Health and mental hygiene

News nuggets:

New York’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene detects mice in the food-service area of the Metropolitan Opera. . . . Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, composer Michael Wolters and students of the Birmingham Conservatoire will improvise musical accompaniment to the BBC’s evening newscast, The Independent reports. . . . La Scala has commissioned Giorgio Battistelli to compose an opera on Al Gore’s "An Inconvenient Truth." . . . A favorite tune at British funerals, according to The Guardian, is Monty Python’s "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life." . . . David Byrne, of Talking Heads fame, will transform the Great Hall of New York’s Battery Museum Building into "a gargantuan cast-iron orchestra," The New York Times reports.

A paragraph that meanders from "health and mental hygiene" to "gargantuan cast-iron orchestra" strikes me as a not too subtle hint that it’s time for a break. I’m taking off a couple of months to pursue other interests and psychically reboot. Back in August.

Summer 2008 calendar

Classical concerts and summer music-festival programs in Virginia and the Washington area. Program information provided by presenters; check their websites for updates. Adult single-ticket prices are listed; senior, student, group and other discounts may be offered.

June 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 825 College Ave., Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Music Festival:
Michele Levin, piano
Peter Zazofsky, Bayla Keyes & Miera Silverstein, violins
Steven Ansell, viola
Michael Reynolds & Marc Johnson, cellos
Paul Glenn, double-bass
Alex Fiterstein, clarinet
Kathleen Reynolds, bassoon
William Scharnberg, French horn
Mozart: Trio in E flat major, K. 498, for clarinet, violin and piano ("Kegelstatt")
Glinka: Trio in D minor ("Pathétique")
Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
$25
(540) 374-5040
www.fredfest.org

June 4 (4 p.m.)
Trinity United Methodist Church, 903 Forest Ave., Richmond
Cello students of Dana & Jason McComb
Charles Staples, piano
Works by Bartók, Bach, Saint-Saëns, Haydn, others
Free
(804) 288-6056

June 4 (7 p.m.)
St. James's Episcopal Church, 1205 W. Franklin St., Richmond
Yen Yu, violin
Hope Armstrong Erb, piano
Dvořák: Sonatina in G major
Shan-le Yang: "Summer Nights"
Gershwin-Heifetz: "Summertime," "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing"
Brahms: Sonata in D minor, Op. 108
Free
(804) 355-1779

June 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 825 College Ave., Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Music Festival:
Michele Levin, piano
Peter Zazofsky, Bayla Keyes & Miera Silverstein, violins
Steven Ansell, viola
Michael Reynolds & Marc Johnson, cellos
Paul Glenn, double-bass
Alex Fiterstein, clarinet
Kathleen Reynolds, bassoon
William Scharnberg, French horn
Dvořák: Terzetto in C major, Op. 74, for two violins and viola
Villa-Lobos: "Fantasie concertante" for piano, clarinet and bassoon
Brahms: Clarinet Trio, Op. 114
Schubert: String Quintet in C major
$25
(540) 374-5040
www.fredfest.org

June 5 (7 p.m.)
June 6 (1:30 p.m.)
June 7 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting
Grieg: "Peer Gynt" incidental music
Twyla Robinson, soprano
Magdalena Wor, mezzo-soprano
Sergei Leiferkus, baritone
Master Chorale of Washington, Donald McCullough directing
John de Lancie, narrator
in Norwegian and English
$20-$80
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

June 6 (7:30 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 825 College Ave., Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Music Festival:
Michele Levin, piano
Peter Zazofsky, Bayla Keyes & Miera Silverstein, violins
Steven Ansell, viola
Michael Reynolds & Marc Johnson, cellos
Paul Glenn, double-bass
Alex Fiterstein, clarinet
Kathleen Reynolds, bassoon
William Scharnberg, French horn
Bruch: "Eight Pieces," Op. 83, for clarinet, viola and piano (excerpts)
Arensky: Quartet, Op. 35, for violin, viola and two cellos
Michele Levin: String Quartet No. 1
Dohnányi: Sextet in C major, Op. 37, for piano, strings and winds
$25
(540) 374-5040
www.fredfest.org

June 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 825 College Ave., Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Music Festival:
Peter Zazofsky, Bayla Keyes & Miera Silverstein, violins
Steven Ansell, viola
Michael Reynolds & Marc Johnson, cellos
Paul Glenn, double-bass
Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons"
$25
(540) 374-5040
www.fredfest.org

June 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Congressional Chorus
"Bernstein & Sondheim, American Masters"
$30
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

June 8 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Commonwealth Winds
Terry Austin directing
Works by Brahms, Wagner, Grainger, Shostakovich, Alfred Reed, Joseph Spaniola
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org

June 8 (3 p.m.)
Lehman Auditorium, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival:
J.S. Bach: "Italian Concerto"
Bradley Lehman, harpsichord
Festival Orchestra
Kenneth Nafziger conducting
Vivaldi: Concerto in D major for two violins, two cellos and orchestra
Violinists, cellists TBA
J.S. Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 6
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1
Michael Partington, guitar
$20
(540) 432-4582
www.emu.edu/bach/

June 12 (7 p.m.)
June 14 (8 p.m.)
June 16 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin conducting
Tchaikovsky: "Eugene Onegin" (concert presentation)
Sergei Leiferkus (Onegin)
Danill Shtoda (Lensky)
Irina Mataeva (Tatiana)
Ekaterina Semenchuk (Olga)
Irina Tchistjakova (Larina)
Mzia Nioradze (Filipyevna)
The Washington Chorus, Julian Wachner directing
in Russian
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

June 13 (7:30 p.m.)
Lehman Auditorium, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival:
Festival Orchestra
Kenneth Nafziger conducting
J.S. Bach: Suite No. 4 in D major
Ginastera: Harp Concerto
Anastasia Jellison, harp
J.S. Bach: Sinfonia in D major, BWV 1045
Joan Griffing, violin
Eugene Frisen: "Good Providence"
Eugene Friesen, cello
David Newman, baritone
$20
(540) 432-4582
www.emu.edu/bach/

June 13 (8 p.m.)
June 15 (2 p.m.)
June 17 (8 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Vienna
Wolf Trap Opera Company
Brian Garman conducting
Verdi: "Un giorno di regno" ("King for a Day")
Liam Bonner (Belfiore)
Ryan McKinny (Baron Kelbar)
Tamara Wilson (Marchesa)
Marjorie Owens (Giulietta)
Beau Gibson (Edoardo)
Joshua Jeremiah (La Rocca)
Kristine McIntyre, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$28-$68
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

June 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Lehman Auditorium, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival:
Festival Orchestra
Kenneth Nafziger conducting
J.S. Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3
Rodrigo: "Concierto Aranjuez"
Michael Partington, guitar
Eugene Friesen: "Under the Sun" for string octet
Vaughan Williams: "Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ "
Vaughan Williams: "English Folk Song Suite"
$20
(540) 432-4582
www.emu.edu/bach/

June 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Washington Men’s Camerata
Frank Albinder directing
Annandale High School Men’s Chorale
Carleen Dixon directing
"Songs of the Sea"
$30
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

June 15 (10 a.m.)
Lehman Auditorium, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival:
"Leipzig Service"
Loren Swartzendruber, homilist
Festival Orchestra & Choir
Kenneth Nafziger conducting
Marvin Mills, organist
J.S. Bach: Cantata 137, "Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren"
Kris Martin-Baker, soprano
Joel Ross, countertenor/tenor
David Newman, baritone
Eugene Friesen: "Sabbaths Songs"
Eugene Friesen, cello
$20
(540) 432-4582
www.emu.edu/bach/

June 16 (7:30 p.m.)
J.R. Tucker High School auditorium, 2910 N. Parham Road, Richmond
Richmond Philharmonic
Shawn Burke-Storer conducting
Shostakovich: "Festive" Overture
Johann Strauss II: "On the Beautiful Blue Danube"
Smetana: "The Moldau"
Bernstein: "Three Dance Episodes from ‘On the Town’ "
Tchaikovsky: "1812" Overture
$5 per person, $10 per family
(804) 673-7400

June 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Meyer Auditorium, Smithsonian Institution, 12th Street at Independence Avenue S.W., Washington
Xiayin Wang, piano
Marc Chan: "Wounded Head (dreams of moths)"
Works by Chopin, Ravel, Sung J. Hong
Free
(202) 633-2691

June 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Centenary United Methodist Church, 411 E. Grace St., Richmond
Centenary Classics:
Andrew Yeargin, organ
Mozart: Fantasy in F minor, K. 608
J.S. Bach: Sonata No. 4 in E minor, BWV 528
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532
Widor: Symphony No. 6 in G major (allegro)
Ad Wammes: "Miroir"
Franck: "Grande Pièce symphonique"
$10
(804) 648-8319
www.centumc.org

June 20 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Vienna
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
Gilbert & Sullivan: "H.M.S. Pinafore"
Cast TBA
in English
$8-$48
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

June 21 (3 and 7 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
U.Va. Summer Chamber Music Festival:
Student chamber orchestra
Kate Tamarkin conducting
Student chamber ensembles
Programs TBA
Free
(434) 924-3984
http://www.virginia.edu/music/summerchamber/2008/

June 21 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Vienna
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Gondoliers"
Cast TBA
in English
$8-$48
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

June 22 (5 p.m.)
Centenary United Methodist Church, 411 E. Grace St., Richmond
Greater Richmond Children’s Choir
Hope Armstrong Erb directing
"China Tour Send-Off Concert"
Obrecht: "Ave maris stella"
Chen Yi: "Three Chinese Songs"
Se Engkebayaer-Yang Hongnian: "Magnificent Horses"
Heather Mehr, er hu
Irving Berlin-SteveZegree: "Blue Skies"
Trad.-Linda Twine: "Come on Children, Let’s Sing"
Trad.: "Kangding Love Song"
Jerry Jeff Walker-Jeff Funk: "Mr. Bojangles"
Stephen Foster-Ken Berg: "O! Susanna"
Trad: "Jasmine Flower"
Trad.-Adolphus Hailstork: "Little David, Play on Yo’ Harp"
Harold Arlen-Russ Robinson: "Over the Rainbow"
Trad.-Stephen Hatfield: "Las Amarillas"
Richard Rodgers-John Cacavas: "Edelweiss"
Trad.-Chien Shan-Hua: "Diu Diu Dang"
Hope Armstrong Erb: "Algonquin Prayer"
C. A. Tinley-Baker: "The Storm Is Passing Over"
$5
(804) 648-8319
www.centumc.org

June 26 (7 p.m.)
June 27 (8 p.m.)
June 28 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin conducting
Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture No. 3
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2
Sol Gabetta, cello
Copland: Symphony No. 3
$20-$80
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

June 29 (5 p.m.)
Centenary United Methodist Church, 411 E. Grace St., Richmond
Centenary Classics:
Centenary Festival Choir & Orchestra
Stanley M. Baker conducting
Vincenzo Albrici: Sinfonia à 6
Daniel Boothe, violin
Grant Hellmers, organ
Charles Weaver, therobo
Giuseppe Peranda: "Factum est praelium magnum"
Giuseppe Peranda: ""Laetentur caeli"
Marilyn Goff & Karren Streagle, sopranos
Amy Wrisley, alto
Reginald H. Potts, IV & Michael Kotrady, tenors
John C. Ford Jr., bass
Johann Christoph Pezel: Bicinium No. 73 (from "Bicinia variorum instrumentatum")
Ravi Rajan & Elisa Kohler, natural trumpets
Scott Cassada, curtal
Grant Hellmers, organ
Johann Christoph Pezel: Sonatas Nos. 62, 63 (from "Hora decima musicorum")
Alexander Bonus & Ravi Rajan, cornettos
Paul Arbogast, Michael Holmes & Daniel Green, sackbuts
Michelle Humphreys, percussion
Daniel Speer: Sonata à 5
Alexander Bonis & Ravi Rajan, cornettos
Paul Arbogast, Michael Holmes & Daniel Green, sackbuts
Grant Hellmers, organ
Vincenzo Albrici: "Aurora lucis emicat"
Marilyn Goff, soprano
Amy Wrisley, alto
Michael Kotrady, tenor
John C. Ford Jr., bass
Giuseppe Peranda: "Miserere mei, Deus"
Marilyn Goff, Lynn LeBarre & Karren Streagle, sopranos
Amy Wrisley, alto
Todd Minnich & Michael Kotrady, tenors
John C. Ford Jr., bass
$10
(804) 648-8319
www.centumc.org

July 4 (8 p.m.)
Boxwood Garden, Ash Lawn, 1000 James Monroe Parkway (Route 795), near Charlottesville
Ash Lawn Opera singers
"Broadway Bound"
Program TBA
$19
(800) 594-8499
www.ashlawnopera.org

July 5 (8 p.m.)
July 6 (8 p.m.)
July 12 (8 p.m.)
July 13 (8 p.m.)
July 22 (8 p.m.)
July 24 (8 p.m.)
July 26 (8 p.m.)
July 27 (8 p.m.)
July 29 (8 p.m.)
July 31 (8 p.m.)
Aug. 2 (8 p.m.)
Aug. 6 (8 p.m.)
Aug. 8 (8 p.m.)
Aug. 9 (8 p.m.)
Boxwood Garden, Ash Lawn, 1000 James Monroe Parkway (Route 795), near Charlottesville
Ash Lawn Opera
Chris Larkin conducting
Lerner & Loewe: "My Fair Lady"
Cast TBA
Cecelia Shieve, stage director
in English
$28
(800) 594-8499
www.ashlawnopera.org

July 5 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220 between Warm Springs and Hot Springs, Bath County
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Nurit Bar-Josef, violin
Dvořák: Quartet in F major, Op. 96 (“American”)
Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
Optional dinner follows
$20; $70 with dinner
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

July 6 (8:15 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Vienna
Wolf Trap Opera Company
National Symphony Orchestra
City Choir of Washington
Stephen Lord conducting
Bernstein: "Candide" (concert presentation)
Jason Alexander (Pangloss)
Denyce Graves (Old Lady)
Dominic Armstrong (Candide)
Anne-Carolyn Bird (Cunegonde)
James Robinson, stage director
in English
$20-$55
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

July 9 (7:30 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival:
Festival Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
The James Piano Quintet
Andrea Schulz, violin
J.S. Smith-Rachmaninoff: "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Turina: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 1
The National Anthem of the Kingdom of Spain
Tchaikovsky: "Danse éspagnole" from "Swan Lake"
Antón García Abril: "Canciones y danzas para Dulcinea"
De Falla: "The Three-Cornered Hat" Suite No. 1
$60
(434) 325-8292
http://www.wintergreenperformingarts.org/

July 10 (8:15 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Grams conducting
Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty" Suite
Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker" Suite
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Ilya Gringolts, violin
Tchaikovsky: "1812 Overture"
$20-$48
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

July 11 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
July 13 (3 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival:
Festival Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
Arriaga: “Los esclavos felices” Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Emperor")
Gustavo Diaz-Jerez, piano
De Falla: "El amor brujo" (original version)
Kirsten Chávez, mezzo-soprano
$35
(434) 325-8292
http://www.wintergreenperformingarts.org/

July 11 (8:15 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Vienna
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
National Symphony Orchestra
Emil de Cou conducting
Canteliube: "Songs of the Auvergne"
Richard Strauss: songs TBA
Puccini: arias TBA
$20-$55
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

July 11 (8 p.m.)
July 13 (2 p.m.)
July 15 (8 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Vienna
Wolf Trap Opera Company
Eric Melear conducting
Handel: "Alcina"
Rebekah Camm (Alcina)
Elisabeth DeShong (Ruggiero)
Ava Pine (Morgana)
Maria Markina (Bradamante)
Steven Sanders (Oronte)
Liam Moran (Melisso)
Eric Einhorn, stage direction
in Italian, English captions
$28-$68
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

July 12 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220 between Warm Springs and Hot Springs, Bath County
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Schumann: "Three Romances," Op. 94
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47
Gernot Wolfgang: "Metamophosis" for piano quartet
Optional dinner follows
$20; $70 with dinner
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

July 12 (8:15 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Marvin Hamlisch conducting
"This Way to Broadway"
$20-$48
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

July 13 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220 between Warm Springs and Hot Springs, Bath County
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat major, D. 898
Peteris Vasks: Piano Quartet
$20
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

July 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival:
Messiaen: "Quartet for the End of Time"
Thomas Josenhans, clarinet
Christopher Pulgram, violin
Wesley Baldwin, cello
Nick Ross, piano
$25
(434) 325-8292
http://www.wintergreenperformingarts.org/

July 18 (8 p.m.)
Boxwood Garden, Ash Lawn, 1000 James Monroe Parkway (Route 795), near Charlottesville
Ash Lawn Opera singers
"Mozart and More"
Program TBA
$19
(800) 594-8499
www.ashlawnopera.org

July 18 (7:30 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival:
Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp
Julee Hickcox, flute
Steve Larson, viola
Heidi O’Gara Jellison, harp
Poulenc: Sextet for piano and wind quintet, Op. 100
Justin Berrie, flute
Robert Sorton, oboe
Thomas Josenhans, clarinet
Douglas Kehlenbrink, bassoon
Abigail Pack, horn
Tracy Cowden, piano
Fauré: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15
The James Piano Quartet
$25
(434) 325-8292
http://www.wintergreenperformingarts.org/

July 19 (8 p.m.)
July 20 (8 p.m.)
July 23 (8 p.m.)
July 25 (8 p.m.)
July 30 (8 p.m.)
Aug. 1 (8 p.m.)
Aug. 3 (8 p.m.)
Aug. 5 (8 p.m.)
Aug. 7 (8 p.m.)
Aug. 10 (8 p.m.)
Boxwood Garden, Ash Lawn, 1000 James Monoroe Parkway (Route 795), near Charlottesville
Ash Lawn Opera
Andrew Bizantz conducting
Bizet: "Carmen"
Cast TBA
David Lefkowich, stage director
in English
$28
(800) 594-8499
www.ashlawnopera.org

July 19 (6 p.m.)
July 20 (3 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival:
Festival Orchestra
Adrian McDonnell conducting
Poulenc: Sinfonietta
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto in a minor
Wesley Baldwin, cello
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 2
$35
(434) 325-8292
http://www.wintergreenperformingarts.org/

July 19 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220 between Warm Springs and Hot Springs, Bath County
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Robbie Merfeld, piano
Nadine Asin, flute
Poulenc: Sonata for flute and piano
Ravel: Sonata for violin and cello
Debussy: Six "Epigraphes Antiques"
François Borne: "Fantasie brilliante sur ‘Carmen’ "
Optional dinner follows
$20; $70 with dinner
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

July 20 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220 between Warm Springs and Hot Springs, Bath County
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
J.S. Bach: Trio Sonata TBA
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Dvořák: Piano Trio in B flat major, Op. 21
$20
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

July 24 (8:15 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Vienna
Eric Idle
National Symphony Orchestra
Master Chorale of Washington
John DuPrez conducting
Idle: "Not the Messiah! (He’s a Very Naughty Boy)"
William Ferguson, tenor
Other soloists TBA
in English
$20-$55
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

July 25 (7:30 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival:
Felice Giardini: String Trio in B flat major, Op. 26, No. 5 (1784)
Christopher Pulgram, violin
Joseph J. Nigro, viola
Wesley Baldwin, cello
Craig Biondi: "I’ll Write a Poem Called Yellow" (2008)
Wallace Easter, horn
Paul Neebe, trumpet
Jay Crone, trombone
Rossini: String Sonata No. 1 in G Major
Christopher Pulgram, violin
Marisa Polesky, violin
Wesley Baldwin, cello
Dee Moses, double-bass
Tchaikovsky: “Souvenir de Florence” (string sextet)
Kenn Wagner & Marisa Polesky, violins
Steve Larson & Ron Lawrence, violas
Sarah Kapps & Andrew Gabbert, cellos
$25
(434) 325-8292
http://www.wintergreenperformingarts.org/

July 25 (8 p.m.)
Pavilion, Orkney Springs Hotel, Route 263, Shenandoah County
Shenandoah Valley Music Festival:
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Paul Gambill conducting
John Jorgenson Quintet
"Gypsy Nights"
$25-$35
(800) 459-3396
www.musicfest.org

July 25 (8:15 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Emil de Cou conducting
Bizet: "Carmen" Suite
Debussy-Stokowski: "Clair de Lune"
Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet"
Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet" (balcony scene)
Bernstein: "Tonight" from "West Side Story"
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 (finale)
Gade: "Jalousie"
Saint-Saëns: Bacchanale from "Samson et Delila"
Puccini: "La Bohème" (excerpts)
Gershwin: "Love Walked In"
Ravel: "Bolero"
$20-$48
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

July 26 (8 p.m.)
Pavilion, Orkney Springs Hotel, Route 263, Shenandoah County
Shenandoah Valley Music Festival:
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Paul Gambill conducting
Piazzolla: Concerto for bandoneon
Raul Jaurena, bandoneon
Works by Debussy, Ravel, Kodály
$25-$35
(800) 459-3396
www.musicfest.org

July 26 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220 between Warm Springs and Hot Springs, Bath County
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Yumi Kendall, cello
Pianist & violinist TBA
Schubert: Fantasy in F minor, D. 940, for piano four hands
Schubert: Rando in A major, D. 951, for piano four hands
Schubert: String Quintet in C major
Optional dinner follows
$20; $70 with dinner
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

July 26 (8:15 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
The Washington Chorus
Randall Craig Fleisher conducting
"Broadway Rocks!"
Susan Egan, Capathia Jenkins, Doug LaBrecque, Rob Evan, vocalists
$20-$48
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

July 26 (6 p.m.)
July 27 (3 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival:
Festival Orchestra
Alfred Savia conducting
Rossini: “L’Italiana in Algeri” Overture
Puccini: "I crisantemi"
Stravinsky: "Pulcinella" Suite
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 ("Italian")
$35
(434) 325-8292
http://www.wintergreenperformingarts.org/

July 27 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220 between Warm Springs and Hot Springs, Bath County
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Yumi Kendall, cello
Other artists TBA
Boccherini: Cello Quintet
Menotti: Duo for two cellos and piano
Dvořák: Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 90 (“Dumky”)
$20
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

July 29 (7:30 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen, Route 664, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival:
Barber: String Quartet, Op. 11
Christopher Pulgram & Jana Vander Schaaf Ross, violins
Joseph J. Nigro, viola
Wesley Baldwin, cello
Nathan Currier: "A Musical Banquet"
Jana Vander Schaaf Ross, violin
Wesley Baldwin, cello
Nick Ross, piano
Amy Beach: Piano Quintet in F sharp minor, Op. 67 (1907)
Nick Ross, piano
Christopher Pulgram & Jana Vander Schaaf Ross, violins
Joseph J. Nigro, viola
Wesley Baldwin, cello
$25
(434) 325-8292
http://www.wintergreenperformingarts.org/

July 31 (7:30 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival:
Academy Chamber Orchestra
Wesley Baldwin, Joseph Hodge & Joseph J. Nigro conducting
Mozart: Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, K. 16
Glazunov: Serenade No. 2, Op. 11
Raff: Sinfonietta in F major, Op. 188
Stravinsky: "Eight Instrumental Miniatures" for 15 players (1962)
Vaughan Williams: "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis"
Mozart: Symphony No. 16 in C major, K. 128
$15
(434) 325-8292
http://www.wintergreenperformingarts.org/

July 31 (8:15 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Emil de Cou conducting
Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture No. 3
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Emperor")
Joyce Yang, piano
Beethoven: "Fidelio" (excerpts)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 ("Ode to Joy")
Soloists TBA
$20-$48
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

Aug. 1 (8:15 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Emil de Cou conducting
"Rodgers & Hammerstein at the Movies"
$20-$48
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

Aug. 2 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220 between Warm Springs and Hot Springs, Bath County
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Robbie Merfeld, piano
Granados: "Goyescas" (excerpts)
De Falla: "Suite Populaire Espagnole"
Turina: Piano Trio, Op. 91 ("Circulo")
Optional dinner follows
$20; $70 with dinner
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

Aug. 2 (8:15 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Emil de Cou conducting
"Dial H for Hitchcock"
$20-$48
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

Aug. 3 (3 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Interlude 2008:
Richmond Chamber Players
Catherine Cary & Susy Yim, violins
Stephen Schmidt, viola
Neal Cary, cello
Mary Boodell, flute
David Niethamer, clarinet
Jonathan Friedman, bassoon
John Walter, piano
Milhaud: Suite, Op. 157b, for clarinet, violin and piano
Handel-Halvorsen: Passacaglia for violin and cello
Poulenc: Sextet
$16
(804) 340-1405 (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ticket desk)

Aug. 3 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220 between Warm Springs and Hot Springs, Bath County
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Guest artists TBA
Shchedrin: "Tango in the Style of Albéniz"
Borodin: Piano Quintet in C minor
Tchaikovsky: "Souvenir de Florence" (string sextet)
$20
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

Aug. 9 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220 between Warm Springs and Hot Springs, Bath County
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Tony Manzo, double-bass
Telemann: "Don Quichotte" Suite
Poulenc: "Babar the Elephant"
Ravel: "Mother Goose" Suite
Janáček: “Fairy Tale” for cello and piano
Jon Deak: "Lucy and the Count (Love Dreams from Transylvania)" for double-bass and string quartet
Optional dinner follows
$20; $70 with dinner
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

Aug. 10 (3 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Interlude 2008:
Richmond Chamber Players
Catherine Cary & Susy Yim, violins
Stephen Schmidt, viola
Neal Cary, cello
Mary Boodell, flute
David Niethamer, clarinet
Jonathan Friedman, bassoon
John Walter, piano
Mozart: Trio in E flat major, K. 498 ("Kegelstatt")
Allan Blank: "The Jumblies"
Allan Blank: "I carry your heart with me (I carry it in"
Lisa Edwards-Burrs, soprano
Brahms: Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8
$16
(804) 340-1405 (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ticket desk)

Aug. 10 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220 between Warm Springs and Hot Springs, Bath County
Garth Newel Summer Fellowship students
Program TBA
$20
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

Aug. 15 (7 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord-conductor
Claire Jolivet, Diane Pascal & Theresa Salomon, violins
Martin Davids & Garry Clarke, baroque violins
Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola-composer
Carl Donakowski & James Wilson, cellos
Anthony Manzo, double-bass
Beth Chandler, flute
Washington McClain, baroque oboe
Laurie DeLuca, clarinet
Gabriel Dobner & Lori Piitz, pianos
David Schrader, harpsichordist-organist
Amanda Balestrieri & Ilana Davidson, sopranos
Kim Childs & Deepak Marwah, tenors
Michael Haag, bass
Johann Strauss II-Schoenberg: "Emperor" Waltz
Mahler: "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (excerpts)
Berg: "Four Pieces," Op. 5, for clarinet and piano
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major ("Trout")
$18
(540) 569-0267
www.stauntonmusicfestival.com

Aug. 15 (8 p.m.)
Aug. 17 (2 p.m.)
Aug. 19 (8 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Vienna
Wolf Trap Opera Company
Timothy Long conducting
Richard Strauss: "Ariadne auf Naxos"
Marjorie Owens (Ariadne)
Diego Torre (Bacchus)
Erin Morley (Zerbinetta)
Elisabeth DeShong (Composer)
James Kee (Music Teacher)
Rodedll Rosel (Dance Teacher)
Joshua Jeremiah (Harlequin)
Beau Gibson (Brighella)
Anne-Carolyn Bird (Naiad)
Leena Chopra (Echo)
Thaddeus Strassberger, stage director
in German, English captions
$28-$68
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

Aug. 16 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220 between Warm Springs and Hot Springs, Bath County
Borromeo String Quartet
Joseph Kitchen, piano
Wolf: "Italian Serenade"
Bartók: Quartet No. 1
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 94
Ravel: "Tzigane" for violin and piano
Optional dinner follows
$20; $70 with dinner
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

Aug. 17 (3 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Interlude 2008:
Richmond Chamber Players
Catherine Cary & Susy Yim, violins
Stephen Schmidt, viola
Neal Cary, cello
Mary Boodell, flute
David Niethamer, clarinet
Jonathan Friedman, bassoon
John Walter, piano
Glière: Eight duets, Op. 39, for violin and cello
Adolphus Hailstork: Piano Trio
Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92
$16
(804) 340-1405 (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ticket desk)

Aug. 17 (4 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord-conductor
Claire Jolivet, Diane Pascal & Theresa Salomon, violins
Martin Davids & Garry Clarke, baroque violins
Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola-composer
Carl Donakowski & James Wilson, cellos
Anthony Manzo, double-bass
Beth Chandler, flute
Washington McClain, baroque oboe
Laurie DeLuca, clarinet
Gabriel Dobner & Lori Piitz, pianos
David Schrader, harpsichordist-organist
Amanda Balestrieri & Ilana Davidson, sopranos
Kim Childs & Deepak Marwah, tenors
Michael Haag, bass
J.S. Bach: Cantata 4, "Christ lag in Todesbanden"
David Schrader: "Organ Improvisation on B-A-C-H"
Messiaen: "Quartet for the End of Time"
$18
(540) 569-0267
www.stauntonmusicfestival.com

Aug. 17 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220 between Warm Springs and Hot Springs, Bath County
Borromeo String Quartet
Schumann: Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1
Bartók: Quartet No. 2
Bartók: Quartet No. 3
$20
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

Aug. 19 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Vienna
Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra
Keith Lockhart conducting
Bernstein: "On the Town"
Bernstein: "On the Waterfront" (excerpts)
Bernstein: "Fancy Free" Suite
Bernstein: "West Side Story" (excerpts)
Bernstein: "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" (excerpts)
Bernstein: Wonderful Town" (excerpts)
Bernstein: "Trouble in Tahiti" (excerpts)
$20-$55
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

Aug. 20 (7 p.m.)
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1627 Monument Ave., Richmond
August Musicales:
Anne O'Byrne, soprano
David Fisk, piano
Program TBA
Free
(804) 359-2463

Aug. 20 (7 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord-conductor
Claire Jolivet, Diane Pascal & Theresa Salomon, violins
Martin Davids & Garry Clarke, baroque violins
Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola-composer
Carl Donakowski & James Wilson, cellos
Anthony Manzo, double-bass
Beth Chandler, flute
Washington McClain, baroque oboe
Laurie DeLuca, clarinet
Gabriel Dobner & Lori Piitz, pianos
David Schrader, harpsichordist-organist
Amanda Balestrieri & Ilana Davidson, sopranos
Kim Childs & Deepak Marwah, tenors
Michael Haag, bass
Couperin: "Concert Royeaux" No. 1
György Ligeti: "Hoelderlin Phantasien"
Betty Olivero: "Six Yiddish Songs and Dances"
Chester Biscardi: "Baby Song of the Four Winds," "Recovery," "Guru"
Mozart: Pantomime, K. 446, for piano quintet
Mozart: fragment (reconstructed by Vladimir Mendelssohn) (U.S. premiere)
$18
(540) 569-0267
www.stauntonmusicfestival.com

Aug. 21 (7 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord-conductor
Claire Jolivet, Diane Pascal & Theresa Salomon, violins
Martin Davids & Garry Clarke, baroque violins
Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola-composer
Carl Donakowski & James Wilson, cellos
Anthony Manzo, double-bass
Beth Chandler, flute
Washington McClain, baroque oboe
Laurie DeLuca, clarinet
Gabriel Dobner & Lori Piitz, pianos
David Schrader, harpsichordist-organist
Amanda Balestrieri & Ilana Davidson, sopranos
Kim Childs & Deepak Marwah, tenors
Michael Haag, bass
Schumann: "Märchen Erzählungen," Op. 132, for clarinet, viola and piano
Schumann: "Dichterliebe" (original version)
Schumann: Toccata, Op. 11, for piano
Schumann: "Spanische Liebeslieder"
$18
(540) 569-0267
www.stauntonmusicfestival.com

Aug. 22 (7 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord-conductor
Claire Jolivet, Diane Pascal & Theresa Salomon, violins
Martin Davids & Garry Clarke, baroque violins
Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola-composer
Carl Donakowski & James Wilson, cellos
Anthony Manzo, double-bass
Beth Chandler, flute
Washington McClain, baroque oboe
Laurie DeLuca, clarinet
Gabriel Dobner & Lori Piitz, pianos
David Schrader, harpsichordist-organist
Amanda Balestrieri & Ilana Davidson, sopranos
Kim Childs & Deepak Marwah, tenors
Michael Haag, bass
Telemann: Overture in B flat major from "Tafelmusik"
Giovanni Ferrandini: "Il Pianto di Maria"
Vivaldi: Gloria
$18
(540) 569-0267
www.stauntonmusicfestival.com

Aug. 23 (3:30 p.m.)
Aug. 24 (3:30 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord-conductor
Claire Jolivet, Diane Pascal & Theresa Salomon, violins
Martin Davids & Garry Clarke, baroque violins
Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola-composer
Carl Donakowski & James Wilson, cellos
Anthony Manzo, double-bass
Beth Chandler, flute
Washington McClain, baroque oboe
Laurie DeLuca, clarinet
Gabriel Dobner & Lori Piitz, pianos
David Schrader, harpsichordist-organist
Amanda Balestrieri & Ilana Davidson, sopranos
Kim Childs & Deepak Marwah, tenors
Michael Haag, bass
Handel: Trio Sonata in G minor
David Schrader discusses Handel's "Acis and Galatea"
$18
(540) 569-0267
www.stauntonmusicfestival.com

Aug. 23 (7 p.m.)
Aug. 24 (7 p.m.)
Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival orchestra
Carsten Schmidt directing
Handel: "Acis and Galatea"
Kim Childs (Acis)
Ilana Davidson (Galatea)
Michael Haag (Polyphemus)
Deepak Marwah (Damon)
The Madison Singers, Patrick Walders directing
Jennifer Lane, stage director
$26
(540) 569-0267
www.stauntonmusicfestival.com

Aug. 23 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220 between Warm Springs and Hot Springs, Bath County
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Audrey Andrist, piano
Richard Faria, clarinet
Paul Moravec, composer
Beethoven: Trio in B flat major, Op. 11, for clarinet, cello and piano
Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and piano
Moravec: "Tempest Fantasy"
Optional dinner follows
$20; $70 with dinner
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

Aug. 24 (3 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Interlude 2008:
Richmond Chamber Players
Catherine Cary & Susy Yim, violins
Stephen Schmidt, viola
Neal Cary, cello
Mary Boodell, flute
David Niethamer, clarinet
Jonathan Friedman, bassoon
John Walter, piano
Arthur Foote: Nocturne and Scherzo for flute and string quartet
Dohnányi: Serenade for string trio
Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
$16
(804) 340-1405 (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ticket desk)

Aug. 24 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220 between Warm Springs and Hot Springs, Bath County
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Audrey Andrist, piano
Richard Faria, clarinet
Paul Moravec, composer
Moravec: Passacaglia for piano trio
Moravec: "Double Action" for violin and piano
Moravec: "Walk Away Slowly" for cello and piano
Brahms: Clarinet Trio, Op. 114
$20
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

Aug. 24 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Vienna
The Irish Tenors
Program TBA
$22-$52
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

Aug. 27 (7 p.m.)
Grace Coveant Presbyterian Church, 1627 Monument Ave., Richmond
August Musicales:
Christopher Martin, organ
Michael Davison, trumpet
Brass ensemble, Benjamin Williams directing
Program TBA
Free
(804) 359-2463

Aug. 30 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220 between Warm Springs and Hot Springs, Bath County
Garth Newel String Ensemble
J.S. Bach: "The Art of the Fugue"
Haydn: Quartet in C major, Op. 74, No. 1
Beethoven: Quartet in B flat major, Op. 130
Optional dinner follows
$20; $70 with dinner
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

Aug. 31 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220 between Warm Springs and Hot Springs, Bath County
Garth Newel String Ensemble
Mendelssohn: Octet
Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 12
Jeffery Cotton: Sextet for strings
$20
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

Modlin Center 2008-09

Premieres of quartets by Krzysztof Penderecki and Dick Hyman by the Shanghai Quartet and of an electroacoustic piece by Toivo Tulev and "Slide," a multimedia work by actor-singer Rinde Eckert and composer-performer Steve Mackey, by eighth blackbird highlight classical programs next season at the University of Richmond’s Modlin Arts Center.

The 2008-09 Modlin classical season also will feature performances by pianist Peter Serkin; Chanticleer, the men's vocal ensemble; mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore; the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; The 5 Browns, the popular family piano troupe; and a program by members of eighth blackbird with pianists Paul Hanson and Joanne Kong saluting the 100th birthdays of Olivier Messiaen and Elliott Carter.

Opening its fifth season in residence at UR, eighth blackbird will perform works from its Grammy Award-winning album "Strange Imaginary Animals" in "strange imaginary remix," with sound designs by Dennis deSantis.

Other attractions include Stephen Sondheim, the pre-eminent American music-theater composer, in conversation with Frank Rich of The New York Times; singer Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester in a program of German cabaret music and jazz from the 1920s and ’30s; the East Village Opera Company, known for its updatings of classic opera arias; and Mariza, a leading exponent of fado, the Portuguese song style.

Folk, jazz, popular and world music attractions range from evenings of Irish music with Cherish the Ladies and guests, Cherryholmes and Danú to Hyman and Friends in "Swingin’ the ’50s," an Edgar Allan Poe bicentennial celebration with Garrison Keillor and Robin and Linda Williams, the Vijay Iyer Trio in contemporary jazz, Brazilian jazz with Paquito d’Rivera and The New York Voices, Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited, the African Children’s Choir, the DRUMLine Live! brass band, and bluegrass with the Punch Brothers featuring mandolinist Chris Thile and The Infamous Stringdusters.

UR’s music department will present several talks and performances in conjunction with "This Is War," an exhibition at the University Museums, including "Music in Times of Civil Unrest," a program of Barber, Haydn and Shostakovich by UR choirs and the Richmond Symphony.

Visiting theater and dance troupes include L.A. Theatre Works in a revival of the radio play based on H.G. Wells’ "War of the Worlds," the Aquila Theatre Company in Homer’s "Iliad," the MOMIX multimedia-dance troupe in "Passion, Cirque Élioze in Daniele Finzi Pasca’s "Nebbia" ("Fog"), the Reduced Shakespeare Company in "The Complete History of America (Abridged): Special Election Edition," and author-humorist David Sedaris.

In addition to on-campus performances, the series will feature four events at Richmond’s Landmark Theater.

A season brochure and subscription ticket information may be obtained by calling the Modlin Center box office at (804) 289-8980, or visiting www.modlin.richmond.edu

The Great Performances and music department series for 2008-09:


GREAT PERFORMANCES
Subscriptions: $32 per event
Single tickets: $38 per event (on sale four weeks prior to each performance)

Sept. 6 (3 and 7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – "An Irish Homecoming," with Cherish the Ladies, Maura O’Connell, bohola, Dermot Henry, dance ensemble from The Chieftains and the cast of "Riverdance."

Sept. 17 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – eighth blackbird in "strange imaginary remix," music from the group’s album "Strange Imaginary Animals" with sound designs by Dennis DeSantis.

Sept. 18 (7:30 p.m.), Sept. 19 (8 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Reduced Shakespeare Company in "The Complete History of America (Abridged): Special Election Edition."

Sept. 21 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Cherryholmes in bluegrass, Irish and country music.

Sept. 23-24 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Aquila Theatre Company, Peter Meineck directing, in "The Iliad" by Homer.

Oct. 1 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Shanghai Quartet in premiere of Dick Hyman’s Quartet in C major, Schubert’s "Quartettsatz," Beethoven’s Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1 ("Razumovsky").

Oct. 3 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Dick Hyman and Friends, with singer Lynn Roberts, in "Swingin’ the ’50s," songs and show tunes made popular in the 1950s.

Oct. 6 (7:30 p.m., Richmond’s Landmark Theater) – David Sedaris, author and humorist.

Oct. 15 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Max Raabe & Palast Orchester in "Tonight or Never," cabaret and jazz-band music of 1920s and ’30s Weimar Germany.

Oct. 20 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – East Village Opera Company, updated arrangements of classic opera arias.

Oct. 24-25 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited in chimurenga ("struggle") music from Zimbabwe.

Oct. 27-28 (7:30 p.m.., Cousins Studio Theatre) – Monday Night World Theatre, Donna E. Coghill directing, in dramatic reading of "Sixteen Wounded" by Eilam Kraiem.

Oct. 29 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – L.A. Theatre Works, Susan Albert Loewenberg directing, in Howard Koch’s adaptation of H.G. Wells’ "War of the Worlds" and "The Lost World" by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by John de Lancie and Nat Sagaloff, starring actors from the Sci-Fi Channel, "Star Trek" and "X-Files."

Oct. 29 (midnight, Camp Concert Hall) – L.A. Theatre Works in "War of the Worlds."

Nov. 3 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir with Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste conducting, in works by Vivaldi, Arvo Pärt, others.

Nov. 10 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Frank Rich, columnist of The New York Times, speaking on art, culture and politics.

Nov. 11-12 (7:30 p.m., Camp Hall) – Punch Brothers featuring mandolinist Chris Thile, in bluegrass and country music.

Nov. 17 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Roby Lakatos Ensemble in gypsy music.

Dec. 5 (7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Rockapella, a cappella vocal group.

Jan. 13-15 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – MOMIX, Moses Pendleton directing, in "Passion," multimedia production with score by Peter Gabriel.

Jan. 18 (7:30 p.m., Richmond’s Landmark Theater) – Garrison Keillor with Robin and Linda Williams in program celebrating 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe.

Jan. 21 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Vijay Iyer Trio (pianist Vijay Iyer, bassist Stephan Crump, drummer Marcus Gilmore) in contemporary jazz.

Jan. 27 (7:30 p.m.), Jan. 28 (5 and 8:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Cirque Éloize in Daniele Finzi Pasca’s "Nebbia" ("Fog"), circus acrobatics, modern dance, rhythm and poetry.

Feb. 2 (7:30 p.m., Richmond’s Landmark Theater) – Composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim in conversation with New York Times columnist Frank Rich.

Feb. 6 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Simon Shaheen, oud player and violinist, with Qantara in Arab-Western jazz-classical hybrid music.

Feb. 7 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – The 5 Browns, family piano troupe, program TBA.

Feb. 16 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore with pianist Antoine Pollac in art-song program TBA.

Feb. 18 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Jazz saxophonist-clarinetist Paquito d’Rivera with New York Voices in "More Brazilian Dreams."

Feb. 22 (3 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Shanghai Quartet in Virginia premiere of Penderecki's Quartet No. 3, Mozart's Quartet in D minor, K. 421, Debussy's Quartet.

Feb. 24 (7:30 p.m., Richmond’s Landmark Theater) – DRUMLine Live! brass arrangements of rhythm and blues and hip-hop by performers from historically black colleges and universities.

March 3 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Spectrum Dance Theater, Donald Byrd directing, in "The Theater of Needless Talents."

March 4 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Spectrum Dance Theater in "Interrupted Narratives/War."

March 17-18 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Dwight Rhoden & Desmond Richardson directing, in works TBA.

March 21 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Danú, traditional Irish band.

March 23 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – The African Children’s Choir in "Journey of Hope."

March 25 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – eighth blackbird in premiere of "Slide" by actor-singer Rinde Eckert and composer-performer Steve Mackey.

March 29 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Chanticleer in "Wondrous Free," program of American songs.

March 30 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Pianist Peter Serkin in works by Bach, Brahms and Charles Wuorinen.

April 1 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Mariza, Portuguese-African fado singer.

April 20 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – The Infamous Stringdusters in bluegrass.


MUSIC DEPARTMENT CONCERT SERIES
Free admission

Sept. 19 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Department of Music Family Weekend Concert.

Oct. 5 (3 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Neumann Lecture in Music: Suzanne G. Cusick on "Music & Torture," use of music as a means of torture in detention camps operated by the U.S. government in the global war on terror.

Oct. 5 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Drummer-percussionist Brian Jones and friends in jazz program.

Oct. 26 (3 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Duo-pianist Richard Becker & Doris Wylee-Becker in works by Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Stravinsky, others.

Nov. 2 (3 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Schola Cantorum, Jeffrey Riehl directing, and University Women’s Chorale, Dwight Graham directing, with pianist Mary Beth Bennett, in program TBA.

Nov. 7-8 (various times, Camp Concert Hall) – Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, featuring eighth blackbird in new work by Toivo Tulev and other works from Baltic countries, U.S. and Europe.

Nov. 13 (7:30 p.m., Perkinson Recital Hall) – David Esleck Trio (pianist David Esleck, bassist Michael Hawkins, multi-instrumentalist Keith Willingham) in jazz program.

Nov. 16 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – University Wind Ensemble, David Niethamer directing, in Holst’s Suite No. 1 for military band, other works.

Nov. 24 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo, Mike Davison directing.

Dec. 1 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – University Chamber Music Ensembles in program TBA.

Dec. 3 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – University Orchestra, Alexander Kordzaia conducting, in program TBA.

Dec. 4 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Global Music Ensemble, Andrew McGraw directing, in Balinese gamelan and Ghanian Ewe musics.

Dec. 7 (5 and 8 p.m., Cannon Memorial Chapel) – Annual Christmas Candlelight Service with Schola Cantorum, Jeffrey Riehl directing, and University Women’s Chorale, Dwight Graham directing.

Jan. 19 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Baritone James Weaver and pianist Joanne Kong in Schubert’s song cycle "Die Winterreise."

Jan. 30 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Richmond Symphony, Erin Freeman conducting, Schola Cantorum and James River Singers, Jeffrey Riehl directing, in "Music in Times of Civil Unrest," including Barber’s Adagio for strings, Haydn’s "Mass in Time of War," Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a. (Tickets required.)

Feb. 1 (3 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Pianist Richard Becker in works by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt.

Feb. 12 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Jepson Leadership Forum: William Lee Miller speaking on "The Magnanimity of President Lincoln," with University Orchestra, Alexander Kordzaia conducting, and narrator TBA, in Copland’s "A Lincoln Portrait."

Feb. 20 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Pianist Doris Wylee-Becker in works by Bach, Rachmaninoff, others.

Feb. 23 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – "Scintallating Centenarians," violinist Matt Albert, percussionist Matthew Duvall, clarinetist Michael Maccaferri, flutist Tim Munro, cellist Nicholas Photinos, pianists Paul Hanson and Joanne Kong in Messiaen’s "Visions de l’Amen" and Elliott Carter’s "Night Fantasies," "Con Leggerezza Pensosa," "Enchanted Preludes," "Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux I & II."

March 16 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Soprano Jennifer Cable, tenor Jeffrey Riehl and harpsichordist Kenneth Merrill in Monteverdi’s "Madrigals of Love and War."

April 4 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – University Wind Ensemble, David Niethamer directing, in program TBA.

April 5 (3 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Schola Cantorum, Jeffrey Riehl directing, and University Women’s Chorale, Dwight Graham directing, with pianist Mary Beth Bennett, in works from Central and Eastern Europe.

April 6 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Jazz and Brazilian Combo, Mike Davison, Kevin Harding, David Esleck and Charles Arthur directing.

April 8 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – University Orchestra, Alexander Kordzaia conducting, in works by Mozart, Rossini, Schubert, Copland.

April 9 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – University Chamber Music Ensembles in program TBA.

April 13 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo, Mike Davison directing.

April 19 (3 p.m., Jenkins Greek Theater) – World Music Concert, Andrew McGraw and Kevin Harding directing. (Rain location: Camp Concert Hall).