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.
* In and around Richmond: Pianist Awadagin Pratt joins the Richmond Symphony, with guest conductor Victor Yampolsky,
in Brahms’ Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Feb. 5-6 at the Carpenter Theatre of Richmond CenterStage. . . . Virginia Commonwealth University's Rennolds Chamber Concerts series presents the Borromeo String Quartet, Feb. 12 at the Singleton Arts Center. . . . Soprano Amanda Pabyan gives a recital on Feb. 18 at the University of Richmond's Modlin Arts Center. . . . Cellist James Wilson and pianist Carsten Schmidt play works by Beethoven, George Rochberg and Richmond-based composer Allan Blank in a Richmond Festival of Music program, Feb. 20 at Bon Air Presbyterian Church.. . . Ralph Skiano, principal clarinetist of the Richmond Symphony, joins the Oberon Quartet in Brahms' Clarinet Quintet, Feb. 23 at St. Catherine's School. . . . Pianist Thomas Mastroanni marks the Liszt bicentenary with a lecture-recital on "Années de Pelerinage" ("Years of Pilgrimmage"), Feb. 23 at UR's Modlin Center. . . . Erin R. Freeman conducts the Richmond Symphony, with clarinetist Jared Davis and bassoonist Martin Gordon featured in Richard Strauss' "Duett-Concertino," Feb. 25 at Bon Air Baptist Church, Feb. 27 at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland. . . . The Virginia Opera production of "The Valkyrie," a condensed version of Wagner's "Die Walküre," comes to Richmond's Carpenter Theatre on Feb. 25 and 27, following runs at Norfolk's Harrison Opera House (Feb. 5, 9, 11 and 13) and the Center for the Arts at George Mason University in Fairfax (Feb. 18 and 20). . . . The Shanghai Quartet and pipa (Chinese lute) player Wu Man play a new quintet by Lei Liang, Feb. 27 at UR's Modlin Center; on Feb. 26, the composer and performers deliver the Neumann Lecture on Music, "The Role of Music in a Global Society," at the Modlin Center.
* Star turns: Violinist Joshua Bell, whose January recital at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of DC was snowed out, has rescheduled his program of Brahms, Schubert and Grieg for Feb. 2. . . . Pianist Yuja Wang joins Juanjo Mena and the Baltimore Symphony in Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2, Feb. 10 at Strathmore. . . . VCU-based pianist Dmitri Shteinberg
plays Rach 2 with the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra, Feb. 12 at UVa's Old Cabell Hall, Feb. 13 at Monticello High School. . . . Pianist Radu Lupu plays Beethoven's Third Concerto with Gianandrea Noseda conducting the National Symphony, on a program with Tchaikovsky's rarely heard "Manfred" Symphony, Feb. 10-12 at Washington's Kennedy Center. . . . Cellist Alisa Weilerstein plays solo Bach and joins pianist-vocalist Gabriel Kahane in several of his songs, Feb. 15 at Strathmore. . . . Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato performs on Feb. 15 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Three all-star chamber music encounters on successive nights in the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater: The Emerson Quartet and Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio play Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Schoenberg on Feb. 15; the Orion Quartet and Windscape wind quintet play an arrangement of Bach's "The Art of the Fugue" on Feb. 16 (after playing the Bach on Feb. 15 at UVa); and the Juilliard and Afiara quartets play the Mendelssohn Octet and quartets by Schubert and Bartók on Feb. 17. . . . Violinist Hilary Hahn plays Bach, Beethoven, Ives and more, Feb. 27 at Strathmore.* New and/or different: Opera Viva, UVa's student-run troupe, stages a choreographed, English-language production of Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice" with an all-female cast, Feb. 3, 4 and 6 at the Forum on Observatory Hill in Charlottesville.
. . . DC's Opera Lafayette presents a concert version of André Grétry's "Le Magnifique," Feb. 4 at the Hylton Arts Center in Manassas, Feb. 5 at the Kennedy Center. . . . the Rebel Baroque ensemble plays Handel, Telemann, Corelli and more, Feb. 11 at The Barns at Wolf Trap in Northern Virginia. . . . VCU-based pianist Sonia Vlahcevic gives a lecture-recital on György Ligeti's "Musica Ricercata," Feb. 12 at the Richmond Public Library. . . . The Bang on a Can All-Stars highlight a UVa residency with two concerts in Charlottesville, Feb. 18 at the Eunoia Baptist campus center, Feb. 19 at the Jefferson Theater. . . . More new music from the Verge Ensemble, Feb. 24 at UVa. . . . The Whiffenpoofs, the venerable male chorus from Yale University, join UVa's Virginia Belles and Virginia Gentlemen on Feb. 25 at Old Cabell Hall.
Feb. 2 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Joshua Bell, violin
Sam Haywood, piano
Brahms: Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Schubert: Fantasy in C major, D. 934
Grieg: Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 13
$55-$115
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
http://www.wpas.org/
Feb. 3 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 4 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 6 (2 p.m.)
Forum at Observatory Hill, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Opera Viva
Sarah Kennedy conducting
Gluck: "Orfeo ed Euridice"
Melanie Ashkar (Orfeo)
Leah Manning (Euridice)
Brianna Meese (Amore)
Lauren Hauser, Rajni Rao & Kayla Winslow (the Furies)
Maria Buser, Sarah Cain, Kate Gadzinski, Priscilla Goh, Mahati Gollamudi, Olivia Holloway & Lisa Newill-Smith (ensemble)
Martin Kane, stage director
Haley Anderson, choreographer
in English
$10, at door
(434) 832-9038
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html
Feb. 3 (7 p.m.)
Feb. 4 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 5 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Michael Krajewski conducting
Candice Nicole, Whitney Kaufman, Aaron Philips & Andrew Johnson, vocalists
"Disney in Concert," selections from "The Lion King," "Beauty and the Beast," "Mary Poppins," others $20-$85
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/
Feb. 4 (8 p.m.)
Merchant Hall, Hylton Arts Center, George Mason University, Manassas
Opera Lafayette
Ryan Brown conducting
André Grétry: "Le Magnifique" (concert version)
Emiliano Gonzalez Torro (Le Magnifique)
Elizabeth Calleo (Clémentine)
Jeffrey Thompson (Aldobrandin)
Karim Sulayman (Fabio)
Marguerite Krull (Alix)
Doug Williams (Laurence)
Randall Scarlata (Horace)
Catherine Turocy, stage director
in French, English narration & captions
$15-$25
(703) 993-2468
http://www.hyltoncenter.org/
Feb. 4 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First and Independence streets SE, Washington
Salzburg Hyperion Ensemble
Richard Strauss: Sextet from "Capriccio"
Schoenberg: "Transfigured Night"
Brahms: Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1011-schedule.html
Feb. 5 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 6 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
Victor Yampolsky conducting
Weber: “Euryanthe" Overture
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 ("Spring")
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Awadagin Pratt, piano
$17-$72
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com/
Feb. 5 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 9 (7:30 p.m.)
Feb. 11 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 13 (2:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Joseph Rescigno conducting
Wagner: "The Valkyrie" ("Die Walküre")
Erik Nelson Werner (Siegmund)
Melissa Citro (Sieglinde)
Kelly Cae Hogan (Brünnhilde)
James Johnson (Wotan)
Nina Lorcini (Erda)
Todd Robinson (Hunding)
Michelle Owens (Helmwige)
Elizabeth Hogue (Gerhilde)
Joyce Lundy (Ortlinde)
Nicole Jenkins (Siegrune)
Dianne Barton (Rossweise)
Heather Sreves (Grimgerde)
Sarah Williams (Schwertleite)
Lillian Groag, stage director
in German, English captions
$25-$114
(866) 673-7282
http://www.vaopera.org/
Feb. 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Opera Lafayette
Ryan Brown conducting
André Grétry: "Le Magnifique" (concert version)
Emiliano Gonzalez Torro (Le Magnifique)
Elizabeth Calleo (Clémentine)
Jeffrey Thompson (Aldobrandin)
Karim Sulayman (Fabio)
Marguerite Krull (Alix)
Doug Williams (Laurence)
Randall Scarlata (Horace)
Catherine Turocy, stage director
in French, English narration & captions
$60 (waiting list)
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/
Feb. 6 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Richard Becker, piano
program TBA
Free
(804) 289-8980
http://www.modlin.richmond.edu/
Feb. 6 (2 p.m.)
Frying Pan Farm Park, 2709 W. Ox Road, Herndon
Virginia Virtuosi
"Animal Rescue: a Musical Adventure," works by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Rimsky-Korsakov, others
Free
(703) 437-9101
http://www.virginiavirtuosi.com/
Feb. 8 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Patrick Smith, French horn
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano
Charles West, clarinet
Peter Martin, percussion
Nicholas Kenney, Roger Novak, Amy Roberts & Kristin Smith, French horns
works by Alex Wilder, Kerry Turner, Randall Faust, others
$5
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcumusic.org/
Feb. 9 (8 p.m.)
Merchant Hall, Hylton Arts Center, George Mason University, Manassas
Opole – Philharmonic of Poland
Boguslaw Dawidow conducting
Liszt: "Mazeppa"
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Evgeni Mikhailov, piano
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
$32-$48
(703) 993-2468
http://www.hyltoncenter.org/
Feb. 10 (7 p.m.)
Feb. 11 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 12 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
Smetana: "The Kiss" Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Radu Lupu, piano
Tchaikovsky: "Manfred" Symphony
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/
Feb. 10 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Juanjo Mena conducting
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Yuja Wang, piano
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6
$28-$88
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org/
Feb. 11 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University
Opole – Philharmonic of Poland
Boguslaw Dawidow conducting
Johann Strauss II: "Emperor Waltzes"
Johann Strauss II: "Carnival Messages"
Johann Strauss II: Adele’s aria from "Die Fledermaus"
Iwona Sobotka, soprano
Mozart: Queen of the Night’s aria from "The Magic Flute"
Izabela Matula, soprano
other works TBA
$42-$72
(800) 745-3000
http://www.fergusoncenter.cnu.edu/
Feb. 11 (8 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
Rebel Baroque
works by Telemann, Corelli, Handel, others
$35
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://www.wolftrap.org/
Feb. 11 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First and Independence streets SE, Washington
Utrecht String Quartet
Auerbach: Quartet No. 1
Schubert: Quartet in B flat major, D. 112
Meijering: "Mein junges Leben hat (k)ein End" (after Sweelinck)
Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 22
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1011-schedule.html
Feb. 12 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Sonia Vlahcevic, piano
lecture-recital on Ligeti’s "Musica Ricercata"
Free
(804) 646-7223
http://www.richmondpubliclibrary.org/
Feb. 12 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Borromeo String Quartet
Bach-Kitchen: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
Lera Auerbach: String Quartet No. 4 ("Findings")
Beethoven: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 127
$32
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcumusic.org/
Feb. 12 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Feb. 13 (3:30 p.m.)
Monticello High School, 1400 Independence Way, Charlottesville
Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra
Kate Tamarkin conducting
Berlioz: "Roman Carnival" Overture
Respighi: "The Pines of Rome"
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano
$20-$35
(434) 924-3376
http://www.cvillesymphony.org/
Feb. 12 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Opole – Philharmonic of Poland
Boguslaw Dawidow conducting
Mozart: "The Magic Flute" Overture
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Evgeni Mikhailov, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica")
$25-$50
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://www.cfa.gmu.edu/
Feb. 12 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 13 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Mozart: Symphony No. 20 in D major
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26 ("Coronation")
Christopher Taylor, piano
Mozart: "Coronation" Mass
Danielle Talamantes, soprano
Linda Maguire, mezzo-soprano
Robert Baker, tenor
Christòpheren Nomura, baritone
National Philharmonic Chorus
$32-$79
(301) 581-5100
http://www.strathmore.org/
Feb. 13 (3 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Allyson Keyser, trumpet
other artists TBA
program TBA
Free
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcumusic.org/
Feb. 13 (4 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Musicians and friends of Bon Air Presbyterian Church
"The Artists Recital," vocal and instrumental works TBA
Donation requested
(804) 272-7514
Feb. 13 (3 p.m.)
Feb. 14 (8 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 540 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Bach: "Air on a G String"
Mozart: Romanza from "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
Astor Piazzolla: "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires"
Akemi Takayama, violin
Arvo Pärt: "Fratres"
Grieg: "Holberg Suite"
$21-$49
(540) 343-9127
http://www.rso.com/
Feb. 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Charlie Albright & Anne-Marie McDermott, pianos
Janáček: Sonata No. 1 ("From the Street")
Menotti: "Ricercare and Toccata on a Theme from ‘The Old Maid and the Thief' "
Mozart: Sonata in D major, K. 375a, for two pianos
Rogerson: work TBA (premiere)
Schumann: "Carnaval"
$35
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/
Feb. 15 (8 p.m.)
Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St.
Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg:
Nobilis Piano Trio
program TBA
$15 (waiting list)
(757) 258-4814
http://www.chambermusicwilliamsburg.org/
Feb. 15 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Orion String Quartet
Windscape wind quintet
Bach: "The Art of the Fugue" (Samuel Baron arr.)
$28-$30
(434) 924-3376
http://www.tecs.org/
Feb. 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Emerson String Quartet
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Beethoven: Variations in E flat major, Op. 44, for piano trio
Mendelssohn: Andante and Scherzo, Op. 81, Nos. 1-2, for string quartet
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Schoenberg: "Transfigured Night" (string sextet version)
$38
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/
Feb. 15 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
David Zobel, piano
program TBA
$25-$65
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
http://www.wpas.org/
Feb. 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Mansion at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Gabriel Kahane, piano & voice
Bach: Suite No. 3 in C major for solo cello
Bach: Suite No. 5 in C minor for solo cello
Kahane: songs
$28
(301) 581-5100
http://www.strathmore.org/
Feb. 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Orion String Quartet
Windscape wind quintet
Bach: "The Art of the Fugue" (Samuel Baron arr.)
$38
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/
Feb. 17 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Ru-Pei Yeh, cello
Helen Huang, piano
Beethoven: Sonata in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2
Brahms: Sonata in F major, Op. 99
Elliott Carter: Sonata for cello and piano
Free
(434) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html
Feb. 17 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Thrater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Juilliard String Quartet
Afiara String Quartet
Schubert: Quartet in G minor, D. 173
Bartók: Quartet No. 3
Mendelssohn: Octet
$38
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/
Feb. 18 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Amanda Pabyan, soprano
pianist TBA
works by Haydn, Schubert, Lee Hoiby, others
$32
(804) 289-8980
http://www.modlin.richmond.edu/
Feb. 18 (6 p.m.)
Eunoia, 1500 Jefferson Park Ave., Charlottesville
Bang on a Can All-Stars
marathon concert, program TBA
Free
(434) 924-3376
http://uvaartsboard.org/
Feb. 18 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 20 (2 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Virginia Opera
Joseph Rescigno conducting
Wagner: "The Valkyrie" ("Die Walküre")
Erik Nelson Werner (Siegmund)
Melissa Citro (Sieglinde)
Kelly Cae Hogan (Brünnhilde)
James Johnson (Wotan)
Nina Lorcini (Erda)
Todd Robinson (Hunding)
Michelle Owens (Helmwige)
Elizabeth Hogue (Gerhilde)
Joyce Lundy (Ortlinde)
Nicole Jenkins (Siegrune)
Dianne Barton (Rossweise)
Heather Sreves (Grimgerde)
Sarah Williams (Schwertleite)
Lillian Groag, stage director
in German, English captions
$44-$98
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://www.vaopera.org/
Feb. 19 (11 a.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony LolliPops
Erin R. Freeman conducting
Michael Boudewyns, actor
"Green Eggs and Ham"
$17
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com/
Feb. 19 (8 p.m.)
Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Bang on a Can All-Stars
program TBA
ticket price TBA
pre-performance talk at 7:15 p.m.
(434) 924-3376
http://uvaartsboard.org/
Feb. 19 (8 p.m.)
Merchant Hall, Hylton Arts Center, George Mason University, Manassas
Virginia Symphony Pops
Benjamin Rous conducting
"Virginia Symphony Goes to the Movies," works TBA
$25-$45
(703) 993-2468
http://www.hyltoncenter.org/
Feb. 19 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Simon Trpceski, piano
works by Haydn, Chopin, Prokofiev, Shahov
$40
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
http://www.wpas.org/
Feb. 19 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Hans Graf conducting
Rossini: "William Tell" Overture
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Ingrid Fliter, piano
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 ("Little Russian")
$28-$88
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org/
Feb. 20 (4 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Richmond Festival of Music:
James Wilson, cello
Carsten Schmidt, piano
Beethoven: Sonata in C major, Op. 102, No. 1
Beethoven: Sonata in D major, Op. 102, No. 2
Allan Blank: Duo for cello and piano
George Rochberg: "Ricordanza"
$25
(804) 519-2098 (Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia)
http://www.cmscva.org/
Feb. 22 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Marjorie Bagley, violin
pianist TBA
program TBA
$5
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcumusic.org/
Feb. 22 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First and Independence streets SE, Washington
Quatuor Debussy
Katherine Chi, piano
Philip Glass: Quartet No. 2 ("Company")
Puccini: "Crisantemi"
Milhaud: Quartet No. 9, Op. 140
Franck: Piano Quintet
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1011-schedule.html
Feb. 23 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Terry Austin directing
program TBA
$5
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcumusic.org/
Feb. 23 (7 p.m.)
First English Lutheran Church, Stuart Circle (Monument Avenue at Lombardy Street), Richmond
Delaware State University Concert Choir
Curtis Everett Powell directing
program TBA
Free
(804) 355-9185
http://www.felcrichmond.org/
Feb. 23 (7:30 p.m.)
Turner Hall Chapel, St. Catherine’s School, Grove Avenue at Three Chopt Road, Richmond
Oberon Quartet
Ralph Skiano, clarinet
John Corigliano: "Snapshot"
Astor Piazzolla: "Tango Ballet"
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
Free
(804) 288-2804
http://www.stcatherines.org/
Feb. 23 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Thomas Mastroanni, piano
lecture-recital on Liszt’s "Années de Pelerinage" ("Years of Pilgrimmage")
Free
(804) 289-8980
http://www.modlin.richmond.edu/
Feb. 24 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Verge Ensemble
new-music program TBA
Free
(434) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html
Feb. 24 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Mozart: "The Magic Flute" (semi-staged version)
singers from Washington National Opera's Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program
Baltimore Choral Arts Society
Tom Hall directing
Michael Ehrman, stage director
in German
$28-$88
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org/
Feb. 25 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 27 (2:30 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Virginia Opera
Joseph Rescigno conducting
Wagner: "The Valkyrie" ("Die Walküre")
Erik Nelson Werner (Siegmund)
Melissa Citro (Sieglinde)
Kelly Cae Hogan (Brünnhilde)
James Johnson (Wotan)
Nina Lorcini (Erda)
Todd Robinson (Hunding)
Michelle Owens (Helmwige)
Elizabeth Hogue (Gerhilde)
Joyce Lundy (Ortlinde)
Nicole Jenkins (Siegrune)
Dianne Barton (Rossweise)
Heather Sreves (Grimgerde)
Sarah Williams (Schwertleite)
Lillian Groag, stage director
in German, English captions
$29-$99
(866) 673-7282
http://www.vaopera.org/
Feb. 25 (8 p.m.)
Bon Air Baptist Church, Forest Hill Avenue at Buford Road, Richmond
Feb. 27 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Richmond Symphony
Erin R. Freeman conducting
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for string quartet and orchestra
Schreker: Intermezzo, Op. 8
Richard Strauss: "Duett-Concertino" for clarinet, bassoon and orchestra
Jared Davis, clarinet
Martin Gordon, bassoon
Poulenc: Sinfonietta
$20
(800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com/
Feb. 25 (7 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Yale Whiffenpoofs
The Virginia Belles
The Virginia Gentlemen
program TBA
ticket prices TBA
(434) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html
Feb. 26 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Williamsburg Chamber Players
program TBA
Free
(804) 646-7223
http://www.richmondpubliclibrary.org/
Feb. 26 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Neumann Lecture on Music:
Lei Liang, composer
Shanghai Quartet
Wu Man, pipa
"The Role of Music in a Global Society"
Free; tickets required
(804) 289-8980
http://www.modlin.richmond.edu/
Feb. 26 (7:30 p.m.)
First Presbyterian Church, 100 E. Frederick St., Staunton
Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra
Peter Wilson conducting
Chadwick: Elegy
Roskott: Trumpet Concerto
Paul Neebe, trumpet
Hanson: Symphony No. 2 ("Romantic")
Free
(540) 942-3828
www.waynesborosymphonyorchestra.org/
Feb. 26 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Plácido Domingo/Philippe Auguin conducting
Puccini: "Madame Butterfly"
Ana María Martinez/Catherine Naglestad (Cio-Cio San)
Alexey Dolgov/Thiago Arancam (Pinkerton)
Michael Chioldi/Hyung Yun (Sharpless)
Margaret Thompson/Ning Liang (Suzuki)
Ron Daniels, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$55-$300
(800) 876-7372
http://www.dc-opera.org/
Feb. 26 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First and Independence streets SE. Washington
Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba
Thomas Boysen, therobo & baroque guitar
works by Sainte-Colombe, Marais
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1011-schedule.html
Feb. 27 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Charles West, clarinet
other artists TBA
program TBA
$5
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcumusic.org/
Feb. 27 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Shanghai Quartet
Wu Man, pipa
Lei Liang: Quintet for pipa and string quartet
other works TBA
$34
(804) 289-8980
http://www.modlin.richmond.edu/
Feb. 27 (2:30 p.m.)
American Theatre, 125 E. Mellen St., Hampton
Quartetto Gelato
program TBA
$25-$30
(757) 722-2787
http://www.hamptonarts.net/
Feb. 27 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Rivanna String Quartet
Debussy: Quartet in G minor
Britten: Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 36
Matthew Burtner: "Somata/Asomata"
$20
(434) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html
Feb. 27 (4 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Hilary Hahn, violin
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Tartini-Kreisler: "Variations on a Theme by Corelli"
Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in F major ("Spring")
Ives: Sonata No. 4
Bach: Sonata No. 1, BWV 1001
Anthiel: Sonata No. 1
$35-$85
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
http://www.wpas.org/