UR Modlin Center 2012-13

A fall Philip Glass Festival, a return engagement by the Takács Quartet for a two-concert cycle of the six Bartók string quartets, the local debut of pianist Simone Dinnerstein in a recital centered on Bach and a homecoming for baritone Matthew Worth highlight the 2012-13 season of the Modlin Arts Center at the University of Richmond.

In its ninth season in residence at UR, the new-music sextet eighth blackbird will perform in the first concert of the Glass festival, sample the works of the highly regarded contemporary composer Nico Muhly, participate in the Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival and a John Cage centennial concert, and give musical demonstrations during UR’s Neumann Lecture on Music, “Music and the Brain,” by Craig Wright of Yale University.

Glass, whose 75th birthday is being celebrated worldwide this year, will speak on “Collaboration and the Creative Process” and perform with violinist Tim Fain. The Glass festival also will feature screenings of “Koyaanisqatsi” and Jean Cocteau’s “Beauty and the Beast,” for which Glass wrote musical scores, and Scott Hicks’ documentary “Glass: a Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts.”


Worth, a UR alumnus (class of 2000) whose opera career has included two starring roles with Virginia Opera in recent seasons, will return for a recital of American theater and art songs.

Other classical attractions in the coming Modlin season include the Shanghai Quartet with violist Paul Neubauer and a first Richmond performance by France’s celebrated Ebène Quartet.

Artists from the UR Music Department and guests will present two programs marking the centenary of the pioneering American modernist and musical experimenter John Cage, performances of Brahms’ “Liebeslieder Waltzes” and Schubert’s “Die Winterreise,” an all-American program by the UR Symphony Orchestra featuring pianist Charles Staples playing Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and an Earth Day outdoor performance of John Luther Adams’ “Inuksuit” (“Stone Marker”) for 99 percussionists.

Jazz, folk and world-music performers booked for 2012-13 include singer Judy Collins, the Portuguese fado singer Ana Moura, a “Retro Roots Tour” starring Virginia bluegrass master Ralph Stanley and his Clinch Mountain Boys, jazz bassist Ben Williams and Sound Effect, a “Spirituals to Funk” show by New Orleans pianist-singer Dr. John and the Blind Boys of Alabama, the pipes and drums of Scotland’s Black Watch 3rd Batallion and a reunion of pop singer-guitarist John Sebastian and folk-jazz mandolinist David Grisman.

A stellar dance lineup will be headlined by the Mark Morris Dance Group, Jessica Lang Dance and the Russian National Ballet in Tchaikovsky’s “The Sleeping Beauty.”

Among the coming season’s touring theatrical attractions are L.A. Theatre Works’ production of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” “Cirque Chinois” by the National Circus of the People’s Republic of China, The Acting Company’s production of John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” and the martial arts ballet of the Shaolin Warriors.

For a brochure detailing the season and ticket-subscription information, call the Modlin Center box office at (804) 289-8980 or visit http://www.modlin.richmond.edu/

Attractions and single-ticket prices in the 2012-13 Modlin Center season:

Sept. 6 (2 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Live Telecast: Royal National Theatre, London, in “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” ($14).

Sept. 9 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Del McCoury Band with Chatham County Line ($38).

Sept. 10 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Anne O’Byrne, soprano; Jennifer Cable, mezzo-soprano; Reginald Potts, tenor; Christopher Lindbloom, bass; Paul Hanson & Joanne Kong, pianos. Brahms: “Liebeslieder Waltzes” (free).

Sept. 12 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Lecture: Jessica Lang ($15).

Sept. 14 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Jessica Lang Dance ($36).

Sept. 16 (3 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Philip Glass Festival: Film: Scott Hicks’ “Glass: a Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts” ($5).

Sept. 19 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Philip Glass Festival: eighth blackbird. Glass: “Arabesque in memorium,” “Einstein on the Beach” (excerpt), “Mad Rush;” Derek Bermel: “Tied Shifts;” Tom Johnson: “Counting Duets;” Nico Muhly: “Doublespeak;” John Cage: “Living Room Music;” Mayke Nas: “Anyone can do it;” Andy Akiho: “erase” ($20).

Sept. 21 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Red Baraat ($20).

Sept. 22 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Re-broadcast: Royal National Theatre, London, in “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” ($14).

Sept. 23 (3 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Philip Glass Festival. Film: “Koyaanisqatsi” ($5).

Sept. 28 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – UR Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, Schola Cantorum and Women’s Chorale. Family Weekend Concert, program TBA (free).

Oct. 1 (7 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Philip Glass Festival: Film: Jean Cocteau’s “Beauty and the Beast” ($5).

Oct. 4 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Philip Glass Festival: Lecture by Philip Glass: “Collaboration and the Creative Process” ($34).

Oct. 4-6 (7:30 p.m.), Oct. 7 (2 p.m., Cousins Studio Theater) – UR Theater in “blu” ($15).

Oct. 5 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Philip Glass Festival: Philip Glass, keyboards, and Tim Fain, violin. Works by Glass TBA ($38).

Oct. 11 (2 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Telecast: Royal National Theatre, London, in “The Last of the Haussmans” ($14).

Oct. 12 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Re-broadcast: Royal National Theatre, London, in “The Last of the Haussmans” ($14).

Oct. 17 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – David Esleck Trio. Jazz program TBA (free).

Oct. 18 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – National Circus of the People’s Republic of China in “Cirque Chnois” ($36).

Oct. 19 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Mike Birbiglia in “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” ($34).

Oct. 21 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Buika ($34).

Oct. 24 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – L.A. Theatre Works in “Pride and Prejudice” ($36).

Oct. 26 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Simone Dinnerstein, piano. Bach: partitas Nos. 1 and 2; Schumann: “Kinderszenen;” Chopin: Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 27, No. 2; Brahms: Intermezzo, Op. 118, No. 2; Felsenfeld: “The Cohen Variations” ($36).

Oct. 28 (3 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – UR Schola Cantorum and Women’s Chorale, Jeffrey Riehl & David Pedersen directing. American works TBA (free).

Nov. 2-3 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival: eighth blackbird, other artists TBA. Programs TBA (free).

Nov. 4 (3 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Family Arts Day, featuring eighth blackbird in Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals” ($15).

Nov. 5 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele ($32).

Nov. 8 (7:30 p.m., Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage) – Shaolin Warriors ($30-$38).

Nov. 11 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – UR Wind Ensemble, David Niethamer directing. Gordon Jacobs: “William Byrd Suite;” other works TBA (free).

Nov. 13 (7:30 p.m., Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage) – “Spirituals to Funk,” starring Dr. John and The Blind Boys of Alabama ($34-$42).

Nov. 15 (2 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Telecast: Royal National Theatre, London, in “Timon of Athens” ($14).

Nov. 15-17 (7:30 p.m.), Nov. 18 (2 p.m., Cousins Studio Theater) – UR Theater in “The Learned Ladies” ($15).

Nov. 16 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Re-broadcast: Royal National Theatre, London, in “Timon of Athens” ($14).

Nov. 18 (3 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Global Sounds, Andrew McGraw & Paul Yoon directing (free).

Nov. 19 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – UR Jazz Ensemble and Contemporary Combos, Mike Davison directing (free).

Nov. 26 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Anna Kijanowska, piano. Works TBA by Szymanowski, Chopin, Lei Liang, others (free).

Nov. 28 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Philadanco ($36).

Nov. 30 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent holiday bluegrass concert ($36).

Dec. 2 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Julian Lage Group. Jazz program TBA ($32).

Dec. 3 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – UR Chamber Ensembles. Program TBA (free).

Dec. 5 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – UR Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Kordzaia conducting. Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 (first movement) (Richuan Hu, piano); Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 (free).

Dec. 6 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – UR Jazz Ensemble, Mike Davison directing, with guest artists TBA. “From the Big Easy to the Big Apple: a Celebration of the Manbo” (free).

Dec. 9 (5 and 8 p.m., Cannon Memorial Chapel) – UR Schola Cantorum and Women’s Chorale, Jeffrey Riehl & David Pedersen directing. 39th Annual Christmas Candlelight Services (free).

Jan. 17 (2 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Telecast: Royal National Theatre, London, in “The Count of Monte Cristo” ($14).

Jan. 17-18 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Mark Morris Dance Group ($40).

Jan. 19 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Re-broadcast: Royal National Theatre, London, in “The Count of Monte Cristo” ($14).

Jan. 20 (1 and 3 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Light Wire Theatre and Corbian Visual Arts and Dance in “The Ugly Duckling” and “The Tortoise and the Hare” ($15).

Jan. 23 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Paul Hanson, piano. Scriabin: Sonata No. 6; Schoenberg: “Five Pieces,” Op. 23; Ives: “Concord” Sonata (free).

Jan. 24 (7:30 p.m., Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage) – Pipes and Drums of The Black Watch 3rd Batallion with The Royal Regiments of Scotland and The Band of the Scots Guard ($30-$38).

Jan. 27 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Ben Williams and Sound Effect. Jazz program TBA ($20).

Jan. 30 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Paco Peña, guitar, in “Flamenco Viva” ($36).

Feb 3 (3 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Richard Becker, piano. Works TBA by Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, others (free).

Feb 4 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – James Weaver, baritone, and Joanne Kong, piano. Schubert: “Die Winterreise” (free).

Feb. 6 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – “Live at Birdland,” featuring The Birdland Big Band ($32).

Feb. 11 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Matthew Worth, baritone. Works by Barber, Bernstein, Blitzstein, other American composers ($34).

Feb. 13 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – “Retro Roots Tour,” starring Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys with The Seldom Scene and Jim Lauderdale ($36).

Feb. 14-16 (7:30 p.m.), Feb. 17 (2 p.m.) – UR Theater in “Production Studies III Showcase” (free; tickets required).

Feb. 18 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Neumann Lecture on Music: “Music and the Brain” by Craig Wright with eighth blackbird (free).

Feb. 24 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Shanghai Quartet with Paul Neubauer, viola. Brahms: Quintet in G major, Op. 111; other works TBA ($34).

March 1 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Judy Collins ($40).

March 1-2 (7:30 p.m.), March 3 (2 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – University Dancers in 28th annual spring concert ($15).

March 7-8 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Black Grace Dance Company ($40).

March 14-15 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Russian National Ballet in “The Sleeping Beauty” ($40).

March 16 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Danú ($36).

March 20 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – eighth blackbird with composer Nico Muhly. Works by Muhly, others TBA ($20).

March 21 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – “John Cage Centennial Concerts I,” with eighth blackbird, UR music, art, art history, theater, dance department members (free).

March 22-23 (7:30 p.m.), March 24 (2 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – Les 7 Doigts de la Main in “PSY” ($38).

March 24 (3 p.m.), Camp Concert Hall) – Richard Becker & Doris Wylee-Becker, pianos. Works TBA by Schubert, Brahms, Becker (free).

March 27 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – “John Cage Centennial Concerts II.” Paul Hanson, prepared piano. Cage: Sonatas and Interludes (free).

March 30 (7:30 p.m., Rhythm Hall, Richmond CenterStage) – “Salsa Mania,” featuring S.Y.O.T.O.S. and UR Jazz Ensemble and Contemporary Combos, Mike Davison directing ($17).

April 3 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Ana Moura ($34).

April 7 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Takács Quartet. Bartók: quartets Nos. 1, 3 and 5 ($38).

April 8 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Takács Quartet. Bartók: quartets Nos. 2, 4 and 6 ($38).

April 10 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – UR Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Kordzaia conducting. Gershwin: ‘Rhapsody in Blue” (Charles Staples, piano); Bernstein: “Candide” Overture; other American works TBA (free).

April 13 (3 p.m., Jenkins Greek Theater) – Global Sounds, Andrew McGraw & Paul Yoon directing (free).

April 14 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – UR Schola Cantorum and Women’s Chorale, Jeffrey Riehl & David Pedersen directing. Works TBA from the court of Louis XIV (free).

April 15 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – UR Jazz Ensemble and Contemporary Combos, Mike Davison directing (free).

April 17 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – UR Wind Ensemble, David Niethamer directing, with student soloists TBA. Program TBA (free).

April 18-20 (7:30 p.m.), April 20-21 (2 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – “Spring Awakening,” directed by Dorothy Holland ($15).

April 19 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – Ebène Quartet. Program TBA ($34).

April 21 (3 p.m., outdoor location TBA) – Earth Day concert. John Luther Adams: “Inuksuit” (“Stone Marker”) for 99 percussionists (performers TBA) (free).

April 22 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – UR Chamber Ensembles. Program TBA (free).

April 23 (7:30 p.m., Jepson Theatre) – The Acting Company in “Of Mice and Men” ($36).

April 27 (7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall) – John Sebastian and David Grisman ($36).