April 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: A concentration of 18th century music this month: The Richmond Symphony, Symphony Chorus and soloists (including Richmond-born tenor William Ferguson) perform Bach’s "St. Matthew Passion," April 17 at Second Baptist Church, April 18 at First Baptist Church and April 20 at St. Michael Catholic Church; and James Wilson’s Richmond Festival of Music presents four programs of baroque and classical repertory, April 19 and 21 at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond, April 23-24 at Bon Air Presbyterian Church (the latter two feature the Escher String Quartet). . . . The Imani Winds wrap up this season’s Rennolds Chamber Concerts at Virginia Commonwealth University on April 4. . . . Opera Theatre VCU presents Puccini’s "Gianni Schicchi" and "Suor Angelica," April 25-26. . . . The symphony samples jazz-inspired classics in the first concert of a pair concluding the Kicked Back Classics series, April 30 at The National (the repeat is on May 1).

* New and/or different: Opera Lafayette gives a rare performance of Handel’s "L’Allegro ed il Pensieroso," April 3 at the Kennedy Center in Washington. . . . The National Symphony introduces Daniel Kellogg’s "Western Skies," April 16-18 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Brentano Quartet and pianist Peter Serkin unveil a new Piano Quintet by Charles Wuorinen, April 17 at the Library of Congress in Washington. . . . Alto saxophone gets one of its rare symphonic showcases, as Timothy Roberts joins the Charlottesville and University Symphony in Paule Maurice’s "Tableaux de Provence,’ April 18 at the University of Virginia, April 19 at Monticello High School. . . . Ed Smith joins the U.Va. Percussion Ensemble in gamelan-inspired works, April 21. . . . The Audubon Quartet joins the Roanoke Symphony in a Holocaust Remembrance Weekl program, "Behind the Silence," April 21 at the Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre. . . . The Virginia Arts Festival presents the Kronos Quartet in music of contemporaty American masters, April 26 at The NorVa in Norfolk.

* Star turns: Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, April 6 at the Kennedy Center (waiting list for tickets). . . . Pianist Krystian Zimerman plays one of his rare U.S. recitals, April 8 at the Music Center at Strathmore in suburban D.C. . . . Kurt Masur conducts the National Symphony and Master Chorale of Washington in Brahms’ "A German Requiem," April 9-11 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Tokyo String Quartet and cellist Lynn Harrell perform on April 17 at Strathmore. . . . David Zinman conducts the National Symphony in Brahms, Schoenberg and Webern, April 23-25 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Pianist Christopher O’Riley plays Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand with the Baltimore Symphony, plus his arrangements of Radiohead tunes, April 24 at Strathmore. . . . Violinist Cho-Liang Lin plays Prokofiev in an all-Russian National Philharmonic program, April 25-26 at Strathmore. . . . Ravi and Anoushka Shankar, the father-and-daughter sitar masters, perform on April 25 at the Kennedy Center and in a Virginia Arts Festival program on April 28 at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk. . . . Mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and friends revisit composers of the Terezin concentration camp in "Theresienstadt," April 30 at Strathmore.

* Bargain of the month: Pianist Dmitri Shteinberg plays Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Chopin, April 26 at Bon Air Presbyterian Church. (Donation requested)

* My picks: Krystian Zimerman’s recital, April 8 at Strathmore. . . . The Richmond Symphony’s "St. Matthew Passion," April 17, 18 and 20 at three area churches. . . . The Richmond Festival of Music's baroque-to-classical survey of 18th-century chamber music, April 19, 21 and 23-24 at two area churches. . . . David Zinman’s National Symphony program of Brahms, Schoenberg and Webern, April 23-25 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Koronos Quartet playing works of Steve Reich, John Adams, Harry Partch, John Zorn and others, April 26 at The NorVa in Norfolk. . . . Ravi and Anoushka Shankar in Indian classical ragas, April 25 at the Kennedy Center, April 28 at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk.


April 1 (7 p.m.)
Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, 2880 Mountain Road
Richmond Symphony
Erin Freeman conducting
P.D.Q. Bach: "Howdy" Symphony
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Rachmaninoff: Scherzo
Dvořák: Humoresque, Op. 101, No. 7
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1
Rebecca Willett, piano
Rossini: "The Barber of Seville" Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 45 ("Farewell")
$5-$12
(804) 788-1212
www.richmondsymphony.com

April 1 (7:30 p.m.)
April 4 (7 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

April 2 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Amanda Balastrieri, soprano
Alan Cox, flute
Gabriel Dobner, piano
Saint-Saëns: "Une flûte invisible"
Richard Strauss: songs TBA
Delibes: "Le Rossignol"
De Roxio: "Spanish Suite"
André Caplet: "Viens! Une flûte invisible soupier"
Ibert: "Deux stèles orientées"
Martinů: Flute Sonata
Ravel: "La flûte enchantée" from "Schéhérazade"
$20
(434) 924-3984
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/events/index.html

April 3 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
U.Va. Chamber Singers
Dirk Johnson directing
David Norfrey, piano
Works by Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Hugo Distler, Matthew Harris, Nils Lindberg
Free
(434) 924-3984
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/events/index.html

April 3 (7:30 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
Pacifica Quartet
Ligeti: Quartet No. 1
Mendelssohn: Quartet in D major, Op. 44, No. 1
Brahms: Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2
$35
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org

April 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Opera Lafayette
Ryan Brown conducting
Handel: "L’Allegro ed il Pensieroso"
Cast TBA
in English
$60 (waiting list)
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 3 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Dominant Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in D major, Op. 76, No. 5
Vainberg: Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 66
Beethoven: Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0809-schedule.html

April 4 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Imani Winds
Program TBA
$32
Free master class at 4 p.m. April 3
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

April 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Wind Ensemble
David Niethamer directing
Vaughan Williams: "Flourish" for wind band
Grainger: "Irish Tune from County Derry"
Persichetti: Divertimento for band
Vaughan Williams: "Toccata Marziale"
Dello Joio: "Scenes From the Louvre"
Eric Osterling: "Mount of Might"
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

April 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Yaron Kohlberg, piano
Program TBA
$38 (waiting list)
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

April 4 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor TBA
Dennis James, organist
"Nights at the Movies:" "The General," starring Buster Keaton, with live accompaniment
$20-$65
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 4 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Bernstein: "Opening Prayer"
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
$25-$80
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony)
www.strathmore.org

April 5 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Schola Cantorum &Women’s Chorale
Jeffrey Riehl directing
Program TBA
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

April 5 (3 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Washington Chorus & orchestra
Julian Wachner conducting
Verdi: Requiem
Jennifer Check, soprano
Susana Poretsky, mezzo-soprano
Stuart Neill, tenor
Wayne Tigges, bass
$15-$60
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 6 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel conducting
Ravel: "Daphnis et Chloé" Suite No. 2
Stravinsky: "The Rite of Spring"
Latin-American works TBA
$28-$175 (waiting list)
Open rehearsal at 4 p.m. ($15)
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

April 7 (8 p.m.)
April 8 (8 p.m.)
Kimball Theatre, Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg
Williamsburg Symphonia
Janna Hymes conducting
Corigliano: Elegy
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Joyce Yang, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 ("London")
$30-$42
(757) 229-9857
www.williamsburgsymphonia.org

April 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Escher String Quartet
Prokofiev: Quartet No. 1
Janáček: Quartet No. 1 (“Kreutzer”)
Schubert: Quartet in G major, D. 887
$38
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

April 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
University Orchestra
Alexander Kordzaia conducting
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Matt Albert, violin
Other works TBA
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

April 8 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Program TBA
$27-$77
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

April 9 (6:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Adam Butalewicz, clarinet
Accompanist TBA
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org

April 9 (7 p.m.)
April 10 (8 p.m.)
April 11 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Kurt Masur conducting
Brahms: "Variations on a Theme by Haydn"
Brahms: "A German Requiem"
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
John Relyea, bass-baritone
Master Chorale of Washington
Donald McCullough directing
$20-$80
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 11 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Nicolas Kendall, violin and conducting
Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons"
Piazzolla: "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires"
$29-$79
(877) 376-1444
www.strathmore.org

April 14 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Commonwealth Singers
Choral Arts Society
Women’s Choir
Vocal Chamber Ensemble
John Guthmiller & Rebecca Tyree directing
Program TBA
$5
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

April 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Museum Theater, Brambleton Avenue at Duke Street, Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Gabriela Montero, piano
Program TBA
$35
(866) 448-7849 (Ticketmaster)
www.virginiaartsfest.com

April 16 (7 p.m.)
April 17 (8 p.m.)
April 18 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Iván Fischer conducting
Daniel Kellogg: "Western Skies" (premiere)
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor (April 16, 18)
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (April 17)
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
$20-$80
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 17 (8 p.m.)
Second Baptist Church, Gaskins and River roads, Richmond
April 18 (8 p.m.)
First Baptist Church, Boulevard at Monument Avenue, Richmond
April 20 (8 p.m.)
St. Michael Catholic Church, 4491 Springfield Road, Glen Allen
Richmond Symphony
Mark Russell Smith conducting
Bach: "St. Matthew Passion"
Linh Kauffman, soprano
Rebecca Ringle, alto
William Ferguson & Derek Chester, tenors
Karmel Boutros, baritone
Michael Dean, bass
Richmond Symphony Chorus, Erin Freeman directing
Greater Richmond Children’s Choir, Hope Armstrong Erb directing
$20-$50
(804) 788-1212 (Richmond Symphony box office)
www.richmondsymphony.com

April 17 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Brentano Quartet
Peter Serkin, piano
Richard Lalli, reciter
Haydn: Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2 ("Quinten")
Charles Wuorinen: Piano Quintet (premiere)
Schoenberg: "Ode to Napoleon"
Beethoven: "Great Fugue," Op. 133
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0809-schedule.html

April 17 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Tokyo String Quartet
Lynn Harrell, cello
Haydn: Quartet in G major, Op. 76, No. 1
Beethoven: Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Schubert: String Quintet
$25-$75
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

April 18 (11 a.m.)
Magnolia Grange, 10020 Iron Bridge Road, Chesterfield
Richmond Festival of Music:
"Ear Project" concert and discussion on 18th-century French music
Florian Deuter & Mónica Waisman, violins
Free
(804) 519-2098 (Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia)
www.cmscva.org

April 18 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
April 19 (3:30 p.m.)
Monticello High School, Charlottesville
Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra
Kate Tamarkin conducting
Barber: "The School for Scandal" Overture
Ravel: "Pavane for a Dead Princess"
Paule Maurice: "Tableaux de Provence"
Timothy Roberts, alto saxophone
Mussorgsky-Ravel: "Pictures at an Exhibition"
$10-$35
(434) 924-3984
www.cvillesymphony.org

April 18 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Quatuor Mosaïques
Haydn: Quartet in G minor, Op. 20, No. 3
Haydn: Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No. 2
Beethoven: Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0809-schedule.html

April 19 (4 p.m.)
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond, 1000 Blanton Ave.
Richmond Festival of Music:
"Baroque North and South"
Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor for flute and strings
Colin St. Martin, traverse flute
Florian Deuter & Mónica Waisman, violins
Daniel Elyar, viola
James Wilson, cello
Anthony Manzo, double-bass
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord
Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in D minor ("La Follia")
Florian Deuter & Mónica Waisman, violins
James Wilson, cello
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord
Fasch: Sonata à 4 in D minor
Florian Deuter & Mónica Waisman, violins
Daniel Elyar, viola
James Wilson, cello
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord
Telemann: Overture in E minor from "Tafelmusik," Book I
Colin St. Martin & Mary Boodell, traverse flutes
Florian Deuter & Mónica Waisman, violins
Daniel Elyar, viola
James Wilson, cello
Anthony Manzo, double-bass
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord
$25
(804) 519-2098 (Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia)
www.cmscva.org

April 19 (5 p.m.)
National Presbyterian Church, 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW, Washington
City Choir of Washington
Robert Shafer directing
Shafer: "Lux Aeterna"
Haydn: "Nelson" Mass
Duruflé: Requiem
$20-$45
(202) 966-5589
http://www.thecitychoirofwashington.org/

April 21 (7:30 p.m.)
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond, 1000 Blanton Ave.
Richmond Festival of Music:
"Music Fit for a King"
Telemann: Concerto à 4 in A major
Florian Deuter & Mónica Waisman, violins
Daniel Elyar, viola
James Wilson, cello
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord
Leclair: Sonata in G minor for two violins, Op. 12, No. 5
Florian Deuter & Mónica Waisman, violins
Couperin: "Quatrieme Concert Royale" in E minor
Colin St. Martin, traverse flute
Florian Deuter, violin
James Wilson, cello
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord
Frederick II ("the Great"): Sonata in E minor for flute and harpsichord
Colin St. Martin, traverse flute
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord
Haydn: Divertimento (Quartet) in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2
Florian Deuter & Mónica Waisman, violins
Daniel Elyar, viola
James Wilson, cello
$25
(804) 519-2098 (Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia)
www.cmscva.org

April 21 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
U.Va. Percussion Ensemble
I-Jen Fang directing
Ed Smith, percussion
Gamelan beleganjur
Smith: "The Need to Touch"
"Panggul Interlace" (gamelan gender wayang)
Free
(434) 924-3984
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/events/index.html

April 21 (8 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony Chamber Orchestra
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Audubon Quartet
Leah Marer Wiley, soprano & narrator
"Behind the Silence," Holocaust Remembrance Week program of works by Bach, Mozart, Puccini, Gideo Klein, others, with narration and visual presentation
$19-$39
(540) 343-9127
www.rso.com

April 22 (5:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Richmond Festival of Music:
Escher String Quartet
Open rehearsal and master class
Free
(804) 519-2098 (Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia)
www.cmscva.org

April 23 (7:30 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Richmond Festival of Music:
"The Classical Ideal"
Haydn: Quartet in B flat major, Op. 76, No. 4 ("Sunrise")
Escher String Quartet
Pietro Nardini: Trio for flute and two violins
Mary Boodell, flute
Adam Barnett-Hart & Wu Jie, violins
Mozart: Quartet in B flat major, K. 458 ("Hunt")
Escher String Quartet
$25
(804) 519-2098 (Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia)
www.cmscva.org

April 23 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Museum Theater, Brambleton Avenue at Duke Street, Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Brasil Guitar Duo (João Luiz & Douglas Lora)
Program TBA
$25
(866) 448-7849 (Ticketmaster)
www.virginiaartsfest.com

April 23 (7 p.m.)
April 24 (8 p.m.)
April 25 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman conducting
Webern-Schwarz: "Langsamer Satz"
Schoenberg: "Transfigured Night"
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
$20-$80
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 23 (7:30 p.m.)
Mansion at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Binelli-Ferman Piano Duo
Program TBA
$25
(877) 376-1444
www.strathmore.org

April 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Richmond Festival of Music:
"Music at the End of a Century"
Mozart: Piano Concerto in F major, K. 413
Carsten Schmidt, piano
Escher String Quartet
Boccherini: Cello Quintet in C major ("Night Sounds in the Streets of Madrid")
Escher String Quartet
James Wilson, cello
Beethoven: Quartet in A major, Op. 18, No. 5
Escher String Quartet
$25
(804) 519-2098 (Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia)
www.cmscva.org

April 24 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
University Singers
Program TBA
$15
(434) 924-3984
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/events/index.html

April 24 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
National Philharmonic of Russia
Vladimir Spivakov conducting
Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Fantasy-Overture
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2
Denis Matsuev, piano
Liadov: "The Enchanted Lake"
Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet" (excerpts)
$30-$60
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://www.gmu.edu/cfa/calendar/allmusic/

April 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
In Dal Choi, baritone
Gabriel Dobner, piano
Program TBA
$25
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 24 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Geringas Baryton Trio
Tomassini: Baryton Trio in C major
Rossini: Duo for two cellos
Paganini: "Variations on a Theme by Rossini" for viola and two cellos
Haydn: Baryton Trio in C major
Haydn: Baryton Trio in D major
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0809-schedule.html

April 24 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan conducting
Mozart: "Idomeneo" ballet music
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Christopher O’Riley, piano
Bernstein: "Three Dances from ‘On the Town’ "
Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet" (excerpts)
Radiohead-O’Riley: arrangements TBA
Christopher O’Riley, piano
$25-$80
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony)
www.strathmore.org

April 25 (7:30 p.m.)
April 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Opera Theatre VCU
VCU Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Myssyk conducting
Puccini: "Gianni Schicchi"
Chase Peak (Schicchi)
Nicole LoPiccolo (Lauretta)
Alex Gray (Zita)
Jason Connell (Rinuccio)
Robert Fix (Gherardo)
Nikki Stumpf (Nella)
Kayla Blankenship (Gherardino)
Steven Ralph (Betto)
Colin Porter (Simone)
John Tyndall (Marco)
Jessica Harika (LaCiesca)
Kenneth Wood (Amantio di Nicolao)
David Hood (Pinellino)
Eli Rios (Guccio)
James Smith-Parham (Buoso Donati)
Puccini: "Suor Angelica"
Anna Maples (Angelica)
Michelle Harman-Gulick (La Zia Principessa)
Chelsea Temple (La Badessa)
Jessica Harika (La Suora Zelatrice)
Alex Gray (La Maestra della Novizie)
Sammy Kinney (Genevieve)
Audrey Tillack (Osmina)
Abby Outlaw (Dolcina)
Lindsay Prather (Infermiera)
Sarah Serge (La Cercatrice I)
Brittany Davis (La Cetrice II)
Stephanie Auld (Novizia I)
Brooke Williamson (Novizia II)
Vanessa Naghdi (La Conversa I)
Kelsey Snyder (La Conversa II)
Abigal Stinnett, Eri Brown, Stacie Brown, Maegan Christiansen, Katelyn McCarter, Savannah Berry (Suore)
Melanie Kohn Day & Kenneth Wood, stage direction
in English
$15
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

April 25 (8 p.m.)
Landmark Theater, Main and Laurel streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Jack Wall conducting
"Video Games Live!"
$20-$60
(804) 788-1212
www.richmondsymphony.com

April 25 (4 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Ravi & Anoushka Shankar, sitars
Indian classical ragas
$37-$77
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

April 25 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
National Men’s Chorus
Thomas Beveridge directing
Thomas Pandolfi, piano
Works from opera, American musicals, folk songs
$25
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 25 (8 p.m.)
April 26 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Borodin: "In the Steppes of Central Asia"
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
$29-$79
(877) 376-1444
www.strathmore.org

April 26 (4 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Second Sunday South of the James:
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano
Haydn: Andante and Variations in F minor
Mozart: Sonata in D major, K. 576
Beethoven: Rondo à capriccio in G major ("Rage over a Lost Penny")
Brahms: four ballades, Op. 10
Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A flat major
Donation requested
(804) 272-7514

April 26 (7 p.m.)
Hanover High School, 10307 Chamberlayne Road, Mechanicsville
Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra
Erin Freeman conducting
Program TBA
$5-$12
(804) 788-1212
www.richmondsymphony.com

April 26 (7 p.m.)
The NorVa, 317 Monticello Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Kronos Quartet
Aleksandra Vrebalov: "…hold me, neighbor, in this storm…"
Harry Partch-Ben Johnston: "Two Studies on Ancient Greek Scales"
John Adams: "Fellow Traveler"
Michael Gordon: "Potassium"
John Zorn "Dead Man" (excerpts)
Steve Reich: Triple Quartet
Works by Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, others
$20
(866) 448-7849 (Ticketmaster)
www.virginiaartsfest.com

April 26 (5 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Choral Arts Society of Washington & orchestra
Norman Scribner conducting
Haydn: "Spring" from "The Seasons"
Boito: "Mefistofele" Prologue
Opera excerpts TBA
Lisa Saffer, soprano
Issachach Savage, tenor
Donnie Ray Albert, baritone
Children’s Chorus of Washington
Joan Gregoryk directing
$15-$65
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 27 (8 p.m.)
Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre, Orange Avenue at Williamson Road
Roanoke Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas brasileiras" No. 5
Brahms: "A German Requiem"
Alyson Cambridge, soprano
Kevin Maynor, baritone
Roanoke Symphony Chorus
Long Island Philharmonic Chorus
$19-$39
(540) 343-9127
www.rso.com

April 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 E. Bremelton Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Ravi & Anoushka Shankar
Indian classical ragas
$38-$55
(866) 448-7849 (Ticketmaster)
www.virginiaartsfest.com

April 30 (6:30 p.m.)
The National, Seventh and Broad streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Erin Freeman conducting
"Jazz-o-matic," jazz-inspired classics by Shostakovich, Milhaud, Satie, others
$10
(804) 788-1212
www.richmondsymphony.com

April 30 (10:30 a.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 500 Court St., Portsmouth
Virginia Arts Festival:
Virginia Chamber Players
Copland: Duo for flute and piano
Gershwin: Lullaby for string quartet
Arthur Foote: "Night Piece" for flute and string quartet
William Grant Still: "Ennanga" for harp, string quartet and piano
$20
(866) 448-7849 (Ticketmaster)
www.virginiaartsfest.com

April 30 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling conducting
Haydn: "The Creation"
Klara Ek, soprano
James Taylor, tenor
Nathan Berg, bass-baritone
University of Maryland Concert Choir
Edward Maclary directing
$20-$80
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 30 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Daniel Hope, violin
Bengt Forsberg, piano
"Theresienstadt," program of works by Jewish composers from Terezin concentration camp
$25-$55
(877) 376-1444
www.strathmore.org