March 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: Akemi Takayama, the former Audubon Quartet violinist, now concertmaster of the Williamsburg Symphonia, plays the Mendelssohn Concerto in Daniel Myssyk’s tryout concert for the music director’s post with the Richmond Philharmonic, March 3 at VCU’s Singleton Arts Center. In the same hall, Myssyk leads the VCU Symphony, on March 14. . . . Virginia Opera brings its production of André Previn’s “A Streetcar Named Desire” to Richmond CenterStage on March 8 and 10. . . . Steven Smith conducts the Richmond Symphony, with Sheryl Staples featured in Barber’s Violin Concerto, March 16 at Richmond CenterStage. . . . The Tallis Scholars, the famed English early music vocal ensemble, performs on March 20 at St. James’s Episcopal Church (after a March 19 date at The Falls Church in Northern Virginia), launching the new Episcopal Arts Series of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. . . . The new-music sextet eighth blackbird is joined by composer Nico Muhly in a program centered on his works, March 20 at the University of Richmond’s Modlin Arts Center. . . . Pianist Jeremy Denk returns to Richmond to perform in a Rennolds Chamber Concerts program, March 23 at VCU. . . . Pianist Paul Hanson highlights UR’s celebration of the John Cage centennial in a performance of “Sonatas and Interludes,” Cage’s seminal opus for prepared piano, March 27 at the Modlin Center.
* Noteworthy elsewhere: Pianist Paul Lewis plays an all-Schubert program, March 2 at the Library of Congress in Washington. . . . Patricia Racette sings the title role in the Washington National Opera’s production of Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut,” with eight performances from March 2-23 at the Kennedy Center in DC. . . . Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter sings Schubert songs in orchestral arrangements with Christoph Eschenbach and Washington’s National Symphony, March 7-9 at the Kennedy Center, following a vocal recital on March 4. Her performances are part of KenCen’s Nordic Cool Festival, which presents concerts, dance, theater and exhibitions throughout the month. . . Louis Lortie plays Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, March 9 at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts in Fairfax. . . . Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Mozart, Schubert, Lutoslawski and Saint-Saëns in a March 12 recital at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of DC. . . . Flutist James Galway joins the University of Mary Washington Philharmonic for its 10th anniversary concert, March 16 in Dodd Auditorium on the UMW campus. . . . The Eric Whitaker Singers, led by the popular choral composer, visit Strathmore on March 18. . . . The Salzburg Chamber Soloists present an all-Mozart program, March 19 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. . . . The star baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings Rachmaninoff and more, March 20 at the Kennedy Center.
MARCH 18 UPDATE: The March 23 San Francisco Symphony concert at the Kennedy Center has been canceled because of the continuing strike by orchestra musicians.
March 1 (7 p.m.)
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 125 N. Augusta St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord
Jason Stell, speaker
“Source & Style in Bach’s Suites”
$20
(540) 569-0267
www.stauntonmusicfestival.com
March 1 (8 p.m.)
March 3 (2 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Virginia Opera
Ari Pelto conducting
André Previn: “A Streetcar Named Desire”
Kelly Cae Hogan (Blanche DuBois)
David Adam Moore (Stanley Kowalski)
Julia Ebner (Stella Kowalski)
Scott Ramsay (Harold Mitchell)
Margaret Gawrysiak (Eunice Hubbell)
Matthew DiBattista (Steve Hubbell)
Sam Helfrich, stage director
in English, English captions
$44-$98
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.vaopera.org
March 1 (8 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
Parker String Quartet
Mozart: Quartet in F major, K. 590
Britten: Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36
Dvořák: Quartet in C major, Op. 61
$35
(800) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org
March 1 (8 p.m.)
March 2 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Nordic Cool Festival:
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conducting
Sibelius: “Night-ride and Sunrise”
Lindberg: Violin Concerto
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Saariaho: “Orion”
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
$10-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
March 2 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony Pops
Steven Smith conducting
Tiempo Libre, guest stars
Latin jazz program TBA
$10-$76
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com
March 2 (2 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Paul Lewis, piano
Schubert: Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Schubert: Sonata in A major, D. 959
Free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1213-schedule.html
March 2 (7 p.m.)
March 5 (7:30 p.m.)
March 8 (7:30 p.m.)
March 11 (7 p.m.)
March 14 (7:30 p.m.)
March 17 (2 p.m.)
March 20 (7:30 p.m.)
March 23 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Philippe Auguin conducting
Puccini: “Manon Lescaut”
Patricia Racette (Manon)
Giorgio Caoduro (Lescaut)
Kamen Chanev (Chevalier des Grieux)
Jake Gardner (Chevalier de Ravoir)
John Pascoe, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$25-$310
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
March 2 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Russell Peck: “Signs of Life II”
Steven Gerber: “Two Lyric Pieces”
Andreas Makris: Violin Concerto
Bernstein: Serenade (“After Plato’s Symposium”)
Elena Urioste, violin
$28-$84
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
March 3 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Richmond Philharmonic
Daniel Myssyk conducting
Harbison: “Music for 18 Winds”
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
Akemi Takayama, violin
Elgar: “Enigma Variations”
$8 in advance, $10 at door
(804) 673-7400
www.richmondphilharmonic.org
March 3 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Ensemble Shashmaqam
other artists TBA
Central Asian music TBA
free
(434) 924-3376
http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html
March 3 (4 p.m.)
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 125 N. Augusta St., Staunton
Staunton Music Festival:
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord
Bach: fantasias in A minor, G minor
Bach: suites in A major, G minor, D minor
$20
(540) 569-0267
www.stauntonmusicfestival.com
March 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Nordic Cool Festival:
Iceland Symphony Orchesra
Ilan Volkov conducting
Vilmarsson: “bd” (U.S. premiere)
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Thorvaldsdottir: “Aeriality” (U.S. premiere)
Sibelius: “Four Legends from the Kalevala”
$10-$64
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
March 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Nordic Cool Festival:
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Bengt Forsberg, piano
songs by Stennhammar, Sibelius, Grieg, Hahn, Chabrier, Debussy, Canteloube, others
$45
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
March 5 (8 p.m.)
Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St.
Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg:
Atos Piano Trio
program TBA
$15 (waiting list)
(757) 258-4814
www.chambermusicwilliamsburg.org
March 7 (8 p.m.)
Phi Beta Kappa Hall, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg
March 9 (8 p.m.)
Regent University Theater, Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
Benjamin Rous conducting
Wagner: “Siegfried Idyll”
Malcolm Forsyth: “Trickster Coyote - Lightning Elk” (U.S. premiere)
Tara-Louise Montour, violin
William Alwyn: “Autumn Legend”
George Corbett, English horn
Mendelssohn: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Overture and incidental music
$20-$60
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org
March 7 (7 p.m.)
March 8 (8 p.m.)
March 9 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conducting
Mahler: “Blumine” movement
Schubert: “Rosemunde” romances
Schubert-Reger: “Gretchen am Spinnrade”
Schubert-Britten: “Die Forelle”
Schubert-Reger: “Im Abendrot”
Schubert-anon.: “An Sylvia”
Schubert-Reger: “Erlkönig”
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Mozart: Requiem (Franz Beyer edition)
Jegyung Yang, soprano
Daniela Lehner, mezzo-soprano
Sunnyboy Dladla, tenor
Tareq Nasmi, bass
University of Maryland Concert Choir
$10-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
March 8 (8 p.m.)
March 10 (2:30 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Virginia Opera
Ari Pelto conducting
André Previn: “A Streetcar Named Desire”
Kelly Cae Hogan (Blanche DuBois)
David Adam Moore (Stanley Kowalski)
Julia Ebner (Stella Kowalski)
Scott Ramsay (Harold Mitchell)
Margaret Gawrysiak (Eunice Hubbell)
Matthew DiBattista (Steve Hubbell)
Sam Helfrich, stage director
in English, English captions
$31-$119
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.vaopera.org
March 8 (8 p.m.)
Salem Civic Center, 1001 Roanoke Boulevard, Salem
Roanoke Symphony Pops
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Bernadette Peters, guest star
program TBA
$25-$80
(540) 343-9127
www.rso.com
March 9 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Beethoven Orchestra Bonn
Stefan Blunier conducting
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Louis Lortie, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
$30-$60
(800) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://cfa.gmu.edu/calendar/month/2013/3/
March 9 (7 p.m.)
March 12 (7:30 p.m.)
March 15 (7:30 p.m.)
March 18 (7 p.m.)
March 21 (7:30 p.m.)
March 24 (2 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Daniele Rustioni conducting
Bellini: “Norma”
Angela Meade (Norma)
Dolora Zajick (Adalgisa)
Rafael Davila (Pollione)
Dmitry Belosselskiy (Oroveso)
Anne Bogart, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$25-$310
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
March 9 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Christoph König conducting
Debussy: “Petite Concerto”
Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D major
Katherine Needleman, oboe
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
$31-$91
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org
March 10 (4 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Second Sunday South of the James:
Piano Performance Team
program TBA
donation requested
(804) 272-7514
March 10 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Virginia Consort
Judith Gray directing
Brahms: “A German Requiem”
soloists TBA
$15-$50
(434) 924-3376
www.virginiaconsort.org
March 12 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Cehnter, Washington
Nordic Cool Festival:
Juho Pohjonen, piano
Mozart: Prelude and Fugue in C major, K. 394
Grieg: “Holberg Suite”
Nielsen: Chaconne
Grieg: Ballade in G minor, Op. 234
Mozart: Sonata in A minor, K. 310
$28
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
March 12 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Lambert Orkis, piano
Mozart: Sonata in G major, K. 379
Schubert: Phantasie in C minor
Lutoslawski: Partita
Saint-Saëns: Sonata No. 1 in D minor
$40-$105
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
March 13 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Nordic Cool Festival:
Trio con Brio Copenhagen
Sorensen: “Phantasmagora” for violin, cello and piano
Norgard: “After the Dream”
Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
$28
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
March 13 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Bach Choir of Bethlehem
Greg Funfgeld directing
Mendelssohn: “Elijah”
soloists TBA
$35-$65
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
March 14 (7 p.m.)
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Grove Avenue at Three Chopt Road, Richmond
March 15 (7 p.m.)
Price Auditorium, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, 2200 Parks Ave., Virginia Beach
March 17 (2:30 p.m.)
First Presbyterian Church, 514 S. Armistead Ave., Hampton
Lyric Opera Virginia:
Gounod: “Romeo and Juliet” (staged excerpts)
Cody Austin (Romeo)
Emily Duncan-Brown (Juliet)
Joseph Walsh, piano
Stephanie Vlahos, stage director
Peter Mark, host
$20
(757) 446-6666
www.lyricoperavirginia.org
March 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Symphony
Daniel Myssyk conducting
program TBA
$7 in advance, $10 day of event
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 14 (7 p.m.)
March 15 (8 p.m.)
March 16 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concerrt Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Emil de Cou conducting
The Chieftains, guest stars
Irish and Celtic music TBA
$20-$85
(800) 444-23254
www.kennedy-center.org
March 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Curtis Chamber Orchestra
Jennifer Koh & Jaime Laredo, violins
Bach: Concerto in D minor for two violins, strings and continuo, BWV 1043
Philip Glass: “Echorus”
David Ludwig: “Seasons Lost” for two violins and string orchestra
Anna Clyne: “Prince of Clouds” for two violins and orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings
$45
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
March 15 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Langley Air Force Base Wind Quintet
program TBA
free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 15 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Trio 826:
Susanna Klein, violin
Kulia Bullard, viola
Hannah Holman, cello
Rene Lecuona, piano
works by Schubert, Borodin, Fauré, Kodály, Robert Washut
$7 in advance, $10 day of event
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 15 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
March 16 (8 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
March 17 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Brahms: “Academic Festival” Overture
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Mark Kosower, cello
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major (“Great”)
$20-$70
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org
March 15 (8:15 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
“Off the Cuff” discussion and performance
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 (“Organ”)
$29-$62
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org
March 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Jerry Lee, piano
program TBA
free
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 16 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Mendelssohn: “Hebrides” Overture
Barber: Violin Concerto
Sheryl Staples, violin
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major (“Jupiter”)
$10-$73
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com
March 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Dodd Auditorium, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg
University of Mary Washington Philharmonic
Kevin Bartram conducting
James Galway, flute
program TBA
$35-$70
(540) 654-1324
March 16 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
Elgar: Serenade for strings
Richard Strauss: “Metamorphosen”
Johann Strauss II: “Tritsch-Tratsch,” “Pizzicato’ polkas
Johann Strauss II: “Emperor Waltzes”
Stravinsky: “Pulcinella” Suite
$25-$55
(800) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.fairfaxsymphony.org
March 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Olin Theater, Roanoke College, Salem
Kandinsky Trio
Haydn: Piano Trio in F major
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
works by John D'earth, Russell Riepe, Graham Waterhouse
$20
(540) 375-2333
www.roanoke.edu
March 17 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Guitar Series:
Richmond Guitar Ensemble
program TBA
$15
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 17 (4 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
James Galway, flute
Jeanne Galway, flute
Michael McHale, piano
Mozart: Flute Quartet in D major, K. 285
Debussy: “Clair de Lune”
Doppler: “ ‘Rigoletto’ Fantasy” for two flutes
Bizet-Borne-Galway: “ ‘Carmen’ Fantasy”
Irish folk tunes and dances TBA
$29-$85
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
March 17 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Nordic Cool Festival:
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Nielsen: “Serenata in vano” for clarinet, bassoon, French horn, cello and double-bass
Prokofiev: Quintet in G minor, Op. 39, for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double-bass
Schubert: Octet for clarinet, French horn, bassoon and strings, D. 803
$35
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
March 18 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Eric Whitacre Singers
works by Whitacre, Bach, Lauridsen, others
$20-$110
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
March 19 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Salzburg Chamber Soloists
Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K. 136
Mozart: “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
Mozart-Lichtenthal: Requiem
soloists TBA
$12-$33
(434) 924-3376
www.tecs.org
March 19 (7:30 p.m.)
The Falls Church, 115 E. Fairfax St.
March 20 (7 p.m.)
St. James’s Episcopal Church, 1205 W. Franklin St., Richmond
Episcopal Arts Series:
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips directing
Palestrina: Magnificat for double choir
Arvo Pärt: Magnificat
John Tavener: “The Lamb,” “As one who slept”
Taverner: “Quemadmodum,” “Mater Cristi”
Allegri: Miserere
Eric Whitacre: commissioned work TBA
Arvo Pärt: “Nunc dimittis”
Palestrina: “Nunc dimittis,” “Laudete pueri”
$30
(800) 346-2373, ext. 1031 (Episcopal Diocese of Virginia)
www.thediocese.net
March 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
eighth blackbird
Nico Muhly, composer
works by Muhly, others TBA
$20
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu
March 20 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ivari Ilja, piano
songs by Rachmaninoff, others TBA
$35-$100
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
March 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
John Cage Centennial Concerts I:
faculty and students of UR music, art, art history, drama, dance departments
Stephen Addiss, speaker
Cage works TBA
free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu
March 22 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Todd Meehan & Doug Perkins, percussion
program TBA
$7 in advance, $10 day of event
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 23 (11 a.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony LolliPops
Erin R. Freeman conducting
VCU Department of Dance & Choreography members
“Come Dance with Us”
program TBA
$12-$17
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com
March 23 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Treble Choir of Richmond Children’s Choir
“Lyrics, Laughter and Learning”
program TBA
free
(804) 646-7223
www.richmondpubliclibrary.org
March 23 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Jeremy Denk, piano
Bartók: Piano Sonata
Liszt: Prelude after “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen” by J.S. Bach
Liszt: “Sonetto 123 del Petrarca” from “Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année”
Liszt: “Après une lecture du Dante”
Wagner-Liszt: “Isoldens Liebestod” from “Tristan und Isolde”
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in B minor from “The Well-Tempered Clavier,” Book I
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 111
$34
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 23 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
March 24 (3:30 p.m.)
Monticello High School, 1400 Independence Way, Charlottesville
Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra
Kate Tamarkin conducting
Respighi: “Ancient Airs and Dances” Suite No. 1
De Falla: “The Three-Cornered Hat” Suite No. 2
Johann Strauss II: “Emperor Waltzes”
Ravel: “La Valse”
$20-$38
(434) 924-3376
www.cvillesymphony.org
March 23 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk conducting
Rachmaninoff: “The Rock”
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4
Simon Trpceski, piano
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 (“The Year 1905”)
$31-$91
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org
March 24 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Richard Becker & Doris Wylee-Becker, pianos
works by Schubert, Brahms, Becker
free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu
March 24 (8 p.m.)
Lyric Theater, 135 College Ave., Blacksburg
Jeremy Denk, piano
program TBA
$30
(540) 951-0604
www.thelyric.com
March 24 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Amit Peled, cello
Alon Goldstein, piano
Beethoven: Variations in E flat major, Op. 44
Brahms: Sonata in F major, Op. 99
Chopin: Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
$35
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
March 25 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Peter Martin, percussion
program TBA
$7 in advance, $10 day of event
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
March 27 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
John Cage Centennial Concerts II:
Paul Hanson, piano
Cage: “Sonatas and Interludes” for prepared piano
free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu
March 28 (7 p.m.)
March 29 (8 p.m.)
March 30 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski conducting
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
Boris Blacher: “Orchestral Variations on a Theme of Paganini”
Richard Strauss: “Death and Transfiguration”
$10-$85
(800) 444-12324
www.kennedy-center.org