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: Jacques Houtmann, the Richmond Symphony’s music director from 1971 to
1987, returns to conduct the orchestra in Franck’s Symphony in D minor, Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” Overture and, with soloist Rémi Geniet, Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Jan. 14 at the Carpenter Theatre of Dominion Arts Center. . . . Houtmann previews that Masterworks program with the Franck symphony in a Casual Fridays concert, Jan. 13 at the Carpenter Theatre. . . . The symphony’s current music director, Steven Smith, conducts works of Gluck, Purcell, Schubert and Joan Tower in a Rush Hour casual 
concert on Jan. 19 at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, and a Metro Collection concert on Jan. 22 at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland. . . . Pianist Jeremy Denk returns to town with his wide-ranging “Medieval to Modern” recital program,Jan. 21 at the University of Richmond’s Modlin Arts Center, and conducts a free master class on Jan. 22. . . . Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers plays Beethoven and Ravel alongside works by contemporary Scandinavian and Baltic composers in a Rennolds Chamber Concerts program, Jan. 28 at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Singleton Arts Center. . . .
Pianist Alexander Paley, joined by his wife and four-hands partner, Peiwen Chen, plays Liszt, Brahms, Debussy and, with narrator Pamela McClain, Poulenc’s children’s classic “The Story of Babar,” in the midwinter concerts of his Richmond festival, Jan. 28-29 at St. Luke Lutheran Church. . . . The Atlantic Chamber Ensemble spotlights “Operatic Winds” in music by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Richard Strauss, Jan. 29 at Unity Church of Bon Air. . . . The Wren Masters, a Williamsburg-based quartet playing Renaissance and baroque music, performs on Jan. 29 at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Bon Air.* Noteworthy elsewhere: The celebrated English pianist Paul Lewis plays Beethoven’s Concerto No. 4 in G major with Dima Slobodeniouk conducting the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on a program also featuring Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” Symphony (No. 6) and Stravinsky’s “Symphonies of Wind Instruments,” Jan. 7 at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of DC. . . . Jeremy Denk plays Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand with Mark Elder and the National Symphony Orchestra on a program also including music of Stravinsky and Rimsky-Korsakov, Jan. 12-14 at Washington’s Kennedy Center. . . . Cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and pianist Alexander Melnikov play sonatas of Beethoven, 
Debussy and Chopin in a Tuesday Evening Concerts program, Jan. 24 at the University of Virginia’s Old Cabell Hall in Charlottesville.. . . Pianist Louis Lortie joins Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra in a program of Chopin and Stravinsky, Jan. 24 at the Kennedy Center. . . . In a “Tribute to Slava” – the late Mstislav Rostropovich, longtime music director of the National Symphony Orchestra – the orchestra’s current music director, Christoph Eschenbach, conducts the Violin Concerto in G minor of Mieczyslaw Weinberg, with Gidon Kremer
as soloist, and the Eighth Symphony of Shostakovich, Jan. 26-28 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Virginia Opera opens “The Magic Marksman,” an English-language production of Weber’s “Der Freischütz,” Jan. 27, 29 and 31 at Norfolk’s Harrison Opera House, with performances to come in February at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts in Fairfax and Dominion Arts Center in Richmond. . . . Mason Bates, the Richmond-bred composer, presents “Ravishment,” the latest installment of his “KC Jukebox” series, with music by John Adams, Gabriella Smith, Lisa Bielawa, Chris Cerrone and David Hertzberg, Jan. 30 at the Kennedy Center.Jan. 2 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Strauss Symphony Orchestra of America
Imre Kollár conducting
Katarzyna Dondalska, soprano
Zoltán Nyári, tenor
National Ballet of Hungary
International Champion Ballroom Dancers
“Salute to Vienna’s New Year Concert”
program TBA
$49-$95
(301) 581-5100
http://www.strathmore.org
Jan. 7 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk conducting
Stravinsky: “Symphonies of Wind Instruments”
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
Paul Lewis, piano
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor (“Pathétique”)
$35-$101
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org
Jan. 8 (7 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Jeffrey Siegel, piano & speaker
“Keyboard Conversations: Keys to the Classics, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven”
$25-$42
(888) 945-2468
http://cfa.gmu.edu
Jan. 9 (7:30 p.m.)
Family Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts:
Dover Quartet
Mozart: Quartet in F major, K. 590
Caroline Shaw: “Plan & Elevation (The Grounds of Dumbarton Oaks)”
Smetana: Quartet No. 1 in E minor (“From My Life”)
$50
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
Jan. 12 (7:30 p.m.)
The Mansion at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Inscape Chamber Orchestra
Richard Scerbo conducting
Mozart: Piano Sonata in F major, K. 280 – Adagio
Steven Stucky: “Ad Parnassum”
Nathan Lincoln-Decusatis: “Chopin Syndrome”
Arvo Pärt: “Mozart-Adagio”
John Harbison: “Songs America Loves to Sing”
$30
(301) 581-5100
http://www.strathmore.org
Jan. 12 (7 p.m.)
Jan. 13 (11:30 a.m.)
Jan. 14 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Mark Elder conducting
Rimsky-Korsakov: “The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh” Suite
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the left hand
Jeremy Denk, piano
Stravinsky: “The Firebird”
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
Jan. 13 (6:30 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Arts Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Casual Fridays
Jacques Houtmann conducting
Todd Waldo, host
Franck: Symphony in D minor
$10-$50
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com
Jan. 13 (8:15 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting & speaking
“Off the Cuff: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7”
$35-$99
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org
Jan. 14 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Tabatha Easley, flute
Justin Alexander, percussion
works TBA by Valerie Coleman, Marco Alunno, William Bausch, John Griffin, Michael Burritt
free
(804) 646-7223
http://www.RVAlibrary.org
Jan. 14 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Arts Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Jacques Houtmann conducting
Wagner: “Tannhäuser” Overture
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor
Rémi Geniet, piano
Franck: Symphony in D minor
$10-$80
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com
Jan. 14 (9 p.m.)
Family Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Washington National Opera American Opera Initiative
Steven Osgood conducting
Frances Pollack & Vanessa Moody: “What Gets Kept”
Daryl Freedman (Amy)
Jennifer Cherest (Emma)
Frederick Ballentine (Lawrence)
Zach Redler & Jason Carlson: “Adam”
Frederick Ballentine (Adam)
Raquel González (Athena)
Andrew Bogard (Colonel Gray)
Matthew Peterson & Emily Roller: “Lifeboat”
Andrew McLaughlin (Professor)
Raquel González (Soldier)
Daryl Freedman (Doctor)
in English
$49
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
Jan. 14 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Victoria Gau conducting
Colin Sorgi & Henry Flory, violins
Mark Hill, oboe
J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066
J.S. Bach: Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043, for two violins
J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
J.S. Bach: Concerto in D minor, BWV 1060, for violin and oboe
$23-$78
(301) 581-5100
http://www.strathmore.org
Jan. 15 (7 p.m.)
Calvary Revival Church, 5833 Poplar Hall Drive, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony
Benjamin Rous conducting
Brendon Elliott, violin
Stephanie K. Saunders, saxophone
Norfolk State University Vocal Jazz Ensemble
“Songs for a Dreamer: a Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”
program TBA
free
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org
Jan. 15 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop & Valentina Peleggi conducting
Rimsky-Korsakov: “Capriccio espagnol”
Walton: Violin Concerto
Jonathan Carney, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major
$35-$99
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org
Jan. 19 (6:30 p.m.)
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Overbrook Road at Ownby Lane, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Rush Hour
Steven Smith conducting
Gluck: “Orfeo et Euridice” Overture
Joan Tower: “Chamber Dance”
Purcell: “The Gordian Knot Untied” Suite No. 1 (excerpts)
Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (excerpts)
$15
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com
Jan. 19 (7 p.m.)
Jan. 22 (3 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
“Portraits of America”
John Williams: “Lincoln” Suite
Copland: “A Lincoln Portrait”
narrator TBA
Bernstein: “Fanfare for the Inauguration of JFK”
John Williams: “JFK” Suite
Gershwin: “Rhapsody in Blue”
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
$15-$99
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
Jan. 19 (7:30 p.m.)
The Mansion at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Luis Magalhães & Nina Schumann, pianos
J.S. Bach: “Goldberg Variations,” BWV 998
Franck: “Prélude, Aria and Finale”
Barber: “Souvenirs”
$30
(301) 581-5100
http://www.strathmore.org
Jan. 20 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Jan. 21 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Jan. 22 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Jan. 28 (8 p.m.)
Regent University Theater, 1000 Regent University Drive, Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
Benjamin Rous conducting
Monteverdi: “Orfeo” – Toccata
Vivaldi: “The Four Seasons”
Vahn Armstrong, Simon Lapointe, Amanda Gates Armstrong & Elizabeth Coulter Vonderheide, violins
Vivaldi: Concerto for two trumpets
David Vonderheide & Asam Gandolfo, trumpets
Vivaldi: Piccolo Concerto
Rachel Ordaz, piccolo
Biber: “Battaglia”
$25-$110
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org
Jan. 21 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Richmond Music Teachers Association members
program TBA
free
(804) 646-7223
http://www.RVAlibrary.org
Jan. 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Jeremy Denk, piano
“Medieval to Modern”
Machaut: “Doulz amis, oy mon compleint”
Gilles Binchois: “Triste plasir”
Johannes Ockegheim: “Missa Prolationum” – Kyrie
Guillaume Dufay: “Franc cuer Gentil”
Josquin des Prez: “Missa Pange lingua” – Kyrie I
Clément Janequin: “Au Joly Jeu”
Byrd: “My Ladye Neville’s Booke of Virginal Music” – “A Voluntairie”
Carlo Gesualdo: “Madrigali libro sesto” – “O dolce mio Tesoro”
Monteverdi: “Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti”
Purcell: Ground in C minor
Scarlatti: Sonata in B flat major, K. 551
J.S. Bach: “Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue,” BWV 903
Mozart: Sonata in C major, K. 545 – II: Andante
Beethoven: Sonata in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1 – I: Allegro molto e con brio
Schumann: “Fantasiestücke,” Op. 12 – V: “In der Nacht”
Chopin: Prelude in C major, Op. 28, No. 1
Chopin: Prelude in A minor, Op. 28, No. 2
Wagner-Liszt: “Tristan und Isolde” – “Isoldes Liebestod”
Brahms: “Klavierstücke,” Op. 119 – I: Intermezzo in B minor
Schoenberg: “Three Pieces” – I: Mässige Viertel
Debussy: “Images,” Book 1 – “Reflets dans l’eau”
Stravinsky: “Piano Rag Music”
Stockhausen: “Klavierstücke” I
Philip Glass: Etude No. 2
Ligeti: Etudes, Book 1 – “Autumn in Warsaw”
Gilles Binchois: “Triste plasir” (reprise)
$40
Free master class, 10:30 a.m. Jan. 22, Choral Room 127, Booker Hall of Music
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu
Jan. 21 (8 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Arts Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony Pops
Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting
“The Genius of John Williams”
“Star Wars,” “Indiana Jones,” “Harry Potter,” other film scores TBA
pre-concert performance by Richmond Concert Band, 7 p.m.
SOLD OUT
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com
Jan. 21 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Johannes Debus conducting
Rossini: “The Barber of Seville” Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
$35-$99
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org
Jan. 22 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Gluck: “Orfeo et Euridice” Overture
Joan Tower: “Chamber Dance”
Purcell: “The Gordian Knot Untied” Suite No. 1
Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
$22
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com
Jan. 22 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Guitar Series:
Denver Walker & Nathan Mills, classical guitars
program TBA
$15
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events
Jan. 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello
Alexander Melnikov, piano
Beethoven: Sonata in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2
Beethoven: Sonata in A major, Op. 69
Debussy: Sonata in D minor
Chopin: Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
$12-$35
(434) 924-3376
http://tecs.org
Jan. 24 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
Louis Lortie, piano
Stravinsky: “Petrouchka”
$40-$110
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org
Jan. 25 (7:30 p.m.)
Family Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Young Concert Artists:
Zorá String Quartet
Mozart: Quartet in D minor, K. 421
Webern: “Langsammer Satz”
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 9
$38
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
Jan. 26 (7 p.m.)
Jan. 27 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 28 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conducting
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Violin Concerto in G minor
Gidon Kremer, violin
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
Jan. 26 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Pops
Jack Everly conducting
Ann Hampton Callaway, Tony DeSare & Frankie Moreno, vocalists
“A Tribute to Ol’ Blue Eyes”
$35-$99
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org
Jan. 27 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Five Irish Tenors
program TBA
$30-$62
(855) 337-4849
http://fergusoncenter.org
Jan. 27 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 29 (2:30 p.m.)
Jan. 31 (7:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
Weber: “Der Freischütz” (“The Magic Marksman”)
Andrew Paulson (Prince Ottokar)
Kevin Langan (Cuno)
Corey Bix (Max)
Joseph Barron (Caspar)
Trevor Neal (Kilian)
Jake Gardner (Hermit/Samiel)
Kara Shay Thomson (Agathe)
Katherine Polit (Ännchen)
Stephen Lawless, stage director
in English, English captions
$32.73-$107.27
(866) 673-7282
http://vaopera.org
Jan. 28 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Luke Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham Parkway, Richmond
Alexander Paley, piano
Alexander Paley & Peiwen Chen, piano four-hands
Liszt: “Hungarian Rhapsodies” Nos. 1-19
Brahms: “Hungarian Dances” Nos. 1-9
donation requested
(804) 665-9516
http://paleymusicfestival.org
Jan. 28 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
pianist TBA
Beethoven: Sonata in D major, Op. 12, No. 1
Arvo Pärt: “Fratres”
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Fantasia
Ravel: “Tzigane”
Morten Lauridsen “O magnum mysterium”
Jakub Ciupinski: “Wreck of the Umbria” for violin with electronic/video installation
$34
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events
Jan. 28 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Five Irish Tenors
program TBA
$33-$55
(888) 945-2468
http://cfa.gmu.edu
Jan. 28 (8 p.m.)
Jan. 29 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Haochen Zhang, piano
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major
$42-$78
(301) 581-5100
http://www.strathmore.org
Jan. 29 (3 p.m.)
St. Luke Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham Parkway, Richmond
Alexander Paley & Peiwen Chen, piano
Pamela McClain, narrator
Debussy: “The Children’s Corner”
Debussy: “The Toybox”
Poulenc: “The Story of Babar”
donation requested
(804) 665-9516
http://paleymusicfestival.org
Jan. 29 (3 p.m.)
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 8706 Quaker Lane,
Richmond
The Wren Masters:
Sue Via, baroque violin
Sarah Gentry Glosson, baroque cello & viola da gamba
Ruth van Baak Griffioen, recorder
Thomas Marshall, harpsichord
Renaissance and baroque works TBA
$10 suggested donation
(804) 272-0992
http://stmichaelsbonair.org
Jan. 29 (4 p.m.)
Unity Church of Bon Air, 923 Buford Road, Richmond
Atlantic Chamber Ensemble
“Operatic Winds”
works TBA by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Richard Strauss
donation requested
(804) 320-5584
http://acensemble.org
Jan. 29 (3:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Chamber Music Series:
Rivanna String Quartet
William Grant Still: “Lyric String Quartette”
Fauré: “La bonne chanson”
Pamela Beasley, soprano
John Mayhood, piano
Ravel: Quartet in F major
$15
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events
Jan. 29 (7 p.m.)
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St., Washington
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Mozart: “Variations on ‘Ah vous dirai-je, Maman’ ”
Ravel: Sonata for violin and cello
Martinů: Madrigals for violin and viola
Beethoven: String Trio in D major, Op. 9, No. 2
$18 in advance, $23 at door
(877) 987-6487
http://www.sixthandi.org
Jan. 30 (7:30 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Atrium, Washington
Mason Bates’ KC Jukebox
“Ravishment”
Lisa Bielawa, vocalist
other performers TBA
John Adams: Quartet No. 2
Gabriella Smith: “Carrot Revolution”
Lisa Bielawa: “Ravishment”
Lisa Bielawa: “Drama/Self Pity”
Chris Cerrone: “The Night Mare”
David Hertzberg: “Ellébore”
after-party with DJ Moose
$20
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org