Preu adds Cincinnati post

Eckart Preu, former associate conductor of the Richmond Symphony (2001-04), currently music director of the Spokane (WA) Symphony and incoming music director of the Long Beach (CA) Symphony, has been named music director of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra.

Preu, a 47-year-old native of Erfurt, Germany, and onetime singer in the famed Dresdner Kreuzchor boys’ choir, has signed up for three seasons with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, beginning with the ensemble’s August 2017 Summermusik Festival, the Cincinnati Enquirer’s Janelle Gelfand reports:

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2016/10/29/eckart-preu-lead-chamber-orchestra/92718004/

Letter V Classical Radio this week

A deep dip into piano literature, featuring past masters (Claudio Arrau, John Ogdon, Marcelle Meyer), current luminaries (Marc-André Hamelin, Martha Argerich, Krystian Zimerman, Piotr Anderszewski) and two rising stars, Benjamin Grosvenor and Lucas Debargue.

Nov. 2
10 a.m.-1 p.m. EDT
1400-1700 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org

Chopin: Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49
Krystian Zimmerman, piano
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Past Masters:
Stravinsky: Capriccio
for piano and orchestra
John Ogdon, piano
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/
Neville Marriner
(recorded 1970)
(Decca)

Past Masters:
Ravel:
“Gaspard de la nuit”
Marcelle Meyer, piano
(recorded 1954)
(EMI Classics)

Janáček: “In the Mists”
Piotr Anderszewski, piano
(Virgin Classics)

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

Haydn: Andante and Variations in F minor
(“Un piccolo divertimento”)
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
(Hyperion)

Mendelssohn:
Prelude and Fugue
in E minor, Op. 35, No. 1
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
(Decca)

Beethoven:
Piano Concerto
No. 4 in G major
Claudio Arrau, piano
Staatskapelle Dresden/
Colin Davis
(Philips)

J.S. Bach: Toccata in C minor, BWV 911
Lucas Debargue, piano
(Sony Classical)

Ashes at the opera

A premature and macabre end to a Rossini double-bill on Oct. 29 at New York’s Metropolitan Opera: A matinee performance of “William Tell” was called off before the fourth act and “The Italian Girl in Algiers,” which was to follow in the evening, was canceled, after a patron dumped a white, dusty substance, believed to be the ashes of a cremated friend, in the orchestra pit.

The New York Times’ Michael Cooper and Christopher Mele report:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/nyregion/metropolitan-opera-cancels-performance-white-substance.html

Letter V Classical Radio this week

Oct. 26
10 a.m.-1 p.m. EDT
1400-1700 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org

Mozart: “The Abduction from the Seraglio” Suite
(arrangement by Johann Nepomuk Went)
Netherlands Wind Ensemble
(Philips)

Barber:
“Capricorn” Concerto
Basel Chamber Orchestra/
Christopher Hogwood
(Arte Nova)

Poulenc: Sextet
for piano and winds
Pascal Rogé, piano
Patrick Gallois, flute
Maurice Bourgue, oboe
Michel Portal, clarinet
Amaury Wallez, bassoon
André Cazalet, French horn
(Decca)

Haydn: Symphony No. 82 in C major (“The Bear”)
Handel and Haydn Society, Boston/
Harry Christophers
(Coro)

Past Masters:
Beethoven: Quartet
in E flat major, Op. 127
Hungarian Quartet
(recorded 1953)
(Regis)

Rameau:
“Hippolyte et Aricie” Suite
Swedish Radio
Symphony Orchestra/
Daniel Harding
(Harmonia Mundi)

Janáček: Sonata
for violin and piano
Jessica Lee, violin
Reiko Uchida, piano
(Azica)

Tchaikovsky: “Romeo and Juliet” Fantasy-Overture
Czech Philharmonic/Semyon Bychkov
(Decca)

Richmond Symphony reviewed

My review for the Richmond Times-Dispatch of the Richmond Symphony with pianist Anton Nel, performing at Dominion Arts Center:

http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/music/article_07754249-37b0-5d4b-ab80-ae0f8b04878f.html

Letter V Classical Radio this week

This week, I trade time slots with Mark Lederway, my fellow WDCE highbrow. On Tuesday I’ll survey new and recent classical recordings – Brahms from violinist Joshua Bell, cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Jeremy Denk; Mozart from fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra; Stravinsky from JoAnn Falletta and the Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players; Tchaikovsky from Vasily Petrenko abd the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Debussy from Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.

Oct. 18
noon-4 p.m. EDT
1600-2000 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org

Debussy: “Jeux”
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/
Michael Tilson Thomas
(SFS Media)

Mozart:
Piano Concerto No. 12
in A major, K. 414
Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/
Gottfried von der Goltz
(Harmonia Mundi)

Vijay Iyer: “Run”
J.S. Bach: Suite in C major, BWV 1009 – Prelude
Matt Haimovitz, cello
(Pentatone/Oxingale)

Dan Visconti: “Black Bend”
Fifth House Ensemble
Baladino
(Çedille)

Schumann:
“Märchenbilder,” Op. 113
Jodi Levitz, viola
Eric Zivian, fortepiano
(Avie)

Brahms: Piano Trio
in B major, Op. 8
(original version)
Joshua Bell, violin
Steven Isserlis, cello
Jeremy Denk, piano
(Sony Classical)

Stravinsky: “L’histoire du soldat” Suite
Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players/
JoAnn Falletta
(Naxos)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony
No. 2 in C minor
(“Little Russian”)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/
Vasily Petrenko
(Onyx)

George Onslow:
Quintet in D minor, Op. 45
Elan Quintet
(Naxos)

Ginastera: Harp Concerto
Yolanda Kondanassis, harp
Oberlin Orchestra/Raphael Jiménez
(Oberlin Music)

Weekend concerts reviewed

My reviews for the Richmond Times-Dispatch of programs exploring Latin-American music by the Richmond Symphony at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland and the Sphinx Virtuosi and Catalyst Quartet at the University of Richmond’s Modlin Arts Center, and of the Parker Quartet with violist Kim Kashkashian, performing in Virginia Commonwealth University’s Rennolds Chamber Concerts series:

http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/music/article_7502d88b-2103-5709-8d19-9566be6035b9.html

CORRECTION (Oct. 18): The Catalyst Quartet’s management sends word that the ensemble’s first violinist, featured in Villa-Lobos’ “Bachianas brasileiras” No. 5, was Suliman Tekalli. The print review credits a former member, who was listed in the Modlin Center brochure.

A Nobel for music?

As Bob Dylan is tapped for a Nobel Prize in literature – not an unreasonable choice, at least for his song lyrics from the 1960s (e.g., “you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”) – The New Republic’s Ryu Spaeth wonders why there isn’t a Nobel for music:

http://newrepublic.com/minutes/137764/nobel-prize-literature-wants-recognize-musician-create-award-music

Gordon Ball, visiting associate professor of English at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA, writes for The Washington Post that since 1996 he has been writing to the Nobel Prize committee recommending Dylan for the literature prize. As have others:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/10/14/i-nominated-bob-dylan-for-the-nobel-prize-youre-welcome

Letter V Classical Radio this week

A hail and farewell edition:

– Remembering Neville Marriner, founder and longtime director of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, who died at 92 on Oct. 2. We’ll hear three of his classic recordings with the academy, of works by Handel, Mozart and Vaughan Williams.

– Saluting Steve Reich, one of the most influential American composers of our time, who celebrated his 80th birthday on Oct. 3. We’ll mark that milestone with two of Reich’s finest works: “Tehillim,” his 1981 setting of Psalm texts (bracketed by contrasting Psalm settings of Anton Bruckner and Leonard Bernstein); and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Double Sextet, played by eighth blackbird, the group that premiered the work on March 26, 2008 at the University of Richmond’s Modlin Arts Center.

Oct. 12
10 a.m.-1 p.m. EDT
1400-1700 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org

Past Masters:
Handel: Concerto grosso in A minor, Op. 6, No. 4
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/
Neville Marriner
(recorded 1967)
(Decca)

Mozart: Piano Concerto
No. 21 in C major, K. 467
Alfred Brendel, piano
Academy of St. Martin
in the Fields/
Neville Marriner
(Philips)

Past Masters:
Vaughan Williams:
“Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis”
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/
Neville Marriner
(recorded 1972)
(Argo)
 
Bruckner: Psalm 150
Juliet Booth, soprano
Jean Rigby, mezzo-soprano
John Mark Ainsley, tenor
Gwynne Howell, bass
Corydon Singers
& Orchestra/
Matthew Best
(Hyperion)

Steve Reich: “Tehillim”
Percussion Group
The Hague
Schönberg Ensemble/
Reinbert de Leeuw
(Nonesuch)

Bernstein: “Chichester Psalms”
Elizabeth Franklin-Kitchen, soprano
Victoria Nayler, alto
Jeremy Budd, tenor
Paul Charrier, bass
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus & Orchestra/
Marin Alsop
(Naxos)

Mendelssohn: Octet
in E flat major, Op. 20
Shanghai Quartet
Bartók Quartet
(Camerata)

Steve Reich: Double Sextet
eighth blackbird
(Nonesuch)

Symphony's Come and Play

Registration is now underway for Come and Play, an annual event in which some 300 community musicians perform alongside members of the Richmond Symphony.

Come and Play will be staged on Nov. 20 at the Verizon Wireless Arena
of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Siegel Center, Broad and Harrison streets.

Chia-Hsuan Lin,
the symphony’s associate conductor, will lead a rehearsal from 2:30 to 5 p.m., with the concert beginning at 6 p.m. Admission to the concert is free.

Repertory includes classical and pops selections, to be announced later.

Positions for community musicians are filled on a first-come, first-seated basis, with a limited number of openings in each instrumental section. Once sections are filled, applicants may join a waiting list. The registration fee is $6.

Come and Play, now in its 10th year, is presented in support of music education in Richmond area schools.

To register, or obtain more information, visit http://www.richmondsymphony.com/education-engagement/come-play/

No radio this week

After a medical procedure, I’m temporarily out of commission. Letter V Classical Radio is taking an enforced week off.

Neville Marriner (1924-2016)

Neville Marriner, founder and longtime director of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, has died at 92.

A violinist who had played in chamber ensembles led by Boyd Neel and Thurston Dart and in the Philharmonia and London Symphony orchestras
(in the latter as principal second violinist), Marriner was tapped as the leader (concertmaster) of a 12-member string ensemble at St. Martin in the Fields, a London church, for five concerts in the 1958-59 season.

Those performances led to the establishment of the chamber orchestra dubbed the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, which made its formal debut in November 1959.

In 1961, the ensemble made its first recording, of baroque music for strings, for the L’Oiseau Lyre label. Over the years, the academy built a discography of more than 500 recordings – the largest of any orchestra – of repertory ranging from the baroque to the modern. Its best-seller was the soundtrack album from Milos Forman’s film “Amadeus,” which sold 6.5 million copies.

Marriner traded the violin for the conductor’s baton after studies with Pierre Monteux, under whose direction he had played in the London Symphony. He became a full-time conductor in 1969; in the same year, he became music director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, which he led until 1978.

Conducting symphony orchestras from the mid-1970s onwards, Marriner served as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra (1979-86) and principal conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (1986-89).

Marriner, who was knighted in 1985, remained the music director of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields until 2011, when he was succeeded by violinist Joshua Bell. Thereafter, Marriner was the academy’s life president.

“Marriner was not a ‘deep’ conductor, but he was a very good one,” Tully Potter and John Amis write in an obituary for The Guardian. “His style mirrored his outward appearance, which was neat and dapper, and his manner, which was self-deprecating in an English way. If he lacked the ability of the greatest orchestral directors to see and convey a work as one massive entity, he was able to give each movement of a symphony or concerto a convincing shape.”

The Guardian obituary:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/02/sir-neville-marriner-obituary

Another obituary, by Tim Page for The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/neville-marriner-led-renowned-academy-of-st-martin-in-the-fields-dies-at-92/2016/10/02/3bfbb3ec-88b2-11e6-875e-2c1bfe943b66_story.html

Norman Lebrecht notes that Marriner was the longest-surviving active musician to have performed, as an orchestral violinist, under the direction of Henry J. Wood (founder of London’s Promenade Concerts), Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler:

http://slippedisc.com/2016/10/sad-news-neville-marriner-is-gone-at-92/

Orchestral ups and downs

Musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra have gone on strike, rejecting management demands for concessions in salaries and benefits.

Meanwhile, the orchestras of San Francisco, Atlanta, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Buffalo, San Diego, St. Louis, Seattle, Omaha, Minnesota and Colorado are reporting good news: jumps in concert attendance, improved bottom lines, musicians receiving pay hikes.

What’s gone wrong in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Fort Worth, and gone right elsewhere? A combination of causes and effects, some unique to the orchestras’ histories and hometowns. The overriding factor appears to be governance – debt management (or mismanagement), fund-raising and marketing.

Some orchestras have attracted new audiences and donors; others are dependent on longtime patrons who are now dying off. Some have broadened their appeal with new programming and new concert formats and venues; others are sticking to the tried-and-(previously) true.

A few expert observers have begun to weigh in on these issues. Here’s one early take, from Douglas McLennan, founder and editor of ArtsJournal:

http://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical/2016/09/some-of-our-orchestras-seem-to-be-thriving-is-this-a-new-trend.html

Another overview, from Anne Midgette of The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2016/09/30/three-strikes-music-lovers-are-out/

And another, from Michael Cooper of The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/arts/music/philadelphia-orchestra-strike.html

The Richmond Symphony seems to be on the right side of the good news/bad news divide, at least in terms of revenue. Its ticket sales have increased over the last three seasons, and it posted a surplus of nearly $52,000 on a budget of $5.58 million in the 2016 fiscal year.

UPDATE (Oct. 3): The Philadelphia Orchestra strike ends after two days, with its musicians approving a contract with modest pay hikes, concessions on scheduling concerts, and a slight increase in the orchestra roster, The Times’ Cooper reports:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/03/arts/music/philadelphia-orchestra-strike.html

October 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 chapter of the American Guild of Organists opens its 2016-17 Repertoire Recital Series with the widely praised young organist Monica Czausz, Oct. 7 at Ginter Park Presbyterian Church. . . . The newly formed Thales Trio – violinist Ellen Cockerham Riccio, cellist Sara Wolfe and pianist Daniel Stipe – plays Mendelssohn and Ravel, Oct. 9 at Trinity Lutheran Church. . . . The Richmond Symphony and its music director, Steven Smith, open the Metro Collection chamber-orchestra series with concertmaster Daisuke Yamamoto as solo violinist in a Latino-themed program of Copland, Piazzolla, Revueltas and Gabriela Lena-Frank, Oct. 16 at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland (excerpted in a Rush Hour casual concert, Oct. 13 at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery); and are joined by pianist Anton Nel in a Masterworks program of Schumann, Dvořák and Libby Larsen, Oct. 22-23 at the Carpenter Theatre of Dominion Arts Center. . . . Virginia Opera stages its double-bill of Kurt Weill’s “The Seven Deadly Sins” and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci,” Oct. 14 and 16 at Dominion Arts Center (following performances on Oct. 8-9 at George Mason University in Fairfax). . . . The Parker Quartet, with violist Kim Kashkashian, perform in a Rennolds Chamber Concerts program of Mendelssohn, Dvořák and Augusta Read Thomas, Oct. 15 at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Singleton Arts Center. . . . The Sphinx Virtuosi chamber orchestra and Catalyst Quartet present “Latin Voyages,” including works by Ginastera, Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla, Osvaldo Golijov and others, Oct. 16 at the University of Richmond’s Modlin Arts Center.

* Noteworthy elsewhere: Derek Jacobi and Richard Clifford read from Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” while the Folger Consort and guests perform Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” in “Measure + Dido,” Oct. 1 at Washington’s Kennedy Center. . . . Charlottesville’s Tuesday Ecvening Concerts series presents the Tempest Trio in works by Beethoven, Bernstein and Dvořák on Oct. 4, and the Alxander Quartet with pianist Joyce Yang in music of Schumann, Brahms and Shostakovich on Oct. 18, both at Old Cabell Hall of the University of Virginia. . . . Pianist Emanuel Ax joins Juraj Valcuha and the National Symphony Orchestra in a program of Beethoven, Dvořák, Korngold, and Richard Strauss, Beethoven, Oct. 6-8 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Opera Roanoke presents the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical “South Pacific,” Oct. 7 and 9 at Roanoke’s Jefferson Center and Oct. 12 at the Moss Arts Center of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. . . . The Brooklyn Rider string quartet and mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter join for “So Many Things,” Oct. 8 at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington. . . . Cellist Zuill Bailey plays Michael Daugherty’s “Tales of Hemingway” with David Stewart Wiley and the Roanoke Symphony, Oct. 15 at the Berglund Performing Arts Theatre. . . . Vasily Petrenko conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, with pianist Inon Barnatan, in a program of Beethoven and Shostakovich, Oct. 15 at the Music Center at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of DC. . . . Alisa Weilerstein plays J.S. Bach’s six suites for solo cello, Oct. 16 at the University of the District of Columbia. . . . Mason Bates, the Richmond-bred composer and DJ, stages another of his “KC Jukebox” new-music programs, “Mercury Soul,” Oct. 24 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Daniel Matsukawa, principal bassoonist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, plays and conducts in a program of Mozart, Beethoven and Prokofiev with his orchestral alma mater, the Virginia Symphony, Oct. 27 at Crosswalk Community Church in Williamsburg and Oct. 30 at the Sandler Arts Center in Virginia Beach.
. . . Nicola Benedetti plays the new Violin Concerto by Wynton Marsalis, on a program also featuring music of Tchaikovsky, with Christoph Eschenbach and National Symphony Orchestra, Oct. 27 and 29 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Robert Levin play works of J.S. Bach, Mozart, Schubert and others, Oct. 28 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The celebrated Russian pianist Denis Matsuev plays Beethoven, Prokofiev, Liszt, Schumann and Tchaikovsky, Oct. 30 at Strathmore.


Oct. 1 (11 a.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Arts Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony LolliPops
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
Lyn Dillies, magician
“Magic at the Symphony”
$12-$17
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com

Oct. 1 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Pops
Ankush Bahl conducting
Marva Hicks, vocals
Byron Stripling, trumpet & vocals
“Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: a Musical Tribute”
$25-$100
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org

Oct. 1 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor
Amit Peled, cello
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor (“From the New World”)
$39-$65
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://cfa.gmu.edu

Oct. 1 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 2 (2 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
James Gaffigan conducting
Mozart: “The Marriage of Figaro”
Lisette Oropesa (Susanna)
Ryan McKinny (Figaro)
Amanda Majeski (Countess Almaviva)
Joshua Hopkins (Count Almaviva)
Aleksandra Romano (Cherubino)
Elizabeth Bishop (Marcellina)
Valeriano Lanchas (Doctor Bartolo)
Keith Jameson (Don Basilio)
Rexford Tester (Don Curzio)
Ariana Wehr (Barbarina)
Timothy J. Bruno (Antonio)
Peter Kazaras, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$25-$315
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 1 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner conducting
Elgar: “Falstaff”
Walton: “Henry V” Suite
Tchaikovsky: “Romeo and Juliet” Fantasy-Overture
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 1 (8 p.m.)
Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Folger Consort
Derek Jacobi & Richard Clifford, readers
Peter Becker, Emily Noël & Molly Quinn, vocal soloists
Shirine Babb & Owiso Odera, actors
“Measure + Dido”
Purcell: “Dido and Aeneas” with readings from Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure”
$79-$119
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 2 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Sonia Vlahcevic, piano
other artists TBA
program TBA
free
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

Oct. 2 (2:30 p.m.)
Oct. 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
Weill: “The Seven Deadly Sins”
Ute Gfrerer (Anna I)
Gabrielle Zucker (Anna II)
Bille Bruley & Stefan Barner, tenors
Lee Gregory, baritone 
Christopher Morales, bass
in English with captions
Leoncavallo: “Pagliacci”
Clay Hilley (Canio)
Kelly Kaduce (Nedda)
Michael Chioldi (Tonio)
Stefan Barner (Beppe)
Lee Gregory (Silvio)
in Italian, English captions
Keturah Stickann, stage director
$32.73-$107.27
(866) 673-7282
http://vaopera.org

Oct. 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Tempest Trio
Beethoven: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 (“Ghost”)
Bernstein: Piano Trio
Dvořák: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 26
$12-$35
(434) 924-3376
http://tecs.org

Oct. 5 (noon)
St. Bede Catholic Church, 3686 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg
Aaron Renninger, organ
“Music of Germany – a Trip Through the Centuries”
program TBA
free
(757) 229-3631
http://www.bedeva.org/concerts

Oct. 6 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 7 (11:30 a.m.)
Oct. 8 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valcuha conducting
“Shakespeare at the Symphony”
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
Emanuel Ax, piano
Korngold: “Much Ado About Nothing” Suite
Dvořák: “Othello” Overture
Richard Strauss: “Macbeth”
Naomi Jacobson & Craig Wallace, actors
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Ginter Park Presbyterian Church, Walton and Seminary avenues, Richmond
Repertoire Recital Series of Richmond chapter, American Guild of Organists:
Monica Czausz, organ
Sowerby: “Requiescat in Pace”
Janáček: “Glagolitic Mass” – Postlude
Daniel Knaggs: ”Book of Visions” – “Night shall be no more”
Dvořák-Lemare-Czausz: “Carnival” Overture
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532
Karg-Elert: “Three Impressions for Organ,” op. 72 – “Claire de Lune”
Horatio Parker: Sonata in E-flat Minor, op. 65 – Allegretto
Jehan Alain: “Deuxième Fantaisie”
Naji Hakim: “Hommage à Igor Stravinsky” – Finale
donation requested
(804) 359-5049
http://richmondago.org

Oct. 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Roper Arts Center, 340 Granby St., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony
Benjamin Rous conducting
Copland: “Fanfare for the Common Man”
Copland: “A Lincoln Portrait”
Edna V. Baehre-Kolovani, narrator
Copland: “Appalachian Spring”
$9-$50
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org

Oct. 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Oct. 9 (3 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Oct. 12 (7:30 p.m.)
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, 190 Alumni Mall, Blacksburg
Opera Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony
Scott Williamson conducting
Rodgers & Hammerstein: “South Pacific”
Corey Crider (Emile de Becque)
Ariana Wyatt (Nellie Forbush)
J.J. Hudson, stage director
in English
$26-$105
(540) 345-2550
http://operaroanoke.org

Oct. 8 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 9 (2 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
Weill: “The Seven Deadly Sins”
Ute Gfrerer (Anna I)
Gabrielle Zucker (Anna II)
Bille Bruley & Stefan Barner, tenors
Lee Gregory, baritone
Christopher Morales, bass
in English with captions
Leoncavallo: “Pagliacci”
Clay Hilley (Canio)
Kelly Kaduce (Nedda)
Michael Chioldi (Tonio)
Stefan Barner (Beppe)
Lee Gregory (Silvio)
in Italian, English captions
Keturah Stickann, stage director
$52-$110
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://vaopera.org

Oct. 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, 190 Alumni Mall, Blacksburg
Harlem String Quartet
Celso Garrida-Lecca: Quartet No. 2
Abelardo Valdés: “Danzón Almendra”
Rafael Hernandez: “El Cumbanchero”
Beethoven: Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 (“Razumovsky”)
$22-$55
(540) 231-5300
http://artscenter.vt.edu

Oct. 8 (8 p.m.)
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, Washington
Brooklyn Rider
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
“So Many Things”
$40
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org

Oct. 8 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 9 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Vivaldi: “The Four Seasons”
Piazzolla: “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires”
Chee-Yun, violin
$28-$88
(301) 581-5100
http://www.strathmore.org

Oct. 9 (4 p.m.)
Trinity Lutheran Church, 2315 N. Parham Road, Richmond
Thales Trio
Ravel: Piano Trio
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 49
reception follows
free
(804) 270-4626
http://trinityrichmond.net

Oct. 9 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Chamber Music Series:
David Sariti, violin
program TBA
$15
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

Oct. 11 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Symphony
Daniel Myssyk conducting
Gabrieli: Sonata XIII
Tchaikovsky: ”The Sleeping Beauty” – “Pas d’action”
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor (“Pathétique”) – Waltz
Suppé: “Poet and Peasant” Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major
$10
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

Oct. 13 (6:30 p.m.)
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Overbrook Road at Ownby Lane, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Rush Hour
Steven Smith conducting
Daisuke Yamamoto, violin
works and excerpts by Copland, Piazzolla, Revueltas, Gabriela Lena-Frank
$15
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com

Oct. 13 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 14 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 15 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 16 (2 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Steven Reineke conducting
Cirque de la Symphonie, guest stars
“Halloween Extravaganza”
$24-$99
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 14 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 16 (2:30 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Arts Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
Weill: “The Seven Deadly Sins”
Ute Gfrerer (Anna I)
Gabrielle Zucker (Anna II)
Bille Bruley & Stefan Barner, tenors
Lee Gregory, baritone
Christopher Morales, bass
in English with captions
Leoncavallo: “Pagliacci”
Clay Hilley (Canio)
Kelly Kaduce (Nedda)
Michael Chioldi (Tonio)
Stefan Barner (Beppe)
Lee Gregory (Silvio)
in Italian, English captions
Keturah Stickann, stage director
$19-$114
(866) 673-7282
http://vaopera.org

Oct. 15 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Parker Quartet
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 12
Augusta Read Thomas: “Helix Spirals”
Dvořák: String Quintet in E flat major, Op. 97
$34
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

Oct. 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Berglund Performing Arts Theatre, Orange Avenue at Williamson Road, Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Michael Daugherty: “Tales of Hemingway”
Bruch: “Kol Nidrei”
Zuill Bailey, cello
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
$34-$56
(540) 343-9127
http://rso.com

Oct. 15 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko conducting
Beethoven: “Coriolan” Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Inon Barnatan, piano
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
$35-$99
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org

Oct. 16 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Richmond Symphony 
Steven Smith conducting
Copland: “Three Latin-American Sketches”
Piazzolla: “Four Seasons of Buenos Aires”
Daisuke Yamamoto, violin
Revueltas: “Alcancías”
Gabriela Lena-Frank: “Raices” (“Roots”)
$22
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com

Oct. 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Sphinx Virtuosi
Catalyst Quartet
“Latin Voyages: Viajes Latinos”
Piazzolla: “Libertango.” “La Muerta del Angel”
Williams: “Premera Suite Argentina”
Alvarez: “Metro Chabacano”
Espejo: “Prelude Iberique”
Villa-Lobos: “Bachianas Brasileiras” No. 5
Golijov: “Last Round”
Gianastera: Concerto for strings, Op. 33
pre-concert talk by Ronald Crutcher & artists at 6:30 p.m.
$38
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

Oct. 16 (4 p.m.)
UDC Theatre of the Arts, University of the District of Columbia, Washington
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
J.S. Bach: Suites Nos. 1-6 for solo cello
$47
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org

Oct. 17 (7:30 p.m.)
Family Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Harlem String Quartet
Aldo López-Galiván, piano
Chick Corea: “The Adventures of Hippocrates”
Abelardito Valdés: “Almendra”
Billy Strayhorn: “Take the A Train”
López-Galiván: “Epilogo,” “Talking to the Universe,” “Eclipse,” “Pan Con Timba”
$54
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 18 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
artists TBA
“Faculty Showcase”
program TBA
free
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

Oct. 18 (7:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Alexander Quartet
Joyce Yang, piano
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
$12-$35
(434) 924-3376
http://tecs.org

Oct. 18 (7:30 p.m.)
Family Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
pianist TBA
program TBA
$69
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 21 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Oct. 22 (8 p.m.) 
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony 
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Gershwin: “Cuban” Overture
Ponce: Guitar Concerto
Celil Refik Kaya, guitar
Moncayo: “Huapango”
Revueltas: “Night of the Mayas”
$25-$110
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org

Oct. 22 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Sonia Vlahcevic & Magdalena Adamek, pianos
works TBA by Polish composers
free
(804) 646-7223
http://www.richmondpubliclibrary.org

Oct. 22 (8 p.m.)
Oct. 23 (3 p.m.) 
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Arts Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Libby Larsen: “Collage: Boogie”
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Anton Nel, piano
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor
$10-$80
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com

Oct. 22 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu conducting
Rautavaara: “Cantus Arcticus”
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
Angela Hewitt, piano
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major
$35-$99
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org

Oct. 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Atrium, Washington 
Mason Bates, DJ
Daniel Roumain, violin
Benjamin Shwartz conducting
“Mason Bates’ KC Jukebox: Mercury Soul”
works by Bates, Roumain, Stravinsky, John Adams
$20
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Paul Hanson, piano
works TBA by Debussy, Messiaen, Boulez
free
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

Oct. 27 (8 p.m.)
Crosswalk Community Church, 7575 Richmond Road, Williamsburg
Oct. 30 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
Daniel Matsukawa conducting
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (“Classical”)
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K. 191
Daniel Matsukawa, bassoon
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
$25-$76
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org

Oct. 27 (7 p.m.)
Oct. 29 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conducting
Tchaikovsky: “Eugene Onegin” – Polonaise
Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto
Nicola Benedetti, violin
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 in D major (“Polish”)
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 28 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Michelle Huang, piano
Debussy: “Images,” Book 1
Ming-Hsiu Yen: “Two Old Postcards from Formosa”
Mussorgsky: “Pictures at an Exhibition”
free
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

Oct. 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Laurel Street at Floyd Avenue, Richmond
Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet-Hakim, organ
program TBA
$10 suggested donation
(804) 359-5651
http://richmondcathedral.org

Oct. 28 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
University Singers
Michael Slon directing
program TBA
$15
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

Oct. 28 (8:30 p.m.)
Patrick Henry Ballroom, 611 S. Jefferson St., Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony String Quartet
actors from Mill Mountain Theatre
“A Little Late Night Music”
works TBA by Mozart
$35-$45
(540) 343-9127
http://rso.com

Oct. 28 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Hilary Hahn, violin
Robert Levin, piano
J.S. Bach: Sonata in G major, BWV 1019
Antón García Abril: partitas 4-6 for solo violin
Hans Peter Turk: “Träume” for solo piano
Mozart: Sonata in E flat major, K. 481
Schubert: Rondo in B minor, D. 895
$38-$95
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org

Oct. 29 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Arline Hinkson, piano
Stephen Custer, cello
Celeste Gates, clarinet
works TBA by Beethoven, Bruch, Reinecke, Roto
free
(804) 646-7223
http://www.richmondpubliclibrary.org

Oct. 29 (8 p.m.)
Altria Theater, Main and Laurel streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Pops
conductor TBA
Rashidra Scott, vocalist
“Windborne’s Music of Whitney Houston”
$10-$80
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com

Oct. 29 (2 p.m.)
UDC Theatre of the Arts, University of the District of Columbia, Washington
Llyr Williams, piano
Beethoven: Sonata in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1 (“Les Adieux”)
Debussy: Préludes, Book 1 (selections)
Scriabin: Poème, Op. 69, No. 1
Scriabin: Poème, Op. 63, No. 2 
Scriabin: Poème, Op. 71, No. 1
Chopin: Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49
$45
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org

Oct. 30 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Schola Cantorum & Women’s Chorale
Jeffrey Riehl & David Pedersen directing
program TBA
free
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

Oct. 30 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Chamber Music Series:
Albemarle Ensemble
program TBA
$15
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

Oct. 30 (7 p.m.)
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, Washington
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Beethoven: Duo in C major, WoO 27, for violin and cello
Beethoven: Cello Sonata in A major, Op. 69 
Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat major, Op. 97 (“Archduke”)
$18-$23
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Oct. 30 (2 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Denis Matsuev, piano
Beethoven: Sonata in A flat major, Op. 110
Schumann: “Symphonic Études,” Op. 13
Liszt: “Mephisto Waltz”
Tchaikovsky: “Meditation,” Op. 72, No. 5
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7
$57-$77
(301) 581-5300
http://www.strathmore.org