November 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/around Richmond: Steven Smith, next of the Richmond Symphony’s music-director candidates, leads an all-Gershwin pops concert with pianist Norman Krieger, Nov. 8 at the Landmark Theater, and a Masterworks program of Barber, Stravinsky and Schubert with the Richmond Symphony Chorus, Nov. 14, 15 and 17 at three area churches. . . . The Hungarian Virtuosi chamber orchestra performs at Virginia Commonwealth University, Nov. 15. . . . Pianist Awadagin Pratt joins the One Voice community chorus in works by Beethoven and Glenn Burleigh, Nov. 15 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. . . . Erin Freeman conducts the second of the Richmond Symphony’s Haydn Festival programs, with rarities by Fux and C.P.E. Bach and symphonies of Haydn and Beethoven, Nov. 21 at Bon Air Baptist Church and Nov. 23 at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland. . . . The Virginia Opera presents Donizetti’s "Elixir of Love," Nov. 28 and 30 at the Landmark Theater (also Nov. 14, 16, 19, 21 and 23 at the Harrison Opera House in Norfolk).

* New and/or different: Mezzo-soprano Nancy Maultsby and tenor Donald George join an Opera Roanoke ensemble in Schoenberg’s chamber arrangement of Mahler’s "Das Lied von der Erde," Nov. 2 at the Jefferson Center. . . . The University of Richmond spotlights contemporary composers from Estonia in a concert by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra on Nov. 3 and the Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, Nov. 7-8. . . . Trio Solisti plays piano-trio arrangements of Astor Piazzolla’s "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires" and Mussorgsky’s "Pictures at an Exhibition," Nov. 4 at the Williamsburg Library Theatre. . . . Richmond-bred mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey performs in a New York Festival of Song program of 20th-century Viennese art songs, Nov. 14 at the Kennedy Center in Washington. . . . The Pro Musica Hebraica series debuts with Canada’s ARC Ensemble performing works by Prokofiev, Szymon Laks and Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Nov. 18 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Yakov Kreizberg conducts the National Symphony in Franz Schmidt’s Symphony No. 4, Nov. 20-22 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The U.Va. Chamber Singers celebrate St. Cecilia’s Day with an all-Britten program, Nov. 23 at St. Paul’s Memorial Church in Charlottesville.

* Star turns: The Emerson String Quartet plays four quartets by Shostakovich, Nov. 5 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Soprano Renée Fleming stars and Plácido Domingo conducts in a Washington National Opera production of Donizetti’s "Lucrezia Borgia," Nov. 5, 7, 9, 11, 15 and 17 at the Kennedy Center (few tickets available). . . . Pianist Jeremy Denk serves heaping helpings of Ives ("Concord" Sonata) and Beethoven ("Hammerklavier"), Nov. 7 at the Barns at Wolf Trap in Vienna. . . . Violinist Jennifer Koh joins Michael Christie and the National Symphony for Bernstein’s Serenade ("after Plato’s Symposium"), Nov. 13-15 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Valery Gergiev conducts his Kirov Orchestra, with pianist Alexei Volodin, Nov. 14 at George Mason University in Fairfax. . . . Violinist Vadim Repin plays Beethoven, Debussy and Stravinsky, Nov. 15 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Israel Philharmonic in Mendelssohn and Brahms, Nov. 18 at the Kennedy Center (few tickets available). . . . Domingo conducts and Andrea Bocelli sings in Rossini’s "Petite Messe Solenelle," Nov. 21-22 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman play duo-piano works of Rachmaninoff and Brahms, Nov. 23 at George Mason University.

* Bargain of the month: The U.Va. Chamber Singers’ all-Britten St. Cecilia’s Day program, Nov. 23 at St. Paul’s Memorial Church in Charlottesville (free).

* My picks: The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Nov. 3 at the University of Richmond. . . . Jeremy Denk at Wolf Trap, Nov. 7. . . . Steven Smith conducting the Richmond Symphony and Symphony Chorus in Stravinsky’s "Symphony of Psalms," Schubert’s Ninth Symphony and Barber’s "Second Essay," Nov. 14, 15 and 17. . . . Erin Freeman conducting the Richmond Symphony in Haydn, Beethovem Fux and C.P.E. Bach, Nov. 21 and 23.


Nov. 1 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 E. Bremelton Ave., Norfolk
Nov. 2 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Nov. 6 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, 1 University Place, Newport News
Virginia Symphony
Larry Rachleff conducting
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Awadagin Pratt, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica")
$23-$83
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Nov. 1 (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

Nov. 2 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Schola Cantorum & University Women’s Chorale
Jeffrey Riehl directing
Program TBA
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Nov. 2 (7 p.m.)
J.R. Tucker High School, 2910 N. Parham Road, Richmond
Commonwealth Winds
Terry L. Austin directing
Works by Hindemith, J.S. Bach, Percy Grainger, Jaromir Weinberger, Timothy Mahr, Nathan Daughtrey
Free
(804) 828-6776

Nov. 2 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Mimi Tung, piano
Max Rabinovitsj, violin
Schubert: Sonata in D major
Beethoven: Sonata in C minor
Prokofiev: Sonata in D major
Free
(434) 924-3984
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/events/index.html

Nov. 2 (2:30 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Opera Roanoke musicians
Steven White directing
Mahler-Schoenberg: "Das Lied von der Erde"
Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano
Donald George, tenor
Handel: arias TBA
Elizabeth Futral, soprano
$20-$50
(540) 982-2742
www.operaroanoke.org

Nov. 2 (3 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Choral Arts Society of Washington, Heritage Signature Chorale & orchestra
Norman Scribner conducting
Verdi: Requiem
Alexandra Deshorties, soprano
Stacey Rishoi, mezzo-soprano
Yeghishe Manucharyan, tenor
Kirk Eichelberger, bass
$15-$65
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 2 (4 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Midori, violin
Robert McDonald, piano
Schumann: Sonata in A minor, Op. 105
Beethoven: Sonata in G major, Op. 96
Cage: "Six Melodies"
Enescu: Sonata in A minor, Op. 25
$27-$77
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

Nov. 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tonu Kaljuste conducting
Toivo Tulev: "Rejoice, Rejoice, Rejoice"
Arvo Pärt: "L’Abbe Agathon"
Arvo Pärt: "Wallfahrtslied"
Arvo Pärt: "Da Pacem"
Vivaldi: "Beatus Vir"
$36
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Nov. 4 (8 p.m.)
Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St.
Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg:
Trio Solisti
Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
Piazzolla-Briaga: "The Four Season of Buenos Aires"
Mussorgsky: "Pictures at an Exhibition" (arr. Trio Solisti)
$15 (waiting list)
(757) 229-2901
www.chambermusicwilliamsburg.org

Nov. 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Emerson String Quartet
Shostakovich: Quartets Nos. 9-12
$42
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 9 (2 p.m.)
Nov. 11 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 15 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 17 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Plácido Domingo conducting
Donizetti: "Lucrezia Borgia"
Renée Fleming/Sondra Radvanovsky (Lucrezia)
Vittorio Grigolo (Gennaro)
Ruggieri Raimomdi (Duke Alfonso)
Kate Aldrich (Mafffio Orsini)
Yingxi Zhang (Rustighello)
Jesus Hernandez (Jeppo Liverotto)
John Pascoe, stage direction & design
in Italian, English captions
$75-$225
(800) 876-7372
www.dc-opera.org

Nov. 7 (2 and 7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival:
Artists and program TBA
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Nov. 7 (8 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
Jeremy Denk, piano
Ives: Sonata No. 2 ("Concord")
Beethoven: Sonata in B flat major, Op. 106 ("Hammerklavier")
$35
(877) 965-3872
www.wolftrap.org

Nov. 8 (11 a.m. and 4 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival:
Artists and program TBA
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Nov. 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival:
Toivo Tulev: new work TBA
eighth blackbird
Other works TBA
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Nov. 8 (8 p.m.)
Landmark Theater, Main and Laurel streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Pops
Steven Smith conducting
Gershwin: "An American in Paris"
Gershwin: "Rhapsody in Blue"
Norman Krieger, piano
Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess" (excerpts)
$35-$60
(804) 788-1212
www.richmondsymphony.com

Nov. 8 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Nov. 9 (3:30 p.m.)
Monticello High School, 400 Independence Way, Charlottesville
Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra
Kate Tamarkin conducting
Wagner: "The Flying Dutchman" Overture
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1
David Jolley, French horn
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (adagietto)
Richard Strauss: "Death and Transfiguration"
$10-$35
(434) 924-3984
www.cvillesymphony.org

Nov. 8 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 10 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 12 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 16 (2 p.m.)
Nov. 18 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Julius Rudel conducting
Bizet: "Carmen"
Denyce Graves/Laura Brioli (Carmen)
Thiago Arancam/Brandon Jovanovich (Don José)
Alexander Vinogradov/Jorge Lagunes (Escamillo)
Sabina Cvilak (Micaëla)
David Gately, stage direction
in French, English captions
$55-$300
(800) 876-7372
www.dc-opera.org

Nov. 9 (4 p.m.)
Steward School, 11600 Gayton Road, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra
Erin Freeman conducting
Youth Concert Orchestra
Beth Almore conducting
Mussorgsky: "Night on Bald Mountain"
Wagner: "Die Meistersinger" Overture
Bizet: "L’Arlesienne" Suite No. 2
Khachaturian: "Sabre Dances"
Rossini-Britten: "Soirées Musicales"
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 (allegretto)
Bizet: "Carmen" Suite No. 1
$5-$12
(804) 788-1212
www.richmondsymphony.com

Nov. 9 (4:30 p.m.)
Holy Comforter Episcopal Church, Monument Avenue at Staples Mill Road, Richmond
VCU Commonwealth Singers
John Guthmiller directing
VCU Women’s Choir
Rebecca Tyree directing
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 9 (7 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, 1 University Place, Newport News
Warsaw Philharmonic
Antoni Wit conducting
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
$52-$67
(804) 262-8100 (Ticketmaster)
http://fergusoncenter.cnu.edu/artists/index.html

Nov. 9 (3 p.m.)
Nov. 10 (8 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K. 364
Akemi Takayama, violin
Bernard DiGrigorio, viola
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
$19-$39
(540) 343-9127
www.rso.com

Nov. 11 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Kristopher Keeton, percussion
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 12 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Symphonic Wind Ensekmble
Terry L. Austin directing
Program TBA
$5
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 12 (7:30 p.m.)
Historic Freight Shed, Yorktown
Virginia Symphony members
Beethoven: Sextet, Op. 81b
Prokofiev: Sonata, Op. 56, for two violins
Brahms: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 51
$20
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Nov. 12 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Navah Perlman, piano
Giora Schmidt, violin
Zuill Bailey, cello
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 70, No. 2
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 49
$38
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 13 (8 p.m.)
St. Bede Catholic Church, 3686 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg
Nov. 15 (8 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
Matthew Kraemer conducting
J.S. Bach: Suite No. 2 in B minor
Debra Wendells Cross, flute
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 ("Haffner")
Schumann: Symphony No. 2
$26-$46
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Nov. 13 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 14 (1:30 p.m.)
Nov. 15 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Michael Christie conducting
Stravinsky: "Symphonies of Wind Instruments"
Bernstein: Serenade ("after Plato’s Symposium")
Jennifer Koh, violin
Stravinsky: "Pétrouchka"
$20-$80
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 14 (8 p.m.)
Second Baptist Church, River and Gaskins roads, Richmond
Nov. 15 (8 p.m.)
First Baptist Church, Boulevard at Monument Avenue, Richmond
Nov. 17 (8 p.m.)
St. Michael Catholic Church, 4491 Springfield Road, Glen Allen
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Barber: "Second Essay" for orchestra
Stravinsky: "Symphony of Psalms"
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Erin Freeman directing
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major ("Great")
$20-$50
(804) 788-1212
www.richmondsymphony.com

Nov. 14 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 16 (2:30 p.m.)
Nov. 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 21 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 23 (2:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 W. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Joseph Walsh conducting
Donizetti: "The Elixir of Love"
Jane Redding (Adina)
Joshua Kohl (Nemorino)
Stephen Hartley (Belcore)
Todd Robinson (Dr. Dulcamara)
Allison Pohl (Gianetta)
Dorothy Danner, stage direction
in Italian, English captions
$27-$110
(866) 673-7282
www.vaopera.org

Nov. 14 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
University Singers
U.Va. Chamber Singers
Michael Slon directing
Stephen Paulus: "Psalm 46"
Tchesnokov: "Spaseniye sodelal"
Pärt: "Bogoroditse Deyvo"
Tavener: "Song for Athene"
Rheinberger: "Abendlied"
Eric Whitacre: "Sleep"
Bernstein: "Make Our Garden Grow" from "Candide"
Sephardic and Czech folk songs
$15
(434) 924-3984
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/events/index.html

Nov. 14 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev conducting
Prokofiev: "Cinderella" Suite No. 3
Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet" (Act 3)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Alexei Volodin, piano
$30-$60
(888) 945-2468
www.gmu.edu/cfa/calendar/allmusic/

Nov. 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washingyon
New York Festival of Song:
Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Kaiser, tenor
Steven Blier, piano
Works by Zemlinsky, Schoenberg, Korngold, Weill, Eisler, others
$45
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 15 (7 p.m.)
Greater Richmond Convention Center, Fifth and Marshall streets
One Voice community chorus & orchestra
Glen McCune & Frank Williams directing
Beethoven: "Hallelujah" from "Christ on the Mount of Olives"
Beethoven: Mass in C major
Glenn Burleigh: Sarabande from "Fantasy Dance Suite"
Awadagin Pratt, piano
Brahms: "How lovely is Thy dwelling place" from "A German Requiem"
Beethoven: "Choral Fantasy"
Awadagin Pratt, piano
$20-$25
(804) 231-0324
www.onevoicechorus.org

Nov. 15 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Hungarian Virtuosi
Program TBA
$32
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 15 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Daria Rabotkina, piano
Miaskovski: Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op.13
Rachmaninoff: Étude-Tableaux in A minor, Op. 39, No. 2
Prokofiev: Three etudes, from Op. 2 (1909)
Tchaikovsky: Grande Sonata in G Major, Op. 37
$38
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

Nov. 15 (4 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Vadim Repin, violin
Nikolai Lugansky, piano
Debussy: Sonata in G minor
Stravinsky: Divertimento
Beethoven: Sonata in A major ("Kreutzer")
$42-$77
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

Nov. 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
University Wind Ensemble
David Niethamer directing
Holst: Suite No. 1 for military band
Other works TBA
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Nov. 16 (3 p.m.)
Talmadge Recital Hall, Hollins University, Roanoke
Colorado String Quartet
Program TBA
Free
(540) 362-6451

Nov. 16 (5 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
The Washington Chorus & orchestra
Julian Wachner conducting
J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor
Lisa Saffer, soprano
Clare Wilkinson, mezzo soprano
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Charles Daniels, tenor
Sanford Sylvan, baritone
$15-$60
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 17 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Patrick Smith, horn
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 18 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 19 (8 p.m.)
Kimball Theatre, Merchants Square, Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg
Williamsburg Symphonia
Janna Hymes conducting
Sibelius: "Valse triste"
Mozart: Flute Concerto in G major
Göran Marcusson, flute
Colin McPhee: Nocturne for chamber orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
$30-$42
(757) 229-9857
www.williamsburgsymphonia.org

Nov. 18 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Trio Capuçon
Haydn: Trio in G major ("alla Ungarese")
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
$5-$28
(434) 924-3984
www.tecs.org

Nov. 18 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Pro Musica Hebraica:
ARC Ensemble
Symon Wynberg directing
Szymon Laks: Passacaille
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Sonata for clarinet and piano
Prokofiev: "Overture on Hebrew Themes"
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Quintet for piano and string
$50
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 18 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Israel Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conducting
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 ("Italian")
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
$42-$152
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

Nov. 20 (7:30 p.m.)
American Theatre, 125 E. Mellen St., Hampton
Chamber Winds of U.S. Army TRADOC Band
Mozart: Serenade No. 10 ("Gran Partita")
Free
(757) 722-2787
http://hamptonarts.net/american_theatre/onsalenow.php

Nov. 20 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
David Colwell, violin
Michael Mizrahi, piano
Mozart: Sonata in B flat major, K. 378
Bartók: Sonata No. 2
Fauré: Sonata in A major, Op. 13
$20
(434) 924-3984
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/events/index.html

Nov. 20 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 21 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 22 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Yakov Kreizberg conducting
Dvořák: “Carnival” Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466
Lars Vogt, piano
Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 4
$20-$80
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 20 (7:30 p.m.)
The Mansion at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
James Weaver, baritone
Joanne Kong, piano
Schubert: "Die Winterreise"
$25
(301) 581-5100
http://www.strathmore.org/

Nov. 21 (8 p.m.)
Bon Air Baptist Church, Forest Hill Avenue at Buford Road, Richmond
Nov. 23 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Richmond Symphony
Erin Freeman conducting
Fux: Sinfonia from "Il Fonte della Salute"
C.P.E. Bach: Sinfonia No. 3 in C major
Haydn: Symphony No. 7 ("Le Midi")
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
$20-$38
(804) 788-1212
www.richmondsymphony.com

Nov. 21 (8 p.m.)
American Theatre, 125 E. Mellen St., Hampton
Ahn Trio
Program TBA
$25-$30
(757) 722-2787
http://hamptonarts.net/american_theatre/onsalenow.php

Nov. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Trio Capuçon
Haydn: Trio in G major ("alla Ungarese")
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
$45
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 22 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera members
Plácido Domingo conducting
Rossini: "Petite Messe Solennelle"
Sabina Cvilak, soprano
Kate Aldrich, mezzo-soprano
Andrea Bocelli, tenor
Alexander Vinogradov, bass
$50-$500
(800) 876-7372
www.dc-opera.org

Nov. 22 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 23 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Opera Theatre VCU
Melanie Kohn Day directing
Scenes and arias TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 22 (7 p.m.)
First Presbyterian Church, 4602 Cary Street Road, Richmond
Nov. 23 (4 p.m.)
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 520 N. Boulevard, Richmond
James River Singers
Christopher Lindbloom directing
"Words and Music," works by Haydn, Brahms, Barber, Gershwin, others
$15
www.jamesriversingers.org

Nov. 22 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 E. Bremelton Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony
David Amado conducting
Mendelssohn: "Hebrides" Overture
Debussy: Nocturnes
Holst: "The Planets"
Women of Virginia Symphony Chorus
$23-$83
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Nov. 22 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony
Laura Jackson conducting
Theofandis: "Rainbow Body"
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Rachel Lee, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
$25-$55
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.fairfaxsymphony.org

Nov. 23 (5 p.m.)
All Saints Episcopal Church, 8787 River Road, Richmond
Richmond Concert Chorale
Grant Hellmers directing
Pachelbel: Magnificat
Works by Sweelinck, Praetorius, Tavener, Lauridsen, Warlock, others
Donation requested
(804) 643-3589

Nov. 23 (3 p.m.)
St. Paul’s Memorial Church, 1700 University Ave., Charlottesville
U.Va. Chamber Singers
Michael Slon directing
Britten: "Rejoice in the Lamb"
Britten: "Hymn to St. Cecilia"
Britten: "Psalm 70: Deus in Adjutorium Meum"
Free
(434) 924-3984
www.stpaulsmemorialchurch.org

Nov. 23 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Emanuel Ax & Yefim Bronfman, pianos
Works by Rachmaninoff, Brahms
$30-$60
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.gmu.edu/cfa/calendar/allmusic/

Nov. 23 (3 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Master Chorale of Washington & orchestra
Donald McCullough conducting
Mendelssohn: "Elijah"
Colleen Daly, soprano
Linda Maguire, mezzo-soprano
Charles Reid, tenor
Nathan Berg, bass-baritone
Melissa Coombs, youth
$25-$80
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 28 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 30 (2:30 p.m.)
Landmark Theater, Main and Laurel streets, Richmond
Virginia Opera
Joseph Walsh conducting
Donizetti: "The Elixir of Love"
Jane Redding (Adina)
Joshua Kohl (Nemorino)
Stephen Hartley (Belcore)
Todd Robinson (Dr. Dulcamara)
Allison Pohl (Gianetta)
Dorothy Danner, stage direction
in Italian, English captions
$22.50-$87.50
(804) 262-8003 (Ticketmaster)
www.vaopera.org

Nov. 28 (1:30 and 8 p.m.)
Nov. 29 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Marvin Hamlisch conducting
"D.C. and the Duke," works by Duke Ellington, Billy Taylor, James Reese Europe
Jazz Ambassadors of the U.S. Army Field Band
Christian Sands, piano
Afro Blue vocal ensemble
Billy Taylor, special guest
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org