Letter V

Maurizio Pollini, the eminent Italian pianist whose performances were celebrated for their combination of technique and intellect, has died at 82.

The Milan-born son of an artistic family, Pollini gave his first public recital at the age of 11. In 1960, at 18, he won first prize in the sixth International Chopin Competition in Warsaw; the jury’s chairman, Arthur Rubinstein, remarked, “That boy can play the piano better than any of us.”

After making several Chopin recordings, Pollini withdrew from performing to spend five years studying with Arturo Benedetti Michaelangeli. From the mid-1960s onward, he was an esteemed figure on major concert stages and a prolific recording artist, known for his mastery of standard classical and romantic repertory as well as that of modernist composers.

While lauded for his technique and stylistic range, Pollini struck some critics and listeners as a coldly analytical interpreter. Among his many recordings, those devoted to Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Debussy, Bartók and composers of the Second Viennese School were often rated more highly than discs of 19th-century music – Chopin always excepted.

Late in life, he recorded with his pianist son, Daniele Pollini.

An obituary by Tim Page for The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/23/maurizio-pollini-classical-pianist-dead/

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WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.org

Britten: “Simple Symphony”
Camerata Nordica/Terje Tønnesen
(BIS)

Stravinsky: “Le baiser de la fée” (“The Fairy’s Kiss”) Divertimento
(Samuel Dushkin & Igor Stravinsky arrangement)
Judith Ingolfsson, violin
Vladimir Stoupel, piano
(Audite)

Fauré: Barcarolle No. 1 in A minor, Op. 26
Paul Crossley, piano
(Regis)

Tchaikovsky: “Variations on a Rococo Theme”
Pieter Wispelwey, cello
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Daniel Sepec
(Channel Classics)

Janáček: Idyll for string orchestra
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Iona Brown
(Chandos)

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Ivan Moravec, piano
Czech Philharmonic/Václav Neumann
(Supraphon)

Angela Townsend, writing for The Smart Set, is a millennial who loves the music of her mother’s generation. In her youth, she doted on a radio station spinning the oldies (“favored by parents and Earth Science teachers . . . sappy static to my high school friends”) and its exuberantly goofy early morning DJ.

In college, she became a regular caller, “Angie from Vassar.” And then an intern: “I approached my anthropology professor with a proposal: a study in the power of local radio. Why did people call into dizzy jockeys with questions and answers? Why were disembodied voices an incarnation of comfort?” The prof “was all for it. ‘Call ’em. Set it up. You can make this work.’ ”

A mini-memoir that will make you smile – I’m all for that:

Me and Bobby Miller

(via http://artsjournal.com)

Virginia is ranked 10th among the 50 US states in a newly released survey of “arts vibrancy” by SMU Data Arts, an arm of the National Center for Arts Research at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

The survey ranks states by the number of arts entities, their levels of spending, and on public support of the arts. Virginia ranks sixth in “arts dollars” (i.e., money spent on the arts), 22nd in the number of arts presenters, and fifth in public support.

The top nine states, in order, are New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Maryland, California, Colorado, Illinois and Oregon.

The survey also ranks the states by rural populations and poverty rates, metrics that commonly indicate limited access to the arts. Among highly ranked states, Virginia has the second-largest rural population: 24.4 percent, exceeded only by Minnesota’s 28.1 percent. Virginia ranks low on residents living in poverty: 8.6 percent of its population. (The most arts-vibrant state, New York, has a 12.4 percent poverty rate.)

Virginia also is one of few highly ranked states lacking major urban arts centers or arts-centric seasonal destinations. The Washington, DC, metro area, which includes much of Northern Virginia, came in third in SMU Data Arts’ 2023 survey of arts-vibrant communities; but most of the Washington area’s major arts groups are based in the District of Columbia, and most of its large venues are in the district. (Maryland’s high ranking also may stem from its having counties in metro DC.)

Top-line findings in the SMU Data Arts survey:

http://culturaldata.org/state-of-the-arts-2023/overview/

Contributing to Virginia’s high ranking is its substantial number of mid-sized cities, college towns and smaller communities with active arts scenes.

In classical music, for example, Richmond, the seven Hampton Roads cities, Roanoke, Charlottesville, Williamsburg, Fairfax, Alexandria, McLean, Lynchburg, Petersburg, Waynesboro and Danville are home to symphony orchestras. Most of those communities and others – Blacksburg, Staunton, Fredericksburg, Winchester, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Hot Springs, Wintergreen – also stage chamber-music and choral series, music festivals and performances by college faculty and students.

Their reach extends well into Virginia’s exurban and rural areas, and many presenters offer free or low-cost events that make them accessible for low-income residents.

Byron Janis, one of the leading US pianists in the 1950s and ’60s, has died at 95.

The Pittsburgh-born Janis moved to New York to study with Josef and Rosina Lhevinne and later was a pupil of Vladimir Horowitz. He made his concert debut in 1944, playing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, and was famed at the peak of his career for playing virtuoso works from the Russian school, as well as Chopin. A number of his recordings have remained in circulation.

In the 1970s, Janis began to suffer from psoriatic arthritis in the hands and wrists, but he continued to perform. He quit the stage several times, but still gave occasional concerts into the late 1990s. He taught for many years at the Manhattan School of Music, and composed songs, theater and film music.

An obituary by Allan Kozinn for The New York Times:

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Beethoven: “Leonore” Overture No. 3
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Paavo Järvi
(RCA)

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor
Stephen Hough, piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo
(Hyperion)

Elgar: “Polonia”
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Andrew Davis
(Chandos)

Vaughan Williams: “Job: a Masque for Dancing”
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Andrew Manze
(Onyx)

Pēteris Vasks: “Castillo Interior”
Awadagin Pratt, piano
(New Amsterdam)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, who was appointed music director of the San Francisco Symphony in 2018, has announced his departure from the post at the end of the 2024-25 season. In a statement, Salonen said, “I do not share the same goals for the future of the institution as the Board of Governors does.”

The Finnish conductor and composer, whose tenure at the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1992-2009) was marked by innovative programming and commissions for dozens of new works, had similarly ambitious plans in San Francisco.

The orchestra’s board and management, however, decided to cut back the concert schedule, reduce the number of commissions for new music, and “to make unspecified shifts in programming to drive revenues,” The New York Times’ Javier C. Hernández reports.

The retrenchment is due to “significant financial pressures on the organization that have become impossible to ignore,” Matthew Spivey, the San Francisco Symphony’s chief executive, told Hernández:

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90.1 FM
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Respighi: “Trittico botticelliano”
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/Hugh Wolff
(Apex)

Mel Bonis: “Femmes de légende”
Orchestre national de Metz/David Reiland
(La Dolce Volta)

Janáček: “The Cunning Little Vixen” Suite
(Václav Talich arrangement)
Czech Philharmonic/Charles Mackerras
(Supraphon)

Sibelius: “The Wood Nymph”
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Santtu-Matias Rouvali
(Alpha)

Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 (“Sinfonia espansiva”)
Nancy Wait Kromm, soprano
Kevin McMillan, baritone
San Francisco Symphony/Herbert Blomstedt
(Decca)

At “The Big Bruckner Weekend” in the Glasshouse International Centre for Music in the northeastern English city of Gateshead, four orchestras, two choirs, a couple of solo singers and a chamber ensemble marked the 200th anniversary of Anton Bruckner’s birth with performances of his last three symphonies, Mass No. 3 and String Quintet.

Any one of those works is a lot of Bruckner: The shortest of them, the quintet, runs 45 minutes, give or take; the longest, the Eighth Symphony, lasts about an hour and a half. Hearing all of them in two days requires a level of devotion comparable to Bruckner’s own deep religiosity.

The Guardian’s Flora Willson, in her review of the event, writes that “there’s no escaping the challenges of [Bruckner’s] music, as well as its pleasures. I don’t just mean its marathon duration. While these are all pieces from the XXL rail of the classical wardrobe, most of us would sit for longer through films, plays, operas or sports matches. Unlike any of those, though, Bruckner’s works don’t have in-built narratives to carry you along.”

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/04/big-bruckner-weekend-review-theres-no-escaping-the-challenges-of-his-music-as-well-as-its-pleasures

Gateshead’s program did not feature the Te Deum, the work that I would rate as the most concise (less than half an hour) distillation of what this composer sought to express in his music. If you’re a Bruckner-curious newcomer, or zoned out during one of the symphonies, try this:

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.

Contact presenters or venues for health and safety protocols.

March 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Studio K, Kennedy Center, Washington
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts:
Jennifer Koh, violin
Missy Mazzoli, piano
Mazzoli: “Dissolve, O My Heart”
Mazzoli: “Interlude 1”
Mazzoli: “A Thousand Tongues”
Mazzoli: “Tooth and Nail”
Mazzoli: “Interlude 2”
Mazzoli: “Orizzonte”
Mazzoli: “Hail, Horrors, Hail”
Mazzoli: “Kinski Paganini”
Mazzoli: “A Song for Mick Kelly”
$25
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

March 2 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First & Franklin streets
RVA Baroque
program TBA
free
(804) 646-7223
http://rvalibrary.org/gellman-room-concerts

March 2 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
Really Inventive Stuff’s Michael Boudewyns, narrator
Prokofiev: “Peter and the Wolf”
$15-$25
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

March 2 (7 p.m.)
River Road Church, Baptist, River & Ridge roads, Richmond
E. Carl Freeman Concert Series:
Furman Singers
Stephen Gusukuma directing
program TBA
free; tickets required via http://eventbrite.com
(804) 288-1131
http://rrcb.org/e-carl-freeman-concert-series/

March 2 (7 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra Program
conductors TBA
program TBA
free
(804) 788-1212
http://richmondsymphony.com

March 2 (7:30 p.m.)
Historic Academy Theatre, 524 Main St., Lynchburg
Lynchburg Symphony
David Glover conducting
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Clayton Stephenson, piano
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor
$20-$100
(434) 845-6604
http://lynchburgsymphony.org

March 2 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon conducting
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor (“Unfinished”)
Wagner: “Götterdämmerung” – “Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey”
Wagner: “Götterdämmerung” – “Siegfried’s Funeral Music”
Wagner: “Götterdämmerung” – “Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene”
Christine Goerke, soprano
$21-$97
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org

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

March 3 (4 p.m.)
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 12291 River Road, Richmond
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
Grant Houston & Abi Fayette, violins
Caleb Georges, viola
James Wilson, cello
Mary Boodell, flute
David Lemelin, clarinet
Charles Overton, harp
“Illumination”
Haydn: Quartet in B flat major, Op. 76, No. 4 (“Sunrise”)
Zachary Wadsworth: “C/1995 O1” (premiere)
Gilad Cohen: “Firefly Elegy”
Ravel: Introduction and Allegro
$30
(804) 304-6312
http://cmscva.org

March 3 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Virginia Consort Festival Chorus & orchestra
Deke Polifka directing
John Rutter: “Mass of the Children”
Rutter: “Five Childhood Lyrics” (selections)
Mozart: “Benedictus sit Deus,” K. 117
Ēriks Ešenvalds: “Only in Sleep”
Stephen Sondheim: “Children Will Listen”
$30
(434) 924-3376 (UVa Arts box office)
http://virginiaconsort.org

March 3 (7 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Jeffrey Siegel, piano & speaker
“Keyboard Conversations: Chopin and Liszt”
Chopin: waltzes TBA
Liszt: “Hungarian Rhapsody” TBA
$29-$50
(703) 993-2787
http://cfa.gmu.edu

March 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Perkinson Recital Hall, North Court, University of Richmond
Richmond Piano Trio:
Joanne Kong, piano
Daisuke Yamamoto, violin
Neal Cary, cello
Debussy: Piano Trio in G major
Grieg: Andante con moto in C minor
Beethoven: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 (“Ghost”)
free; registration required
(804) 289-8980 (Modlin Arts Center box office)
http://modlin.richmond.edu

March 7 (7 p.m.)
Ryan Recital Hall, St. Christopher’s School, 6010 Fergusson Road, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Mark Helms directing
Alice Parker: “Hark! I Hear the Harps Eternal”
Brahms: “Ein deutsches Requiem” – “Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen”
Moses Hogan: “Hear My Prayer”
Randall Thompson: “Frostiana” – “The Road Not Taken”
Elaine Hagenberg: “O Love”
Copland: “Zion’s Walls”
free
(804) 788-1212
http://richmondsymphony.com

March 7 (7 p.m.)
March 8 (8 p.m.)
March 9 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
José Luis Gomez conducting
Bernstein: “Candide” Overture
Vaughan Williams: “The Lark Ascending”
Ying Fu, violin
Johann Strauss II: “Die Fledermaus” Overture
De Falla: “The Three-Cornered Hat” Suite No. 2
Rossini: “William Tell” Overture
Puccini: “Manon Lescaut” – Act 3 Intermezzo
Emile Waldteufel: “The Skaters’ Waltz”
Florence Price: “Dances in the Canebrakes” (William Grant Still orchestration)
Sibelius: “Finlandia”
$15-$112
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

March 7 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Ken-David Masur conducting
Toshio Hosokawa: “Meditation – to the Victims of Tsunami 3.11”
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Zlatomir Fung, cello
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor
$21-$102
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org

March 8 (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:
Ken Cowan, organ
Louis Vierne: “Carillon de Westminster,” Op. 54, No. 6
Rachel Laurin: “Poème Symphonique pour le temps de l’Avent,” Op. 69
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548
Elgar: Sonata in G major, Op. 28 – III: Andante espressivo; IV: Presto (comodo)
Messiaen: “Le banquet céleste”
Gunnar Idenstam: “Cathedral Music” – Scherzo II (Yoik)
Liszt: “Mephisto Waltz” No. 1 (Ken Cowan arrangement)
donation requested
(804) 288-2867
http://richmondago.org

March 8 (7:30 p.m.)
March 9 (7:30 p.m.)
March 10 (2:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
Puccini: “Madama Butterfly”
Karen Chia-ling Ho/Sachie Ueshima (Cio-Cio San)
Jonathan Burton (Lt. Pinkerton)
Kristen Choi (Suzuki)
Grant Youngblood (Sharpless)
Zhengyi Bai (Goro)
Taewon Sohn (the Bonze)
Yinghui He (Prince Yamadori)
Zizhao Wang (the Imperial Commissioner)
Katherine Sanford Schrock (Kate Pinkerton)
Erik Grendahl (the Official Registrar)
Alana Kypros (Sorrow)
Mo Zhou, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$19.32-$150
(866) 673-7282
http://vaopera.org

March 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
March 9 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
March 10 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen conducting
Juhi Bansal: “To Call the Rain” (premiere)
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297 (“Paris”)
Orff: “Carmina burana”
Jasmine Habersham, soprano
Brian Giebler, tenor
Joshua Jeremiah, baritone
Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Virginia Children’s Chorus
$10-$199
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

March 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Dickinson Arts Center, Piedmont Virginia Community College, 501 College Drive, Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin
Matthew Lipman, viola
Raphael Bell, cello
Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet
RJ Kelley, French horn
Rachmaninoff: “Trio élégiaque” No. 1 in G minor
Ernő Dohnányi: Sextet, Op. 37
Saint-Saëns: Romance, Op. 36
Rebecca Clarke: “Morpheus”
Florence Price: “Adoration”
Gershwin: Prelude No. 1
free
(434) 977-3900
http://www.pvcc.edu/fine-arts-and-performance

March 9 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
Malek Jandali: Clarinet Concerto (premiere)
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (“Eroica”)
$40-$65
(703) 993-2787
http://fairfaxsymphony.org

March 9 (7 p.m.)
March 11 (7 p.m.)
March 15 (7:30 p.m.)
March 17 (2 p.m.)
March 20 (7:30 p.m.)
March 23 (7 p.m.)
Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Washington National Opera
James Lowe conducting
Eric Sean Fogel, James Lowe & Kelley Rourke: “Songbird” (after Jacques Offenbach’s “La Périchole”)
Isabel Leonard (Songbird)
Ramin Karimloo (Piquillo)
Edward Nelson (Don Andrès)
Jonathan Patton (Don Pedro)
Justin Burgess (a mobster)
Teresa Perrotta (Guadalena)
Eric Sean Fogel, stage director
in English
$69-$195
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

March 10 (3:30 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Second Sunday South of the James:
Jared Bookbinder, piano
improvisations TBA
donation requested
(804) 272-7514
http://bonairpc.org/concert-series

March 10 (2 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
2024 John Philip Sousa Band Festival
conductor TBA
Sousa: works TBA
free
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

March 11 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Rotterdam Philharmonic
Lahav Shani conducting
Arvo Pärt: “Swansong”
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat major, K. 271 (“Jeunehomme”)
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Prokofiev: “Romeo and Juliet” (excerpts)
$35-$110
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

March 12 (7:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
“Passions of the Soul”
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Overture in D minor, FVW K:d4
Pietro Locatelli: Concerto grosso in C minor, Op. 1, No. 11
Vivaldi : Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, RV 510
bassoonist TBA
Marin Marais: “Alcyone” – Chaconne
Telemann: Orchestral Suite in B flat major, TWV 55:B13
J.S. Bach: Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043, for 2 violins
violinists TBA
Jean-Joseph de Mondonville: “Sonate en symphonie” No. 1 in G minor
$12-$45
(434) 924-3376 (UVa Arts box office)
http://tecs.org

March 13 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Young Concert Artists:
Erin Wagner, mezzo-soprano
pianist TBA
Schubert: “Herbst”
Schubert: “Wehmut”
Stefania Turkewich: “Silver Song”
Schubert: “Frühlingsglaube”
Viktor Ullmann: “6 Sonnets de Louïse Labé”
Schubert: “Iphigenia”
Schubert: “Die Götter Griechenlands”
Shawn Chang: “Break Away”
Chang: “Falling in Love with the Unknown”
Chang: “Us Now”
Radiohead: “Everything in its right place” (Shawn Chang arrangement)
Benard Ighner: “Everything must change” (Shawn Chang arrangement)
Randy Newman: “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today”
$20-$45
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

March 14 (6:30 p.m.)
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Overbrook Road at Ownby Lane, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
program TBA
$30-$35
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

March 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Tiger Lily Trio:
Eileen Grycky, flute
Christopher Nichols, clarinet
Marie-Christine Delbeau, piano
program TBA
$10
(804) 828-2787
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

March 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Williamsburg Community Chapel, 3899 John Tyler Highway
Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra
Michael Butterman conducting
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
Asiya Korepanova, piano
Peter Boyer: “Ellis Island: the Dream of America”
$75
(757) 229-9857
http://williamsburgsymphony.org

March 15 (8 p.m.)
March 16 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyster conducting
Aloe Blacc, Bilal & Alita Moses, vocalists
Sullivan Fortner, piano
Grant Langford, saxophone
“Symphony Swing! An Evening with Duke Ellington”
$29-$99
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

March 16 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First & Franklin streets
Greater Richmond Children’s Choir
Crystal Jonkman directing
program TBA
free
(804) 646-7223
http://rvalibrary.org/gellman-room-concerts

March 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
March 17 (3:30 p.m.)
Martin Luther King Jr. Arts Center, Charlottesville High School, 1400 Melbourne Road
Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia
Benjamin Rous conducting
Mozart: “Don Giovanni” Overture
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major
Alexander Suh, piano
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E flat major
$10-$46
(434) 924-3376 (UVa Arts box office)
http://music.virginia.edu/events

March 16 (7:30 p.m.)
March 17 (2 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
Puccini: “Madama Butterfly”
Karen Chia-ling Ho/Sachie Ueshima (Cio-Cio San)
Jonathan Burton (Lt. Pinkerton)
Kristen Choi (Suzuki)
Grant Youngblood (Sharpless)
Zhengyi Bai (Goro)
Taewon Sohn (the Bonze)
Yinghui He (Prince Yamadori)
Zizhao Wang (the Imperial Commissioner)
Katherine Sanford Schrock (Kate Pinkerton)
Erik Grendahl (the Official Registrar)
Alana Kypros (Sorrow)
Mo Zhou, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$40-$110
(703) 993-2787
http://vaopera.org

March 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Paragon Philharmonia
Miriam Burns conducting
Stravinsky: Concerto in E flat major (“Dumbarton Oaks”)
Claudia Montero: Violin Concerto
Juan Arboleda: “Poema en Cuatro Tiempos”
Jesús Florido, violin
Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
$45-$55
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

March 16 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward conducting
Mendelssohn: “The Fair Melusine” Overture
Missy Mazzoli: Sinfonia (“for Orbiting Spheres”)
Orff: “Carmina burana”
Jasmine Habersham, soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Elliot Madore, baritone
University of Maryland Concert Choir
Maryland State Boychoir
$21-$102
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org

March 17 (4 p.m.)
Ryan Recital Hall, St. Christopher’s School, 6010 Fergusson Road, Richmond
Richmond Philharmonic
Peter Wilson conducting
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Daisuke Yamamoto, violin
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor
free
(804) 556-1039
http://richmondphilharmonic.org

March 17 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen conducting
Maeve Gilchrist, Celtic harp
Karan Casey, vocalist
“St. Patrick’s Celtic Celebration”
Gilchrist: Celtic Harp Concerto
Irish folk songs, instrumental pieces TBA
$10-$119
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

March 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, 190 Alumni Mall, Blacksburg
Sō Percussion
Caroline Shaw, composer & vocalist
Dominic “Shodekeh” Talifero, composer & vocalist
Shaw: “Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part”
Sō Percussion, Shaw & Talifero: “Vodalities: Paradigms of Consciousness for the Human Voice”
$20-$55
(540) 231-5300
http://artscenter.vt.edu

March 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW, Washington
Zakir Hussain, tabla
Debopriya Chatterjee, bansuri
Sabir Khan, sarangi
Hindustani classical works TBA
$65
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://washingtonperformingarts.org

March 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Studio K, Kennedy Center, Washington
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts:
Catalyst Quartet
Ravel: Quartet in F major
Terry Riley: “Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Catcher”
Webern: “Langsammer Satz”
John Cage: “4’33” ”
11 modern composers: “CQ MINUTE”
$25-$35
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

March 22 (7:30 p.m.)
March 24 (2:30 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
Puccini: “Madama Butterfly”
Karen Chia-ling Ho/Sachie Ueshima (Cio-Cio San)
Jonathan Burton (Lt. Pinkerton)
Kristen Choi (Suzuki)
Grant Youngblood (Sharpless)
Zhengyi Bai (Goro)
Taewon Sohn (the Bonze)
Yinghui He (Prince Yamadori)
Zizhao Wang (the Imperial Commissioner)
Katherine Sanford Schrock (Kate Pinkerton)
Erik Grendahl (the Official Registrar)
Alana Kypros (Sorrow)
Mo Zhou, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$19.75-$130
(866) 673-7282
http://vaopera.org

March 22 (7 p.m.)
March 23 (2 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
conductor TBA
“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” film with live orchestral accompaniment
$55-$95
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

March 22 (4 p.m.)
Room 107, Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Richard Danielpour, composer & speaker
free
(434) 924-3376 (UVa Arts box office)
http://music.virginia.edu/events

March 22 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall lawn, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
The Piedmont Duo:
Ayn Balija, viola
I-Jen Fang, percussion
“Women in Music”
works TBA by JoVia Armstrong, Leah Reid, Judith Shatin
free
(434) 924-3376 (UVa Arts box office)
http://music.virginia.edu/events

March 22 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Ensemble ClassiCORE
“Music across Borders”
Widor: Introduction and Rondo
Khachaturian: Clarinet Trio
other works TBA
$39-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

March 23 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Diana Adamyan, violin
pianist TBA
program TBA
$35
(804) 828-2787
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

March 23 (7:30 p.m.)
Berglund Arts Center, Orange Avenue at Williamson Road, Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Gershwin: “Shall We Dance” Overture
Gershwin: Lullaby for strings
Gershwin: “Rhapsody in Blue”
Natasha Paremski, piano
Florence Price: Concert Overture No. 2
Billy Joel: “The Great Peconic”
Bernstein: “West Side Story: Symphonic Dances”
$34-$58
(540) 343-9127
http://rso.com

March 24 (7 p.m.)
River Road Church, Baptist, River & Ridge roads, Richmond
E. Carl Freeman Concert Series:
Vox Humana
instrumental ensemble
William Bradley Roberts conducting
J.S. Bach: Cantata 54, “Widerstehe doch der Sünde”
Charles Humphries, countertenor
J.S. Bach: Clavier Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056
Robert Gallagher, harpsichord
J.S. Bach: Cantata 182, “Himmelskönig, sei wilkommen”
soloists TBA
free; tickets required via http://eventbrite.com
(804) 288-1131
http://rrcb.org/e-carl-freeman-concert-series/

March 24 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward conducting
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor
$21-$102
(877) 276-1444
http://strathmore.org

March 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Susanna Klein, violin
Rivanna Quartet
Fauré: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15
Richard Strauss: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13
$5-$10
(804) 828-2787
http://arts.vcu.edu/events

March 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Dover Quartet
Mozart: Quartet in E flat major, K. 428
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Haochen Zhang, piano
$12-$45
(434) 924-3376 (UVa Arts box office)
http://tecs.org

April 2 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, 10 First St. SE, Washington
Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall directing
Vincenzo Ruffo: “Capricci in musica a tre voci”
Emilio de’Cavalieri: “Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo” – Sinfonia
de’Cavalieri: “Musique des intermèdes de ‘La Pellegrina’ ” – “Ballo del Gran Duca”
Tobias Hume: “Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke” (selections) 
anon: “Greensleeves to a Ground”
Samuel Scheidt: “Ludi Musici” – “Galliard battaglia”
Girolamo Frescobaldi: “Il primo libro delle canzoni a una, due, tre, e quattro voci” (selections)
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger: “Libro terzo d’intavolatura di chitarrone” – Toccata, Fantasia
Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde: “Canzoni, fantasie et correnti da suonar” – “Susanna passegiatta” per basso solo et basso continuo
Andrea Falconieri: “Il primo libro di canzone, sinfonie, fantasie, capricci, brandi, correnti, gagliarde, alemane, volte” (selections)
Antonio Valente: “Gallarda Napolitana”
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/

April 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washintton
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts:
Imani Winds
Jeff Scott: “Titilayo”
Wayne Shorter: “Terra Incognita”
Paquito D’Rivera: “Aires Tropicales”
Valerie Coleman: “Rubispheres No. 1”
Shawn Okpebholo: “Rise”
Júlio Medaglia: “Belle Epoque en Sud-America”
$50
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 4 (7 p.m.)
April 6 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Labadie conducting
Henri-Joseph Rigel: Symphony No. 4 in C minor
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297 (“Paris”)
Fauré: Requiem
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
The Washington Chorus
$15-$112
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org

April 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Emanuel Ax, piano
Beethoven: Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 (“Pathetique”)
Schoenberg: “3 Pieces,” Op. 11
Beethoven: Sonata in A major, Op. 2, No. 2
Webern: Variations, Op. 27
Schoenberg: “6 Little Pieces,” Op. 19
Beethoven: Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 (“Appassionata”)
$30-$50
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

April 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
April 6 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Pops
Adam Turner conducting
LaKisha Jones, vocalist
“To Whitney with Love”
songs TBA of Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Donna Summer
$10-$199
(757) 892-6366
http://virginiasymphony.org

April 5 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, 10 First St. SE, Washington
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Janáček: Violin Sonata
Brahms: Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 108
Thomas Adès: “The Tempest” Suite
György Kurtág: “3 pezzi,” Op. 14e
Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 2
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/

April 6 (8 p.m.)
April 7 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth & Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Carlos Miguel Prieto conducting
Gershwin: “An American in Paris”
Silvestre Revueltas: “Redes” Suite
Bernstein: “Three Dance Episodes from ‘On the Town’ ”
Alberto Ginastera: “Estancia” Suite
José Pablo Moncayo: “Huapango”
$15-$86
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://richmondsymphony.com

April 6 (4 & 7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
“Fragments”
J.S. Bach: solo cello suites (excerpts)
other works TBA
$40-$75
(800) 444-1324
http://kennedy-center.org