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: Classical Revolution RVA, a collective of Richmond Symphony musicians and friends, presents “A Taste of Tuscany,” with Renaissance dances and Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de
Florence” String Sextet, June 1-2 at the Firehouse Theatre. . . . The Welcome Summer Recital Series of St. James’s Episcopal Church presents organist Kevin Kwan on June 1, the church’s choir in English and American music on June 8 and oboist Gus Highstein and friends on June 15. . . . The Richmond Symphony, led by its associate conductor, Chia-Hsuan Lin, plays Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony, Strauss waltzes, John Williams’ “Star Wars” music and more in free concert on June 4 at Pocahontas State Park in Chesterfield County.* Noteworthy elsewhere: Soprano Renée Fleming joins the Emerson String Quartet in a program of
Brahms, Berg and Egon Wellesz, June 2 at the Kennedy Center in Washington. . . . Christoph Eschenbach wraps up his tenure as music director of the National Symphony Orchestra in programs of Haydn, Schumann and Esa-Pekka Salonen, featuring violinist Lelia Josefowicz, June 2-4, and Mahler and Bruckner, with contralto Nathalie Stutzmann, June 9-11, at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Wolf Trap Opera Company stages Benjamin Britten’s “The Rape of Lucretia,” June 10, 12, 15 and 18 at The Barns of Wolf Trap. . . . The Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop conducting, plays the newly completed full orchestration of Copland’s “Appalachian Spring,” with the Baltimore School for the Arts Dancers performing the original Martha Graham choreography of the ballet, June 11 at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of DC. . . . The Shenandoah Bach Festival presents music of Bach, Vivaldi, Copland, Ginastera and more in three concerts and its traditional finale, the Leipzig service, June 12-19 at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg. . . . The Solera Quartet and guests play Mozart, Mendelssohn, Dvořák and more in Virginia Arts Festival coffee concerts, June 23-24 at Williamsburg Winery. . . . Ash Lawn Opera’s Young Artists preview the company’s summer production of Mozart’s “Cosí fan tutte,” June 25 at Garth Newel Music Center, near Hot Springs in Bath County; the full production of the opera, conducted by Steven Jarvi, will be staged on June 30 at the Virginia Tech Arts Center in Blacksburg.June 1 (8 p.m.)
June 2 (8 p.m.)
Firehouse Theatre, 1609 W. Broad St., Richmond
Classical Revolution RVA:
“A Taste of Tuscany”
trad.: “Renaissance Suite”
Gus Highstein & Shawn Welk, oboes
Jennifer Debiec Lawson & Amal Gochenour, flutes
Giustino Riccio, percussion
Ellen Cockerham Riccio, violin
Esther Nahm & Molly Sharp, violas
Jason McComb, cello
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 (“Souvenir de Florence”)
Daisuke Yamamoto & Adrian Pintea, violins
Molly Sharp & Esther Nahm, violas
Jason McComb & Peter Greydanus, cellos
$18 in advance, $25 at door
(804) 355-2001
http://tasteoftuscanyrva.bpt.me
June 1 (7 p.m.)
St. James’s Episcopal Church, 1205 W. Franklin St., Richmond
Welcome Summer Recital Series:
Kevin Kwan, organ
program TBA
donations benefit St. James’s Children’s Center
(804) 355-1779
http://www.doers.org
June 2 (7 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Renée Fleming, soprano
Emerson String Quartet
Brahms: Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No. 2
Egon Wellesz: “Five Sonnets” for soprano and string quartet
Berg: “Lyric Suite”
$69
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
June 2 (7 p.m.)
June 3 (8 p.m.)
June 4 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conducting
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D major (“London”)
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Violin Concerto
Lelia Josefowicz, violin
Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
June 3 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony
Benjamin Rous conducting
Jeans ’n Classics
Jean Meilleur, vocalist
“The Music of David Bowie”
$20-$70
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org
June 4 (7 p.m.)
Heritage Amphitheater, Pocahontas State Park, 10301 State Park Road, Chesterfield County
Richmond Symphony
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major (“Italian”)
John Williams: “Star Wars” Suite (excerpts)
Johann Strauss II: waltzes TBA
other works TBA
free ($7 parking fee)
(804) 796-4255
http://www.richmondsymphony.com
June 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia
Kate Tamarkin conducting
“Pops at the Paramount”
Bernstein: “Candide” Overture
Weill: “The Threepenny Opera” – “Mack the Knife”
Lennon & McCartney: “Beatles Medley”
Lunn: “Downton Abbey” Suite
Gershwin: “Rhapsody in Blue”
Jeremy Thompson, piano
Williams: “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” Suite
Schoenberg: “Les Miserables” – “I Dreamed a Dream”
Rodgers: “South Pacific” (selections)
Arlen: “The Wizard of Oz” – “Over the Rainbow”
“Tribute to Irving Berlin”
$25-$95
(434) 979-1333
http://www.theparamount.net
June 4 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Brahms: “Gesang der Parzen”
Brahms: “Nänie”
National Philharmonic Chorale
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor (“Pathétique”)
$29-$89
(301) 581-5100
http://www.strathmore.org
June 5 (7 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Virginia Symphony
conductor TBA
“The Music of ‘Star Wars’: The Symphony Strikes Back!”
$25-$50
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org
June 8 (7 p.m.)
St. James’s Episcopal Church, 1205 W. Franklin St., Richmond
Welcome Summer Recital Series:
St. James’s Parish Choir
Mark Whitmire directing
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
works TBA by Howells, Stanford, Alice Parker, Moses Hogan; Anglican Psalm chants
donations benefit Choir Scholarship Fund
(804) 355-1779
http://www.doers.org
June 9 (8:30 p.m.)
Town Point Park, 1 Waterside Drive, Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Virginia Symphony
Rob Fisher conducting
Tchaikovsky: “1812 Overture”
works TBA by Gershwin, Sousa, others
free
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org
June 9 (7 p.m.)
June 10 (8 p.m.)
June 11 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conducting
Mahler: “Rückert-Lieder”
Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (“Romantic”)
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
June 10 (7:30 p.m.)
June 12 (3 p.m.)
June 15 (7:30 p.m.)
June 18 (7:30 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
Wolf Trap Opera Company
Craig Kier conducting
Britten: “The Rape of Lucretia”
J’Nai Bridges (Lucretia)
Ben Edquist (Junius)
Will Liverman (Tarquinius)
Amy Owens (Lucia)
Sarah Larsen (Bianca)
Christian Zaremba (Collatinus)
Brenton Ryan (Male Chorus)
Kerrian Otaño (Female Chorus)
Louisa Muller, stage director
in English, English captions
$32-$88
(703) 255-1868
http://www.wolftrap.org
June 11 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
James Lee III: “Thurgood’s Rhapsody” (premiere)
Copland: “Appalachian Spring”
Baltimore School for the Arts Dancers
Thomas Adès: “Polaris”
Ravel: “Daphnis et Chloé” Suite No. 2
$42-$105
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org
June 12 (3 p.m.)
Lehman Auditorium, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Bach Festival:
Festival Orchestra & Choir
Kenneth Nafziger conducting
Christine Fairfield, soprano
Joel Ross, countertenor
Brian Thorsett, tenor
David Newman, baritone
“Bach’s Work Week – The Sunday Cantata”
J.S. Bach: cantatas TBA
$27
(540) 432-4582
http://www.emu.edu/bach
June 12 (7 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Washington Men’s Camerata
Frank Albinder directing
“Music from Down Under”
Christopher Marshall: “Tihei, Mauri Ora!”
other works TBA
$35
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
June 15 (7 p.m.)
St. James’s Episcopal Church, 1205 W. Franklin St., Richmond
Welcome Summer Recital Series:
Gus Highstein, oboe
other performers TBA
program TBA
donations benefit CARITAS
(804) 355-1779
http://www.doers.org
June 17 (7:30 p.m.)
Lehman Auditorium, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Bach Festival:
Festival Orchestra
Kenneth Nafziger conducting
Nathan Medley & Tommy Tuckwiler, countertenors
Nancy Gurlick, recorder
Harrisonburg High School Choir
works TBA by Vivaldi, Vinci, Purcell, Handel, J.C. Bach
$27
(540) 432-4582
http://www.emu.edu/bach
June 17 (8 p.m.)
June 18 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Steven Reineke conducting
Norm Lewis, Alicia Hall Moran, Jason Moran, José James, vocalists
Heritage Signature Chorale
“Forever Gershwin”
Gershwin: “Porgy and Bess” (excerpts)
other works TBA
$20-$88
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
June 17 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Verdi: Requiem
Tamara Wilson, soprano
Elizabeth Bishop, mezzo-soprano
Dimitri Pittas, tenor
Morris Robinson, bass
Choral Arts Society of Washington
$35-$99
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org
June 18 (7:30 p.m.)
Lehman Auditorium, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Bach Festival:
Festival Orchestra
Kenneth Nafziger conducting
Copland: “Appalachian Spring”
Copland: “Quiet City”
Thomson: “The Plow That Broke the Plains”
Ginastera: “Estancia”
$27
(540) 432-4582
http://www.emu.edu/bach
June 19 (10 a.m.)
Lehman Auditorium, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Bach Festival:
Festival Orchestra & Chorus
Kenneth Nafziger conducting
Nathan Medley, countertenor
Marvin Mills, organ
The Rev. Brett Davis, homilist
“Leipzig Service”
J.S. Bach: Cantata, “Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust,” BWV 170
donation requested
(540) 432-4582
http://www.emu.edu/bach
June 23 (10:30 a.m.)
Williamsburg Winery, 5800 Wessex Hundred
Virginia Arts Festival:
Solera Quartet
guest artist TBA
Mozart: Quintet in C major, K. 515
Shaw: Entr’acte
Mendelssohn: Quartet in A minor, Op. 13
$20
(757) 282-2822
http://www.vafest.org
June 24 (10:30 a.m.)
Williamsburg Winery, 5800 Wessex Hundred
Virginia Arts Festival:
Solera Quartet
Debra Wendells Cross, flute
Barbara Chapman, harp
Rota: Sonata for flute and harp
Villa-Lobos: “The Jet Whistle”
Dvořák: Quartet in F major, Op. 96 (“American”)
$20
(757) 282-2822
http://www.vafest.org
June 24 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Millennial Choirs & Orchestra
conductor TBA
Jenny Oaks Baker, violin
“God and Country Tour”
program TBA
$16-$43
(301) 581-5100
http://www.strathmore.org
June 25 (7 p.m.)
Herter Hall, Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220, Bath County
Ash Lawn Opera Young Artists
conductor TBA
Mozart: “Cosí fan tutte” (abridged)
cast TBA
$25
(877) 558-1689
http://www.garthnewel.org
June 30 (7:30 p.m.)
Fife Theatre, Virginia Tech Arts Center, 190 Alumni Mall, Blacksburg
Ash Lawn Opera
Steven Jarvi conducting
Mozart: “Cosí fan tutte”
Melinda Whittington (Fiordiligi)
Cassandra Zoe Velasco (Dorabella)
Joshua Dennis (Ferrando)
Andrew Garland (Guglielmo)
Kristopher Irmiter (Don Alfonso)
Mirielle Asselin (Despina)
Andrea Dorf McGray, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$30
(540) 231-5300
http://www.artscenter.vt.edu
June 30 (8:30 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Justin Freer conducting
“Dreamworks Animation in Concert”
$25-$45
(703) 255-1868
http://www.wolftrap.org