November 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: Arthur Fagen, ninth of the candidates for music director of the Richmond Symphony, conducts the orchestra in Wagner, Mozart and Weber, with clarinetist Ralph Skiano, Nov. 6 at Bon Air Baptist Church and Nov. 8 at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland; and Beethoven, Franck and Bright Sheng, with pipa (Chinese lute) soloist Yang Wei, Nov. 14-15 at the Carpenter Theatre of Richmond CenterStage. . . . Bálint Karosi, winner of the 2008 J.S. Bach International Organ Competition, plays works of Bach and his predecessors, Nov. 6 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. . . . The Pacifica Quartet, one of the most highly touted young string quartets, plays Schubert, Shostakovich and Haydn Nov. 7 at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Singleton Arts Center. . . . The James River Singers perform liturgical works of Handel and Lotti, Nov. 21 at Epiphany Lutheran Church and Nov. 22 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. . . . The Virginia Opera presents Donizetti’s "The Daughter of the Regiment," featuring soprano Manon Strauss Evrard, one of the stars of the company in recent years, Nov. 27 and 29 at the Carpenter Theatre (following four performances, from Nov. 14 to 22, at Norfolk’s Harrison Opera House, and with early December dates at George Mason University in Fairfax).

* New and different: The Apollo Ensemble performs vocal and instrumental works by Salamone de Rossi and other Jewish composers of the baroque period, Nov. 5 at the Kennedy Center in Washington. . . . eighth blackbird and clarinetist Arthur Campbell are featured in the University of Richmond’s Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, presenting six concerts Nov. 6-7 at the University of Richmond’s Modlin Arts Center. . . . The LA Guitar Quartet and narrator Phil Proctor present "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote," with music from the time of Cervantes, Nov. 9 at UR’s Modlin Center. . . . The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic perform on Nov. 10 at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of D.C. . . . Two uncommon takes on Mussorgsky’s "Pictures at an Exhibition:" Trio Solisti – pianist Jon Klibonoff, violinist Maria Bachmann and cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach – play their piano trio arrangement of the suite, Nov. 10 at the Williamsburg Library Theatre; pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and visual artist Robin Rhode present the multimedia "Pictures Reframed," Nov. 20 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Kayhan Kalhor, the Kurdish Iranian soloist of the kamacheh (spike fiddle), and the Brooklyn Rider quartet, both alumni of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project, perform on Nov. 14 at the Library of Congress in Washington. . . . The Vogler Quartet and guests play modern Jewish and Jewish-themed works, including Osvaldo Golijov’s "The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind," Nov. 19 at the Kennedy Center.

* Star turns: Vadim Repen plays the Brahms Violin Concerto with the National Symphony, Nov. 5, 6 and 8 at the Kennedy Center in Washington. . . . Pianist Emmanuel Ax plays Chopin and Schumann, Nov. 6 at The Paramount in Charlottesville. . . . The King’s Singers perform on Nov. 6 at George Mason University in Fairfax. . . . Haochen Zhang, gold medalist in the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, plays Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms, Ravel and "White Lies for Lomax" by the Richmond-bred composer Mason Bates, Nov. 13 at The Barns at Wolf Trap in Fairfax. . . . Lang Lang plays two piano concertos, Beethoven’s First and Prokofiev’s Third, with the National Symphony, Nov. 13 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa performs in what’s billed as her farewell recital in Washington, Nov. 14 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays two Strathmore dates with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony, an all-Gershwin program on Nov. 14 and Liszt’s "Totentanz" on Nov. 19. . . . Violinist Joshua Bell joins the National Symphony for Lalo’s "Symphonie espagnole," Nov. 19, 21 and 22 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Violinist Pinchas Zukerman and his Zukerman Chamber Players essay Brahms And Kodaly, Nov. 17 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Riccardo Muti conducts the New York Philharmonic in Liszt, Elgar and Prokofiev, Nov. 21 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Chanticleer, the men’s vocal ensemble, visits with its Christmas program, Nov. 28 at George Mason University in Fairfax.

* Bargain of the month: Pianist Dmitri Shteinberg, Nov. 10 at VCU’s Singleton Center. ($5)

* My picks: The Apollo Ensemble’s Jewish baroque program, Nov. 5 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Bálint Karosi’s sampler of early organ music, Nov. 6 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Richmond. . . . The Virginia Opera’s "Daughter of the Regiment," Nov. 14-22 at Harrison Opera House in Norfolk, Nov. 27 and 29 at the Carpenter Theatre in Richmond. . . . The Richmond Symphony and Yang Wei in Bright Sheng’s "Nanking! Nanking! A Threnody for Orchestra and Pipa," Nov. 14-15 at the Carpenter Theatre. . . . Malcolm Bilson playing Haydn, Dussek, Chopin and Schumann on an early 19th-century Broadwood piano, Nov. 19 at Strathmore.


Nov. 1 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Nov. 2 (7 p.m.)
Robinson Theater Community Arts Center, 2903 Q St., Richmond
Richmond Philharmonic
Robert Mirakian conducting
Barber: "The School for Scandal" Overture
Haydn: Cello Concerto in D major
André Gaskins, cello
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 ("Pastoral")
$5 donation ($10 family) requested
(804) 673-7400
www.richmondphilharmonic.org

Nov. 1 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Albemarle Ensemble
Mimi Tung, piano
Beethoven: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 16
Ligeti: "Six Bagatelles" for wind quintet
August Klughardt: Wind Quintet, Op. 79
Piazzolla: tangos TBA
$20
(540) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html

Nov. 1 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
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

Nov. 2 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Fall Choral Classic II
Central Virginia high-school choristers directed by VCU faculty
program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 2 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 8 (2 p.m.)
Nov. 10 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 13 (7:30 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

Nov. 3 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Zemlinsky Quartet
Mozart: Quartet in C major, K. 465 ("Dissonance")
Kalabis: Quartet No. 7
Zemlinsky: Quartet No. 1 in A major, Op. 4
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-schedule.html

Nov. 4 (8 p.m.)
Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St.
Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg:
Trio Solisti
Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
Piazzolla-Briaga: "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires"
Mussorgsky: "Pictures at an Exhibition" (Trio Solisti arr.)
$15 (waiting list)
(757) 258-8555
www.chambermusicwilliamsburg.org

Nov. 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Avanti, the Orchestra of the Friday Morning Music Club
Pablo Saelzer conducting
Kodaly: "Dances of Marosszék"
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Andrea Segar, violin
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 ("Scottish")
Free; tickets required
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 5 (8 p.m.)
Salem Civic Center, Boulevard Roanoke, Salem
Roanoke Symphony Pops
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Natalie Cole, guest star
$19-$64
(866) 277-9127
www.rso.com

Nov. 5 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 6 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 8 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Vedernikov conducting
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Vadim Repin, violin
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy center, Washington
Pro Musica Hebraica:
Apollo Ensemble
"An Evening of Baroque Jewish Music"
Abraham Caceres: Cantata, "Le-el elim"
Benedetto Marcello: "Salmo Decimoquinto (Intonazione degli Ebrei Tedeschi)"
Salamone de Rossi: trio sonatas TBA
"Dio, Clemenza e Rigore" (Hoshana Rabbah in Casale Monferrato, 1733)
$38
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 6 (2 and 7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 7 (10 a.m.; 1, 4 and 7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall & Cousins Studio Theatre, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival
Benjamin Broening directing
eighth blackbird
Arthur Campbell, clarinet
programs TBA
Free
(804) 289-8980
http://igor.richmond.edu/3p/

Nov. 6 (7:30 p.m.)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1100 W. Grace St., Richmond
American Guild of Organists Repertoire Recital Series:
Bálint Karosi, organ
Sweelinck: Toccata in C major
Matthias Weckmann: "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her"
two variations on "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her"
Georg Böhm: Partita, "Her Jesu Christ dich zu uns wend"
Bach: Partita, "Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig"
Free
6 p.m. dinner, $10
(804) 254-8810, ext. 114
www.richmondago.org

Nov. 6 (8 p.m.)
Bon Air Baptist Church, Buford Road at Forest Hill Avenue, Richmond
Nov. 8 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Richmond Symphony
Arthur Fagen conducting
Wagner: "Siegfried Idyll"
Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor
Ralph Skiano, clarinet
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
$20
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.richmondsymphony.com

Nov. 6 (8 p.m.)
The Paramount, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Emanuel Ax, piano
Chopin: "Polonaise-Fantasie," Op. 61
Chopin: mazurkas, Opp. 41 & 56
Chopin: "Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise," Op. 22
Schumann: Fantasy, Op. 17
Schumann: "Fantasiestücke"
$39.50-$54.50
(434) 979-1333
www.theparamount.net

Nov. 6 (8 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Pops
conductor TBA
Natalie Cole, guest star
$75
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Nov. 6 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
The King’s Singers
program TBA
$22-$44
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.gmu.edu/cfa/calendar/month/2009/11/

Nov. 6 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Szymanowski Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3 ("Emperor")
Szymanowski: Quartet No. 3
Mendelssohn: Quartet in D major, Op. 44, No. 1
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-schedule.html

Nov. 7 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library main branch, First and Franklin streets
Williamsburg Chamber Players
Shostakovich: Piano Trio, Op. 67
other works TBA
Free
(804) 646-7223
www.richmondpubliclibrary.org

Nov. 7 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Pacifica Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in D major, Op. 64, No. 5 ("The Lark")
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 8, Op. 110
Schubert: Quartet in D minor ("Death and the Maiden")
$32
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 7 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Nov. 8 (3:30 p.m.)
Monticello High School, 1400 Independence Way, Charlottesville
Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra
Kate Tamarkin & Michael Slon conducting
Debussy: "Danses sacrée et profane"
Anastasia Jellison, harp
Debussy: "La Mer"
Duruflé: Requiem
Sumner Thompson, baritone
University Singers
$20-$35
(540) 924-3376
www.cvillesymphony.org

Nov. 7 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 Brambleton Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Pops
conductor TBA
Michael Cavanaugh, guest star
$30-$88
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Nov. 7 (5 p.m.)
Nov. 15 (2 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Philippe Auquin conducting
Wagner: "Götterdämmerung" (concert performance)
Jon Frederic West (Siegfried)
Irène Theorin (Brünnhilde)
Alan Held (Gunther)
Gidon Saks (Hagen)
Gordon Hawkins (Alberich)
Bernadette Flaitz (Gutrune)
Elizabeth Bishop (Waltraute)
in German, English captions
$25-$210
(800) 876-7372
www.dc-opera.org

Nov. 7 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Predrag Gosta conducting
Haydn: "Nelson" Mass
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 ("Lobegesang")
Sherri Seiden, soprano
Magdalena Wór, mezzo-soprano
Leif Aruhn-Solén, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass
National Philharmonic Chorus
$29-$79
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org

Nov. 8 (2 p.m.)
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Laurel Street at Floyd Avenue, Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University choral groups
"Songs in a Sacred Place"
works by Mendelssohn, Tallis, Palestrina, Hailstork, others
Donations benefit VCU Friends of Music Scholarship Fund
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 8 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Schola Cantorum & Women’s Chorale
Jeffrey Riehl conducting
Handel: "Messiah" (Part 1)
soloists TBA
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Nov. 8 (3 p.m.)
Nov. 9 (8 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Ravel: "Le Tombeau de Couperin"
Debussy: "Berceuse héroique"
Dvořák: “Carnival” Overture
Johann Strauss II: "On the Beautiful Blue Danube"
Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Fantasy-Overture
$21-$41
(866) 277-9127
www.rso.com

Nov. 8 (3 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 Brambleton Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony
Matthew Kraemer conducting
"Harry Potter’s Musical Muggle Tour"
$9-$22
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Nov. 8 (5 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
The Washington Chorus
Julian Wachner directing
Children’s Chorus of Washington
Joan Gregoryk directing
soloists TBA
"The Essential Puccini"
program TBA
$15-$60
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 9 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
LA Guitar Quartet
Phil Proctor, narrator
"The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote"
$32
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Nov. 9 (7:30 p.m.)
Mansion at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Paris Piano Trio
works by Ravel, Schumann, Rachmaninoff
$28
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org

Nov. 10 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano
program TBA
$5
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 10 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
program TBA
$25-$65
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org

Nov. 13 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Percussion Ensemble
Peter Martin directing
program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 13 (8 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
Haochen Zhang, piano
Beethoven: Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110
Mason Bates: "White Lies for Lomax"
Ravel: "Gaspard de la nuit"
Brahms: "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel"
Liszt: "Spanish Rhapsody"
$35
(703) 938-2404
www.wolftrap.org

Nov. 13 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Vocal Arts Society:
New York Festival of Song
Steven Blier, director & piano
"Great American Songwriting Teams"
songs by the Gershwins, Rodgers & Hart, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe, Bernstein, Comden & Green, others
$45
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 13 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton conducting
Glinka: "Russlan and Ludmilla" Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Lang Lang, piano
Weber: "Euryanthe" Overture
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Lang Lang, piano
$30-$125
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 14 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 15 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
Arthur Fagen conducting
Beethoven: "Egmont" Overture
Bright Sheng: "Nanking! Nanking! A Threnody for Orchestra and Pipa"
Yang Wei, pipa
Franck: Symphony in D minor
$17-$72
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.richmondsymphony.com

Nov. 14 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 18 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 20 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 22 (2:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Joseph Walsh conducting
Donizetti: "The Daughter of the Regiment"
Manon Strauss Evrard (Marie)
Gennard Lombardozzi (Tonio)
Todd Robinson (Sgt. Sulpice)
Josepha Gayer (Marquise de Birkenfeld)
David Barron (Hortensius)
Dorothy Danner, stage director
in French, English captions
$25-$114
(866) 673-7282
www.vaopera.org

Nov. 14 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
Brian Zeger, piano
arias and art-songs by Handel, Vivaldi, Liszt, Richard Strauss, Debussy, Fauré, Puccini, others
$35-$110
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

Nov. 14 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Kayhan Kalhor, kamacheh (spike fiddle)
Brooklyn Rider
trad: "The Ascending Bird" (arr. Colin Jacobsen & Siamak Aghaei)
Jacobsen: "Brooklesca"
Jacobsen: "Beloved, Do Not Let Me Be Discouraged"
Kalhor: "Silent City"
Kalhor: "Parvez"
Giovanni Sollima: "Viaggio in Italia" (excerpts)
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-schedule.html

Nov. 14 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Gershwin: "Rhapsody in Blue"
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major
Gershwin: " ‘I Got Rhythm’ Variations"
$30-$90
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony)
www.strathmore.org

Nov. 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
University Wind Ensemble
David Niethamer & Thom Ritter George directing
George: Suite No. 1 in F major
George: Suite No. 2 in C major
George: Flute Concerto
Katie Moyer, flute
Vaughan Williams: "Folk Song Suite"
other works TBA
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Nov. 15 (7 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Jeffrey Siegel, piano
"Keyboard Conversations: Chopin the Patriot"
Chopin: polonaises in G minor, C minor, A flat major
Chopin: mazurkas TBA
$19-$38
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.gmu.edu/cfa/calendar/month/2009/11/

Nov. 15 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Fauré: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
$35
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 15 (4 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Norman Scribner directing
Washington Symphonic Brass
Phil Snedecor directing
"The Original Surround Sound: Antiphonal Glories Through the Ages"
program TBA
$15-$65
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Cannon Memorial Chapel, University of Richmond
Bruce Stevens, organ
Buxtehude: Praeludium in D Major
Walther: Partita on "Jesu, meine Freude"
Bach: Trio on "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Her"
Vivaldi-Bach: Concerto in A Minor
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in G Major, Op. 27, No. 2
Ginastera: "Toccata, Villancico y Fuga"
Bach: Chaconne in D Minor (Wilhelm Middelschulte trans.)
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Nov. 16 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 17 (8 p.m.)
Kimball Theatre, Merchants Square, Williamsburg
Williamsburg Symphonia
Janna Hymes conducting
Rossini: "Tancredi" Overture
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica")
$30-$42
(757) 229-9857
www.williamsburgsymphonia.org

Nov. 17 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Pavel Haas Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2 ("Quinten")
Ravel: Quartet in F major
Dvořák: Quartet in G major, Op. 106
$12-$28
(434) 924-3376
www.tecs.org

Nov. 17 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Zukerman Chamber Players
Brahms: Scherzo in C minor from "F.A.E." Sonata
Kodaly: Duo
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26
$38
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 19 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 21 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 22 (1:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Hugh Wolff conducting
James MacMillan: "Í (a Meditation on Iona)"
Lalo: "Symphonie espagnole"
Joshua Bell, violin
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 ("Scottish")
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Vogler String Quartet
Jascha Nemtsov, piano
Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet
Prokofiev: "Overture on Hebrew Themes"
Krejn: Prelude
Achron: "Children’s Suite" (excerpts)
Chajes: "Hebrew Suite"
Golijov: "Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind"
$32
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Mansion at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Malcolm Bilson, Broadwood piano
works by Haydn, Schumann, Chopin, Dussek
$28
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org

Nov. 19 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Michael Daugherty: "Red Cape Tango" from "Metropolis" Symphony
Liszt: "Totentanz"
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Berlioz: "Symphonie fantastique"
$390-$90
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony)
www.strathmore.org

Nov. 20 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
U.Va. Chamber Singers
Michael Slon directing
songs by Barber, Copland, Randall Thompson, Judith Shatin, others
Free
(540) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html

Nov. 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Robin Rhode, visual artist
"Pictures Reframed," multimedia version of Mussorgsky’s "Pictures at an Exhibition"
$45
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

Nov. 20 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Symphony Orchestra of Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory
Christophe Mongou & Kanat Omarov conducting
Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Fantasy-Overture
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Jania Aubakirova, piano
Raimkulova: "Jamilya"
Bernstein: "Candide" Overture
trad.: "Baksy," "Kerogly"
Turan Ethnographical Folklore Ensemble
$20-$50
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 20 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Haydn Trio Eisenstadt
Lorna Anderson, soprano
Jamie MacDougall, tenor
Haydn: Trio No. 27 in C major
Haydn: "Scottish Songs for George Thomson"
Schifrin: "Elegy and Meditation"
Haydn: Trio No. 29 in E flat major
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-schedule.html

Nov. 21 (7 p.m.)
Epiphany Lutheran Church, Horsepen Road at Monument Avenue, Richmond
Nov. 22 (4 p.m.)
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 520 N. Boulevard, Richmond
James River Singers
Jeffrey Riehl directing
Handel: "Dixit Dominus"
Handel: "Nisi Dominus"
Lotti: "Crucifixus"
$15
www.jamesriversingers.org

Nov. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 22 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Opera Theatre
Melanie Kohn Day directing
"Brush Up Your Shakespeare: a Gala of Shakespeare-based Opera Scenes"
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Epiphany Catholic Church, 11000 Smoketree Drive, Midlothian
Nov. 22 (5 p.m.)
All Saints Episcopal Church, 8787 River Road, Richmond
Richmond Concert Chorale
Grant Hellmers directing
"Welcome Yule!"
Hassler: Mass, "Dixit Maria"
motets by Hassler, Byrd, Palestrina, Rheinberger, Bruckner
Christmas carols TBA
Donation requested
(804) 353-5236

Nov. 21 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
De Falla: "The Three-Cornered Hat" Suites Nos. 1-2
Gershwin: "Rhapsody in Blue"
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Chu-Fang Huang, piano
Ginastera: "Estancia"
$35-$55
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.gmu.edu/cfa/calendar/month/2009/11/

Nov. 21 (4 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
New York Philharmonic
Riccardo Muti conducting
Liszt: "Les Preludes"
Elgar: "In the South"
Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet" Suite
$35-$115
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

Nov. 22 (4 p.m.)
Recital Hall, Black Music Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Grove Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Guitar Ensemble
VCU Community Guitar Ensemble
John Patykula directing
program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 22 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
U.Va. Wind Ensemble
Charlottesville Municipal Band
program TBA
$10
(540) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html

Nov. 22 (7 p.m.)
The Forum at O-Hill, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Palladian Chamber Orchestra
J.C. Bach, Sinfonia, Op. 18, No. 2
Delius: "Two Pieces for Small Orchestra"
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Free
(540) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html

Nov. 22 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Tamaki Kawakubo, violin
program TBA
$40
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 22 (7 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Philippe Entremont conducting
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 ("Haffner")
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor
Philippe Entremont, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 ("London")
$25-$75
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

Nov. 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Viviane Hagner, violin
Shai Wosner, piano
Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D. 385
Turnage: "Four Chants"
Bartók: Rhapsody No. 1
Schumann: Sonata No. 2 in D minor
$35
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

Nov. 27 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 29 (2:30 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Virginia Opera
Joseph Walsh conducting
Donizetti: "The Daughter of the Regiment"
Manon Strauss Evrard (Marie)
Gennard Lombardozzi (Tonio)
Todd Robinson (Sgt. Sulpice)
Josepha Gayer (Marquise de Birkenfeld)
David Barron (Hortensius)
Dorothy Danner, stage director
in French, English captions
$29-$99
(866) 673-7282
www.vaopera.org

Nov. 27 (1:30 and 8 p.m.)
Nov. 28 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Pops
Marvin Hamlisch conducting
Rebecca Luker, Patrick Cassidy & Shirley Jones, vocalists
"The Music of Meredith Wilson’s ‘The Music Man’ "
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 28 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Chanticleer
"A Chanticleer Christmas"
$24-$48
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.gmu.edu/cfa/calendar/month/2009/11/

Nov. 30 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
University Chamber Ensembles & Opera Scenes
Mozart: "Così fan tutte" (excerpts)
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu