Gewandhaus taps Nelsons

Andris Nelsons, music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, will succeed Riccardo Chailly as chief conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig, and will head a new partnership of the US and German orchestras.

“They are starting a joint commissioning program that will begin in the 2017-18 season with a new work by the German composer Jörg Widmann that will be played in both cities. And over the course of that season, the Boston Symphony will hold a ‘Leipzig Week in Boston’ and the Gewandhaus a ‘Boston Week in Leipzig,’ with each ensemble playing repertoire the other is known for,” The New York Times’ Michael Cooper reports:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/arts/music/andris-nelsons-named-music-director-of-leipzig-gewandhaus-orchestra.html?ref=music&_r=0

With the Gewandhaus appointment, the 36-year-old, Latvian-born Nelsons becomes the leading conductor of his generation on the international circuit. And the budding partnership links orchestras and cities that boast pivotal roles in their countries’ musical histories.

As Cooper notes, the Boston Symphony has significant historical ties to the Gewandhaus. Artur Nikisch, one of the earliest conductors of the Boston Symphony (1893-95), subsequently took over the Leipzig orchestra, which he led until his death in 1922. A later Boston music director, Charles Munch (1949-62), had been concertmaster of the Gewandhaus (1926-33).

The Bostonians could easily fill several programs with works by American composers who studied in Leipzig. A short list would include William Mason, George Templeton Strong, George Whitefield Chadwick, Miklós Rózsa, Herman Berlinski and Harl McDonald.

The Leipzigers, in turn, could fill several seasons with composers linked to their city and orchestra – the Germans, starting with Johann Sebastian Bach and continuing with Mendelssohn, Schumann, Wagner, Brahms, Reinecke and Reger; and the many non-Germans who were schooled in Leipzig, among them Grieg, Busoni, Delius, Albéniz, Janáček, Erwin Schulhoff, Ethyl Smyth and Arthur Sullivan.

Letter V Classical Radio this week

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

Schubert: “Quartettsatz” in C minor, D. 703
Artemis Quartet (Virgin Classics)

Brahms: Sonata in F minor, Op. 34b, for two pianos
Martha Argerich &
Lilya Zilberstein, pianos
(EMI Classics)

Past Masters:
Fauré: Élégie
Janos Starker, cello
Philharmonia Orchestra/
Walter Susskind
(EMI Classics)
(recorded 1956)

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

Borodin: Piano Quintet
in C minor
Alexander Mogilevsky, piano
Andrey Baranov & Géza Hosszu-Legocky, violins
Nora Romanoff, viola
Jinh Zhao, cello
(Warner Classics)

Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G major (“Surprise”)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Grenoble/
Marc Minkowski
(Naïve)

Vaughan Williams:
Oboe Concerto
David Theodore, oboe
London Symphony Orchestra/
Bryden Thomson
(Chandos)

Onslow: Quartet in
A major, Op. 8, No. 3
Ruggieri Quartet (Aparte)

Paul Schoenfield: “Café Music”
Claremont Trio (Tria)

Rachmaninoff remains in Valhalla

Sergei Rachmaninoff’s great-great-granddaughter, Susan Sophia Rachmaninoff Volkonskaya Wanamaker, rebuffs Russian demands that the composer-pianist’s remains be disinterred from his grave in Valhalla, NY, and returned to Russia, which he fled following the 1917 Bolshevik revolution.

“After fleeing from one country to the next in life, as he did, is it too much to ask that he be allowed to rest in peace with his family? I don’t think so,” Wanamaker tells The New York Times’ James Barron:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/07/nyregion/family-balks-at-talk-by-russia-to-move-rachmaninoffs-remains.html?ref=music

Who owns the birthday song?

Ever wondered why restaurant staffers don’t sing “Happy birthday to you” to the familiar tune when they serenade celebrating patrons?

Because “Happy Birthday” is under copyright, and its owner, the publishing division of Warner Music Group, is due a royalty payment every time it is sung in a public performance. (You can sing it at home without owing the publisher.)

Now, a manuscript of the original version of the song, “Good Morning to All,” written by Patty and Mildred Hill of Louisville, KY, published in the 1890s in the collection “Song Stories for Kindergarten,” has turned up in in the library of the University of Louisville.

“There is an important detail to note, however: [T]he melody in the original manuscript is slightly different than the eventual, ‘Happy Birthday’ melody we all know,” leaving the ownership issue up to further debate, and ongoing litigation, Paul Resnikoff reports for Digital Music News:

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2015/09/01/breaking-original-1890s-manuscript-of-happy-birthday-discovered/

And why is a song written more than 120 years ago still under copyright, perhaps until 2030? Here’s one explanation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Birthday_to_You

They're the tops

The Berlin Philharmonic and Riccardo Chailly top the latest poll on best orchestras and conductors, by the classical website Bachtrack.

In the voting for best orchestra, the top two – the Berliners and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam – far outpaced those in third to 10th place. Five of the 10 are German orchestras.

The voting for best conductor was tighter, with the top three – Chailly, Simon Rattle and Mariss Jansons – scoring close to one another, and the next three in an even narrower cluster. Eight are current or incoming chief conductors of one of the top-10 orchestras.

Top orchestras:
1. Berlin Philharmonic
2. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
3. Vienna Philharmonic
4. Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig
5. Chicago Symphony Orchestra
6. London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Staatskapelle (tie)
8. Dresden Staatskapelle
9. Boston Symphony Orchestra
10. Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Top conductors:
1. Riccardo Chailly
2. Simon Rattle
3. Mariss Jansons
4. Andris Nelsons
5. Riccardo Muti
6. Daniel Barenboim
7. Kiril Petrenko
8. Esa-Pekka Salonen
9. Yannick Nezet-Seguin
10. Christian Thielemann

Sixteen critics, based in Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Japan, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Peru, were polled.

“Three North American critics abstained from voting on the basis they felt that had not seen enough of the world’s top orchestras recently enough to cast their votes,” Mark Pullinger writes in an article outlining the survey:

https://bachtrack.com/worlds-best-orchestra-best-conductor-critics-choice-september-2015

(via www.artsjournal.com)

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UPDATE 1: Chailly (No. 1) will relinquish the chief conductor’s post at the Gewandhaus (No. 4) next summer, four seasons ahead of schedule, to concentrate on artistic leadership of Teatro alla Scala in Milan and the summer Lucerne Festival. Michael Cooper of The New York Times reports on the move:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/03/chailly-to-leave-leipzig-orchestra-early/?ref=music

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UPDATE 2: Gewandhaus taps Nelsons (No. 4) to succeed Chailly. See Sept. 9 post, above.

Letter V Classical Radio this week

Sampling new recordings, including Mahler from Thierry Fischer and the Utah Symphony, Poulenc and Milhaud from pianist Martha Argerich and friends at the 2014 Lugano Festival, and the Catalyst Quartet’s string arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Goldberg Variations.” 

Sept. 3
10 a.m.-1 p.m. EDT
1400-1700 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
www.wdce.org

Telemann: “Musique de table” – Book 2:
Overture in D major
Friedemann Immer, trumpet
Ann-Kathrin Brüggemann, oboe
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/
Gottfried von der Goltz
(Harmonia Mundi)

Fauré: Violin Sonata
in A major, Op. 13
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Emanuel Ax, piano
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Brahms: Rhapsody
in G minor, Op. 79, No. 2
Alexander Beridze, piano (NY Classics)

Mahler: Symphony No. 1
Utah Symphony/
Thierry Fischer
(Reference Recordings)

Poulenc: Sonata for piano four-hands
Martha Argerich & Dagmar Clottu, piano four-hands
(Warner Classics)

Milhaud: “La création du monde”
(piano quintet arrangement by Darius Milhaud)
Eduardo Hubert, piano
Dora Schwarzberg & Michael Guttman, violins
Nora Romanoff, viola
Mark Dobrinsky, cello (Warner Classics)

J.S. Bach:
“Goldberg Variations”
(string quartet arrangement by Catalyst Quartet)
Catalyst Quartet (Azica)

September 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: An abbreviated September concert schedule, as the city’s central districts and some other neighborhoods are given over to the 2015 UCI Road World Championships bicycle races, Sept. 19-27. The Catalyst Quartet plays Beethoven, Bartók and Brahms, Sept. 9 at the Modlin Arts Center of the University of Richmond. . . . The Richmond Symphony opens its 2015-16 season with Steven Smith conducting Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, plus short works by Berlioz and John Adams, Sept. 12-13 at Richmond CenterStage. The symphony also will perform at the bike races’ opening ceremony, Sept. 18 on Brown’s Island. . . . Andrew McEvoy opens Virginia Commonwealth University’s Guitar Series, Sept. 13 at VCU’s Singleton Arts Center. . . . Cellist Schuyler Slack and pianist Daniel Stipe play sonatas by Gabriel Fauré and Frank Bridge, both composed during World War I, in “War and Peace,” Sept. 18 at Trinity Lutheran Church. . . . Pianist Alexander Paley presents his 18th Richmond music festival, joined by his wife and piano four-hands partner, Peiwen Chen, as well as the Richmond Symphony Chamber Chorus, violinist Daisuke Yamamoto, clarinetist Charles West and other guest artists, playing works by Schubert, Enescu, Vivaldi, Ravel, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns and others, Sept. 25-27 at St. Luke Lutheran Church.

* Noteworthy elsewhere: The Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival, opening with the new-music quartet Brooklyn Rider on Sept. 8, continues with six more programs, through Sept. 20 at the Paramount Theater, Old Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia and The Southern Café and Music Hall. . . . Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and composer-pianist Jake Heggie introduce a new song cycle by Heggie and perform works by Schumann, Berlioz and Ned Rorem, Sept. 12 at Washington’s Kennedy Center. . . . Violinist Sarah Chang joins JoAnn Falletta and the Virginia Symphony in a season-opening program of Bernstein, Ravel, Barber and Brahms, Sept. 18-20 at venues in Newport News, Norfolk and Virginia Beach. . . . Bizet’s “Carmen” opens Washington National Opera’s new season, with eight performances from Sept. 19-29 (and two more in early October) at the Kennedy Center. . . . Virginia Opera opens its season with an English-language production of Jacques Offenbach’s comedy “Orpheus in the Underworld,” with three performances from Sept. 25-29 at Norfolk’s Harrison Opera House (and four more in October at venues in Fairfax and Richmond).
. . . Violinist Itzhak Perlman, on his 70th birthday tour with pianist Emanuel Ax, plays Mozart, Fauré, Richard Strauss and more, Sept. 28 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Behzod Abduraimov, the acclaimed young Uzbek pianist, plays Schubert, Liszt and Mussorgsky in the season-opener of the Tuesday Evening Concerts in Charlottesville, Sept. 29 at UVa’s Old Cabell Hall.


Sept. 1 (7:30 p.m.)
31st Street Stage, Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
conductor TBA
program TBA
free
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Sept. 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Lake Matoaka Amphitheater, 121 Ukrop Way, Williamsburg
Sept. 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Yorktown Riverwalk Landing, 425 Water St.
Sept. 6 (7 p.m.)
Chesapeake City Park, 900 Greenbriar Road
Virginia Symphony
Benjamin Rous conducting
Saint-Saëns: “Samson et Delila” – Bacchanale
Beethoven: “Egmont” Overture
Bartók: “Rumanian Folk Dances”
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C minor (“Little Russian”) – finale
Walton: “Crown Imperial”
Elgar: “Pomp and Circumstance” March No. 1
Custer: “Salute to the Big Apple”
Jerry Brubaker: “What’s Up at the Symphony?”
Leroy Anderson: “Blue Tango”
Rado & Long: “Hair” (excerpts)
free
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Sept. 5 (8 p.m.)
Bruton Parish Church, 201 Duke of Gloucester St., Williamsburg
Cheryl van Ornam, organ
program TBA
free
(757) 229-2891
www.brutonparish.org

Sept. 5 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
“Vivaldi Project” Concert:
Elizabeth Field & David Sariti, violins
Stephanie Vial, cello
Charlotte Mattox Moersch, harpsichord
works TBA by Vivaldi, Corelli, Purcell, others
$10
(free masterclass, 3 p.m. Sept. 4, 113 Old Cabell Hall)
(434) 924-3376
www.music.virginia.edu

Sept. 6 (8 p.m.)
West Lawn, U.S. Capitol, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Steven Reineke conducting
Kate Davis, vocalist
Soldiers’ Chorus of U.S. Army Field Band
program TBA
free
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Sept. 8 (8 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Brooklyn Rider
“The Brooklyn Rider Almanac” (selections)
Schubert: Quartet in A minor, D. 804 (“Rosamunde”)
$18-$25
(434) 295-5395
www.cvillechambermusic.org

Sept. 9 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Catalyst Quartet
Beethoven: Quartet in D major, Op. 18, No. 3
Bartók: Quartet No. 3
Brahms: Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67
$32
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

Sept. 10 (8 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Sharon Roffman, violin
Timothy Summers, violin/viola
Raphael Bell, cello
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Beethoven: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 (“Ghost”)
Chopin: Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 45
Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp minor, Op. 60
Chopin: Scherzo in C sharp minor, Op. 39
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
$18-$25
(434) 295-5395
www.cvillechambermusic.org

Sept. 10 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Seaman conducting
Season Preview Concert:
Debussy: “Images” – “Ibéria”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major (“Pastoral”) – 1st movement
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor (“Scottish”) – 3rd movement
Prokofiev: “Romeo and Juliet” – “The Montagues and the Capulets,” “Masks,” “Death of Tybald”
Vivaldi: “The Four Seasons” – “Spring”
Jonathan Carney, violin
Christopher Seaman, harpsichord
Elgar: “Enigma Variations”
$15
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org

Sept. 11 (12:30 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Timothy Summers & Sharon Roffman, violins
Raphael Bell, cello
Mimi Solomon, piano
works by Rachmaninoff, Kreisler, Gershwin, others
free
(434) 295-5395
www.cvillechambermusic.org

Sept. 12 (8 p.m.)
Sept. 13 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Adams: “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
Berlioz: “King Lear” Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor (“Choral”)
Kishna Davis-Fowler, soprano
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
Marco Panuccio, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Erin Freeman directing
$10-$78
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com

Sept. 12 (7:30 p.m.)
Town Point Park, Norfolk
Virginia Opera singers
Virginia Symphony
Adam Turner conducting
arias and ensembles TBA by Mozart, Offenbach, Puccini, Gounod, Wagner, Bernstein, others
free
(866) 673-7282
www.vaopera.org

Sept. 12 (7 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Vocal Arts DC:
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Jake Heggie, piano
Heggie: “Iconic Legacies”
Schumann: “Frauenliebe und -leben”
songs TBA by Berlioz, Ned Rorem
$50
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Sept. 13 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Guitar Series:
Andrew McEvoy, classical guitar
program TBA
$15
(804) 828-6776
www.arts.vcu.edu/music

Sept. 13 (3 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Jennifer Frautschi, Sharon Roffman & Timothy Summers, violins
David Quiggle & Dov Scheindlin, violas
Raphael Bell & James Wilson, cellos
Emma Schied, oboe
Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Cantilena for oboe and string quartet
Bruckner: String Quintet in F major
$18-$25
(434) 295-5395
www.cvillechambermusic.org

Sept. 16 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
“The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses – Master Quest”
performers TBA
$45-$150
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org

Sept. 17 (8 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Timothy Summers, violin
Yura Lee, violin/viola
David Quiggle, viola
Raphael Bell, cello
Nicholas Walker, double-bass
I-Jen Fang, percussion
Emma Schied, oboe
Matthew Hunt, clarinet
Bartók: duos for 2 violas
Osvaldo Golijov: “Mariel” for marimba and cello
Hindemith: “Little Musical Flower Garden and Leipzigish Assortment”
Alejandro Viñao: “Tumblers” for violin, marimba and computer
Prokofiev: Quintet in G minor, Op. 39, for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double-bass
$18-$25
(434) 295-5395
www.cvillechambermusic.org

Sept. 17 (7:30 p.m.)
Fife Theatre, Street and Davis Performance Hall, Virginia Tech Arts Center, 190 Alumni Mall, Blacksburg
United States Marine Band (“The President’s Own”)
Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig directing
program TBA
free; tickets required
(540) 231-5300
www.artscenter.vt.edu

Sept. 18 (6:30 p.m.)
Brown’s Island, Seventh and Tredegar streets, Richmond
2015 UCI Road World Championships Opening Ceremony:
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Erin Freeman directing
Rayvon Owen, vocalist
program TBA
free; tickets required
(804) 788-5820
www.eventbrite.com/e/uci-road-world-championships-opening-ceremony-tickets-18135981208

Sept. 18 (7 p.m.)
Trinity Lutheran Church, 2315 N. Parham Road, Richmond
Schuyler Slack, cello
Daniel Stipe, piano
Fauré: Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 109
Frank Bridge: Cello Sonata in D minor
free
(804) 270-4626
www.trinityrichmond.net

Sept. 18 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Sept. 19 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Sept. 20 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Barber: “The School for Scandal” Overture
Bernstein: “West Side Story” Suite for violin and orchestra
Ravel: “Tzigane”
Sarah Chang, violin
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major
$25-$110
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Sept. 18 (8:30 p.m.)
The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 First St. south, Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Yura Lee & Timothy Summers, violins
David Quiggle, viola
Raphael Bell, cello
Kalle Kalima, guitar
Nicholas Walker, double-bass
Matthew Hunt, clarinet
Conor Hanick, piano
“Music Fresh Squeezed”
John D’earth: “Natural Bridge” for piano trio, double-bass and electric guitar
other works TBA
$20
(434) 295-5395
www.cvillechambermusic.org

Sept. 18 (7:30 p.m.)
Fife Theatre, Street and Davis Performance Hall, Virginia Tech Arts Center, 190 Alumni Mall, Blacksburg
Anthony de Mare, piano
“Liasons: Reimagining Sondheim from the Piano”
$55
(540) 231-5300
www.artscenter.vt.edu

Sept. 19 (4 p.m.)
Perkinson Recital Hall, North Court, University of Richmond
Helena von Rueden, mezzo-soprano
R. David Salvage, piano
songs TBA by Korngold, Cesti, Respighi, Salvage
free
(804) 289-8980

Sept. 19 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, 4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
Beethoven: “Coriolan” Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major (“Emperor”)
Alon Goldstein, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
$34-$58
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.fairfaxsymphony.org

Sept. 19 (7 p.m.)
Sept. 20 (2 p.m.)
Sept. 21 (7 p.m.)
Sept. 24 (7 p.m.)
Sept. 25 (7 p.m.)
Sept. 26 (7 p.m.)
Sept. 27 (2 p.m.)
Sept. 29 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
Washington National Opera
Evan Rogister conducting
Bizet: “Carmen”
Clémentine Margaine/Géraldine Chauvet (Carmen)
Bryan Hymel/Rafael Davila (Don José)
Michael Todd Simpson/Aleksey Bogdanov (Escamillo)
Janai Brugger/Jacqueline Echols (Micaëla)
E. Loren Meeker, stage director
in French, English captions
$25-$315
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Sept. 19 (8 p.m.)
Sept. 20 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic
Piotr Gajewski conducting
Bernstein: “Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side
Story’ ”
Gershwin: “An American in Paris”
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major
Thomas Pandolfi, piano
$29-$89
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org

Sept. 20 (3 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
Gilbert & Sullivan: “The Pirates of Penzance”
cast TBA
in English
$34-$56
(855) 337-4849
www.fergusoncenter.org

Sept. 20 (3 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival:
Yura Lee & Timothy Summers, violins
Raphael Bell & James Wilson, cellos
Nicholas Walker, double-bass
Kalle Kalima, guitar
Matthew Hunt, clarinet
Conor Hanick, piano
Ravel: Sonata for violin and cello
Kalima: “Kata Heian Nidan (Peaceful Kata)”
John D’earth: “Natural Bridge” (selections)
Messiaen: “Quartet for the End of Time”
$18-$25
(434) 295-5395
www.cvillechambermusic.org

Sept. 20 (7 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, 4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax
Jeffrey Siegel, piano
“Keyboard Conversations: Music of Joyous Celebration!”
works TBA by J.S. Bach, Schumann, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Falla, others
$24-$40
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.cfa.gmu.edu/calendar

Sept. 20 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach & Steven Reineke conducting
Opening Ball Concert:
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (“Classical”)
Tan Dun: “Tears of Nature” – 1st movement
Keiko Abe: “Prism Rhapsody” (abridged)
Martin Grubinger, percussion
songs TBA by Frank Loesser, Jason Robert Brown, Stephen Sondheim, George Gershwin
Sutton Foster, vocalist
Smetana: “The Bartered Bride” – Overture and dances
$49-$125
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Sept. 24 (8 p.m.)
Crosswalk Community Church, 7575 Richmond Road, Williamsburg
Sept. 25 (8 p.m.)
Regent University Theater, 1000 Regent University Drive, Virginia Beach
Sept. 26 (8 p.m.)
TCC Roper Performing Arts Center, 340 Granby St., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Mozart: Symphony No. 32 in G major, K. 318
Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C major for strings
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K. 364
Simon Lapointe, violin
Beverly Baker, viola
$9-$65
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Sept. 25 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Luke Lutheran Church, Chippenham Parkway at Custis Road, Richmond
Alexander Paley Music Festival:
Alexander Paley, piano
Alexander Paley & Peiwen Chen, piano four-hands
Schubert: Rondeau in A major, D. 951, for piano four-hands (“Grand Rondeau”)
Schubert: Allegro in A minor, D. 947, for piano four-hands (“Lebensstürme”)
Medtner: “Sonata-Reminiscenza” in A minor, Op. 38, No. 1
Schubert: “8 Variations on a Theme from Hérold’s Opera ‘Marie’,” D. 908, for piano four-hands
Chopin: “Polonaise-Fantasie”
Pancho Vladigerov: “Sonatina concertante,” Op. 28
Enescu: “Romanian Rhapsody” No. 1 for piano four-hands
donation requested
(804) 665-9516
www.paleymusicfestival.org

Sept. 25 (8 p.m.)
Sept. 27 (2:30 p.m.)
Sept. 29 (7:30 p.m.)
Harrison Opera House, Virginia Beach Boulevard at Llewellyn Avenue, Norfolk
Virginia Opera
Anne Manson conducting
Offenbach: “Orpheus in the Underworld”
Meredith Lustig (Eurydice)
Javier Abreu (Orpheus)
Daniel Curran (Aristeus/Pluto)
Troy Cook (Jupiter)
Margaret Gawrysiak (Public Opinion)
Brian Mextorf (John Styx)
Kelly Glyptis (Cupid)
Molly Hill (Venus)
Keith Brown (Mars)
Katherine Polit (Diana)
Leah de Gruyl (Juno)
Kyle Tomlin (Mercury)
Bridgid Eversole (Minerva)
Sam Helfrich, stage director
in English, English captions
$30.91-$105.45
(866) 673-7282
www.vaopera.org

Sept. 25 (8 p.m.)
Sept. 26 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra Pops
Steven Reineke conducting
Rajaton, guest stars
“Best of the Beatles”
$20-$88
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

Sept. 26 (6 p.m.)
James River High School auditorium, 3700 James River Road, Midlothian
Richmond Symphony
Daniel Myssyk conducting
Berlioz: “The Damnation of Faust” – “Hungarian March”
Bernstein: “West Side Story” (selections)
other works TBA
free
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com

Sept. 26 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Luke Lutheran Church, Chippenham Parkway at Custis Road, Richmond
Alexander Paley Music Festival:
Rossini: “Petite Messe Solennelle”
Jennifer Piazza-Pick, soprano
Martha Prewitt, mezzo-soprano
Aaron Jones, tenor
Ian Richardson, bass
Richmond Symphony Chamber Chorus
Erin Freeman conducting
Alexander Paley, piano
Daniel Stipe, organ
donation requested
(804) 665-9516
www.paleymusicfestival.org

Sept. 26 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Sept. 27 (3:30 p.m.)
Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center, Charlottesville High School, 1400 Melbourne Road
Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia
Kate Tamarkin conducting
Brahms: “Academic Festival” Overture
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495
Eric Ruske, French horn
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
$10-$45
(434) 924-3376
www.cvillesymphony.org

Sept. 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverly St., Staunton
Gerhard Siegel, tenor
Gabriel Dobner, piano
songs TBA by Schubert, Wolf, Schoenberg, Richard Strauss
$25
(540) 886-9132

Sept. 26 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Juanjo Mena conducting
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (“Classical”)
Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor
Jonathan Carney, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major (“Pastoral”)
$20-$99
(888) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org

Sept. 27 (3 p.m.)
St. Luke Lutheran Church, Chippenham Parkway at Custis Road, Richmond
Alexander Paley Music Festival:
Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2
Daisuke Yamamoto, violin
Alexander Paley, piano
Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata
Charles West, clarinet
Alexander Paley, piano
Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor
Daisuke Yamamoto, violin
Alexander Paley, piano
Saint-Saëns: “Carnival of the Animals”
Pamela McClain, narrator
Alexander Paley & Peiwen Chen, piano four-hands
donation requested
(804) 665-9516
www.paleymusicfestival.org

Sept. 27 (3 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
Benjamin Rous conducting
“A Seussical Symphony,” based on Dr. Seuss’ “Green Eggs and Ham” and “The Sneetches”
$10-$15
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

Sept. 28 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Emanuel Ax, piano
Mozart: Violin Sonata in C major, K. 296
Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
Richard Strauss: Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18
other works TBA
$55-$135
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

Sept. 29 (7:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Behzod Abduraimov, piano
Schubert: 4 impromptus, D. 935
Liszt: “Mephisto Waltz” No. 1
Mussorgsky: “Pictures at an Exhibition”
$12-$35
(434) 924-3376
www.tecs.org