October 2008 calendar

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, group and other discounts may be offered.

SCOUTING REPORT

* In Richmond: The Shanghai Quartet plays Beethoven, Brahms and a new quartet by Dick Hyman, the master of musical Americana, Oct. 1 at the University of Richmond . . . Daniel Meyer, second of the nine music-director candidates to perform with the Richmond Symphony, conducts Haydn on Oct. 3, 4 and 5, Brahms, Barber and Michael Torke on Oct. 10, 11 and 13, at six different venues . . . The Virginia Opera opens its season with Verdi’s "Il Trovatore," Oct. 24 and 26 at the Landmark Theater . . . Pianist Awadagin Pratt plays Bach, Beethoven, Franck and Liszt, Oct. 25 at Virginia Commonwealth University.

* New and/or different: VCU and Richmond Symphony clarinetists survey modern music for clarinet ensembles on Oct. 1, and trumpeter Allen Vizzutti tops the roster of VCU Brass Fest, Oct. 6-9 . . . The Albemarle Ensemble and bass clarinetist James Tobin play Elliott Carter’s Woodwind Quintet and works by Malcolm Arnold, Ferenc Farkas and Vivaldi, Oct. 2 at the University of Virginia . . . The East Village Opera Company updates classic opera arias, Oct. 14 at the American Theatre in Hampton, Oct. 20 at UR . . . The Richmond Philharmonic plays four dances from Ginastera’s "Estancia" and Vaughan Williams’ rarely performed "London Symphony," Oct. 19 at VCU . . . The Virginia Symphony and pianist Andrew Russo play Paul Schoenfield’s "Four Parables," Oct. 25 at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk . . . Pianist Christopher Taylor samples Messiaen, Oct. 25 at the Library of Congress in Washington . . . Marin Alsop conducts Leonard Bernstein’s Mass, Oct. 26 at the Kennedy Center.

* Star turns: Lorin Maazel conducts the New York Philharmonic in an all-Tchaikovsky program, Oct. 4 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, and returns to the Kennedy Center on Oct. 10 to join Marvin Hamlisch in a benefit concert for the new Castleton Festival (launching next July at Maazel’s estate in Rappahannock County) . . . Pianist András Schiff plays four Beethoven sonatas, Oct. 10 at the Music Center at Strathmore near D.C. . . . Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and Camerata Salzburg play Bach and Tartini, Oct. 11 at the Kennedy Center . . . The Eroica Trio performs at The Barns at Wolf Trap, Oct. 17 in Vienna . . . Cellist Steven Isserlis joins the National Symphony in Haydn, Oct. 23-25 at the Kennedy Center . . . Pianist Maurizio Pollini plays Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin, Oct. 29 at Strathmore.

* Bargain of the month: The Richmond Philharmonic in Vaughan Williams’ "London Symphony," Oct. 19 at VCU (donation requested).

* My picks: The Shanghai Quartet in Beethoven, Brahms and Dick Hyman, Oct. 1 . . . Daniel Meyer conducting the Richmond Symphony in Haydn, Oct. 3-5, and Barber, Brahms and Torke, Oct. 10, 11 and 13 . . . András Schiff’s all-Beethoven recital at Strathmore, Oct. 10 . . . Iván Fischer conducting the National Symphony in Mahler’s Third Symphony, Oct. 16-18 at the Kennedy Center.

Oct. 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Shanghai Quartet
Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1 ("Razumovsky")
Dick Hyman: Quartet in G major (premiere)
Brahms: Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51
$32
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Oct. 1 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Music Faculty Series:
Charles West, Al Regni & David Niethamer, clarinets
Richmond Symphony clarinetists
Gunther Schuller: Duo Clarinet Sonata
Alfred Uhl: Divertimento
Ralph Burns: "Early Autumn"
Lutoslawski: "Dance Preludes"
Gershwin-Hoffer: "Three"
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept//concerts/events.html?School=Arts&Dept=Music

Oct. 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Oct. 4 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Giuseppe Grazioli conducting
Bizet: "The Pearl Fishers"
Norah Amsellem (Leïla)
Charles Castronovo (Nadir)
Trevor Scheunemann (Zurga)
Denis Sedov (Nourabad)
Andrew Sinclair, stage direction
in French, English captions
$45-$300
(800) 876-7372
www.dc-opera.org

Oct. 2 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Albemarle Ensemble
James Tobin, bass clarinetist
Malcolm Arnold: "Three Shanties," Op. 4
Ferenc Farkas: "Hungarian Dance"
Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor for flute, oboe and bassoon
Elliott Carter: Woodwind Quintet
Janáček: “Mlada”
$20
(434) 924-3984
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/events/index.html

Oct. 2 (7:30 p.m.)
Oct. 5 (2 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Dan Ettinger conducting
Verdi: "La Traviata"
Elizabeth Futral (Violetta)
Arturo Chacón-Cruz (Alfredo)
Lado Ataneli (Giorgio Germont)
Margaret Thompson (Flora)
Marta Domingo, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$45-$600 (limited availability)
(800) 876-7372
www.dc-opera.org

Oct. 2 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 3 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 4 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducting
Beethoven: "Consecration of the House" Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Hélène Grimaud, piano
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
$20-$80
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 3 (8 p.m.)
Bon Air Baptist Church, Forest Hill Avenue at Buford Road
Oct. 4 (7 p.m.)
Goochland High School auditorium, 3250 River Road West
Oct. 5 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Richmond Symphony
Daniel Meyer conducting
Haydn: "l’isola diabitata" Overture & aria
Anne O’Byrne, soprano
Haydn: Violin Concerto in C major
Qing Li , violin
Haydn: Quartet in E flat major ("The Joke")
Richmond Symphony String Quartet
Haydn: Mass in B flat major ("Little Organ")
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Haydn: Symphony No. 85 ("La Reine")
$10-$38
(804) 788-1212
www.richmondsymphony.com

Oct. 3 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Friends of Music Recital:
VCU Music Scholarship winners
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept//concerts/events.html?School=Arts&Dept=Music

Oct. 3 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 5 (2:30 p.m.)
Oct. 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Oct. 10 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 12 (2:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 W. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Peter Mark conducting
Verdi: "Il Trovatore"
Eilana Lappalainen (Leonora)
Gustavo López-Manzitti (Manrico)
Nmon Ford (Count di Luna)
Jeneice Golbourne (Azucena)
Ashraf Sewailam (Ferrando)
James Taylor (Ruiz)
Lillian Groag, stage direction
in Italian, English captions
$27-$110
(866) 673-7282
www.vaopera.org

Oct. 3 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 5 (2:30 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 540 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Opera Roanoke
Steven White conducting
Verdi: "Falstaff"
Peter Castaldi (Falstaff)
Marco Nistico (Ford)
Eric Fennell (Fenton)
Scott Williamson (Bardolfo)
Jeffrey Tucker (Pistola)
Terese Cullen (Alice Ford)
Jennifer Roderer (Mistress Quickly)
Emily Langford Johnson (Meg Page)
Richard McKee, stage direction
in Italian, English captions
$20-$90
(540) 982-2742
www.operaroanoke.org

Oct. 3 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 5 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic & Chorus
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Andrea Makris: "Strathmore" Overture
Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2
Mariusz Patyra, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 ("Choral")
Linda Mabbs, soprano
Patricia Miller, mezzo-soprano
John Aler, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass
$29-$79
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org

Oct. 4 (7 p.m.)
Scottish Rite Temple, 4204 Hermitage Road, Richmond
Richmond Concert Band
Mark W. Poland directing
John Philip Sousa IV, guest narrator
"Sousa Spectacular"
$5 (limited seating)
(804) 737-0468
www.rcband.org

Oct. 4 (4 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel conducting
Tchaikovsky: "Francesca da Rimini"
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
$42-$152
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

Oct. 5 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Suzanne G. Cusick
Lecture, "Music and Torture"
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Oct. 5 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Sonia Vlahcevic, piano
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept//concerts/events.html?School=Arts&Dept=Music

Oct. 5 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1
Beethoven: Serenade in D major for string trio
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet
$35
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 6 (noon)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Brass Fest:
Master class by Sylvia Alimena, French horn
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept//concerts/events.html?School=Arts&Dept=Music

Oct. 6 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Brass Fest:
Master class by U.S. Navy Band Brass Quintet
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept//concerts/events.html?School=Arts&Dept=Music

Oct. 6 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Brass Fest:
U.S. Navy Band Brass Quintet
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept//concerts/events.html?School=Arts&Dept=Music

Oct. 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Brass Fest:
Richmond Brass Consort
VCU faculty soloists & ensembles
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept//concerts/events.html?School=Arts&Dept=Music

Oct. 7 (9 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU brass Fest:
No B.S. Brass Band
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept//concerts/events.html?School=Arts&Dept=Music

Oct. 8 (4:30 p.m.)
Oct. 9 (noon)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Brass Fest:
Master classes by Allen Vizzutti, trumpet
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept//concerts/events.html?School=Arts&Dept=Music

Oct. 8 (6:15 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Brass Fest:
Brass ensembles from Old Dominion University, James Madison University
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept//concerts/events.html?School=Arts&Dept=Music

Oct. 8 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Brass Fest:
VCU Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Terry Austin directing
Allen Vizzutti, trumpet
Program TBA
$5
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept//concerts/events.html?School=Arts&Dept=Music

Oct. 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Concertante
Martinů: String Sextet
Dvořák: String Sextet in A major, Op. 48
Tchaikovsky: "Souvenir de Florence"
$38
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 9 (7:30 p.m.)
The Mansion at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
J. Reilly Lewis, harpsichord
Jennifer Ellis Kampani, soprano
J.S. Bach: "The Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach" (excerpts)
$25
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org

Oct. 10 (8 p.m.)
Second Baptist Church, River and Gaskins roads, Richmond
Oct. 11 (8 p.m.)
First Baptist Church, Boulevard at Monument Avenue, Richmond
Oct. 13 (8 p.m.)
St. Michael Catholic Church, 4491 Springfield Road, Glen Allen
Richmond Symphony
Daniel Meyer conducting
Michael Torke: "Javelin"
Barber: Violin Concerto
Karen Johnson, violin
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
$20-$50
(804) 788-1212
www.richmondsymphony.com

Oct. 10 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Castleton Festival Benefit Concert
starring Marvin Hamlisch, with Lorin Maazel, others
$20-$60
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 10 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
András Schiff, piano
Beethoven: Sonata No. 16 in G Major Op. 31, No. 1
Beethoven: Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op. 31, No. 2 ("The Tempest")
Beethoven: Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major Op. 31, No. 3 ("The Hunt")
Beethoven: Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 ("Waldstein")
$27-$77
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

Oct. 11 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 E. Bremelton Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Pops
Eartha Kitt, guest star
$26-$86
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Oct. 11 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Camerata Salzburg
J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041
J.S. Bach: Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043
second violinist TBA
J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042
Tartini: Violin Sonata in G minor ("The Devil’s Trill")
$47-$107
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

Oct. 11 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Carney, leader
Rossini: String Sonata No. 2
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and orchestra
Madeline Adkins, violin
Jonathan Carney, viola
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 ("Italian")
$25-$80
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org

Oct. 12 (4 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Second Sunday South of the James:
Crosswinds
Classical and jazz program TBA
Donation requested
(804) 272-7514
http://www.bonairpc.org/music/concert.htm

Oct. 13 (8 p.m.)
Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre, Orange Avenue at Williamson Road
Roanoke Symphony
David Wiley conducting
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica")
Dvořák: Cello Concrerto in B minor
Zuill Bailey, cello
$19-$39
(540) 343-9127
www.rso.com

Oct. 14 (7:30 p.m.)
American Theatre, 125 E. Mellen St., Hampton
East Village Opera Company
Arrangements of arias by Bizet, Verdi, Puccini, others
$25-$30
(757) 722-2787
http://hamptonarts.net/american_theatre/onsalenow.php

Oct. 14 (8 p.m.)
Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St.
Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg:
Ritz Chamber Players
Program TBA
$15 (waiting list)
(757) 229-2901
http://www.chambermusicwilliamsburg.org/

Oct. 15 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Myssyk conducting
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept//concerts/events.html?School=Arts&Dept=Music

Oct. 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Rostropovich Foundation’s Rostropovich Commemorative Scholarship winners
"A Tribute to Rostropovich," program TBA
$35-$60
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 16 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 17 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 18 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Iván Fischer conducting
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Birgit Remmert, mezzo-soprano
University of Maryland Concert Choir
Children’s Chorus of Washington
$20-$80
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 16 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Collegium Vocale Gent
Kristian Bezuindenhuit, fortepiano
Program TBA
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0708-2008-09-schedule.html

Oct. 16 (7:30 p.m.)
The Mansion at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Edwin Good, fortepiano
Works by J.S. and C.P.E. Bach, Domenico Alberti, Carlos Seixas, Duane Heller
$25
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org

Oct. 17 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 19 (2 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Virginia Opera
Peter Mark conducting
Verdi: "Il Trovatore"
Eilana Lappalainen (Leonora)
Gustavo López-Manzitti (Manrico)
Nmon Ford (Count di Luna)
Jeneice Golbourne (Azucena)
Ashraf Sewailam (Ferrando)
James Taylor (Ruiz)
Lillian Groag, stage direction
in Italian, English captions
$44-$98
(703) 218-6500 (Tickets.com)
www.vaopera.org

Oct. 17 (8 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna
Eroica Trio
Program TBA
$35
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

Oct. 18 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Miroslaw Jacek Blaszczyk conducting
Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro" Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
Brian Ganz, piano
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 ("Scottish")
$29-$79
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org

Oct. 19 (1:30 & 3:30 p.m.)
Ginter Park Presbyterian Church, Walton and Seminary avenues, Richmond
American Guild of Organists' International Organ Celebration:
Douglas Brown, organ
Works by African-American composers
Free
(804) 359-5049

Oct. 19 (1:30 & 3:30 p.m.)
First Presbyterian Church, 4602 Cary Street Road, Richmond
American Guild of Organists' International Organ Celebration:
Cheryl Van Ornam, organ
Marsha Summers, soprano
Tracey Welborn, tenor
Arias, duets TBA
Free
(804) 358-2383

Oct. 19 (1:30 & 3:30 p.m.)
Salisbury Presbyterian Church, 13621 Salisbury Road, Midlothian
American Guild of Organists' International Organ Celebration:
Ardyth Lohuis & Mark Koontz, organ
Robert Murray, violin
Jeffrey Price, trombone
Program TBA
Free
(804) 794-5311

Oct. 19 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
James Taylor, tenor
Others TBA
Scenes and arias by Bizet, Verdi, Puccini and Massenet, songs from American musicals
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Oct. 19 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Richmond Philharmonic
Robert Mirakian conducting
Mozart: "Abduction from the Seraglio" Overture
Ginastera: four dances from "Estancia"
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 ("A London Symphony")
Donation requested
(804) 673-7400
www.richmondphilharmonic.org

Oct. 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Jepson Theatre, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
East Village Opera Company
Arrangements of arias by Bizet, Verdi, Puccini, others
$34
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Oct. 21 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rex Richardson, trumpet
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept//concerts/events.html?School=Arts&Dept=Music

Oct. 21 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Daniel Mueller-Schott, cello
Robert Kulek, piano
Brahms: Sonata in E minor, Op. 38
Schubert: "Arpeggione" Sonata
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
$24-$28
(434) 924-3984
www.tecs.org

Oct. 23 (6:30 p.m.)
Oct. 26 (4 p.m.)
The National, 708 E. Broad St., Richmond
Kicked Back Classics:
Richmond Symphony
Erin Freeman conducting
Sullivan: "The Mikado" Overture
Stravinsky: "Pulcinella" (excerpts)
Mascagni: Intermezzo from "Cavalleria rusticana"
Weber: "Abu Hassan" Overture
Mozart: "The Impresario" Overture
Bizet: "L'Arlésienne" incidental music (excerpts)
Rossini: "The Barber of Seville" Overture
$10-$17
(804) 788-1212
www.richmondsymphony.com

Oct. 23 (7:30 p.m.)
American Theatre, 125 E. Mellen St., Hampton
Brazilian Guitar Quartet
Program TBA
$25-$30
(757) 722-2787
http://hamptonarts.net/american_theatre/onsalenow.php

Oct. 23 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 24 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 25 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Iván Fischer conducting
Leo Weiner: Serenade, Op. 3
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major
Steven Isserlis, cello
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
$20-$80
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 8 N. Laurel St., Richmond
Elizabeth Melcher Davis, organ
Works by Hollins, Rawsthorne, Sowerby, Weaver, Widor
Free
(804) 359-5628
www.ghtc.org

Oct. 24 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 26 (2:30 p.m.)
Landmark Theater, Laurel and Main streets, Richmond
Virginia Opera
Peter Mark conducting
Verdi: "Il Trovatore"
Eilana Lappalainen (Leonora)
Gustavo López-Manzitti (Manrico)
Nmon Ford (Count di Luna)
Jeneice Golbourne (Azucena)
Ashraf Sewailam (Ferrando)
James Taylor (Ruiz)
Lillian Groag, stage direction
in Italian, English captions
$22.50-$87.50
(804) 262-8003 (Ticketmaster)
www.vaopera.org

Oct. 25 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
The Broken Consort:
Celeste Gates, clarinet
Margaret Lawyer, viola
Todd Barnes, piano
Works by Mozart, Bruch, Mendelssohn
Free
(804) 646-7233

Oct. 25 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Awadagin Pratt, piano
Beethoven: Sonata in A flat major, Op. 110
Bach-Pratt: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Franck-Bauer: Prelude, Fugue and Variations
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
$32
Free master class at 4 p.m. Oct. 24, Vlahcevic Hall
(804) 828-6776
www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/artweb/music/concerts/events.html?School=Arts&Dept=Music

Oct. 25 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 E. Bremelton Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Stella Sung: "Rockwell Reflections"
Paul Schoenfield: "Four Parables" for piano and orchestra
Andrew Russo, piano
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
$23-$83
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Oct. 25 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony
Marcelo Lehninger conducting
Villa-Lobos: "The Little Train of the Brazilian Countryman"
De Falla: "Nights in the Gardens of Spain"
Angela Cheng, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov: "Scheherazade"
$25-$55
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.fairfaxsymphony.org

Oct. 25 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Christopher Taylor, piano
"Messiaen Centennial Concert"
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0708-2008-09-schedule.html

Oct. 26 (2 p.m.)
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Ninth and Grace streets, Richmond
Piano Performance Team
Works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Joplin, others
Free
(804) 643-3589

Oct. 26 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Richard Becker & Doris Wylee-Becker, pianos
Works by Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Stravinsky, others
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Oct. 26 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Guitar Series:
Richmond Guitar Quartet
Adam Larabee, guitar
Program TBA
$10
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept//concerts/events.html?School=Arts&Dept=Music

Oct. 26 (4 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Bernstein: Mass
Soloists, choirs, marching band TBA
$25-$78
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 26 (3 p.m.)
The Mansion at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Andrew Willis, fortepiano
Works by C.P.E. Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Clementi, Beethoven
$25
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org

Oct. 27 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Christopher's Upper School Chapel, 711 St. Christopher's Road, Richmond
Oberon Quartet
Matthew Gold, double-bass
Haydn: Quartet in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3 ("Rider")
Matthew Gold: "Four Portraits for Treesa" (2008)
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 1
Free
(804) 282-3185

Oct. 27 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Narek Hakhnazarian, cello
Noreen Polera, piano
Schumann: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 73
Khudoyan: Sonata No. 1 for solo cello
Beethoven: Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Shostakovich: Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
Shchedrin: Quadrille
Paganini: "Variations on one string, on a theme by Rossini"
$30
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 28 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
Serouj Kradjian, piano
Schubert: "Frühlingsglaube," "Sel mir gegrüst," "Nacht und Träume," "Seligkeit," "An die Musik"
Bellini: "Composizioni da Camera"
Viardot: "Madrid," "Sylvie," "L’Enfant et la Mere," "Moriro," "Desespoir," "Aime-moi" (after Chopin Mazurka)
Gomidas: "Five Armenian Folk Songs"
Ravel: "Six Popular Greek Folk Songs"
Obradors: "Five Spanish Folk Songs"
$24-$28
(434) 924-3984
www.tecs.org

Oct. 28 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 29 (8 p.m.)
Kimball Theatre, Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg
Williamsburg Symphonia
Janna Hymes conducting
Rossini: "Il Signor Bruschino" Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G Minor
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
$30-$42
(757) 229-9857
www.williamsburgsymphonia.org

Oct. 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Janaki String Trio
Schubert: String Trio in B-flat major, D. 581
Schoenberg:: String Trio, Op. 45
Mozart: Divertimento in E flat major, K. 563
$35
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

Oct. 29 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Beethoven: Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 31
Beethoven: Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ("Appassionata")
Schumann: Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17
Chopin: four mazurkas, Op. 33
Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
$25-$95
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

Oct. 30 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 31 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Iván Fischer conducting
Wagner: "Die Meistersinger" Prelude
Wagner: "Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey" from "Götterdämmerung"
Wagner: Prelude and "Liebestod" from "Tristan und Isolde"
Wagner: "Die Walküre," Act 3, Scene 3
Elizabeth Connell, soprano
Juha Uusitalo, bass-baritone
$20-$80
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 30 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Claremont Trio
Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
Nico Muhly: piano trio TBA (premiere)
Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat major, Op. 99/D. 898
$38
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 31 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Stanford Olsen, tenor
Kenneth Griffiths, piano
Program TBA
$45
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org