Letter V Classical Radio this week

Ludwig van Beethoven and his circle: Beethoven’s music heard alongside compositions by his two principal teachers in Vienna, Antonio Salieri and Joseph Haydn; a royal friend, patron and fellow musician, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (to whom Beethoven dedicated his Third Piano Concerto); and Beethoven’s students and amanuenses, Carl Czerny, who wrote a great deal besides those technical exercises that have tortured generations of piano students, and Ferdinand Ries, whose Fifth Symphony bears a striking resemblance to you-know-whose.

Nov. 30
10 a.m.-1 p.m. EST
1500-1800 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org

Beethoven: “Egmont” Overture
Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig/Riccardo Chailly
(Decca)

Antonio Salieri:
Sinfonia in D major
(“La Veneziana”)
London Mozart Players/
Matthias Bamert
(Chandos)

Haydn: Sonata in
E flat major, Hob. XVI:52
Constance Keene, piano
(Protone)

Past Masters:
Beethoven: Sonata in D major, Op. 10, No. 3
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
(recorded 1953)
(Decca)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Fazil Say, piano
Frankfurt Radio
Symphony Orchestra/
Gianandrea Noseda
(Naïve)

Louis Ferdinand,
Prince of Prussia:
Piano Trio
in E flat major, Op. 10
Göbel Trio
(Thorofon)

Beethoven: “Variations
on ‘La ci darem la mano’
from Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni,’ ” WoO 28
Heinz Holliger & Hans Elhorst, oboes
Maurice Bourgue, English horn
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Carl Czerny: “Fantasia brilliante on Themes of Mozart,” Op. 493
Cyprien Katsaris, piano
(Sony Classical)

Beethoven:
“King Stephen” Overture
Tonhalle Orchestra, Zürich/
David Zinman
(Arte Nova)

Ferdinand Ries: Symphony No. 5 in D minor
Zürich Chamber Orchestra/Howard Griffiths
(cpo)

Letter V Classical Radio this week

Home for Thanksgiving – literally: a sampler of works by composers with Richmond roots. If you hadn’t thought of our town as especially fertile ground for composition, this program may make you think again.

Nov. 23
10 a.m.-1 p.m. EST
1500-1800 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org

Mason Bates: “The B-Sides”
Mason Bates, electronica
San Francisco
Symphony Orchestra/
Michael Tilson Thomas
(SFS Media)

Dika Newlin: Piano Trio, Op. 2
London Czech Trio
(New World)

Zachary Wadsworth:
“The Far West” –
I: “October”
XI: “Heaven”
Lawrence Wiliford, tenor
Luminous Voices
& orchestra/
Timothy Shantz
(Bridge)

Benjamin Broening: “Arioso/Doubles”
Michael J. Maccaferri,
bass clarinet
Benjamin Broening, electronica
(Bridge)
  
Past Masters:
Mary Howe: Suite for string quartet and piano
Chamber Arts Society
of the Catholic University
of America
(recorded 1951)
(CRI)

Allan Blank: Clarinet Concerto
David Niethamer, clarinet
Silesian Philharmonic/
Jerzy Swoboda
(MMC)

Ben Johnston:
String Quartet No. 4
(“Amazing Grace”)
Kronos Quartet
(Nonesuch)

John Powell:
Symphony in A major
(“Virginia”)
Virginia Symphony/
JoAnn Falletta
(Albany)

'Unsilent Night' in Virginia

“Unsilent Night,” a participatory outdoor music-making event that has become a contemporary Christmas-season tradition, will return to Winchester on Nov. 28, Richmond on Dec. 2 and Norfolk on Dec. 7.

Devised by composer Phil Kline 25 years ago and introduced in New York’s Greenwich Village, “Unsilent Night” invites celebrants to bring boom boxes – or, more recently, portable electronic devices – to load one of four electronic music tracks created by Kline, which they play simultaneously while walking along city streets. The combination of sounds creates what is described as a “mobile sound sculpture.”

Kline prepared 45 minutes of music (the duration of one side of a cassette tape) for use on the first “Unsilent Night,” and the walks are planned to last that long.

The Virginia cities are among more than two dozen (and counting) to stage an “Unsilent Night” this year.

The events are free and open to all ages.

* * *

Participants in the Richmond event, organized by Classical Revolution RVA, will gather at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at Gallery 5, 200 W. Marshall St., and at 7 p.m. will begin walking through the downtown area of the First Fridays Art Walk.

For more information, visit:
http://richmond.unsilentnight.com/

* * *

The Winchester event, staged in conjunction with the city’s annual Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting, is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at Old Town Winchester Walking Mall.

For more information, visit:
http://winchester.unsilentnight.com/

* * *

In Norfolk, “Unsilent Night” participants will gather at 5 p.m. Dec. 7 at The Plot, 776 Granby St., for a walk, beginning at 5:45 p.m., through downtown Norfolk, the NEON district and the Freemason neighborhood.

For more information, visit:
http://norfolk.unsilentnight.com/

Mose Allison (1927-2016)

Mose Allison, the jazz pianist and songwriter, has died at 89. Allison was known for a deeply blues-inflected musical style, informed by his upbringing in the rural Delta region of Mississippi, and for writing unusually literate, often mordantly witty song lyrics.

Many of his songs have been taken up by other artists, from cabaret and jazz to pop and rock. They are overdue for discovery by art-song recitalists.

An obituary by Nate Chinen for The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/arts/music/mose-allison-a-font-of-jazz-and-blues-dies-at-89.html

Letter V Classical Radio this week

Nov. 16
10 a.m.-1 p.m. EST
1500-1800 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org

Past Masters:
Beethoven: “Coriolan” Overture
Columbia Symphony Orchestra/
Bruno Walter
(recorded 1959)
(Sony Classical)

Peteris Vasks:
Cello Concerto No. 2
(“Presence”)
Sol Gabetta, cello
Amsterdam Sinfonietta/
Candida Thompson
(Sony Classical)

J.S. Bach: Capriccio
in B flat major, BWV 992
(“On the Departure
of a Dear Brother”)
Leon Fleisher, piano
(Vanguard)

Schubert: Impromptu
in A flat major, D. 899, No. 4
Krystian Zimerman, piano
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Brahms: Symphony No. 4
in E minor
Konzerthaus Orchestra, Berlin/
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
(Orfeo)

Hindemith: Sonata
in F major, Op. 11, No. 4
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Robert Levin, piano
(ECM)

Vaughan Williams:
“Dona nobis pacem”
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Bryn Terfel, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir
London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox
(EMI Classics)

The Duchess of DC

US Supreme Court Justice (and longtime opera maven) Ruth Bader Ginsburg portrayed the Duchess of Krakenthorp – for one night only – in the Washington National Opera production of Donizetti’s “The Daughter of the Regiment.” Ginsburg brought down the house, and, according to The Washington Post’s Anne Midgette, earned the cheers:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/ginsburg-opera-debut-brings-relevance-to-wno/2016/11/13/434b26a2-a84f-11e6-9bd6-184ab22d218e_story.html

Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)

Leonard Cohen, the Canadian-born poet who became one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, has died at 82. Cohen’s songs – the best-known were “Suzanne,” “Bird on a Wire” and “Hallelujah” – were taken up by musicians of all genres, from folk, rock and country singers to art-music composers.

An obituary by Larry Rohter for The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/obituaries/leonard-cohen-dies.html

Roomful of Teeth reviewed

My review for the Richmond Times-Dispatch of Roomful of Teeth, performing at the University of Richmond’s Modlin Arts Center:

http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/music/article_c0bdd351-e65a-5790-8fc1-88cae31b68a3.html

'Gift of music' to East End schools

The Richmond Symphony is donating instruments, valued at more than $100,000, to five elementary schools in the East End of Richmond – Bellevue, Chimborazo, Fairfield Court, George Mason and Woodville – enabling them to provide music lessons and organize ensembles.

Instruments and music-related equipment also will be purchased for for Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, Armstrong High School and Franklin Military Academy.

The funds were raised through the RVA East End Festival: the Gift of Music, staged in May, one of the first community outreach events by the orchestra under its Big Tent portable concert stage.

The concert and fundraising were supported by Bon Secours Richmond Health System and other corporate, foundation and individual donors.

“When we started this project with Councilwoman Cynthia Newbille and Bon Secours, we learned that there were only seven instruments to be shared among all of the East End’s elementary schools,” said David Fisk, the symphony’s executive director. “The community came together and saw a tremendous opportunity to make a substantial impact in the lives of these children.”

Following the donation, there will be enough instruments for each school to have a full string orchestra, Fisk said.

“Because of programs like the RVA East End Festival, music is no longer a privilege for a lucky few, but a part of every child[’s] world of possibility,” said Kim Hutchinson, executive director of the Richmond Public Schools Education Foundation.

Letter V Classical Radio this week

WDCE has installed a new transmitter, replacing a unit dating from the previous millennium. To celebrate the station’s stronger, clearer broadcast signal, a program of audio-showcase recordings of music ranging across seven centuries (14th to 21st) and running the gamut of style and sonority. (Online-stream listeners should notice the higher-definition sound of these discs, too.)

Nov. 9
10 a.m.-1 p.m. EST
1500-1800 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org

Richard Strauss: “Don Juan”
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Manfred Honeck
(Reference Recordings)

Mozart: Quintet
in E flat major, K. 452
Stephen Hough, piano
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
(BIS)

Nielsen:
“An Imaginary Journey
to the Faroe Islands”
Danish National Symphony Orchestra/
Thomas Dausgaard
(Dacapo)

Mussorgsky: “Night on Bald Mountain”
(original version)
Los Angeles
Philharmonic/
Esa-Pekka Salonen
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Mason Bates:
“Alternative Energy”
Mason Bates, electronica
San Francisco
Symphony Orchestra/
Michael Tilson Thomas
(SFS Media)

Stravinsky:
“Symphony of Psalms”
Collegium Vocale Gent
Royal Flemish Philharmonic/Philippe Herreweghe
(Pentatone Classics)

Johan Helmich Roman: “Drottningholm Music” – selections
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra/
Andrew Manze
(BIS)

Michael Praetorius: “Terpsichore” – selections
Doron Sherwin, cornetto
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra/
Skip Sempé
(Paradizo)

anon. (14th cen. France): chanson & estampie royal
Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
(AliaVox)

Telemann: “Hanaquoise”
anon. (18th cen. Hungary): 2 songs
Telemann: “Hanac” I-III
(arrangements
by Miloš Valent)
Miloš Valent, violin
Jan Rokyta, cimbalom
Holland Baroque Society
(Channel Classics)

Handel: “Water Music” – Suite II
Akademie für alte Musik Berlin
(Harmonia Mundi)

November calendar

Classical performances in and around Richmond, with selected events elsewhere in Virginia and the Washington area. Program information, provided by presenters, is updated as details become available. Adult single-ticket prices are listed; senior, student/youth, group and other discounts may be offered.

* In and around Richmond: The University of Richmond’s Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival features eighth blackbird and other performers in four free concerts, Nov. 4-5 at UR’s Modlin Arts Center. . . . Peter Wilson conducts the Richmond Philharmonic in Haydn’s “London” Symphony (No. 104) and Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony, Nov. 6 at Collegiate School’s Hershey Arts Center. . . . The lauded American contemporary vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, joined by UR’s Schola Cantorum chamber chorus, performs on Nov. 10 at the Modlin Center. . . . Steven Smith conducts the Richmond Symphony and Symphony Chorus, with three vocal soloists, in Berlioz’s “Romeo and Juliet,” Nov. 12 at the Carpenter Theatre of Dominion Arts Center. . . . Virginia Opera stages Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville,” Nov. 18 and 20 at Dominion Arts Center, following performances on Nov. 11, 13 and 15 at Harrison Opera House in Norfolk. . . . The biggest band in town gathers once again, as the Richmond Symphony and community musicians, led by Chia-Hsuan Lin, perform in the annual free “Come and Play” mega-orchestra concert, Nov. 20 at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Siegel Center. . . . The Richmond Symphony and other artists will perform in Commonwealth Catholic Charities’ “Holiday Festival of Music,” Nov. 28 at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.
. . . The famed male vocal ensemble Chanticleer presents its Christmas program, Nov. 28 at St. Mary Catholic Church.

* Noteworthy elsewhere: Gianandrea Noseda, music director-designate of Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra, leads the orchestra in a complete performance of Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet” ballet music, Nov. 3-5 at the Kennedy Center.
. . . The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble plays Mozart, Schubert and Richard Strauss, Nov. 6 at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts in Fairfax. . . . The Takács Quartet plays an all-Beethoven program, Nov. 9 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Marin Alsop conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s “Tragic” Symphony (No. 6), Nov. 10 at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of DC. . . . The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center plays Mozart, Brahms and Schoenberg, Nov. 11 at Moss Arts Center of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. . . . Lawrence Brownlee stars in a Washington National Opera production of Donizetti’s “The Daughter of the Regiment,” Nov. 12-20 at the Kennedy Center. (Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears in the cameo role of the Duchess of Krakenthorp on opening night.) . . . Lucas Debargue, the acclaimed young French pianist, plays Ravel, Chopin, Medtner and Scarlatti in a Nov. 12 recital at the University of the District of Columbia’s Theater of the Arts. . . . Benjamin Rous, associate conductor of Hampton Roads’ Virginia Symphony, makes his bid to become the next conductor of the Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia with a program of Mozart, Stravinsky, Debussy and Ligeti, featuring pianist Tomer Gewirtzman, Nov. 19 at UVa’s Old Cabell Hall and Nov. 20 at Charlottesville High School. . . . Semyon Bychkov conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam in Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, Nov. 29 at the Kennedy Center.


Nov. 3 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 4 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 5 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
Prokofiev: “Romeo and Juliet”
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Laurel Street at Floyd Avenue, Richmond
Jennifer Pascual, organ
Guilmant: “Processional March” in A major, Op. 41, No. 5
Domenico Zipoli: Canzona, Pastorale, All’Offertorio
J.S. Bach: Pièce d’Orgue, BWV 572
Jean Demessieux: “Rorate Coeli: Chorale orné”
“Attende Domine” choral paraphrase
Langlais: “Gregorian Paraphrase on ‘Ave Maria’ and ‘Ave Maris Stella’ ”
Naji Hakim: Mariales, Incantation, Pastorale, Antienne, Hymne, Danse
Dupré: “15 Pieces for Organ,” Op. 18 – “Ave Maris Stella”
David N. Johnson: Trumpet Tune in D major
Mary David Calahan: “Christus Vincit,” “Ave Verum,” “Salve Mater”
Hovhaness: “Prayer to St. Gregory”
Tcherepnin: “Cherubimic Chant”
Guilmant: “Prose sur le Stabat Mater,” theme and 9 variations
Raffaele Manari: “Salve Regina: a Concert Study”
free
(804) 359-5651
http://richmondcathedral.org

Nov. 4 (2:30 and 7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 5 (10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival:
eighth blackbird
other artists TBA
programs TBA
free
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

Nov. 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Flamenco Festival:
Leah, guitar
Kevin Davis, percussion
Ana Ines King & Latin Ballet
Antonio Hidalgo Paz, dancer
“Spanish Soul”
program TBA
$15
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

Nov. 4 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Nov. 5 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Pops
Benjamin Rous conducting
Jean Mellieur, vocalist
“Madmen across the Water: the Music of Elton John”
$25-$100
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org

Nov. 4 (8:15 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Hersh conducting & speaking
“Off the Cuff: The Nutcracker”
Tchaikovsky: “The Nutcracker” (excerpts)
$35-$99
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org

Nov. 5 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Sigma Alpha Iota members
program TBA
free
(804) 646-7223
http://www.richmondpubliclibrary.org

Nov. 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Flamenco Festival:
Richard Marlow, guitar
program TBA
$15
Marlow in free flamenco guitar master class, 2 p.m. Nov. 5, Black Music Center, Grove Avenue at Harrison Street
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

Nov. 5 (7 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
University Singers
UVa Chamber Singers
Virginia Glee Club
Virginia Women’s Chorus
“Choral Showcase”
works TBA by Tcherepnin, Rachmaninoff, others
$10
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

Nov. 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Kandinsky Trio
Kurt Rosenwinkel, guitar
Paul Langosch, bass
Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
improvisations for guitar and bass
John D’earth: “Natural Bridge”
$20-$45
(540) 231-5300
http://artscenter.vt.edu

Nov. 5 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
National Philharmonic Chorale
Stan Engebretson conducting
Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1, “Zadok the Priest”
Tallis: Motet, “Spem in Alium”
Alistair Coleman: “Of Radiance and Light” (premiere)
Eric Whitacre: Alleluia
John Rutter: Gloria
$19-$66
(301) 581-5100
http://www.strathmore.org

Nov. 6 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Flamenco Festival:
Miguelito (Michael Pérez), guitar
singer, dancers TBA
program TBA
$15
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

Nov. 6 (4 p.m.)
Hershey Arts Center, Collegiate School, 103 N. Mooreland Road, Richmond
Richmond Philharmonic
Peter Wilson conducting
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D major (“London”)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor
$16 in advance, $20 at door
(804) 673-7400
http://www.richmondphilharmonic.org

Nov. 6 (1:30 p.m.)
University Baptist Church, 1223 W. Main St., Charlottesville
Jubilate & Sanctuary Choir
Alba Beasley directing
“Let All the Nations Praise the Lord”
works TBA by Randall Thompson, John Rutter
free
(434) 293-5106
http://universitybaptist.org

Nov. 6 (2 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K. 136
Richard Strauss: “Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks”
Schubert: Octet in F major, D. 803
$36-$60
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://cfa.gmu.edu

Nov. 6 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Hersh conducting
Ravel: “Schehérazade”
Nicole Cabell, soprano
Tchaikovsky: “The Nutcracker” – “Overture Miniature” & Act 2
$35-$99
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org

Nov. 9 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU University Band
director TBA
program TBA
$7 in advance, $10 at door
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

Nov. 9 (noon)
St. Bede Catholic Church, 3686 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg
Joel S. Kumro, organ
works TBA by Bach, Mendelssohn, De Gringy, Duruflé
free
(757) 229-3631
http://www.bedeva.org

Nov. 9 (7:30 p.m.)
Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Takács Quartet
Beethoven: Quartet in G major, Op. 18, No. 2
Beethoven: Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 (“Serioso”)
Beethoven: Quartet in B flat major, Op. 130
$25-$59
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 10 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Roomful of Teeth
UR Schola Cantorum
Merrill Garbus: “Quizassa”
Eric Dudley: “Suonare”
Caroline Shaw: Partita for 8 voices
other works TBA
$38
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

Nov. 10 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 11 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 12 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles conducting
Debussy-Matthews: 4 préludes
Debussy: Nocturnes
Duruflé: Requiem
University of Maryland Concert Choir
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 10 (8 p.m.)
Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Igudesman & Joo, comedians
“And Now Mozart”
$20-$75
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 10 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor (“Tragic”)
$35-$99
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org

Nov. 11 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Bridget Catholic Church, 6006 Three Chopt Road, Richmond
Allen Bean, organ
program TBA
free
(804) 282-9511
http://www.saintbridgetchurch.org

Nov. 11 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 13 (2:30 p.m.)
Nov. 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
John Baril conducting
Rossini: “The Barber of Seville”
Will Liverman (Figaro)
Megan Marino (Rosina)
Andrew Owens (Count Almaviva)
Matthew Burns (Dr. Bartolo)
Christopher Job (Basilio)
Christine Suits (Berta)
André Chiang (Fiorello)
Michael Shell, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$32.73-$107.27
(866) 673-7282
http://vaopera.org

Nov. 11 (7:30 p.m.)
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center:
Sean Lee & Alexander Sitkovetsky, violins
Matthew Lipman & Richard O’Neill, violas
David Finckel & Keith Robinson, cellos
Mozart: Quintet in C minor, K. 406
Schoenberg: “Verklärte Nacht” (“Transfigured Night”)
Brahms: Sextet in B flat major, Op. 18
$25-$55
(540) 231-5300
http://artscenter.vt.edu

Nov. 12 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Arts Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Berlioz: “Romeo and Juliet”
Kathryn Leemhuis, mezzo-soprano
Vale Rideout, tenor
Darren K. Stokes, bass-baritone
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Erin R. Freeman directing
$10-$80
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com

Nov. 12 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 13 (3 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 341 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Rossini: “The Italian Girl in Algiers” Overture
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K. 297b, for winds and orchestra
RSO principal wind players
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major (“Italian”)
$29-$52
(540) 343-9127
http://rso.com

Nov. 12 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 13 (2 p.m.)
Nov. 14 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 17 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 18 (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 19 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 20 (2 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Christopher Allen conducting
Donizetti: “The Daughter of the Regiment”
Lawrence Brownlee/Andrew Stenson (Tonio)
Lisette Oropesa/Andriana Churchman (Marie)
Kevin Burdette (Sulpice)
Deborah Nansteel (Marquise of Birkenfeld)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg/Cindy Gold (Duchess of Krakenthorp)
Timothy J. Bruno (Hortensius)
Hunter Enoch (Corporal)
Randy Snight (Dancing Master)
Robert Longbottom, stage director & choreographer
in Italian, English captions
$45-$315
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 12 (2 p.m.)
Theater of the Arts, University of the District of Columbia, Washington
Lucas Debargue, piano
Scarlatti: Sonata in C major, K. 132
Chopin: Ballade in F minor, Op. 52
Ravel: “Gaspard de la nuit”
Medtner: Sonata in F minor, Op. 5
$47
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org

Nov. 13 (7 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Arts Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Tchaikovsky: “The Sleeping Beauty” Suite
other works TBA
free
(804) 788-4717
http://www.richmondsymphony.com

Nov. 13 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Wind Ensemble
David Niethamer & Julie Giroux directing
Gordon Jacobs: “William Byrd Suite”
Giroux: works TBA
free
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

Nov. 13 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Baroque Orchestra
David Sariti, violin & director
17th- and, 18th-century works TBA
$10
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

Nov. 13 (5 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
The Washington Chorus
Julian Wachner directing
Washington National Cathedral Girl Choristers
soloists TBA
Philip Glass: “Symphony No. 5 (Requiem, Bardo & Nirmanakaya)”
$18-$72
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 13 (4 p.m.)
Theater of the Arts, University of the District of Columbia, Washington
Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Myra Huang, piano
program TBA
$45
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org

Nov. 15 (8 p.m.)
Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St.
Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg:
Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players
works TBA by Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Mancini, others
$15 (waiting list)
(757) 220-0051
http://chambermusicwilliamsburg.org

Nov. 16 (7 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Virginia Symphony Winds
pianist TBA
Beethoven: Sextet in E flat major, Op. 71
Mozart: Quintet in E flat major, K. 452, for piano and winds
$35
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org

Nov. 17 (7 p.m.)
Nov. 19 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Krzysztof Urbánski conducting
Wojciech Kilar: “Orawa”
Tchaikovsky: “Variations on a Rococo Theme”
Johannes Moser, cello
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor (“From the New World”)
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 18 (7 p.m.)
St. Benedict Catholic Church, 300 N. Sheppard St., Richmond
Joel S. Kumro, organ and voice
works TBA by Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Reger, Fauré, others
free
(804) 254-8810
http://www.saintbenedictparish.org

Nov. 18 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 20 (2:30 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Arts Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Virginia Opera
John Baril conducting
Rossini: “The Barber of Seville”
Will Liverman (Figaro)
Megan Marino (Rosina)
Andrew Owens (Count Almaviva)
Matthew Burns (Dr. Bartolo)
Christopher Job (Basilio)
Christine Suits (Berta)
André Chiang (Fiorello)
Michael Shell, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$19-$114
(866) 673-7282
http://vaopera.org

Nov. 18 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 19 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Opera
Melanie Kohn-Day directing
singers TBA
arias and ensembles TBA by Mozart, Donizetti, Gershwin, Verdi, others
free
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

Nov. 19 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Nov. 20 (3:30 p.m.)
Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center, Charlottesville High School, 1400 Melbourne Road
Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia
Benjamin Rous conducting
Ligeti: “Concert Românesc”
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
Tomer Gewirtzman, piano
Debussy: “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun”
Stravinsky: “The Firebird” Suite
$10-$45
(434) 924-3376
http://cvillesymphony.org

Nov. 19 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
TJ Cole: work TBA (premiere)
John Adams: “Absolute Jest”
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor (“Choral”)
Hailey Clark, soprano
Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Guerrero, tenor
Reginald Smith Jr., bass
Baltimore Choral Arts Society
$40-$105
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org

Nov. 20 (6 p.m.)
Siegel Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Broad and Harrison streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
community musicians
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
“Come and Play”
works TBA by Copland, John Williams, Henry Mancini, others
free
(804) 788-4717
http://www.richmondsymphony.com

Nov. 20 (5 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Choral Arts Society of Washington & orchestra
Scott Tucker conducting
tenor TBA
J.S. Bach: Cantata, “Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder,” BWV 244
Steven Stucky: “Take Him, Earth”
Berlioz: Requiem
$15-$69
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 21 (6:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Sun Min Kim, piano
program TBA
free master class, 4 p.m. Nov. 21
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

Nov. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Theater Lab, Kennedy Center, Washington
ATOS Trio
Suk: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 2
Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
Dvořák: Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65
$45
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 25 (8 p.m.)
Nov. 26 (2 & 8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Steven Reineke conducting
“E.T., the Extra Terrestrial,” film with live orchestral accompaniment
$29-$99
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org

Nov. 26 (11 a.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Arts Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Lollipops
Steven Smith conducting
“The Snowman,” film with live orchestral accompaniment
$12-$17
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com

Nov. 26 (7 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Pops
conductor TBA
“Home Alone,” film with live orchestral accompaniment
$20-$70
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org

Nov. 27 (3 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony Pops
conductor TBA
“The Snowman” and “The Gift of the Magi,” films with live orchestral accompaniment
$11-$50
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org

Nov. 27 (4 p.m.)
Grace Episcopal Church, 303 S. Main St., Kilmarnock
Grace Parish Choir
Agnes French directing
Advent Service of Lessons and Carols
free
(804) 435-1285
http://www.graceepiscopalkilmarnock.com

Nov. 28 (7 p.m.)
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Laurel Street at Floyd Avenue, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
conductor TBA
other performers TBA
“Holiday Festival of Music”
program TBA
$40-$150; proceeds benefit Commonwealth Catholic Charities
(804) 359-5651
http://richmondcathedral.org

Nov. 28 (7 p.m.)
St. Mary Catholic Church, 9505 Gayton Road, Richmond
Chanticleer
Christmas program TBA
$35 in advance, $40 at door
(804) 740-4044
http://stmarysrichmond.org

Nov. 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Chamber Ensemble
program TBA
free
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu

Nov. 28 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Kelly Sulick, flute
John Mayhood, piano
“Organized Delirium”
program TBA
free
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events

Nov. 29 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Terry L. Austin directing
Rex Richardson, trumpet
program TBA
$10
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

Nov. 29 (7:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Stefan Jackiw, violin
Anna Polonsky, piano
Schumann: “Three Romances,” Op. 22
Brahms: Sonata in D minor, Op. 108
David Fulmer: “They Turn Their Channeled Faces to the Sky”
Brahms: Sonata in G major, Op. 78
$12-$35
(434) 924-3376
http://tecs.org

Nov. 29 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
Semyon Bychkov conducting
Detlev Glanert: “Theatrum bestiarum”
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
$48-$120
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org

Nov. 30 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Kordzaia conducting
Mozart: “Cosí fan tutte” Overture
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor – first movement
Grace Chang, piano
Gounod: “Romeo et Juliette” – “Je veux vivre”
Victoria Prevost, soprano
Sibelius: “Finlandia”
free
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu