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.
SCOUTING REPORT
* In and around Richmond: Local classical highlights of "Minds Wide Open: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts" include concerts by the Richmond Symphony with conductor Erin R. Freeman and violinist Elena Urioste, March 20-21 at the Carpenter Theatre of Richmond CenterStage, and a "Women of Note" program devoted to female composers by the Richmond Choral Society with soprano Lisa Edwards Burrs, March 21 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. . . . The Virginia Opera brings its production of Mozart’s "Don Giovanni," with University of Richmond alumnus Matthew Worth in the title role, to the Carpenter Theatre on March 5 and 7. . . . The Richmond Symphony showcases its principal harpist, Lynette Wardle, in music of Rodrigo and Ravel, March 5 at the University of Richmond’s Modlin Center and March 7 at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland. . . . Violinist Karen Johnson (the symphony’s concertmaster) and pianist Joanne Kong mark the 200th anniversary of Schumann’s birth, and add a bit of Elgar, March 14 at Randolph-Macon College and March 28 at Virginia Commonwealth University. . . . The Jupiter String Quartet, one of the leading young American chamber ensembles, performs on March 27 in VCU’s Rennolds Chamber Concerts series.
* New and/or different: eighth blackbird, the new-music sextet in residence at the University of Richmond, is joined
by singer-actor Rinde Eckert and composer-guitarist Steve Mackey in Mackey’s narrative work "Slide," March 3 at UR’s Modlin Center. . . . The VCU Symphony Orchestra, with faculty and student artists, introduces Doug Richards’ "Some New Threads for Elinor and Jude," expanding on the Beatles’ "Eleanor Rigby" and "Hey, Jude," March 4 at the university’s Singleton Arts Center. . . . The Virginia Consort performs Eric Whitacre’s "Five Hebrew Love Songs" alongside Carl Orff’s "Carmina Burana," March 7 in Old Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. . . . The Fairfax Symphony, with pianist Alon Goldstein, presents the East Coast premiere of Avner Dorman’s Piano Concerto ("Lost Souls"), March 13 at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts. . . . The U.S. Army Band ("Pershing’s Own") joins Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in John Corigliano’s Third Symphony ("Circus Maximus"), March 18 at the Music Center at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of D.C. . . . Composer-percussionist Lukas Ligeti is featured in a colloquium on March 19 and a concert of his genre-crossing music on March 20 at U.Va. . . . Jennifer Higdon’s Concerto for Orchestra and the rarely performed "D’un matin de printemps" by Lili Boulanger (Nadia’s short-lived sister) are featured in the Richmond Symphony March 20-21 concerts at the Carpenter Theatre. . . . Performers from UR’s music, theater and dance departments present a multimedia tribute to John Cage, March 24 at the Modlin Center.* Star turns: Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Opera and Orchestra of St. Petersburg continue their extended visit to Washington with concert presentations of scenes from operas of Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky and Borodin on March 3, and excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s "Iolanta" (with Anna Netrebko in the title role), "The Queen of Spades" and "Mazeppa" on March 4, and a fully staged presentation of Prokofiev’s "War and Peace" on March 6-7, at the Kennedy Center. . . . Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic in Shostakovich, with Alexander Toradze featured in Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major, March 4 at the Ferguson Arts Center of Christopher Newport University in Newport News. . . . Christoph Eschenbach, music director-designate of Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra,
conducts the Verdi Requiem, March 11-13 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Canadian Brass are joined by John McDermott of "Irish tenors" fame in a March 16 concert at the Ferguson Center. . . . Pianist Jeremy Denk returns to Richmond for a solo recital, March 21 at UR’s Modlin Center. . . . Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra are joined by violinist Christian Tetzlaff in a program of Tchaikovsky, Liszt and Ravel, March 24 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Stanley Drucker, former principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic (he retired last year after five decades with the orchestra), visits VCU to conduct a master class on March 26. . . . Baritone Dmitrri Hvorostovsky is joined by soprano Sondra Radvanovsky and the National Philharmonic in a program of songs, March 29 at the Kennedy Center.* Bargain of the month: The VCU Symphony’s March 4 concert, introducing Doug Richards’ "New Threads for Eleanor and Jude" and featuring Dmitri Shteinberg in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2. ($5)
* My picks: eighth blackbird in Steve Mackey’s "Slide," March 3 at UR’s Modlin Center. . . . The Virginia Opera’s "Don Giovanni," March 5 and 7 at the Carpenter
Theatre. . . . The Richmond Symphony with Lynette Wardle in Rodrigo, Ravel, Bizet and Saint-Georges, March 5 at UR and March 7 at Randolph-Macon College. . . . Karen Johnson and Joanne Kong playing Schumann and Elgar, March 14 at Randolph-Macon College/March 28 at VCU. . . . The Richmond Symphony with Tai Murray in Higdon, Tchaikovsky and Boulanger, March 20-21 at the Carpenter Theatre.March 2 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Charles Castleman, violin
Julie Nishimura, piano
Dvořák: Sonatina
Ysaÿe: "Poème Elegiaque", Op. 12
Franck: Sonata in A major
Wieniawski: Polonaise in D major, Op. 4
Free
Master class at 11 a.m. March 3
(434) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html
March 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
eighth blackbird
Rinde Eckert, singer-actor
Steve Mackey, guitar
Steve Mackey: "Slide"
$20
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu
March 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Mariinsky Opera & Orchestra
Valery Gergiev conducting
Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya" (excerpts)
Gennady Bezzubenkov (Yuri Vsevolodovitch)
Edem Umerov (Poyarok)
Evgeny Akimov (Vsevolod)
Zlata Bulycheva (Adolescent)
Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Maid of Pskov" ("Ivan the Terrible") (excerpts)
cast TBA
Mussorgsky: "Khovanshchina" (excerpts)
Alexei Tanovitsky (Ivan Khovansky)
Evgeny Nikitin (Shaklovity)
Vasily Gorshkov (Scrivener)
Nikolay Gassiev (Kuzka)
Borodin: "Prince Igor" (Polovtsian act)
Evgeny Nikitin (Prince Igor)
Mikhail Petrenko (Khan Konchak)
Sergei Semishkur (Vladimir)
Ekaterina Semenchuk (Konchakovna)
Irina Mataeva (Polovtsian Girl)
Nikolai Gassiev (Ovlour)
concert presentations, in Russian
$29-$150
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
March 3 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Joshua Bell, violin
Jeremy Denk, piano
Bach: Sonata in C minor, BWV 1017
Saint-Saëns: Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Schumann: Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
Ravel: Sonata for violin and piano
$55-$115
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
March 4 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Myssyk conducting
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano
Mussorgsky-Ravel: "Pictures at an Exhibition"
Doug Richards: "Some New Threads for Eleanor and Jude"
VCU Women’s Choir, Becky Tyree directing
Adam Larrabee, guitar
Randall Pharr, electric bass
Brian Jones, drums
$5
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
London Philharmonic
Vladimir Jurowski conducting
Shostakovich: "Five Fragments," Op. 42
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Alexander Toradze, piano
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
$62-$97
(757) 594-8752
http://fergusoncenter.cnu.edu/artists/index.html
March 4 (7 p.m.)
March 5 (8 p.m.)
March 6 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos conducting
Mozart: "Serenata notturna"
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
Ingrid Fliter, piano
Richard Strauss: "Symphonia Domestica"
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
March 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Mariinsky Opera & Orchestra
Valery Gergiev conducting
Tchaikovsky: "Iolanta" (excerpts)
Anna Netrebko (Iolanta)
Alexei Markov (Robert)
Sergey Skorokhodov (Count Vaudémont)
Tchaikovsky: "The Queen of Spades" (Act 2 tableau scene)
Irina Mataeva (Lisa)
Edem Umerov (Tomsky)
Zlata Bulycheva (Pauline)
Tchaikovsky: "Mazeppa" (excerpts)
Edem Umerov (Mazeppa)
Victoria Yastrebova (Maria)
Elena Vitman (Lyubov)
Mikhail Kit (Kochubey)
Dmitri Voropaev (Iskra)
Nikolay Gassiev (Drunk Cossack)
concert presentation, in Russian
$29-$150
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
March 5 (8 p.m.)
March 7 (2:30 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Virginia Opera
Joseph Walsh conducting
Mozart: "Don Giovanni"
Matthew Worth (Don Giovanni)
Daniel Mobbs (Leporello)
Nicolle Foland (Donna Anna)
Cristina Nassif (Donna Elvira)
Chad A. Johnson (Don Ottavio)
Sarah Jane McMahon (Zerlina)
David Krohn (Masetto)
Nathan Stark (Commendatore)
Lillian Groag, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$32-$99
(866) 673-7282
www.vaopera.org
March 5 (8 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
March 7 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Richmond Symphony
Erin R. Freeman conducting
Chevalier de Saint-Georges (Joseph de Bologne): Sinfonia in D major ("L’amant anonyme" Overture)
Rodrigo: "Sones en la giralda" for harp and orchestra
Ravel: Introduction and Allegro
Lynette Wardle, harp
Bizet: Symphony in C major
$20
(800) 982-2787(Ticketmaster)
www.richmondsymphony.com
March 5 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Vienna Piano Trio
Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No. 2 in F major, Op. 80
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-schedule.html
March 6 (7:30 p.m.)
March 7 (1:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Mariinsky Opera & Orchestra
Valery Gergiev conducting
Prokofiev: "War and Peace"
Alexei Markov (Prince Andrei Bolkonsky)
Irina Mataeva (Natasha Rostova)
Alexei Stablyanko (Count Pierre Bezukhov)
Gennady Bezzubenkov/Mikhail Kit (Field Marshal Kutuzov)
Alexander Nikitin (Napoleon Bonaparte)
Mikhail Kit/Alexander Morozov (Count Rostov)
Ekaterina Semenchuk (Helene Bezukhova)
Sergey Skorokhodov (Prince Anatole Kuragin)
Andrei Konchalovsky, stage director
in Russian
$45-$195
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
March 7 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Guitar Series:
Adam Larrabee, classical mandolin, jazz guitar, banjo
program TBA
$10
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 7 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Virginia Consort
Judith Gary directing
Orff: "Carmina Burana"
Eric Whitacre: "Five Hebrew Love Songs"
$30
(434) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html
March 7 (7 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Jeffrey Siegel, piano
"Keyboard Conversations: Chopin the Storyteller"
$19-$38
(703) 993-2787
http://cfa.gmu.edu
March 9 (7 p.m.)
Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, 2880 Mountain Road
Richmond Symphony
Daniel Myssyk conducting
Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro" Overture
Gluck-Mottl: "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" from "Orfeo ed Eurydice"
Elgar: "Salut d'amour"
Glinka: "Kamarinskaya"
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Johann Strauss II: "Pizzicato" Polka
Johann Strauss II: "Thunder and Lightning" Polka
$10
(804) 788-1212
http://www.richmondsymphony.com/
March 10 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Richmond Piano Trio:
Susanna Klein, violin
Dana McComb, cello
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano
works TBA by Beethoven, Brahms, Shostakovich
$5
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 11 (7 p.m.)
March 12 (8 p.m.)
March 13 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conducting
Verdi: Requiem
Twyla Robinson, soprano
Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano
Nikolai Schukoff, tenor
Evgeny Nikitin, bass-baritone
The Washington Chorus, Julian Wachner directing
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
March 12 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Jean Guihen-Queyras, cello
Alexandre Thauraud, piano
Schubert: "Argeggione" Sonata
works TBA by Debussy, Poulenc
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-schedule.html
March 13 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
American Youth Harp Ensemble
Lynnelle Ediger-Kordzaia directing
classical, jazz works TBA
Free
(804) 646-7223
www.richmondpubliclibrary.org
March 13 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony Pops
Conductor TBA
Arturo Sandoval, trumpet
$17-$75
(800) 982-2787(Ticketmaster)
www.richmondsymphony.com
March 13 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
Borodin: "In the Steppes of Central Asia"
Avner Dorman: Piano Concerto ("Lost Souls")
Alon Goldstein, piano
Sibelius: "Four Legends from the Kalevala"
$35-$55
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.fairfaxsymphony.org
March 13 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Poulenc: "Les Biches" Suite
Bartók: "The Miraculous Mandarin" Suite
Satie: "Parade"
Copland: "Billy the Kid" Suite
$40-$90
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org
March 14 (3 p.m.)
St. Ann’s Building, Randolph-Macon College, England and Henry streets, Ashland
Karen Johnson, violin
Joanne Kong, piano
Schumann: Sonata in A minor, Op. 105
Schumann: movements from Sonata "Frei aber einsam"
Schumann: Fantasie Op. 131
Schumann: Fantasy, Op. 17 for piano (third movement)
Elgar: "Chanson de nuit"
Elgar: "Chanson de matin"
Free
(804) 752-3712
March 14 (4 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Second Sunday South of the James:
Karen Floyd Savage & Lisa Edwards Burrs, sopranos
Russell Wilson, piano
Operatic duets, art songs, spirituals TBA
Donation requested
(804) 272-7514
March 14 (3:30 p.m.)
Dickinson Auditorium, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville
Oratorio Society of Virginia
L. Thomas Vining directing
Brahms: "A German Requiem"
Danielle Talamantes, soprano
Kerry Wilkerson, baritone
David & Lisa Norfrey, pianos
$20-$30
(434) 295-4385
www.oratoriosociety.org
March 15 (8 p.m.)
March 16 (8 p.m.)
Kimball Theatre, Merchants Square, Williamsburg
Williamsburg Symphonia
Janna Hymes conducting
Stravinsky: Suite No. 2 for small orchestra
Milhaud: "La création du monde"
Sibelius: "Pelleas and Melisande"
Schubert: Symphony No. 4 ("Tragic")
$30-$42
(757) 229-9857
www.williamsburgsymphonia.org
March 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Canadian Brass
John McDermott, tenor
program TBA
$37-$52
(757) 594-8752
http://fergusoncenter.cnu.edu/artists/index.html
March 16 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Christian Zacharias, piano
Beethoven: Sonata in F major, Op. 10, No. 2
Brahms: ballades, Op. 10
Schubert: Sonata in D major, D. 850
$12-$28
(434) 924-3376
www.tecs.org
March 18 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
David Little: "Screamer"
Prokofiev: "Peter and the Wolf"
Corigliano: Symphony No. 3 ("Circus Maximus")
U.S. Army Band ("Pershing’s Own")
$25-$80
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org
March 19 (8 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
Antares
program TBA
$35
(703) 938-2404
www.wolftrap.org
March 20 (8 p.m.)
March 21 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
Erin R. Freeman conducting
Lili Boulanger: "D’un matin de printemps"
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Elena Urioste, violin
Jennifer Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra
$17-$72
(800) 982-2787(Ticketmaster)
www.richmondsymphony.com
March 20 (8 p.m.)
The Bridge PAI, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Lukas Ligeti, percussion
Lukas Ligeti: works TBA
Free
Colloquium with Ligeti at 3:30 p.m. March 19 in Old Cabell Hall
(434) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html
March 20 (7 p.m.)
March 21 (2 p.m.)
March 22 (7 p.m.)
March 23 (7:30 p.m.)
March 25 (7:30 p.m.)
March 26 (7:30 p.m.)
March 27 (7 p.m.)
March 28 (2 p.m.)
March 30 (7:30 p.m.)
March 31 (7:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
John Mauceri conducting
The Gershwins: "Porgy and Bess"
Eric Owens/Lester Lynch (Porgy)
Morenike Fadayomi/Indira Mahajan (Bess)
Terry Cook/Ashley Howard Wilkinson (Crown)
Jermaine Smith/Larry D. Hylton (Sportin’ Life)
Alyson Cambridge (Clara)
Eric Greene/Darren Stokes (Jake)
Lisa Daltirus/Karen Slack (Serena)
Francesca Zambello, stage director
in English, with captions
$50-$300
(800) 876-7372
www.dc-opera.org
March 20 (8 p.m.)
March 21 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Brahms: "Hungarian Dance" No. 5
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Chee-Yun, violin
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
$29-$79
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
March 21 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Jeremy Denk, piano
Ives: Piano Sonata No. 1
Bach: "Goldberg Variations"
$32
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu
March 21 (4 p.m.)
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 520 N. Boulevard, Richmond
Richmond Choral Society
Markus J. Compton directing
Lisa Edwards Burrs, soprano
"Women of Note," works by Amy Beach, Emma Lou Diemer, Libby Larsen, Gwenyth Walker, Undine Smith Moore, Margaret A. Bonds
$10
(804) 967-9878
www.richmondchoralsociety.org
March 21 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
U.Va. Chamber Music Series:
I-Jen Fang, percussion
Ayn Balija, viola
Alicja Basinska, piano
Zae Munn: "Interface" for viola and marimba
Christopher Deane: "The Bones of Chuang-Tzu"
Judith Shatin: "Penelope’s Song" for amplified viola and CD
Paul McCartney: "Blackbird" (Ed Smith arr.)
Kazunori Miyake: "Chain"
Michael Colgrass: Variation for four drums and viola
$20
(434) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html
March 21 (3 p.m.)
March 22 (8 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Mozart: Requiem
Angela Maria Blasi, soprano
Jan Wilson, alto
Powell Leitch, tenor
Charles Temkey, bass
Roanoke Symphony Chorus
Mark Bergman: "Dance of the Americas"
Holst: "St. Paul’s Suite"
$21-$49
(540) 343-9127
www.rso.com
March 23 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Kenneth Wood, tenor
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano
program TBA
$5
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 24 (5 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Joanne Kong, piano, in master class
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Performers TBA from departments of music, theater & dance
John Cage: works TBA in multimedia presentations
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu
March 24 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Alice Lindsay, viola
Tabatha Easley, flute
Charles West, clarinet
Russell Wilson, piano
program TBA
$5
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 24 (7:30 p.m.)
American Theatre, 125 E. Mellen St., Hampton
Colin Carr, cello
pianist TBA
program TBA
$25-$30
(757) 722-2787
http://hamptonarts.net/american_theatre/onsalenow.php
March 24 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas conducting
Liszt: "Tasso"
Ravel: "Valses nobles et sentimentales"
Tchaikovsky: Vilolin Concerto
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
$25-$105
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
March 25 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
March 26 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 E. Brambleton Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falleta conducting
Josef Suk: "Scherzo fantastique"
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Vahn Armstrong, violin
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
$25-$85
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org
March 25 (7 p.m.)
March 27 (8 p.m.)
March 28 (1:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hruska conducting
Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor
Daniel Müller-Schott, cello
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished")
Janácek: "Taras Bulba"
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
March 26 (1 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Stanley Drucker, clarinet, in master class
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 26 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Karen Johnson, violin, in master class
Free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 26 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
The Washington Chorus & orchestra
Julian Wachner directing
Mozart: Requiem
Ariana Zukerman, soprano
Heather Johnson, mezzo-soprano
William Hite, tenor
Sanford Sylvan, bass
Marjorie Merryman: "Jonah"
Mendelssohn: "The Hebrides" Overture
$15-$60
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
March 26 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Voces Intimae Piano Trio
Hummel: Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 22
Mozart: Piano Trio in G major, K. 564
Schubert: Piano Trio in E flat major, D. 929
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-schedule.html
March 26 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Vladimir Feltsman, piano
Haydn: Sonata in E flat major
Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 in C minor ("Pathétique")
Mussorgsky: "Pictures at an Exhibition"
$27-$77
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
March 27 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Jupiter String Quartet
program TBA
$32
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 27 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
March 28 (3:30 p.m.)
Monticello High School, 1400 Independence Way, Charlottesville
Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra
Kate Tamarkin conducting
Britten: "A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra" ("Variations on a Theme of Henry Purcell")
Vaughan Williams: "Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis"
Elgar: "Enigma Variations"
$20-$35
(434) 924-3376
www.cvillesymphony.org
March 27 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Stan Engebretson conducting
Andreas Makris: "Alleluia"
Bernstein: "Chichester Psalms"
Brahms: "A German Requiem"
Audrey Elizabeth Luna, soprano
Christopheren Nomura, baritone
Michael Emery Crotty, boy soprano
National Philharmonic Chorus
$29-$79
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
March 28 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Richard Becker & Doris Wylee-Becker, pianos
works TBA by Schubert, Saint-Saëns, Stravinsky, others
Free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu
March 28 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Karen Johnson, violin
Joanne Kong, piano
Schumann: Sonata in A minor, Op. 105
Schumann: "Frei aber einsam" Sonata (excerpts)
Schumann: Fantasie, Op. 131
Schumann: Fantasy, Op. 17 for piano (third movement)
Elgar: "Chanson de nuit"
Elgar: "Chanson de matin"
$10 (proceeds benefit Children’s Miracle Network)
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 28 (2:30 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Opera Roanoke Sunday Concerts:
William Burden, tenor
pianist TBA
program TBA
$20-$50
(540) 982-2742
www.operaroanoke.org
March 29 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano
National Philharmonic
Marco Amiliato conducting
program TBA
$35-$110
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org