July 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 Richmond: Other than concerts by the Virginia Commonwealth University-Richmond Symphony Orchestra Project on July 3 and the VCU Community Guitar Ensemble’s July 26 finale in VCU’s Guitar & Other Strings festival, Richmond’s classical scene is on summer break.

* New and/or different: The Wintergreen Festival presents cellist Tanya Anisimova in a new sonata and three improvisations on "Appalachia," July 10-11, and the premiere of Peter Coy’s adaptation of Stravinsky’s "The Soldier’s Tale" as "An American Civil War Fable," July 16-17, at the Nelson County resort. . . . In a Shenandoah Valley Music Festival program, Grant Cooper conducts the Fairfax Symphony with mime artist Dan Kamin in "Charlie Chaplin at the Symphony," including screenings of "Easy Street" and "The Immigrant," July 24 at the Pavilion of the Orkney Springs Hotel. . . . Adam DeGraff, the onetime Richmond Symphony violinist, and pianist Lynn Wright bring their "Pianafiddle" mix of classics, folk music and jazz to Wintergreen on July 29.

* Star turns: Lorin Maazel conducts Britten’s "The Turn of the Screw," "The Rape of Lucretia" and "Albert Herring," the composer’s arrangement of "The Beggar’s Opera," and orchestral concerts with violinist Glenn Dicterow and cellist Ha Nan Chang in his Castleton Festival, July 3-19 at Castleton Farms in Rappahannock County. . . . Violinist Sarah Chang joins the National Symphony in Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, July 30 at Wolf Trap.

* My picks: The Garth Newel Piano Quartet, with National Symphony concertmaster Nurit Bar-Josef, open the summer chamber-music series on July 3 at Garth Newel Music Center near Hot Springs. . . . Maazel’s Castleton Festival Opera in Britten’s "The Turn of the Screw," July 3-5 in Castleton Farms’ Theatre House. . . . Maazel conducting the Castleton Festival Orchestra, with New York Philharmonic concertmadter Glenn Dichterow, in a program of Mozart, Bruch and Beethoven, July 11 at Castleton Farms’ Festival Tent. . . . Emil de Cou conducting the National Symphony, Washington Chorus and soloists in Orff’s "Carmina Burana," July 23 at Wolf Trap.


July 3 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Orchestra Project youth orchestra
Erin Freeman conducting
Works by Schubert, Shostakovich, Rossini, others
Free
(804) 788-1212
www.richmondsymphony.com

July 3 (8 p.m.)
July 5 (2 p.m.)
July 11 (8 p.m.)
July 12 (2 p.m.)
July 18 (8 p.m.)
The Paramount, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Ash Lawn Opera
Braden Toan conducting
Lerner & Loewe: "Camelot"
Cast TBA
Patrick Hansen, stage direction
$30-$35
(434) 979-1333 (The Paramount)
www.ashlawnopera.org

July 3 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220, near Hot Springs
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Nurit Bar-Josef, violin
Haydn: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 64, No. 6
Mendelssohn: Quartet in D major, Op. 44, No. 1
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
$22
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

July 3 (7 p.m.)
July 4 (5 p.m.)
July 5 (2 p.m.)
Theatre House, Castleton Farms, 663 Castleton View Road, Rappahannock County
Castleton Festival Opera
Lorin Maazel conducting
Britten: "The Turn of the Screw"
Brian Z. Porter (Prologue)
Charlotte Dobbs (Governess)
Rachel Calloway (Mrs. Grose)
Steven Ebel (Peter Quint)
Greta Ball (Miss Jessel)
Harry Risoleo (Miles)
Kirby Anne Hall (Flora)
William Kerley, stage direction
in English
$80
(540) 937-4969
www.castletonfestival.org

July 4 (8 p.m.)
West Lawn, U.S. Capitol, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Erich Kunzel conducting
Jimmy Smits, Barry Manilow, Aretha Franklin, Michael Feinstein, Natasha Bedingfield, Andrew von Oeyen, guest stars
Choral Arts Society of Washington
"A Capitol Fourth," program TBA
Free
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

July 5 (7 p.m.)
July 12 (7 p.m.)
July 16 (7 p.m.)
July 18 (2 p.m.)
Theatre House, Castleton Farms, 663 Castleton View Road, Rappahannock County
Castleton Festival Opera
Lorin Maazel conducting
Gay & Pepusch/Britten: "The Beggar’s Opera"
Michael Rice (Peachum)
Melissa Parks (Mrs. Peachum)
Julia Harding (Polly)
Dominic Armstrong (MacHeath)
Darren Perry (Lockit)
Sarah Moule (Lucy)
Donald Groves (Fitch)
Sarah Simmons (Mrs. Trapes)
William Kerley, stage direction
in English
$50-$80
(540) 937-4969
www.castletonfestival.org

July 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Christopher Pulgram, Kenn Wagner, Melissa Polesky & Jana Vander Schaaf Ross, violins
Steve Larson & Joseph J. Nigro, violas
Wesley Baldwin & Sarah Kapps, cellos
Virginia Consort Appalachian Singers
Caroline Worra, soprano
Nick Ross, piano
Mark O’Connor: "Appalachian Waltz"
Songs from the Southern mountains
Copland: "Old American Songs"
Mendelssohn: Octet
$50 (includes reception at 6 p.m.)
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org

July 9 (7:30 p.m.)
Theatre at Little Washington, 291 Gay St., Washington, VA
Castleton Festival:
Philip Myers, French horn
Liang Wang, oboe
Virginia Perry Lamb, piano
Program TBA
$25
(540) 937-4969
www.castletonfestival.org

July 10 (7:30 p.m.)
July 11 (6 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Tanya Anisimova, cello
Lydia Frumkin, piano
George Crumb: Sonata for solo cello
Brahms: Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano, Op. 100 (cello arr.)
Bach: Chaconne from Partita No. 2 for solo violin (cello arr.)
Anisimova: "Appalachi" for cello and piano (premiere)
Anisimova: Three cello improvisations, "Appa," "La," "Chi"
$25
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org

July 10 (7:30 p.m.)
July 11 (2 p.m.)
July 12 (2 p.m.)
Theatre House, Castleton Farms, 663 Castleton View Road, Rappahannock County
Castleton Festival Opera
Lorin Maazel conducting
Britten: "The Rape of Lucretia"
Tyler Nelson (male chorus)
Arianna Zukerman (female chorus)
Matthew Worth (Tarquinius)
Paul LaRosa (Junius)
Allen Boxer (Collatinus)
Tamara Mumford (Lucretia)
Alison Tupay (Biana)
Marnie Breckenridge (Lucia)
William Kerley, stage direction
in English
$70-$80
(540) 937-4969
www.castletonfestival.org

July 11 (7 p.m.)
Festival Tent, Castleton Farms, 663 Castleton View Road, Rappahannock County
Castleton Festival Orchestra
Lorin Maazel conducting
Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro" Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Glenn Dicterow, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
$50-$60
(540) 937-4969
www.castletonfestival.org

July 11 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220, near Hot Springs
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Benedict Goodfriend & James Stern, violins
Rachel Young & Rick Faria, clarinets
Barber: Adagio for strings
Borodin: Quartet No. 2 in D major
Schnittke: "Suite in the Olden Style"
Alexander Arutiunian: Suite for clarinet, violin and piano
Janáček: “Pohadka”
$22
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

July 11 (8:15 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Marvin Hamlisch conducting
"Hamlisch Conducts Hamlisch," excerpts from "A Chorus Line," "The Swimmer," "The Sting," "Sophie’s Choice," "The Way We Were"
$20-$48
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org

July 12 (3 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen, Nelson County
Wintergreen Festival Orchestra
Josep Caballé-Domenech conducting
Britten: "Simple" Symphony
Daron Aric Hagen: Adagietto
Franz Xaver Pokorny: Flute Concerto in D major
Justin Berrie, flute
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings
$35
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org

July 12 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220, near Hot Springs
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Benedict Goodfriend & James Stern, violins
Rachel Young & Rick Faria, clarinets
Prokofiev: "Overture on Hebrew Themes"
Joseph Achron: "Hebrew Melody" for violin and piano
Srul Irving Glick: "The Klezmer Wedding"
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 66
$22
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

July 13 (7:30 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Mary Kathleen Ernst, piano
MacDowell: "Woodland Sketches"
Barber: "Excursions"
Stephen Montague: "Southern Lament" (1997)
Tobias Picker: "Old and Lost Rivers" (1986)
Brahms: Rhapsody in B minor, Op. 79
John Field: Nocturne No. 4 in A major
Mendelssohn: "Rondo capriccioso"
$25
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org

July 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Wintergreen Chamber Players
Daron Aric Hagen: Piano Trio No. 4
Hagen: "Angel Band"
Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 44, No. 3
Songs by Hagen, Larry Alan Smith, others
$25
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org

July 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Theatre at Little Washington, 291 Gay St., Washington, VA
Castleton Festival:
Robert Langevin, flute
Nicholas Ong, piano
Program TBA
$25
(540) 937-4969
www.castletonfestival.org

July 16 (7:30 p.m.)
July 17 (7:30 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Wintergreen Festival Orchestra members
Michael Kennedy conducting
Stravinsky: "The Soldier’s Tale," adapted as "An American Civil War Fable" by Peter Coy (premiere)
Speakers, actors TBA
Boomie Pederson, stage direction
$25
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org

July 17 (8 p.m.)
July 26 (2 p.m.)
The Paramount, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Ash Lawn Opera
James Lowe conducting
Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro"
Cast TBA
Cecelia Schieve, stage direction
in English
$30-$35
(434) 979-1333 (The Paramount)
www.ashlawnopera.org

July 17 (7:30 p.m.)
July 18 (7 p.m.)
July 19 (2 p.m.)
Theatre House, Castleton Farms, 663 Castleton View Road, Rappahannock County
Castleton Festival Opera
Lorin Maazel conducting
Britten: "Albert Herring"
Jennifer Check (Lady Billows)
Kristen Patterson (Florence Pike)
Ashleigh Semkiw (Miss Wordsworth)
Alexander Tall (Mr. Gedge)
Tyler Nelson (Mr. Upfold)
Benjamin Bloomfield (Superintendent Budd)
Adrian Kramer (Sid)
Brian Z. Porter (Albert Herring)
Tammy Coil (Nancy)
Rachel Calloway (Mrs. Herring)
Tina Hughes (Emmie)
Ellen Broetzmann (Cis)
Noah Donahue (Harry)
William Kerley, stage direction
in English
$70-$80
(540) 937-4969
www.castletonfestival.org

July 18 (6 p.m.)
July 19 (6 p.m.)
July 20 (3 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Wintergreen Festival Orchestra
Steven Osgood conducting
Haydn: Notturno in C major
Elgar: "Chanson de nuit"
Elgar: "Chanson de matin"
Barber: "Knoxville, Summer of 1915"
Caroline Worra, soprano
Wagner: "Siegfried Idyll"
Britten: Sinfonietta, Op. 1
$35
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org

July 18 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220, near Hot Springs
Andrés Diaz, cello
Pianist TBA
Bach: Suite No. 2 in D minor for solo cello
Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor
Kodály: Sonata, Op. 8, for solo cello
$22
(Free master class, 4 p.m. July 17)
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

July 18 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Emil de Cou conducting
Program TBA
Free
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

July 19 (7 p.m.)
Festival Tent, Castleton Farms, 663 Castleton View Road, Rappahannock County
Castleton Festival Orchestra
Lorin Maazel conducting
Verdi: "La forza del destino" Overture
Tchaikovsky: "Rococo Variations"
Han Na Chang, cello
Britten: "A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra"
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Pianist TBA
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra (fifth movement)
$50-$60
(540) 937-4969
www.castletonfestival.org

July 19 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220, near Hot Springs
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Schumann: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 63
Frank Bridge: Piano Quartet in F sharp minor ("Phantasie")
Josef Suk: Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 1
$22
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

July 23 (8:15 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Emil de Cou conducting
Mussorgsky: "Night on Bald Mountain"
Debussy: "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"
Orff: "Carmina Burana"
Joanna Mongiardo, soprano
Robert Baker, tenor
Hugh Russell, baritone
The Washington Chorus
Julian Wachner directing
$20-$48
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org

July 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Wintergreen Chamber Players
Brahms: Horn Trio, Op. 40
Stephen Michael Gryc: "Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Bela Bartók" (1992)
Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36
$25
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org

July 24 (8 p.m.)
Pavilion, Orkney Springs Hotel, 81 Shrine Mont Circle (Route 263), Basye
Shenandoah Valley Music Festival:
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Grant Cooper conducting
Dan Kamin, mime artist
"Charlie Chaplin at the Symphony," with screenings of "Easy Street" and "The Immigrant"
$27-$37
(800) 459-3396
www.musicfest.org

July 24 (8:30 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Emil de Cou conducting
"The Wizard of Oz," film with live orchestral accompaniment
$20-$48
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org

July 25 (8 p.m.)
Ash Lawn, James Monroe Parkway (Route 795), near Charlottesville
Ash Lawn Opera members
"Mozart and More," program TBA
$20
(434) 979-1333 (The Paramount)
www.ashlawnopera.org

July 25 (6 p.m.)
July 26 (3 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Wintergreen Festival Orchestra
Zvonimir Hačko conducting
Mendelssohn: "Hebrides" Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Brian Ganz, piano
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1
$35
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org

July 25 (8 p.m.)
Pavilion, Orkney Springs Hotel, 81 Shrine Mont Circle (Route 263), Basye
Shenandoah Valley Music Festival:
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Grant Cooper conducting
Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro" Overture
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
$27-$37
(800) 459-3396
www.musicfest.org

July 25 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220, near Hot Springs
Garth Newel Piano Quartet
Robbie Merfeld, piano
Bach: Gamba Sonata No. 3 in G minor
Brahms: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60
Franz Biber: "Mystery" Sonata No. 1 in D minor ("The Annunciation")
Bartók: Rhapsody No. 1
$22
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org

July 25 (8:15 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Erich Kunzel conducting
"The Music of John Williams," film scores from "Star Wars," "Jaws," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone," "E.T., the Extraterrestial," others
$20-$48
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org

July 26 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Guitar & Other Strings:
VCU Community Guitar Ensemble
John Patykula directing
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

July 27 (7:30 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Brian Ganz, piano
Beethoven: Sonata in F major, Op. 10, No. 2
Beethoven: Sonata in E flat major, Op. 31, No. 3
Beethoven: Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 ("Pathétique")
$25
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org

July 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Wintergreen Chamber Players
Beethoven: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 16
Stephen Michael Gryc: String Quartet (2002-03)
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47
$25
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org

July 29 (7:30 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Pianafiddle
Adam DeGraff, violin & fiddle
Lynn Wright, piano
Classical, folk, jazz program
$25
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org

July 30 (7:30 p.m.)
Evans Center, Wintergreen Resort, Route 664, Nelson County
Wintergreen Academy Chamber Orchestra
Joseph J. Nigro & Joseph Hodge conducting
Elgar: Serenade in E minor, Op. 20
Warlock: "Capriol" Suite
Holst: "Brook Green" Suite
Delius: Air and Dance
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
$15
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org

July 30 (8:15 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Emil de Cou conducting
Copland: "Four Dance Episodes from ‘Rodeo’ "
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
Sarah Chang, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 ("Pastoral")
$20-$48
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org

July 31 (8:30 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna
Orchestra & Chorus
Emil de Cou conducting
"Blue Planet," excerpts from BBC series with live orchestral-choral accompaniment
$20-$48
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org