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: Pianist Albert Guinovart plays music from the Catalonian region of Spain, Sept. 10 at the University of Richmond’s Modlin Arts Center. . . . The Pacifica Quartet opens this season’s Rennolds Chamber Concerts with a program of Haydn, Mendelssohn and Ligeti, Sept. 13 at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Singleton Arts Center. . . .
Rajeev Taranath plays sarod (Indian lute) in a program of North Indian classical music, Sept. 17 at VCU. . . . Pianist Henning Vauth plays Frederic Rzewski’s epic “The People United Will Never Be Defeated,” Sept. 19 at VCU. . . . Stellar violinist Joshua Bell joins Steven Smith and the Richmond Symphony in the opening concert of the orchestra’s 2014-15 season, Sept. 20 at Richmond CenterStage. . . . The Atlantic Chamber Ensemble introduces Shawn Welk’s chamber arrangement of Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin” in a wide-ranging program on Sept. 21 at St. Matthias Episcopal Church in Midlothian. . . . eighth blackbird opens its 11th season at the University of Richmond with “Pattycake,” a program of new and recent works 
by György Ligeti, Tom Johnson, Lee Hyla, Sean Griffin, Gabriella Smith and David Little, Sept. 22 at the Modlin Center. . . . The Alexander Paley Music Festival, featuring the Russian-American pianist and colleagues in music by Rossini, Beethoven, Brahms, Rameau and Chopin, returns Sept. 26-28 at a new venue, St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Richmond. . . . Keitaro Harada, the new associate conductor of the Richmond Symphony, leads a Symphony Pops program with Waterloo performing music of the Swedish pop legends ABBA, Sept. 27 at Richmond CenterStage.* Noteworthy elsewhere: The Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival ranges from Mozart, Schubert and Martinů to chamber arrangements of Beethoven’s “Eroica” and Mahler’s Fourth symphonies in seven concerts from Sept. 7-18 at the University of Virginia’s Old Cabell Hall and the Paramount Theater. . . . Washington National Opera presents the vocal power couple of tenor Stephen Costello and soprano Ailyn Pérez, Sept. 10 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Pinchas Zukerman substitues for an indisposed Hilary Hahn, playing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with Marin
Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony, Sept. 18 at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of DC. . . . Pianist Emanuel Ax joins JoAnn Falletta and the Virginia Symphony in Mozart and Richard Strauss to open the orchestra’s new season, Sept. 19-21 at venues in Newport News, Norfolk and Virginia Beach. . . . Washington National Opera stages Daniel Catán’s “Florencia in the Amazon” for five performances, Sept. 20-28 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Joshua Bell and soprano Kelli O’Hara join the National Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach and Steven Reineke conducting, in its season-opener, Sept. 21 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Kate Tamarkin leads the newly renamed Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia in the opening concerts of its 40th anniversary season, Sept. 26 at UVa’s Old Cabell Hall and Sept. 28 at Charlottesville High School’s the Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center.Sept. 5 (7 p.m.)
Williamsburg Winery-Wessex Hall, 5800 Wessex Hundred
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
guest artists TBA
program TBA
$65-$150
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org
Sept. 7 (3 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Timothy Summers, violin
Raphael Bell, cello
Judith Gordon, piano
Schubert: Violin Sonata in A major, D. 574
Martinů: Cello Sonata No. 3
Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat major, D. 898
$TBA
(434) 924-3376
www.cvillechambermusic.org
Sept. 9 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Ninth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond chapter, American Guild of Organists Opening Service and Introduction of Officers:
David Sinden, organ
other performers TBA
hymns and organ works TBA on Psalm themes
donation requested
$15 (dinner at 6:30 p.m.; reservations required by Sept. 5)
(804) 272-0036
www.richmondago.org
Sept. 10 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Albert Guinovart, piano
Catalonian Spanish works TBA
$20
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu
Sept. 10 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Washington National Opera:
Stephen Costello, tenor
Ailyn Pérez, soprano
Danielle Orlando, piano
program TBA
$60
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Sept. 11 (7:30 p.m.)
31st Street Stage, 31st Street at Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach
VSOcean:
Virginia Symphony
conductor TBA
program TBA
free
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org
Sept. 11 (8 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Sharon Roffman & Timothy Summers, violins
David Quiggle, viola
Raphael Bell, cello
Joseph Carver, double-bass
Judith Gordon, piano
Gabriel Shuford, harmonium
Sooyun Kim, flute
Adam Hollander, oboe
Matthew Hunt, clarinet
Bram van Sambeek, bassoon
Lisa Conway, French horn
Matthew Gold & I-Jen Fang, percussion
Virpi Räisänen, mezzo-soprano
Korngold: “Glück, das mir verblieb” from “Die tote Stadt”
Mozart: Quintet in E flat major, K. 452, for winds
Mahler-Simon: Symphony No. 4
$18-$25
(434) 979-1333
www.cvillechambermusic.org
Sept. 11 (7 p.m.)
Sept. 12 (8 p.m.)
Sept. 13 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Steven Reineke conducting
Pink Martini & The von Trapps, guest stars
program TBA
$20-$88
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Sept. 12 (7:30 p.m.)
Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Symphony Under the Stars:
Virginia Symphony
Benjamin Rous conducting
program TBA
free
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org
Sept. 12 (8 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Sharon Roffman & Timothy Summers, violins
David Quiggle, viola
Raphael Bell & Edward Arron, cellos
Joseph Carver, double-bass
Judith Gordon, piano
Gabriel Shuford, harpsichord
Sooyun Kim, flute
Adam Hollander, oboe
Matthew Hunt, clarinet
Bram van Sambeek, bassoon
Jeroen Berwaerts, trumpet
Matthew Gold, percussion
Virpi Räisänen, mezzo-soprano
Vivaldi: Concerto in D major, RV 95 (“Le Pastorella”)
Alexandre Lunsqui: “Topografia Index 3” for percussion, clarinet and flute
Vivaldi: “Cessate, omai cessate,” RV 684
Rossini: Sonata “a quattro” No. 3 in C major
Luciano Berio: “Sequenza III” for solo voice
J. S. Bach: “Brandenburg” Concerto No. 2 in F major
$18-$25
(434) 979-1333
www.cvillechambermusic.org
Sept. 13 (6 p.m.)
Heritage Amphitheater, Pocahontas State Park, 10301 State Park Road, Chesterfield
Richmond Symphony
conductor TBA
program TBA
free
(804) 796-4255
www.richmondsymphony.com
Sept. 13 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Pacifica Quartet
Haydn:Quartet in B flat major, Op. 76, No. 4 (“Sunrise”)
Ligeti: Quartet No. 1
Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
$34
(804) 828-6776
www.arts.vcu.edu/music
Sept. 13 (6 p.m.)
City Center at Oyster Point, 701 Town Center Drive, Newport News
Virginia Symphony members
conductor TBA
“VSO Jazz”
works TBA by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, others
free
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org
Sept. 13 (8:30 p.m.)
The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
performers TBA
“Music Fresh Squeezed”
program TBA
$12
(800) 594-8499
www.cvillechambermusic.org
Sept. 14 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Guitar Series:
Denver Walter & Nathan Mills, classical and flamenco guitars
program TBA
$10-$15
(804) 828-6776
www.arts.vcu.edu/music
Sept. 14 (3 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Sharon Roffman & Timothy Summers, violins
David Quiggle, viola
Raphael Bell & Edward Arron, cellos
Mimi Solomon & Steven Beck, piano
Matthew Hunt, clarinet
Bram van Sambeek, bassoon
Jeroen Berwaerts, trumpet
Beethoven: Trio in B flat major, Op. 11
Martinů: “La revue de cuisine”
Enescu: “Légende”
Ligeti: “Le Grand Macabre”
Beethoven-Ries: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (“Eroica”)
$TBA
(434) 924-3376
www.cvillechambermusic.org
Sept. 17 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rajeev Taranath, sarod
North Indian classical program TBA
free
(804) 828-6776
www.arts.vcu.edu/music
Sept. 18 (12:30 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
performers TBA
program TBA
free
(434) 979-1333
www.cvillechambermusic.org
Sept. 18 (8 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Jennifer Koh & Timothy Summers, violins
Raphael Bell, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Yehudi Wyner: “Concordance”
John Zorn: “Passagen”
David Ludwig: “Aria Fantasy” for piano quartet
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
$18-$25
(434) 979-1333
www.cvillechambermusic.org
Sept. 18 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Tamara Wilson, soprano
$65-$120
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org
Sept. 19 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Henning Vauth, piano
Frederic Rzewski: “The People United Will Never Be Defeated”
other works TBA
free
(804) 828-6776
www.arts.vcu.edu/music
Sept. 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Wind Ensemble
UR Jazz Ensemble
UR Symphony Orchestra
Schola Cantorum & Women’s Chorale
“Family Weekend Concert”
program TBA
free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu
Sept. 19 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Sept. 20 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Sept. 21 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Richard Strauss: “Don Juan”
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E flat major, K. 449
Richard Strauss: “Burleske”
Emanuel Ax, piano
Ravel: “La Valse”
$25-$107
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org
Sept. 20 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Smetana: “The Moldau”
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Joshua Bell, violin
Respighi: “The Fountains of Rome”
Respighi: “The Pines of Rome”
$25-$125
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com
Sept. 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Olin Theater, Roanoke College, Salem
Kandinsky Trio
Scott Williamson, tenor
Haydn: Piano Trio in E flat major
Vaughan Williams: “On Wenlock Edge”
Dvořák: Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65
$12-$20
(540) 375-2333
www.roanoke.edu
Sept. 20 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
Glinka: “Russlan and Ludmilla” Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
Alexander Schimpf, piano
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major
$25-$60
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.fairfaxsymphony.org
Sept. 20 (7 p.m.)
Sept. 22 (7 p.m.)
Sept. 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Sept. 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Sept. 28 (2 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Carolyn Kuan conducting
Daniel Catán: “Florencia in the Amazon”
Christine Goerke/Melody Moore (Florencia Grimaldi)
Norman Garrett (Ríolobo)
Andrea Carroll (Rosalba)
Patrick O’Halloran (Arcadio)
Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Paula)
Michael Todd Simpson (Álvaro)
David Pittsinger (Captain)
Francesca Zambello, stage director
in Spanish, English captions
$25-$300
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Sept. 21 (4 p.m.)
St. Matthias Episcopal Church, 11300 W. Huguenot Road, Midlothian
Atlantic Chamber Ensemble
Ravel-Welk: “Le Tombeau de Couperin”
works TBA by Britten, Schubert, Saint-Saëns, Glass, Webern
donation requested
(804) 272-8588, ext. 103
www.stmatmidlo.com
Sept. 21 (2 and 5 p.m.)
Vinton War Memorial, 814 Washington Ave.
David Stewart Wiley Quartet (Roanoke Symphony members)
“The Classical Connection: Baroque to Billy Joel”
works TBA by J.S. Bach, Jethro Tull, Procol Harum, Billy Joel, others
$32-$52
(540) 343-9127
www.rso.com
Sept. 21 (7 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Jeffrey Siegel, piano
“Keyboard Conversations: Classics Go Pop!”
works TBA by Gershwin, Chopin, Debussy, Mozart, Schubert, others
$24-$40
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.cfa.gmu.edu
Sept. 21 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach & Steven Reineke conducting
Bernstein: “Candide” Overture
Saint-Saëns: “Introduction and Rondo capriccioso”
Ravel: “Tzigane”
Joshua Bell, violin
Bernstein: “Glitter and Be Gay” from “Candide”
Flaherty-Ahrens: “Something Beautiful”
Kosma-Manilow-Mercer-Reineke: “Autumn Leaves”/“When October Goes”
Monnot-Guglielmi-Reineke: “La vie en rose”
Kelli O’Hara, soprano
Ravel: “La Valse”
$49-$125
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
Sept. 22 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
eighth blackbird
“Pattycake”
György Ligeti: Études (arr. 2014)
Tom Johnson: “Counting Duets” (2014)
Lee Hyla: “Wave” (2012)
Sean Griffin: “Pattycake” (2007)
Gabriella Smith: “Number Nine” (2013)
David Little: “and the sky was still there” (2010)
$20
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu
Sept. 22 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rex Richardson, Kevin Maloney, Brian Strawley & Taylor Barnett, trumpets
Yin Zheng, piano
“VCU Trumpet Spectacular”
program TBA
free
(804) 828-6776
www.arts.vcu.edu/music
Sept. 22 (7:30 p.m.)
Molnar Recital Hall, Wygal Music Building, Longwood University, Farmville
Kandinsky Piano Trio
program TBA
free
(434) 395-2504
www.longwood.edu/calendar.htm
Sept. 23 (8 p.m.)
Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St.
Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg:
Carpe Diem String Quartet
Wolf: “Italian Serenade”
Grieg: Quartet in G minor
Korine Fugiwara: “Fiddle Suite Montana”
$15
(757) 229-0385
www.chambermusicwilliamsburg.org
Sept. 26 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham Parkway, Richmond
Paley Music Festival:
Alexander Paley, piano
Rameau: Suite No. 4 in A minor
Rameau: Suite No. 5 in G minor
Chopin: 24 études, Opp. 10 and 25
donation requested
(804) 665-9516
www.paleyfestival.info
Sept. 26 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Sept. 28 (3:30 p.m.)
Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center, Charlottesville High School, 1400 Melbourne Road
Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia
Kate Tamarkin conducting
Randol Alan Bass: “Anniversary Fanfare” (premiere)
Emmanuel Séjourné: Concerto for marimba and string orchestra
I-Jen Fang, marimba
Dvořák: Slavonic Dance in F major, Op. 46, No. 4
Kodály: “Háry János” Suite
$10-$45
(434) 924-3376
www.cvillesymphony.org
Sept. 27 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham Parkway, Richmond
Paley Music Festival:
Alexander Paley & Pei-Wen Chen, piano four-hands
Rossini-Schoenberg: “The Barber of Seville”
donation requested
(804) 665-9516
www.paleyfestival.info
Sept. 27 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony Pops
Keitaro Harada conducting
Waterloo, guest stars
“ABBA – the Music”
$10-$78
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com
Sept. 27 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Steven Lin, piano
Mozart: Sonata in F major, K. 332
Schumann: Sonata in F minor (“Concerto without Orchestra”)
Hertzberg: “Notturno Incantanto”
Chopin: Scherzo in C sharp minor, Op. 39
Ravel: “La Valse”
$35
(202) 985-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
Sept. 27 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Jennifer Higdon: “blue cathedral”
Korngold: Violin Concerto
James Ehnes, violin
John Williams: “Schindler’s List” main theme
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1
$40-$100
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org
Sept. 28 (3 p.m.)
St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham Parkway, Richmond
Paley Music Festival:
Alexander Paley & Pei-Wen Chen, piano
Rebecca Zimmerman, cello
Charles West, clarinet
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Beethoven: Trio in E flat major, Op. 38, for clarinet, cello and piano
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
Brahms: Trio in A minor, Op. 114, for clarinet, cello and piano
donation requested
(804) 665-9516
www.paleyfestival.info