Letter V Classical Radio this week

The show moves to later in the day on Thursdays from June 2 through Aug. 18.

In the wake of the sad news that Martha Argerich’s festival in Lugano, Switzerland, is shutting down after this summer, we’ll sample some of the finest live recordings made at this showcase of unusually empathetic performances
of both familiar and rarely heard piano and chamber repertory.

Argerich performs with pianist Yefim Bronfman,
the Capuçon brothers – violinist Renaud and cellist Gautier – and other gifted musicians who have gathered around the famed pianist during the 15-year run of this remarkable event. 

June 2
4-7 p.m. EDT
2000-2300 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (“Classical”)
(transcription by Rikuya Terashima)
Martha Argerich &
Yefim Bronfman, pianos
(EMI Classics)

Beethoven: Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 30, No. 3
Renaud Capuçon, violin
Martha Argerich, piano (Warner Classics)

Carlos Guastavino: “Tres Romances Argentinos”
Martha Argerich & Mauricio Vallina, pianos
(EMI Classics)

Mendelssohn: Piano Trio
in D minor, Op. 49
Martha Argerich, piano
Renaud Capuçon, violin
Gautier Capuçon, cello
(EMI Classics)

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
Martha Argerich, piano
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana/
Jacek Kaspszyk
(Warner Classics)

Liszt: “Concerto pathétique”
Martha Argerich & Lilya Zilberstein, pianos
(Warner Classics)

Schumann: Piano Quintet
in E flat major, Op. 44
Martha Argerich, piano
Dora Schwarzberg & Renaud Capuçon, violins
Nora Romanoff, viola
Mark Drobinsky, cello
(EMI Classics)

Ravel: “La Valse”
Martha Argerich &
Sergio Tiempo, pianos
(Warner Classics)

Name those tunes

Grant Woolard mixes 57 familiar melodies by 33 composers, from Pachelbel and Vivaldi to Mozart and Chopin to Liszt and Satie, into a six-minute classical mashup. Ingenious stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OYkWSW7u4k

(via http://www.slate.com)

Argerich festival shutting down

Progetto Martha Argerich, the summer festival in Lugano, Switzerland, featuring the famed pianist and her musician friends, will shut down after this year.

The festival, staged for the past 15 years, is known to most listeners as the source of a series of recordings for EMI Classics and its successor label, Warner Classics, of often electrifying live performances of rarely heard chamber and piano music.

The Lugano festival’s principal sponsor is pulling out and no replacement has been found, Norman Lebrecht reports:

http://slippedisc.com/2016/05/just-in-martha-argerich-festival-faces-closure/

Letter V Classical Radio this week

A program of arrangements and transcriptions, including Beethoven’s piano version of his Violin Concerto, Mahler’s string orchestration of Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” Quartet, Luciano Berio’s orchestration of Brahms’ Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony remade as a string quintet by Franz Theodor Schubert (Franz Schubert’s father), and two “Kreutzers” – the violin sonata by Beethoven and the string quartet by Janáček – as recast by the most prolific string orchestrator at work today, Richard Tognietti.

May 26
1-5 p.m. EDT
1700-2100 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org

J.S. Bach: Concerto in A minor, BWV 1065
(transcription of Vivaldi’s Concerto in B minor
for four violins)
Gerald Hambitzer, Robert Hill,
Christoph Anselm Noll
& Roderick Shaw, harpsichords
Cologne Chamber Orchestra/
Helmut Müller-Brühl (Naxos)

Brahms: Sonata in
F minor, Op. 102, No. 1
(orchestration by
Luciano Berio)
Fausto Ghiazza, clarinet
Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan/
Riccardo Chailly (Decca)

Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 503 (“Prague”)
(arrangement by Franz Theodor Schubert)
Vienna Schubert Ensemble (Camerata)

Mahler: “Songs of a Wayfarer”
(arrangement by
Arnold Schoenberg)
Susan Platts,
mezzo-soprano
Smithsonian Chamber Players & Santa Fe Pro Musica/Kenneth Slowik
(Dorian)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto in D major, Op. 61a
(arrangement of Violin Concerto by Beethoven)
Ronald Brautigam, piano
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Parrott (BIS)

Past Masters:
Johann Strauss II:
“Wine, Women and Song”
(arrangement by Alban Berg)
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
(Deutsche Grammophon)
(recorded 1977)

Schubert: Quartet in D minor, D. 810 (“Death and the Maiden”)
(orchestration by Gustav Mahler)
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Iona Brown (Chandos)

Schubert: “Ständchen”
(transcription by
Franz Liszt)
Frederic Chiu, piano (Harmonia Mundi)

Beethoven: Sonata
in A major, Op. 47
(“Kreutzer”)
(orchestration by
Richard Tognietti)
Camerata Bern/
Antje Weithaas (Avi)

Janáček: Quartet No. 1 (“Kreutzer Sonata”)
(orchestration by Richard Tognietti)
Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognietti (Chandos)

Atlantic Chamber Ensemble reviewed

My review for the Richmond Times-Dispatch of the Atlantic Chamber Ensemble, performing at St. Luke Lutheran Church:

http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/music/article_64b4f628-a024-5661-b2cd-be090765a2a4.html

Jackson Ward concerts moved

Because of weather conditions forecast for the weekend, the Richmond Symphony concert under its Big Tent outdoor stage in the Celebrate Jackson Ward festival has been rescheduled to 6 p.m. Sunday, May 22 in Abner Clay Park, Brook Road at Leigh Street in central Richmond.

The symphony will be joined by a festival chorus and members of Elegba Folklore Society and Virginia Repertory Theatre. The program includes works by Florence Price, James P. Johnson, Duke Ellington, Rodgers & Hammerstein and others.

Festival concerts scheduled from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 21 will be staged indoors at Richmond Alternative School, 119 W. Leigh St., next door to Clay Park.

Admission is free for all festival events.

UPDATE (May 22): Richmond Symphony spokesman Scott Dodson writes that the orchestra cannot participate in the May 22 concert if the temperature remains under 65 degrees, because of potential damage to musical instruments. With or without the symphony, the 6 p.m. show will go on with Elegba, Virginia Rep and the Celebrate Jackson Ward Chorus, and other events of the final day of the festival will go on as scheduled.

Letter V Classical Radio this week

May 19
1-5 p.m. EDT
1700-2100 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org

Josef Mysliveček: Concertino in E flat major
Concerto Köln/Werner Ehrhardt
(DG Archiv)

Past Masters:
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
in B minor
Pierre Fournier, cello
Berlin Philharmonic/
George Szell
(Deutsche Grammophon)
(recorded 1961)

Schumann:
Three Romances, Op. 94
Katherine Needleman, oboe
Jennifer Lin, piano (Genuin)

Haydn: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
Shai Wosner, piano
Danish National Symphony Orchestra/
Nicholas Collon (Onyx)

Brahms: Sonata in E flat major, Op. 102, No. 2
Paul Neubauer, viola
Gilbert Kalish, piano (Music@Menlo)

Ben Johnston: Quartet No. 7
Kepler String Quartet
(New World Records)

Past Masters:
Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201
English Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Britten
(London)
(recorded 1971)
 
Webern: Quartet,
Op. 28
Emerson String Quartet
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Frescobaldi: “Fantasia terza, sopra un soggetto solo”
Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord (Philips)

Schubert: Sonata
in B flat major, D. 960
András Schiff, fortepiano (ECM)

Poulenc: Theme and Variations
Aleck Karis, piano (Bridge)

CDs off the wall

Tim Jonze, writing for The Guardian, recounts the trauma of selling off his collection of nearly 1,000 compact discs, rendered obsolete by digital streaming services such as Spotify and music storage on his computer’s hard drive.

“Cracked plastic cases that contained magic and memories! Waving goodbye to them was surely going to break my heart,” Jonze laments:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/commentisfree/2016/may/15/selling-cds-spotify-digital-music-streaming

Readers of a certain age will remember similar angst about ditching their vinyl records.

Vinyl, of course, came back into vogue. CDs, lacking several of vinyl’s advantages – sufficient size to accommodate arresting album art and readable liner notes, playability even when damaged – aren’t likely to make a comparable comeback.

Richmond Symphony reviewed

My review for the Richmond Times-Dispatch of the Richmond Symphony’s season finale, with the Richmond Symphony Chorus joining the orchestra in “Daphnis et Chloé” by Maurice Ravel:

http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/music/article_e2528ecc-41e3-526d-bc8e-1a9354d80ff2.html

'Appalachian Spring' in full bloom

A symphonic orchestration of Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring,” including all the music that the composer scored originally for a chamber ensemble, premiered this week in Dallas and will be performed in June by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop conducting.

The new completion was prepared by David Newman, working under the auspices of the Aaron Copland Fund for Music.

The original score was for 13 instruments because the orchestra pit of Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress in Washington, site of the work’s 1944 premiere, could not accommodate a larger ensemble. The more commonly performed “Appalachian Spring” Suite for full orchestra, prepared by Copland in 1945, cuts about seven minutes of music, which the composer considered to be “primarily choreographic,” from the original score.

The chamber version went largely unheard until Copland led a recording of it for Columbia Masterworks (now Sony Classical) in 1973. Subsequently, that original score has been widely performed and recorded.

A partial restoration of the complete score for full orchestra was prepared for Eugene Ormandy, who recorded it in 1955 with the Philadelphia Orchestra for Columbia. That version also was recorded by Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for EMI in the 1980s.

But a complete symphonic version of the score has waited until now, Jane Levere reports on the website of New York’s WQXR radio:

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/new-version-appalachian-spring-completes-what-copland-began/

(via http://www.artsjournal.com)

Marin Alsop conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, with the Baltimore School for the Arts Dancers, in David Newman’s symphonic completion of Copland’s “Appalachian Spring,” on a program with Ravel’s “Daphnis et Chloé” Suite No. 2 and Thomas Adès’ “Polaris,” at 8 p.m. June 11 at the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, MD. Tickets: $35-$99. Details: (877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office); http://www.strathmore.org

Letter V Classical Radio this week

May 12
1-5 p.m. EDT
1700-2100 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org

Stravinsky: “Symphonies of Wind Instruments”
Berlin Philharmonic/Pierre Boulez
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Amy Beach: Theme and Variations, Op. 80
Eugenia Zukerman, flute
Shanghai Quartet (Delos)

Jan Dismas Zelenka:
Trio Sonata No. 2 in G minor
Heinz Holliger &
Maurice Bourgue, oboes
Klaus Thünemann, bassoon
Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord (ECM)

Past Masters:
John Powell: “Rhapsodie nègre”
Zito Carno, piano
Los Angeles Philharmonic/Calvin Simmons
(New World Records)
(recorded 1977)

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor (“Organ”)
Olivier Latry, organ
Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Kent Nagano (Analekta)

Adams: “Short Ride
in a Fast Machine”
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/
Simon Rattle (EMI Classics)

Brahms: Scherzo in C minor, WoO 2
(from “F.A.E” Sonata)
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Yuja Wang, piano (Decca)

Ravel: “Gaspard de la nuit”
Lucas Debargue, piano (Sony Classical)

Beethoven: Quartet
in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Cypress String Quartet (Avie)

Nico Muhly: “Control (Five Landscapes for Orchestra)”
Utah Symphony/
Thierry Fischer
(Reference Recordings)

Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 (“Sinfonia Espansiva”)
Camilla Tilling, soprano
Michael Nagy, baritone
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra/
Paavo Järvi (RCA Red Seal)

What say you, Mr. Ives?

This space is generally a safe haven from political commentary.

However, in a week when “very unfavorable” ratings of the two major US parties’ presumptive presidential nominees together add up to nearly 100 percent in opinion polls, something really needs
to be said.

Charles Ives to the rescue!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7_PVaQ0o5I

(Right about now, I’d say we’re at 4:45.)

Conveniently, for British readers, Ives just as cogently addresses the ongoing Brexit debate.

Letter V Classical Radio this week

Launching the summer season – in which the show expands to four hours and airs at a new time – with a program devoted to the traditional three Bs of classical music – Bach, Beethoven and Brahms – plus a fourth B, Bartók, who ascended to the pantheon in modern times.

May 5
1-5 p.m. EDT
1700-2100 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org

J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Giuliano Carmignola, violin
Concerto Köln
(DG Archiv)

J.S. Bach: Magnificat
in D major, BWV 243
Barbara Schlick &
Agnès Mellon, sopranos
Gérard Lesne, alto
Howard Crook, tenor
Peter Kooy, bass
Collegium Vocale
La Chapelle Royale/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi)

J.S. Bach: “Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue,” BWV 903
Peter Sykes, clavichord
(Raven Recordings)

Past Masters:
Beethoven: Symphony
No. 7 in A major
Columbia Symphony Orchestra/Bruno Walter (Sony Classical)
(recorded 1958)

Beethoven: Sonata in A flat major, Op. 110
András Schiff, piano (ECM)
 
Brahms: Intermezzo in
B flat minor, Op. 117, No. 2
Orli Shaham, piano
(Canary Classics)

Brahms: Piano Quintet
in F minor, Op. 34
Stefan Vladar, piano
Artis Quartet
(Sony Classical)

Brahms: “Academic Festival” Overture
Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig/Riccardo Chailly (Decca)

Bartók: “Dance Suite”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Boulez (Deutsche Grammophon)

Past Masters:
Bartók: “Contrasts”
Béla Bartók, piano
Joseph Szigeti, violin
Benny Goodman, clarinet (Naxos)
(recorded 1940)

Bartók: Divertimento for string orchestra
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/
Neville Marriner (Argo)

Russian summer downtown

A third season of summer chamber-music programs at downtown Richmond’s Dominion Arts Center, surveying “Rachmaninoff and the Russians,” will open with the first extensive local performance by Ronald A. Crutcher, the cellist who is concluding his first year as president of the University
of Richmond.

Summer Series 2016,
staged by the Richmond Symphony in collaboration with the UR and Virginia Commonwealth University music departments, will present six casual hour-long duo recitals on Thursdays from July 7 to Aug. 11. Each begins at 6:30 p.m. in the arts center’s Gottwald Playhouse.

Crutcher has performed in the Cincinnati, New Haven and Greensboro symphonies and the Beethovenhalle Orchestra of Bonn, Germany, and is cellist of the Klemperer Trio. He held leadership posts at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the University of Texas in Austin, and was president of Chamber Music America (1996-2000).

Other performers in the series include violinist Susy Yim, violist Molly Sharp, cellist Jason McComb, flutist Mary Boodell, oboist and English horn player Shawn Welk and pianist Russell Wilson – all members of the symphony; and pianists Joanne Kong, Daniel Stipe, Charles Staples, John Walter and Magdalena Adamek.

Programs will mix chamber and solo-piano works by Rachmaninoff with chamber and solo pieces by Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and other composers active in Russian music from the 18th to 21st centuries.

Subscription tickets sets are $100 for six concerts, and 10 percent off the single ticket price of $20 for three or more concerts. Discounted subscriptions and single tickets are available for students and children. (Concerts often sold out in advance in previous seasons of the series.)

For ticket information, call (804) 788-1212 or visit http://www.richmondsymphony.com

Summer Series 2016 artists and programs: 

July 7
Ron Crutcher, cello
Joanne Kong, piano
Glazunov: Elegie, Op. 17
Scriabin: Prelude in B major, Op. 16, No. 1
Scriabin: Étude in C sharp minor, Op. 42, No. 5
Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19

July 14
Susy Yim, violin
Daniel Stipe, piano
Rachmaninoff: “Variations on a Theme of Corelli”
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
Tchaikovsky: “Valse-Scherzo”

July 21
Mary Boodell, flute
Russell Wilson, piano
César Cui: Scherzetto
Sofia Gubaidulina: “Allegro rustico”
Gubaidulina: “Sounds of the Forest”
Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
Rachmaninoff: Études-tableaux in C minor, A minor, Op. 39, Nos. 1-2
Prokofiev: Flute Sonata

July 28
Molly Sharp, viola
Charles Staples, piano
Glinka: Viola Sonata
Shostakovich: Viola Sonata, Op. 147
Rachmaninoff: Étude-tableaux in E flat minor, Op. 39, No. 5
Scriabin: Étude in D sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12
Lera Auerbach: Postlude for viola and piano

Aug. 4
Jason McComb, cello
John Walter, piano
Miaskovsky: Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 12
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
Rachmaninoff: Prélude in F major, Op. 2, No. 1

Aug. 11
Shawn Welk, oboe & English horn
Magdalena Adamek, piano
Boris Vladimirovich Asaf’ev: Sonatina for oboe and piano
Marina Dranishnikova: Poem
Rachmaninoff: Moments musicaux, Op. 16, No. 3
Rachmaninoff: “Two Pieces,” Op. 2
Prokofiev: “Ten Pieces from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ ” –
VI: “Montagues and Capulets”
Johann Heinrich Luft: “Concerto brillant,” Op. 5

'Bolero' free for all

Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero,” composed in 1928, entered the public domain today, meaning that the piece can be performed, recorded and used in advertisements, film and television soundtracks, and one shudders to think how else, without incurring royalty fees.

The French news agency AFP reports that “Bolero” has generated about $57 million in fees since 1960.

“[A] performance of ‘Bolero’ begins every 10 minutes in the world,” Laurent Petitgirard of the Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers (SACEM), the French licensing agency, tells AFP. “As the work lasts 17 minutes, it is therefore playing at all times somewhere.”

And that was before it was free.

(via http://slippedisc.com)

May 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 Richmond Symphony concludes its 2015-16 subscription season with a program of Fauré, Ravel and Mendelssohn, excerpted in a Rush Hour concert on May 5 at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery and presented in full in a Metro Collection concert on May 8 at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland; and a Masterworks program of Ravel’s “Daphnis et Chloé,” featuring the Richmond Symphony Chorus, with works by Barber and Charles Tomlinson Griffes, May 14-15 at the Carpenter Theatre of Dominion Arts Center. . . . Noah Helm, winner of the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition, plays Peter Schickele’s Bassoon Concerto, in a Youth Orchestra program, also featuring “Animal Rhapsody” by Music Alive: New Partnerships composer-in-residence Laura Schwendinger,
May 17 at the Carpenter Theatre. . . . The symphony performs under its “Big Tent” outdoor concert stage in the RVA East End Festival, May 7 at Chimborazo Park, and Celebrate Jackson Ward, May 21 in Abner Clay Park. . . . The Central Virginia Masterworks Chorale sings works of Dvořák, Haydn and more, with organist Daniel Stipe playing Bach, May 8 at River Road Presbyterian Church and May 15 at Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church in Ashland.
. . . The James River Singers perform “Choral Music of the Stage and Screen,” including works by Mozart, Handel, Bernstein, Puccini and others, May 13
at River Road Church, Baptist, and May 15 at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter. . . . The Atlantic Chamber Ensemble plays Schubert’s Octet and works by Anton Reicha, Gerald Finzi and Eugene Goossens, May 22 at St. Luke Lutheran Church.

* Noteworthy elsewhere: Pianist Murray Perahia plays Mozart, Brahms and Beethoven, May 1 at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of DC. . . . Hampton Roads’ Virginia Arts Festival continues with PUBLIQuartet playing contemporary music, May 1 at Glass Wheel Studio in Norfolk; mandolinist Avi Avital in a classical-crossover program, May 5 at the Sandler Arts Center in Virginia Beach; The Texas Tenors with the Virginia Symphony, May 8 at the Sandler Center; pianist Yuja Wang, playing Chopin, Schumann and Beethoven, May 11 at the Roper Arts Center in Norfolk; the Miami String Quartet, with pianist André-Michel Schub and other collaborators, May 16-19 at venues in Norfolk and Portsmouth; Virginia Symphony music director JoAnn Falletta, trading her baton for classical guitar and leading the Tidewater Classical Guitar Orchestra, May 18 at Norfolk Academy; and the vocal ensemble New York Polyphony, May 26 at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Portsmouth. . . . Pianist Yefim Bronfman samples his ongoing concert cycles of the Prokofiev sonatas, May 3 at the Library of Congress in Washington. . . . Washington National Opera’s production of the Wagner “Ring” cycle at the Kennedy Center Opera House, whose stars include Alan Held as Wotan, Elizabeth Bishop as Fricka, Daniel Brenna as Siegfried, Catherine Foster and Nina Stemme alternating as Brünnhilde, Gordon Hawkins as Alberich and Eric Halfvarson as Hagen, continues with “The Rhinegold” (“Das Rheingold”) on May 10 and 17, “The Valkyrie” (“Die Walküre”) on May 2, 11 and 18; “Siegfried” on May 4, 13 and 20; and “Twilight of the Gods” (“Götterdämmerung”) on May 6, 15 and 22 (limited ticket availability). . . . The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington celebrates its 35th anniversary with a choreographed performance of Orff’s “Carmina burana,” May 8 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Violinist Itzhak Perlman and pianist Emanuel Ax play Mozart, Fauré, Richard Strauss and more, May 10 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Ash Lawn Opera and the Oratorio Society of Virginia stage Verdi’s “La Traviata,” May 13 and 15 at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville. . . . The Fredericksburg Festival of the Arts’ 29th annual Chamber Music Festival features members of the Muir String Quartet and guest artists in works by Mozart, Brahms, Dvořák, Barber, Ginastera, Elgar and others, May 17, 19 and 20 at Trinity Episcopal Church. . . . Composer-conductor John Adams and pianist Jeremy Denk collaborate
in Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto, in an “Off the Cuff” casual concert on May 13 and a full-length concert also featuring Adams’ “Harmonielehre” on May 15, both at Strathmore. . . . Pianist Simone Dinnerstein plays Schubert and Philip Glass, May 22 at Strathmore.


May 1 (4 p.m.)
Glass Wheel Studio, 128 W. Olney Road, Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
PUBLIQuartet
program TBA
$20
(757) 282-2822
http://www.vafest.org

May 1 (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
Respighi: “Trittico botticelliano”
Tchaikovsky: “Variations on a Rococo Theme”
Denise Djokic, cello
Mussorgsky-Ravel: “Pictures at an Exhibition”
$10-$45
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

May 1 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Vocal Arts DC:
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Kevin Murphy, piano
Falla: “Seven Popular Spanish Songs”
Elgar: “Sea Pictures”
songs TBA by Brahms, Richard Strauss, Joseph Marx
$50
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 1 (5 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
The Washington Chorus
Julian Wachner directing
Washington National Cathedral Choir of Boys and Girls
Thierry Escaich, organ
Duruflé: Requiem
Vierne: “Messe solennelle” – Kyrie
Fauré: “Cantique de Jean Racine”
Wachner: “At the Lighting of the Lamps”
Duruflé: “”Messe Cum Jubilo”
$18-$72
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 1 (4 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Murray Perahia, piano
Haydn: Variations in F minor
Mozart: Sonata in A minor, K. 310/300d
Brahms: Ballade in G minor, Op. 118, No. 3
Brahms: Intermezzo in C major, Op. 119, No. 3
Brahms: Intermezzo in E minor, Op. 119, No. 2
Brahms: Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118, No. 2
Brahms: Capriccio in D minor, Op. 116, No. 1
Beethoven: Sonata in B flat major, Op. 106 (“Hammerklavier”)
$60-$100
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org

May 2 (6 p.m.)
May 11 (6 p.m.)
May 18 (6 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Philippe Auguin conducting
Wagner: “The Valkyrie” (“Die Walküre”)
Christopher Ventris (Siegmund)
Meagan Miller (Sieglinde)
Raymond Aceto (Hunding)
Alan Held (Wotan)
Catherine Foster/Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde)
Elizabeth Bishop (Fricka)
Marcy Stonikas (Gerhilde)
Lori Phillips (Helmwige)
Catherine Martin (Waltraute)
Lindsay Ammann (Schwertleite)
Melody Moore (Ortlinde)
Eve Gigliotti (Siegrune)
Renée Tatum (Grimgerde)
Daryl Freedman (Rossweisse)
Francesca Zambello, stage director
in German, English captions
$75-$525
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 3 (6 p.m.)
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Matthew Burtner & Anselmo Canfora: “Sound Cast of San Giorgio Maggiore”
sonic architecture sound walk, Lower Lawn
Burtner’s “Palladian Echoes” performed by Uva Chamber Singers, Michael Slon directing, 7 p.m., Old Cabell Hall lobby
Digitalis concert, 8 p.m., Old Cabell Hall
free
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

May 3 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue N.E., Washington
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84
free; tickets required via http://www.eventbrite.com
(202) 707-5502
http://www.loc.gov/concerts

May 4 (noon)
St. Bede Catholic Church, 3686 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg
Charles City Spiritual Ensemble
Aaron Renninger, organ
African-American spirituals, other works TBA
free
(757) 229-3631
http://www.bedeva.org/concerts

May 4 (6 p.m.)
May 13 (6 p.m.)
May 20 (6 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Philippe Auguin conducting
Wagner: “Siegfried”
Daniel Brenna (Siegfried)
David Cangelosi (Mime)
Alan Held (The Wanderer)
Gordon Hawkins (Alberich)
Soloman Howard (Fafner)
Jacqueline Echols (Forest Bird)
Lindsay Ammann (Erda)
Catherine Foster/Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde)
Francesca Zambello, stage director
in German, English captions
$75-$525
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 4 (7 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts:
Enso String Quartet
Beethoven: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 74 (“Harp”)
David Bruce: “Cymbelline”
Avi Avital, mandolin
Sibelius: Quartet in D minor (“Voces intimae”)
$32
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 5 (6:30 p.m.)
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Overbrook Road at Ownby Lane, Richmond
Rush Hour:
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Fauré: “Pelleas et Melisande” Suite
Ravel: “Mother Goose” Suite (excerpts)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor (“Scottish”) (excerpts)
$15
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com

May 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Miller Studio Theatre, Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Arts Festival:
Avi Avital, mandolin
program TBA
$20-$33
(757) 282-2822
http://www.vafest.org

May 5 (7 p.m.)
May 6 (8 p.m.)
May 7 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton conducting
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major
Vadim Gluzman, violin
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 (“The Year 1905”)
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 6 (10:30 a.m.)
Miller Studio Theatre, Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Arts Festival:
Tianwa Yang, violin
Debra Wendells Cross, flute
André-Michel Schub, piano
Debussy: Violin Sonata
Copland: Duo for flute and piano
Brahms: Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 108
$20
(757) 282-2822
http://www.vafest.org

May 6 (7:30 p.m.)
Salem Civic Center, 1001 Roanoke Boulevard
Roanoke Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Jeans ’n Classics, guest stars
“Music of Led Zeppelin”
$32-$53
(540) 343-9127
http://rso.com

May 6 (5 p.m.)
May 15 (1 p.m.)
May 22 (1 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Philippe Auguin conducting
Wagner: “Twilight of the Gods” (“Götterdämmerung”)
Catherine Foster/Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde)
Daniel Brenna (Siegfried)
Ryan McKinny (Gunther)
Eric Halfvarson (Hagen)
Melissa Citro (Gutrune)
Jamie Barton (Waltraute, Second Norn)
Gordon Hawkins (Alberich)
Lindsay Ammann (First Norn)
Marcy Stonikas (Third Norn)
Jacqueline Echols (Woglinde) 
Catherine Martin (Wellgunde)
Renée Tatum (Flosshilde)
Francesca Zambello, stage director
in German, English captions
$75-$525
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 6 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue N.E., Washington
Musicians from Marlboro
Haydn: Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No. 2
Kaija Saariaho: “Terra Memoria”
Schumann: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 63
free; tickets required via http://www.eventbrite.com
(202) 707-5502
http://www.loc.gov/concerts

May 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Chimborazo Park, 3215 E. Broad St., Richmond
RVA East End Festival:
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Rossini: “William Tell” Overture – finale
Copland: “Appalachian Spring” (excerpts)
Fritz Kreisler: “Tambourin Chinois”
Daisuke Yamamoto, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major – finale
Gershwin: “Someone to Watch over Me”
Gershwin: “S’Wonderful”
Desirée Roots, vocalist
Michael Jackson: “Billie Jean”
Michael Jackson: “Thriller”
John Williams: “Star Wars” – main theme
“America the Beautiful”
Desirée Roots, vocalist
with audience sing-along
free
(804) 788-4717, ext. 141
http://www.richmondsymphony.com

May 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Grace & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 8 N. Laurel St., Richmond
Violaine Michel, violin
Hope Armstrong Erb, piano
works TBA by Schubert, Dvořák, Brahms, Rachmaninoff
free
(804) 359-5628
http://ghtc.org

May 7 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Yury Shadrin & Tian Lu, piano duo
program TBA
$48
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 7 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Joan Tower: “Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman” No. 6 (premiere)
Lalo: “Symphonie espagnole”
Alexandra Soumm, violin
Anna Clyne: new work TBA (premiere)
Bizet: “Carmen” Suite
$35-$99
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org

May 8 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Fauré: “Pelleas et Melisande” Suite
Ravel: “Mother Goose” Suite
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor (“Scottish”)
$20
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com

May 8 (3 p.m.)
River Road Presbyterian Church, 8960 River Road, Richmond
May 15 (3 p.m.)
Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church, 201 Henry St., Ashland
Central Virginia Masterworks Chorale
Ryan Tibbets directing
Dvořák: Mass in D major
Stephanie Hill, soprano
Heather Jones, alto
Lynn Atkins, tenor
Chase Peak, bass
Haydn: Te Deum
Gorécki: “Totus Tuus”
Roxanna Panufnik: “The Call”
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A minor
Daniel Stipe, organ
$10 in advance, $15 at door
(800) 838-3006
http://www.cvamc.org

May 8 (7 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Arts Festival:
The Texas Tenors
Virginia Symphony
conductor TBA
program TBA
$20-$59
(757) 282-2822
http://www.vafest.org

May 8 (7 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Jeffrey Siegel, piano
“Keyboard Conversations: Musical Pictures”
Mussorgsky: “Pictures at an Exhibition”
works TBA by Debussy, Rachmaninoff
$24-$40
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://cfa.gmu.edu/calendar

May 8 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Takemitsu: “And then I knew ’twas wind”
Hindemith: Harp Sonata
Bartók: 11 duos for two violins
Villa-Lobos: “Assobio a Jato” (“The Jet Whistle”) for flute and cello
Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for harp and strings
Fauré: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15
$36
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 8 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington
New York City Master Chorale members
Thea Kano directing
Gallim Dance
John Moran directing
Andrea Miller, choreographer
“Carmina/35”
Orff: “Carmina burana”
Paige Cutrona, soprano
Robert Baker, tenor
Young Kwang Yoo, baritone
$25-$81
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 10 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Bridget Catholic Church, 6006 Three Chopt Road, Richmond
Russell Weismann, organ
program TBA
donation requested
(804) 282-9511
http://www.stbridgets.org

May 10 (7:30 p.m.)
Hixon Theater, Barr Education Center, 440 Bank St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Tianwa Yang, violin
André-Michel Schub, piano
Beverly Kane Baker, viola
Michael Daniels, cello
Christopher White, double-bass
Michael Byerly, clarinet
Laura Leisring, bassoon
Kimberly Gilman, French horn
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 47 (“Kreutzer”)
Beethoven: Septet in E flat major, Op. 20
$20-$35
(757) 282-2822
http://www.vafest.org

May 10 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Emanuel Ax, piano
Mozart: Sonata in C major, K. 296
Fauré: Sonata in A major, Op. 13
Richard Strauss: Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18
other works TBA
$55-$135
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org

May 10 (7:30 p.m.)
May 17 (7:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Philippe Auguin conducting
Wagner: “The Rhinegold” (“Das Rheingold”)
Alan Held (Wotan)
Elizabeth Bishop (Fricka)
Gordon Hawkins (Alberich)
Melody Moore (Freia)
Julian Close (Fasolt)
Soloman Howard (Fafner)
Lindsay Ammann (Erda)
Jacqueline Echols (Woglinde)
Catherine Martin (Wellgunde)
Renée Tatum (Flosshilde)
Richard Cox (Froh)
Ryan McKinny (Donner)
William Burden (Loge)
David Cangelosi (Mime)
Francesca Zambello, stage director
in German, English captions
$75-$515
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 11 (7:30 p.m.)
Roper Arts Center, 340 Granby St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Yuja Wang, piano
Brahms: ballades, Op. 10, Nos. 1-2
Schumann: “Kreisleriana”
Beethoven: Sonata in B flat major, Op. 106 (“Hammerklavier”)
$20-$49
(757) 282-2822
http://www.vafest.org

May 12 (7 p.m.)
May 13 (8 p.m.)
May 14 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
James MacMillan conducting
MacMillan: “The Sacrifice” – 3 interludes
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor
Alban Gerhardt, cello
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 in F minor
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

May 13 (7 p.m.)
River Road Church, Baptist, 8000 River Road, Richmond
May 15 (5 p.m.)
Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter, Monument Avenue at Staples Mill Road, Richmond
James River Singers
David Pedersen directing
“Choral Music from the Stage and Screen” 
Mozart: “Placido e il Mar”
John Williams: “Hymn to the Fallen”
Offenbach: “Neighbors’ Chorus”
Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1 – “Zadok the Priest”
Bernstein: “The Lark” – choruses
works TBA by Puccini, Gilbert & Sullivan, Gershwin, others
$15
(804) 814-5446
http://www.thejamesriversingers.org

May 13 (7:30 p.m.)
May 15 (2:30 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Ash Lawn Opera
Oratorio Society of Virginia
Michael Slon conducting
Verdi: “La Traviata”
Cecilia Violetta Lopez (Violetta)
Rolando Sanz (Alfredo)
Hyung Yun (Germont)
Mary Birnbaum, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$25-$49
(434) 979-1333
http://www.ashlawnopera.org

May 13 (8:15 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
John Adams conducting & speaking
Jeremy Denk, piano
“Off the Cuff: Beethoven’s Emperor”
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major (“Emperor”)
$45-$99
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org

May 14 (8 p.m.)
May 15 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Arts Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Charles Tomlinson Griffes: “The White Peacock”
Barber: Symphony No. 1
Ravel: “Daphnis et Chloé”
Richmond Symphony Chorus
$10-$78
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com

May 15 (7 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Arts Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra Program:
String Sinfonietta
Christie-Jo Adams conducting
Camerata Strings
Rebecca Jilcott conducting
Youth Concert Orchestra
Christopher Moseley conducting
program TBA
free
(804) 788-4717
http://www.richmondsymphony.com

May 15 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
John Adams conducting
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major (“Emperor”)
Jeremy Denk, piano
Adams: “Harmonielehre”
$35-$99
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org

May 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Hixon Theater, Barr Education Center, 440 Bank St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Miami String Quartet
André-Michel Schub, piano
Haydn: Quartet in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5
Beethoven: Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 (“Serioso”)
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
$20-$35 
(757) 282-2822
http://www.vafest.org

May 17 (7 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Arts Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra
conductor TBA
Wagner: “Die Meistersinger” Overture
Peter Schickele: Bassoon Concerto
Noah Helm, bassoon
Laura Schwendinger: “Animal Rhapsody”
Gounod: “Faust” ballet music
free
(804) 788-4717
http://www.richmondsymphony.com

May 17 (7:30 p.m.)
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 424 Washington St., Portsmouth
Virginia Arts Festival:
Miami String Quartet
Mozart: Quartet in G major, K. 387 (“Spring”)
Smetana: Quartet No. 1 in E minor (“From My Life”)
Mendelssohn: Quartet in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2
$20-$35
(757) 282-2822
http://www.vafest.org

May 17 (7 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 825 College Ave., Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Festival of the Arts:
Bayla Keyes & Peter Zazofsky, violins
Steven Ansell & Daniel Foster, violas
Mikhail Jojatu, cello
Kathleen Reynolds, bassoon
William Schamberg, French horn
Michele Levin, piano
James Demler, narrator
Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478
Anthony Plog: “Aesop’s Fables”
Elgar: Romance in D minor, Op. 62
Brahms: Quintet in G major, Op. 111
$25
(540) 374-5040
http://fredfest.org/chamber

May 18 (10:30 a.m.)
Hixon Theater, Barr Education Center, 440 Bank St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Miami String Quartet
Beverly Kane Baker, viola
Mozart: Quintet in C major, K. 515
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 9
$20
(757) 282-2822
http://www.vafest.org

May 18 (8 p.m.)
Norfolk Academy, 1585 Wesleyan Drive
Virginia Arts Festival:
JoAnn Falletta, classical guitar & conductor
Tidewater Classical Guitar Orchestra
program TBA
$35
(757) 282-2822
http://www.vafest.org

May 19 (10:30 a.m.)
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 424 Washington St., Portsmouth
Virginia Arts Festival:
Miami String Quartet
Beverly Kane Baker, viola
Michael Daniels, cello
Beethoven: Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Brahms: Sextet in B flat major, Op. 18
$20
(757) 282-2822
http://www.vafest.org

May 19 (8 p.m.)
Phi Beta Kappa Hall, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg
May 20 (8 p.m.)
Regent University Theater, Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Rossini: “The Italian Girl in Algiers” Overture
Philip Glass: Violin Concerto No. 1
Vahn Armstrong, violin
Puccini: “Preludio Sinfonico”
Dvořák: “Czech Suite”
$25-$65
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org

May 19 (7 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 825 College Ave., Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Festival of the Arts:
Bayla Keyes & Peter Zazofsky, violins
Steven Ansell, viola
Mikhail Jojatu, cello
Carol Wincenc, flute
Robert Sheena, English horn
Kathleen Reynolds, bassoon
William Schamberg, French horn
Michele Levin, piano
James Demler, baritone
Barber: “Dover Beach”
Mozart: Adagio, K. 580a
Copland: Duo for flute and piano
Dvořák: Quartet in F major, Op. 96 (“American”)
$25
(540) 374-5040
http://fredfest.org/chamber

May 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Laurel Street at Floyd Avenue, Richmond
Daniel Sañez, organ
works TBA by J.S. Bach, Buxtehude, Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, others
free
(804) 359-5651
http://www.richmondcathedral.org

May 20 (8 p.m.)
University Chapel, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Virginia Glee Club
Frank Albinder directing
Finals Concert
program TBA
free
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

May 20 (7 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 825 College Ave., Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Festival of the Arts:
Bayla Keyes & Peter Zazofsky, violins
Steven Ansell, viola
Mikhail Jojatu, cello
Carol Wincenc, flute
Robert Sheena, English horn
Kathleen Reynolds, bassoon
William Schamberg, French horn
Michele Levin, piano
Jean Français: Quartet for English horn and string trio
Brahms: songs for horn and bassoon
Ginastera: “Impressions of the Puña” for flute and string quartet
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
$25
(540) 374-5040
http://fredfest.org/chamber

May 21 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
Beethoven: “Leonore” Overture No. 3
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
Andrew Tyson, piano
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor
$34-$58
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://cfa.gmu.edu/calendar

May 21 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
John Storgårds conducting
Tan Dun: “Water Concerto”
Christopher Lamb, percussion
Holst: “The Planets”
Baltimore Choral Arts Society Women’s Chorus
$35-$99
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org

May 22 (3 p.m.)
St. Luke Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham Parkway, Richmond
Atlantic Chamber Ensemble
Anton Reicha: Wind Quintet in E flat major, Op. 88, No. 2
Gerald Finzi: “Epilogue”
Eugene Goossens: “Pastorale et Arlequinade”
Schubert: Octet in F major, D. 803
donation requested
(804) 272-0486
http://www.acensemble.org

May 22 (4 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Philip Glass: “Metamorphoses” (Excerpts)
Schubert: impromptus TBA, D. 899
Schubert: Sonata in B flat major, D. 960
$50-$90
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org

May 26 (7:30 p.m.)
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 424 Washington St., Portsmouth
Virginia Arts Festival:
New York Polyphony
program TBA
$20-$35
(757) 282-2822
http://www.vafest.org

May 26 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan conducting
J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor
Yulia Van Doren, soprano
Christopher Ainslie, countertenor
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass
Baltimore Choral Arts Society
$35-$99
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org

May 28 (8 p.m.)
Riverside Walter Reed Hospital, 7519 Hospital Drive, Gloucester Courthouse
May 29 (7 p.m.)
Ocean View Beach Park, 100 W. Ocean View Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Aundi Marie Moore, soprano
Memorial Day concerts
program TBA
free
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org

May 29 (5 p.m.)
Attucks Theatre, 1010 Church St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Sons of Serendip
program TBA
$20-$35
(757) 282-2822
http://www.vafest.org