Symphony Metro Collection 2010-11

Metro Collection, the Richmond Symphony’s chamber-orchestra series, will present four programs in five suburban venues in the coming season.

Friday concerts, at 8 p.m., will be staged in Goochland, Midlothian, Bon Air and western Henrico County. Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. will continue at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland.

Steven Smith, the symphony’s new music director, will conduct three of the programs. Erin R. Freeman, the orchestra’s associate conductor, will lead the first pair of concerts in the series.

Three symphony musicians, piccolo player Ann Choomack, clarinetist Jared Davis and bassoonist Martin Gordon, will be featured soloists.

Tickets for the series are $68, $40 for youths. For information, call the symphony’s box office at (804) 788-1212, or visit http://www.richmondsymphony.com/

The 2010-11 Metro Collection programs:

Oct. 1 (8 p.m.)
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 12291 River Road, Goochland
Oct. 3 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Erin R. Freeman conducting
Honegger: "Pastorale d’été"
Dvořák: Serenade in D minor, Op. 44
Ives: "Tone Roads" No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C major

Nov. 5 (8 p.m.)
Robins Theatre, Steward School, 11600 Gayton Road
Nov. 7 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Steven Smith conducting
Brahms-Hermann: "Liebeslieder Waltzes"
Copland: "Music for the Theater"
Michael Torke: "Lucent Variations"
Haydn: Symphony No. 82 in C major ("The Bear")

Jan. 28 (8 p.m.)
KingsWay Community Church, 14111 Sovereign Grace Drive, Midlothian
Jan. 30 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Steven Smith conducting
Purcell: Fantasia
Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor for piccolo and orchestra
Ann Choomack, piccolo
Respighi: "Gli uccelli" ("The Birds")
Ravel: "Pavane pour une infante défunte"
Ginastera: "Variaciones concertantes"

Feb. 25 (8 p.m.)
Bon Air Baptist Church, Forest Hill Avenue at Buford Road
Feb. 27 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Steven Smith conducting
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47
Franz Shreker: Intermezzo, Op. 8
Richard Strauss: "Duett-Concertino" for clarinet, bassoon and string orchestra with harp
Jared Davis, clarinet
Martin Gordon, bassoon
Poulenc: Sinfonietta