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 Atlantic Chamber Ensemble plays contemporary works by Arno
Babajanian, Dana Wilson and David Bruce, Jan. 16 at Virginia Commonwealth University, Jan. 20 at Chester Presbyterian Church. . . . Pianist Paul Hanson plays modern classics of Scriabin, Schoenberg and Ives, Jan. 23 at the University of Richmond. . . . Flutist Marina Piccinini joins Steven Smith and the Richmond Symphony in Paquito D’Rivera’s Flute Concerto “Gran Danzon” on a program also featuring Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade,” Jan. 26-27 at Richmond CenterStage.* Noteworthy elsewhere: Marin Alsop conducts the Baltimore Symphony and vocal forces in Prokofiev’s “Alexander Nevsky,” accompanying Sergei Eisenstein’s classic film, Jan. 122 at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of Washington. . . . Pianist Tzimon Barto joins Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony in a program of Beethoven, Bartók and Brahms, Jan. 17-19 at Washington’s Kennedy Center. . . . British violinist Chloe Hanslip joins JoAnn Falletta and the Virginia Symphony in a program highlighted by Erich
Wolfgang Korngold’s Violin Concerto, Jan. 18-20 at venues in Newport News, Norfolk and Virginia Beach. . . . Alsop, the Baltimore Symphony and pianist Garrick Ohlsson perform Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto in an “Off the Cuff” program of music and discussion, Jan. 18 at Strathmore. . . . Opera Lafayette, the Washington troupe specializing in reviving little-known operas, presents Félicien David’s “Lalla Roukh” (1862), Jan. 26 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Pianist Misha Dichter joins Russia’s St. Petersburg Quartet in a program of Borodin, Shostakovich and Schumann, Jan. 29 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.Jan. 4 (7:30 p.m.)
University Baptist Church, 1223 W. Main St., Charlottesville
University of Virginia University Singers
Cornell University Glee Club
program TBA
$15
(757) 810-2932
www.virginia.edu/music/usingers
Jan. 5 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 6 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Telemann: Viola Concerto
Victoria Chiang, viola
Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 9
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and orchestra
Nurit Bar-Josef, violin
Victoria Chiang, viola
$28-$84
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
Jan. 11 (8 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
JACK Quartet
Derek Bermel, composer & clarinet
Ligeti: Quartet No. 2
Bermel: “A Short History of the Universe (as Related by Nima Arkani-Hamed)” (premiere)
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
$35
(703) 938-2404
www.wolftrap.org
Jan. 12 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore Choral Arts Society
Irina Tchistjakova, mezzo-soprano
Marin Alsop conducting
Prokofiev: “Alexander Nevsky”
(Sergei Eisenstein film with live accompaniment)
$31-$91
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org
Jan. 13 (7 p.m.)
Calvary Revival Church, 5833 Poplar Hall Drive, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony
conductor TBA
“Songs for a Dreamer: a Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.”
program TBA
free
(757) 213-1403
www.virginiasymphony.org
Jan. 16 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Jan. 20 (7 p.m.)
Chester Presbyterian Church, 3424 West Hundred Road
Atlantic Chamber Ensemble
Arno Babajanian: Piano Trio in F sharp minor
Dana Wilson: “Sing to me of the night”
David Bruce: “Gumboots”
$7 in advance, $10 day of event (VCU); $5 (Chester)
(804) 223-2112
www.acensemble.org
Jan. 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Vocal Arts DC:
Toby Spence, tenor
Graham Johnson, piano
program TBA
$45
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Jan. 17 (7 p.m.)
Jan. 18 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 19 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conducting
Beethoven: “Egmont" Overture
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tzimon Barto, piano
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
$10-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Jan. 18 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Jan. 19 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 Brambleton Ave., Norfolk
Jan. 20 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Rossini: “Semiramide” Overture
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Chloe Hanslip, violin
Pizzetti: “Venetian Rondo”
Respighi: “The Pines of Rome”
$20-$100
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org
Jan. 18 (8:15 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
“Off the Cuff”
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
$39-$72
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org
Jan. 19 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Richmond Music Teachers Association members
40th Anniversary Concert
program TBA
free
(804) 646-8223
www.richmondpubliclibrary.org
Jan. 19 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony Pops
Erin R. Freeman conducting
Maureen McGovern, guest star
“A Long and Winding Road”
program TBA
$10-$76
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com
Jan. 19 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
Mozart: “The Magic Flute” Overture
Jonathon Leshnoff: Flute Concerto
Christina Jennings, flute
Ives: “The Unanswered Question”
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
$25-$55
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.fairfaxsymphony.org
Jan. 19 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Scriabin: Sonata No. 2
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Chopin: preludes, Op. 28
$45
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
Jan. 19 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Brian Ganz, piano
“Chopin Project”
Chopin: five mazurkas, Op. 7
Chopin: “Ecossaises,” Op. 72, No. 3
Chopin: Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. posth.
Chopin: Prelude in A-flat Major, Op. 28
Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op, 23
Chopin: Ballade No. 3 In A flat Major, Op. 47
Chopin: preludes, Op. 28
$28-$52
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
Jan. 23 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Paul Hanson, piano
Scriabin: Sonata No. 6
Schoenberg: “Five Pieces,” Op. 23
Ives: “Concord” Sonata
free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu
Jan. 24 (7 p.m.)
Jan. 25 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 26 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conducting
Beethoven-Weingartner: “Great Fugue”
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Dan Zhu, violin
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
$10-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Jan. 26 (4 p.m.)
Ginter Park Presbyterian Church, Seminary and Walton avenues, Richmond
City Singers Children’s Choirs
Leslie Dripps directing
“Wintertide Concert”
program TBA
donation requested
(804) 359-5049
www.citysingerschoir.org
Jan. 26 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 27 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Steven Smith: “La Chasse”
Paquito D’Rivera: “Gran Danzon” (Flute Concerto)
Marina Piccinini, flute
Rimsky-Korsakov: “Scheherazade”
$10-$73
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com
Jan. 26 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Project Trio
classical-jazz-pop program TBA
$32
(757) 594-8752
www.fergusoncenter.cnu.edu
Jan. 26 (8 p.m.)
Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Opera Lafayette
Ryan Brown conducting
Félicien David: “Lalla Roukh”
Marianne Fiset (Lalla Roukh)
Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (Noureddin)
Nathalie Paulin (Mirza)
Bernard Deletré (Baskir)
David Newman (Bakbara)
James Shaffran (Kaboul)
Kalanidhi Dance
Bernard Deletré, stage director
in French, English captions
$40-$100
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Jan. 26 (8 p.m.)
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, Washington
Brooklyn Rider
“Almanac”
program TBA
$30
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
Jan. 26 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 27 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Miroslaw Jacek Blaszczyk conducting
Tchaikovsky: “Rococo Variations”
Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto
Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
$28-$84
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
Jan. 27 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Guitar Series:
David Robinson, classical guitar
program TBA
$15
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
Jan. 27 (7 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra
Erin R. Freeman conducting
program TBA
free
(804) 788-4717
www.richmondsymphony.com
Jan. 27 (3 p.m.)
Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre, Orange Avenue at Williamson Road
Roanoke Symphony
Roanoke Youth Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
“Sci-Fi Live”
classical and film music TBA
$10
(540) 343-9127
www.rso.com
Jan. 27 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Vilde Frang, violin
Michail Lifits, piano
Mozart: Violin Sonata in F minor, K. 376
Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major
Brahms: Hungarian dances Nos. 2, 11, 17
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 2
$35
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
Jan. 29 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
St. Petersburg Quartet
Misha Dichter, piano
Borodin: Quartet No. 2
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet
Schumann: Piano Quintet
$12-$33
(434) 924-3376
www.tecs.org
Jan. 30 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
New Century Chamber Orchestra
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin & conductor
Mendelssohn: String Symphony TBA
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor
Villa-Lobos: “Bachianas Brasileras” No. 5
Richard Strauss: “Metamorphosen”
$35-$45
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
Jan. 31 (8 p.m.)
Phi Beta Kappa Hall, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg
Virginia Symphony
George Hanson conducting
Ravel: “Le Tombeau de Couperin”
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
David Vonderheide, trumpet
Christopher Theofandis: “Muse”
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 (“London”)
$20-$60
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org