March 2009 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 and around Richmond: Dorian Wilson, the sixth of nine candidates for music director of the Richmond Symphony (and the last to visit this season), leads a Masterworks program of Ives, Britten and Rimsky-Korsakov, March 6, 7 and 9 at Second Baptist, First Baptist and St. Michael Catholic churches, respectively. . . . The symphony then adjourns to Norfolk to rehearse for Rossini’s "The Barber of Seville" with the Virginia Opera; the production, featuring the return of soprano Manon Strauss Evrard as Rosina, runs from March 13-22 at Norfolk’s Harrison Opera House and plays Richmond’s Landmark Theater on March 27 and 29 (plus two more dates in early April at George Mason University in Fairfax). . . . Paul Jacobs, the acclaimed American organist, performs on March 8 at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Goochland County. . . . The Garth Newel Piano Quartet visits downtown Richmond’s art6 Gallery for a March 8 recital. . . . The Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, visits Virginia Commonwealth University on March 28. . . . Chanticleer, the men’s vocal ensemble, sings its "Wondrous Free" program of early Americana and more, March 29 at the University of Richmond. . . . Pianist Peter Serkin plays a program of John Bull, Debussy, Bach and Brahms, March 30 at UR.

* New and/or different: Clarinetist Charles West and pianist Dmitri Shteinberg sample modern and contemporary works, March 1 at VCU. . . . The Male Choir of St. Petersburg sings Russian liturgical music, March 1 at the Ferguson Arts Center in Newport News. . . . Soprano Harolyn Blackwell and the Post-Classical Ensemble survey modern Spanish and Latin American music, March 1 at the Washington’s Kennedy Center. . . . Emmanuel Ceysson, the celebrated young French harpist, ranges from Scarlatti to serialism in a March 6 recital at the Barns at Wolf Trap in Northern Virginia. . . . Soprano Jennifer Cable, tenor Jeffrey Riehl and harpischordist Kenneth Merrill perform Monteverdi’s "Madrigals of Love and War" on March 16 at UR. . . . The Biava Quartet and guests play works of Shostakovich and his Russian Jewish contemporaries on March 19 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra plays Jennifer Higdon’s "Blue Cathedral," alongside standards of Beethoven and Saint-Saëns, March 21 at the University of Virginia, March 22 at Monticello High School. . . . Glenn Kotche, drummer of the band Wilco, joins eighth blackbird for a program of his compositions and arrangements, plus Louis Andriessen’s boisterous "Worker’s Union," March 25 at UR. . . . The New Zealand Quartet and Richard Nunns play Gillean Whitehead’s "Sprouting to the Sky" for strings and traditional Maori instruments, March 27 at the Library of Congress in Washington. . . . The Left Bank Concert Society plays new and recent works by Isang Yun, Charles Wuorinen and Lawrence Moss, March 28 at the Kennedy Center.

* Star turns: In addition to Chanticleer and Serkin at UR and the St. John’s choristers at VCU, it’s a big month for big names all over the map: Pianist Evgeny Kissin plays Prokofiev and Chopin, March 1 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Cellist Matt Haimovitz plays the Dvořák Concerto in B minor with the Williamsburg Symphonia, March 2 and 4 at the Kimball Theatre. . . . Kurt Masur conducts the Cleveland Orchestra, with pianist Louis Lortie, in an all-Beethoven program, March 3 at the Ferguson Center. . . Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble perform on March 11 at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of D.C. (waiting list for tickets). . . . Jonathan Biss joins Herbert Blomstedt and the National Symphony in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27, on a program with Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony, March 19-21 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Marin Alsop continues her Dvořák cycle with the Baltimore Symphony, conducting the Seventh Symphony and “Scherzo capriccioso,” March 21 at Strathmore. . . . Ilan Volkov makes his debut with the Washington National Opera, conducting Britten’s Peter Grimes" with a cast including Patricia Racette and Alan Held, March 21-29 (and more dates in April) at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Academy of Ancient Music plays Bach’s six "Brandenburg" concertos, March 22 at GMU in Fairfax. . . . Pianist Olga Kern plays Haydn, Brahms, Chopin and Liszt, March 22 at Strathmore. . . . Tenor José Carreras sings on March 24 at the Ferguson Center. . . . Mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade and bass-baritone Samuel Ramey sing on March 25 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Two stellar violinists take on the Brahms Concerto on three successive nights: Vadim Rapin with Yan Pascal Tortelier and the Baltimore Symphony, March 26 at Strathmore, and Elmar Oliveira with JoAnn Falletta and the Virginia Symphony, March 27 at the Ferguson Center, March 28 at Chrysler Hall. . . . Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony in Prokofiev, and pianist Alexei Volodin plays Beethoven’s Concerto No. 4, March 28 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Pianist Richard Goode plays Bach, Chopin and more, March 29 at Strathmore.

* Bargain of the month: Paul Jacobs’ organ recital, featuring one of the first performances of Samuel Barber’s recently unearthed Prelude and Fugue in B minor, March 8 at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. (Free)

* My picks: Haimovitz with Janna Hymes and the Williamsburg Symphonia, March 2 and 4. . . . Jacobs’ March 8 recital. . . . Wilson’s Richmond Symphony program, including the orchestra’s first performance of Britten’s song cycle "Les Illuminations" with tenor Robert Breault and Rimsky-Korsakov’s redoubtable "Scheherazade" with violinist Karen Johnson, March 6, 7 and 9 at three area churches. . . . Blomstedt, Biss and the National Symphony in Mozart and Bruckner, March 19-21 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Kotche and eighth blackbird, March 25 at UR. . . . Serkin’s March 30 recital at UR.


March 1 (7 p.m.)
James River High School, 3700 James River Road, Midlothian
Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra
Camerata Strings
Erin Freeman conducting
Program TBA
$5-$12
(804) 788-1212
www.richmondsymphony.com

March 1 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Charles West, clarinet
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano
Martinů: Sonatina
Arnold Bax: Clarinet Sonata
Michelle Basile: "Three Waltzes for Rudy"
Bela Kovacs: Hommage à R. Strauss"
Joseph Horovitz: Sonatina
Free
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcumusic.org/

March 1 (7 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Male Choir of St. Petersburg
Works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, others
$32-$47
(757) 594-8752
www.fergusoncenter.cnu.edu

March 1 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Verdi: Requiem
Jonita Lattimore, soprano
Charlotte Paulsen, mezzo-soprano
Fernando del Valle, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass
Virginia Symphony Chorus
Robert Shoup directing
$23-$83
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

March 1 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Virginia Consort
Virginia Consort Festival Chorus
Consort Youth Chorale
orchestra
Judith Gary conducting
Beethoven: "Ode to Joy" from Symphony No. 9
Barber: "Prayers of Kierkegaard"
Other works TBA
$28
(434) 924-3984
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/events/index.html

March 1 (4 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Prokofiev: Three Pieces from "Romeo and Juliet"
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 8 in B flat major
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie in A flat major, Op. 61
Chopin: mazurkas, Op. 30, No. 4; Op. 41, No. 4; Op. 59, No. 1
Chopin: études, Op. 10, Nos. 1-4, 12; Op. 25, Nos. 5-6, 11
$87-$127
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

March 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Harolyn Blackwell, soprano
Post-Classical Ensemble
Angel Gil-Ordóñez & Joseph Horowitz directing
De Falla: "Psyché"
Turina: "Poema en forma de Canciones"
Montsalvatge: Sinfonietta ("Folia Daliniana")
Rodrigo: "Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios"
Villa-Lobos: "Chôro" No. 7
Gerhard: "Cancionero de Pedrell"
$38
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

March 2 (8 p.m.)
March 4 (8 p.m.)
Kimball Theatre, Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg
Williamsburg Symphonia
Janna Hymes conducting
Verdi: "La forza del destino" Overture
Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor
Matt Haimovitz, cello
Schumann: Symphony No. 4 (1841 version)
$30-$42
(757) 229-9857
www.williamsburgsymphonia.org

March 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Cleveland Orchestra
Kurt Masur conducting
Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture No. 3
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Louis Lortie, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
$72-$97
(757) 594-8752
www.fergusoncenter.cnu.edu

March 5 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Myssyk conducting
Glinka: "Russlan and Ludmilla" Overture
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
$5
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org

March 5 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Belcea Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in F sharp minor, Op. 50, No. 4
Prokofiev: Quartet No. 1
Schubert: Quartet in D minor ("Death and the Maiden")
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0809-schedule.html

March 6 (8 p.m.)
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Grove Avenue at Three Chopt Road, Richmond
American Guild of Organists Repertoire Recital Series:
Carla Edwards, organ
Program TBA
Free
(804) 228-6243
www.richmondago.org

March 6 (8 p.m.)
Second Baptist Church, River and Gaskins roads, Richmond
March 7 (8 p.m.)
First Baptist Church, Boulevard at Monument Avenue, Richmond
March 9 (8 p.m.)
St. Michael Catholic Church, 4491 Springfield Road, Glen Allen
Richmond Symphony
Dorian Wilson conducting
Ives: "The Unanswered Question"
Britten: "Les Illuminations"
Robert Breault, tenor
Rimsky-Korsakov: "Scheherazade"
Karen Johnson, violin
$20-$50
(804) 788-1212
www.richmondsymphony.com

March 6 (7:30 p.m.)
American Theatre, 125 E. Mellen St., Hampton
Yevgeny Sudbin, piano
Works by Scarlatti, Haydn, Medtner, Chopin
$25-$30
(757) 722-2787
http://hamptonarts.net/american_theatre/onsalenow.php

March 6 (8 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
Emmanuel Ceysson, harp
Scarlatti: two sonatas
C.P.E. Bach: Sonata in G major
Spohr: Variations on "Je suis encoredans mon printemps"
Marcel Tournier: "Images" Suite No. 4
Henriette Renié: "Légende"
Fauré: Impromptu
Heinz Holliger: Präludium, Arioso and Passacaglia
Carlos Salzedo: Ballade
$35
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org

March 7 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jun Märkl conducting
Stravinsky: "Apollo"
Mozart: Requiem
Christine Brandes, soprano
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
Roger Honeywell, tenor
Timothy Jones, bass-baritone
Baltimore Choral Arts Society
Tom Hall directing
$25-$80
(877) 376-1444
www.strathmore.org

March 7 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 E. Bremelton Ave., Norfolk
March 8 (2:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Virginia Symphony
Matthew Kraemer conducting
Ravel: "Rapsodie espagnole"
Rodrigo: "Concierto Andaluz"
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
De Falla: "The Three-Cornered Hat"
$23-$83
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

March 7 (8 p.m.)
Recital Salon, Squires Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Roanoke Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Britten: "Simple" Symphony
Grainger: "Irish Tune from County Derry"
Gershwin: Lullaby for strings
Mozart: "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings
$25
(540) 343-9127
www.rso.com

March 8 (3 p.m.)
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 12291 River Road, Goochland County
Paul Jacobs, organ
Dupré: Prelude and Fugue in B major, Op. 7
Vierne: "Naiades" from "Fantasy Pieces"
Barber: Prelude and Fugue in B minor
Sowerby: "Pageant"
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
Bach: Trio Sonata in E minor, BWV 528
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532
Free
(804) 784-5678
http://www.stmarysgoochland.org/

March 8 (3 p.m.)
art6 Gallery, 6 E. Broad St., Richmond
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Bridge: Piano Quartet in F sharp minor ("Phantasie")
Dvořák: Piano Quartet in D major, Op. 23
Peteris Vasks: Piano Quartet (2001)
$25 minimum donation (reservation recommended)
(804) 343-1406
www.art6.org

March 8 (4 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Second Sunday South of the James:
Members and friends of Bon Air Presbyterian Church
Program TBA
Donation requested
(804) 272-7514

March 9 (11 a.m.)
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Floyd Avenue at Laurel Street, Richmond
Program of opera arias
Puccini: "In quelle trine morbide" from "Manon Lescaut"
Victoria Williams, soprano
Mozart: "Deh, vieni, non tardar" from "The Marriage of Figaro"
Jennifer McCluskey, soprano
Mozart: "Deh per questo istante" from "La Clemenza di Tito"
Darlene Temple, mezzo-soprano
Mozart: "Dove sono" from "The Marriage of Figaro"
Carolyn Halbert, soprano
Douglas Moore: "Willow Song" from "The Ballad of Baby Doe"
Heather Bordley-Harvell, soprano
Mozart: "Hai già vinto la causa . . . Vedrò mentr’io sospiro" from ""The Marriage of Figaro"
Dustin Faltz, baritone
Mozart: "Vedrai carino" from "Don Giovanni"
Sarah Serge, soprano
Handel: "Sì, tra I ceppi" from "Berenice"
Stacey Wilson, mezzo-soprano
Bellini: "Ah, non credea . . . Ah! Non giunge" from "La Somnambula"
Michelle Orr, soprano
Mozart: "Ah scostati . . . Smanie implacabili" from "Cosí fan tutte"
Nicolette Stumpf, mezzo-soprano
Mozart: "In quali eccessi . . . Mi tradi quell’ alma" from "Don Giovanni"
Puccini: "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" from "La Rondine"
Anne O’Byrne, soprano
Patrick Carlin, piano
Free
(804) 359-5651
www.richmondcathedral.org

March 10 (8 p.m.)
Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St.
Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg:
Manderling String Quartet
Program TBA
$15 (waiting list)
(757) 229-2901
www.chambermusicwilliamsburg.org

March 10 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Leipzig String Quartet
Mendelssohn: Quartet in A major, Op. 13
Heinrich Isaac: Sequenza from "Choralis Constantinus"
Beethoven: Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
$28 (waiting list)
(434) 924-3984
www.tecs.org

March 11 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Silk Road Ensemble
Program TBA
$48-$143 (waiting list)
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

March 12 (7:30 p.m.)
American Theatre, 125 E. Mellen St., Hampton
Conjunto Iberico, cello octet
Works by Piazzolla, Ginastera, Guastavino, others
$25-$30
(757) 722-2787
http://hamptonarts.net/american_theatre/onsalenow.php

March 12 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Rivanna String Quartet
Mozart: Quartet in D major, K. 575
Webern: "Langsamer Satz"
Brahms: Quartet in A minor, Op. 52, No. 2
$20
(434) 924-3984
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/events/index.html

March 12 (7 p.m.)
March 13 (8 p.m.)
March 14 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Donald Pippin conducting
"Jerry Herman’s Broadway"
Melissa Enrico, soprano
Debbie Gravitte, mezzo-soprano
Hugh Panaro, tenor
Ron Raines, baritone
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

March 13 (8 p.m.)
March 15 (2:30 p.m.)
March 18 (7:30 p.m.)
March 20 (8 p.m.)
March 22 (2:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 W. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Peter Mark conducting
Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"
Jason Detwiler (Figaro)
Manon Strauss Evrard (Rosina)
Jon Zuckerman (Almaviva)
Steven Condy (Bartolo)
Greg Ganakas, stage direction
in Italian, English captions
$27-$110
(866) 673-7282
www.vaopera.org

March 13 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 E. Bremelton Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony
Matthew Kraemer conducting
Cherish the Ladies
Program TBA
$26-$86
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

March 13 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Quatuor Ébène
Debussy: Quartet in G minor
Fauré: String Quartet, Op. 121
Ravel: Quartet in F major
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0809-schedule.html

March 14 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Carlos Pozzi, classical guitar
Richmond Public School music students
Program TBA
Free
(804) 646-7223
www.richmondpubliclibrary.org

March 14 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony
Gregory Vajda conducting
Liszt: "Les Préludes"
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Andrew Armstrong, piano
Schumann: Symphony No. 2
$25-$55
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.fairfaxsymphony.org

March 15 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Richmond Philharmonic
Robert Mirakian conducting
Johann Strauss II: "On the Beautiful Blue Danube"
Work TBA
Richmond Philharmonic Concerto Competition winner
Berlioz: "Symphonie fantastique"
$5 per person, $10 per family
(804) 673-7400
www.richmondphilharmonic.org

March 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Teatro Lirica d’Europa
Conductor TBA
Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro"
Cast TBA
in Italian, English captions
$39-$49
(757) 594-8752
www.fergusoncenter.cnu.edu

March 15 (3 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 E. Bremelton Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony
Virginia Children’s Chorus
Rhythm of Ireland School of Irish Dance members
Matthew Kraemer conducting
"Irish Spring Fling" family concert
$9-$22
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

March 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Jennifer Cable, soprano
Jeffrey Riehl, tenor
Kenneth Merrill, harpsichord
Monteverdi: "Madrigals of Love and War"
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

March 17 (7 p.m.)
St. James’s Episcopal Church, 1201 W. Franklin St., Richmond
Schola Cantorum of Westminster Choir College
James Jordan directing
Program TBA
Free
(804) 355-1779
www.doers.org

March 17 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Janice Minor, clarinet
Pianist TBA
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcumusic.org/

March 19 (8 p.m.)
St. Bede Catholic Church, 3686 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg
March 20 (8 p.m.)
Regent University Theater, 1000 Regent University Drive, Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
Wes Kenney conducting
Mozart: "The Magic Flute" Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise")
William Bolcom: "Commedia for (Almost) 18th-century Orchestra"
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
$26-$46
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

March 19 (7 p.m.)
March 20 (8 p.m.)
March 21 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt conducting
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595
Jonathan Biss, piano
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
$20-$80
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

March 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Pro Musica Hebraica:
Biava Quartet
Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano
Alexander Tall, baritone
Konstantin Soukhovetski, piano
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 4
Joseph Achron: "Four Improvisations"
Dmitri Zhitomirski: "Dem rebens nigun"
Michel Michelet: Elegie, Op. 4
Leo Zeitlin: ""Five Songs from the Yiddish"
$50
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

March 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Flamenco Festival:
Paco de Malaga, guitar
Marija Temo, dancer
Program TBA
$15
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcumusic.org/

March 21 (7 p.m.)
Cedar Street Baptist Church, 2301 Cedar St., Richmond
March 28 (8 p.m.)
St. Michael Catholic Church, 4491 Springfield Road, Glen Allen
One Voice Chorus
Glen McCune & Frank Williams directing
African-American spirituals, other works TBA
Free
(804) 231-0324
www.onevoicechorus.org

March 21 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
March 22 (3:30 p.m.)
Monticello High School, 1400 Independence Way, Charlottesville
Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra
Kate Tamarkin conducting
Jennifer Higdon: "Blue Cathedral"
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Emperor")
Dubravka Tomsic, piano
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 ("Organ")
Paul Walker, organ
$10-$35
(434) 924-3984
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/events/index.html

March 21 (7 p.m.)
March 23 (7 p.m.)
March 26 (7:30 p.m.)
March 29 (2 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Ilan Volkov conducting
Britten: "Peter Grimes"
Christopher Ventris (Grimes)
Patricia Racette (Ellen Orford)
Alan Held (Captain Balstrode)
Ann McMahon Quintero (Auntie)
Daniel Okulitch (Swallow)
Paul Curran, stage direction
in English, captions
$45-$300
(800) 876-7372
www.dc-opera.org

March 21 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Dvořák: “Scherzo capriccioso”
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Lukáš Vondrácek, piano
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
$25-$80
(877) 376-1444
www.strathmore.org

March 22 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Flamenco Festival:
VCU faculty and alumni
VCU Guitar Ensemble
VCU Community Guitar Ensemble
John Patykula directing
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcumusic.org/

March 22 (4 p.m.)
First Presbyterian Church, 4602 Cary Street Road, Richmond
VCU Commonwealth Singers
VCU Women's Ensemble
VCU Vocal Chamber Ensemble
John Guthmiller & Rebecca Tyree directing
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcumusic.org/

March 22 (4 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, harpsichord, directing
Bach: "Brandenburg" concertos Nos. 1-6
$24-$48
(703) 993-2787
www.gmu.edu/cfa/calendar/allmusic/

March 22 (4 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Olga Kern, piano
Haydn: Sonata in C major
Brahms: "Variations on a Theme by Paganini"
Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B minor
Liszt: "Spanish Rhapsody"
$27-$77
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

March 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
José Carreras, tenor
Pianist TBA
Program TBA
$72-$92
(757) 594-8752
www.fergusoncenter.cnu.edu

March 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Young Concert Artists:
Pius Cheung, marimba
Keiko Abe: "Variations on Japanese Children's Songs"
Zhou Tan: "Blowing Westward"
Bach: "Goldberg Variations" (excerpt)
Cheung: "Three Études"
Schoenberg: "Sechs kleine Klavierstücke," Op. 19
Joseph Schwantner: "Velocities"
$30
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

March 25 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
eighth blackbird
Glenn Kotche, drums
Steve Reich: "Clapping Music"
Reich-Kotche: "Music for Pieces of Wood"
Missy Mazzoli: "Still Life with Avalanche"
Kotche: "Monkey Chant"
Film by Nathaniel Murphy
Lonnie Lynn, Kanye West, Abiodun Oyewole, Bin Hassan, Leon Moore/arr. Kotche: "The Corner"
Kotche: "Projections of what (Might)"
Kotche: "Individual Trains"
Kotche: "Double Fantasy"
Louis Andriessen: "Worker’s Union"
$20
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

March 25 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano
Samuel Ramey, bass-baritone
Martin Katz, piano
Works by Copland, Berlioz, Offenbach, Gershwin, Rodgers & Hammerstein, others
$42-$87
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

March 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Vocal Arts Society:
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Craig Terry, piano
Program TBA
$45
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

March 26 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier conducting
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Vadim Rapin, violin
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
$30-$85
(877) 376-1444
www.strathmore.org

March 27 (8 p.m.)
March 29 (2:30 p.m.)
Landmark Theater, Main and Laurel streets, Richmond
Virginia Opera
Peter Mark conducting
Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"
Jason Detwiler (Figaro)
Manon Strauss Evrard (Rosina)
Jon Zuckerman (Almaviva)
Steven Condy (Bartolo)
Greg Ganakas, stage direction
in Italian, English captions
$22.50-$92.50
(804) 262-8003 (Ticketmaster)
www.vaopera.org

March 27 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Marjorie Bagley, violin
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano
Works by Schubert, Brahms, Debussy
Free
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcumusic.org/

March 27 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
March 28 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 E. Bremelton Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Kodály: "Dances of Marosszek"
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Elmar Oliveira, violin
$23-$83
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

March 27 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
New Zealand Quartet
Mendelssohn: Quartet in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2
Gillean Whitehead: "Sprouting to the Sky"
Richard Nunns, traditional Maori instruments
Schubert: Quartet in G major
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0809-schedule.html

March 28 (3:30 p.m.)
Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Richmond Symphony
Erin Freeman conducting
"Music Free-for-All" community concert
(Public rehearsal, 10 a.m.; family musical activities, 1-3:30 p.m.)
Free; food donation requested
(804) 788-1212
www.richmondsymphony.com

March 28 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge
Tallis: "O Nata lux"
Gibbons: "O Lord, in thy wrath"
Christopher Tye: "Omnes gentes"
Robert Parsons: "Ave Maria"
Purcell: "Hear my prayer," "Jehova, quam mutli," "sunt hostes mei"
Pelham Humfrey: "O Lord my God"
Gerald Finzi: "Lo, the full, final sacrifice"
Handel: "Zadok the Priest"
with VCU Commonwealth Singers
$10
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcumusic.org/

March 28 (4 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev conducting
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 ("Classical")
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Alexei Volodin, piano
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6
$42-$97
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

March 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Left Bank Concert Society
Isang Yun: Oboe Quartet (1994)
Charles Wuorinen: "Eleven Short Pieces for Violin and Vibraphone" (2006)
Charles Wuorinen: "Buttons and Bows" for cello and accordion (2001)
Lawrence Moss: "New Paths" for oboe , viola and piano (2008)
Schumann: Quartet in A major, Op. 41, No. 3
$30
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

March 28 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Chanticleer
"Wondrous Free," program TBA
$28-$68
(877) 376-1444
www.strathmore.org

March 29 (4 p.m.)
Bon Air Baptist Church, 2531 Buford Road, Richmond
Richmond Choral Society
Thomas A. Williams directing
Works by Haydn, Salieri, Leopold & Wolfgang Mozart
$12 in advance, $15 at door
(804) 967-9878
www.richmondchoralsociety.org

March 29 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Percussion Ensemble
Kris Keeton directing
Michael Burritt, percussion
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcumusic.org/

March 29 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Chanticleer
"Wondrous Free," program TBA
$36
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

March 29 (2:30 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 540 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Opera Roanoke Sunday Concerts:
Amy Cofield, soprano
Scott Williamson, tenor
Pianist TBA
"Shakespeare in Song," works by Schubert, Vaughan Williams, Korngold, others
$20-$50
(540) 982-2742
www.operaroanoke.org

March 29 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Madison Singers
James Madison University Chorale
Patrick Walters directing
Menotti: "The Unicorn, Gorgon and Manticore"
Works by Vaughan Williams, Imant Raminsh, Jason Haney
$25
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

March 29 (4 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Richard Goode, piano
Works by Bach, Chopin, others
$27-$77
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

March 30 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Peter Serkin, piano
John Bull: "Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la"
Debussy: "Épigraphes antiques"
Bach: Suite in C minor, BWV 997
Brahms: "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel," Op. 24
$36
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

March 31 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Salzburg Chamber Soloists
Villa-Lobos: "Bachiana Brasileira" No. 9
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K. 364
violinist & violist TBA
Haydn: Symphony No. 49 ("La Passione")
Piazzolla: "Five tangos"
$28 (waiting list)
(434) 924-3984
www.tecs.org