November 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.

* In and around Richmond: The Atlantic Chamber Ensemble introduces a new work by Arshak Andriasov and samples music of Ravel, Dukas, Shostakovich and others in “What Do You Fear?” Nov. 1 at Unity of Bon Air. . . . The University of Richmond’s Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival stages four programs, featuring eighth blackbird, Ensemble Ü from Estonia, bassoonist Dana Jesson and clarinetist Andrea Cheeseman, Nov. 6-7 at the Modlin Arts Center. . . . The Shanghai Quartet, joined by marimba player June Moon Kyung Hahn, plays the Marimba Qunitet of Korean-born composer Jeajoon Ryu and string quartets by Mendelssohn and Grieg, Nov. 8 at UR’s Modlin Center. . . . The Richmond Symphony, Steven Smith conducting, marks the sesquicentennial of Sibelius’ birth with his Second Symphony in a Casual Fridays program on Nov. 13 and a Masterworks program, also featuring Sibelius’ “The Swan of Tuonela” and Orion Weiss playing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, on Nov. 14, both at Richmond CenterStage. . . . The Richmond Philharmonic, Peter Wilson conducting, opens its 2015-16 season with a program of Sibelius, Nielsen and Dukas, Nov. 15 in the Hershey Arts Center of Collegiate School. . . . Virginia Opera brings its production of Puccini’s “La Bohème” to Richmond CenterStage on Nov. 20 and 22 (following Norfolk and Fairfax performances earlier in the month).

* Noteworthy elsewhere: Composer Philip Glass discusses his Civil War-to-civil rights opera “Appomattox” on Nov. 2, and the Washington National Opera stages the work for six performances from Nov. 14 to 22, at the Kennedy Center. . . . Masaaki Suzuki’s Bach Collegium Japan, joined by soprano Joanne Lunn, gives two performances in the region, a Tuesday Evening Concerts program on Nov. 3 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, and a Nov. 4 concert at the Library of Congress in Washington. . . . Mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter performs with Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Third Symphony, Nov. 5-7 at the Kennedy Center, and gives a recital of English Renaissance songs and French and Italian baroque arias, Nov. 17 at the Library of Congress. . . . The Romeros, the famed classical guitar family, join Philippe Entremont and the Munich Symphony Orchestra in concerts on Nov. 7 at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts in Fairfax and Nov. 12 at the Ferguson Arts Center of Christopher Newport University in Newport News. . . . Mason Bates, the Richmond-bred composer, kicks off his multi-year residency at the Kennedy Center with “Lounge Regime: 100 Years of Ambient Music” on Nov. 9. . . . Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes plays Sibelius, Chopin, Debussy and Beethoven, Nov. 14 at the Kennedy Center (waiting list for tickets). . . . Violinist Hilary Hahn joins Hannu Lintu and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for Dvořák’s Violin Concerto, on a program also featuring the “Four Legends” of Sibelius, Nov. 19 at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of DC. . . . The University of Virginia Chamber Singers and the baroque ensemble Three Notch’d Road present a concert version of Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas,” Nov. 20 at UVa’s Old Cabell Hall. . . . The male vocal ensemble Chanticleer brings its popular Christmas program to George Mason University’s Center for the Arts in Fairfax on Nov. 28 and the Hylton Arts Center at GMU’s Manassas campus on Nov. 29. . . . Opera Lafayette, the ensemble specializing in baroque rarities, stages Vivaldi’s “Catone in Utica,” Nov. 28-29 at the Kennedy Center.

Nov. 1 (4 p.m.) 
Unity of Bon Air, 923 Buford Road, Richmond 
Atlantic Chamber Ensemble 
“What Do You Fear?” 
Arshak Andriasov: work TBA (premiere) 
works TBA by Ravel, Dukas, Britten, Shostakovich, Maria Newmann 
donation requested 
(804) 320-5584
www.acensemble.org

Nov. 1 (2:30 p.m.) 
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach 
Virginia Symphony 
JoAnn Falletta conducting 
Ibert: “Ports of Call” 
Michael Daugherty: “Tales of Hemingway” for cello and orchestra 
Zuill Bailey, cello 
Elgar: “Enigma Variations” 
$25-$110 
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Nov. 2 (5:30 p.m.) 
Theater Lab, Kennedy Center, Washington 
“In Conversation: Philip Glass” 
$15 
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 3 (7:30 p.m.) 
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 
Tuesday Evening Concerts: 
Bach Collegium Japan 
Masaaki Suzuki, harpsichord and conductor 
J.S. Bach: “Brandenburg” Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 
J.S. Bach: Concerto in A major, BWV 1055R 
Masamitsu San’nomiya, oboe d’amore 
J.S. Bach: “The Musical Offering,” BWV 1079 – Trio Sonata 
J.S. Bach: Cantata 199, “Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut” 
Joanne Lunn, soprano 
$12-$35 
(434) 924-3376
www.tecs.org

Nov. 4 (7 p.m.) 
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond 
Charles West, clarinet 
pianist TBA 
program TBA 
free 
(804) 828-6776
www.arts.vcu.edu/music

Nov. 4 (1 p.m.) 
St. Bede Catholic Church, 3686 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg 
Daniel Stipe & Michael Steven Lianos, organ and piano 
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 
Vierne: Symphony No. 3 
other works TBA 
free 
(757) 229-3631
www.bedeva.org/concerts

Nov. 4 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue N.E., Washington 
Bach Collegium Japan 
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor and harpsichord 
J.S. Bach: “Brandenburg” Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 
Vivaldi: Concerto in C major, RV 443, for recorder, strings and continuo 
soloist TBA 
Handel: Gloria 
Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in C major, RV 450 
Masamitsu San’nomiya, oboe 
J.S. Bach: Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034, for flute 
soloist TBA 
J.S. Bach: Cantata 51, “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!” 
Joanne Lunn, soprano 
free; tickets required 
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/concerts

Nov. 5 (8 p.m.) 
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News 
Nov. 7 (8 p.m.) 
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk 
Virginia Symphony Pops 
Benjamin Rous conducting 
Jean Meilleur, vocals 
Donald Paulton, piano 
“An Innocent Man: the Music of Billy Joel” 
$25-$95 
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Nov. 5 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 
Dana Jessen, bassoon 
with electronics 
works TBA by Peter Swendsen, Paula Matthusen, Kyle Bruckmann 
free 
(434) 924-3376
www.music.virginia.edu/events

Nov. 5 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 6 (8 p.m.) 
Nov. 7 (8 p.m.) 
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington 
National Symphony Orchestra 
Christoph Eschenbach conducting 
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano 
Choral Arts Society of Washington 
Children’s Chorus of Washington 
$15-$89 
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 6 (2:30 and 7:30 p.m.) 
Nov. 7 (2:30 and 7:30 p.m.) 
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond 
Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival: 
eighth blackbird
Ensemble Ü
Dana Jessen, bassoon
Andrea Cheeseman, clarinet
electroacoustic works and experimental videos TBA 
free 
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Nov. 6 (8 p.m.) 
Nov. 8 (2:30 p.m.) 
Nov. 10 (7:30 p.m.) 
Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk 
Virginia Opera 
Adam Turner conducting 
Puccini: “La Bohème” 
Jason Slayden (Rodolfo) 
Elaine Alvarez (Mimi) 
Edward Parks (Marcello) 
Zulimar López-Hernández (Musetta) 
Keith Brown (Colline) 
Andrew McLaughlin (Schaunard) 
Jake Gardner (Benoit/Alcindoro) 
Joe Eletto (Sergeant) 
Martin Bakari (Parpignol) 
Brian Mextorf (Customs Guard) 
Kyle Lang, stage director 
in Italian, English captions 
$30.91-$116 
(866) 673-7282
www.vaopera.org

Nov. 6 (8:15 p.m.) 
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 
Marin Alsop conducting 
“Off the Cuff: A Season of Vivaldi” 
Vivaldi: “The Four Seasons” 
Jonathan Carney, violin 
$20-$99 
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org

Nov. 7 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Sigma Alpha Iota Richmond chapter musicians
piano, vocal, chamber works TBA
free
(804) 646-7223
www.richmondpubliclibrary.org

Nov. 7 (8 p.m.) 
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax 
Munich Symphony Orchestra 
Philippe Entremont conducting 
Bizet: “Carmen” Suite 
Rodrigo: “Concierto de Aranjuez” 
Pepe Romero, guitar 
Rodrigo: “Concierto andaluz” 
The Romeros, guitar quartet 
Massenet: “Le Cid” ballet music 
$42-$70 
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.cfa.gmu.edu/calendar

Nov. 7 (8 p.m.) 
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 
Free Bridge Quintet 
I-Jen Fang, percussion 
screening of F.W. Murnau’s silent film “Faust” with John D’earth’s film score
$15
(434) 924-3376
www.music.virginia.edu/events

Nov. 7 (2 p.m.) 
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue N.E., Washington 
Michaelangelo String Quartet 
Haydn: Quartet in G major, Op. 77, No. 1 
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 3 
Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1 (“Razumovsky”) 
free; tickets required 
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/concerts

Nov. 8 (7:30 p.m.) 
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond 
Shanghai Quartet 
June Moon Kyung Hahn, marimba 
Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor, Op. 80 
Jeajoon Ryu: Marimba Quintet 
Grieg: Quartet in G minor, Op. 27 
$36 
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Nov. 8 (3 p.m.) 
Nov. 9 7:30 p.m.) 
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke 
Roanoke Symphony 
David Stewart Wiley conducting 
Handel: Harp Concerto 
Anastasia Jellison, harp 
Petrich: Trumpet Concerto (“Zatten”) 
Paul Neebe, trumpet 
Debussy: “Danses sacrée et profane” 
Grieg: “Holberg” Suite 
Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G major (“Letter V”) 
$29-$52 
(540) 343-9127
www.rso.com

Nov. 8 (2 p.m.) 
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington 
Amit Peled, cello 
Noreen Polera, piano 
“Homage to Pablo Casals” 
Handel: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 2, No. 8 
J.S. Bach: Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 
Beethoven: “Variations on Mozart’s ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe Fühlen’ from ‘The Magic Flute’ ” 
Fauré: Élégie, Sicilienne, Papillon 
J.S. Bach: Organ Pastoral in F major, BWV 590 – Aria
Saint-Saëns: “Allegro Appassionato” in B minor, Op. 43 
Lera Auerbach: work for solo cello TBA (premiere) 
$50 
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
www.wpas.org

Nov. 8 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 
Marin Alsop conducting 
Brian Greene, narrator 
Philip Glass: “Life: a Journey Through Time” – “Into the Air” 
Vivaldi: Concerto for four violins and cello, RV 580 
Vivaldi: Concerto for two trumpets 
soloists TBA 
Vivaldi: “The Four Seasons” 
Jonathan Carney, violin 
Glass: “Icarus at the Edge of Time” 
$20-$99 
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org

Nov. 9 (7:30 p.m.) 
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond 
Commonwealth Singers 
Vocal Chamber Ensembles 
Erin R. Freeman directing 
program TBA 
$10 
(804) 828-6776
www.arts.vcu.edu/music

Nov. 9 (8 p.m.) 
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 
UVa Chamber Music Series: 
Aaron Hill, oboe 
Pamela Beasley, soprano 
Laura Smith, English horn 
John Mayhood, piano 
“Music with Friends: Songs of the 21st Century” 
works TBA by Rich Brunner, Reena Esmail, Alyssa Morris, Jim Territo, Judith Shatin 
$15 
(434) 924-3376
www.music.virginia.edu/events

Nov. 9 (8 p.m.) 
Kennedy Center Atrium, Washington 
Mason Bates’ KC Jukebox:
Justin Reed, DJ 
Mason Bates (DJ Masonic), DJ 
Michael Bowie, bass 
Third Coast Percussion 
Esteli Gomez, soprano 
National Symphony Orchestra members 
“Lounge Regime: 100 Years of Ambient Music” 
Steve Reich: “Drumming” 
LaMonte Young: “Pre-Tortoise Dream Music” 
Satie: “Trois Gymnopédies” 
Satie: “Hymne” 
Satie-Bates: “Furniture Music” (excerpt) 
Poulenc: Wind Sextet – first movement 
$20 
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 10 (8 p.m.) 
Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St. 
Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg: 
Lark Quartet 
Haydn: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 1, No. 2 
Copland: “Two Pieces for String Quartet” 
Beethoven: Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 
$15 (waiting list) 
(757) 229-0385
www.chambermusicwilliamsburg.org

Nov. 10 (7 p.m.) 
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington 
James Tocco, piano 
Liszt: “Harmonies poètiques et religieuses” 
$60 
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
www.wpas.org

Nov. 11 (7 p.m.) 
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond 
VCU Symphonic Wind Ensemble 
Terry L. Austin directing 
Patrick Henry High School Band 
Amanda Peters directing 
program TBA 
$10 
(804) 828-6776
www.arts.vcu.edu/music

Nov. 11 (7 p.m.) 
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington 
Shanghai Quartet 
Joseph Kalichstein, piano 
Jaime Laredo, violin 
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in F major, Op. 24 (“Spring”) 
Ravel: Quartet in F major 
Chausson: Concerto in D major, Op. 21, for piano, violin and string quartet
$50 
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 12 (7:30 p.m.) 
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond 
UR Wind Ensemble 
David Niethamer directing 
Holst: Suite No. 1 for military band 
other works TBA 
free 
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Nov. 12 (8 p.m.) 
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond 
VCU University Band 
Terry L. Austin directing 
program TBA 
$7 in advance, $10 at door 
(804) 828-6776
www.arts.vcu.edu/music

Nov. 12 (7:30 p.m.) 
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News 
Munich Symphony Orchestra 
Philippe Entremont conducting 
Bizet: “Carmen” Suite 
Rodrigo: “Concierto de Aranjuez” 
Pepe Romero, guitar 
Rodrigo: “Concierto andaluz” 
The Romeros, guitar quartet 
Massenet: “Le Cid” ballet music 
$27-$87 
(757) 594-8752
www.fergusoncenter.org

Nov. 12 (7 p.m.) 
Nov. 13 (11:30 a.m.) 
Nov. 14 (8 p.m.) 
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington 
National Symphony Orchestra 
Gianandrea Noseda conducting 
Alfredo Casella: “Elegia eroica” 
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 
James Ehnes, violin 
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor 
$15-$89 
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 12 (7:30 p.m.) 
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington 
Avanti Orchestra of Friday Morning Music Club 
Pablo Saelzer conducting 
Walton: Viola Concerto 
Yifei Deng, viola 
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major 
free tickets distributed before concert 
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 13 (6:30 p.m.) 
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets 
Richmond Symphony Casual Fridays 
Steven Smith, speaking and conducting 
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major 
$10-$50 
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com

Nov. 13 (7 p.m.) 
St. Bede Catholic Church, 3686 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg 
American Guild of Organists series: 
Steven Wooddell, organ 
Wooddell: Variations on “Adoro te devote” 
works TBA by J.S. Bach, Widor, Dupré, Duruflé, Locklair 
free 
(757) 229-3631
www.bedeva.org/concerts

Nov. 13 (7:30 p.m.) 
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue N.E., Washington 
Ensemble Intercontemporain 
Dmitri Vassilakis & Hidéki Nagano, piano 
Diégo Tosi & Hae-Sun Kang, violins 
Éric-Maria Courturier, cello 
Hannah Lash: “Two Movements for Violin and Piano” (premiere) 
Varèse: “Octandre” 
Matthias Pinscher: “Profiles of Light” (US premiere) 
Ligeti: Chamber Concerto for 13 instruments 
Berg: Chamber Concerto for piano, violin and 13 winds 
free; tickets required 
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/concerts

Nov. 14 (8 p.m.) 
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets 
Richmond Symphony 
Steven Smith conducting 
Sibelius: “The Swan of Tuonela” 
Shawn Welk, English horn 
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major 
Orion Weiss, piano 
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major 
$10-$78 
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com

Nov. 14 (7 p.m.) 
McLeod Auditorium, University of Virginia Nursing School, 202 Jeanette Lancaster Way, Charlottesville 
Om Shalom Trio 
Indian classical and Jewish music TBA
lecture-demonstration at 2 p.m. 
free 
(434) 924-3376
www.music.virginia.edu/events

Nov. 14 (8 p.m.) 
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 
Nov. 15 (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 & Michael Slon conducting 
Fauré: Pavane in F sharp minor 
Ravel: “Daphnis et Chloé” Suite No. 2 
Barber: “Prayers of Kierkegaard” 
Poulenc: Gloria 
Christina Pier, soprano 
Sarah Issaelkhoury, mezzo-soprano 
Jordan Davidson, tenor 
UVa University Singers & Chamber Singers 
$10-$45 
(434) 924-3376
www.music.virginia.edu/events

Nov. 14 (8 p.m.) 
Nov. 15 (2 p.m.) 
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax 
Virginia Opera 
Adam Turner conducting 
Puccini: “La Bohème” 
Jason Slayden (Rodolfo) 
Elaine Alvarez (Mimi) 
Edward Parks (Marcello) 
Zulimar López-Hernández (Musetta) 
Keith Brown (Colline) 
Andrew McLaughlin (Schaunard) 
Jake Gardner (Benoit/Alcindoro) 
Joe Eletto (Sergeant) 
Martin Bakari (Parpignol) 
Brian Mextorf (Customs Guard) 
Kyle Lang, stage director 
in Italian, English captions 
$48-$98 
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.vaopera.org

Nov. 14 (7 p.m.) 
Nov. 16 (7 p.m.) 
Nov. 18 (7 p.m.) 
Nov. 20 (7 p.m.) 
Nov. 21 (7 p.m.) 
Nov. 22 (2 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington 
Washington National Opera 
Dante Santiago Anzolini conducting 
Philip Glass & Christopher Hampton: “Appomattox” 
Tom Fox (Abraham Lincoln/Lyndon B. Johnson)
Soloman Howard (Frederick Douglass/Martin Luther King Jr.)
David Pittsinger (Robert E. Lee/Edgar Ray Killen)
Richard Paul Fink (Ulysses S. Grant/Nicholas Katzenbach)
Melody Moore (Julia Grant/Viola Liuzzo)
Robert Brubaker (Wilmer McLean/J. Edgar Hoover)
Frederick Ballentine (T. Morris Chester/John Lewis)
Anne-Carolyn Bird (Mary Todd Lincoln/Lady Bird Johnson)
Chrystal E. Williams (Elizabeth Keckley/Coretta Scott King)
Keriann Otaño (Mary Custis Lee/Secretary)
Timothy J. Bruno (General Howell Cobb/James Fowler)
Robert Baker (Edward Alexander/Cartha DeLoach)
Aleksey Bogdanov (John Aaron Rawlins/George Wallace)
Leah Hawkins (Mrs. Dorsey/Amelia Boynton)
Dane Suarez (Col. Ely S. Parker)
Tazewell Thompson, stage director
in English, English captions 
$25-$300 
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 14 (7 p.m.) 
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington 
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano 
Sibelius: “Kyllikki” – 3 pieces, Op. 41 
Sibelius: “The Birch,” Op. 75, No. 4 
Sibelius: “The Spruce,” Op. 75, No. 5 
Sibelius: “The Forest Lake,” Op. 114, No. 3 
Sibelius: “Song in the Forest,” Op. 114, Op. 4 
Sibelius: “Spring Vision,” Op. 114, No. 5 
Beethoven: Sonata in E flat major, Op. 31, No. 3 (“The Hunt”) 
Debussy: “Estampes” – “La soirée dans Grenade” 
Debussy: Études – “Pour les degrés chromatiques,” “Pour les arpèges composés,” “Pour les octaves” 
Chopin: Impromptu in A flat major, Op. 29 
Chopin: “Trois nouvelles études” – Étude in A flat major
Chopin: Nocturne in F major, Op.15, No.1 
Chopin: Ballade in F minor, Op. 52 
$75 (waiting list) 
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
www.wpas.org

Nov. 14 (8 p.m.) 
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 
Jun Märkl conducting 
Ravel: “Alborada del gracioso” 
Falla: “Nights in the Gardens of Spain” 
Lise de la Salle, piano 
Debussy: “Images” 
Ravel: “Bolero” 
$20-$99 
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org

Nov. 15 (4 p.m.) 
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets 
Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra 
Daniel Myssyk conducting 
Johann Strauss II: “The Gypsy Baron” Overture 
Bartók: “Hungarian Sketches” 
Kodály: “Háry János” – intermezzo 
Brahms: “Hungarian Dances” Nos. 5, 7, 11, 14, 15 
Liszt: “Hungarian Rhapsody” No. 2 
free 
(804) 788-4717
www.richmondsymphony.com

Nov. 15 (4 p.m.) 
Hershey Arts Center, Collegiate School, 103 N. Mooreland Road, Richmond
Richmond Philharmonic 
Peter Wilson conducting 
Nielsen: “Helios” Overture 
Dukas: “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” 
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major 
$8 in advance, $10 at door 
(804) 673-7400
www.richmondphilharmonic.org

Nov. 15 (4 p.m.) 
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington 
Choral Arts Society of Washington & orchestra 
Scott Tucker conducting 
Brahms: “A German Requiem” 
Yuanming Song, soprano 
Trevor Scheunemann, baritone 
$15-$59 
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 17 (7 p.m.) 
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington 
duo parnas: Madalyn Parnas, violin; Cicely Parnas, cello 
Ran Dank, piano 
Pärt: “Mozart-Adagio” 
William Bolcom: Suite No. 1 in C minor for solo cello 
Janáček: Sonata for violin and piano 
Liszt-Volodos/Dank: “Hungarian Rhapsody” No. 13 in A minor 
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 
$38 
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 17 (8 p.m.) 
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue N.E., Washington 
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano 
Jonathan Cohen, piano and harpsichord 
Thomas Dunford, archlute 
Monteverdi: “Si dolce é ‘l tormento” 
Monteverdi: “Con che soavità, labbra adorate” 
Dowland: “In darkness let me dwell” 
Johnson: “Have you seen the bright lily grow?” 
Dowland: “Fine knacks for ladies” 
Dowland: “Come again” 
Purcell: “King Arthur” – “What power art thou,” “Fairest Isle,” “An Evening Hymn” 
Lambert: “Vos mépris chaque jour” 
Lambert: “Ma bergère est tendre et fidèle” 
Lambert: “Goûtons un doux repos” 
Charpentier: “Celle qui fait mon tourment” 
Merula: “Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna” 
Arvo Pärt: “My Heart’s in the Highlands” 
Simon & Garfunkel: TBA 
free; tickets required 
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/concerts

Nov. 18 (7 p.m.) 
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington 
Sang-Eun Lee, cello 
Noreen Polera, piano 
Stravinsky: “Suite Italienne” 
George Crumb: Sonata for solo cello 
Brahms: Sonata in E minor, Op. 38 
Rachmaninoff: Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 
$40 
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
www.wpas.org

Nov. 19 (7 p.m.) 
Nov. 20 (8 p.m.) 
Nov. 21 (8 p.m.) 
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington 
National Symphony Orchestra 
Jiří Belohlávek conducting 
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 (“Prague”) 
Martinů: Symphony No. 6 (“Fantasies symphoniques”) 
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major (“Emperor”) 
Igor Levit, piano 
$15-$89 
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 19 (7 p.m.) 
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington 
Vocal Arts DC: 
Ying Fang, soprano 
Ken Noda, piano 
works TBA by Handel, Mozart, Richard Strauss, Rachmaninoff 
$50 
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 19 (8 p.m.) 
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue N.E., Washington 
Apollo’s Fire 
Jeannette Sorrell directing 
Vivaldi-Sorrell: Concerto grosso in D major (adapted from RV511) 
Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor for two violins, op. 3, no. 8, RV 522 
soloists TBA 
Handel: “Terpsichore” – Entrée & Chaconne 
Handel: “Ariodante” – “Il primo ardor” 
Handel: “Alcina” – “Tornami a vagheggiar” 
Handel: “Giulio Cesare” – “Piangerò la sorte mia,” “Da tempeste il legno infranto”
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor for two cellos, RV 531
soloists TBA 
Vivaldi-Sorrell: Concerto Grosso “La Folia” (adapted from RV63) 
free; tickets required (waiting list) 
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
www.loc.gov/concerts

Nov. 19 (8 p.m.) 
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 
Hannu Lintu conducting 
Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor 
Hilary Hahn, violin 
Sibelius: “Four Legends” 
$20-$99 
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org

Nov. 20 (7:30 p.m.) 
St. Bridget Catholic Church, 6006 Three Chopt Road, Richmond 
Allen Bean, organ 
program TBA 
donation requested 
(804) 282-9511
www.saintbridgetchurch.org

Nov. 20 (8 p.m.) 
Nov. 22 (2:30 p.m.) 
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets 
Virginia Opera 
Adam Turner conducting 
Puccini: “La Bohème” 
Jason Slayden (Rodolfo) 
Elaine Alvarez (Mimi) 
Edward Parks (Marcello) 
Zulimar López-Hernández (Musetta) 
Keith Brown (Colline)
Andrew McLaughlin (Schaunard) 
Jake Gardner (Benoit/Alcindoro) 
Joe Eletto (Sergeant) 
Martin Bakari (Parpignol) 
Brian Mextorf (Customs Guard) 
Kyle Lang, stage director 
in Italian, English captions 
$19-$109 
(866) 673-6782
www.vaopera.org

Nov. 20 (8 p.m.) 
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 
UVa Chamber Singers 
Three Notch’d Road: the Charlottesville Baroque Ensemble 
Michael Slon conducting 
Purcell: “Dido and Aeneas,” concert version 
cast TBA 
$10 
(434) 924-3376
www.music.virginia.edu/events

Nov. 20 (8 p.m.) 
Merchant Hall, Hylton Performing Arts Center, George Mason University, Manassas 
Nov. 21 (8 p.m.) 
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax 
Bollywood Masala Orchestra and Dancers of India 
Rahis Bharti directing 
“The Spirit of India” 
program TBA 
$29-$48 
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.cfa.gmu.edu/calendar

Nov. 21 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Soumya Chakraverty, sarod
Souvik Ghosh, tabla
Hindustani Indian classical works TBA
free
(804) 646-7223
www.richmondpubliclibrary.org

Nov. 21 (4 p.m.) 
Grace & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 8 N. Laurel St., Richmond 
Richard Becker, piano 
program TBA 
free; reception follows 
(804) 359-5628
www.ghtc.org

Nov. 21 (7:30 p.m.) 
Nov. 22 (4 p.m.) 
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond 
VCU Opera 
Melanie Kohn Day directing 
scenes TBA from operas by Mozart, Britten, Gounod, Verdi, Menotti, Rossini 
free 
(804) 828-6776
www.arts.vcu.edu/music

Nov. 21 (7:30 p.m.) 
Calvary Baptist Church, 608 Campbell Ave. SW, Roanoke 
Roanoke Symphony Strings 
David Stewart Wiley conducting 
Roanoke Symphony Chorus 
John Hugo directing 
Seung-Won Cho, organ and piano 
Corelli: Concerto grosso in G minor (“Christmas Concerto”) 
Handel: “Messiah” – choruses TBA 
Vaughan Williams: “Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ ” 
Berlioz: choruses TBA 
$35-$45 
(540) 343-9127
www.rso.com

Nov. 22 (6 p.m.)
Verizon Wireless Arena, Siegel Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Broad and Harrison streets, Richmond
Come and Play:
Richmond Symphony
The Peppas, VCU pep band
community musicians
Keitaro Harada conducting
Grieg: “Peer Gynt” incidental music – “In the Hall of the Mountain King”
Copland: “Rodeo” – “Hoedown”
Badelt-Ricketts: “Pirates of the Caribbean” – “The Curse of the Black Pearl”
Khachaturian: “Masquerade” – Waltz
Gershwin-Bennett: “Porgy and Bess” (excerpts)
Johann Strauss II: “Radetzky March”
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 – fourth movement
trad.: “When the Saints Go Marchin’ In”
free
rehearsal, 2:30-5 p.m.
(804) 788-4717
www.richmondsymphony.com

Nov. 22 (3:30 p.m.) 
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 
UVa Baroque Orchestra 
David Sariti, violin and director 
works TBA by Rosenmuller, Purcell, Scarlatti, Viadana 
$10 
(434) 924-3376
www.music.virginia.edu/events

Nov. 22 (2 p.m.) 
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington 
Kennedy Center Chamber Players 
Copland: Sonata for violin and piano 
Britten: Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 65 
Bartók: duos for two violins (selections) 
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 67 
$36 
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 22 (5 p.m.) 
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington 
The Washington Chorus & orchestra 
Julian Wachner conducting 
Elgar: “Enigma Variations” 
Vaughan Williams: “A Sea Symphony” 
Colleen Day, soprano 
Dana Whiteside, baritone 
Washington National Cathedral Choir of Boys and Girls 
$18-$72 
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 23 (7 p.m.) 
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington 
Pro Musica Hebraica: 
Amernet String Quartet 
Rachel Calloway, soprano 
Adam Levin, guitar 
“Piety and Passion: the Musical Legacy of Jewish Spain” 
Rodrigo-Nestor: “Cuatro canciones sefardíes” 
Carlos Cruz de Castro: “Secuencia Sefardita” (2010) for solo guitar 
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Quintet, Op. 143, for guitar and string quartet 
Castelnuovo-Tedesco/Cohen: “The Divan of Moses Ibn-Ezra” (selections) 
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Quartet No. 2 
trad.-Hemsi & Ljova: “Blanca Niña” (premiere) 
$39 
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 27 (8 p.m.) 
Nov. 28 (8 p.m.) 
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington 
National Symphony Orchestra Pops 
Steven Reineke conducting 
Choral Arts Society of Washington 
“Home Alone,” film with live orchestral-choral accompaniment 
$29-$60 
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 28 (11 a.m.) 
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets 
Richmond Symphony LolliPops 
Ankush Kumar Bahl conducting 
“The Snowman,” animated film with live orchestral accompaniment 
$12-$17 
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com

Nov. 28 (8 p.m.) 
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax 
Nov. 29 (4 p.m.) 
Merchant Hall, Hylton Performing Arts Center, George Mason University, Manassas 
Chanticleer 
“A Chanticleer Christmas” 
$32-$54 
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.cfa.gmu.edu/calendar

Nov. 28 (7 p.m.) 
Nov. 29 (2 p.m.) 
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington 
Opera Lafayette 
Ryan Brown conducting 
Vivaldi: “Catone in Utica” 
Thomas Michael Allen (Cato) 
John Holiday (Cesare) 
Anna Reinhold (Marzia) 
Julia Dawson (Emilia) 
Eric Jurenas (Fulvio) 
Marguerite Krull (Arbace) 
Tazewell Thompson, stage director 
in Italian, English captions 
$55-$120 
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 28 (8 p.m.) 
Nov. 29 (3 p.m.) 
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 
National Philharmonic 
Piotr Gajewski conducting 
Sibelius: “Rakastava” (“The Lover”) 
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218 
Chee-Yun, violin 
Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C major for strings 
$29-$89 
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org

Nov. 30 (7:30 p.m.) 
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond 
Commonwealth Singers 
Erin R. Freeman directing 
program TBA 
$10 
(804) 828-6776
www.arts.vcu.edu/music