November 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.

SCOUTING REPORT

* In and around Richmond: Nathan Laube plays Bach, Mendelssohn, Duruflé and more in an American Guild of Organists recital, Nov. 1 at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. . . . eighth blackbird, the Verge Ensemble and others join for the University of Richmond’s Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, presenting five programs on Nov. 4-5 at UR’s Modlin Arts Center. . . . The Fry Street Quartet and pianist Robert McDonald perform in a Rennolds Chamber Concerts program, Nov. 5 at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Singleton Arts Center. . . . The VCU Symphony Orchestra, choral groups and clarinetist Charles West perform in an all-Mozart program, Nov. 8 at the Singleton Center. . . . Pianist Anton Nel and the Richmond Symphony Chorus join conductor Steven Smith and the symphony in music of Ravel, Poulenc, Rossini and Stravinsky, Nov. 12-13 at Richmond CenterStage. . . . The Takács Quartet, one of the world’s premier string quartets, plays Janáĉek, Britten and Ravel, Nov. 14 at UR’s Modlin Center. . . . The James River Singers perform in a mostly American program, Nov. 19 at River Road Church, Baptist, and Nov. 20 at Holy Comforter Episcopal Church. . . . The Richmond Concert Chorale anticipates Christmas in “In dulci jubilo,” Nov. 20 at All Saints Episcopal Church. . . . Virginia Opera stages Engelbert Humperdinck’s family classic “Hansel and Gretel,” Nov. 25 and 27 at Richmond CenterStage (following a Nov. 12-20 run at Norfolk’s Harrison Opera House).

* Also noteworthy: Pianist Peter Serkin joins Oliver Knussen and the National Symphony in a program of Messiaen and Stravinsky, Nov. 3-5 at Washington’s Kennedy Center. . . . Flutists James and Jeanne Galway play Mozart and Cimarosa with the Roanoke Symphony, Nov. 6 at the Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre. . . . The Washington National Opera stages Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor,” with Sarah Coburn and Lyubov Petrova alternating in the title role, Nov. 10-19 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Toronto-based Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra plays Bach, Vivaldi, Lully and Fasch in a Tuesday Evening Concert Series program, Nov. 15 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. . . . John Eliot Gardiner’s Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique gives an all-Beethoven program, including the “Eroica” and Fifth symphonies, Nov. 19 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Chanticleer men’s vocal ensemble presents “A Chanticleer Christmas,” Nov. 26 at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts in Fairfax.


Nov. 1 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Grove Avenue at Three Chopt Road, Richmond
American Guild of Organists Repertoire Recital Series:
Nathan Laube, organ
Bach: Toccata in E major, BWV 566
Sowerby: “Requiescat in Pace”
Mendelssohn-Laube: “Variations sérieuses,” Op. 54
Saint-Saëns: Fantasie in D flat major, Op. 101
Duruflé: Suite, Op. 5
Donation requested
(804) 288-2867
http://www.richmondago.org/

Nov. 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Orion String Quartet
Bach: Contrapunctus 1 from “The Art of the Fugue”
Webern: “Five Pieces”
Brahms: Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67
Schubert: Quartet in G major, D. 887
$38
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Nov. 2 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Johnandrew Slominski, piano
program TBA
free
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 3 (6:30 p.m.)
Museum of Contemporary Art, 2200 Parks Ave., Virginia Beach
Lyric Opera Virginia
Shelly Milam, soprano
Andrew Seigla, tenor
children’s chorus
preview of Rodgers’ & Hammerstein’s “The King and I”
$30
(757) 446-6666
http://www.lyricoperavirginia.org/

Nov. 3 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 4 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 5 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen conducting
Messiaen: “Le Réveil des oiseaux”
Peter Serkin, piano
Stravinsky: “Firebird” Suite
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Nov. 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Pro Musica Hebraica:
Jascha Nemtsov, piano
other performers TBA
Stutschewsky: “Jewish Song + Freilachs” for cello and piano
Wolfsohn: “Two Paraphrases on Old Jewish Folk Tunes” for piano solo
Weinberg: Piano Trio, Op. 24
Krein: “Elegie” for piano trio
Veprik: “Chant rigoureux” for clarinet and piano
Jacob Schoenberg: “Chassidic Suite” for piano solo
Chajes-Sarah Nemtsov: “Hebrew Suite” (arr. for piano trio and clarinet) (premiere)
$38
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Nov. 4 (2:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 5 (10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival:
Benjamin Broening, artistic director
eighth blackbird
Verge Ensemble
Elizabeth McNutt, flute
works by Heather Stebbins, Joo Won Park, Lesley Hinger, David Malkiel, Christopher Chandler, Anna Clyne, Alvin Lucier, Jacob Ter Veldhuis, Mario Diaz de Leon, McGregor Boyle, Konstantinos Karathanasis, Andrew May, Nina C. Young, William Kleinasser, Nathan Wolek, Mark Kilstofte, Kevin Ernste, Benjamin Broening, James Mobberly, Kaija Saariaho, Steve Antonsca, Lucky Leone & Butch Rover
Free
(804) 289-8980
http://www.thirdpractice.org/

Nov. 4 (7 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra
Richmond Symphony Youth Concert Orchestra
Erin R. Freeman conducting
“Side by Side,” program TBA
Free
(800) 514-3849 (Etix.com)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com/

Nov. 4 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Mozart Piano Quartet
Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478
Mahler: piano quartet movement in A minor
Saint-Saëns: Piano Quartet in B flat major, Op. 41
free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1112-schedule.html

Nov. 5 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Fry Street Quartet
Robert McDonald, piano
program TBA
$32
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 5 (8 p.m.)
Regent University Theatre, 1000 Regent University Drive, Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
Benjamin Rous conducting
Haydn: Symphony No. 83 (“The Hen”)
Judith Shatin: “Jefferson, in His Own Words”
Bill Barker, narrator
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Vahn Armstrong, violin
$20-$50
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org/

Nov. 5 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Marouan Benabdallah, piano
works by Schubert, Debussy, Ravel, Granados, Albeniz, Benabdallah
$38
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
http://www.wpas.org/

Nov. 5 (2 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Roberto Díaz, viola
Kwan Yi, piano
Liszt: “Romance oubliée”
Brahms: Sonata in F minor, op. 120, no. 1
Bach: Cello Suite no. 1 in G Major (viola arr.)
Brahms: Sonata in E-flat Major, op. 120, no. 2
free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1112-schedule.html

Nov. 6 (6 p.m.)
Verizon Wireless Arena, Siegel Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Broad and Harrison streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
community musicians
Erin R. Freeman conducting
“Come and Play,” program TBA
free
(800) 514-3849 (Etix.com)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com/

Nov. 6 (3 p.m.)
Central United Methodist Church, 14 N. Lewis St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Carsten Schmidt & Jason Stell, harpsichord
lecture-performance of Bach’s “Well-Temprered Clavier,” Book 2
$15
(540) 569-0267
http://www.stauntonmusicfestival.com/

Nov. 6 (3 p.m.)
Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre, Orange Avenue at Williamson Road
Roanoke Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Glinka: “Russlan and Ludmilla” Overture
Mozart: “The Magic Flute” Overture
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 314
James Galway, flute
Mendelssohn: “Hebrides” Overture
Cimarosa: Concerto in G major for two flutes
James & Jeanne Galway
$21-$69
(540) 343-9127
http://www.rso.com/

Nov. 6 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin
Misha Rachlevsky conducting
program TBA
$23-$46
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://cfa.gmu.edu/calendar/month/2011/11/

Nov. 6 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Bach: Sonata No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1014, for violin and piano
Mendelssohn: Sonata in F major for violin and piano
Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027, for cello and piano
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
$35
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Nov. 8 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Myssyk conducting
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Charles West, clarinet
Mozart: Requiem
soloists TBA
VCU Choral Arts Society
Commonwealth Singers
$5
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 8 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Handel: Keyboard Suite in B flat major
Brahms: “Handel Variations”
Chopin: Barcarolle, Op. 60
Chopin: Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 50, No. 3
Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B minor
$23-$80
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
http://www.wpas.org/

Nov. 10 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 11 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 12 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin conducting
Anna Clyne: “rewind”
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Gautier Capuçon, cello
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Nov. 10 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 12 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 13 (2 p.m.)
Nov. 14 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 18 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 19 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Philippe Auguin conducting
Donizetti: “Lucia di Lammermoor”
Sarah Coburn/Lyubov Petrova (Lucia)
Saimir Pirgu/Alexey Dolgov (Edgardo)
Michael Chioldi/Brian Mulligan (Enrico)
Mirco Palazzi/Paolo Pecchioli (Raimondo)
David Alden, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$25-$300
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Nov. 11 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Nov. 13 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Nov. 19 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 Brambleton Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Berlioz: “Harold in Italy”
Beverly Baker, viola
Tchaikovsky: “Francesca da Rimini”
Tchaikovsky: “Capriccio Italien”
$20-$87
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org/

Nov. 12 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 13 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Rossini: “The Barber of Seville” Overture
Poulenc: Gloria
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Erin R. Freeman directing
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Anton Nel, piano
Stravinsky: “Jeu de Cartes”
$18-$73
(800) 514-3849 (Etix.com)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com/

Nov. 12 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 18 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 20 (2:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Gerald Steichen conducting
Humperdinck: “Hansel and Gretel”
Karin Mushegain (Hansel)
Julia Ebner (Gretel)
Margaret Gawrysiak (Witch/Gertrude)
Eric Greene (Peter)
Jason Abrams (Sandman)
Elizabeth Baldwin (Dew Fairy)
Kevin Newbury, stage director
in English and German, English captions
$25-$114
(866) 673-7282
http://www.vaopera.org/

Nov. 12 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
Mozart: Symphony No. 10
Barber: Adagio for strings
Ginastera: Harp Concerto
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Barber: “First Essay for Orchestra”
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
$25-$55
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://www.fairfaxsymphony.org/

Nov. 13 (4 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Second Sunday South of the James:
Marjorie Wharton, mezzo-soprano
Russell Wilson, piano
opera arias, spirituals TBA
donation requested
(804) 272-7514

Nov. 13 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Wind Ensemble
David Niethamer directing
Gordon Jacobs: “William Byrd Suuite”
other works TBA
free
(804) 289-8980
http://www.modlin.richmond.edu/

Nov. 13 (3 p.m.)
Central United Methodist Church, 14 N. Lewis St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord
Bach: “The Well-Tempered Clavier,” Book 2
$20
(540) 569-0267
http://www.stauntonmusicfestival.com/

Nov. 13 (4 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Choral Arts Society of Washington & orchestra
Norman Scribner conducting
Stravinsky: “Symphony of Psalms”
Bernstein: “Chichester Psalms”
Lauridsen: “Lux Aeterna”
Prokofiev: “Alexander Nevsky” (excerpts)
$15-$65
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Nov. 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Takács Quartet
Janáĉek: Quartet No. 1 (“Intimate Letters”)
Britten: Quartet No. 1
Ravel: Quartet in F major
$38
(804) 289-8980
http://www.modlin.richmond.edu/

Nov. 15 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon, violin & director
Fasch: Orchestral Suite in D minor
Bach: Concerto in D minor, for three violins, after BWV 1063
Lully: “Phaeton” Suite
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, after BWV 1067
Vivaldi: Concerto in D minor for two oboes
$25-$30
(434) 924-3376
http://www.tecs.org/

Nov. 17 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 18 (1:30 p.m.)
Nov. 19 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conducting
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”)
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Nov. 18 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
The Washington Chorus & orchestra
Julian Wachner conducting
Wachner: “Come My Dark Eyed One”
Mozart: Mass in C minor (“Great”)
Marie-Ève Munger, soprano
Arianna Zukerman, soprano
Arnold Rawls, tenor
David Kravitz, baritone
$15-$65
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Nov. 19 (7 p.m.)
River Road Church, Baptist, River and Ridge roads, Richmond
Nov. 20 (5 p.m.)
Holy Comforter Episcopal Church, Monument Avenue at Staples Mill Road, Richmond
James River Singers
David Pedersen directing
Amy Beach: Te Deum
René Clausen: “Three Whitman Settings from ‘Leaves of Grass’ ”
Stravinsky-Gesualdo: “Tres Cantiones Sacrae”
Barber: “Reincarnations”
Bernstein: “Make Our Garden Grow” from “Candide”
works by Billings, Ronald Staheli, Mack Wilberg
$15
(804) 233-9220
http://www.jamesriversingers.org/

Nov. 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 20 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Opera
Melanie Kohn Day directing
singers TBA
arias and scenes by Mozart, Rossini, Bizet, Handel, others
Free
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 19 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Nov. 20 (3 p.m.)
Monticello High School, 1400 Independence Way, Charlottesville
Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Czarkowski conducting
Bernstein: “Chichester Psalms”
Stravinsky: “Symphony of Psalms”
University Singers
Michael Slon directing
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 (“Little Russian”)
$10-$38
(434) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html

Nov. 19 (3 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner conducting
Beethoven: “Egmont” Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
$39-$100
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
http://www.wpas.org/

Nov. 20 (7:30 p.m.)
All Saints Episcopal Church, River and Parham roads, Richmond
Richmond Concert Chorale
Grant Hellmers directing
Crystal Jonkman, organ
“In dulci jubilo,” Christmas works by Praetorius, Byrd, Vaughan Williams, Reger, others
donation requested
(804) 288-7811

Nov. 20 (8 p.m.)
Brooks Hall Commons, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Assaf Schellig, piano
works TBA by Israeli and Jewish composers
free
(434) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html

Nov. 21 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
U.Va. Baroque Orchestra
David Sariti conducting
Palladian Chamber Orchestra
works by Handel, C.P.E. Bach, Rosenmuller, Muffat, Finzi
Free
(434) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html

Nov. 25 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 27 (2:30 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Virginia Opera
Gerald Steichen conducting
Humperdinck: “Hansel and Gretel”
Karin Mushegain (Hansel)
Julia Ebner (Gretel)
Margaret Gawrysiak (Witch/Gertrude)
Eric Greene (Peter)
Jason Abrams (Sandman)
Elizabeth Baldwin (Dew Fairy)
Kevin Newbury, stage director
in English and German, English captions
$29-$111
(866) 673-7282
http://www.vaopera.org/

Nov. 26 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Chanticleer
“A Chanticleer Christmas,” program TBA
$24-$48
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://cfa.gmu.edu/calendar/month/2011/11/

Nov. 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR chamber ensembles
vocalists TBA
opera scenes TBA
Free
(804) 289-8980
http://www.modlin.richmond.edu/

Nov. 30 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Symphonic Wind Ensemble
University Band
Terry Austin directing
Hindemith: Symphony in B flat major
Michael Schelle: “The End of the World”
Frescobaldi-Slocum: Toccata
$5
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Nov. 30 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Kordzaia conducting
winners of 2011 Concerto/Vocal Competition
works by Mozart, Dvořák, others
Free
(804) 289-8980
http://www.modlin.richmond.edu/