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.
June 1 (8 p.m.)
June 2 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Valentina Peleggi conducting
Verdi: Requiem
Jennifer Rowley, soprano
Guadalupe Barrientos, mezzo-soprano
Rodrick Dixon, tenor
David Leigh, bass
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Baltimore Choral Arts Society
$15-$86
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com
June 1 (8 p.m.)
Main & Walter Reed Way, Gloucester
June 2 (7:45 p.m.)
Cavalier Hotel lawn, 4200 Atlantic Ave., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Rous conducting
Patrice Covington, vocalist
“Broadway Celebration”
program TBA
free
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org
June 1 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
$17-$129
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
June 1 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins conducting
Kodály: “Dances of Galánta”
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Jonathan Carney, violin
Florence Price: Symphony No. 1 in E minor
$21-$102
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org
June 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Clarice Smith Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park
Wolf Trap Opera
National Orchestral Institute
John Morris Russell conducting
Kurt Weill: “The Seven Deadly Sins”
Gabrielle Beteag (Anna I)
Martin Luther Clark (Father)
Brother: Logan Wagner/Charles H. Eaton (Brother)
Blake Denson (Mother)
Elio Bucky, stage director
in English
$20-$40
(301) 405-2787
http://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2024/noi-philharmonic-kurt-weill-s-seven-deadly-sins
June 2 (4 p.m.)
Attucks Theatre, 1010 Church St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Anthony Davis, composer
Christine Jobson & Carl DuPont, vocalists
Alan Johnson, piano
Davis: works TBA
$10-$25
(757) 282-2822
http://vafest.org
June 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Hixon Theater, Barr Education Center, 440 Bank St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Wu Han & Olga Kern, pianos
David Finckel, cello
Mendelssohn: “Andante and Allegro brillante,” Op. 92, for piano 4-hands
Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata in D major, Op. 58
Grieg: Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36
$26.25-$35
(757) 282-2822
http://vafest.org
June 5 (10:30 a.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Arts Festival:
Wu Han & Olga Kern, pianos
David Finckel, cello
Mendelssohn: “Andante and Allegro brillante,” Op. 92, for piano 4-hands
Grieg: Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36
$25
(757) 282-2822
http://vafest.org
June 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Hilary Hahn, violin
Andreas Haefliger, piano
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
$44.75-$89.75
(434) 979-1333
http://theparamount.net
June 6 (10:30 a.m.)
Hixon Theater, Barr Education Center, 440 Bank St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Olga Kern, piano
Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players
Weber: Flute Trio in E minor
Stravinsky: “Suite d’après des thèmes, fragments et morceaux de Giambatista Pergolesi” (after “Pulcinella”) (selections)
Beethoven: Quintet in E flat major, Op. 16, for piano & winds
$22.50
(757) 282-2822
http://vafest.org
June 6 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward conducting
Mieczysław Weinberg: Trumpet Concerto
Andrew Balio, trumpet
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
$21-$102
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org
June 7 (10:30 a.m.)
William & Mary Concert Hall, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg
Virginia Arts Festival:
Olga Kern & Vladislav Kern piano
Brendon Elliott, violin
Mozart: Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304
Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
Korngold: “Much Ado about Nothing” (selections)
$18.75-$25
(757) 282-2822
http://vafest.org
June 7 (8 p.m.)
June 9 (3 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
Verdi: “Otello” (concert staging)
Arsen Soghomonyan (Otello)
Erika Grimaldi (Desdemona)
Roman Burdenko (Iago)
Jennifer Johnson Cano (Emilia)
Francesco Marsiglia (Cassio)
Choral Arts Society of Washington
University of Maryland Concert Choir
The Children’s Chorus of Washington
in Italian
$17-$115
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
June 8 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
The Washington Chorus & orchestra
Eugene Rogers conducting
“Elijah Reimagined”
Mendelssohn: “Elijah,” with narrative projections
Caitlyn Lynch, soprano
Antona Yost, mezzo-soprano
Norman Shankle, tenor
Will Liverman, baritone
Abraham Latner, treble
University of Michigan Chamber Choir
Children’s Chorus of Washinton
Camilla Tassi, projection designer
$15-$84
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
June 9 (3 p.m.)
Lehman Auditorium, Eastern Mennonite University, 1191 Park Road, Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival:
SVBF Chamber Orchestra
David Berry conducting
Vicente Lusitano: “Aspice Domine”
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Bassoon Sonata
Ryan Romine, bassoon
J.S. Bach: Cantata, “Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten,” BWV 202
Penelope Shumate, soprano
Dohnányi: Sextet in C major, Op. 37
$10-$40
(540) 432-4652
http://svbachfestival.org
June 9 (4 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
Gershwin: “Rhapsody in Blue”
Peter Boyer: “Red, White and Blue”
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Amy Beach: Symphony in E minor (“Gaelic”)
$45-$70
(703) 993-2787
http://cfa.gmu.edu
June 12 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Pops
Steven Reineke conducting
Angelique Kidjo, vocalist & composer
“African Symphony”
works TBA by Kidjo, Miriam Makeba, Fela Kuti, Youssou N’Dour, Rema, Burna Boy, others
$33-$126
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
June 13 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
June 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
June 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Virginia Arts Festival:
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen conducting
Jessie Montgomery: “Starburst”
Chris Thile: “ATTENTION!”
Chris Thile, mandolin & vocals
Rimsky-Korsakov: “Scheherazade”
$18.75-$114
(757) 282-2822
http://vafest.org
June 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Lehman Auditorium, Eastern Mennonite University, 1191 Park Road, Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival:
SVBF Orchestra
Kalena Bovell conducting
Nkeiru Okoye: “Voices Shouting Out”
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto in G minor
Alejandra Switala, violin
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor (“From the New World”)
$10-$40
(540) 432-4652
http://svbachfestival.org
June 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Salem Civic Center, 1001 Roanoke Boulevard
Roanoke Symphony Pops
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Jeans ’n’ Classics, guest stars
“The Who!”
$31-$58
(540) 343-9127
http://rso.com
June 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Lehman Auditorium, Eastern Mennonite University, 1191 Park Road, Harrisonburg
Shehandoah Valley Bach Festival:
SVBF Orchestra & Choir
Kalena Bovell conducting
Valerie Coleman: “Umoja: Anthem of Unity”
Richard Strauss: “Four Last Songs”
Sara Duchovnay, soprano
Michael Tippett: “A Child of Our Time”
$10-$40
(540) 432-4652
http://svbachfestival.org
June 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Pan-American Symphony Orchestra
conductor TBA
Allegra De Vita, mezzo-soprano
Maria Juncal, flamenco dancer
Falla: “El Amor Brujo”
Falla: “Siete Canciones Españolas”
$55-$85
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
June 15 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, 10 First St. SE, Washington
Zephyros Winds
Aubrey Andrist, piano
Ruth Crawford Seeger: Suite for wind quintet
Irving Fine: Partita for wind quintet
Fine: “Diversions” for solo piano
Leo Smit: Sextet for wind quintet & piano
Arthur Berger: Wind Quartet
Margaret Bonds: “Troubled Water”
Bernstein: “Candide” Overture (wind quintet arrangement)
free; tickets required via http://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/
(202) 707-5507
http://www.loc.gov/events/concerts-from-the-library-of-congress/concerts/upcoming-concerts/
June 15 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward conducting
Jessie Montgomery: “Records of a Vanishing City”
Richard Strauss: “Four Last Songs”
Christine Goerke, soprano
James Lee III: new work TBA
Respighi: “The Pines of Rome”
$15-$92
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org
June 16 (4 p.m.)
lawn of Virginia War Memorial, 621 S. Belvedere St., Richmond
Richmond Philharmonic
Will Pattie conducting
Pops program TBA
free
(804) 556-1039
http://richmondphilharmonic.org
June 16 (10 a.m.)
Lehman Auditorium, Eastern Mennonite University, 1191 Park Road, Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival:
SVBF Orchestra & Chorus
Benjamin Bergey conducting
Marvin Mills, organ
Daniel Ott, homilist
“The Leipzig Service”
J.S. Bach: Cantata, “Ach, lieben Christen,” BWV 114
free
(540) 432-4652
http://svbachfestival.org
June 16 (5 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC
director TBA
“Portraits”
program TBA
$25-$80
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
June 18 (8 p.m.)
June 19 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Pops
Henry Panion III conducting
Vision
Richard Smallwood directing
Dorinda Clark Cole, Maurette Brown Clark, Marvin L. Winans, vocalists
Howard Gospel Choir of Howard University
Bowie State University Choir
other artists TBA
“ A Gospel Symphony Celebration Tribute to Richard Smallwood at 75”
$58-$144
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
June 21 (7 p.m.)
June 22 (1:30 & 7 p.m.)
June 23 (1:30 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Opera
Brian DeMaris conducting
Meredith Wilson & Franklin Lacey: “The Music Man”
Daniel Belcher (Prof. Harold Hill)
Lindsay Ohse (Marian Paroo)
other cast TBA
Kathleen Belcher, stage director
in English
$30-$85
(434) 979-1333
http://charlottesvilleopera.org
June 21 (7:30 p.m.)
June 23 (3 p.m.)
June 27 (2 p.m.)
June 29 (7:30 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna
Wolf Trap Opera
Christine Brandes conducting
Mozart: “Così fan tutte”
Renée Richardson (Fiordiligi)
Erin Wagner (Dorabella)
Kyle White (Guglielmo)
Lunga Eric Hallam (Ferrando)
Emily Treigle (Despina)
Wm Clay Thompson (Don Alfonso)
Dan Rigazzi, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$79
(703) 255-1868
http://wolftrap.org
June 22 (11 a.m. & 3 p.m.)
June 23 (3 & 7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Dragon conducting
“Disney in Concert: the Sound of Magic”
$39-$99
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
June 25 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Edwin Outwater conducting
Trey Anastasio, guest star
$55-$115
(703) 255-1868
http://wolftrap.org
June 28 (8 p.m.)
June 29 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Pops
Jules Buckley conducting
Donny McCaslin Jazz Quartet
Gail Ann Dorsey & David Poe, vocalists
John Cameron Mitchell, narrator
“BLACKSTAR Symphony: the Music of David Bowie”
$33-$103
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
June 30 (3:30 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Band
director TBA
Bonnie Slater, saxophone
Laura Lazarevic, vocalist
Nicholas Feemster, rapper
Family pops concert
program TBA
free
(434) 979-1333
http://theparamount.net
July 3 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
American Festival Choir
Larry Harrison directing
Sandi Patty & Jimmy Fortune, vocalists
“Celebrate America”
$20-$40
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org
July 6 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot 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
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