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: Two more candidates for music director of the Richmond Symphony audition this month: Alastair Willis, after conducting the season-opening Masterworks program, returns to launch the new Metro
Collection series, Oct. 2 at Collegiate School and Oct. 4 at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland; Christian Knapp conducts the opening Symphony Pops program on Oct. 10 and Masterworks concerts featuring pianist Jeremy Denk, Oct. 17-18, all at the Carpenter Theatre of Richmond CenterStage. . . . Virginia Commonwealth University’s renovated James W. Black Music Center Recital Hall (the old church building at Grove Avenue at Harrison Street) gets a chamber-music tryout with the University of Iowa’s Maia String Quartet, in an Oct. 10 matinee. . . . The Chestnut Brass Quintet launches this season’s Rennolds Chamber Concerts with "American Voices" on the evening of Oct. 10 at VCU’s Singleton Arts Center. . . . Cellist Lynn Harrell joins the Shanghai Quartet in string quintets by Schubert and Glazunov, Oct. 19 at the University of Richmond. . . . Christopher Marks opens the American Guild of Organists’ Repertoire Recital Series with a program of Mendelssohn and Americana, Oct. 18 at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church. . . . Baritone Thomas Hampson visits UR with his "Song of America Project" on Oct. 21. . . . The Virginia Opera opens its season with Puccini’s "La Bohème," Oct. 23 and 25 at the Carpenter Theatre (following runs in Norfolk and Fairfax). . . . Erin Freeman conducts the debut of the Richmond Symphony Lollipops series for children and familes, "The Composer Is Dead," with Nathaniel Stookey narrating, Oct. 31 at the Carpenter Theatre.
* New and/or different: Matt Albert, the violinist of eighth blackbird, and fellow fiddler Andrew McCann play rarely heard duos by Leclair and Prokofiev and contemporary music by Stephen Hartke, Oct. 5 at the University of Richmond. . . . The Greek ensemble Spiza presents an "Ecoacoustic Chamber Music Concert," combining music with "environmental soundscapes," Oct. 16 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. . . . Pianist Christopher O’Riley brings his arrangements of songs by the pop bands Radiohead and Nirvana to The Barns at Wolf Trap in Northern Virginia on Oct. 17. . . . Opera Lafayette continues its revivals of 18th-century operas with Charpentier’s "Les Arts Florissants," Oct. 19 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Virginia Symphony introduces Behzad Ranjbaran’s Concerto for violin, viola and orchestra, Oct. 22 at St. Bede Catholic Church in Williamsburg and Oct. 24 at Regent University Theater in Virginia Beach. . . . Soprano Judith Cline and pianist Clara Ellen Modisett perform Alan Smith’s "Vignettes: Ellis Island," based on oral histories of immigrants who passed through New York’s gateway to America, Oct. 25 at UR. . . . John Winn, the Richmond jazz musician who crosses over into classical composition, introduces a new work with the Oberon Quartet, Oct. 27 at St. Christopher’s Upper School Chapel.
* Star turns: Richmond visits by Jeremy Denk, Lynn Harrell and Thomas Hampson (see In and Around Richmond, above). . . . Mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina and bass Ildar Abrazakov perform in a recital sponsored by the Washington National Opera, Oct. 3 at the Kennedy Center in
Washington. . . . Nelson Friere, the great Brazilian pianist, plays Brahms’ D minor Concerto with the National Symphony, Oct. 8, 10 and 11 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Takács Quartet plays Beethoven and Schumann, Oct. 13 at U.Va. in Charlottesville. . . . Pianist Murray Perahia plays Bach, Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin, Oct. 17 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Richard Stoltzman plays two standards of the clarinet repertory, the Mozart and Copland concertos, plus bits of Gershwin, with the National Philharmonic, Oct. 17 at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of D.C. . . . Lorin Maazel conducts the National Symphony, with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg playing Barber’s Violin Concerto and Dietlinde Turban-Maazel, the conductor’s wife, narrating his composition "The Giving Tree," Oct. 17-19 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Percussionist Evelyn Glennie performs with Orquestra de Sao Paulo, Oct. 21 at Strathmore. . . . Soprano Dawn Upshaw returns to the region for a recital, Oct. 23 at Strathmore. . . . Pianist Simon Dinnerstein plays Mozart and Louis Langrée conducts Haydn and Beethoven with the Baltimore Symphony, Oct. 24 at Strathmore.
* Wild card: Christopher Taylor plays Bach’s "Goldberg Variations" on a Steinway Double-Register Moór Concert Grand, an instrument said to combine the tonal qualities of a harpsichord and a modern piano, Oct. 14 at the Kennedy Center in Washington.
* Bargain of the month: The Oberon Quartet playing John Winn’s new Quartet and pieces by Mendelssohn and Piotr Szewczyk, Oct. 27 at St. Christopher’s School. (Free)
* My picks: The Virginia Opera’s "La Bohème," four dates between Oct. 3 and 11 at Norfolk’s Harrison Opera House, Oct. 16 and 18 at the George Mason University in Fairfax, Oct. 23 and 25 at the Carpenter Theatre in Richmond. . . . Nelson Friere with the National Symphony, Oct. 8, 10 and 11 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Washington National Opera’s production of Verdi’s "Falstaff," with Alan Opie in the title role, seven dates between Oct. 10 and 30 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Takács Quartet, Oct. 13 at U.Va. . . The Richmond Symphony, with conductor Christian Knapp and pianist Jeremy Denk, in Debussy, Prokofiev and Berlioz, Oct. 17-18 at the Carpenter Theatre. . . . The Shanghai Quartet with Lynn Harrell, Oct. 19 at the University of Richmond. . . . Thomas Hampson’s "Song of America" program, Oct. 21 at UR.
Oct. 1 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 2 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 3 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Iván Fischer conducting
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 ("Pastoral")
Bartók: "The Wooden Prince"
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Oct. 1 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
James Ehnes, violin
$25-$80
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org
Oct. 2 (8 p.m.)
Collegiate School, North Mooreland Road, Richmond
Oct. 4 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Richmond Symphony
Alastair Willis conducting
Ravel: "Le Tombeau de Couperin"
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 2
Karen Johnson, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
$20
(800) 927-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.richmondsymphony.com
Oct. 2 (8 p.m.)
Harris Theater, George Mason University, Fairfax
Washington Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
Program TBA
Free
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://www.gmu.edu/cfa/
Oct. 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Marta Puig, piano
Program TBA
$5
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html
Oct. 3 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Oct. 9 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 11 (2:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Peter Mark conducting
Puccini: "La Bohème"
Veronica Mitina (Mimi)
Derek Taylor (Rodolfo)
Elizabeth Andrews Roberts (Musetta)
Eugene Brancoveanu (Marcello)
Nathan Stark (Colline)
Michael Redding (Schaunard)
Julia Pevzner, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$25-$114
(866) 673-7282
www.vaopera.org
Oct. 3 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
Mendelssohn: "The Fair Melusine" Overture
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Jon Manasee, clarinet
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
$35-$55
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://www.gmu.edu/cfa/
Oct. 3 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Olga Borodina, mezzo-soprano
Ildar Abrazakov, bass
Program TBA
$30-$140
(800) 876-7372
www.dc-opera.org
Oct. 3 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 4 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Misha Dichter, piano
Beethoven: "Choral Fantasy"
Misha Dichter, piano
National Philharmonic Chorus
$29-$79
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
Oct. 4 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Susanna Klein, violin
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano
Program TBA
$5
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html
Oct. 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Matt Albert & Andrew McCann, violins
Works by Leclair, Prokofiev, Stephen Hartke
Free
(804) 289-890
www.modlin.richmond.edu
Oct. 5 (8 p.m.)
Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre, Orange Avenue at Williamson Road
Roanoke Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Suppé: "Light Cavalry" Overture
Richard Strauss: "Don Juan"
Marquez: Danzon No. 2
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Nathasha Korsakova, violin
$21-$41
(866) 277-9127
www.rso.com
Oct. 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Young Concert Artists Series:
Hahn-Bin, violin
Pianist TBA
Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro
Schnittke: Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano
Penderecki: Cadenza for solo violin
Cage: Nocturne
Chopin-Milstein: Nocturne in C sharp minor
Mozart: Sonata in E minor, K. 304
Lutoslawski: Partita
$30
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Oct. 6 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
American Brass Quintet
Lacerda: "Quintetto concertante"
Hillborg: Brass Quintet
Sampson: "Entrance"
Josquin des Préz-Mase: chansons
Tower: "Copperware"
canzoni by Widmann, Troilo & Brade
$32
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Oct. 7 (5:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Chamber Brass Ensembles
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html
Oct. 8 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 10 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 11 (1:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot conducting
Martinů: “The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca”
Tchaikovsky: "Francesca da Rimini"
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Nelson Friere, piano
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Oct. 9 (7:30 p.m.)
American Theatre, 125 E. Mellen St., Hampton
Joan Kwuon, violin
Program TBA
$25-$30
(757) 722-2787
http://hamptonarts.net/american_theatre/onsalenow.php
Oct. 9 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Ron Regev, piano
Frank Huang, violin
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 45
John Adams: "Road Movies"
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-schedule.html
Oct. 10 (3 p.m.)
Black Music Center Recital Hall, Virginia Commonwealth University, Grove Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Maia String Quartet
Program TBA
$10
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html
Oct. 10 (4 p.m.)
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Ninth and Grace streets, Richmond
Fort Lee Army Band
"Concert for Caring"
Program TBA
Donation requested of food items, especially for diabetics and others with special dietary needs
(804) 545-5405
http://www.stpauls-episcopal.org/
Oct. 10 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Chestnut Brass Quintet
"American Voices"
Kevin McKee: "Vuelta del Fuego" ("Ride of Fire")
Lois V. Vierk: "Sunbow"
Renaissance brass works by Speer, Gastoldi, Henry VIII
19th-century American brass-band works by Francis Johnson, Stephen Foster, others
arrangements of folk songs and pieces by Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington
$32
(Free master classes at 4 p.m. Oct. 9, 3 p.m. Oct. 10)
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html
Oct. 10 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony Pops
Christian Knapp conducting
"Hitchcock! A Symphonic Night at the Movies"
$17-$75
(800) 927-2787
www.richmondsymphony.com
Oct. 10 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 Brambleton Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falleta conducting
John Adams: "Slonimsky’s Earbox"
Brahms: "A German Requiem"
Janice Chandler Eterne, soprano
Jason Grant, baritone
Virginia Symphony Chorus
Robert Shoup directing
$25-$85
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org
Oct. 10 (7:30 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
California Guitar Trio
Program TBA
$22
(703) 938-2404
www.wolftrap.org
Oct. 10 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 12 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 17 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Oct. 25 (2 p.m.)
Oct. 27 (7:30 p.m.)
Oct. 30 (7:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Sebastian Lang-Lessing conducting
Verdi: "Falstaff"
Alan Opie (Falstaff)
Tamara Wilson (Mrs. Ford)
Ji Young Lee/Micaëla Oeste (Nannetta)
Elizabeth Bishop (Mrs. Meg Page)
Timothy Mix (Ford)
Nancy Maultsby (Mistress Quickly)
Yinqxi Zhang (Fenton)
Christian Räth, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$25-$300
(800) 876-7372
www.dc-opera.org
Oct. 11 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Sonia Vlahcevic, piano
Program TBA
$5
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html
Oct. 11 (4 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Second Sunday South of the James:
The Commonwealth Brass
Charles Hinson directing
Steve Henley, organ
Program TBA
Donation requested
(804) 272-7514
Oct. 13 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Myssyk conducting
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Other works TBA
$5
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html
Oct. 13 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 14 (8 p.m.)
Kimball Theatre, Merchants Square, Williamsburg
Williamsburg Symphonia
Janna Hymes conducting
Weber: "Der Freischütz" Overture
Arnold: Serenade
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
$30-$42
(757) 229-9857
www.williamsburgsymphonia.org
Oct. 13 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Takács Quartet
Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op. 18, No. 1
Schumann: Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1
Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1 ("Razumovsky")
$12-$28
(434) 924-3376
www.tecs.org
Oct. 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Christopher Taylor, piano
Bach: "Goldberg Variations"
$38
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Oct. 16 (8 p.m.)
Harrison Institute Auditorium, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Spiza
"Ecoacoustic Chamber Music Concert"
Program TBA
Free
(434) 924-3052 (U.Va. Music Department)
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/events/index.html
Oct. 16 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 18 (2 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Virginia Opera
Peter Mark conducting
Puccini: "La Bohème"
Veronica Mitina (Mimi)
Derek Taylor (Rodolfo)
Elizabeth Andrews Roberts (Musetta)
Eugene Brancoveanu (Marcello)
Nathan Stark (Colline)
Michael Redding (Schaunard)
Julia Pevzner, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$44-$98
(866) 673-7282
www.vaopera.org
Oct. 16 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Carducci Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 33, No. 2 ("Joke")
Moeran: Quartet No. 2 in E flat major
Beethoven: Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 ("Razumovsky")
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-schedule.html
Oct. 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Mansion at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Chiara String Quartet
Works by Beethoven, Debussy, Prokofiev
$28
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
Oct. 17 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 18 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
Christian Knapp conducting
Debussy: "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Jeremy Denk, piano
Berlioz: "Symphonie fantastique"
$17-$72
(800) 927-2787
www.richmondsymphony.com
Oct. 17 (8 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Opera Roanoke
Stephen White directing and narrating
"Wagner in the Valley"
Introduction to the "Ring" cycle, other works
Singers from Wagner Society of Washington’s Evelyn Lear and Thomas Stewart Emerging Singers Program
$20-$90
(540) 982-2742
www.operaroanoke.org
Oct. 17 (7:30 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
Christopher O’Riley, piano
arrangements of songs by Radiohead and Nirvana
$25
(703) 938-2404
www.wolftrap.org
Oct. 17 (4 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Murray Perahia, piano
Bach: Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830
Beethoven: Sonata in E major, Op. 109
Schumann: "Kinderszenen"
Chopin: Etude in A flat major, Op. 25 ("Aeolian Harp")
Chopin: mazurkas, Op. 59, Nos. 1-3
Chopin: Scherzo in E major, Op. 54
$35-$95
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
Oct. 17 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 18 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 19 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Lorin Maazel conducting
Mussorgsky-Rimsky-Korsakov: "Night on Bald Mountain"
Barber: Violin Concerto
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Maazel: "The Giving Tree"
Dietlinde Turban-Maazel, narrator
David Hardy, cello
Franck: Symphony in D minor
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Oct. 17 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Gershwin: Promenade
Gershwin: "Bess" and "Summertime" from "Porgy and Bess"
Gershwin: Lullaby
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
$29-$79
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
Oct. 18 (4 p.m.)
Music Center Recital Hall, Virginia Commonwealth University, Grove Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU & Community Guitar Ensembles
John Patykula directing
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html
Oct. 18 (3 p.m.)
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1627 Monument Ave., Richmond
American Guild of Organists’ Repertoire Recital Series:
Christopher Marks, organ
Mendelssohn: Sonata in D major, Op. 65, No. 6
Rossini-Buck: "William Tell" Overture
N.H. Allen: "Spring Greeting"
Samuel B. Whitney: "Vesper Hymn"
Arthur Foote: "Night: a Meditation"
Dudley Buck: Allegro vivace non troppo from Sonata No. 2, Op. 77
Seth Bingham: "Watchman"
Bingham: "March of the Medici" from "Harmonies of Florence"
Bingham: Roulade fropm "Six Pieces," Op. 9
Bingham: Toccata from Suite (1926)
Free
(804) 359-2463
www.richmondago.org
Oct. 19 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Russell Wilson, piano
Program TBA
$5
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html
Oct. 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Shanghai Quartet
Lynn Harrell, cello
Schubert: Quartet in C minor, D. 703
Glazunov: Cello Quintet in A major, Op. 39
Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D. 956
$34
(804) 289-890
www.modlin.richmond.edu
Oct. 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Opera Lafayette
Ryan Brown conducting
Charpentier: "Les Arts Florissants"
Nathalie Paulin (La Paix)
William Sharp (La Discorde)
Ah Young Hong (La Musique)
Stacey Mastrian (La Poésie)
Tony Boutté (La Peinture)
Monica Reinagel (L’Architecture)
François Loup (Un Guerrier)
in French, English captions
$60
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Oct. 19 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Eroica Quartet & friends (TBA)
Mendelssohn: Octet
Spohr: Double String Quartet No. 3, Op. 87
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-schedule.html
Oct. 20 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Charles West, clarinet
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano
Dana Wilson: "Liquid Ebony" (2008)
works by Brahms, Babin, Alwyn
$5
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html
Oct. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Thomas Hampson, baritone
"The Song of America Project"
Program TBA
$34
(804) 289-890
www.modlin.richmond.edu
Oct. 21 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Orquestra de Sao Paulo
Kazeem Abdullah conducting
Evelyn Glennie, percussion
Program TBA
$21-$55
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
Oct. 22 (8 p.m.)
St. Bede Catholic Church, 3686 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg
Oct. 24 (8 p.m.)
Regent University Theater, 1000 Regent University Drive, Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta/Akiko Fujimoto conducting
Respighi: "Gli uccelli" ("The Birds")
Behzad Ranjbaran: Concerto for violin, viola and orchestra (premiere)
Vahn Armstrong, violin
Beverly Baker, viola
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 ("Scottish")
$26-$46
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org
Oct. 23 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 25 (2:30 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Virginia Opera
Peter Mark conducting
Puccini: "La Bohème"
Veronica Mitina (Mimi)
Derek Taylor (Rodolfo)
Elizabeth Andrews Roberts (Musetta)
Eugene Brancoveanu (Marcello)
Nathan Stark (Colline)
Michael Redding (Schaunard)
Julia Pevzner, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$29-$99
(866) 673-7282
www.vaopera.org
Oct. 23 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 24 (8 p.m.)
Harris Theater, George Mason University, Fairfax
GMU Opera Review
Menotti: "The Telephone"
Douglas Moore: "Gallentry"
Casts TBA
in English
$20
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://www.gmu.edu/cfa/
Oct. 23 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Pianist TBA
Program TBA
$25-$74
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
Oct. 24 (3:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Susan Starr, piano, in master class
$5
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html
Oct. 24 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Oct. 31 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Andreas Delfs conducting
Richard Strauss: "Ariadne auf Naxos"
Irène Theorin (Ariadne)
Pär Lindskog/Ian Storey (Bacchus)
Lyubov Petrova (Zerbinetta)
Kristine Jepson (The Composer)
Gidon Saks (Music Teacher)
Nathan Herfindahl (Harlequin)
Chris Alexander, stage director
in German, English captions
(800) 876-7372
www.dc-opera.org
Oct. 24 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Louis Langrée conducting
Haydn: Symphony No. 44 ("Funeral")
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
$28-$85
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org
Oct. 25 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Judith Cline, soprano
Clara Ellen Modisett, piano
Alan Smith: "Vignettes: Ellis Island"
Free
(804) 289-890
www.modlin.richmond.edu
Oct. 25 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Guitar Series:
Torcuato Zamora, flamenco guitar
Maria, flamenco dancer
Program TBA
$10
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html
Oct. 25 (4 p.m.)
Grace Baptist Church, 4200 Dover Road, Richmond
American Youth Harp Ensemble
Original Elbe Musikanten German Band
Oktoberfest program TBA
German dinner served
$10
(804) 837-9355
http://www.harpensemble.org/
Oct. 25 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Young Concert Artists Series:
Jeanine De Bique, soprano
Warren Jones, piano
Mozart: "Misera, dove son"
Debussy: "Quatre Chansons de Jeunesse"
Wolf: five Lieder
Richard Strauss: four Lieder
Trad.-Alan Smith: four British folk songs
$30
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Oct. 27 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Fall Choral Classic, Richmond region high-school choristers led by VCU faculty
Free
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html
Oct. 27 (7 p.m.)
Recital Hall, Black Music Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Grove Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Wayla Chambo, flute
Linda Blondel, piano
Program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html
Oct. 27 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Christopher’s Upper School Chapel, 711 St. Christopher Road, Richmond
Oberon Quartet
John Winn: Quartet (premiere)
Works by Mendelssohn, Piotr Szewczyk
Free
(804) 282-3185
Oct. 27 (8 p.m.)
Williamsburg Regional Library Arts Center Theater, 515 Scotland St.
Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg:
Stradivari String Quartet
Program TBA
$15 (waiting list)
(757) 273-1210
www.chambermusicwilliamsburg.org
Oct. 27 (7:30 p.m.)
American Theatre, 125 E. Mellen St., Hampton
Alissio Bax, piano
Program TBA
$25-$30
(757) 722-2787
http://hamptonarts.net/american_theatre/onsalenow.php
Oct. 27 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Amit Peled, cello
Eli Kalman, piano
Prokofiev: Sonata, Op. 119
Shostakovich: Sonata, Op. 40
Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata
$12-$28
(434) 924-3376
www.tecs.org
Oct. 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Longwood Wind Symphony
Gordon Ring directing
University Wind Ensemble
David Niethamer directing
Ring: "Fanfare and Ceremonial Music"
Henri Rabaud: "Solo de Concours"
David Niethamer, clarinet
Other works TBA
Free
(804) 289-890
www.modlin.richmond.edu
Oct. 29 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 30 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 31 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Pops
Marvin Hamlisch conducting
Chris Botti, trumpet
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Oct. 30 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Oct. 31 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 Brambleton Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony
Matthew Kraemer conducting
Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons"
Philippe Quint, violin
Richard Strauss: "Don Juan"
Stravinsky: "The Firebird" Suite
$25-$85
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org
Oct. 31 (11 a.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony Lollipops
Erin Freeman conducting
"The Composer Is Dead"
Nathaniel Stookey, narrator
(Pre-concert activities at 10 a.m.)
$17
(800) 927-2787
www.richmondsymphony.com
Oct. 31 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Korean Concert Society:
Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano
Corigliano: Etude Fantasy
Smetana: Polka in G minor, Op. 8, No. 2
Smetana: "Czech Dances," Book 2 (excerpts)
Wagner-Liszt: "Liebestod" from "Tristan und Isolde"
Ravel: "La Valse"
Mussorgsky: "Pictures at an Exhibition"
$30
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Oct. 31 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Bach: Klavier Concerto No. 5 in F minor
Brian Ganz, piano
Brahms: Double Concerto
Elena Urioste, violin
Zuill Bailey, cello
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Brian Ganz, piano
Elena Urioste, violin
Zuill Bailey, cello
$29-$79
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org