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: Kicking off the month, the Virginia Opera’s "Porgy and Bess," May 1-2 at the Carpenter Theatre of Richmond CenterStage; and programs by two of Richmond’s leading choirs – the Richmond Concert Chorale, performing on May 1 at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and May 2 at Epiphany Catholic Church; and the James River Singers, May 1 at First Presbyterian Church and May 2 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church; and VCU Opera
performing Johann Strauss II’s "Die Fledermaus," May 1 and 2 at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Singleton Arts Center. (As Joseph Heller might have said, "I hear everything twice, four times.") . . . The Richmond Philharmonic plays Weber, Holst and Vieuxtemps, May 9 at VCU, with a May 3 preview at Hermitage High School. . . . The trio of violinist Ani Kavafian, pianist André-Michel Schub and clarinetist David Shifrin conclude this season’s Rennolds Chamber Concerts on May 5 (a Wednesday, not the usual Saturday) at VCU. . . . Erin R. Freeman conducts the Richmond Symphony in "Beethoven Lives Upstairs," concluding this season’s LolliPops series on May 8; and Jacques Houtmann, the orchestra’s former music director, returns to conduct a program of Saint-Saëns’ "Organ" Symphony, Christopher Theofanidis’ "Rainbow Body" and, with the Richmond Symphony Chorus, Brahms’ rarely heard "Gesang der Parzen" and "Nänie," May 15-16 at the Carpenter Theatre. . . . Organist Lynne Davis plays Bach, Vierne, Widor and more on May 16 at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. . . . The Hampden-Sydney Music Festival returns, with pianist Jon Klibonoff and the Daedalus String Quartet among the performers, on the weekends of May 21-22 and May 28-29.
* New and/or different: Violinist Akemi Takayama and the Williamsburg Symphonia perform Michael Daugherty’s "Fire and Blood," May 3-4 at the Kimball Theatre. . . . Cellist Zuill Bailey plays a newly commissioned piece by Roberto Sierra, May 4 at the Kennedy Center in Washington. . . . The Borup-Ernst Duo sample works of Judith Shatin, May 8 at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville (a benefit concert for the Piedmont Council of the Arts). . . . Simon Shaheen, the violinist and virtuoso of the oud (the Middle Eastern lute), performs with members of Qantara on May 8 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington and with the Roanoke Youth Symphony Orchestra on May 16 at the Jefferson Center. . . . Violinist Jennifer Koh plays Esa-Pekka Salonen’s "Lachen verlernt" with video artist Tal Rosner, as well as music of Bach, John Adams and Lou Harrison, May 9 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Roanoke Symphony
introduces Jerome N. Margolis’ "The Millcreek at Waxman’s Crossing," highlighting an all-American program on May 10 at the Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre. . . . John Adams conducts Washington’s National Symphony in his music, alongside works by Elgar, Copland, Britten and Stravinsky, May 13-15 and May 20-22 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Orion String Quartet plays Leon Kirchner’s Quartet No. 4, and works by Bach, Beethoven and Smetana, in a Virginia Arts Festival concert on May 20 at the American Theatre in Hampton. . . . Uri Caine and his trio perform on May 22 at Washington’s Atlas Center. . . . Flutist Jeremy McEntire and pianist Charles Hulin reprise a new Duo Concertante by Richmond composer Allan Blank and play pieces by Chaminade, Leclair, Haydn, Michael Colquhoun and Lowell Liebermann, May 23 at Richmond’s art6 gallery. . . . Opera Lafayette revives François-André Philidor’s "Sancho Pança," May 24 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Mahan Esfahani plays a Pleyel harpsichord in a re-creation of Wanda Landowska’s 1927 Library of Congress recital, May 29 in the LOC’s Coolidge Auditorium.
* Star turns: Pianist Maurizio Pollini plays all-Chopin programs in a Virginia Arts Festival recital, May 4 at Norfolk’s
Harrison Opera House, and May 12 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Marvin Hamlisch leads the National Symphony and a cast of Broadway singers in a tribute to Stephen Sondheim, May 6-8 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic play Bernstein and Tchaikovsky, May 17 at the Kennedy Center (tickets are scarce, of course). . . . Plácido Domingo and Patrick Fournillier share conducting duties in a Washington National Opera production of Thomas’ "Hamlet," with Samuel Ramey as Claudius, in five performances from May 19 to 30 (and more in June) at the Kennedy Center. . . . Pianist Yuja Wang, who’s just added an Avery Fisher Career Grant to her string of awards, performs on May 22 at Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington. . . . Cellist Steven Isserlis joins a Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival ensemble, May 26 at the Paramount Theater. . . . Charles Dutoit conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra, with Nicolai Lugansky playing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, May 26 at Strathmore 
in the Maryland suburbs of D.C. . . . Soprano Kathleen Battle is joined by the Morgan State University Choir in "Underground Railroad," a program of African-American hymns and spirituals, May 27 at Strathmore. . . . Cellist Alisa Weilerstein visits the Virginia Arts Festival for two dates: a solo recital on May 27 at Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, and a performance of Dvořák’s Concerto in B minor with the Virginia Symphony on May 30 at the Williamsburg Lodge.
* Wild card: Six guest conductors, including Miss America Caressa Cameron and Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones, join the Richmond Symphony in a "Celebrity Maestro" benefit for the orchestra’s educational programs, May 22 at the Carpenter Theatre.
* Bargain of the month: Lynne Davis’ organ recital, May 16 at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. (Free)
* My picks: The Virginia Opera’s "Porgy and Bess," May 1-2 at the Carpenter Theatre in Richmond, May 7-8 at the Ferguson Arts Center of Christopher Newport University in Newport News. . . . Maurizio Pollini’s Virginia Arts Festival Chopin recital, May 4 at Harrison Opera House in Norfolk. . . . The Kavafian-Schub-Shifrin Trio’s program of Milhaud, Saint-Saëns, Poulenc and Stravinsky, May 5 at VCU. . . . John Adams’ May 13-15 concerts with the National Symphony, including his "The Wound Dresser," at the Kennedy Center. . . . Jacques Houtmann’s concerts with the Richmond Symphony and Symphony Chorus, May 15-16 at the Carpenter Theatre. . . . The Hampden-Sydney Music Festival’s May 22 program of Chopin, Mozart and Beethoven, played by pianist Jon Klibonoff, the Daedalus Quartet and clarinetist Ethan Sloane.
May 1 (5 p.m.)
Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 8 N. Laurel St., Richmond
May 2 (7:30 p.m.)
Epiphany Catholic Church, 11000 Smoketree Drive, Midlothian
Richmond Concert Chorale
Grant Hellmers directing
Crystal Jonkman accompanying
Byrd: "Mass for Three Voices"
motets and anthems by Victoria, Philips, Gibbons, Brahms, Stanford, Woods
part-songs by Schumann, Brahms
Donation requested
(804) 353-5236
May 1 (7 p.m.)
First Presbyterian Church, 4602 Cary Street Road, Richmond
May 2 (5 p.m.)
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 520 N. Boulevard, Richmond
James River Singers
Jeffrey Riehl directing
R. Murray Shafer: "A Medieval Bestiary"
Menotti: "The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore"
$15
(804) 289-8282
www.jamesriversingers.org
May 1 (7:30 p.m.)
May 2 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Opera
Melanie Kohn Day & Kenneth Wood directing
Johann Strauss II: "Die Fledermaus"
cast TBA
$15
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
May 1 (8 p.m.)
May 2 (2:30 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Virginia Opera
Peter Mark conducting
The Gershwins: "Porgy and Bess"
Michael Redding (Porgy)
Kearstin Piper Brown (Bess)
Timothy Robert Blevins (Crown)
Lawrence Craig (Sportin’ Life)
Nicole Jenkins (Clara)
Kevin Moreno (Jake)
Aundi Marie Moore (Serena)
Triumphant Baptist, Ebenezer Baptist, Quioccosan Baptist, Sharon Baptist church choirs
Greg Ganakas, stage director
in English, English captions
$29-$99
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.vaopera.org
May 1 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Glenn Quader conducting
Jennifer Higdon: "Blue Cathedral"
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Julie Albers, cello
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 ("Prague")
Barber: "Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance"
$35-$55
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.fairfaxsymphony.org
May 1 (7 p.m.)
May 2 (2 p.m.)
May 4 (7:30 p.m.)
May 5 (7:30 p.m.)
May 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Patrick Fournellier conducting
Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro"
Ildar Abrazakov/Kostas Smoriginas (Figaro)
Veronica Camgeni/Amanda Squitieri (Susanna)
Virginia Tola/Stefanie C. Braun (Countess Almaviva)
Teddy Tahu Rhodes/Trevor Scheunemann (Count Almaviva)
Michèle Losier/Renata Pokupic (Cherubino)
Valeriano Lanchas (Bartolo)
Victoria Livengood (Marcellina)
Robert Baker (Don Basilio)
José Ortega (Don Curzio)
Harry Silverstein, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$50-$300
(800) 876-7372
www.dc-opera.org
May 1 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Hans Graf conducting
Debussy: "Images"
Giullaume Connesson: new work TBA for piano and orchestra
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the left hand
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Ravel: "Daphnis et Chloë" Suite No. 2
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 1 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski & Stan Engretson conducting
Barber: Adagio for strings
Andreas Makris: Symphony for soprano and strings
Audrey Elizabeth Luna, soprano
Barber: Agnus Dei
Vivaldi: Gloria
Audrey Elizabeth Luna, soprano
Magdalena Wor, mezzo-soprano
National Philharmonic Chorus
$29-$79
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
May 2 (2:30 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Opera Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony & Chorus
Steven White conducting
Donizetti: "Lucia di Lammermoor" (concert presentation)
Amy Cofield (Lucia)
$20-$80
(540) 982-2742
www.operaroanoke.org
May 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Hermitage High School auditorium, 8301 Hungary Spring Road, Richmond
May 9 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Richmond Philharmonic
Robert Mirakian conducting
Weber: "Oberon" Overture
Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No. 5 (allegro non troppo movement)
Annika Jenkins, violin
Holst: Suite from "The Planets"
$5 per person, $10 per family donation suggested
(804) 673-7400
www.richmondphilharmonic.org
May 3 (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
program TBA
$5
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
May 3 (8 p.m.)
May 4 (8 p.m.)
Kimball Theatre, Merchants Square, Williamsburg
Williamsburg Symphonia
Janna Hymes conducting
Ibert: "Hommage à Mozart"
Michael Daugherty: "Fire and Blood"
Akemi Takayama, violin
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
$30-$42
(757) 229-9857
www.williamsburgsymphonia.org
May 4 (10:30 a.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 500 Court St., Portsmouth
Virginia Arts Festival:
Cavani String Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in D major, Op. 20, No. 4
Dvořák: Quartet in F major, Op. 96 (“American”)
$20
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.vafest.org
May 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Chopin: two nocturnes, Op. 55
Chopin: three mazurkas, Op. 56
Chopin: Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp minor, Op. 60
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie in A flat major, Op. 61
Chopin: two nocturnes, Op. 62
Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
$20-$45
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.vafest.org
May 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Zuill Bailey, cello
Orion Weiss, piano
Beethoven: Variations on "See the conq’ring heroes comes" from Handel’s "Judas Maccabeus"
Mendelssohn: Concert Variations, Op. 17
Roberto Sierra: commissioned work TBA
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
$35
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
May 5 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Kavafian-Schub-Shifrin Trio:
Ani Kavafian, violin
André-Michel Schub, piano
David Shifrin, clarinet
Milhaud: Suite for violin, clarinet and piano, Op. 157b
Saint-Saëns: Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75, for violin and piano
Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and piano
Stravinsky: "L’Histoire du Soldat" Suite
$32
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
May 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Vocal Arts Society:
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor
Warren Jones, piano
program TBA
$45
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 6 (7:30 p.m.)
Chrysler Museum Theater, 245 W. Olney Road, Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Cavani String Quartet
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor
Mendelssohn: Quartet in A minor, Op. 13
Beethoven: Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 ("Razumovsky")
$30
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.vafest.org
May 6 (7 p.m.)
May 7 (8 p.m.)
May 8 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Marvin Hamlisch conducting
Liz Callaway, Michael Cerveris, Brian d’Arcy James, Maria Friedman & Patricia Noonan, guest stars
"Sondheim at 80," music of Stephen Sondheim
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 7 (8 p.m.)
May 8 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Virginia Opera
Peter Mark conducting
The Gershwins: "Porgy and Bess"
Michael Redding (Porgy)
Kearstin Piper Brown (Bess)
Timothy Robert Blevins (Crown)
Lawrence Craig (Sportin’ Life)
Nicole Jenkins (Clara)
Kevin Moreno (Jake)
Aundi Marie Moore (Serena)
Greg Ganakas, stage director
choirs TBA
in English, English captions
$47-$79
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.vaopera.org
May 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Christine Brewer, soprano
Craig Rutenberg, piano
Gluck: "Divinités du Styx" from "Alceste"
songs by Joseph Marx, Richard Strauss, Frank Bridge, Edwin MacArthur, others
$38
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 8 (11 a.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony LolliPops
Erin R. Freeman conducting
"Beethoven Lives Upstairs"
$12-$17
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.richmondsymphony.com
May 8 (8 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Borup-Ernst Duo
Judith Shatin: works TBA
$25 (proceeds benefit Piedmont Council of the Arts)
(434) 979-1333
www.theparamount.net
May 8 (8 p.m.)
Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE, Washington
Simon Shaheen, violin & oud
members of Qantara
Shaheen: new work TBA
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-schedule.html
May 9 (7 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Jeffrey Siegel, piano & narrator
"Keyboard Conversations: Chopin and the Future"
$19-$38
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://cfa.gmu.edu/calendar/
May 9 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Jennifer Koh, violin
Thomas Sauer, piano
Bach: Partita in E major for solo violin
Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 2 for solo violin
John Adams: "Road Movies"
Esa-Pekka Salonen: "Lachen verlernt"
Tal Rosner, video artist
Lou Harrison: "Grand Duo" for violin and piano
$25
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 10 (7:30 p.m.)
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 520 Graydon Ave., Norfolk
May 28 (10:30 a.m.)
Williamsburg Winery, Lake Powell Road, James City County
Virginia Arts Festival:
JoAnn Falletta, guitar
women of the Virginia Symphony
Schubert: Guitar Quartet
Muczynski: Quintet for winds
Glanville-Hicks: "Concertino Antico" for harp and string quartet
Ravel: String Quartet
$30 (Norfolk), $20 (Williamsburg)
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.vafest.org
May 10 (8 p.m.)
Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre, Orange Avenue at Williamson Road
Roanoke Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Copland: "Billy the Kid" Suite
Joan Tower: "Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman"
Gershwin: "An American in Paris"
Jerome N. Margolis: "The Millcreek at Waxman’s Crossing"
Richard Rodgers: "Victory at Sea" (excerpts)
Bernstein: "West Side Story" (excerpts)
$21-$41
(540) 343-9127
www.rso.com
May 11 (7 p.m.)
First English Lutheran Church, Monument Avenue at Stuart Circle, Richmond
Delaware State University Tour Choir
Curtis Everett Powell directing
classical, African-American religious works TBA
Free
(804) 355-9185
www.felcrichmond.org
May 12 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Chopin: nocturnes, Op. 27
Chopin: preludes, Op. 28
Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
Chopin: eight études, Op. 25
$35-$95
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
May 13 (7 p.m.)
May 14 (8 p.m.)
May 15 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
John Adams conducting
Copland: "Billy the Kid" Suite
Adams: "The Wound-Dresser"
Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Barber: Adagio for string
Elgar: "Enigma Variations"
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 14 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Woodley Ensemble
Frank Albinder directing
Schumann: "Vier doppelcörige Gesänge," Op. 141
Barber: "Reincarnations," Op. 16
other works TBA
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-schedule.html
May 15 (8 p.m.)
May 16 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
Jacques Houtmann conducting
Christopher Theofanidis: "Rainbow Body"
Brahms: "Gesang der Parzen"
Brahms: "Nänie"
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Erin R. Freeman directing
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 ("Organ")
organist TBA
$17-$72
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.richmondsymphony.com
May 16 (3 p.m.)
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 12291 River Road, Goochland County
Lynne Davis, organ
Louis-Nicolas Clerambault: "Suite du Deuxième Ton"
Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Erbarm’ dich mein o Herre Gott"
Bach: Fantasy and Fugue in G minor
Vierne: Toccata from "Pièces de Fantaisie" Suite No. 2
Widor: Andante sostenuto from "Gothic Symphony"
Henri Mulet: "Carillon-Sortie"
Jehan Alain: "Première Fantasie"
Free; reception follows
(804) 784-5678
www.stmarysgoochland.org/
May 16 (4 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Second Sunday South of the James:
Windemere String Quartet
Kaith Hanlon, flute
Mozart: Flute Quartet in D major, K. 285
Haydn: String Quartet in G major, Op. 77, No. 1
Dvořák: Sonatina in G major, Op. 100 (string quartet transcription)
Donation requested
(804) 272-7514
May 16 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony Youth Concert Orchestra
Camerata Strings
String Sinfonietta
Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto
Helen Jung, violin
other works TBA
Free
(804) 788-4717
http://www.richmondsymphony.com/
May 16 (3 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Roanoke Youth Symphony Orchestra
James Glazebrook conducting
Simon Shaheen, oud
"Silk Road to Roanoke"
Shaheen: works TBA
$8-$12
(540) 345-2250
www.rso.com
May 17 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conducting
Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 ("The Age of Anxiety")
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 ("Pathétique")
$35-$115 (waiting list)
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
May 19 (7 p.m.)
May 22 (7 p.m.)
May 24 (7 p.m.)
May 27 (7:30 p.m.)
May 30 (2 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Plácido Domingo & Patrick Fournillier conducting
Thomas: "Hamlet"
Liam Bonner/Michael Chioldi (Hamlet)
Diana Damrau (Ophelia)
Samuel Ramey (Claudius)
Elizabeth Bishop (Gertrude)
John Tessier (Laertes)
Leo An (Polonius)
José Ortega (Marcellus)
Thaddeus Strassberger, stage director
in French, English captions
$50-$300
(800) 876-7372
www.dc-opera.org
May 20 (7:30 p.m.)
American Theatre, 125 E. Mellen St., Hampton
Virginia Arts Festival:
Orion String Quartet
Bach: Contrapunctus 1 from "Art of the Fugue"
Leon Kirchner: Quartet No. 4
Beethoven: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 74 ("Harp")
Smetana: Quartet No. 1 in E minor ("From My Life")
$40
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.vafest.org
May 20 (7 p.m.)
May 21 (1:30 p.m.)
May 22 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
John Adams conducting
Britten: "Four Sea Interludes" from "Peter Grimes"
Adams: "The Dharma at Big Sur"
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Stravinsky: "Feu d’Artifice"
Adams: "Dr. Atomic" Symphony
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 21 (8 p.m.)
Crawley Forum, Hampden-Sydney College, 5 miles south of Farmville
Hampden-Sydney Music Festival:
Schumann: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 73, for clarinet and piano
Ethan Sloane, clarinet
Jon Klibonoff, piano
Mozart: String Quartet in B flat major, K. 598 ("Prussian")
Daedalus String Quartet
Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
Jon Klibonoff, piano
Daedalus String Quartet
$20
(434) 223-6273
www.hsc.edu/musicfestival
May 21 (10:30 a.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Arts Festival:
André-Michel Scub, piano
Orion String Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op. 76, No. 5
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47
$20
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.vafest.org
May 21 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Virginia Arts Festival:
Boston Brass
program TBA
$32
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.vafest.org
May 21 (8 p.m.)
May 22 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Mikado"
cast TBA
$8-$48
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org
May 22 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith & Erin R. Freeman conducting
Dwight C. Jones, Bobbie Barajas, Caressa Cameron, Susan Greenbaum, Lance D. Watson, Nutzy (Richmond Flying Squirrels mascot), guest conductors
program TBA
$25-$75 (proceeds benefit symphony's educational programs)
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.richmondsymphony.com
May 22 (8 p.m.)
Crawley Forum, Hampden-Sydney College, 5 miles south of Farmville
Hampden-Sydney Music Festival:
Chopin: Barcarolle, Op. 60
Chopin: Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39
Jon Klibonoff, piano
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
Ethan Sloane, clarinet
Daedalus String Quartet
Beethoven: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 127
Daedalus String Quartet
$20
(434) 223-6273
www.hsc.edu/musicfestival
May 22 (8 p.m.)
Salem Civic Center, Boulevard Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony Pops
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Jeans ’n Classics, guest stars
"A Night at Woodstock"
$39-$64
(540) 343-9127
www.rso.com
May 22 (8 p.m.)
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, Sixth and I streets, Washington
Yuja Wang, piano
Schumann: "Symphonic Études," Op. 13
Schubert-Liszt: three Lieder
Prokofiev: "Visions fugitives" (excerpts)
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
$40
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
May 22 (8 p.m.)
Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE, Washington
Uri Caine Trio
program TBA
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-schedule.html
May 22 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Schumann: "Manfred" Overture
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Piotr Paleczny, piano
$29-$79
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
May 23 (4 p.m.)
art6, 6 E. Broad St., Richmond
Jeremy McEntire, flute
Charles Hulin, piano
Cecile Chaminade: Concertino, Op. 107
Leclair: Sonata in E minor, Op. 9, No. 2
Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 48 in C major
Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
Allan Blank: Duo Concertante (2008)
Michael Colquhoun: "Storyteller" (1988)
Lowell Liebermann: Sonata, Op. 23 (1987)
$20
(804) 343-1406
www.art6.org
May 23 (7 p.m.)
Heritage Amphitheater, Pocahontas State Park, Route 655 (Beach Road) Chesterfield
Richmond Symphony
Erin R. Freeman conducting
SPARC (School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community) singers
light-classical, music theater works TBA
Free
(804) 796-4255
http://www.richmondsymphony.com/
May 23 (6 p.m.)
Williamsburg Winery, Lake Powell Road, James City County
Virginia Arts Festival:
André-Michel Schub, piano
Orion String Quartet
Schumann: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1
Schumann: "Märchenbilder," Op. 113, for violin and piano
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
$40 for concert, $65 for wine-tasting and concert, $150 for concert and dinner, $175 for wine-tasting, concert and dinner
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.vafest.org
May 23 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Norman Scribner & Joseph Holt directing
"One Enchanted Evening with Richard Rodgers"
$15-$65
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Opera Lafayette
Ryan Brown conducting
François-André Philidor: "Sancho Pança"
Darren Perry (Sancho Pança )
Elizabeth Calleo (Thérèse)
Karim Sulayman (Lope Tocho)
Meghan McCall (Juliette)
Tony Boutté (Don Crispinos)
Eric C. Black (Torillos)
John Lescault, actor
members of Opera Lafayette Young Artists Program
in French, English captions
$60
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Blue Ridge Trio:
Tabatha Easley, flute
Susan Hochmiller, soprano
Catherine Garner, piano
with Charles West, clarinet
works by Jennifer Higdon, Libby Larsen, Katherine Hoover, Jennifer Brandon, Judith Shatin
$5
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
May 26 (8 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Steven Isserlis, cello
Timothy Summers & Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Dov Scheindlin & Kyle Armbrust, viola
Raphael Bell, cello
Ya-Fei Chuang, piano
Mozart: String Quintet in B flat major, K. 174
Franck: Cello Sonata
Dvořák: bagatelles, Op. 47 (selections)
Dvořák: String Sextet in A major, Op. 48
$20-$50
(434) 979-1333
www.theparamount.net
May 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Stephen Salters, baritone
David Zobel, piano
program TBA
$45
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Philadelphia Orchestra
Charles Dutoit conducting
Glinka: "Russlan and Ludmilla" Overture
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Nicolai Lugansky, piano
Stravinsky: "Petrouchka"
$40-$115
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
May 27 (7:30 p.m.)
Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, 215 Richmond Road
Virginia Arts Festival:
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
program TBA
$30
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.vafest.org
May 27 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Kathleen Battle, soprano
Morgan State University Choir
Eric Conway directing
"Underground Railroad," African-American spirituals and hymns
$30-$90
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org
May 28 (8 p.m.)
Crawley Forum, Hampden-Sydney College, 5 miles south of Farmville
Hampden-Sydney Music Festival:
Beethoven: Trio in E flat major, Op. 11
Ethan Sloane, clarinet
Marc Johnson, cello
Lydia Artymiw, piano
Messiaen: three movements from "Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant Jésus"
Lydia Artymiw, piano
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87
Erin Keefe, violin
Marc Johnson, cello
Lydia Artymiw, piano
$20
(434) 223-6273
www.hsc.edu/musicfestival
May 28 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Ensemble Caprice
Matthias Maute directing
"Bach and the Bohemian Gypsies," works by Bach, Telemann, others
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-schedule.html
May 29 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony Pops
Erin R. Freeman conducting
Steve Lippia, vocalist
"Simply Sinatra," music of Frank Sinatra
$17-$72
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.richmondsymphony.com
May 29 (8 p.m.)
Crawley Forum, Hampden-Sydney College, 5 miles south of Farmville
Hampden-Sydney Music Festival:
Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Ethan Sloane, clarinet
Marc Johnson, cello
Lydia Artymiw, piano
Kodály: Duo for violin and cello, Op. 7
Erin Keefe, violin
Marc Johnson, cello
Schumann: Piano Trio No. 2 in F major, Op. 80
Erin Keefe, violin
Marc Johnson, cello
Lydia Artymiw, piano
$20
(434) 223-6273
www.hsc.edu/musicfestival
May 29 (8 p.m.)
First Presbyterian Church, 500 Park St., Charlottesville
Oratorio Society of Virginia
L. Thomas Vining directing
Rebecca Ewing, soprano
Stanley Webber, baritone
David Norfrey, organ
Haydn: "Little Organ" Mass
Liszt: "Missa choralis"
Vaughan Williams: "Dona nobis pacem"
$20
(434) 295-4385
www.oratoriosociety.org
May 29 (2 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Mahan Esfahani, Pleyel harpsichord
Re-creation of Wanda Landowska’s 1927 recital at Library of Congress
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0910-schedule.html
May 30 (7 p.m.)
Virginia Room, Williamsburg Lodge, 310 S. England St.
Virginia Arts Festival:
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"
Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 in G major, Op. 61 ("Mozartiana")
Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
$35-$50
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
www.vafest.org
May 30 (8 p.m.)
West Lawn, U.S. Capitol, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
conductor TBA
guest stars TBA
"National Memorial Day Concert"
program TBA
Free
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org