April 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: The Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia, led by cellist James Wilson, surveys music of the baroque in three ticketed concerts, April 4-6 at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter, plus a free mini-recital by baroque violinists Florian Deuter and Monica Waisman on April 5 in the Richmond Public Library’s Gellman Room. . . . Virginia Opera brings its production of Bizet’s “Carmen,” conducted by John DeMain, to Richmond CenterStage on April 4 and 6 (with performances on April 11 and 13 at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts in Fairfax). . . . The Takács Quartet returns to the University of Richmond’s Modlin Arts Center on April 7 for a program of Smetana, Beethoven and Webern. (The ensemble plays Beethoven, Webern and Dvořák on April 8 in a Tuesday Evening Concerts date at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.) . . . Violinist Leila Josefowicz, with pianist John Novacek, plays Schubert, Stravinsky and György Kurtág, April 12 in a Rennolds Chamber Concerts program at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Singleton Arts Center. . . . The Richmond Symphony stages a special concert this month: “Windbourne’s Music of the Stones,” featuring Brent Havens’ symphonic arrangements of songs by the Rolling Stones, April 12 at the Altria (formerly Landmark) Theater. . . . The James River Singers introduce “Seasons” by University of Richmond-based Benjamin Broening and sample works of other composers from Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic in concerts on April 26 at River Road Church, Baptist, and April 27 at the Church of the Holy Comforter.

* Noteworthy elsewhere: Hampton Roads’ Virginia Arts Festival presents the Israel Philharmonic in an all-French program, April 2 at the Sandler Arts Center in Virginia Beach; the Tallis Scholars, April 6 at Christ & St. Luke’s Church in Norfolk; William Christie’s Juilliard 415 ensemble with Juilliard Opera singers in Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s “Actéon,” April 15 at First Lutheran Church in Norfolk; and the Eastern Virginia Brass with choruses in a program highlighted by the premiere of Adolphus Hailstork’s “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d,” April 28 at the Attucks Theatre in Norfolk. (The vocal ensemble Chanticleer visits the festival on May 1.) . . . The period-instruments Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin samples music of J.S. and C.P.E. Bach and their contemporaries, April 5 at the Library of Congress’ Coolidge Auditorium in Washington. . . . André Watts plays the Grieg Piano Concerto, and Jakub Hrusa conducts Janáček and Dvořák, with the Baltimore Symphony, April 5 at the Music Center at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of DC. . . . The British composer-conductor Oliver Knussen and the UK’s Birmingham Contemporary Music Group survey modern and contemporary works in two concerts, April 8 and 11 at the Library of Congress. . . . Itzhak Perlman plays Beethoven and conducts Mozart and Berlioz with the Baltimore Symphony, April 10 at Strathmore. . . . The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Amphion String Quartet give the premiere of the String Quintet No. 2 (“Variations for Five”) by the Finnish master Einojuhani Rautavaara, and play Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” and recent works by Pierre Jalbert, Elliott Carter and Jörg Widmann, April 10 at the Library of Congress. . . . Canadian pianist Louis Lortie plays Chopin and transcriptions of Wagner, April 11 at Washington’s Kennedy Center. . . . Violinist Hilary Hahn plays Schoenberg, Mozart, Schubert and Telemann, plus a couple of the 27 encores she recently commissioned, April 23 at Strathmore. . . . Osmo Vänskä, the now re-hired music director of the Minnesota Orchestra, conducts Sibelius and Mendelssohn, with Martin Fröst playing Kalevi Aho’s Clarinet Concerto, with Washington’s National Symphony, April 24 and 26 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott joins the Charlottesville & University Symphony in a program of Mozart, Shostakovich and Mussorgsky, April 26 at the University of Virginia’s Old Cabell Hall and April 27 at Charlottesville High School. . . . Christopher Zimmerman conducts the Fairfax Symphony in Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, April 26 at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts. . . . Pianist Yevgeny Sudbin plays Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Shostakovich and more, April 29 in a Tuesday Evening Concerts program at UVa. . . . Opera Lafayette’s artistic director, violinist Ryan Brown, is joined by harpsichordists Olivier Baumont and Andrew Appel in a sampler of chamber works by the French baroque master Jean-Philippe Rameau, April 30 at the Kennedy Center.


April 1 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Philip Glass, piano
Glass: works TBA
free; tickets required (waiting list)
(434) 924-3052
www.music.virginia.edu/events

April 1 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Nash Ensemble of London
Mozart: Flute Quartet in D major, K. 285
Johann Strauss II-Schoenberg: “Emperor” Waltz
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
$32
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 2 (7:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Arts Festival:
Israel Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda conducting
Fauré: “Pelléas et Mélisande” Suite
Ravel: “Ma Mère l’Oye” (“Mother Goose”) Suite
Ravel: “Daphnis et Chloé” Suite No. 2
Berlioz: “Symphonie fantastique”
$77-$127
(757) 282-2822
www.vafest.org

April 2 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Minguet Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in D major, Op. 76, No. 5
Wolfgang Rihm: Quartet No. 4 (1980-81)
Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
$35
(202) 985-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

April 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Wind Ensemble
David Niethamer directing
program TBA
free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

April 3 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Faculty Wind Quintet
Hindemith: Wind Quintet
Nielsen: Wind Quintet
Paquito d’Rivera: “Latin American” Quintet
free
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

April 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter, Monument Avenue at Staples Mill Road, Richmond
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
“Rule Britannia”
works TBA by Handel, Dowland, others
$30
(804) 519-2098
www.cmscva.org

April 4 (8 p.m.)
April 6 (2:30 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets
Virginia Opera
John DeMain conducting
Bizet: “Carmen”
Ginger Costa-Jackson (Carmen)
Dinyar Vania (Don José)
Ryan Kuster (Escamillio)
Corrine Winters (Micaela)
Matthew Scollin (Zuniga)
Hunter Enoch (Morales)
Jeni Houser (Frasquita)
Courtney Miller (Mercedes)
Tazewell Thompson, stage director
in French, English captions
$29-$111
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.vaopera.org

April 4 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
April 5 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 Brambleton Ave., Norfolk
April 6 (8 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Smetana: “The Bartered Bride” Overture
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Michael Ludwig, violin
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”)
$22-$105
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

April 4 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Baroque Orchestra
David Sariti directing
Joseph Gascho, harpsichord
program TBA
free
(434) 924-3376
www.music.virginia.edu/events

April 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Salem Civic Center, 1001 Roanoke Boulevard
Roanoke Symphony Pops
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Jeans ’n Classics
“The Music of Pink Floyd”
$29-$80
(540) 343-9127
www.rso.com

April 4 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue N.E., Washington
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
Kuhnau: “The Melancholy of Saul Assuaged by Means of Music”
J.S. Bach: “Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue”
W.F. Bach: Fantasia in D minor
C.P.E. Bach: Sonata in E flat major
Martinů: “Deux Impromptus pour clavecin”
Toru Takemitsu: “Rain Dreaming”
C.P.E. Bach: Sonata in A minor (“Württemberg”)
free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1314-preview.html

April 5 (noon)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
Florian Deuter & Monica Waisman, baroque violins
“Seeing Double”
Leclair: Sonata in E major, Op. 12, No. 2
Pez: “Sonata Seconda” in G major from “Duplex Genius,” Op. 1
Monteverdi: “Chiome D'oro”
Leclair: Sonate V in G minor, Op. 12, No. 5
free
(804) 519-2098
www.cmscva.org

April 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter, Monument Avenue at Staples Mill Road, Richmond
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
“Night Music”
Biber: “Serenade of the Nightwatchmen”
Purcell: “Evening Hymn”
Cherambault: “Orfee”
Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in G minor (“La Notte”)
Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in D minor (“La Folia”)
Monteverdi: “Sfogava con le stelle”
De Selma: “Canzona prima a due”
Bach: Cantata 131, “Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir”
$30
(804) 519-2098
www.cmscva.org

April 5 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue N.E., Washington
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1
Handel: Concerto grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 2
C.P.E. Bach: Sinfonia in B minor
C.P.E. Bach: Concerto in E flat major oboe, strings and continuo
J.C. Bach: Symphony in G minor, Op. 6, No. 6
free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1314-preview.html

April 5 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrusa conducting
Janáček: “The Cunning Little Vixen” Suite
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
André Watts, piano
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor
$31-$94
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org

April 6 (3 p.m.)
Cannon Memorial Chapel, University of Richmond
UR Schola Cantorum & Women’s Chorale
Second Presbyterian Church Choir
period-instruments orchestra
Jeffrey Riehl conducting
Handel: “Messiah”
Anne O’Byrne, soprano
Megan Allison Durham, mezzo-soprano
Steven Williamson, tenor
Jeremy Galyon, bass
free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

April 6 (4 p.m.)
Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter, Monument Avenue at Staples Mill Road, Richmond
Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia:
“Cafe Zimmerman”
Quantz: Flute Concerto in G major
Vivaldi: Concerto in B minor for four violins
J.S. Bach: Concerto for two harpsichords, BWV 1061
Bach: Cantata 211, “Coffee Cantata”
$30
(804) 519-2098
www.cmscva.org

April 6 (3 p.m.)
Christ & St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 560 W. Olney Road, Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips directing
program TBA
$25
(757) 282-2822
www.vafest.org

April 6 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Paul Appleby, tenor
Joshua Hopkins, baritone
Natalia Kautukova, piano
works TBA by Mozart, Rossini, Bizet, others
$45
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Takács Quartet
Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor (“From My Life”)
Webern: “Six Bagatelles”
Beethoven: String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 127
$36
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

April 7 (8 p.m.)
St. Patrick Catholic School, 1000 Bolling Ave., Norfolk
Feldman Chamber Music Society:
Leipzig String Quartet
Borodin: Quartet No. 2 in D major
Stravinsky: “Three Pieces for String Quartet”
Wagner: “Albumblatt”
Bruckner: Quartet in C minor
$25
(757) 552-1630
www.feldmanchambermusic.org

April 7 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Cicely Parnas, cello
Noreen Polera, piano
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Messiaen: “Praise to the Eternity of Jesus” from “Quartet for the End of Time”
Cassadó: Suite for solo cello
Peter John: “From the Zodiac” (2014)
Brahms: Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 99
$35
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 8 (8 p.m.)
Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St.
Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg:
Leipzig String Quartet
Borodin: Quartet No. 2 in D major
Stravinsky: “Three Pieces for String Quartet”
Wagner: “Albumblatt”
Bruckner: Quartet in C minor
$15 (waiting list)
(757) 229-0385
www.chambermusicwilliamsburg.org

April 8 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Takács Quartet
Beethoven: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 127
Webern: “Six Bagatelles”
Webern: “Five Movements”
Dvořák: Quartet in F major, Op. 96 (“American”)
$12-$33
(434) 924-3376
www.tecs.org

April 8 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Vocal Arts DC:
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Thomas Dunford, lute
Nico Muhly: “Old Bones”
other works TBA
$50
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 8 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue N.E., Washington
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Oliver Knussen directing
Lucy Schaufer, soprano
Andrew Sauvageau, baritone
Stravinsky: Septet
Knussen: “Ophelia Dances,” Book 1
Niccolo Castiglioni: “Tropi”
Ruth Crawford Seeger: “Three Songs”
Knussen: “Ophelia’s Last Dance”
Schoenberg: Serenade, Op. 24
free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1314-preview.html

April 9 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Symphonic Wind Ensemble
University Band
Terry Austin directing
program TBA
$7 in advance, $10 day of event
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

April 9 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Kordzaia conducting
Tchaikovsky: “Capriccio Italien”
new works by UR student composers
Michael J. Maccaferri, clarinet
free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

April 10 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Yin Zheng, piano
Daisuke Yamamoto, violin
Ralph Skiano, clarinet
“Journey to Eastern Europe”
works TBA by Lutoslawski, Bartók, Khachaturian
free
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

April 10 (7 p.m.)
April 11 (8 p.m.)
April 12 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon conducting
Zemlinsky: “Seejungfrau”
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Gil Shaham, violin
Brahms: “Variations on a Theme by Haydn”
$10-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 10 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue N.E., Washington
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Amphion String Quartet
Pierre Jalbert: “Visual Abstract”
Elliott Carter: “Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux II”
Jörg Widmann: Fantasie for solo clarinet
Einojuhani Rautavaara: String Quintet No. 2 (“Variations for Five”) (premiere)
Messiaen: “Quartet for the End of Time”
free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1314-preview.html

April 10 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Itzhak Perlman conducting
Beethoven: romances Nos. 1, 2
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Mozart: Symphony No. 27 in G major, K. 199
Berlioz: “Symphonie fantastique”
$31-$94
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org

April 11 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Commonwealth Singers
Choral Arts Society
Rebecca Tyree & Jay Beville directing
works TBA by Bach, Faure, Rautavaara, Eric Whitacre, Libby Larsen, others
$7 in advance, $10 day of event
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

April 11 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
April 12 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 Brambleton Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Pops
Benjamin Rous conducting
“PIXAR in Concert”
$22-$90
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

April 11 (8 p.m.)
April 13 (2 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Virginia Opera
John DeMain conducting
Bizet: “Carmen”
Ginger Costa-Jackson (Carmen)
Dinyar Vania (Don José)
Ryan Kuster (Escamillio)
Corrine Winters (Micaela)
Matthew Scollin (Zuniga)
Hunter Enoch (Morales)
Jeni Houser (Frasquita)
Courtney Miller (Mercedes)
Tazewell Thompson, stage director
in French, English captions
$44-$98
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.vaopera.org

April 11 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Louis Lortie, piano
Chopin: waltzes, Op. 34
Chopin: Ballade in F major/A minor, Op. 38
Chopin: waltzes, Op. 70
Chopin: Ballade in F minor, Op. 52
Wagner-Lortie: Prelude from “Tristan und Isolde”
Wagner-Liszt: “Liebestod” from “Tristan und Isolde”
Wagner-Liszt: “Tannhäuser” Overture
$49
(202) 985-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

April 11 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue N.E., Washington
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Alexandra Woods, violin
Ulrich Heinen, cello
Huw Watkins, piano
Britten: “Phantasy,” op. 2
Elliott Carter: “Epigrams”
Marc Neikrug: Piano Trio (premiere)
Oliver Knussen: Cantata (Triptych, part 3)
Frank Bridge: Piano Trio No. 2
free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1314-preview.html

April 12 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Sarah Kate Walston, soprano
pianist TBA
art songs, musical theater songs TBA
free
(804) 646-7223
www.richmondpubliclibrary.org

April 12 (7:30 p.m.)
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 520 N. Boulevard, Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University Women’s Choir
Richmond Women’s Choir
Rebecca Tyree & Darryl Waller directing
Paul Carey: “Cantigas de Amigo”
Carey: “The City of Heaven”
free
(804) 358-4771
www.monumentcitymusic.org

April 12 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Rennolds Chamber Concerts:
Leila Josefowicz, violin
John Novacek, piano
Schubert: Sonata in A major, D. 574
Stravinsky: “Duo Concertante”
Stravinsky: “Chanson Russe”
György Kurtág: “Tre Pezzi”
Schubert: Rondo in B minor, D. 895
$34
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

April 12 (8 p.m.)
Altria (formerly Landmark) Theater, Main and Laurel streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Brent Havens conducting
Brody Dolyniuk, vocalist
“Windbourne’s Music of The Stones”
Rolling Stones songs TBA in symphonic arrangements by Havens
$25-$60
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
www.richmondsymphony.com

April 12 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
University Singers
orchestra
Michael Slon conducting
Handel: “Messiah”
Christina Pier, soprano
Cherry Duke, mezzo-soprano
Randall Black, tenor
David Newman, bass
$5-$15
(434) 924-3376
www.music.virginia.edu/events

April 12 (2 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue N.E., Washington
U.S. Marine Band (“The President’s Own”)
Col. Michael J. Colburn directing
Stravinsky: “Symphonies of Wind Instruments” (1920 version)
Peter Lieberson: “Wind Messengers”
Elliott Carter: “Wind Rose”
Gunther Schuller: “Tre Invenzioni”
Sibelius-Stravinsky: Canzonetta
Mozart: Serenade in B flat major, K. 361 (“Gran Partita”)
free; no tickets required
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1314-preview.html

April 12 (8 p.m.)
April 13 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
National Philharmonic & Chorale
Stan Engebretson conducting
J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor
Rosa Lamoreaux, soprano
Magdalena Wór, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Smith, tenor
Christopher Nomura, baritone
$28-$84
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org

April 13 (4 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion
Indian classical works TBA
$20-$65
(202) 985-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

April 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
Christopher Cano, piano
program TBA
free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

April 15 (7:30 p.m.)
First Lutheran Church, 1301 Colley Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Juilliard 415
Juilliard Opera members
William Christie conducting
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: “Actéon”
cast TBA
in French
$30
(757) 282-2822
www.vafest.org

April 17 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa New Music Ensemble
I-Jen Fang directing
Philip Glass: “Music with Changing Parts”
Frederic Rzewski: “Holes”
Morton Feldman: “Durations 2”
Kevin Davis: “Suite for Improvisers”
James Tenney: “Harmonium”
free
(434) 924-3376
www.music.virginia.edu/events

April 17 (7 p.m.)
April 18 (8 p.m.)
April 19 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Cornelius Meister conducting
Mendelssohn: “Calm Seas and Prosperous Voyage” Overture
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Nikolai Lugansky, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
$10-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 18 (3:30 p.m.)
grounds of University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Judith Shatin, Paul Turowski & Joe Adkins, composers-performers
wind ensemble
Shatin: “Being in Time” work for interactive electronics, video and winds
free
(434) 924-3052
www.music.virginia.edu/events

April 19 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 201 Brambleton Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
orchestra
Richard Kaufmann conducting
Stewart Copeland’s “Orchestral Ben Hur”
1925 silent film accompanied by live orchestra
$20-$60
(757) 282-2822
www.vafest.org

April 19 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Peter Spaar, double-bass
pianist TBA
Eccles: Sonata in G minor
Hindemith: Sonata for double-bass and piano
Bottesini: Elegy
Spaar: original works TBA
Burtner: “Falls”
$15
(434) 924-3376
www.music.virginia.edu/events

April 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
UR student chamber ensembles
program TBA
free
(804) 289-8980
www.modlin.richmond.edu

April 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Pablo Villegas, guitar
André Previn: Tango
Rodrigo: “Invocation and Dance”
De Falla: “Five Popular Songs”
Ginastera: “Danzas Argentinas” No. 2
Previn: Song
Piazzolla: “L’Histoire du tango”
Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 6 for solo violin
Previn: Dance
Villa-Lobos: “Bachianas Brasileiras” No. 5
$32
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 23 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Hilary Hahn, violin
Cory Smythe, piano
Schoenberg: “Phantasy,” Op. 47
Mozart: violin sonata TBA
Schubert: Fantasia in C major, D. 934
Telemann: Fantasia No. 6 in E minor for solo violin
Antón García Abril: “Three Sighs”
Richard Barrett: “Shade”
$35-$105
(202) 985-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

April 24 (7 p.m.)
April 26 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä conducting
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3
Kalevi Aho: Clarinet Concerto
Martin Fröst, clarinet
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (“Italian”)
$10-$85
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 24 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue N.E., Washington
Daniel Müller-Schott, cello
Simon Trpčeski, piano
Beethoven: Sonata in C major, Op. 102, No. 1
Brahms: Sonata in F major, Op. 99
Chopin: Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1314-preview.html

April 25 (7:30 p.m.)
April 27 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Opera
VCU Symphony
Daniel Myssyk conducting
conductor TBA
Léhar: “The Merry Widow”
cast TBA
Melanie Day & Kenneth Wood, co-directors
in English
$10
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music/events

April 25 (8 p.m.)
Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, 215 Richmond Road
April 26 (8 p.m.)
First Presbyterian Church, 300 36th St., Virginia Beach
April 27 (4 p.m.)
Royster Memorial Presbyterian Church, 6901 Newport Ave., Norfolk
Virginia Chorale
Charles Woodward directing
Clay Bradshaw, percussion
Bob Chillicott: “The Making of the Drum”
Eriks Esenvald: “Northern Lights”
Daniel Elders: “Three Themes of Life & Love”
Gershwin: “I Got Rhythm”
Moses Hogan: “Hold On!”
Janika Vandervelde: “O Viridissima Virga”
Ernst Toch: “Geographical Fugue”
$15
(757) 627-8375
www.vachorale.org

April 25 (7:30 p.m.)
Martinsville High School Auditorium, 351 Commonwealth Boulevard East
Virginia Symphony
Benjamin Rous conducting
Mozart: “The Marriage of Figaro” Overture
Adolphus Hailstork: Violin Concerto
Brendon Elliott, violin
Debussy: “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun”
Gershwin: “An American in Paris”
$18-$25
(276) 276-3221 (Piedmont Arts)
www.piedmontarts.org

April 25 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
UVa Chamber Singers
Michael Slon directing
program TBA
free
(434) 924-3376
www.music.virginia.edu/events

April 25 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä conducting
“Beyond the Score: Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 – Why Italy?”
multimedia introduction and orchestra performance
$10-$50
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 25 (8:15 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conducting
“Off the Cuff: Mahler’s Titan”
discussion and performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1
$39-$73
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
www.strathmore.org

April 26 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Treble Choir of Greater Richmond Children’s Choir
director TBA
“Lyrics, Laughter & Learning!”
program TBA
free
(804) 201-1894
www.grcc.org

April 26 (7 p.m.)
River Road Church, Baptist, River and Ridge roads, Richmond
April 27 (5 p.m.)
Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter, Monument Avenue at Staples Mill Road, Richmond
James River Singers
David Pedersen directing
Benjamin Broening: “Seasons”
works TBA by Adolphus Hailstork, Allan Blank, James Erb, Undine Smith Moore, Richard Waters, Jeffrey Riehl
$15
(804) 814-5446
www.jamesriversingers.org

April 26 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
April 27 (4 p.m.)
MLK Performing Arts Center, Charlottesville High School, 1400 Melbourne Road
Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra
Kate Tamarkin conducting
Mussorgsky: “Triumphal March” from “Mlada”
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
$10-$40
(434) 924-3376
www.music.virginia.edu/events

April 26 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Virginia Symphony
Benjamin Rous conducting
Natalie Cole, vocalist
Brendon Elliott, violin
program TBA
$110-$150, includes pre- and post-concert events
(540) 231-5300
www.artscenter.vt.edu

April 26 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony
Christopher Zimmerman conducting
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
$25-$60
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
www.fairfaxsymphony.org

April 27 (8 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Virginia Symphony
Benjamin Rous conducting
Mozart: “The Marriage of Figaro” Overture
Adolphus Hailstork: Violin Concerto
Brendon Elliott, violin
Debussy: “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun”
Gershwin: “An American in Paris”
$22-$74
(757) 892-6366
www.virginiasymphony.org

April 27 (8 p.m.)
Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre, Orange Avenue at Williamson Road
Roanoke Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor (“Unfinished”)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
$29-$52
(540) 343-9127
www.rso.com

April 27 (7 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Jeffrey Siegel, piano
“Keyboard Conversations: Mistresses and Masterpieces”
works TBA by Brahms, Schumann, Liszt
$19-$38
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://cfa.gmu.edu

April 27 (5 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Scott Tucker directing
“Tango! Soul and Heart”
Ginastera: “Lamentations of Jeremiah”
“Misa Tango”
$15-$75
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org

April 27 (6 p.m.)
Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 21st and H streets NW, Washington
Peabody Chamber Orchestra
Rob Kapilow, narrator
“Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’ – What Makes It Great?”
discussion and performance
$20
(202) 985-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

April 28 (7:30 p.m.)
Attucks Theatre, 1010 Church St., Norfolk
Virginia Arts Festival:
Eastern Virginia Brass
Deihn Chorale
I. Sherman Greene Chorale
Schola Cantorum
director TBA
Adolphus Hailstork: “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” (premiere)
other works TBA
$5
(757) 282-2822
www.vafest.org

April 29 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Yevgeny Sudbin, piano
Scarlatti: 4 sonatas
Shostakovich: 3 preludes
Rachmaninoff: 3 preludes
Scriabin: Sonata No. 5
Scriabin: Sonata No. 9 (“Black Mass”)
Mozart-Sudbin: Lacrimosa from Requiem
Chopin-Sudbin: “À la Minute” (paraphrase on Chopin’s “Minute” Waltz)
$12-$33
(434) 924-3376
www.tecs.org

April 29 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Mendelssohn: “Andante and Rondo capriccioso,” Op. 14
Schubert: Impromptu in G flat major, Op. 90, No. 3
Schumann: Humoreske in B flat major, Op. 20
Mompou: “Paisajes”
Medtner: “Fairy Tales,” Op. 51, No. 3; Op. 14, No. 2 (“March of Paladin”)
Ravel: “Valses nobles et sentimentales”
Johann Strauss II: “On the Beautiful Blue Danube”
$49
(202) 985-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society)
www.wpas.org

April 30 (7:30 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Ryan Brown, violin
Olivier Baumont & Andrew Appel, harpsichords
“A Celebration of Rameau, Part 1: The Salon”
Rameau: suite TBA
Rameau: “Pièces de clavecin en concert” (excerpts)
Rameau: “Les Indes Galantes” (selections)
$60
(800) 444-1324
www.kennedy-center.org