February 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: The Richmond Symphony presents two Masterworks series programs: Feb. 4-5 dates featuring guest conductor Danail Rachev and pianist Katherine Chi in music of Rachmaninoff, Sibelius and Grieg; Feb. 25-26 concerts featuring Music Director Steven Smith and the Richmond Symphony Chorus in a program of Beethoven, Mendelssohn and John Adams, all at Richmond CenterStage. (Note: All symphony tickets are half-price this month.) . . . Violinist Susanna Klein and the Atlantic Chamber Ensemble play works of Bach, Ysaÿe, Fauré and Dohnanyi, Feb. 6 at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Singleton Arts Center. . . . Bruce Stevens, Michael Simpson and Thom Robertson play the Beckerath organ in the University of Richmond’s Cannon Memorial Chapel in a Feb. 10 recital marking the instrument’s 50th anniversary. . . . The Shanghai Quartet is joined by pianist-composer Stephen Prutsman in the premiere of Prutsman’s Piano Quintet and a performance of Brahms’ Piano Quintet in F minor, Feb. 15 at UR’s Modlin Arts Center. . . . Virginia Opera’s production of “Orphée,” Philip Glass’ opera after the Jean Cocteau film, tours the state this month, with performances at Richmond CenterStage on Feb. 17 and 19 following runs in Norfolk and Fairfax. . . . The Atlantic Chamber Ensemble continues its multimedia presentations in a program of Prokofiev and Brahms with Amaranth Arts Dance, Feb. 19 at First Unitarian Universalist Church. . . . Oboist Shawn Welk joins the Oberon Quartet in a program of Beethoven, Gerald Finzi and Joan Tower, Feb. 21 at St. Catherine’s School.

* Noteworthy elsewhere: Minnesota’s famed St. Olaf Choir performs at Newport News’ Ferguson Arts Center on Feb. 3. . . . Susan Graham, the stellar mezzo-soprano, gives an art-song recital on Feb. 4 at Washington’s Kennedy Center. . . . Pianist Jonathan Biss plays Beethoven, Chopin and Janáček, Feb. 4 at Washington’s Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. . . . Baritone Kevin McMillan and pianist Gabriel Dobner join pianist Carsten Schmidt and cellist James Wilson in a three-day Schubertiade presented by the Staunton Music Festival, Feb. 10-12 at Trinity Episcopal Church. . . . Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes plays Chopin and Debussy, Feb. 12 at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of DC. . . . The Emerson String Quartet and pianist Wu Han play Haydn, Brahms and Schumann, Feb. 15 at Strathmore. . . . Violinist Julia Fischer plays Beethoven, Ysaÿe and Saint-Saëns, Feb. 18 at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in DC. . . . The Washington National Opera stages Jonathan Miller’s production of Mozart’s “Cosí fan tutte,” Feb. 25 and 28 (with more dates in March) at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Alexander String Quartet plays favorites by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, Feb. 28 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. . . . Lorin Maazel conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Mozart, Sibelius and Richard Strauss, Feb. 29 at the Kennedy Center.


Feb. 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Feb. 3 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 5 (2:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Steven Jarvi conducting
Philip Glass: “Orphée”
Matthew Worth (Orphée)
Sara Jakubiak (Eurydice)
Heather Buck (La Princesse)
Jeffrey Lentz (Heuterbise)
Christopher Temporelli (Judge)
Matthew Burns (Poet)
Martha Wryk (Aglaonice)
Jonathan Blalock (Cégeste)
Oliver Neal Medina (Le Commissaire)
Drew Duncan (Reporter)
Patrick O’Halloran (Glazier)
Michael O’Halloran (Policeman)
Sam Helfrich, stage director
in French, English captions
$25-$114
(866) 673-7282
http://www.vaopera.org/

Feb. 2 (8 p.m.)
Phi Beta Kappa Hall, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg
Feb. 4 (8 p.m.)
Regent University Theater, 1000 Regent University Drive, Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
Benjamin Rous conducting
Beethoven: “Fidelio” Overture
Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor
Simon Lapointe, violin
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K. 543
$16-$60
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org/

Feb. 2 (7 p.m.)
Feb. 3 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 4 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conducting
Richard Strauss: “Metamorphosen”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”)
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Feb. 3 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong directing
program TBA
$22-$37
(877) 840-0457
http://www.fergusoncenter.cnu.edu/

Feb. 3 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Chamber Music Festival:
Albemarle Ensemble
works by Bach, Barber, Paul Taffanel
$20
(434) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html

Feb. 3 (8 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
East Coast Chamber Orchestra
Schoenberg: Suite in G major (“In the Old Style”)
Beethoven: “Great Fugue,” Op. 133
Barber: Serenade for string orchestra, Op. 1
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings in C major
$35
(877) 965-3872
http://www.wolftrap.org/

Feb. 3 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Cygnus Ensemble
Miranda Cuckson, violin
Daniel Panner, viola
Blair McMillen, piano
Fritz Kreisler: violin and piano works TBA
Harold Meltzer: “Kreisleriana” (premiere)
Meltzer: “Brion”
Kreisler: String Quartet in A minor
free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1112-schedule.html

Feb. 4 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 5 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
Danail Rachev conducting
Grieg: “Peer Gynt” Suite No. 1
Rachmaninoff: “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”
Katherine Chi, piano
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
$9-$36.50
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com/

Feb. 4 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Tchaikowski St. Petersburg State Orchestra
Roman Leontiev conducting
Ravel: “Daphnis et Chloë” Suite No. 2
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1
Alexander Pirozhenko, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov: “Scheherazade”
$25-$50
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://cfa.gmu.edu/calendar/month/2012/2/

Feb. 4 (3 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Malcolm Martineau, piano
works by Purcell, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Duparc, Wolf, Horowitz, Poulenc, Sondheim
$45-$65
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
http://www.wpas.org/

Feb. 4 (8 p.m.)
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, Washington
Jonathan Biss, piano
Beethoven: Sonata in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1
Beethoven: Sonata in E flat major, Op. 81a (“Les Adieux”)
Chopin: Nocturne in E major, Op. 62, No. 2
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie in A flat major, Op. 61
Janáček: Sonata No. 1 (“From the Street”)
Janáček: “In the Mists”
$35
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
http://www.wpas.org/

Feb. 5 (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. 5 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Chamber Music Festival:
David Sariti, violin
Kelly Sulick, flute
program TBA
$20
(434) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html

Feb. 6 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Susanna Klein, violin
Atlantic Chamber Ensemble
works by Bach, Ysaÿe, Fauré, Dohnanyi
$5
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Feb. 9 (7 p.m.)
Feb. 10 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 11 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conducting
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Feb. 10 (7:30 p.m.)
Cannon Memorial Chapel, University of Richmond
Bruce Stevens, Michael Simpson & Thom Robertson, organ
50th anniversary celebration of Beckerath organ
works by Buxtehude, Bruhns, Bach, Schumann, Rheinberger, Reger, Franck, others
free
(804) 289-8277

Feb. 10 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Tschaikowski St. Petersburg State Orchestra
Roman Leontiev conducting
Wagner: “The Flying Dutchman” Overture
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor
Alexander Pirozhenko, piano
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
$39-$69
(877) 840-0457
http://www.fergusoncenter.cnu.edu/

Feb. 10 (7 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverley St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Carsten Schmidt & Gabriel Dobner, piano
James Wilson, cello
Kevin McMillan, baritone
Jason Stell, speaker
Lecture-demonstration, “On Schubert’s Late Style”
$20
(540) 569-0267
http://www.stauntonmusicfestival.com/

Feb. 10 (8 p.m,.)
Feb. 12 (2 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Virginia Opera
Steven Jarvi conducting
Philip Glass: “Orphée”
Matthew Worth (Orphée)
Sara Jakubiak (Eurydice)
Heather Buck (La Princesse)
Jeffrey Lentz (Heuterbise)
Christopher Temporelli (Judge)
Matthew Burns (Poet)
Martha Wryk (Aglaonice)
Jonathan Blalock (Cégeste)
Oliver Neal Medina (Le Commissaire)
Drew Duncan (Reporter)
Patrick O’Halloran (Glazier)
Michael O’Halloran (Policeman)
Sam Helfrich, stage director
in French, English captions
$44-$98
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://www.vaopera.org/

Feb. 11 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Terra Voce
Elizabeth Brightbill, flute
Andrew Gobbert, cello
program TBA
free
(804) 646-7223
http://www.richmondpubliclibrary.org/

Feb. 11 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Feb. 12 (3:30 p.m.)
Monticello High School, 1400 Independence Way, Charlottesville
Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra
Kate Tamarkin conducting
Jennifer Lynn Waters, soprano
Gerald Powers, tenor
works by Johann Strauss II, Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Puccini, Mascagni
$10-$38
(434) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html

Feb. 11 (7 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverley St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Carsten Schmidt & Gabriel Dobner, piano
James Wilson, cello
Kevin McMillan, baritone
Schubert: Lieder TBA
Schubert: Fantasie in F minor
Schubert: Piano Sonata in B flat major, D. 960
$20
(540) 569-0267
http://www.stauntonmusicfestival.com/

Feb. 11 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Sol Gabetta, cello
Alessio Bax, piano
Schumann: “Fantasiestücke”
Shostakovich: Sonata in D minor
Mendelssohn: Sonata No. 2 in D major
Servais: “Fantaisie sur deux Airs Russes”
$25
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
http://www.wpas.org/

Feb. 12 (4 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Second Sunday South of the James:
Sonia Vlahcevic, piano
György Ligeti: “Musica Ricerata”
Chopin: works TBA
with commentary
donation requested
(804) 272-7514

Feb. 12 (4 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverley St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Carsten Schmidt & Gabriel Dobner, piano
James Wilson, cello
Kevin McMillan, baritone
Schubert: Lieder TBA
Schubert: “Arpeggione” Sonata
Schubert: Piano Sonata in A major, D. 959
$20
(540) 569-0267
http://www.stauntonmusicfestival.com/

Feb. 12 (3 p.m.)
Feb. 13 (8 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Bernstein: “One Hand, One Heart” from “West Side Story”
Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 2 (“Romantic”)
$21-$41
(540) 343-9127
http://www.rso.com/

Feb. 12 (7 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Chopin: Nocturne in B major, Op. 62, No. 1
Chopin: Nocturne in E major, Op. 62, No. 2
Chopin: four ballades
Debussy: “Estampes”
Debussy: “Images,” book 1
$23-$80
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
http://www.wpas.org/

Feb. 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Michael Tree, viola
Harold Robinson, double-bass
Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat major, Op. 11
Ellen Taafe Zwilich: Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello and bass
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major (“Trout”)
$45
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Feb. 15 (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.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Feb. 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Shanghai Quartet
Stephen Prutsman, piano
Mozart: Quartet in B flat major, K. 458 (“Hunt”)
Prutsman: Piano Quintet (premiere)
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
$34
(804) 289-8980
http://www.modlin.richmond.edu/

Feb. 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Vocal Arts DC:
Florian Boesch, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
Schubert: “Schwanegesang,” other Lieder TBA
Schumann: “Liederkreis,” other Lieder TBA
$45
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Feb. 15 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Emerson String Quartet
Wu Han, piano
Haydn: Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No. 2
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
$35-$85
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
http://www.wpas.org/

Feb. 16 (7 p.m.)
Feb. 18 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 19 (3 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
National Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt conducting
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Richard Strauss: “Ein Heldenleben”
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Feb. 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Young Concert Artists:
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Yekwon Sunyoo, piano
Mozart: Sonata in E flat major, K. 302
Richard Strauss: Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18
Rogerson: “once” for violin and piano (premiere)
Prokofiev: Sonata, Op. 115, for solo violin
Fritz Kreisler: “Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta”
$24
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Feb. 17 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 19 (2:30 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Virginia Opera
Steven Jarvi conducting
Philip Glass: “Orphée”
Matthew Worth (Orphée)
Sara Jakubiak (Eurydice)
Heather Buck (La Princesse)
Jeffrey Lentz (Heuterbise)
Christopher Temporelli (Judge)
Matthew Burns (Poet)
Martha Wryk (Aglaonice)
Jonathan Blalock (Cégeste)
Oliver Neal Medina (Le Commissaire)
Drew Duncan (Reporter)
Patrick O’Halloran (Glazier)
Michael O’Halloran (Policeman)
Sam Helfrich, stage director
in French, English captions
$29-$111
(866) 673-7282
http://www.vaopera.org/

Feb. 18 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Bon Air Chamber Players
program TBA
free
(804) 646-7223
http://www.richmondpubliclibrary.org/

Feb. 18 (8 p.m.)
Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, Washington
Julia Fischer, violin
Milana Chernyavska, piano
Beethoven: Sonata in G major, Op. 30, No. 3
Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 1 in G minor
Saint-Saëns: Sonata No. 1 in D minor
$40
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
http://www.wpas.org/

Feb. 19 (4 p.m.)
First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1000 Blanton Ave. at the Carillon, Richmond
Atlantic Chamber Ensemble
Jeanine Wynton, violin
Amaranth Arts Dance
Prokofiev: Quintet
Brahms: Trio for piano, violin and horn
$15
http://www.acensemble.org/

Feb. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Bannard Chapel, St. Catherine’s School, 6001 Grove Ave., Richmond
Oberon Quartet
Shawn Welk, oboe
works by Beethoven, Gerald Finzi, Joan Tower
free
(804) 288-2804
http://www.stcatherines.org/

Feb. 23 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Voxare String Quartet
program TBA
free
(434) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html

Feb. 23 (7 p.m.)
Feb. 24 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 25 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Michael Krajewski conducting
Cirque de la Symphonie, guest stars
program TBA
$20-$85
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Feb. 24 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Feb. 25 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 Brambleton Ave., Norfolk
Feb. 26 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Nielsen: “Maskarade” Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
Natasha Paremski, piano
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
$20-$85
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org/

Feb. 25 (8 p.m.)
Feb. 26 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
John Adams: “The Chairman Dances”
Mendelssohn: “Die erste Walpurgisnacht”
Katherine Leemhuis, mezzo-soprano
Jorge Prego, tenor
Seth Mease Carico, bass-baritone
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
$9-$36.50
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com/

Feb. 25 (7 p.m.)
Feb. 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Philippe Auguin conducting
Mozart: “Cosí fan tutte”
Elizabeth Futral (Fiordiligi)
Renata Pokupic (Dorabella)
Joel Prieto (Ferrando)
Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Guglielmo)
William Shimmel (Don Alfonso)
Christine Brandes (Despina)
Jonathan Miller, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$25-$300
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Feb. 26 (2 p.m.)
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Laurel Street at Floyd Avenue, Richmond
VCU Commonwealth Singers
“A Musical Celebration of Dr. John Guthmiller”
program TBA
free
(804) 828-6776
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/music/dept/events/index.html

Feb. 28 (8 p.m.)
Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St.
Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg:
Fauré Quartett
Mahler: “Klavierquartettsatz” in A minor
Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
$15 (waiting list)
(757) 258-4814
http://www.chambermusicwilliamsburg.org/

Feb. 28 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Alexander String Quartet
Mozart: Quartet in B flat major, K. 458 (“Hunt”)
Beethoven: Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 (“Serioso”)
Schubert: Quartet in D minor, D. 810 (“Death and the Maiden”)
$25-$30
(434) 924-3376
http://www.tecs.org/

Feb. 29 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Vienna Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel conducting
Mozart: “The Marriage of Figaro” Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Richard Strauss: “Der Rosenkavalier” Suite
$65-$250
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
http://www.wpas.org/