with the score’s violent episodes. Silences were as impactful as sounds.

The “Quartet for the End of Time” is meant to be an extraordinary experience. This performance was.

Two much shorter works preceded the Messiaen: Charles Wuorinen’s Trio for bass instruments and Zhao Tian’s “Viaje.”

Double-bassist Kelly Ali, bass trombonist Scott Cochran and tuba player Conrad Shaw negotiated Wuorinen’s trio capably, coaxing some textural transparency and rhythmic punch out of what could easily turn into a muddle of low, rumbling sound. They couldn’t avoid the score’s Jurassic quality – large reptiles lumbering across the savanna – so they played it up.

“Viaje” (“Voyage”) is the product of a Chinese-American composer’s trip to Spain, a “thrill ride” inspired by the legend of El Cid and his uneasy relationship with his daughters. El Cid is portrayed by a cello, played here by Emma Cary; the daughters by a flute, played by Mary Boodell. The piano, played by Walter, is more than an accompanying instrument; it’s charged with enlarging the soundscape of music that all but begs to be orchestrated.

The exchanges between Cary and Boodell were characterful, Walter’s accompaniment-plus colorful and dynamic.

The Richmond Chamber Players’ Interlude 2024 series concludes with a program of Mozart, Britten and Franck, 3 p.m. Aug. 18 at Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road. Tickets: $25. Details: (804) 272-7514; http://richmondchamberplayers.org

7-9 p.m. EDT
2300-0100 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.org

Boccherini: Guitar Quintet in D major, G. 448 (“Fandango”)
Rolf Lislevand, guitar
José de Udaeta, castanets
Les Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
(AliaVox)

Manuel Ponce: Theme, Variations and Finale
Jukka Savijoki, guitar
(BIS)

Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D. 821 (“Arpeggione”)
(John Williams & Christopher Gunning arrangement)
John Williams, guitar
Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti
(Sony Classical)

Louise Farrenc: Nonet in E flat major, Op. 38
Consortium Classicum
(Divox)

Bizet: Symphony No. 1 in C major
Royal Philharmonic/Charles Munch
(Hänssler Profil)

7-9 p.m. EDT
2300-0100 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.org

Kurt Weill: “Little Threepenny Music”
London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas
(Sony Classical)

Bernstein: “Facsimile”
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/David Zinman
(Decca)

Bohuslav Martinů: “Estampes”
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra/Tomáš Netopil
(Supraphon)

Prokofiev: “Overture on Hebrew Themes”
Ensemble Contraste
(Alpha)

Osvaldo Golijov: “The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind”
David Orlowsky, clarinet
Vogler Quartett
(Sony Classical)

Kodály: “Dances of Galánta”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
(Chandos)

Classical performances in and around Richmond, with selected events elsewhere in Virginia and the Washington area. Program information, provided by presenters, is updated as details become available. Adult ticket prices are listed; senior, student/youth, military, group and other discounts may be offered. Service fees may be added.

Aug. 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Neptune’s Park, 3001 Atlantic Ave., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Morihiko Nakahara conducting
“Symphonic Summer Games”
program TBA
free
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

Aug. 3 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Hot Springs
Anton Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32
Aubrey Williams, violin
Lindsay McKenna, cello
Ashley Lee, piano
Caroline Shaw: “Plan and Elevation (The Grounds of Dumbarton Oaks)”
Amelia Cannavo & Ella Golden, violins
David Lawrence, viola
Monica Grady, cello
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
Lyra String Quartet
$30 (concert); $115 (concert & dinner)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

Aug. 3 (3 p.m.)
River Pavilion, Kennedy Center, Washington
Emily Tsai, oboe
Ashley Booher, clarinet
Ko Sugiyama, violin
Johanna Nowik, viola
Charles Nilles, double-bass
Prokofiev: Quintet in G major, Op. 39
Sibelius: Duo in C major for violin & viola
Miguel del Aguila: “Absent Lights”
free (seating limited)
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Aug. 4 (3 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Richmond Chamber Players
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 117
Bartók: Quartet No. 4
$25
(804) 272-7514
http://richmondchamberplayers.org

Aug. 4 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Hot Springs
Mozart: Quartet in B flat major, K. 589
Lucy Nemeth & Aubrey Williams, violin
David Lawrence, viola
Lindsay McKenna, cello
Debussy: Piano Trio in G major
Ella Golden, violin
Ellamay Mantie, cello
Ashley Lee, piano
Roberto Sansuini: “Red Shift”
Ella Golden, violin
Ellamay Mantie, cello
Ashley Lee, piano
Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
Jessica Tovey, violin
Amelia Cannavo, violin
Hudson Maness, viola
Monica Grady, cello
$30 (concert); $75 (concert & picnic)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

Aug. 4 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
Keri-Lynn Wilson conducting
Victoria Vita Polevá: “Freedom”
Marko Komonko, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor (“Choral”) (sung in Ukrainian)
Olga Bezsmertna, soprano
Nataliia Kukhar, mezzo-soprano
Valentyn Dytiuk, tenor
Andrii Kymach, bass-baritone
The Washington Chorus
Ukrainian Freedom Chorus
$28-$137
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Aug. 7 (7 p.m.)
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1624 Monument Ave., Richmond
August Musicales:
Brass ensemble, organ & percussion
Ryan Tibbets conducting
Tim Zimmerman: “A Might Fortress Is Our God”
Hieronymus Praetorius: “Cantate Domino”
John Cheetham: Chorale Prelude, “Lord of All Hopefulness”
Rimsky-Korsakov: “Mlada” – “Procession of the Nobles”
Vaughan Williams: “Rhosymedre”
Craig Phillips: “Prelude and Exultation”
donation requested
(804) 359-2463
http://grace-covenant.org

Aug. 8 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Afghan Youth Orchestra
Zohra Orchestra
Ahmad Sarmast conducting
Western & Afghan works TBA
free
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Aug. 9 (7:30 p.m.)
Aug. 11 (2 p.m.)
Aug. 15 (2 p.m.)
Aug. 17 (7:30 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna
Wolf Trap Opera
Geoffrey McDonald conducting
Kevin Puts & Mark Campbell: “Silent Night”
Keely Futterer (Anna Sørensen)
Ricardo Garcia (Nikolaus Sprink)
Andrew Gilstrap (Lieutenant Horstmayer)
Demetrious Sampson Jr. (Crown Prince, son of Kaiser Wilhelm II)
Martin Luther Clark (Jonathan Dale)
Kyle White (William Dale)
Wm Clay Thompson (Father Palmer)
Ryan Wolfe (Lieutenant Gordon)
Joseph Calzada (the British Major)
Jacob Scharfman (Lieutenant Audebert)
Charles H. Eaton (Ponchel)
Le Bu (the General)
Tivoli Treloar (Madeleine)
Tonya & Ryan McKinny, stage directors
in English, German, French, Italian & Latin, English captions
$59-$99
(703) 255-1868
http://wolftrap.org

Aug. 10 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Hot Springs
Three Notch’d Road Baroque Ensemble
“English Baroque Structures: Dances and Ballads of Britain”
Thomas Baltzar: “John Come Kiss Me” Variations
Robert Burns: “The Soldier’s Return”
William McGibbon: “When she came ben she bobed”
trad. (Irish): “St. Patrick’s Day” – “Paddy Whack” – “Port Patrick”
anon. (Duke of Perth’s Drummond Castle Manuscript): “Tullochgorum-Reel of Tulloch”
anon. (“Peacock’s Favorite Collection of Tunes”): “Gillan na Drover”
trad. (Welsh): “All through the night” – “Ar Hyd y Nos”
John Blow: “Musick’s Handmaid” – “Mortlack’s Ground”
Purcell: “Lillibulero or ‘A New Irish Tune’ ”
trad. (Irish): “Christmas Eve” Reel
anon.: “Voyage to Virginia”
Purcell & John Playford: ”Dancing-Master” – “Hole in the Wall”
Niel Gow: Scottish dances
Gow: “Lady Madelina Sinclairs” – “Jenny Nettles” – “Miss Nisbet of Dirleton’s” – “The High Road to Linton”
$30 (concert); $115 (concert & dinner)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

Aug. 11 (3 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Richmond Chamber Players
Charles Wourinen: Trio for brass instruments
Zhao Tian: “Vlaje”
Messiaen: “Quartet for the End of Time”
$25
(804) 272-7514
http://richmondchamberplayers.org

Aug. 11 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Hot Springs
Three Notch’d Road Baroque Ensemble
“Italian Baroque Structures: Operatic Beginnings”
Dario Castello: Sonata Prima
Monteverdi: “Ab aeterno ordinata sum”
anon.: “Lamento di Tristano” – Saltarello
Giacomo Carissimi: “Luciferm caelestis olim”
Heinrich Biber: “Sonata Representativa” for violin & continuo
Monteverdi: “Sì dolce e’l tormento”
G.A. Pandolfi Mealli: Sonata in D major for violin & continuo, Op. 3, No. 4 (“La castella”)
Monteverdi: “Ego flos campi”
anon.: “Durezze et liguture or Consonanze Stravaganti”
anon. (Gregorian chant): “Monastic ‘Alleluia’ for the Feast of the Assumption
Biber: Ciacona in D major (“Kremsier”)
$30 (concert); $75 (concert & picnic)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

Aug. 13 (7:30 p.m)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
The Charlottesville Band
director TBA
Doug Schneider, Dan Barrale, Jessica Wiseman & Rita Dove, vocals
Michael Elswick, saxophone
Ray Caddell, trumpet
“The Great American Songbook Meets Big-Band Jazz”
free
(434) 979-1333
http://theparamount.net

Aug. 14 (7 p.m.)
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1624 Monument Ave., Richmond
August Musicales:
Vox Humana
William Bradley Roberts directing
Christopher Reynolds, organ
Walton: “Jubilate Deo”
David Hurd: “Love Bade Me Welcome”
Bob Chilcott: “God So Loved the World”
Marques Garrett & Tom Trenney: “Rise and Shine”
Holst: “I Love My Love”
William Bradley Roberts: “I Sought My God”
Gershwin: “Someone to Watch Over Me”
Franck: Cantabile
Alice Parker: “God Is Seen”
Jake Runestad: “The Peace of Wild Things”
Seth Houston: “Emerald Stream”
Rollo Dilworth: “In Time of Silver Rain”
Walter Robinson: “Harriet Tubman (Come on up)”
Ken Burton: “A Prayer”
Parker: “I Got Shoes”
Roberts: “Over My Head”
donation requested
(804) 359-2463
http://grace-covenant.org

Aug. 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Neptune’s Park, 3001 Atlantic Ave., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Helen Martell conducting
BJ Griffin, vocals & cello
“Wedding Bells and Pachelbel”
program TBA
free
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

Aug. 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Festival Chorus, Orchestra & soloists
Carsten Schmidt conducting
Handel: “Dixit Dominus”
Handel: “Ode for Queen Anne”
Handel: “Alexander’s Feast” (selections)
Handel: “Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno” (selections)
Handel: “Water Music” Suite
$22-$38
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 17 (noon)
First Presbyterian Church, 100 E. Frederick St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
artists TBA
Beethoven: Sonata in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (“Moonlight”)
André Caplet: “Conte fantasque”
Roberto Sierra: Piano Sonata No. 14 (“Moonlight”)
Henry Mancini: “Moon River” (Zachary Wadsworth arrangement)
free
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 17 (7:30 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Festival Chorus & Orchestra
Carsten Schmidt conducting
Haydn: “Il Ritorno di Tobia” Overture
Poulenc: “3 Apollinaire Chansons”
Eric Guinivan: “Jiya Learns to Dance”
Philippe de Vitry: 2 motets
Roberto Sierra: “Songs from the Diaspora”
Stravinsky: “Petrushka” for 2 pianos & percussion (Brian Smith arrangement) (premiere)
$22-$38
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 17 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Hot Springs
Jeannette Fang, Genevieve Fei-wen Lee, Qing Jiang & Ingrid Keller, pianos
Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 1, Op. 5 (“Fantaisie-Tableaux”)
Ravel: “Daphnis et Chloé” Suite No. 2 (Vyacheslav Gryaznov arrangement)
J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Franz Bader arrangement)
$30 (concert); $115 (concert & dinner)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

Aug. 18 (3 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Richmond Chamber Players
Mozart: Quartet in D major, K. 575
Britten: “Phantasy” Quartet
Franck: Cello Sonata in A major (after Violin Sonata in A major)
$25
(804) 272-7514
http://richmondchamberplayers.org

Aug. 18 (10:30 a.m.)
Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
artists TBA
Vincent D’Indy: “Suite dans le style ancien”
anon.: “Sumer is icumen in”
Roberto Sierra: “Octeto en cuatro tiempos”
Ludwig Spohr: Double String Quartet No. 1
free
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 18 (7:30 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Festival Chorus, Orchestra & soloists
Carsten Schmidt, fortepiano & direction
Schubert: “Marche militaire” in D major, D. 733
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: “Das Jahr” – “June”
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet in D major, Op. 100 – III: Menuetto; IV: Allegro vivace
Schumann: “Liederkreis,” Op. 39
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major (“Pastoral”) – I: Allegro ma non troppo (Johann Nepomuk Hummel arrangement)
Beethoven: “Choral Fantasia” in C minor, Op. 80
$22-$38
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 18 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Hot Springs
Jeannette Fang, Genevieve Fei-wen Lee, Qing Jiang & Ingrid Keller, pianos
Saint-Saëns: “Variations on a Theme of Beethoven,” Op. 35
Brahms: “Variations on a Theme by Haydn,” Op. 56b
Lowell Liebermann: “Variations on a Theme by Mozart,” Op. 42
Vivaldi: “The Four Seasons” – “Summer” (Margarita Zelenaia arrangement)
$30 (concert); $75 (concert & picnic)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

Aug. 19 (noon)
First Presbyterian Church, 100 E. Frederick St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
artists TBA
Jan Dismas Zelenka: Trio Sonata No. 5 in F major
Janáček: Concertino for piano & chamber ensemble
Antonio Pasculli: “Omaggio à Bellini”
free
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 20 (noon)
First Presbyterian Church, 100 E. Frederick St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
artists TBA
Richard Strauss: 2 songs
Gérald Moussa Darmanin: “The Sudden Lightness”
Comtessa de Dia: “Troubadour song: A chantar”
Eric Wolfgang Korngold: Suite for piano left-hand & strings
free
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
artists TBA
Rameau: “Pièces de Concert” – “La Lapoplinière,” “Tambourin”
Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: 2 airs for voices and ensemble
Frescobaldi: “Canzon post il commune” for organ
Roberto Sierra: “Concierto Nocturnal” for harpsichord & ensemble
Louise Farrenc: Piano Quintet No. 1 – I: Allegro
Buxtehude: Ciacona in E minor, BuxWV 160, for organ
J. S. Bach: Concerto in C Major, BWV 1061, for two harpsichords & strings
$22-$38
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 21 (7 p.m.)
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1624 Monument Ave., Richmond
August Musicales:
Rosette String Quartet
Caroline Shaw: “Valencia”
Mozart: Quartet in G major, K. 387
Shaw: “Plan and Elevation (The Grounds of Dumbarton Oaks)”
donation requested
(804) 359-2463
http://grace-covenant.org

Aug. 21 (noon)
First Presbyterian Church, 100 E. Frederick St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
artists TBA
Barbara Strozzi: 2 madrigals, Op. 1
Judith Shatin: “Marvelous Pursuits” for vocal quartet & piano four-hands
Mozart: “Ch’io mi scordi di te?” for soprano, fortepiano & orchestra
free
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 21 (3 p.m.)
Central United Methodist Church, 14 N. Lewis St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Roberto Sierra, composer & speaker
other artists TBA
Sierra: “Mambo 7/16”
Sierra: “Flower Pieces” for flute & harp
free
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Festival Orchestra & soloists
Carsten Schmidt conducting
Roberto Sierra: “Mambo Metállico”
Debussy: “Danses sacrée et profane”
Sierra: “Mano e Mano”
De Falla: “7 Spanish Folk Songs” (Zachary Wadsworth arrangement)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major
$22-$38
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 22 (noon)
First Presbyterian Church, 100 E. Frederick St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
artists TBA
Mendelssohn: 2 “Songs without Words” for harp
Mendelssohn: “Folksongs,” Opp. 48 & 50 (selections)
Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 1 in A major, Op. 18
free
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 22 (7:30 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Syaunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Festival Orchestra & Chorus
Carsten Schmidt conducting
Purcell: “The Fairy Queen” (excerpts)
Kaija Saariaho: “The Tempest Songbook” (selections)
Zachary Wadsworth: “Describe Adonis” (premiere)
Tchaikovsky: “Romeo and Juliet” Fantasy-Overture
$22-$38
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 23 (noon)
First Presbyterian Church, 100 E. Frederick St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
artists TBA
Mozart: Quintet in E flat major, K. 452, for piano & winds
Arvo Pärt: “Tabula Rasa” for 2 violins & strings
free
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 23 (7:30 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Festival Orchestra, Chorus & soloists
Carsten Schmidt conducting
Rameau: Les Boréades” (selections)
François Couperin: Concert No. 4 in E minor
Michel Lambert: “Tout l’univers”
Marin Marais: Prelude in C minor
Antoine Forqueray: “Jupiter”
Charles Dieupart: Suite in G major – Prelude & Gigue
Claude Balbastre: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major (excerpt)
Honoré D’Ambruys: “Le doux silence”
Lully: Te Deum
$22-$38
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 24 (4 p.m.)
River Road Church, Baptist, River & Ridge roads, Richmond
Choirs of Boys & Girls of National Cathedral
Michael McCarthy directing
program TBA
free; tickets required via http://eventbrite.com
(804)
http://rrcb.org/e-carl-free,an-concert-series/

Aug. 24 (noon)
First Presbyterian Church, 100 E. Frederick St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
artists TBA
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Concerto in G major for 2 oboes da caccia, 2 violas, 2 bassoons, strings & continuo
George Benjamin: “Viola, Viola” for 2 violas
Dvořák: String Quintet No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97
free
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 24 (3 p.m.)
Central United Methodist Church, 14 N. Lewis St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
artists TBA
Heinrich Schütz: 2 madrigals, Op. 1
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Quartet in B flat major
Vivaldi: Cantata, “Nisi Dominus,” RV 608
free
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Festival Orchestra, Chorus & soloists
Carsten Schmidt conducting
Gershwin: “Cuban” Overture
Esteban Salas: “Cándido Corderito”
Louis Moreau Gottschalk: “Souvenir de la Havane”
Leo Brouwer: Guitar Quintet (excerpts)
trad.: “El Manisero” (Tania León arrangement)
Hans Werner Henze: “El Cimarrón” (excerpts)
$22-$38
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 24 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Hot Springs
Teresa Ling & Maureen Nelson, violins
Fitz Gary & Evelyn Grau, violas
Isaac Melamed & Rachel Young, cellos
Boccherini: String Sextet in F minor, Op. 23, No. 4
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 (“Souvenir de Florence”)
$30 (concert); $115 (concert & dinner)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

Aug. 24 (6:30 p.m.)
Nationals Park, 1500 S. Capitol St. SE, Washington
Washington National Opera
conductor TBA
Puccini: “Turandot” (Christopher Tin completion)
cast TBA
in Italian, English captions
free
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

Aug. 25 (10:30 a.m.)
Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Festival Orchestra & soloists
Carsten Schmidt conducting
J.S. Bach: “Brandenburg” Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Zachary Wadsworth: “Ground on C-F-F-E-E” for winds & percussion (premiere)
J.S. Bach: Cantata, “Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht,” BWV 211 (“Coffee Cantata”)
$16-$22
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 25 (4 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Festival Orchestra, Chorus & soloists
Carsten Schmidt conducting
J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
$22-$38
(540) 800-6012
http://stauntonmusicfestival.org

Aug. 25 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Hot Springs
Teresa Ling & Maureen Nelson, violins
Fitz Gary & Evelyn Grau, violas
Isaac Melamed & Rachel Young, cellos
Richard Strauss: “Capriccio” – String Sextet
Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D. 956
$30 (concert); $75 (concert & picnic)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

Aug. 30 (7:30 p.m.)
Lake Matoaka Amphitheater, 121 Ukrop Way, Williamsburg
Aug. 31 (7:30 p.m.)
Yorktown Historic Freight Shed, 331 Water St.
Sept. 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Chesapeake City Park, 900 City Park Drive
Sept. 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Neptune’s Park, 3001 Atlantic Ave., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Brandon Eldredge conducting
“Once Upon a Symphony”
Copland: “Rodeo” – “Buckaroo Holiday”
Handel: “Royal Fireworks Music” – “La Réjouissance”
Saint-Saëns: “Danse macabre”
Tchaikovsky: “Swan Lake” Suite
Berlioz: “Symphonie fantastique” – IV: “March to the Scaffold”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major – IV: Allegro ma non troppo
Mitch Leigh: “Man of La Mancha” Theme
Lalo Schifrin: “Mission Impossible” Theme
John Williams: “Jurassic Park” Theme
Stevie Wonder: “Stevie Wonder Medley”
John Williams: “A Tribute to John Williams”
free
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

Aug. 31 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Hot Springs
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Maureen Nelson, violin
Haydn: Quartet in D minor, Op. 33, No. 1
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
$30 (concert); $115 (concert & dinner)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

Sept. 1 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Hot Springs
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Maureen Nelson, violin
Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor
Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
$30 (concert); $75 (concert & picnic)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

Sept. 1 (8 p.m.)
West Lawn, US Capitol, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Enrico Lopez-Yañez conducting
Christylez Bacon, guest star
Annual Labor Day Concert
program TBA
free
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

The New York Philharmonic, roiled in controversy over allegations of sexual misconduct by two of its players and in the midst of contentious contract negotiations with its musicians, has lost its president and chief executive.

Gary Ginstling, the former National Symphony Orchestra executive director who took over the New York Philharmonic’s chief administrative role last year, has resigned abruptly, saying in a prepared statement that “it has become clear to me that the institution needs a different type of leadership.”

The New York Times’ Javier C. Hernández writes that Gintsling “did not always seem to be on the same page” as Gustavo Dudamel, the orchestra’s incoming music director. Gintsling’s predecessor at the philharmonic, Deborah Borda, “remained an influential figure, advising the Philharmonic’s board, and staying in close touch with Dudamel, whom she had recruited in Los Angeles. She assisted with fund-raising and appeared at concerts and galas. She maintained a Philharmonic email address and an assistant. Some in the music world warned that it would not be easy for a newcomer to operate in her shadow.”

Borda and two leaders of the philharmonic’s board, will form “a transition team” after Ginstling’s resignation, Hernández reports:

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William Walton: Partita for Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Edward Gardner
(Chandos)

Poulenc: Piano Concerto in C sharp minor
Pascal Rogé, piano
London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green
(Signum Classics)

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

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major
Janine Jansen, violin
Oslo Philharmonic/Klaus Mäkelä
(Decca)

Mussorgsky: “Pictures at an Exhibition”
(Maurice Ravel orchestration)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner
(RCA)

Classical performances in and around Richmond, with selected events elsewhere in Virginia and the Washington area. Program information, provided by presenters, is updated as details become available. Adult ticket prices are listed; senior, student/youth, military, group and other discounts may be offered. Service fees may be added.

July 1 (7:30 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna
Salon Series:
Renee Richardson, soprano
Gabrielle Beteag, mezzo-soprano
Renate Rohlfing, piano
program TBA
$50
(703) 255-1868
http://wolftrap.org

July 3 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
American Festival Choir
Larry Harrison directing
Sandi Patty & Jimmy Fortune, vocalists
“Celebrate America”
program TBA
$20-$40
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

July 4 (4 p.m.)
Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park, 3400 Mountain Road, Glen Allen
Richmond Symphony
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
J. Roddy Walston, guest star
“Red, White and Lights”
J. Rosamond Johnson & James Weldon Johnson: “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”
John Stafford Smith & Francis Scott Key: “The Star-Spangled Banner”
Barber: “Sure on This Summer Night”
Schubert: “Ständchen”
trad.: “Simple Gifts” (Aaron Copland arrangement)
Gershwin: “The Man I Love”
Irving Taylor & Ken Lane: “Everybody Loves Somebody”
Irving Berlin: “Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)”
Bob Thiele & George David Weiss: “What a Wonderful World”
Walston: “Heavy Bell”
Walston: “The Golden Ball and Chain”
Walston: “Weight of My Love”
Walston: “Take It As It Comes”
John Williams: “The Patriot” Suite
Samuel Ward & Katherine Bates: “America the Beautiful”
Gabriela Lena Frank: “Mestizo Waltz”
Williams: “Raider’s March”
Morton Gould: “American Salute”
Meredith Wilson: “Seventy-Six Trombones”
Sousa: “The Stars and Stripes Forever”
laser light show follows concert
free
(804) 788-1212
http://richmondsymphony.com

July 6 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Warm Springs
Jeannette Fang, piano
Prokofiev: “10 Pieces from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ ”
Lance Hulme: “Bandaloop Dances”
Ginastera: “Suite de danzas criollas,” Op. 15
J.S. Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 – Chaconne (Ferrucio Busoni arrangement)
$30 (concert); $115 (concert & dinner)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

July 7 (3 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen Resort, Nelson County
Wintergreen Festival Orchestra
Rei Hotoda conducting
Jessie Montgomery: “Rounds”
Copland: “Appalachian Spring”
Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201
$49
(434) 361-0541
http://wintergreenmusic.org

July 7 (12:30 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna
Filene Artists
Bin Yu Sanford & Alex Munger, piano
“Aria Jukebox”
opera arias chosen by audience
$38
(703) 255-1868
http://wolftrap.org

July 11 (6:30 p.m.)
Mooney Hall, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Summer Chamberfest:
Eddie Sundra, clarinet
Emily Monroe, violin
Schuyler Slack, cello
Daniel Stipe, piano
Peter Schickele: Clarinet Quartet
Liszt: “Consolation” No. 3
Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
sold out (waiting list)
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

July 11 (7:30 p.m.)
Neptune’s Park, 3001 Atlantic Ave., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Morihiko Nakahara conducting
“Symphonic Summer Games”
program TBA
free
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

July 12 (7:30 p.m.)
July 14 (2 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Opera
Brian DeMaris conducting
Donizetti: “The Elixir of Love”
Sarah Coburn (Adina)
Victor Starsky (Nemorino)
Sidney Outlaw (Belcore)
Efraín Solís (Dr. Dulcamara)
Cara Consilvio, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$30-$85
(434) 979-1333
http://charlottesvilleopera.org

July 12 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Ruth Reinhardt conducting
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto in G minor
Njioma Grevious, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor (“Choral”)
Keely Futterer, soprano
Gabrielle Beteag, mezzo-soprano
Ricardo Garcia, tenor
Blake Denson, bass
Cathedral Choral Society
$39-$109
(703) 255-1868
http://wolftrap.org

July 13 (7 p.m.)
July 14 (3 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen Resort, Nelson County
Wintergreen Festival Orchestra
Erin Freeman conducting
Bizet: Symphony in C major
Berlioz: “Les nuits d’eté”
Heather Johnson, soprano
Marianna Martines: “Dixit Dominus”
LEAD Cooperative soloists
Sing with Us! Chorus
$49
(434) 361-0541
http://wintergreenmusic.org

July 13 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Warm Springs
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Yvonne Lam, violin
Beethoven: String Trio in C minor, Op. 9, No. 3
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
$30 (concert); $115 (concert & dinner)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

July 13 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Emil de Cou conducting
“Star Wars: a New Hope,” film with live orchestral accompaniment
sold out (waiting list)
(703) 255-1868
http://wolftrap.org

July 14 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Warm Springs
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Yvonne Lam, violin
Amy Beach: Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 34
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
$30 (concert); $75 (concert & picnic)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

July 14 (2 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna
Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Li, piano
Jake Heggie: “Breaking Waves” – “Music”
Purcell: “Music for a While” (Benjamin Britten arrangement)
Schubert: “An die Musik”
Dvořák: “Cigánské melodie,” Op. 55
Henri Duparc: “L’Invitation du voyage”
Duparc: “Extase”
Duparc: “Phidylé”
Sibelius: “Svarta Rosa”
Sibelius: “Såf, såf, süsa”
Sibelius: “Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte”
Sibelius: “Marssnön”
Sibelius: “Var det en dröm?”
$38-$56
(703) 255-1868
http://wolftrap.org

July 18 (6:30 p.m.)
Mooney Hall, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Summer Chamberfest:
Susy Yim, violin
Jocelyn Smith, viola
Peter Greydanus, cello
Schubert: String Trio in B flat major, D. 471
Gideon Klein: String Trio
Beethoven: String Trio in G major, Op. 9, No. 1
sold out (waiting list)
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

July 19 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
Wolf Trap Opera
National Symphony Orchestra
Grant Gershon conducting
Puccini: “La Bohème”
Amanda Batista (Mimi)
Eric Taylor (Rodolfo)
Le Bu (Colline)
Blake Denson (Marcello)
Midori Marsh (Musetta)
Laureano Quant (Schaunard)
Adam Partridge (Benoit/Alcindoro)
Jerek Fernández (Parpignol)
Mario Manzo (Customs officer)
Yichen Xue (Sergeant)
Logan Wagner (Prune man)
AGMA & Studio Artists chorus
Children’s Chorus of Washington
Katherine Carter, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$28-$89
(703) 255-1868
http://wolftrap.org

July 20 (7 p.m.)
July 21 (3 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen Resort, Nelson County
Wintergreen Festival Orchestra
Louis Lohraseb conducting
Carlos Simon: “Fate Now Conquers”
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
David Bjella, cello
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major
$49
(434) 361-0541
http://wintergreenmusic.org

July 20 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Warm Springs
Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op. 135
Ella Golden & Aubrey Williams, violins
David Lawrence, viola
Isaac Melamed, cello
Ellen Taafe Zwilich: Septet for piano trio & string quartet
Jessica Tovey, Lucy Nemeth & Teresa Ling, violins
Hudson Maness, viola
Ellamay Mantie & Lindsay McKenna, cellos
Jeannette Fang, piano
Brahms: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60
Amelia Cannavo, violin
Fitz Gary, viola
Monica Grady, cello
Ashley Lee, piano
$30 (concert); $115 (concert & dinner)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

July 20 (8 p.m.)
Pavilion of Orkney Springs Hotel, 217 Shrine Mont Circle, Shenandoah County
Shenandoah Valley Music Festival:
Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra
David Glover conducting
“Back to the ’80s”
program TBA
$68
(540) 459-3396
http://musicfest.org

July 21 (8:30 p.m.)
Town Point Park, 113 Waterside Drive, Norfolk
July 25 (7:30 p.m.)
Neptune’s Park, 3001 Atlantic Ave., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Todd Craven conducting
“Where Wishes Come True: a Night of Enchanted Melodies”
program TBA
free
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

July 21 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Warm Springs
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Roberto Sansuini: Piano Quartet (premiere)
Saint-Saëns: Piano Quartet No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 41
$30 (concert); $75 (concert & picnic)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

July 21 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Steven Reineke conducting
Nas, guest star
“30th Anniversary of ‘Illmatic’ ”
$79-$149
(703) 255-1868
http://wolftrap.org

July 23 (7:30 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Band
Gary Fagan, Charles Torian, & Charles Vaughan directing
Doug Nash & Michelle Schroeder, clarinets
Annie Meng, bassoon
“The Classics”
works TBA by Mozart, others
free
(434) 797-1333
http://theparamount.net

July 24 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Steven Reineke conducting
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1,” film with live orchestral accompaniment
$38-$73
(703) 255-1868
http://wolftrap.org

July 25 (6:30 p.m.)
Mooney Hall, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Summer Chamberfest:
Adrian Pintea & Stacey Matthews, violins
Stephen Schmidt, viola
Jason McComb, cello
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Quartet in D major, Op. 1, No. 6
Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703
Jossie Montgomery: “Source Code”
Caroline Shaw: “Plan and Elevation (The Grounds of Dumbarton Oaks)”
sold out (waiting list)
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

July 26 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Emil de Cou conducting
“Ghostbusters,” film with live orchestral accompaniment
$38-$99
(703) 255-1868
http://wolftrap.org

July 27 (7 p.m.)
July 28 (3 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen Resort, Nelson County
Wintergreen Festival Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducting
Gilda Lyons: “La flor más linda”
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Clayton Stephenson, piano
Stravinsky: “The Firebird” Suite
$49
(434) 361-0541
http://wintergreenmusic.org

July 27 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Warm Springs
Parker Quartet
J.S. Bach: “The Art of Fugue,” BWV 1080 (excerpts)
Thomas Adès: “The Four Quarters,” Op. 28
Bartók: Quartet No. 4
$30 (concert); $115 (concert & dinner)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

July 27 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Steven Reineke conducting
Beck, guest star
$49-$119
(703) 255-1868
http://wolftrap.org

July 28 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Warm Springs
Parker Quartet
Alexander von Zemlinsky: Quartet No. 1 in A major, Op. 4
Vijay Iyer: “Dig the Say”
Beethoven: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 127
$30 (concert); $75 (concert & picnic)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

July 31 (6:30 p.m.)
Mooney Hall, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Summer Chamberfest:
Mary Boodell, flute
Victoria Chung, oboe
David Lemelin, clarinet
Russell Wilson, piano
Saint-Saëns: “Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs,” Op. 79
Madeline Dring: Trio for flute, oboe & piano
Darius Milhaud: Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet & piano
sold out (waiting list)
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

Aug. 3 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Warm Springs
Anton Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32
Aubrey Williams, violin
Lindsay McKenna, cello
Ashley Lee, piano
Caroline Shaw: “Plan and Elevation (The Grounds of Dumbarton Oaks)”
Amelia Cannavo & Ella Golden, violins
David Lawrence, viola
Monica Grady, cello
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
Lyra String Quartet
$30 (concert); $115 (concert & dinner)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

Aug. 4 (3 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Richmond Chamber Players’ Interlude 2024:
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 117
Susy Yim & Audrey Pride, violins
Stephen Schmidt, viola
Neal Cary, cello
Bartók: Quartet No. 4
Adrian Pintea & Delaney Hunt, violins
HyoJoo Uh, viola
Peter Greydanus, cello
$25
(804) 272-7514
http://richmondchamberplayers.org

Aug. 4 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Garth Newel Lane at US Route 220, Warm Springs
Mozart: Quartet in B flat major, K. 589
Lucy Nemeth & Aubrey Williams, violin
David Lawrence, viola
Lindsay McKenna, cello
Debussy: Piano Trio in G major
Ella Golden, violin
Ellamay Mantie, cello
Ashley Lee, piano
Roberto Sansuini: “Red Shift”
Ella Golden, violin
Ellamay Mantie, cello
Ashley Lee, piano
Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
Jessica Tovey, violin
Amelia Cannavo, violin
Hudson Maness, viola
Monica Grady, cello
$30 (concert); $75 (concert & picnic)
(540) 839-5018
http://garthnewel.org

Aug. 4 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
Keri-Lynn Wilson conducting
Victoria Vita Polevá: “Freedom”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor (“Choral”) (sung in Ukrainian)
Olga Bezsmertna, soprano
Nataliia Kukhar, mezzo-soprano
Valentyn Dytiuk, tenor
Andrii Kymach, bass-baritone
chorus TBA
$28-$137
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

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Dag Wirén: Serenade for strings, Op. 11
Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Rumon Gamba
(Chandos)

Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36
Belcea Quartet
Tabea Zimmermann, viola
Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello
(Alpha)

Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 (“Linz”)
Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi
(Decca)

Weber: “Turandot” Overture
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln/Howard Griffiths
(cpo)

Hindemith: “Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber”
Philadelphia Orchestra/Wolfgang Sawallisch
(Warner Classics)

7-9 p.m. EDT
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WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
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Johan Helmich Roman: “Drottningholm Music” (selections)
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Manze
(BIS)

Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370
Heinz Holliger, oboe
Orlando Quartet members
(Brilliant Classics)

Telemann: Overture in C major, TWV 55:C3 (“Hamburg Ebb and Flood”)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner
(Decca)

Mendelssohn: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Overture
Berlin Philharmonic/Claudio Abbado
(Sony Classical)

Samuel Barber: “Summer Music”
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
(BIS)

Dvořák: String Quintet in E flat major, Op. 97
Pavel Haas Quartet
Pavel Nikl, viola
(Supraphon)

Virginia Opera and the City of Norfolk are at odds over $270,000 in rental payments for the opera company’s home, Harrison Opera House, The Virginian-Pilot’s Trevor Metcalfe reports.

The structure in downtown Norfolk is owned by the city and leased to Virginia Opera. Built during World War II for UFO shows and other events for troops, it was known as the Center Theater until its refurbishment as an opera house and shop for sets and costumes. Renamed the Harrison Opera House, for longtime donors Edythe C. and Stanley L. Harrison, it reopened in 1993.

The Norfolk City Council was told that the overdue rental payments cover the period from July 1, 2019 to June 30 of this year. Virginia Opera, which disputes the city’s charges, is in “ongoing negotiations,” the company’s general director and CEO, Peggy Kriha Miller, told The Pilot. “Due to our longstanding relationship with the city we are confident we will find resolution.”

The City of Norfolk has budgeted $317,178 to support the opera in the 2025 fiscal year, Metcalfe reports:

Virginia Opera in dispute with Norfolk over claims of $270,000 in unpaid rent