September 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: Minnesota-based organist David Sinden marks the John Cage centenary with a performance of Cage’s “Organ 2/ASLSP (As Slow as Possible)” on Sept. 7 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. (This reading, lasting about 10 hours, will be a relatively speedy one; a performance of the piece under way since 2001 at a German church is projected to last 639 years.) . . . Four singers and a piano four-hands duo perform both sets of Brahms’ “Liebeslieder Waltzes,” Sept. 10 at the University of Richmond’s Modlin Center. . . . The trio of violinist Philip Setzer, cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han play Haydn, Schubert and Mendelssohn in the season-opener of the Rennolds Chamber Concerts, Sept. 15 at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Singleton Center. . . . Another composer anniversary, Philip Glass’ 75th, is celebrated by UR’s Modlin Center in a series of concerts, film and talk, including a program by eighth blackbird on Sept. 19. . . . The Richmond Symphony opens its 2012-13 Masterworks season with Steven Smith conducting works of Copland, Tchaikovsky and Mahler, with pianist Norman Krieger and the Richmond Symphony Chorus, Sept. 22-23 at Richmond CenterStage. . . . Pianist Alexander Paley’s Richmond music festival, for its 15th season, focuses on Bach, Mozart and Beethoven in three concerts, Sept. 21-23 at First English Lutheran Church. . . . Jamie Bernstein, daughter of Leonard Bernstein, joins Erin R. Freeman and the Richmond Symphony Pops for “Bernstein on Broadway,” Sept. 29 at Richmond CenterStage.

* Noteworthy elsewhere: JoAnn Falletta conducts the Virginia Symphony, with pianist Jon Kimura Parker playing Rachmaninoff’s “Paganini Rhapsody,” Sept. 7-9 at three Hampton Roads venues. . . . The Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival, with guests including the Brooklyn Rider string quartet, presents six concerts, Sept. 9-23 at the University of Virginia’s Old Cabell Hall and the Paramount Theater. . . . The Washington National Opera opens its 2012-13 season with productions of Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena,” Sept. 15-Oct. 6, and Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” Sept. 20-Oct. 13, and baritone Nathan Gunn in concert, Sept. 23, all at the Kennedy Center. . . . Opera Roanoke stages its first Wagner production, “The Flying Dutchman,” Sept. 21 and 23 at the Jefferson Center. . . . Colonial Williamsburg’s Early Music Festival, featuring baroque trumpeter Barry Bauguess, runs from Sept. 25-28 at several venues in Williamsburg. . . . Pianist Dmitri Shteinberg returns to Virginia to play Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the Charlottesville & University Symphony, Sept. 28 at UVa’s Old Cabell Hall, Sept. 30 at Monticello High School. . . . Virginia Opera opens its new season with its first production of Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers,” Sept. 29 at Norfolk’s Harrison Opera House (with October dates in Norfolk, Fairfax and Richmond). . . . Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter joins Christoph Eschenbach and Washington’s National Symphony in Mendelssohn and Sarasate, Sept. 30 at the Kennedy Center.

Sept. 2 (8 p.m.)
West Lawn, U.S. Capitol, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Steven Reineke conducting
Tony DeSare, vocalist
Michael John Casey, narrator
Labor Day Capitol Concert
program TBA
free (800)
444-1324 www.kennedy-center.org

Sept. 7 (10 a.m.)
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Ninth and Grace streets, Richmond
David Sinden, organ
John Cage: “Organ 2/ASLSP (As Slow as Possible)”
free
(804) 643-3589
www.stpauls-episcopal.org

Sept. 7 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Kenneth Fuchs: “Atlantic Riband”
Rachmaninoff: “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Mussorgsky-Ravel: “Pictures at an Exhibition”
$20-$70
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Sept. 8 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 Brambleton Ave., Norfolk
Sept. 9 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Hindemith: “Mathis der Maler” Symphony
Rachmaninoff: “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Mussorgsky-Ravel: “Pictures at an Exhibition”
$20-$70
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Sept. 8 (6 p.m.)
Pocahontas State Park, Route 655 (Beach Road), Chesterfield County
Richmond Symphony
Erin R. Freeman conducting
“Wild for John Williams”
program TBA
free
rain date: Sept. 9
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com

Sept. 9 (3 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Timothy Summers, viola
Raphael Bell, cello
John Blacklow, piano
Stephen Hartke: “Prologue to a Shadow Play”
Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121
Steve Mackey: Violin Sonata
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47
$16-$22
(434) 295-5395
http://2012.cvillechambermusic.org/

Sept. 10 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Anne O'Byrne, soprano
Jennifer Cable, mezzo-soprano
Reginald Potts, tenor
Christopher Lindbloom, bass
Paul Hanson & Joanne Kong, piano four-hands
Brahms: “Liebeslieder Waltzes”
free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Sept. 10 (8 p.m.)
St. Patrick Catholic School, 1000 Bolling Ave., Norfolk
Feldman Chamber Music Society:
Voxare String Quartet
Barber: Adagio for strings
Dvořák: String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 (“American”)
other works TBA
$10-$25
(757) 552-1630
www.feldmanchambermusic.org

Sept. 10 (8 p.m.)
Chandler Recital Hall, Old Dominion University, Norfolk
Kenneth Tompkins, trombone
program TBA
$15
(757) 683-5305
www.al.odu.edu

Sept. 11 (8 p.m.)
Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St.
Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg:
Voxare String Quartet
program TBA
$15
(757) 258-4814
www.chambermusicwilliamsburg.org

Sept. 13 (8 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Aki Saulière & Timothy Summers, violins
Jennifer Stumm & David Quiggle, violas
Raphael Bell, cello
Alasdair Beatson, piano
Martinů: “Three Madrigals” for violin and viola
Mozart: String Quintet in C major, K. 515
Thomas Adès: “Darkness Visible”
Dvořák: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 87
$16-$22
(434) 295-5395
http://2012.cvillechambermusic.org/

Sept. 13 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”
Dukas: “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
Christopher Rouse: “Ku-Ka-Ilimoku”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
John Adams: “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
Wagner: “Liebestod” from “Tristan und Isolde”
Rachmaninoff: Etudes-tableaux No. 2
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major
$10
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org

Sept. 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Vocal Arts DC:
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
Warren Jones, piano
program TBA
$45
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Sept. 15 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Philip Setzer, violin
David Finckel, cello
Wu Han, piano
works by Haydn, Schubert, Mendelssohn
$34
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org

Sept. 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Town Point Park, 333 Waterside Drive, Norfolk
Virginia Opera’s “Opera in the Park”:
Heather Buck, soprano
Heather Johnson, mezzo-soprano
Chad Johnson, tenor
David Pershall, baritone
Virginia Symphony
Gerald Steichen conducting
works by Mozart, Verdi, Bizet, others
free
(757) 627-9545
www.vaopera.org

Sept. 15 (7 p.m.)
Sept. 18 (7:30 p.m.)
Sept. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Sept. 24 (7 p.m.)
Sept. 27 (7:30 p.m.)
Sept. 30 (2 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Antonello Allemandi conducting
Donizetti: “Anna Bolena”
Sondra Radvanovsky (Anna)
Shalva Mukeria (Riccardo)
Sonia Ganassi (Jane)
Oren Gradus (Henry VIII)
Stephen Lawless, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$25-$300
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Sept. 16 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Philip Glass Festival:
Scott Hicks’ “Glass: a Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts” (film screening)
$5
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Sept. 16 (4 p.m.)
Jepson Theatre, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Anne O’Byrne, soprano
Tracey Welborn, tenor
Charles Staples, piano
program TBA
$36; proceeds benefit Friends of Barnabas Foundation’s Project Little Hearts
(804) 289-8980
www.fobf.org

Sept. 16 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Guitar Series:
Nathan Mills, classical guitar
program TBA
$15
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org

Sept. 16 (3 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Brooklyn Rider
Timothy Summers, viola
Raphael Bell, cello
Brooklyn Rider: “Seven Steps”
Ljova: “Culai”
Colin Jacobsen: “Persian Miniatures”
György Kurtág: “Microludes”
Brahms: Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36
$16-$22
(434) 295-5395
http://2012.cvillechambermusic.org/

Sept. 18 (8 p.m.)
The Bridge, 209 Monticello Road, Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Timothy Summers, violin
David Cossin, percussion
UVA New Music Ensemble
I-Jen Fang directing
contemporary works TBA
$5
(434) 295-5395
http://2012.cvillechambermusic.org/

Sept. 18 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Mindy Rosenfeld, flute
Ronn McFarlane, lute
David Sariti, violin
works by Bach, Handel, Dowland, Locatelli, others
free
(434) 924-3052 http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html

Sept. 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Philip Glass Festival:
eighth blackbird
Glass: “Arabesque in memoriam”
Glass: “Einstein on the Beach” (excerpt)
Glass: “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
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Sept. 20 (8 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Timothy Summers, violin
Raphael Bell, cello
Demarre McGill, flute
Matthew Hunt, clarinet
Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano
David Cossin, percussion
Prokofiev: Flute Sonata
Missy Mazzoli: “Still Life with Avalanche”
Jeffrey Cotton: “Meditation, Rhapsody and Bacchanal”
George Friederich Haas: “Tria ex Uno”
Fauré: Trio in D minor, Op. 120, for clarinet, cello and piano
$16-$22
(434) 295-5395
http://2012.cvillechambermusic.org/

Sept. 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Sept. 22 (7 p.m.)
Sept. 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Sept. 29 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Philippe Auguin conducting
Mozart: “Don Giovanni”
Ildar Abdrazokov/Paulo Szot (Don Giovanni)
Andrew Foster-Williams (Leporello)
Meagan Miller (Donna Anna)
Barbara Fritolli (Donna Elvira)
Juan Francisco Gatell (Don Ottavio)
Veronica Cangemi (Zerlina)
Aleksey Bogdanov (Masetto)
Solomon Howard (Commendatore)
John Pascoe, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$25-$300
www.kennedy-center.org

Sept. 21 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Ruth Smedina-Starke, piano
program TBA
$7 in advance, $10 at door
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org

Sept. 21 (8 p.m.)
First English Lutheran Church, Stuart Circle (Monument Avenue at Lombardy Street), Richmond
Paley Music Festival:
Alexander Paley, piano
Paley & Pei-Wen Chen, piano four-hands
Bach-Reger: “Brandenburg” Concerto No. 3 in G major
Bach-Reger: “Brandenburg” Concerto No. 6 in B flat major
Bach: Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825
Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
donation requested
(804) 355-9185
www.paleyfestival.info

Sept. 21 (8 p.m.)
Sept. 23 (2:30 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave. SW, Roanoke
Opera Roanoke
Steven White conducting
Wagner: “The Flying Dutchman”
Ryan Kinsella (Dutchman)
Julia Rowling (Senta)
Bryan Register (Erik)
Carla Dirilkov (Mary)
Crystal Manich, stage director
in German, English captions
$20-$110
(540) 345-2550
www.operaroanoke.org

Sept. 22 (8 p.m.)
Sept. 23 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Copland: “Old American Songs”
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat major
Norman Krieger, piano
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major
$10-$73
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com

Sept. 22 (8 p.m.)
First English Lutheran Church, Stuart Circle (Monument Avenue at Lombardy Street), Richmond
Paley Music Festival:
Alexander Paley, piano
Charles West, clarinet
Kathy Judd, violin
Mozart: Violin Sonata in G major, K. 379
Mozart: Violin Sonata in E flat major, K. 380
Beethoven: “Diabelli” Variations
donation requested
(804) 355-9185
www.paleyfestival.info

Sept. 22 (8 p.m.)
McIntire Amphitheatre, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra
Kate Tamarkin conducting
“Symphony Under the Stars”
program TBA
free
(434) 924-3376
www.cvillesymphony.org

Sept. 22 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
John Adams: “The Chairman Dances”
Ellen Taafe Zwilich: “Shadows” for piano and orchestra
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Bernstein: “Three Dance Episodes” from “On the Town”
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
$25-$55
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.fairfaxsymphony.org

Sept. 22 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Bernstein: “On the Waterfront” Symphonic Suite
Barber: Violin Concerto
Gil Shaham, violin
Copland: Symphony No. 3
$30-$90
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org

Sept. 23 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Philip Glass Festival:
Godfrey Reggio’s “Koyaanisqatsi” (film screening) (soundtrack by Glass)
$5
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Sept. 23 (3:30 p.m.)
First English Lutheran Church, Stuart Circle (Monument Avenue at Lombardy Street), Richmond
Paley Music Festival:
Alexander Paley, piano
Charles West, clarinet
Kathy Judd, violin
Schumann: “Fantasiestücke” for clarinet and piano
Weber: “Grand Duo Concertant” for clarinet and piano
Ives: Violin Sonata No. 2
Lukas Foss: “Three American Pieces” (1944) for violin and piano
donation requested
(804) 355-9185
www.paleyfestival.info

Sept. 23 (3 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Timothy Summers, violin
Rebecca Albers, viola
Raphael Bell, cello
Joseph Conyers, double-bass
Demarre McGill, flute
Matthew Hunt & Ixi Chen, clarinets
Valentin Martchev, bassoon
Lisa Conway, French horn
Mimi Solomon, piano
Ives: “Concord” Sonata for piano
Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D major (chamber arr.)
$16-$22
(434) 295-5395
http://2012.cvillechambermusic.org/

Sept. 23 (7 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Jeffrey Siegel, piano
“Keyboard Conversations: Spellbinding Bach”
program TBA
$19-$38
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://cfa.gmu.edu/calendar/

Sept. 23 (4 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera Celebrity Concert Series:
Nathan Gunn, baritone
William Burden, tenor
Washington National Opera Orchestra
Ted Sperling conducting
works by Mozart, Rossini, Sondheim, others
$25-$180
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Sept. 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Christ & St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 560 W. Olney Road, Norfolk
Norfolk Chamber Consort
Bach: Organ Concerto in D minor, BWV 596
Vivaldi: “Stabat Mater”
Vivaldi: Concerto in C minor
Piazzolla: “Autumn” from “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires”
$9-$22
(757) 852-9072
www.ncconsort.org

Sept. 25 (7:30 p.m.)
Governor’s Palace Ballroom, Colonial Williamsburg
Early Music Festival:
The Governor’s Musick
program TBA
$16
(800) 447-8679
www.history.org

Sept. 26 (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
$7 in advance, $10 at door
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org

Sept. 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Wren Chapel, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg
Early Music Festival:
Barry Bauguess, trumpet
Tom Marshall, organ
Lance Pedigo, timpani
program TBA
$18
(800) 447-8679
www.history.org

Sept. 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Jack Gibbons, piano
Gershwin: “Rhapsody in Blue”
Gershwin: “An American in Paris”
works by Gershwin, Gibbons, Alkan
$45
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Sept. 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Family Weekend Concert:
UR Wind Ensemble
UR Symphony Orchestra
UR Women’s Chorale & Schola Cantorum
UR Jazz Ensemble
program TBA
free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Sept. 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Governor’s Palace, Colonial Williamsburg
Early Music Festival:
Barry Bauguess, trumpet
The Governor’s Musick
program TBA
$25
(800) 447-8679
www.history.org

Sept. 29 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony Pops
Erin R. Freeman conducting
Jamie Bernstein, narrator
“Bernstein on Broadway”
$10-$76
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com

Sept. 28 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Sept. 30 (3:30 p.m.)
Monticello High School, 1000 Independence Way, Charlottesville
Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra
Kate Tamarkin conducting
Weber: “Invitation to the Dance”
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Dmitri Shteinberg, piano
Tchaikovsky: “Swan Lake” Suite
$10-$38
(434) 924-3376
www.cvillesymphony.org

Sept. 29 (8 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Anne Manson conducting
Bizet: “The Pearl Fishers”
Heather Buck (Leila)
Chad Johnson (Nadir)
David Pershall (Zurga)
Nathan Stark (Nourabad)
Tazewell Thompson, stage director
in French, English captions
$25-$114
(757) 623-1223
www.vaopera.org

Sept. 29 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
John Adams: “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
Dave & Chris Brubeck: “Ansel Adams: America”
Claire Bloom, narrator
Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 (“Kaddish”)
Kelley Nassief, soprano
The Washington Chorus
$30-$90
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org

Sept. 30 (4 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
performers TBA
“Caribbean Reflections”
Chuck Dotas: new work TBA
other works TBA
$18-$20
(540) 569-0267
www.stauntonmusicfestival.com

Sept. 30 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conducting
Beethoven: “The Creatures of Prometheus” Overture
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
Sarasate: “Carmen Fantasy”
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Richard Strauss: “Der Rosenkavalier” Suite
$47-$125
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org