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 Richmond: “Summer at CenterStage,” presented by the Richmond Symphony, the University of 
Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University and the downtown performing arts center, opens its weekly series of chamber-music concerts with violinist Daisuke Yamamoto and pianist Richard Becker, July 10 in Richmond CenterStage’s Gottwald Playhouse, with further programs of Brahms, Schumann, Beethoven, Grieg and others on Thursdays through July and August.
* Noteworthy elsewhere: The Castleton Festival, presented by conductor Lorin Maazel and his wife, Dietlinde Turban Maazel, at their estate in Rappahannock County, stages Mozart’s “Don 
Giovanni,” Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” concerts featuring flutist James Galway and cellist Alisa Weilerstein, chamber music, vocal recitals and more, through July 20.
. . . Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves joins Lorin Maazel and the Castleton Festival Orchestra in “Music, Theatre, Opera!” a concert on July 10 at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas. . . . The Wolf Trap Opera Company stages Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” (“Julius Caesar”) on July 1 and Bizet’s “Carmen” on July 25 at the Northern Virginia performing arts park. . . . Ash Lawn Opera presents Carlisle Floyd’s “Susannah,” July 11, 13 and 16, and the popular musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” July 31 (also Aug. 2, 3, 6 and 8), at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville. . . . The Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy opens its 2014 series of concerts on July 9 and continues through Aug. 3 at the Nelson County resort and nearby venues. . . . The National Symphony 
Orchestra accompanies Disney’s animated classics “Fantasia” and “Fantasia 2000,” July 11-12, and Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: a Space Odyssey,” July 19, and is joined by pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet in a program of Rossini, Ravel and Tchaikovsky, July 18, all at Wolf Trap. . . . Garth Newel Music Center, near Hot Springs in Bath County, features the Garth Newel Piano Quartet and guests, including the Enso String Quartet and composer-violist Kurt Rhode, in chamber concerts each weekend through the month. . . . The Fairfax Symphony performs in two programs, “I’ll Be Seeing You” and “A Civil War Portrait,” July 25-26 at the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival at Orkney Springs in Shenandoah County.
July 1 (8 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Municipal Band of Charlottesville
Stephen R. Layman, Charles Torain Jr. & James W. Simmons directing
works by Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Suppé, Johann Strauss II, Offenbach, others
Horn Ensemble in lobby concert, 7:15 p.m.
free
(434) 979-1333
www.theparamount.net
July 1 (10:30 a.m.)
July 2 (10:30 a.m.)
Theatre in the Woods, Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
Wolf Trap Opera Company members
“Instant Opera!”
program TBA
$8
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org
July 1 (7:30 p.m.)
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
Wolf Trap Opera Company
Anthony Walker conducting
Handel: “Giulio Cesare” (“Julius Caesar”)
John Holiday (Julius Caesar)
Alex Rosen (Curio)
Renée Rapier (Cornelia)
Carolyn Sproule (Sesto)
Jeongcheol Cha (Achilla)
Ying Fang (Cleopatra)
Kara Sainz (Nireno)
Eric Jurenas (Tolomeo)
Chas Rader-Shieber, stage director
in Italian, English captions
$36-$88
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org
July 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Dogwood Dell, Byrd Park, Richmond
Richmond Concert Band
Mark W. Poland directing
program TBA
free
fireworks follow concert
pre-concert on Carillon, 7 p.m.
(804) 646-5733
www.richmondgov.com/parks
July 4 (8 p.m.)
Governor’s
Palace Green, Colonial Williamsburg
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Fourth of July program TBA
$45 (preferred seating); free (general admission)
(888) 965-7524 (Colonial Williamsburg)
www.colonialwilliamsburg.com
July 4 (2 p.m.)
Festival Theatre, Castleton Farms, Route 618, Rappahannock County
Castleton Festival:
Castleton Festival Band & Chorus
Col. John R. Bourgeois directing
Joseph Alessi, trombone
works by Sousa, Joplin, Bernstein, Stephen Foster, others
$25
(866) 974-0767
www.castletonfestival.org
July 4 (8 p.m.)
West Lawn, U.S. Capitol, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
John Williams & Jack Everly conducting
Tom Bergeron, host
Frankie Valli, Patti LaBelle, Phillip Phillips, Jordin Sparks, Michael McDonald, Sara Evans, Kendall Schmidt & Kelli O’Hara, guest stars
program TBA
free
(800) 444-1324 (Kennedy Center box office)
www.kennedy-center.org
July 5 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220, near Hot Springs, Bath County
Joti Rockwell, mandolin
Teresa Ling, violin
Evelyn Grau, viola
Isaac Melamed, cello
Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano
Williams: “Four Studies in English Folksong”
Beethoven: Adagio for mandolin and clavier
Copland: Duo and Hoedown from “Rodeo”
Milhaud: “Saudades do Brasil”
Bilhar: “Tira Poeria”
Vivaldi: Mandolin Concerto in C major
Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
$25 (concert); $84 (concert & dinner)
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org
July 5 (7 p.m.)
July 12 (7 p.m.)
July 18 (8 p.m.)
Festival Theatre, Castleton Farms, Route 618, Rappahannock County
Castleton Festival:
Castleton Festival Opera Company
Lorin Maazel conducting
Mozart: “Don Giovanni”
Javier Arrey (Don Giovanni)
Tyler Simpson (Leporello)
Christopher Besch (Commendatore)
Chloe Moore (Donna Anna)
Tyler Nelson (Don Ottavio)
Jennifer Black (Donna Elvira)
Amanda Crider (Zerlina)
Nicholas Masters (Masetto)
in Italian
$20-$120
(866) 974-0767
www.castletonfestival.org
July 6 (11 a.m.)
Theatre House, Castleton Farms, Route 618, Rappahannock County
Castleton Festival:
Castleton Chamber Players
Martinů: Duo No. 2 for violin and cello
Talia Amar: String Quartet (“Obsession”)
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major (“Trout”)
$20
(866) 974-0767
www.castletonfestival.org
July 6 (2 p.m.)
July 11 (8 p.m.)
July 20 (2 p.m.)
Festival Theatre, Castleton Farms, Route 618, Rappahannock County
Castleton Festival:
Castleton Festival Opera Company
Lorin Maazel conducting
Puccini: “Madama Butterfly”
Ekaterina Metlova (Cio-Cio San)
Jonathan Burton (Pinkerton)
Corey Crider (Sharpless)
Christopher Bozeka (Goro)
Kate Allen (Suzuki)
Joseph Barron (Bonze)
Aaron Wardell (Yamadori)
in Italian
$20-$120
(866) 974-0767
www.castletonfestival.org
July 9 (7:30 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy:
Wintergreen Chamber Players
Kaia String Quartet
Luiz de Moura Castro & Mirian Conti, piano
Opening night reception & concert
U.S. & Argentine national anthems
Luis Gianneo: “Dos danzas Argentinas”
Julian Orbon: String Quartet – 1st and 2nd movements
Piazzolla: “Milonga del Angel”
Piazzolla: “Verano Porteno”
Ginastera: “Suite de danzas criollas”
Ginastera: Quartet No. 1
$60
reception at 6 p.m.
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org
July 10 (6:30 p.m.)
Gottwald Playhouse, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Summer at CenterStage:
Daisuke Yamamoto, violin
Richard Becker, piano
Brahms: Scherzo in C minor from “F.A.E.” Sonata
Clara Schumann: “Three Romances,” Op. 22
Brahms: 4 fantasies, from Op. 116
Robert Schumann: Sonata in A minor, Op. 105
$20; includes free drink
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com
July 10 (7:30 p.m.)
31st Street Stage, 31st St. at Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach
VSOcean:
Virginia Symphony
conductor TBA
works TBA by Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein, others
free
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org
July 10 (8 p.m.)
Merchant Hall, Hylton Performing Arts Center, George Mason University, Manassas
Castleton Festival:
Castleton Festival Orchestra
Lorin Maazel conducting
Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano
“Music, Theatre, Opera!”
program TBA
$30-$60
(866) 974-0767
www.castletonfestival.org
July 10 (8:15 p.m.)
Filene Center amphitheater, Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Steven Reineke conducting
Matthew Morrison & Laura Benati, guest stars
program TBA
$22-$55
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org
July 11 (7:30 p.m.)
July 13 (2 p.m.)
July 16 (7:30 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Ash Lawn Opera
Steven Jarvi conducting
Carlisle Floyd: “Susannah”
Leah Partridge (Susannah Polk)
Christopher Job (Olin Blitch)
Brent Reilly Turner (Sam Polk)
Travis Richter (Little Bat McLean)
Ryne Cherry (Elder McLean)
Brett Sprague (Elder Gleaton)
Christopher Lucier (Elder Hayes)
Ian Richardson (Elder Ott)
Amanda Fink (Mrs. McLean)
Tamara Rusqué (Mrs. Gleaton)
Julia Ebner (Mrs. Hayes)
Erin Passmore (Mrs. Ott)
Richard Gammon, stage director
in English
$42-$65
(434) 979-1333
www.theparamount.net
July 11 (7:30 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy:
Luiz de Moura Castro, piano
Villa-Lobos: “Bachianas brasileiras” No. 4
Franck: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue
Liszt: “Variations on a theme from 'Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen' by J.S. Bach”
Liszt: “Tre sonetti del Petrarca”
$25
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org
July 11 (8:30 p.m.)
July 12 (8:30 p.m.)
Filene Center amphitheater, Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Emil de Cou conducting
“Disney Fantasia Live in Concert”
screenings from “Fantasia” and “Fantasia 2000“ with live orchestral accompaniment
$22-$55
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org
July 12 (6 p.m.)
July 13 (3 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy:
Wintergreen Festival Orchestra
Carl St. Clair conducting
Villa-Lobos: “Bachianas brasileiras” No. 9
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453
Mirian Conti, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G major
$40
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org
July 12 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220, near Hot Springs, Bath County
Joel Fuller & Teresa Ling, violins
Kurt Rhode & Evelyn Grau, violas
Isaac Melamed & Bonnie Thron, cellos
Genevieve Feiwen Lee, harpsichord & toy piano
J.S. Bach: 3 chorales for string quartet
Rhode: “Three Decimated Bach Chorales for Electronics and Odd Quartet”
Rhode: “Two Remixes” for piano trio
W.F. Bach: Duo in G major, F. 61, for two violas
Brahms: Viola Quintet in F major, Op. 88
$25 (concert); $84 (concert & dinner)
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org
July 12 (1:30 p.m.)
Theatre House, Castleton Farms, Route 618, Rappahannock County
Castleton Festival:
George Bernard Shaw: “Don Juan in Hell” from “Man and Superman” (dramatic reading)
Maria Tucci, Dylan Baker & Patrick Brean, readers
$20-$85
(866) 974-0767
www.castletonfestival.org
July 13 (11 a.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy:
Wintergreen Chamber Players
Ginastera: “Pampanea” No. 2 for cello and piano
Ken Steen: “re: Moon in the Afternoon” for piano trio
Michael White: Sonata for piano four-hands (premiere)
Steen: “Driving Me Crazy” for piano and vehicular noises
Villa-Lobos: Quartet No. 3
$30
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org
July 13 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220, near Hot Springs, Bath County
Joel Fuller & Teresa Ling, violins
Evelyn Grau, viola
Bonnie Thron, cello
Genevieve Feiwen Lee & Robert Merfeld, pianos
Schumann: “Five Pieces in Folk Style” for cello and piano
Kurt Rhode: “misterioso . . . misterioso . . . for amplified violin, viola and assorted items”
Dvořák: Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65
$25 (concert); $43 (concert & picnic)
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org
July 13 (2 p.m.)
Festival Theatre, Castleton Farms, Route 618, Rappahannock County
Castleton Festival:
Castleton Festival Orchestra
Lorin Maazel conducting
Prokofiev: “Peter and the Wolf”
Margaret Warner, narrator
Maazel: “The Empty Pot”
Maazel: “The Giving Tree”
Maazel: “Irish Vapors and Capers”
James Galway, flute
$20-$85
(866) 974-0767
www.castletonfestival.org
July 14 (4 p.m.)
Theatre House, Castleton Farms, Route 618, Rappahannock County
Castleton Festival:
Castleton Festival Chamber Players
Gideon Klein: Duo for violin and cello
Dvořák: Quartet in F major, Op. 96 (“American”)
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
$20
(866) 974-0767
www.castletonfestival.org
July 15 (8 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Municipal Band of Charlottesville
Stephen R. Layman directing
works by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michel Legrand, Frank Loesser, others
Brass Quintet in lobby concert, 7:15 p.m.
free
(434) 979-1333
www.theparamount.net
July 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy:
Wintergreen Chamber Players
guest artists TBA
Villa-Lobos: “Quintero en forma de choros”
Michael White: “Tango for four violas” (premiere)
Reynaldo Hahn: Violin Sonata in C major
Hahn: “Romanesque” for flute, viola and piano
Villa-Lobos: Quartet No. 6
$30
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org
July 17 (6:30 p.m.)
Gottwald Playhouse, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Summer at CenterStage:
Barbara Gaden, cello
Russell Wilson, piano
Beethoven: “Seven Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Lieben fühlen’ from Mozart’s ‘The Magic
Flute’ ”
Schumann: Fantasy in C major, Op. 17
Brahms: Cello Sonata in F minor, Op. 38
$20; includes free drink
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com
July 17 (7:30 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy:
Mirian Conti, piano
Poulenc: “Villageoises”
Poulenc: 3 novelettes
Chopin: 4 mazurkas, Op. 24
Angel Lasala: “Impresiones de mi Tierra”
Beethoven: Sonata in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (“Moonlight”)
Rachmaninoff: preludes, Op. 32, Nos. 10, 12
Rachmaninoff: “Moment musicaux,” Op. 16, No. 4
tangos TBA
$25
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org
July 18 (8:15 p.m.)
Filene Center amphitheater, Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton conducting
Rossini: “William Tell” Overture
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F major
$20-$50
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org
July 19 (6 p.m.)
July 20 (3 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy:
Wintergreen Festival Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
Mozart: “The Impresario” Overture
Villa-Lobos: Sinfonietta No. 1 in B flat major (“In memory of Mozart”)
Rodrigo: “Concierto de Aranjuez”
Berta Rojas, guitar
Ginastera: “Variaciones concertantes”
$40
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org
July 19 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220, near Hot Springs, Bath County
Jennifer Coates & David Humphrey, visual artists
Fritz Gearhart & Teresa Ling, violins
Evelyn Grau, viola
Isaac Melamed, cello
Genevieve Feiwen Lee & Robert Merfeld, pianos
Young Artist Fellowship members
Terry Riley: “In C”
Brahms: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60
$25 (concert); $84 (concert & dinner)
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org
July 19 (11 a.m.)
July 20 (11 a.m.)
Theatre House, Castleton Farms, Route 618, Rappahannock County
Castleton Festival:
“C.A.T.S. Spectacular: Opera Scenes”
program TBA
singers TBA
$20
(866) 974-0767
www.castletonfestival.org
July 19 (7 p.m.)
Festival Theatre, Castleton Farms, Route 618, Rappahannock County
Castleton Festival:
Castleton Festival Orchestra
Lorin Maazel & Rafael Payare conducting
Fauré: “Pelléas et Mélisande” Suite
Tchaikovsky: 3 arias from “Eugene Onegin”
Maazel: “Love Duet” from “1984”
Puccini: O soave Fanciulla” from “La Bohème”
singers TBA
Tchaikovsky: “Rococo Variations”
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
$20-$85
(866) 974-0767
www.castletonfestival.org
July 19 (8:30 p.m.)
Filene Center amphitheater, Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
National Symphony Orchestra
Emil de Cou conducting
Woodley Ensemble
Frank Albinder directing
“2001: a Space Odyssey”
film screening with live orchestral & choral accompaniment
$22-$55
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org
July 20 (11 a.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy:
Wintergreen Chamber Players
Osvaldo Lacerda: “Quinteto concertante” for brass quintet
Barrios: works TBA
Ken Steen: “Waft” for piano
Villa-Lobos: Quartet No. 17
(note: Steen recommends that patrons bring a smartphone, iPad or laptop computer for his composition)
$30
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org
July 20 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220, near Hot Springs, Bath County
Fritz Gearhart & Teresa Ling, violins
Evelyn Grau, viola
Isaac Melamed, cello
Genevieve Feiwen Lee & Robert Merfeld, pianos
Beethoven: Sonata in A minor, Op. 23, for violin and piano
Haydn: Piano Trio in E flat major, Hob. XV: 29
Ravel: Quartet in F major
$25 (concert); $43 (concert & picnic)
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org
July 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy:
Katia Escalera, soprano
Tracy Cowden, piano
works by Ginastera, De Falla, Turina Carlos Guastavino, Eduardo Caba, Teofilo Vargas
$25
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org
July 22 (7:30 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy:
Paulo Steinberg, piano
Scarlatti: sonatas in B minor, E major
Beethoven: Sonata in D minor Op. 31, No. 2 (“Tempest”)
Liszt: “Transcendental” Etude No. 11 (“Harmonies du soir”)
Villa-Lobos: “Choros” No. 5 (“Alma Brasileira”)
Villa-Lobos: “Ciclo brasileira”
$25
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org
July 24 (6:30 p.m.)
Gottwald Playhouse, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Summer at CenterStage:
Ellen Cockerham, violin
Maria Yefimova, piano
Brahms: Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 78
Grieg: Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 45
$20; includes free drink
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com
July 25 (7:30 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy:
Lotte Lehmann Vocal Masterclass artists
Tracy Cowden, piano
program TBA
$20
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org
July 25 (8 p.m.)
Pavilion, Orkney Springs Hotel, Route 263, Shenandoah County
Shenandoah Valley Music Festival:
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Luke Frazier conducting
“I’ll Be Seeing You”
songs by The Gershwins, Jerome Kern, Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington, others, with excerpts from letters exchanged by Frazier family during World War II
$29-$39
(540) 459-3396
www.musicfest.org
July 25 (8:15 p.m.)
Filene Center amphitheater, Wolf Trap, Trap Road, Vienna
Wolf Trap Opera Company
National Symphony Orchestra
Grant Gershon conducting
Bizet: “Carmen”
Maya Lahyani (Carmen)
Kevin Ray (Don José)
Norman Garrett (Escamillo)
Melinda Whittington (Micaëla)
Ryan Speedo Green (Zuniga)
Joo Won Kong (Moralès)
Mireille Asselin (Frasquita)
Virginie Verrez (Mercédès)
Tara Faircloth, stage director
in French, English captions
$25-$75
(877) 965-3872 (Tickets.com)
www.wolftrap.org
July 26 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Douglas-Jayd Burn, piano
Beethoven: Sonata in A major, Op. 2, No. 2
Chopin: 4 mazurkas, Op. 6
Hindemith: “Suite 1922”
free
(804) 646-7223
www.richmondpubliclibrary.org
July 26 (6 p.m.)
July 27 (3 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy:
Wintergreen Festival Orchestra
Andrés Franco conducting
Henri Rabaud: “Divertissement sur des chansons Russes”
Rossini: Introduction, Theme and Variations
Alcides Rodriguez, clarinet
Ricardo Lorenz: “Pataruco: Concerto for Venezuelan Maracas and Orchestra”
Alcides Rodriguez, maracas
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major
$40
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org
July 26 (5 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220, near Hot Springs, Bath County
Enso String Quartet
Evelyn Grau, viola
Raman Ramakrishnan, piano
Wolf: “Italian Serenade”
Whitehead: “no stars, not even clouds” for string quartet
Schnittke: String Quartet No. 3
Tchaikovsky: “Souvenir de Florence”
$25 (concert); $84 (concert & dinner)
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org
July 26 (8 p.m.)
Pavilion, Orkney Springs Hotel, Route 263, Shenandoah County
Shenandoah Valley Music Festival:
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Luke Frazier conducting
narrator TBA
“A Civil War Portrait”
songs TBA from the Civil War era
$29-$39
(540) 459-3396
www.musicfest.org
July 27 (11 a.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy:
Wintergreen Chamber Players
J.S. Bach: Sarabande from Suite No. 2 in D minor for solo cello, BWV 1008
Villa-Lobos: “Bachianas brasileiras” No. 6 for flute and bassoon
Ricardo Lorenz: “Fronteras Abiertas” (“Open Borders”) for solo cello
Villa-Lobos: Quartet No. 8
$30
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org
July 27 (3 p.m.)
Garth Newel Music Center, Route 220, near Hot Springs, Bath County
Enso String Quartet
Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano
Haydn: String Quartet in G major, Op. 76, No. 1
Erwin Schulhoff: “Five Pieces” for string quartet
Martinů: Piano Quartet No. 2
$25 (concert); $43 (concert & picnic)
(877) 558-1689
www.garthnewel.org
July 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Big Red Barn at Rodes Farm, 826 Rodes Farm Drive, Nellysford
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy:
Kaia String Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 33, No. 2 (“Joke”)
Gustavo Leone: “Una voz, un grito, un lamento”
Beethoven: Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
$20
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org
July 29 (8 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Municipal Band of Charlottesville
Stephen R. Layman & Gary Fagan directing
works by John Williams, Elton John, Harold Arlen, Lennon & McCartney, others
Clarinet Quintet in lobby concert, 7:15 p.m.
free
(434) 979-1333
www.theparamount.net
July 31 (6:30 p.m.)
Gottwald Playhouse, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Summer at CenterStage:
Jason McComb, cello
Joanne Kong, piano
Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in F major
Henry Cowell: “Four Declamations with Return”
Brahms: Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 99
$20; includes free drink
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com
July 31 (7:30 p.m.)
31st Street Stage, 31st St. at Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach
VSOcean:
Virginia Symphony
conductor TBA
“At the Movies”
program TBA
free
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org
July 31 (7:30 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Ash Lawn Opera
Mark Sforzini conducting
Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick: “Fiddler on the Roof”
David Kravitz (Tevye)
Jenni Bank (Golde)
Tamara Rusqué (Tzeitel)
Julia Ebner (Hodel)
Zoe Johnson (Chava)
Ethan DePuy (Motel)
Clayton Brown (Perchik)
Peter Lake (Fyedka)
Joe Duquette (Lazar Wolf)
Meaghan Deiter (Yenta)
Erin Passmore (Grandma Tzeitel)
Elyse Mendelson (Fruma/Sarah)
Jeremy Serkin (Constable)
Crystal Manich, stage director
in English
$42-$65
(434) 979-1333
www.theparamount.net
July 31 (7:30 p.m.)
Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen, Nelson County
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy:
Fabio & Gisele Witkowski, piano four-hands
Schubert: Fantasy in F minor, D. 940
Liszt: “Les Préludes”
Aylton Escobar: “Seresta opus um”
Ronaldo Miranda: “Variacoes Sérias”
Milhaud: “Le boeuf sur le toit”
$25
(434) 325-8292
www.wintergreenperformingarts.org
from its roots as John Stafford Smith’s signature tune for the Anacreontick Society, a men’s club in 18th-century London, and Francis Scott Key’s adaptation of the tune as an ode to the flag that survived the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore during the War of 1812, to lyric permutations supporting various causes in the 19th century and, finally, adoption of the song as the US national anthem in 1931, with comments from baritone Thomas Hampson and musicologist Mark Clague:
1st movement
$125,000 for debt retirement, members of the orchestra board were told at their 2013-14 annual meeting.
(Teldec)
