May calendar
Classical performances in and around Richmond, with selected events elsewhere in Virginia and the Washington area. Program information, provided by presenters, is updated as details become available. Adult single-ticket prices are listed; senior, student/youth, group and other discounts may be offered.
SCOUTING REPORT
* In and around Richmond: Three Beethoven symphonies, or two and a fraction, depending on how you hear things: Erin R. Freeman conducts the Richmond Symphony in No. 6, the “Pastoral,” in part on May 2 at Richmond CenterStage’s Gottwald 
* Noteworthy elsewhere: The Virginia Arts Festival continues with chamber-music performances by pianist André-Michel Schub, the Miami String Quartet and others, May 8-24 at venues in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach and Williamsburg. . . . 
May 1 (7:30 p.m.)
May 2 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Opera Lafayette
Ryan Brown conducting
Charpentier: “Actéon”
Aaron Sheehan (Actéon)
Yulia Van Doren (Diane)
Kelly Ballou (Arthébuze)
Laetita De Beck Spitzer (Daphne)
Seán Curran, stage director
in French, English captions
$55-$70
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 1 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Hilary Hahn, violin
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
$35-$105
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
May 2 (6:30 p.m.)
Gottwald Playhouse, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
May 5 (3 p.m.)
Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 205 Henry St., Ashland
Richmond Symphony
Erin R. Freeman conducting
Vaughan Williams: “Three Shakespeare Songs”
Richmond Symphony Chamber Chorus
Vaughan Williams: “Flos Campi”
Molly Sharp, viola
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”) (excerpts on May 2, in full on May 5)
$20
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com
May 2 (8 p.m.)
Phi Beta Kappa Hall, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg
May 4 (8 p.m.)
Regent University Theater, 1000 Regent Drive, Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
Daniel Hege conducting
Mozart: “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
Astor Piazzolla: “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires”
Vahn Armstrong, violin
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 (“Spring”)
$20-$50
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org
May 2 (7 p.m.)
May 4 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conducting
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
$10-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 3 (8 p.m.)
Christ & St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 560 W. Olney Road, Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Christopher Houlihan, organ
program TBA
$25
(757) 282-2822
www.virginiaartsfestival.org
May 3 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conducting
Shchedrin: “Slava, Slava”
Schnittke: Viola Concerto
David Aaron Carpenter, viola
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
$10-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 3 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Orchestra 2001
Ann Crumb, soprano
Patrick Mason, baritone
George Crumb: “Night of the Four Moons”
Chaya Czernowin: “”Slow Summer Stay II: Lakes” (premiere)
Crumb: “Voices from the Heartland” (“American Songbook” VII)
free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1213-schedule.html
May 4 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Tokyo String Quartet
Beethoven: Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 (“Serioso”)
Bartók: Quartet No. 6
Mendelssohn: Quartet in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2
$34
(804) 828-6776
www.vcumusic.org
May 4 (7 p.m.)
May 6 (7 p.m.)
May 7 (7:30 p.m.)
May 8 (7:30 p.m.)
May 10 (7:30 p.m.)
May 11 (7 p.m.)
May 12 (2 p.m.)
May 16 (7:30 p.m.)
May 17 (7:30 p.m.)
May 18 (7 p.m.)
May 19 (2 p.m.)
May 21 (7:30 p.m.)
May 24 (7:30 p.m.)
May 25 (7 p.m.)
May 26 (2 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
John DeMain conducting
Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II: “Show Boat”
Michael Todd Simpson & Rod Gilfry (Gaylord Ravenal)
Jennifer Holloway & Andriana Chuchman (Magnolia)
Lara Teeter & Wynn Harmon (Captain Andy)
Alyson Cambridge & Talise Trevigne (Julie)
Morris Robinson & Soloman Howard (Joe)
Angela Renée & Gwendolyn Browne (Queenie)
Francesca Zambello, stage director
in English, English captions
$30-$270
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Carducci String Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3 (“Emperor”)
Dvořák: Quartet in F major, Op. 96 (“American”)
Beethoven: Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
$35
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
May 4 (8 p.m.)
May 5 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Brahms: “Schicksalslied” (“Song of Destiny”)
Brahms: “Alto Rhapsody”
Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano
National Philharmonic Chorale
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
$28-$84
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
May 5 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Richmond Philharmonic
Peter Wilson conducting
Wagner: “Die Meistersinger” Act 1 Prelude
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K. 364
Wanchi Huang, violin
Amadi Azikiwe, viola
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
$8 in advance, $10 at door
(804) 673-7400
www.richmondphilharmonic.org
May 5 (3 p.m.)
May 6 (8 p.m.)
Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Copland: “Hoedown” from “Rodeo”
Copland: “Appalachian Spring”
$22-$52
(540) 343-9127
www.rso.com
May 5 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Kennedy Center Spring Gala:
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
James Moore conducting
Lerner & Loewe: “My Fair Lady” (concert performance)
Gregory Jbara (Alfred P. Doolittle)
Jonathan Pryce (Henry Higgins)
Laura Michelle Kelly (Eliza Doolittle)
Cloris Leachman (Mrs. Higgins)
Florence Lacey (Mrs. Pearce)
Max von Essen (Freddy Eynsford-Hill)
Michael York (Colonel Pickering)
Marcia Milgrom Dodge, choreographer & director
in English
$49-$175
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Hixon Theater, Barr Education Center, 440 Bank St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Jocelyn Adelman, violin
Amanda Halstead, piano
“And Their Music Lives On: Works of the Holocaust Generation”
works by Messiaen, Zemlinsky, Krenek
$30-$75
(757) 282-2822
www.virginiaartsfestival.org
May 9 (7:30 p.m.)
John Paul Jones Arena, 295 Massie Road, Charlottesville
touring company
Leonard Bernstein: “West Side Story”
cast TBA
in English
$35-$55
(888) 575-8497
www.johnpauljonesarena.com
May 10 (7 p.m.)
Short Pump Town Center, Richmond
May 12 (3 p.m.)
Stony Point Fashion Mall, Richmond
Central Virginia Wind Symphony
Mike Goldberg directing
Al Regni, saxophone (May 10)
Jacob Mertz, saxophone (May 12)
Texidor: "Amparito Roca"
Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro" Overture
Vaughan Williams: "English Folk Song Suite"
Ticheli: "An American Elegy"
Robert W. Smith: "Encanto"
Jerry Nowak: Rhapsody for alto saxophone and band
Anderson: "Clarinet Candy"
Schoenberg: "Les Miserables" (selections)
Gershwin: "Someone to Watch Over Me"
Shostakovich: Galop
free
(804) 342-8797
www.thewindsymphony.com
May 10 (8 p.m.)
May 11 (2:30 & 8 p.m.)
May 12 (2:30 p.m.)
May 17 (8 p.m.)
May 18 (2:30 & 8 p.m.)
May 19 (2:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Adam Turner conducting
Rodgers & Hammerstein: “Carousel”
Matthew Worth (Billy Bigelow)
Patricia Noonan (Julie Jordan)
Lora Lee Gayer (Carrie Pipperidge)
Greg Ganakis, stage director
in English
$35-$100
(757) 623-1223
www.vaopera.org
May 11 (8 p.m.)
May 12 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Stravinsky: “Le sacre du printemps” (“The Rite of Spring”)
$10-$73
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com
May 11 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Shai Wosner, piano
Schubert: 4 impromptus, D. 899
Schubert: Allegretto in C minor, D. 915
Schubert: Sonata in D major, D. 850
Widmann: “Idyll and Abyss: Six Schubert Remembrances” (2009)
$38
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org
May 11 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
“Modern Times,” Charlie Chaplin film with live orchestra accompaniment
$30-$90
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org
May 12 (5 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Scott Tucker directing
Brian Stokes Mitchell, baritone
“Broadway’s Show-Stoppers”
program TBA
$29-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 13 (7:30 p.m.)
Hixon Theater, Barr Education Center, 440 Bank St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
André-Michel Schub, Lydia Artymiw, Josu de Solaun & Anna Petrova, pianos
“Pianopalooza”
Mozart: Sonata in D major, K. 448, for two pianos
Schumann: Andante and Variations in B flat major, Op. 46, for two pianos
Scriabin: Fantasy in A minor for two pianos
Brahms: “Variations on a Theme by Haydn” for two pianos
Smetana: Rondo in C major
$30
(757) 282-2822
www.virginiaartsfestival.org
May 13 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Pro Musica Hebraica:
Apollo Ensemble
“Jewish Baroque Treasures from Italy & Amsterdam”
works by Salomon Rossi, Marco Uccellini, Giacobo Basevi Cervetto; 3 works from Ets-Chaim Library of Amsterdam
$38
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 14 (10:30 a.m.)
Miller Studio Theater, Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Arts Festival Coffee Concerts:
André-Michel Schub, Lydia Artymiw, Josu de Solaun & Anna Prerova, pianos
Debussy: “Petite Suite”
Tchaikovsky: “Capriccio Italien” for piano four-hands
Ravel: “Mother Goose Suite” for piano four-hands
$20
(757) 282-2822
www.virginiaartsfestival.org
May 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Hixon Theater, Barr Education Center, 440 Bank St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Christopher Mooney, baritone
Debra Wendells Cross, flute
Barbara Chapman, harp
Michael Daniels, cello
Charles Woodward, piano
“Home Sweet Home: Treasures of the Moses Myers Collection”
chamber works, 19th-century popular songs and airs TBA
$30
(757) 282-2822
www.virginiaartsfestival.org
May 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Crash Ensemble
Osvaldo Golijov: “Lua Descolorida”
Golijov: “How Slow the Wind”
Donnacha Dennehy: “Grá agus Bás”
Dennehy: “Aisling Gheal” for cello and electronics
Dennehy: “That the Night Come”
$45
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
Rieko Aizawa & Carsten Schmidt, piano
Jesse Mills, Nurit Pacht, Diane Pascal, violins
James Wilson, cello
Mary Boodell, flute
Jared Davis, clarinet
James Ferree, French horn
Tracy Cowart, mezzo-soprano
“Visionaries”
Schumann: Piano Trio in D minor
Handel: “Lucretia” Cantata
Schoenberg-Webern: Chamber Symphony, Op. 9
$25
(804) 519-2098
www.cmscva.org
May 16 (7 p.m.)
May 17 (8 p.m.)
May 18 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Steven Reineke conducting
Jennifer Laura Thompson, Julia Murney, Jeremy Jordan & Norm Lewis, vocalists
The Washington Chorus
“The Wizard and I: the Musical Journey of Steven Schwartz”
$20-$85
(800) 444-12324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 17 (7:30 p.m.)
Wilton House Museum, 215 S. Wilton Road, Richmond
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
Nurit Pacht, baroque violin
James Wilson, baroque cello
Mary Boodell, flute
Tracy Cowart, mezzo-soprano
Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord
“(Pre)Revolutionary Music”
Couperin: “Les Barricades Mysterieuses”
Rameau: “Piece en concert” in A major
C.P.E. Bach: Sonata for solo flute
Couperin: Concert from “Les Gouts Reunits”
$35
(804) 519-2098
www.cmscva.org
May 18 (noon)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
Jesse Mills & Nurit Pacht, violins
James Wilson, cello
Rieko Aizawa & Carsten Schmidt, piano
“Stretch Your Ears”
Wagner: “Liebestod” from “Tristan und Isolde”
Webern: “Drei kleine Stücke”
John Cage: “4‘33” ”
Astor Piazzolla: “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires” (excerpts)
free
(804) 519-2098
www.cmscva.org
May 18 (7 p.m.)
May 19 (2 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
conductor TBA
“Pixar in Concert”
program TBA
$26.50-$56.50
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com
May 18 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Kathleen Battle, soprano
Cyrus Chestnut, piano
Heritage Signature Chorale
“Underground Railroad: an Evening with Kathleen Battle”
$55-$95
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
May 20 (7:30 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
Max Mandel, Jesse Mills & Diane Pascal, violins
Mark Holloway, viola
James Wilson, cello
Anthony Manzo, double-bass
Mary Boodell, flute
Jared Davis, clarinet
James Ferree, French horn
Carsten Schmidt, piano
“Renegades”
Richard Strauss: “Till Eulenspiegel” (chamber arr.)
Erwin Schulhoff: Concertino
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) (chamber arr.)
$25
(804) 519-2098
www.cmscva.org
May 21 (5:30 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
Max Mandel, Jesse Mills & Nurit Pacht, violins
James Wilson, cello
Tracy Cowart, mezzo-soprano
Rieko Aizawa & Carsten Schmidt, piano
“Revolutionary and Banned”
Haydn: Quartet No. 1
George Anthiel: Violin Sonata No. 2
Britten: cabaret songs
free
(804) 519-2098
www.cmscva.org
May 21 (10:30 a.m.)
Hixon Theater, Barr Education Center, 440 Bank St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festivial Coffee Concerts:
Miami String Quartet
Beethoven: Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor, Op. 80, No. 6
$20
(757) 282-2822
www.virginiaartsfestival.org
May 22 (7:30 p.m.)
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
Jesse Mills & Diane Pascal, violins
Mark Holloway & Max Mandel, violas
James Wilson, cello
Tracy Cowart, mezzo-soprano
other artists TBA
“The Start of Something Big”
Beethoven: “Grosse Fuge" (“Great Fugue”)
Handel: “Il Delirio Amoroso” Cantata
Benjamin Broening: work TBA
Mendelssohn: Octet
$25
(804) 519-2098
www.cmscva.org
May 22 (10:30 a.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 500 Court St., Portsmouth
Virginia Arts Festival Coffee Concerts:
Miami String Quartet
Debra Wendells Cross, flute
Barbara Chapman, harp
Beverly Kane Baker, viola
Libby Larsen: “Trio in Four Movements”
Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
$20
(757) 282-2822
www.virginiaartsfestival.org
May 22 (7:30 p.m.)
Hixon Theater, Barr Education Center, 440 Bank St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Anthony de Mare, piano
“Liasons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano”
$30
(757) 282-2822
www.virginiaartsfestival.org
May 22 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Attacca Quartet
Janáček: Quartet No. 2 (“Intimate Letters”)
Timothy Andres: “Early to Rise” (premiere)
Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op. 18, No. 1
John Adams: Quartet
free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1213-schedule.html
May 23 (6 p.m.)
Williamsburg Winery, Lake Powell Road, James City County
Virginia Arts Festival:
Miami String Quartet
André-Michel Schub, piano
Beverly Kane Baker, viola
“Classics at the Vineyard”
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26
Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
$100
(757) 282-2822
www.virginiaartsfestival.org
May 23 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
Jennifer Koh, violin
Reiko Uchida, piano
Janáček: Violin Sonata
Essa-Pekka Salonen: “Lachen verlernt”
Schubert: Sonata in A major, D. 574
John Adams: “Road Movies”
free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1213-schedule.html
May 24 (11 a.m.)
Williamsburg Winery, Lake Powell Road, James City County
Virginia Arts Festival:
Miami String Quartet
André-Michel Schub, piano
“Music on the Menu”
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E flat major, K. 449
$50
(757) 282-2822
www.virginiaartsfestival.org
May 24 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington
International Contemporary Ensemble
John Adams conducting
Stravinsky: “L’histoire du soldat” (“The Soldier’s Tale”)
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
Adams: “Son of Chamber Symphony”
DiCastri: “Lo Forma della Spazio”
free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1213-schedule.html
May 25 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar conducting
Narong Prangcharoen: “Phenomenon”
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 3
Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
Prokofiev: “Romeo and Juliet” (selections)
$31-$91
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org
May 26 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
U.S. Marine Band (“The President’s Own”)
Col. Michael J. Colburn directing
program TBA
with fireworks
free
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org
May 26 (8 p.m.)
West Lawn, U.S. Capitol, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
conductor TBA
guest artists TBA
National Memorial Day Concert
program TBA
free
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 30 (7 p.m.)
May 31 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
John Adams conducting
Respighi: “The Fountains of Rome”
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Jeremy Denk, piano
Adams: “City noir”
$10-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org
May 30 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckedrman Lane, North Betrhesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Pops
Jack Everly conducting
Spectrum, vocal group
Radiance, vocal group
“The Magic of Motown”
$31-$91
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org
May 31 (8 p.m.)
Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
Gilbert & Sullivan: “The Mikado”
cast TBA
in English
$12-$50
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org
