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May 3, St. Bridget Catholic Church

If you’ve never heard Franz Liszt’s Sonata in B minor played on the organ, you probably shouldn’t and, in any event, don’t need to. Julius Reubke, a short-lived student of Liszt, wrote the organ analogue to the master’s piano epic in his Sonata in C minor (“The 94th Psalm”).

Organists and aficionados of the instrument view Reubke’s sonata with a mixture of affection and awe. The piece is little-known to others, even those with extensive exposure to 19th-century German romantic music. That’s not likely to change, because the sonata does not lend itself to piano transcription or to orchestration; and, like the Liszt B minor, it demands an interpreter with extraordinary technique and high-romantic sensibility.

Nathan Laube, an organist based at the Eastman School of Music and boasting a high profile internationally, delivered a masterful and memorable account of the Reubke in the season finale of the Repertoire Recital Series of the Richmond chapter of the American Guild of Organists.

Reubke’s music is quasi-programmatic, a line-by-line sonic evocation of the grim, martial text of the psalm (“O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth”), a dark drama alternating between mournful introspection and assertive, turbulent episodes. Laube emphasized those contrasts of mood and atmosphere, and summoned a full range of tone colors and voicings from St. Bridget’s organ, a romantic-style instrument built in 2013 by John-Paul Buzard.

Laube underscored Reubke’s harmonic and structural debts to Liszt by playing the sonata immediately after a transcription of “Funérailles” from Liszt’s “Harmonies poétiques et religieuses,” a similarly evocative elegy to friends executed following an abortive Hungarian revolt against the Habsburg monarchy in 1848.

That, in turn, followed a transcription of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” Overture (both transcriptions were by Laube), one of a number of Wagner pieces favored by organists in the 19th century – even though, as Laube noted in introductory remarks, the composer wrote no music for the instrument.

In all three works, Laube put into practice his determination to “turn over every rock” in exploring the strikingly varied tone colors, textures and sound effects of the Buzard instrument. While doing so, he displayed seemingly tireless virtuosity, a keen ear for musical drama and an unerring sense of phrasing.

The opening selection, J.S. Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582, appeared to be the odd piece out in this German romantic program, but served as a fitting prelude as played by Laube, in a reading that fully explicated the music’s compositional rigor but also made of it a tragic utterance worthy of King Lear.

Interviewed by the Chicago Tribune’s Chris Jones, outgoing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel describes his April 26 negotiating session with Chicago Symphony Orchestra management and musicians:

“I asked each side to describe their proposal in front of each other. And then I sent them to separate rooms.

“Before they went, I said, give me your dietary restrictions and you’ll get all the food you want, but nobody goes home before this is settled. But because this is Friday and the Sabbath, I am going home at four-thirty, and I will either tell everybody you’re a bunch of schmucks or I will praise you all. It got settled at 4:22 p.m.”

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/ct-ae-mayor-emanuel-chicago-arts-jones-0505-story.html

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, who ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1 following the abdication of his father, Akihito, has been a performing musician since his school days. His instrument has been the butt of countless jokes, but maybe no more. Naruhito plays the viola:

http://slippedisc.com/2019/05/watch-japans-new-emperor-plays-in-an-orchestra/

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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 single-ticket prices are listed; senior, student/youth, group and other discounts may be offered.

In and around Richmond: This season’s Repertoire Recital Series of the Richmond chapter, American Guild of Organists, concludes Nathan Laube playing works by Bach, Liszt, Wagner and Julius Reubke, May 3 at St. Bridget Catholic Church. . . . The Richmond Symphony accompanies a screening of “Star Wars: a New Hope,” May 4 at the Altria Theater. . . . The Richmond Philharmonic, with conductor-violinist Peter Wilson and dancers from the Latin Ballet of Virginia, presents “Cinco de Mayo: a Salute to Mexico!” May 5 at Collegiate School’s Hershey Arts Center. . . . The Canadian violinist Lara St. John, joined by pianist Matt Herskowitz, performs in the season finale of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Rennolds Chamber Concerts, a Sunday matinee program of Franck, Ravel, Bartók, Gershwin and more, May 12 at VCU’s Singleton Arts Center. . . . Steven Smith concludes his tenure as music director of the Richmond Symphony with a concert presentation of Bizet’s “Carmen,” starring mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves in the title role, May 18 at the Carpenter Theatre of Dominion Energy Center. . . . The symphony performs under its Big Tent portable concert stage in the Hanover Sounds Festival, May 11 at Hanover High School in Mechanicsville, and in the Chesterfield LIVE! Music Festival, May 25 at Chesterfield Fairgrounds.

Noteworthy elsewhere: Violinist Joshua Bell, cellist Steven Issleris and pianist Jeremy Denk play works by Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff and Ravel, May 1 at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of DC. . . . France’s Quatuor Danel continue their cycle of the 17 string quartets of the Polish-born Soviet composer Miecyszlaw Weinberg in two concerts on May 5 and two on May 12 at the Phillips Collection in Washington. . . . Philharmonix, composed of members of the Berlin Philharmonic and Vienna Philharmonic, performs in a casual classical-crossover concert, May 4 at Washington’s Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. . . . Violinist Christian Tetzlaff, cellist Tanja Tetzlaff and pianist Lars Vogt play piano trios of Mozart, Shostakovich and Dvořák, May 4 at the Library of Congress in Washington. . . . Cellist Alisa Weilerstein, pianist Inon Barnatan, violinist Sergey Khachatryan and percussionist Colin Currie perform in “Transfigured Night,” a program of works by Schoenberg, Beethoven, Shostakovich and Rolf Wallin, in a Virginia Arts Festival program on May 8 at Roper Arts Center in Norfolk, and May 9 at the Kennedy Center in Washington. . . . Opera Roanoke stages Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville,” May 9-11 at Center in the Square. . . . Austrian Violinist Emmmanuel Tjeknavorian, substituting for an indisposed Renaud Capuçon, joins Edward Gardner and the National Symphony Orchestra in a program of Wagner, Sibelius and Berlioz, May 9-11 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Oratorio Society of Virginia introduces “The World Called” by Virginia composer Adolphus Hailstork and performs Brahms’ “Ein deutsches Requiem,” May 11 at the University of Virginia’s Old Cabell Hall in Charlottesville. . . . Washington National Opera stages Puccini’s “Tosca,” with the eminent bass-baritone Alan Held as Scarpia, May 11, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20, 22 and 24 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Virginia Arts Festival presents the Dalí Quartet and pianist Olga Kern in an evening program of Shostakovich and Brahms, May 13 at the Hixon Theater of Norfolk’s Barr Education Center, and a morning “coffee concert” program of Ginastera and Schumann, May 15 at the Hixon Theater and May 16 at Williamsburg Winery. . . . Frederickburg’s ArtsLive! Chamber Music Festival presents members of the Muir String Quartet, flutist Carol Wincenc, pianist Michele Levin and friends in three concerts, with music by Bach, Vivaldi, Shostakovich, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and others, May 14, 16 and 17 at Trinity Episcopal Church. . . . The Virginia Symphony Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta conducting, and Concert Theatre Works collaborate in a Virginia Arts Festival presentation of Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra,” with incidental music by Florent Schmitt, May 17 at Ferguson Arts Center in Newport News and May 18 at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk. . . . The Garth Newel Music Center in Hot Springs launches its warm-weather concerts of chamber music with the Garth Newel Piano Quartet and alumni of the center’s Emerging Artists Program, May 18, 24, 25 and 26 in the center’s Herter Hall. . . . Pianist Evgeny Kissin plays Chopin, Schumann, Debussy and Scriabin, May 21 at Strathmore. . . . The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, joined by pianist Jan Lisiecki, plays works by Mendelssohn and Valerie Coleman, June 1 at the Library of Congress.

May 1 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Joshua Bell, violin
Steven Isserlis, cello
Jeremy Denk, piano
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 49
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Rachmaninoff: “Trio élégiaque” No. 1 in G minor
Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
$48-$135
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org/calendar

May 2 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Pops
Jack Everly conducting
“An American in Paris,” film with live orchestral accompaniment
$35-$90
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org

May 3 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Bridget Catholic Church, 6006 Three Chopt Road, Richmond
Richmond chapter, American Guild of Organists Repertoire Recital Series:
Nathan Laube, organ
J.S. Bach: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582
Wagner-Laube: “Tannhäuser” Overture
Liszt-Laube: “Harmonies poètiques et religieuses,” S. 173 – VI: “Funérailles”
Julius Reubke: Sonata in C minor (“The 94th Psalm”)
donation requested
(804) 282-9511

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May 3 (8 p.m.)
May 4 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Steven Reineke conducting
Vanessa Williams, guest star
$39-$99
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Altria Theater, Main and Laurel streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Keitaro Harada conducting
“Star Wars: a New Hope,” film with live orchestral accompaniment
$40-$80
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)

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May 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Virginia Symphony Orchestra Pops
Chelsea Tipton conducting
“The Music of Star Wars”
$25-$76
(757) 892-6366

Home of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra

May 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Family Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Renée Fleming VOICES:
Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano
Kathleen Kelly, piano
program TBA
$49-$69
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 4 (8 p.m.)
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW, Washington
Philharmonix
program TBA
$40
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org/calendar

May 4 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, East Capitol Street at First Street NE, Washington
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Tanja Tetzlaff, cello
Lars Vogt, piano
Mozart: Piano Trio in B flat major, K. 502
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65
free; tickets required via http://www.eventbrite.com
(202) 707-5502
http://www.loc.gov/concerts

May 5 (2:30 p.m.)
River Road Church, Baptist, River and Ridge roads, Richmond
Victoria Jackson, soprano
accompanist TBA
Jaromír Weinberger: “The Way to Emmaus”
works TBA by Mozart, Menotti, Moses Hogan, Hall Johnson
donation requested
(804) 288-1131

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May 5 (4 p.m.)
Hershey Arts Center, Collegiate School, 103 N. Moreland Road, Richmond
Richmond Philharmonic
Peter Wilson & Rondy Michael Lazaro conducting
Latin Ballet of Virginia
“Cinco de Mayo: a Salute to Mexico!”
José Pablo Moncayo: “Huapango”
Copland: “El Salón Mexico”
Carlos Chávez: “Baile, quadro sinfónico”
Arturo Márquez: Danzón No. 2
Manuel Ponce: “Estrellita”
Peter Wilson, violin
Silvestre Revueltas: “Janitzio”
$8 in advance, $10 at door
(804) 556-1039
http://www.richmondphilharmonic.org

May 5 (1 p.m.)
Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW, Washington
Quatuor Danel
Miecyszlaw Weinberg: Quartet No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 20
Weinberg: Quartet No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 27
Weinberg: Quartet No. 6 in E minor, Op. 35
$45
(202) 387-2151
http://phillipscollection.org

May 5 (4 p.m.)
Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW, Washington
Quatuor Danel
Miecyszlaw Weinberg: Quartet No. 7 in C major, Op. 59
Weinberg: Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 66
Weinberg: Quartet No. 9 in F sharp minor, Op. 80
Weinberg: Quartet No. 10 in A minor, Op. 85
$45
(202) 387-2151
http://phillipscollection.org

May 5 (4 p.m.)
Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Silk Road Ensemble
“Heroes Take Their Stands,” multimedia music and spoken-word program
$25-$75
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Roper Arts Center, 340 Granby St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Inon Barnatan, piano
Sergey Khachatryan, violin
Colin Currie, percussion
“Transfigured Night”
Beethoven: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 (“Ghost”)
Schoenberg-Steuermann: “Verklärte Nacht” (“Transfigured Night”) for piano trio
Rolf Wallin: “Realismos mágicos” for solo marimba
Shostakovich-Derevianko: Symphony No. 15 for piano trio and percussion
$26.25-$49
(757) 282-2822
http://vafest.org

May 9 (7:30 p.m.)
May 10 (7:30 p.m.)
May 11 (3 p.m.)
Trinkle Mainstage, Center in the Square, 1 Market Square SE, Roanoke
Opera Roanoke
Steven White conducting
Rossini: “The Barber of Seville”
Alex DeSocio (Figaro)
Stephanie Foley Davis (Rosina)
Nicholas Nestorak (Count Almaviva)
Jóhann Schram Reed (Don Basilio)
Scott Williamson, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$40-$70
(540) 345-2550

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May 9 (7 p.m.)
May 10 (8 p.m.)
May 11 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner conducting
Wagner: “The Flying Dutchman” Overture
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D major
Emmmanuel Tjeknavorian, violin
Berlioz: “Symphonie fantastique”
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 9 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Inon Barnatan, piano
Sergey Khachatryan, violin
Colin Currie, percussion
“Transfigured Night”
Beethoven: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 (“Ghost”)
Schoenberg-Steuermann: “Verklärte Nacht” (“Transfigured Night”) for piano trio
Rolf Wallin: “Realismos mágicos” for solo marimba
Shostakovich-Derevianko: Symphony No. 15 for piano trio and percussion
$65-$75
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org/calendar

May 9 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Richard Strauss: “Ein Heldenleben”
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major
James Ehnes, violin
$35-$90
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org

May 11 (4 p.m.)
Hanover High School, 10307 Chamberlayne Road, Mechanicsville
Hanover’s Sounds Festival:
Richmond Symphony
conductor TBA
No BS Brass Band
Hanover Concert Band
Elementary Combined Choir
Hanover All-County Jazz Band
The Remnants Rock-n-Soul
MaKo Music School performers
free
(804) 365-7150

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May 11 (7:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Oratorio Society of Virginia
orchestra
Michael Slon conducting
Adolphus Hailstork: “The World Called”
Brahms: “Ein deutsches Requiem”
Christina Pier, soprano
Trevor Scheunemann, baritone
$27-$37
(434) 924-3376
http://www.oratoriosociety.org

May 11 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
Verdi: Requiem
Adrienne Danrich, soprano
Daryl Freedman, mezzo-soprano
Cameron Schutza, tenor
Timothy Bruno, bass
Fairfax Symphony Chorus
$25-$50
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://cfa.gmu.edu

May 11 (7 p.m.)
May 12 (2 p.m.)
May 14 (7:30 p.m.)
May 17 (7:30 p.m.)
May 19 (2 p.m.)
May 20 (7 p.m.)
May 22 (7:30 p.m.)
May 25 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Speranza Scappucci conducting
Puccini: “Tosca”
Kery Alkema/Latonia Moore (Tosca)
Riccardo Massi/Robert Watson (Cavaradossi)
Alan Held (Scarpia)
David Cangelosi (Spoletta)
Samson McCrady (Sciarrone)
Michael Hewitt (Angelotti)
Wei Wu (Sacristan)
Samuel Weiser (Jailer)
Ethan McSweeny, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$35-$300
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 11 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 (“The Age of Anxiety”)
Michael Brown, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
$42-$88
(301) 581-5100
http://www.strathmore.org

May 12 (3 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Lara St. John, violin
Matt Herskowitz, piano
Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
Bartók: Rhapsody No. 2
Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2
Gershwin-Herskowitz: “But Not for Me”
Gershwin-Herskowitz: “I Got Rhythm”
Martin Kennedy: “Czardashian Rhapsody”
improvisation on submitted theme
$35
(804) 828-1169

Concerts & Events

May 12 (7:30 p.m.)
Hofheimer Loft, 2818 W. Broad St., Richmond
Classical Revolution RVA
“Classical Incarnations at the Hof”
program TBA
donation requested
(804) 342-0012
http://www.classicalrevolutionrva.com/events

May 12 (4 p.m.)
Christ & St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Ken Cowan, organ
program TBA
$25
(757) 282-2822
http://vafest.org

May 12 (1 p.m.)
Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW, Washington
Quatuor Danel
Miecyszlaw Weinberg: Quartet No. 11 in F major, Op. 89
Weinberg: Quartet No. 12, Op. 103
Weinberg: Quartet No. 13, Op. 118
$45
(202) 387-2151
http://phillipscollection.org

May 12 (4 p.m.)
Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW, Washington
Quatuor Danel
Miecyszlaw Weinberg: Quartet No. 14, Op. 122
Weinberg: Quartet No. 15, Op. 124
Weinberg: Quartet No. 16 in A flat major, Op. 130
Weinberg: Quartet No. 17, Op. 146
$45
(202) 387-2151
http://phillipscollection.org

May 12 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Pan American Symphony Orchestra
Sergio Alessandro Buslje conducting
Rodolfo Zanetti, bandoneon
Pablo Estigarribia, piano
dancers TBA
“Eternal Tango”
$55-$65
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 13 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Greater Richmond Youth Wind Ensemble
director TBA
program TBA
free
(804) 828-1169

Concerts & Events

May 13 (7 p.m.)
Hixon Theater, Barr Education Center, 440 Bank St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Dalí Quartet
Olga Kern, piano
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
$26.25-$35
(757) 282-2822
http://vafest.org

May 14 (7 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 825 College Ave., Fredericksburg
ArtsLive! Chamber Music Festival:
J.S. Bach: Sonata in G major, BWV 1027
Michael Reynolds, cello
Michele Levin, piano
Rossini: Duo in D major
Sara Stalnaker, cello
Paul Glenn, double-bass
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 (“Souvenir de Florence”)
Peter Zazofsky & Bayla Keyes, violins
Victoria Chiang & Rebecca Gitter, viola
Sara Stalnaker & Michael Reynolds, cellos
$30
Pre-concert performance by Noelle Fiegl & Corinna Sedelmayer, violins (ArtsLive Young Artist Competition winners)
(540) 374-5040

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May 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Vocal Arts DC:
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Thomas Dunford, lute
“The English Orpheus”
works TBA by Dowland, Purcell, Handel
$55
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 15 (10:30 a.m.)
Hixon Theater, Barr Education Center, 440 Bank St., Norfolk
May 16 (10:30 a.m.)
Williamsburg Winery, 5800 Wessex Hundred
Dalí Quartet
Olga Kern, piano
Ginastera: Quartet No. 1, Op. 20
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
$20
(757) 282-2822
http://vafest.org

May 16 (7 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 825 College Ave., Fredericksburg
ArtsLive! Chamber Music Festival:
Astor Piazzolla: “Histoire du Tango”
Kathleen Reynolds, bassoon
Sara Stalnaker, cello
Piazzolla: “Inverno Porteño”
Carol Wincenc, flute
Peter Zazofsky & Bayla Keyes, violins
Rebecca Gitter, viola
Michael Reynolds, cello
Paul Glenn, double-bass
Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in D major, Op. 10, No. 3 (“Il gardellino”)
Carol Wincenc, flute
Peter Zazofsky & Bayla Keyes, violins
Rebecca Gitter, viola
Michael Reynolds, cello
Paul Glenn, double-bass
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26
Michele Levin, piano
Peter Zazofsky, violin
Rebecca Gitter, viola
Michael Reynolds, cello
pre-concert performance by Abigail Henriksen, piano (ArtsLive Young Artist Competition winner)
$30
(540) 374-5040

Educating, Inspiring, Celebrating since 1988

May 16 (7 p.m.)
May 17 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
“Unexpected Italy” (I)
Liszt: “Dante Symphony”
Rossini: Stabat Mater
Erika Grimaldi, soprano
Chiara Amarù, mezzo-soprano
Michele Angelini, tenor
Marko Mimica, bass-baritone
University of Maryland Concert Choir
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 16 (7 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, East Capitol Street at First Street NE, Washington
Jessye Norman, speaker
“A Conversation with Jessye Norman”
free; tickets required via http://www.eventbrite.com
(202) 707-5502
http://www.loc.gov/concerts

May 17 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
May 18 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Concert Theatre Works
Bill Barclay directing
Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra,” with incidental music by Florent Schmitt
$15-$55
(757) 892-6366

Home of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra

May 17 (7 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 825 College Ave., Fredericksburg
ArtsLive! Chamber Music Festival:
Hindemith: “Kleine Kammermusik,” Op. 24, No. 2
Carol Wincenc, flute
Jessica Warren, oboe
Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet
Kathleen Reynolds, bassoon
William Scharnberg, French horn
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet
Peter Zazofsky & Bayla Keyes, violins
Rebecca Gitter, viola
Michael Reynolds, cello
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Michele Levin, piano
Bayla Keyes & Peter Zazofsky, violins
Rebecca Gitter, viola
Michael Reynolds, cello
pre-concert performance by Abigal Leidy, cello (ArtsLive Young Artist Competition winner)
$30
(540) 374-5040

Educating, Inspiring, Celebrating since 1988

May 17 (8 p.m.)
UVa Chapel, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Virginia Glee Club
Frank Albinder directing
Finals Concert
program TBA
free
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

May 18 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theater, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Bizet: “Carmen” (concert presentation)
Denyce Graves (Carmen)
Sarah Tucker (Micaëla)
Sean Pannikar (Don José)
Will Liverman (Escamillo)
Joshua Arky (Zuñiga)
Phillip Bullock (Moralès)
April Martin (Frasquita)
Alyssa Martin (Mercédès)
Logan Webber (La Remendado)
John Tibbetts (Le Dancaïre)
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Greater Richmond Children’s Choir
$20-$75
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)

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May 18 (5 p.m.)
Herter Hall, Garth Newel Music Center, 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot Springs
Emerging Artist Alumni Showcase:
Haeshin Shin, piano
Jacob Wunsch, cello
Elena Mindlina, soprano
Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
Medtner: “The Muse,” Op. 29, No. 1
Medtner: “Spanish Romance,” Op. 36, No. 4
Rachmaninoff: “Do Not Sing to Me My Beauty,” Op. 4, No. 4
Rachmaninoff: “Spring Torrents,” Op. 14, No. 11
Shostakovich: “Satires,” Op. 109
donation requested
(540) 839-5018

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May 18 (6 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera Orchestra
Evan Rogister conducting
Christine Goerke & Latonia Moore, sopranos
Alan Held, bass-baritone
Soloman Howard, bass
Christine Ebersole, host
WNO Opera Gala Concert
program TBA
$45-$250
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 18 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Peter Oundjian conducting
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major
Jonathan Carney, violin
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 (“The Year 1905”)
$35-$90
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org

May 19 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theater, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra Program:
String Sinfonietta
Christie-Jo Adams conducting
Brian Balmages: “Medieval Wars”
Mozart-Clinesmith: Quartet in B flat major, K. 458 (“Hunt”) (excerpt)
Balmages: “Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song”
Elliot Del Borgo: “Dance Scenario”
Susan H. Day: “Our Heroes”
Soon Hee Newboold: “Gaelic Castle”
Camerata Strings
Rebecca Jilcott conducting
Tchaikovsky-McCashin: Symphony No. 5 in E minor – II. Andante cantabile
Dvořák-Isaac: 3 Slavonic dances
Carl Strommen: “Windjammer”
Youth Concert Orchestra
Sandy Goldie conducting
Mascagni: “Cavalleria Rusticana” – Intermezzo sinfonico
Merle J. Isaac: “Two South American Tangos”
Elliot Del Borgo: “Aboriginal Rituals”
Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No. 8
Wind Ensemble
Chris Moseley directing
Johnnie Vinson: “Grand Gallop (Circus March)”
Samuel R. Hazo: “Our Kingsland Spring”
Gary Fagan: “Primal Winds”
free
(804) 788-1212

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May 19 (7 p.m.)
Carpenter Theater, Dominion Energy Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra
Daniel Myssyk conducting
Gershwin: “An American in Paris”
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major – I: Allegro moderato
Kerson Leong, violin
Falla: “El sombrero de tres picos” (“The Three-Cornered Hat”) Suite No. 2
Puccini: “Manon Lescaut” – Intermezzo
free
(804) 788-1212

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May 19 (5 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Choral Arts Society of Washington
orchestra
Scott Tucker conducting
Florent Schmitt: Psalm 47 (“O clap your hands all ye people!”)
Lili Boulanger: Psalm 24 (“The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness”)
Fauré: Requiem
Laura Choi Stuart & Alexandra Shiner, sopranos
Trevor Scheunemann, baritone
$15-$69
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 21 (7:30 p.m.)
May 22 (7:30 p.m.)
Kimball Theatre, Merchants Square, Williamsburg
Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra
Janna Hymes conducting
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major (“Classical”)
Michael Thurber: “Love Letter”
Massenet: “Thaïs” – “Méditation”
Tessa Lark, violin
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor – II: Adagietto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major
$48-$58
(757) 229-9857
http://www.williamsburgsymphony.org

May 21 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Stuart Chafetz conducting
Michael Bolton, guest star
$29-$119
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 21 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Chopin: Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1
Chopin: Nocturne in G major, Op. 37, No. 2
Chopin: Nocturne in E major, Op. 62, No. 2
Schumann: Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14
Debussy: Preludes, Book 1 (selections)
Scriabin: Sonata No. 4 in F sharp minor, Op. 30
$55-$145
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org/calendar

May 23 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Fortas Chamber Music Series:
Ivan Kuznetsov, balalaika
Anastasia Zakharova, domra
Aleksandr Tarasov, button accordion
Ivan Vinogradov, balalaika-contrabasso
“Russian Renaissance”
works TBA by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Schnittke, Rameau, Django Reinhart, Duke Ellington, others
$29
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 24 (6:30 p.m.)
Herter Hall, Garth Newel Music Center, 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot Springs
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Martinů: Piano Quartet No. 1
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
$25 (concert), $84 (concert & dinner)
(540) 839-5018

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May 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program
conductor TBA
Verdi: “Falstaff” – Act 1 & closing fugue
cast TBA
$15-$35
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 25 (3 p.m.)
Chesterfield Fairgrounds, 10300 Courthouse Road, Chesterfield County
Chesterfield LIVE! Music Festival:
Richmond Symphony
conductor TBA
392nd Army Rock Band
other performers TBA
free
(804) 768-1555

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May 25 (6:30 p.m.)
Herter Hall, Garth Newel Music Center, 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot Springs
Teresa Ling, violin
Isaac Melamed, cello
Jeannette Fang, piano
Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat major, Op. 97 (“Archduke”)
$25 (concert), $62 (concert & lunch)
(540) 839-5018

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May 26 (2 p.m.)
Herter Hall, Garth Newel Music Center, 403 Garth Newel Lane, Hot Springs
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Louise Heritte-Viardot: Piano Quartet in D major, Op. 11 (“Spanish”)
Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
$25 (concert), $84 (concert & dinner)
(540) 839-5018

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May 26 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
U.S. Marine Band (“The President’s Own”)
program TBA
free
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
http://www.wolftrap.org/calendar.aspx

May 28 (2 p.m.)
Denbigh Community Center, 15198 Warwick Boulevard, Newport News
May 30 (2 p.m.)
Virginia Beach Convention Center, 1000 19th St.
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Gonzalo Farias conducting
“Afternoon Encores”
Dvořák: “Carnival” Overture
Robles: “El Condor Pasa”
Offenbach: “Orpheus in the Underworld” – Can Can
Anderson: “The Waltzing Cat”
Rossini: “La Gazza Ladra” (“The Thieving Magpie”) Overture
Abreu: “Tico-Tico”
Loewe-Bennett: “My Fair Lady” Suite
Rimsky-Korsakov: “Flight of the Bumblebee”
Hosay: “Sing Along”
Tchaikovsky: “Swan Lake” – Theme & finale
$25; must be purchased in advance
(757) 892-6366

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May 30 (7 p.m.)
June 1 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
“Unexpected Italy” (II)
Respighi: “Ancient Airs and Dances” Suite No. 2
Rachmaninoff: “Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini”
Francesco Piemontesi, piano
Alfredo Casella: Symphony No. 2
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 30 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Washington Men’s Camerata
Frank Albinder directing
“The Great American Songbook”
$40
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 31 (7 p.m.)
Great Upper Church, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
Wagner: “Tristan und Isolde” – Prelude & “Liebestod”
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor (“Organ”) – Poco adagio
Holst: “The Planets” – II: “Venus”
Debussy-Caplet: “Clair de lune”
Respighi: “Ancient Airs and Dances” Suite No. 2
free
(202) 526-8300

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May 31 (8:15 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting & speaking
André Watts, piano
“Off the Cuff: André Watts Performs Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ ”
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major (“Emperor”)
$35-$90
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org

June 1 (noon)
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Overbrook Road at Ownby Lane, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Music Marathon
performers TBA
donation requested
(804) 788-1212

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June 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Symphony Pops
Benjamin Rous conducting
“The Harry Potter Concert”
$28-$54
(434) 979-1333

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June 1 (3 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna
New York Festival of Song
Steven Blier directing
Joseph Li, piano
“Steven Blier: 25th Anniversary”
program TBA
$48
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
http://www.wolftrap.org/calendar.aspx

June 1 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, East Capitol Street at First Street NE, Washington
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Valerie Coleman: “Phenomenal Women” (chamber-orchestra version)
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Jan Lisiecki, piano
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major (“Italian”)
free; tickets required via http://www.eventbrite.com
(202) 707-5502
http://www.loc.gov/concerts

June 1 (8 p.m.)
Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park
National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic
John Morris Russell conducting
Alyson Cambridge, soprano
Joshua Conyers, baritone
Wolf Trap Opera members
Heritage Signature Chorale
The Gershwins: “Porgy and Bess” – songs TBA
$20
(301) 405-2787
http://theclarice.umd.edu/events

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J.S. Bach: Passacaglia in D minor
(adaptation of Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582, by Rinaldo Alessandrini)
Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
(Naïve)

Brahms: “Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel,” Op. 24
Shai Wosner, piano
(Onyx)

J.S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
(orchestration by Ottorino Respighi)
Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz
(Naxos)

Haydn: Partita (Divertimento) in G major, Hob. XVI:6
Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
(Harmonia Mundi)

Schubert: Sonata in A major, D. 959
András Schiff, fortepiano
(ECM)

Past Masters:
Mussorgsky: “Pictures at an Exhibition”
(orchestration by Maurice Ravel)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner
(RCA Red Seal)
(recorded 1957)

Respighi: “The Fountains of Rome”
Oslo Philharmonic/Mariss Jansons
(EMI Classics)

Glinka: “Capriccio brillante on the ‘Jota aragonesa’ ”
BBC Philharmonic/Vassily Sinaisky
(Chandos)

Musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra have agreed to a new contract, ending a strike that began on March 10.

The settlement follows the intervention of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The mayor, who is soon leaving office, convened a negotiating session on April 26; the next day, the players voted unanimously to ratify the new contract.

Under terms of the five-year pact, base pay for CSO musicians, already among the highest in the US, will rise to $181,272 in the final year.

The players’ pension plan, the most hotly disputed point in protracted and heated negotiations, will be gradually adjusted. The previous plan, under which the orchestra covered the full pension costs, will be replaced by a “defined contribution” plan into which currently employed musicians will pay 7.5 percent of their salaries, with the orchestra guaranteeing the same ultimate benefit level. Musicians who join the orchestra after July 1, 2020 will not get that guarantee.

The Chicago Tribune’s Howard Reich reports on the settlement:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/reich/ct-ent-cso-strike-settlement-0428-story.html

Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America,” as recorded in 1939 by Kate Smith (1907-86), the Virginia-born “Songbird of the South,” is the iconic version of an iconic American patriotic song. After the 9/11 attacks, it became a seventh inning-stretch staple of the New York Yankees and subsequently was taken up by teams in several sports.

Recently, a couple of Smith’s earlier recordings, “That’s Why Darkies Were Born” and “Pickaninny Heaven,” came to light, suddenly turning the singer into an icon of racism. Her “God Bless America” disappeared from sporting events; the Philadelphia Flyers removed a statue of Smith from the courtyard of their stadium.

American popular culture was long replete with language and images now seen rightly as racist or ethnically insensitive. African-Americans weren’t alone: Vaudeville shows, films and songs played on stereotypes of the Irish, Italians, Jews, Latinos, American Indians, Asians – any group seen as an “other.”

The modern ethos – you can only make fun of your own – is of very recent vintage.

The Washington Post’s Anne Midgette, noting that “That’s Why Darkies Were Born” was also recorded by Paul Robeson, one of the great African-American singers of the mid-20th century, sought the perspective of two current black voices.

“There’s no statute of limitations when it comes to racism,” bass-baritone Morris Robertson says, while conceding that “the mind-set of 1931 is not the mind-set of 2019 – at least, not openly.”

“If we go through history and we really take out everything that a person who’s controversial has done, that’s also robbing us of some of our American history,” tenor Lawrence Brownlee observes. Still, he says, “We’re not losing the song. There are other people who have sung it who can do it.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/her-god-bless-america-is-a-classic-her-two-racist-songs-a-scandal-should-kate-smith-be-banned-from-the-ballpark/2019/04/25/7f348264-66aa-11e9-8985-4cf30147bdca_story.html

Pamela Frank, the esteemed American violin soloist and chamber musician, will be the chair of the judges’ panel of the next Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition, being staged in Richmond from May 14 to 24, 2020.

The vice-chair is Joji Hattori, a Japanese violinist, winner of the 1989 Menuhin Competition, who serves as principal guest conductor and artistic advisor of the Balearic Symphony Orchestra of Mallorca and associate guest conductor of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra.

Other judges for the 2020 Menuhin Competition:

– Noah Bendix-Balgley, the North Carolina-born first concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic, previously concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

– Ray Chen, the Australian-American violinist who won the 2008 Menuhin and 2009 Queen Elizabeth competitions and went on to build an international career as a soloist.

– Aaron P. Dworkin, a violinist and arts entrepreneur, founder of the Sphinx Organization, which supports and promotes artists of color in classical music, and recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant in 2005.

– Ning Feng, a Chinese-born, Berlin-based violin soloist, winner of the 2006 International Paganini Competition.

– Ralph Kirshbaum, the Texas-born cellist who has been active internationally as a soloist and chamber musician.

– Anton Nel, the South Africa-born American pianist who won the 1987 Naumburg International Piano Competition and has been active for 40 years as a soloist.

– Soyoung Yoon, a South Korean violinist who won the 2002 Menuhin Competition, the 2006 David Oistrakh International Violin Competition and 2011 Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition.

The 2020 Menuhin Competition is co-sponsored locally by the Richmond Symphony, the University of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, the City of Richmond, and the Community Idea Stations, operator of WCVE public radio and television. The final Masterworks series concerts of the symphony’s 2019-20 season, conducted by Andrew Litton, will feature competition winners and the Sphinx Virtuosi chamber orchestra.

Gordon Back, the competition’s artistic director, and violinist Kerson Leong, junior-division winner of the 2010 competition who is guest soloist in a May 19 Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra concert, wil announce the full calendar of events at 7 p.m. EDT May 15 on WCVE-FM, broadcasting at 107.3 and 93.1 FM and streaming online at http://ideastations.org/radio/stream/hd2

The Menuhin Competition, a biennial event founded in 1983 by the eminent American-born British violinist Yehudi Menuhin, is open to violinists 21 and younger. Past winners, in addition to Hattori and Chen, include Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Tasmin Little, Julia Fischer, Lara St. John, Ilya Gringolts and Chad Hoopes.

Prizes in the senior (ages 15-21) division range from $1,500 to $20,000, with the first-prize winner receiving a two-year loan of a Stradivarius violin from the collection of Jonathan Moulds. Prizes in the junior (15 and younger) division range from $1,000 to $10,000, with the first-prize winner receiving a two-year loan of a vintage Italian instrument.

More than 300 young violinists of 51 nationalities applied to participate in the 2018 competition in Geneva.

Applications are now open for the 2020 competition, with a deadline of Oct. 31. For details, visit http://2020.menuhincompetition.org/apply-now

Ron Crutcher, the cellist who serves as president of the University of Richmond, will return to the Richmond Symphony Summer Series of chamber music, opening the series on July 11.

The series is presented by the symphony in collaboration with the music departments of UR and Virginia Commonwealth University. Its theme this summer will be “Exploring America,” with works by romantic, modern and contemporary American composers, from Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein and William Grant Still to Jennifer Higdon, Philip Glass and John Corigliano.

Six concerts, lasting about one hour, will be staged at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays from July 11 to Aug. 15 in the Gottwald Playhouse of Dominion Energy Center, Sixth and Grace streets.

In addition to Crutcher, performing with pianist Joanne Kong, featured artists include violinist Adrian Pintea with pianist Russell Wilson, French horn player Dominic Rotella with pianist Ingrid Keller, oboist Shawn Welk with pianist Daniel Stipe and violist Molly Sharp, violinist Meredith Riley with pianist Magda Adamek, and three participants in the VCU Global Summer Institute of Music, flutist Aleksandr Haskin, clarinetist Sara Reese and pianist Yin Zheng.

Subscriptions for the full series are $100 for adults and $60 for children and college students, and for a “Summer Sampler” series of three or more concerts, $18 per concert for adults and $11 per concert for children and college students. Single tickets, $20 for adults and $12 for children and college students, go on sale June 3.

In past seasons, most of the series’ concerts have sold out well in advance.

For ticket information, call the symphony’s patron services desk at (804) 788-1212 or visit http://www.richmondsymphony.com/ticketing/seasonsubscriptions/summer-recital-series-subscriptions

Artists and programs for the 2019 Richmond Symphony Summer Series:

July 11
Ron Crutcher, cello
Joanne Kong, piano
Barber: Cello Sonata in C minor, Op. 6
Lukas Foss: Capriccio for cello and piano
Alvin Singleton: “Argoru II” for solo cello
Philip Glass: etudes nos. 2, 12 for piano

July 18
Adrian Pintea, violin
Russell Wilson, piano
Barber: lost work
Max Stern: “Bedouin Impressions”
George Walker: Piano Sonata No. 1 – I: Allegro energico
John Corigliano: Sonata for violin and piano

July 25
Dominic Rotella, French horn
Ingrid Keller, piano
Robert Weirich: “Steamboat Stomp”
Alan Hovhaness: “Artik” Concerto for horn and strings (piano reduction)
Carol Barnett: Horn Sonata
Bernstein: “Elegy for Mippy I”
Paul Basler: Serenade for horn and piano
Gershwin-Joseph Turrin: “Someone to Watch over Me” (horn and piano version)

Aug. 1
Aleksandr Haskin, flute
Sara Reese, clarinet
Yin Zheng, piano
Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata
Robert Muczynski: “Time Pieces” for clarinet and piano
Lowell Liebermann: Flute Sonata, Op. 23
Samuel Zyman: Sonata for flute and piano
Jennifer Higdon: “Dash” for flute, clarinet and piano

Aug. 8
Shawn Welk, oboe
Daniel Stipe, piano
Molly Sharp, viola
David Stanley Smith: “Sonata pastorale,” Op. 43, for oboe and piano
Peter Schickele: “Gardens” for oboe and piano
Charles Tomlinson Griffes: “Roman Sketches,” Op. 7, for piano – I. “The White Peacock”
Charles Martin Loeffler: “Deux Rhapsodies” for oboe, viola and piano

Aug. 15
Meredith Riley, violin
Magda Adamek, piano
Robert Russell Bennett: “Hexapoda: 5 Studies in Jetteropera” for violin and piano
John Novacek: “Four Rags” for violin and piano
Gershwin: 3 preludes for piano
Edward MacDowell: “Woodland Sketches” for piano
William Grant Still: “Mother and Child” Suite for violin and piano

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