January 2010 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/youth, group and other discounts may be offered.

NOTE: Hazardous driving conditions and travel disruptions from the Jan. 30 snowstorm have led to cancellations and postponements of events throughout Virginia and the Washington area. Check with presenters or venues before attending.

SCOUTING REPORT

* In and around Richmond: The Pacifica Quartet, whose November concert was canceled on short notice due to a player’s illness, is rescheduled for Jan. 14 at Virginia Commonwealth University. . . . Richmond Symphony music-director finalist Marc Taddei returns to conduct Mussorgsky, Borodin and Prokofiev, Jan. 16-17 at the Carpenter Theatre of Richmond CenterStage. . . . The symphony, sans conductor, plays Mozart’s "Gran Partita" and, with violinist Karen Johnson, Astor Piazzolla’s "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires," Jan. 22 at KingsWay Community Church in Midlothian and Jan. 24 at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland. . . . Another set of "Seasons," Tchaikovsky’s, is played by pianist Ruta Smedina-Starke, Jan. 23 at the Richmond Public Library. . . . Pianist Angela Hewitt and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra collaborate in Bach and Stravinsky, Jan. 29 at the University of Richmond. . . . The Capuçon-Angelich Trio – violinist Renaud Capuçon, cellist Gautier Capuçon and pianist Nicholas Angelich – performs on Jan. 30 at VCU.

* New and/or different: The Rose Ensemble explores music from the Jewish, Islamic and Christian cultures of medieval Spain, Jan. 13 at the University of Richmond. . . . Flutist Jeremy McEntire and pianist Charles Hulin introduce a new work by Richmond composer Allan Blank, Jan. 24 at the University of Richmond. . . . Pipa (Chinese lute) player Wu Man gives a solo concert and lecture-demonstration on Jan. 24 at the University of Virginia. . . . Clarinetist Jon Manasse performs in the Virginia premiere of Lowell Liebermann’s Clarinet Concerto with David Stewart Wiley and the Roanoke Symphony, Jan. 25 at the Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre. . . . Ensemble Sequentia, the medieval-music group led by Benjamin Bagby, samples early German music on the "Rheingold" saga, Jan. 28 at the Library of Congress in Washington. . . . Angela Hewitt and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra give the first performance of Peter Maxwell Davies' "Sea Orpheus," Jan. 29 at the University of Richmond. . . . National Symphony double-bassist Ira Gold plays a solo concert, alongside a master class and workshop, Jan. 31 at VCU.

* Star turns: Violinist Nikolaj Znaider marks the centenary of Elgar’s Violin Concerto, performing with the same Guarneri fiddle that Fritz Kreisler played at the concerto’s premiere in 1910, with Leonard Slatkin and the National Symphony, Jan. 7-9 at the Kennedy Center in Washington. . . . Pianist Emanuel Ax joins Michael Stern and the National Symphony in the least familiar of the Beethoven concertos, the Second, Jan. 14-16 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Manahem Pressler, the pianist who anchored the Beaux Arts Trio, is joined by violinist Alexander Kerr, violist Kim Kashkashian and cellist Antonio Meneses in Mozart and Dvořák, Jan. 21 at the Library of Congress. . . . Pianist Jeremy Denk performs on Jan. 23 at the Kennedy Center (waiting list for tickets). . . . Pianist Garrick Ohlsson plays Beethoven’s Concerto No. 3 with Gunther Herbig and the Baltimore Symphony, Jan. 23 at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of D.C. . . . Pianist Radu Lupu plays Janácek, Beethoven and Schubert, Jan. 27 at Strathmore. . . . Leon Fleisher plays Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 4 for the left hand with the National Philharmonic, Jan. 30-31 at Strathmore.

* Bargain of the month: The Vermont-based cellist Dieuwke Davydov joins pianist Pamela McClain in two of the modern chamber standards for the cello, the Shostakovich and Debussy sonatas, plus Bruce Adolphe’s "Couple," Jan. 24 at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Richmond. (Free)

* My picks: Znaider, Slatkin and Elgar, Jan. 7-9 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Rose Ensemble’s "Cantigas from the Land of Three Faiths," Jan. 13 at the University of Richmond. . . . The Pacifica Quartet, Jan. 14 at VCU. . . . Pressler and friends, Jan. 21 at the Library of Congress. . . . Radu Lupu, Jan. 27 at Strathmore. . . . Hewitt and Orpheus, Jan. 29 at the University of Richmond.


Jan. 2 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
The Strauss Symphony of America
Niels Muus conducting
Akiko Nakajima, soprano
Karl Michael Ebner, tenor
Vienna Dance Project members
"Salute to Vienna"
program TBA
$49-$89
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org

Jan. 6 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Steven Isserlis, cello
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Britten: Cello Sonata
Schumann-Isserlis: Violin Sonata No. 3
Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata
$45
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Jan. 7 (7 p.m.)
Jan. 8 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 9 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin conducting
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
Holst: "The Planets"
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Norman Scribner directing
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Jan. 8 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Jan. 9 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 E Brambleton Ave., Norfolk
Jan. 10 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Norman Krieger, piano
Tcherepnin: "La Princesse Lointaine"
Richard Strauss: Symphonic Fragment from "Josephslegende"
$25-$85
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Jan. 9 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Bizet: "Carmen" (concert presentation)
Kendall Glade, Carmen
Theresa Santiago, Micaela
Dan Snyder, Don José
Dean Elzinga, Escamillo
Eliot Pfanstiehl, host-narrator
in French
$29-$79
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org

Jan. 10 (4 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Second Sunday South of the James:
Ben Houghton, piano
Mozart: Sonata in A minor, K. 333
Liszt: "Liebestraum"
William Bolcom: "Serpent’s Kiss"
works from American musical theater
Donation requested
(804) 272-9514

Jan. 10 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Brahms: Sonata in E minor, Op. 38, for cello and piano
Brahms: Sonata in E flat major, Op. 120, No. 2, for viola and piano
Brahms: Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano, Op. 108
$35
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Jan. 10 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Norman Scribner directing
"Choral Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."
program TBA
$20
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Jan. 13 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
The Rose Ensemble
"Cantigas from the Land of Three Faiths," medieval Spanish music
$32
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Jan. 14 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Pacifica Quartet
Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 12
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 8
Beethoven: Quartet in B flat major, Op. 130
$32
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Jan. 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Opera on the James:
"Three Tenors Encore"
Gerardo Ramos, Jin Ho Hwang & Scott Ramsay, tenors
program TBA
$22-$80
(434) 979-1333
www.theparamount.net

Jan. 14 (7 p.m.)
Jan. 15 (1:30 p.m.)
Jan. 16 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Michael Stern conducting
Barber: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Emanuel Ax, piano
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Jan. 16 (6 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Festival of Winds and Percussion
program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Jan. 16 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 17 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
Marc Taddei conducting
Prokofiev: "Lieutenant Kijé" Suite
Borodin: "Polovtsian Dances"
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Erin Freeman directing
Mussorgsky-Ravel: "Pictures at an Exhibition"
$17-$72
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.richmondsymphony.com

Jan. 17 (3 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 E. Brambleton Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony
Matthew Kraemer conducting
Family Classics: "Happy Birthday, Mozart"
$18-$22
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Jan. 21 (7 p.m.)
Jan. 22 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 23 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Iván Fischer conducting
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 ("Prague")
Mahler: "Das Lied von der Erde"
Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano
Stig Andersen, tenor
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Jan. 21 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Manahem Pressler, piano
Alexander Kerr, violin
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Antonio Meneses, cello
Mozart: Piano Quartet in E flat major, K. 493
Dvořák: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 87
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-schedule.html

Jan. 22 (8 p.m.)
KingsWay Community Church, 14111 Sovereign Grace Drive, Midlothian
Jan. 24 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Richmond Symphony
Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B flat major, K. 381 ("Gran Partita")
Astor Piazzolla: "Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas" ("The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires")
Karen Johnson, violin
$20
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.richmondsymphony.com

Jan. 23 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Ruta Smedina-Starke, piano
Tchaikovsky: "The Seasons"
Free
(804) 646-7223
www.richmondpubliclibrary.org

Jan. 23 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Jeremy Denk, piano
program TBA
$40 (waiting list)
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

Jan. 23 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Gunther Herbig conducting
Beethoven: "Coriolan" Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
$25-$80
(410) 783-8000 (Baltimore Symphony)
www.strathmore.org

Jan. 24 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Jeremy McEntire, flute
Charles Hulin, piano
Allan Blank: new work TBA
other works TBA
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Jan. 24 (3 p.m.)
Virginia Center Commons, 10101 Brook Road (U.S. 1 north), Glen Allen
Central Virginia Wind Symphony
Mike Goldberg directing
Robert DeLutis, clarinet
program TBA
Free
(804) 342-8797
http://www.thewindsymphony.com/

Jan. 24 (4 p.m.)
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 8706 Quaker Lane, Richmond
Dieuwke Davydov, cello
Pamela McClain, piano
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Bruce Adolphe: "Couple"
Free
(804) 272-0992

Jan. 24 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Guitar Series:
Richmond Guitar Quartet
Adam Larabee, banjo, mandolin & guitar
program TBA
$10
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Jan. 24 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Wu Man, pipa
program TBA
$10
Free lecture-demonstration, "Pipa music & history," at 2 p.m.
(540) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html

Jan. 25 (8 p.m.)
Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre, Orange Avenue at Williamson Road
Roanoke Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro" Overture
Gershwin: Lullaby for strings
Lowell Liebermann: Clarinet Concerto
Jon Manasse, clarinet
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
$21-$41
(540) 343-9127
www.rso.com

Jan. 26 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi conducting & violin
Telemann: "Overture à quatre" in F major
Telemann: Concerto for flute, violone, cello and strings in A major
Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons"
$12-$28
(540) 924-3376
http://tecs.org/

Jan. 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Carolina Ullrich, soprano
Marcelo Amaral, piano
Wolf: "Italianische Liederbuch" (excerpts)
Turina: "Tres Poemas"
songs by Haydn, Schubert, Richard Strauss, Fernando Obradors, Reynaldo Hahn
$30
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Jan. 27 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Radu Lupu, piano
Janácek: "In the Mist"
Beethoven: Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 ("Appassionata")
Schubert: Sonata in A major, D. 959
$27-$77
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

Jan. 28 (7 p.m.)
Jan. 29 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 30 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Iván Fischer conducting
Bernstein: "On the Town – Three Dance Episodes"
Tchaikovsky: "Lensky’s Aria" (arr. cello & orchestra)
Tchaikovsky: "Rococo Variations"
Misha Maisky, cello
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
$20-$86
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Jan. 28 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Ensemble Sequentia
Banjamin Bagby directing
"The Rheingold Curse: a Germanic Saga of Greed and Revenge"
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-schedule.html

Jan. 29 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Bach: Clavier Concerto in D minor
Stravinsky: Piano Concerto in D major
Angela Hewitt, piano
Peter Maxwell Davies: "Sea Orpheus" (premiere)
$36
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Jan. 29 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Jan. 30 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 E. Brambleton Ave., Norfolk
Jan. 31 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 ("Choral")
soloists TBA
Virginia Symphony Chorus
Robert Stroup directing
$25-$85
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Jan. 30 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Capuçon-Angelich Trio
Beethoven: Variations on "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu"
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Brahms: Piano Trio in C major, Op. 87
$32
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Jan. 30 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony Pops
Erin Freeman conducting
Steve Lippia, vocalist
"Simply Sinatra"
$17-$75
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.richmondsymphony.com

Jan. 30 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Chamber Orchestra of Charlottesville
Kate Tamarkin conducting
Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
Joseph Gaines, tenor
Ian Zook, horn
Elgar: Serenade for strings
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 ("London")
$10-$35
(540) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html

Jan. 30 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Anne Schwanewilms, soprano
Malcolm Martineau, piano
program TBA
$45
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Jan. 30 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 31 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Mussorgsky: "Night on Bald Mountain"
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 for the left hand
Leon Fleisher, piano
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 ("Pathétique")
$29-$79
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org

Jan. 31 (3 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Ira Gold, double-bass
program TBA
workshop follows
$10 (concert), $25 (concert & workshop)
Free master class at 11 a.m.
(804) 828-6776
www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Jan. 31 (2:30 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Opera Roanoke Sunday Concerts:
Kallen Esperian, soprano
pianist TBA
program TBA
$20-$50
(540) 982-2742
www.operaroanoke.org