Another Grammy for eighth blackbird Letter V The new-music sextet eighth blackbird, currently in its ninth year in residence at the University of Richmond, has won its third Grammy Award, in the chamber music category, for “Meanwhile,” its Cedille recording of music by Stephen Hartke. The Hartke work also won a Grammy for best contemporary composition. “Meanwhile,” subtitled “Incidental music to imaginary puppet plays,” was first performed by the ’birds at UR in 2007. They reprised the piece several times here and played it frequently on tour before recording it. The group’s next Richmond performance will be on March 20 at the Modlin Arts Center. Composer Nico Muhly will join the ’birds in a program featuring his works. 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

February calendar Letter V 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: Pianist Richard Becker plays Schumann, Chopin and Liszt in his annual Super Bowl Sunday concert, Feb. 3 at the University of Richmond’s Modlin Arts Center. . . . Pianist Charles Staples and friends perform on Feb. 4 at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Singleton Arts Center. . . . Baritone James Weaver and pianist Joanne Kong perform Schubert’s song cycle “Die Winterreise” (“Winter Journey”), Feb. 4 at UR’s Modlin Center. . . . Baritone Matthew Worth, a UR alumnus, returns to his alma mater for a program of American art-song, Feb. 11 at the Modlin Center. . . . Erin R. Freeman conducts the Richmond Symphony, Symphony Chorus and soloists in Mozart’s Requiem, on a program with John B. Hedges’ “Prayers of Wind and Rain,” featuring double-bassist Joseph Conyers, Feb. 16-17 at Richmond CenterStage. . . . Cellist James Wilson, the Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia’s artistic director, gives a free lecture-recital on Feb. 21 at the Richmond Public Library and music on modern and baroque cellos with harpsichordist-pianist Carsten Schmidt, Feb. 22 at First Unitarian Universalist Church. . . . The male vocal quartet New York Polyphony performs music from the medieval to the modern, Feb. 23 at VCU. . . . Steven Smith conducts the Richmond Symphony, with violin soloist Ellen Cockerham, in a program taking off from Bach’s “Brandenburg” Concerto No. 1, Feb. 24 at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland. (A one-hour condensation of the program, part of the Symphony Rush-Hour Concerts series, will be staged on Feb. 21 at Richmond CenterStage.) . . . The Shanghai Quartet is joined by violist Paul Neubauer in a Feb. 24 program at UR’s Modlin Center. (Not quite a conflict there: The symphony performs at 3 p.m., the Shanghai at 7:30 p.m.) . . . The Oberon Quartet introduces the winning work in its Composer Composition Competition in a Feb. 26 recital at St. Catherine’s School.  * Noteworthy elsewhere: University of Virginia ensembles perform in the UVa Chamber Music Festival, Feb. 1-10 in Old Cabell Hall on the Charlottesville campus. . . . Pianist Stephen Hough joins the Baltimore Symphony in Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Feb. 7 at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of DC. . . . Pianist Angela Hewitt plays Bach, Debussy and Ravel, Feb. 8 at the Kennedy Center in Washington. . . . The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam visits the Kennedy Center on Feb. 12 with a program of Bartók and Mahler. . . . Virginia Opera launches its production of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” André Previn’s opera based on Tennessee Williams’ play, Feb. 16-24 at the Harrison Opera House in Norfolk. . . . Violinist Hilary Hahn plays Bach, Fauré, Corelli and selections from her “Hilary Hahn Encores Project,” Feb. 16 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Kennedy Center’s Nordic Cool 2013 Festival opens on Feb. 19 with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic playing, among other music, Sibelius’ “Finlandia” and Nielsen’s “Inextinguishable” Symphony (No. 4). . . . The Tokyo String Quartet plays Beethoven, Webern and Schubert, Feb. 20 at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville. . . . Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra are joined by vocalist Ann Hampton Calloway in “The Streisand Songbook,” Feb. 24 at the Ferguson Arts Center of Christopher Newport University in Newport News. . . . Pianist Simone Dinnerstein plays Bach’s “Goldberg Variations,” Feb. 24 at Strathmore. . . . Violinist Jennifer Koh plays part 2 of her “Bach and Beyond” venture, Feb. 28 at Strathmore. Feb. 1 (8 p.m.) Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, 215 Richmond Road Feb. 2 (8 p.m.) First Presbyterian Church, 300 36th St., Virginia Beach Feb. 3 (3 p.m.) Christ & St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 560 W. Olney Road, Norfolk Virginia Chorale Charles Woodward directing “Let My People Go!” Black History Month program spirituals and songs arranged by Moses Hogan, Hall Johnson, Michael Tippett, Tarik O’Regan, Stephen Coxe $25 (757) 627-8375 www.vachorale.org Feb. 1 (8 p.m.) American Theatre, 125 E. Mellen St., Hampton Miles Hoffman, viola Reiko Uchida, piano works by Bach, Brahms, Bloch $25-$30 (757) 722-2787 www.hamptonarts.net Feb. 1 (8 p.m.) Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville UVa Chamber Music Festival: Rivanna String Quartet Mimi Tung, piano Mozart: Quartet in D minor, K. 421 John Adams: “Book of Alleged Dances” (excerpts) Shostakovich: Piano Quintet $20  (434) 924-3376 http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html Feb. 1 (8 p.m.) Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD China National Symphony Orchestra Li Xincao conducting Xia Guan: “Earth Requiem” (first movement) Chengzong Yin-Zhuang Liu: “Yellow River” Piano Concerto Peng-Peng Gong, piano Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 $25-$65 (301) 581-5100 www.strathmore.org Feb. 2 (11 a.m.) Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets Feb. 2 (6 p.m.) Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville Richmond Symphony LolliPops Erin R. Freeman conducting Charlotte Blake Alston, storyteller “Scheherazade” pre-concert family activities at 10 a.m. $12-$17 (Richmond), $10.50-$15.50 (Charlottesville) (800) 514-3849 (ETIX) (Richmond) (434) 979-1333 (Charlottesville) www.richmondsymphony.com Feb. 2 (8 p.m.) Regent University Theater, Virginia Beach Virginia Symphony George Hanson conducting Ravel: “Le Tombeau de Couperin” Haydn: Trumpet Concerto David Vonderheide, trumpet Christopher Theofandis: “Muse” Haydn: Symphony No. 104 (“London”)  $20-$60 (757) 892-6366 www.virginiasymphony.org Feb. 2 (8 p.m.) Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax China National Symphony Orchestra Li Xincao conducting Guan Xia: “Earth Requiem” (first movement) Sibelius: Violin Concerto Yang Xu, violin Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 $30-$60 (888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com) www.cfa.gmu.edu Feb. 2 (8 p.m.) Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Yan Pascal Tortelier conducting Hindemith: “Concert Music” for strings and brass Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595 Orion Weiss, piano Mussorgsky-Ravel: “Pictures at an Exhibition” $30-$90 (877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office) www.strathmore.org Feb. 3 (3 p.m.) Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond Richard Becker, piano works by Schumann, Chopin, Liszt free (804) 289-8980 www.modlin.richmond.edu Feb. 3 (1:30 p.m.) Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville UVa Chamber Music Festival: Rob Patterson, clarinet Elizabeth Roberts, bassoon John Mayhood, piano Mendelssohn: Konzertstück No. 1, Op. 113 Allard: “Variations on a Theme of Paganini” for solo bassoon Francaix: “Tema con Variazioni” for clarinet and piano Glinka: “Trio Pathetique” for clarinet bassoon and piano Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and bassoon Davidovsky: “Synchronisms” No. 12 for clarinet and electronics Villa-Lobos: “Ciranda das Sete Notas” for bassoon and piano Mendelssohn: Konzertstück No. 2, Op. 114 $20 (434) 924-3376 http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html Feb. 4 (7 p.m.) Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond Charles Staples, piano other artists TBA program TBA $7 in advance, $10 day of event (803) 828-6776 www.vcumusic.org Feb. 4 (7:30 p.m.) Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond James Weaver, baritone Joanne Kong, piano Schubert: “Die Winterreise” free (804) 289-8980 www.modlin.richmond.edu Feb. 4 (7 p.m.) Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington Patricia Racette, soprano Master class $12 (800) 444-1324 www.kennedy-center.org Feb. 5 (5:30 p.m.) Ginter Park Presbyterian Church, Seminary and Walton avenues, Richmond City Singers Children’s Choirs Leslie Dripps directing “Wintertide Concert” program TBA (rescheduled from Jan. 26) donation requested (804) 359-5049 www.citysingerschoir.org Feb. 5 (8 p.m.) Williamsburg Library Theater, 515 Scotland St. Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg: Daedalus String Quartet Haydn: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 33, No. 2 (“Joke”) Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 12 Beethoven: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 127 $15 (waiting list) (757) 258-4814 www.chambermusicwilliamsburg.org Feb. 5 (7:30 p.m.) Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington Young Concert Artists: Veit Hertenstein, viola Pei-Yao Wang, piano Schumann: Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 Prokofiev-Borislovsky: “Selections from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ ” Rota: Intermezzo Shostoakovich-Hertenstein: Preludes, Op. 34, Nos. 10, 15, 16, 24 Piazzolla: “Le Grand Tango” $35 (800) 444-1324 www.kennedy-center.org Feb. 6 (7:30 p.m.) Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Misha Dichter, piano Harlem String Quartet Shostakovich: Piano Quintet Chick Corea: “Adventures of Hippocrates” Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44 $45  (800) 444-1324 www.kennedy-center.org Feb. 7 (8 p.m.) Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Hannu Lintu conducting Tchaikovsky: “Francesca da Rimini” Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 Stephen Hough, piano Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 $30-$90 (877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office) www.strathmore.org Feb. 8 (8 p.m.) Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News China National Symphony Orchestra Li Xincao conducting Xia Guan: “Earth Requiem” (first movement) Zhanhao He-Gang Chen: “Butterfly Lovers” Violin Concerto Yang Xu, violin Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 $37-$67 (757) 594-8752 www.fergusoncenter.cnu.edu Feb. 8 (8 p.m.) Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville UVa Chamber Music Festival: Albemarle Ensemble Frederic Duvernoy: Trio No. 1 for flute, horn, and piano Auric: Trio for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon Mozart: Quintet in E flat major, K. 452, for piano and winds Ginastera: Duo for flute and oboe, Op. 13 Nielsen: Wind Quintet $20 (434) 924-3376 http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html Feb. 8 (7:30 p.m.) Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington Angela Hewitt, piano Bach: “French” suites Nos. 5-6 Bach: Toccata in D major, BWV 912 Debussy: “Pour le Piano” Suite Ravel: “Le Tombeau de Couperin” $55 (waiting list) (202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society) www.wpas.org Feb. 9 (2 p.m.) Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets Belle Isle Strings works by Mozart, Shostakovich, others free (804) 646-7223 www.richmondpubliclibrary.org Feb. 9 (3 p.m.) Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue S.E., Washington U.S. Marine Band (“The President’s Own”) Col. Michael J. Coburn directing “Music in the Lincoln White House” works by Francis Maria Scala book-signing and panel discussion at 1 p.m.  Free; tickets required (703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster) http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/1213-schedule.html Feb. 9 (8 p.m.) Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD National Philharmonic Piotr Gajewski conducting Ravel: “Bolero” Poulenc: Gloria Danielle Talamantes, soprano National Philharmonic Chorale Rimsky-Korsakov: “Scheherazade” $37-$84 (301) 581-5100 www.strathmore.org Feb. 10 (4 p.m.) Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Road, Richmond Second Sunday South of the James: vocalists and instrumentalists TBA program TBA donation requested (804) 272-7514 Feb. 10 (2 p.m.) American Theatre, 125 E. Mellen St., Hampton USAF Langley Winds Black History Month chamber-music program TBA free (757) 722-2787 www.hamptonarts.net Feb. 10 (1:30 p.m.) Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville UVa Chamber Music Festival: Paul Neebe, trumpet Daniel Sender, violin Tracy Cowden & Shelby Sender, piano Jason Crafton, trumpet Kenneth Slowik, harpsichord Joseph Turrin: Arabesque Carl Roskott: Concerto for two trumpets David Macbride: “Echo Canon” Kent Holliday: “Double Entendre” Delibes: Duet from “Lakme”  Herbert L. Clarke: “Side Partners” Jean-Marie Leclair: Sonata in D Major, Op. 9, No. 3, for violin and continuo Bach: Sonata No.1 in B minor, BWV 1014, for violin and harpsichord Elgar: Violin Sonata in E minor $20 (434) 924-3376 http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html Feb. 10 (3 p.m.) Feb. 11 (8 p.m.) Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke Roanoke Symphony David Stewart Wiley conducting Pachelbel: Canon Biber: “Battaglia” Beethoven: Romance No. 1 for violin and orchestra Akemi Takayama, violin Mozart: Symphony No. 1 Vivaldi: “The Four Seasons” Akemi Takayama, violin $22-$52 (540) 343-9127 www.rso.com Feb. 11 (7:30 p.m.) Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond Matthew Worth, baritone pianist TBA works by Barber, Blitzstein, Bernstein, others $34 (804) 289-8980 www.modlin.richmond.edu Feb. 12 (8 p.m.) Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam Mariss Jansons conducting Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 Leonidas Kavakos, violin Mahler: Symphony No. 1 $45-$115 (202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society) www.wpas.org Feb. 15 (8 p.m.) Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News Feb. 17 (2:30 p.m.) Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach Feb. 23 (8 p.m.) Chrysler Hall, 201 Brambleton Ave., Norfolk Virginia Symphony JoAnn Falleta conducting (Feb. 15, 17) Benjamin Rous conducting (Feb. 23) Shostakovich: “The Gadfly” Suite Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 Terrence Wilson, piano Kodály: “Peacock Variations” Brahms: Hungarian dances Nos. 1, 4, 5 $20-$70 (757) 892-6366 www.virginiasymphony.org Feb. 16 (8 p.m.) Feb. 17 (3 p.m.) Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets Richmond Symphony Erin R. Freeman conducting Mozart: “The Magic Flute” Overture John B. Hedges: “Prayers of Wind and Rain” Joseph Conyers, double-bass Mozart: Requiem Melissa Wimbish, soprano Janna Elesia Critz, mezzo-soprano Peter Scott Drackley, tenor Jeffrey Gates, baritone Richmond Symphony Chorus $10-$73 (800) 514-3849 (ETIX) www.richmondsymphony.com Feb. 16 (8 p.m.) Feb. 20 (7:30 p.m.) Feb. 22 (8 p.m.) Feb. 24 (2:30 p.m.) Harrison Opera House, 160 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, Norfolk Virginia Opera Ari Pelto conducting André Previn: “A Streetcar Named Desire” Kelly Cae Hogan (Blanche DuBois) David Adam Moore (Stanley Kowalski) Julia Ebner (Stella Kowalski) Scott Ramsay (Harold Mitchell) Margaret Gawrysiak (Eunice Hubbell) Matthew DiBattista (Steve Hubbell) Sam Helfrich, stage director in English, English captions $32-$114 (866) 673-7282 www.vaopera.org Feb. 16 (8 p.m.) Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville Feb. 17 (3 p.m.) Monticello High School, 1400 Independence Way, Charlottesville  Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra Kate Tamarkin conducting Borodin: “Polovtsian Dances” UVa University Singers Oratorio Society of Virginia members Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor Kelly Sulick, flute Prokofiev: “Alexander Nevsky” UVa University Singers Oratorio Society of Virginia members $10-$38 (434) 924-3376 http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/concertsevents/index.html Feb. 16 (8 p.m.) Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington Hilary Hahn, volin Valentina Lisitsa, piano Fauré: Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 Corelli: Sonata in F major, Op. 5, No. 4 Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004, for solo violin selections from “In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores Project” $35-$95 (202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society) www.wpas.org Feb. 16 (8 p.m.) Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop conducting Wagner: “Die Meistersinger” Act 1 Prelude Wagner: Prelude and “Liebestod” from “Tristan und Isolde” Wagner: “Die Walküre” (Act 1) Heidi Melton, soprano (Sieglinde) Brandon Jovanovich, tenor (Siegmund) Eric Owens, bass-baritone (Hunding) $30-$90 (877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office) www.strathmore.org Feb. 17 (7:30 p.m.) Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond VCU Faculty Wind Quintet program TBA $7 in advance, $10 day of event (803) 828-6776 www.vcumusic.org Feb. 18 (7:30 p.m.) Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond Neumann Lecture on Music: Craig Wright “Music and the Brain” free  (804) 289-8980 www.modlin.richmond.edu Feb. 19 (7:30 p.m.) Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington Nordic Cool 2013 Festival: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Sakari Oramo conducting Sibelius: “Finlandia” Grieg: “Solveig’s Song” from “Peer Gynt” incidental music Alfven: “Så tag mit hjerte” Inger Dam-Jensen, soprano Leifs: “Njáls saga” (scherzo from Symphony No. 1, Op. 26) Nielsen: Symphony No. 4 (“Inextinguishable”) $10-$64 (800) 444-1324 www.kennedy-center.org Feb. 20 (7 p.m.) Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond VCU Symphonic Wind Ensemble Terry Austin directing program TBA $7 in advance, $10 day of event (803) 828-6776 www.vcumusic.org Feb. 20 (8 p.m.) Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville Tokyo String Quartet Beethoven: Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 (“Quartteto Serioso”) Webern: String Quartet Schubert: Quartet in G major, D. 887 $24.50-$39.50 (434) 979-1333 www.theparamount.net Feb. 21 (5:30 p.m.) Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia: James Wilson, cello Talk and performance of Bach’s Suite in G major, performed on period and modern cellos free (804) 519-2098 www.cmscva.org Feb. 21 (6:30 p.m.) Gottwald Playhouse, Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets Richmond Symphony Steven Smith conducting Ellen Cockerham, violin “A Brandenburg Afternoon” works by Bach, Hartke, others $20 (800) 514-3849 (ETIX) www.richmondsymphony.com Feb. 21 (7 p.m.) Feb. 22 (8 p.m.) Feb. 23 (8 p.m.) Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington National Symphony Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach conducting Hans Werner Henze: Adagio, Fugue and “Maenads’ Dance” from “The Bassards” Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor Renaud Capuçon, violin Brahms: Symphony No. 4 $10-$85 (800) 444-1324 www.kennedy-center.org Feb. 22 (7:30 p.m.) St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Ninth and Grace streets, Richmond American Guild of Organists Repertoire Recital Series: Stefan Engels, organ program TBA donation requested (804) 643-3589 www.richmondago.org Feb. 22 (7:30 p.m.) First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1000 Blanton Ave. at the Carillon, Richmond Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia: James Wilson, baroque & modern cellos Carsten Schmidt, piano & harpsichord Britten: Chaconne works by Marais, Couperin, Pachelbel $25 (804) 519-2098 www.cmscva.org Feb. 23 (8 p.m.) Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond Rennolds Chamber Concerts: New York Polyphony program TBA $34 (803) 828-6776 www.vcumusic.org Feb. 23 (8 p.m.) Christ Episcopal Church, 120 W. High St., Charlottesville Staunton Music Festival: Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord “Just Before Bach,” works by Buxtehude, Froberger, Pachelbel, others $20 (540) 569-0267 www.stauntonmusicfestival.com Feb. 24 (3 p.m.) Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, 201 Henry St., Ashland Richmond Symphony Steven Smith conducting Bach: “Brandenburg” Concerto No. 1 Stephen Hartke: “A Brandenburg Autumn” Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No. 5 Ellen Cockerham, violin Respighi: “Ancient Airs and Dances” Suite No. 1 $20 (800) 514-3849 (ETIX) www.richmondsymphony.com Feb. 24 (7:30 p.m.) Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond Shanghai Quartet Paul Neubauer, viola Brahms: Viola Quintet G major, Op. 111 other works TBA $34 (804) 289-8980 www.modlin.richmond.edu Feb. 24 (7 p.m.) Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra Keith Lockhart conducting Ann Hampton Calloway, vocalist “The Streisand Songbook” $71-$131 (757) 594-8752 www.fergusoncenter.cnu.edu Feb. 24 (7 p.m.) Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax Jeffrey Siegel, piano “Keyboard Conversations: Schubert in the Age of the Sound-Byte” $19-$38 (888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com) www.cfa.gmu.edu Feb. 24 (5 p.m.) Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington The Washington Chorus & orchestra Julian Wachner conducting Mendelssohn: “Elijah” Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano Laura Vlasak Nolen, mezzo-soprano Benjamin Butterfield, tenor Stephen Salters, baritone Children’s Chorus of Washington $15-$65 (800) 444-1324 www.kennedy-center.org Feb. 24 (7 p.m.) Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD Simone Dinnerstein, piano Bach: “Goldberg Variations” $28-$85 (202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts Society) www.wpas.org Feb. 25 (7:30 p.m.) Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington Nordic Cool 2013 Festival: Vikingur Ólafsson, piano works by Brahms, Sibelius, Wagner, Debussy, Grieg, Tómasson, Ísólfsson, Kaldalóns, Snorri Sigfús Birgisson $29 (800) 444-1324 www.kennedy-center.org Feb. 26 (7:30 p.m.) Bannard Chapel, St. Catherine’s School, 6001 Grove Ave., Richmond Oberon Quartet winning work in Composer Composition Competition other works TBA free (804) 288-2804 www.stcatherines.org Feb. 26 (8 p.m.) Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville Tuesday Evening Concert Series: Amit Peled, cello Noreen Polera, piano Beethoven: “ ‘Magic Flute’ Variations” Brahms: Sonata in F minor, Op. 99 Popper: Tarantella Glazunov: “Chant du Menestrel” Davidoff: “At the Fountain” Bloch: “Jewish Prayer”  works by Mendelssohn, Schubert, Haydn, Eccles, Granados, John Williams (434) 924-3376 www.tecs.org Feb. 28 (7 p.m.) Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington National Symphony Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach conducting Sibelius: “Night-Ride and Sunrise” Lindberg: Violin Concerto Pekka Kuusisto, violin Saariaho: “Orion” Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 $10-$85 (800) 444-1324 www.kennedy-center.org Feb. 28 (7:30 p.m.) Mansion at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North  Bethesda, MD Jennifer Koh, violin “Bach and Beyond,” Part 2 Bach: Partita No. 1 in B minor Phil Kline: Partita for solo violin Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G minor Bartok: Sonata for solo violin $30 (301) 581-5100 www.strathmore.org Feb. 28 (8 p.m.) Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Ignat Solzhenitsyn conducting Arvo Pärt: “Tabula Rasa” Mozart: Requiem Susanna Philips, soprano Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano Norman Reinhardt, tenor Robert Gleadow, bass-baritone Baltimore Choral Arts Society  $30-$90 (877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office) www.strathmore.org 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Virginia Symphony 2013-14 Letter V Midori, the esteemed Japanese-American violinist, will join the Virginia Symphony and its music director, JoAnn Falletta, in the opening concerts of the of the 2013-14 season of Hampton Roads-based orchestra. The coming season also will feature guest appearances by Thomas Wilkins, the onetime Richmond Symphony associate conductor, now music director of the Omaha Symphony, and guest performances by violinist Michael Ludwig, the piano duo of Christina and Michelle Naughton and pianist Martina Filjak. Wilkins will conduct a ninth classical concert, featuring Brendon Eliot, the young violinist from Newport News, in the Violin Concerto of the Hampton Roads-based composer Adolphus Hailstork. Falletta will conduct five of the eight classical subscription concerts scheduled next season. Classical and pops mainstage concerts will be staged at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk, the Sandler Arts Center in Virginia Beach and the Ferguson Arts Center at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, with one pops date at Norfolk’s Harrison Opera House. For information on subscription ticket packages, call the Virginia Symphony box office at (757) 892-6366 or visit www.virginiasymphony.org Mainstage concert dates, artists and repertory for the 2013-14 Virginia Symphony season: * Sept. 20 (Newport News), 21 (Norfolk), 22 (Virginia Beach) – JoAnn Falletta conducting. Kabalevsky: “Colas Breugnon” Overture; Prokofiev: “Romeo and Juliet” ballet suite; Brahms: Violin Concerto (Midori, violin). * Oct. 17 (Newport News), 19 (Harrison Opera House, Norfolk) – Brent Havens conducting. “I Will Always Love You: a Tribute to Whitney Houston.” * Oct. 26 (Norfolk), 27 (Virginia Beach) – Maximiano Valdés conducting. Verdi: work TBA; Rossini: Stabat Mater (Virginia Symphony Chorus). * Nov. 15 (Newport News), 16 (Norfolk), 23 (Virginia Beach) – Benjamin Rous conducting. Stravinsky: “Apollon musagète;” Bach: Concerto in A major, BWV 1055, for oboe d’amore and orchestra (Sherie Aguirre, oboe d’amore); Beethoven: Symphony No. 5. * Dec. 14 (Norfolk), 15 (Virginia Beach) – Robert Shoup conducting. Holiday Pops program (Virginia Symphony Chorus). * Dec. 20 (Newport News), 21 (Norfolk) – JoAnn Falletta conducting. Handel: “Messiah” (soloists TBA, Virginia Symphony Chorus). * Jan. 24 (Newport News), 25 (Norfolk), 26 (Virginia Beach) – Jo Ann Falletta conducting. Saint-Saëns: “Carnival of the Animals;” Poulenc: Concerto for two pianos (Christina & Michelle Naughton, pianos); Debussy: “La Mer;” Ravel: “Bolero.” * Feb. 6 (Newport News), 8 (Norfolk) – Benjamin Rous conducting. “Classical Mystery Tour: a Tribute to The Beatles.” * Feb. 21 (Newport News), 22 (Norfolk), 23 (Virginia Beach) – JoAnn Falletta conducting. Barber: “Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance;” Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Martina Filjak, piano); Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances. * March 8 (Norfolk) – Benjamin Rous conducting. “VSO Pops Salutes Broadway.” * March 14 (Newport News), 15 (Norfolk) – Thomas Wilkins conducting. Bernstein-Harmon: “Candide” Suite; Roberto Sierra: Concerto for saxophones (James Carter, saxophone); William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1 (“Afro-American”); Copland: “Billy the Kid” Suite. * April 4 (Newport News), 5 (Norfolk), 6 (Virginia Beach) – JoAnn Falletta conducting. Webern: “Im Sommerwind;” Sibelius: Violin Concerto (Michael Ludwig, violin); Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique”). * April 11 (Newport News), 12 (Norfolk) – Benjamin Rous conducting. “Pixar in Concert.” * April 27 (Newport News) – Thomas Wilkins conducting. Adolphus Hailstork: Violin Concerto (Brendon Eliot, violin); other works TBA. 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Classical coughers Letter V The German economist Andreas Wagner tells BBC Radio 4's Today program that people are twice as likely to cough during concerts of classical music than they are outside the concert hall. That holds true, Wagner says, even when the relatively older age of classical audiences is taken into account, reports Rosa Silverman of The Telegraph (UK): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/9833586/Coughing-in-classical-concerts-twice-as-likely.html And when can one expect crescendos of coughing? In modern works and slow movements. If that surprises you, sneeze. 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

VA conductor tapped for showcase Letter V Benjamin Rous, associate conductor of the Virginia Symphony of Hampton Roads, is one of six selected to perform in the 2013 Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview, the League of American Orchestras’ biennial showcase of young conducting talent. The concert, with the Jacksonville (FL) Symphony, will take place on March 13. Rous, an alumnus of Harvard University and the University of Michigan who also is a violinist, harpsichordist and composer, joined the Virginia Symphony in 2010. He served for two seasons as assistant conductor of the Phoenix Symphony, and since 2000 has performed with the Arcturus Chamber Ensemble of Carlisle, MA. Others selected for the showcase are Joshua David Gersen, music director of the New York Youth Symphony and John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Conducting Fellow of the New World Symphony of Miami; Keitaro Harada, assistant conductor of the Arizona Opera and music director of the Phoenix Youth Symphony; Gavriel Heine, staff conductor at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, and music director of the Northern Lights Festival Opera in Minnesota; Vladimir Kulenovic, associate conductor of the Utah Symphony & Utah Opera; and Sameer Patel, assistant conductor of the Fort Wayne (IN) Philharmonic. 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Review: Richmond Symphony Letter V Steven Smith conducting Jan. 26, Richmond CenterStage Paquito D’Rivera, the Cuban-born jazz reed player and bandleader, has also written several classical concert works. “Gran Danzón” (“Bel Air” Concerto) for flute and orchestra may be the best-known of these pieces, partly because of its rhythmic infectiousness and deftly colorful orchestration, and partly because the flutist for whom it was written, Marina Piccinini, is such a virtuosic and persuasive advocate for the music. The flute may seem an odd choice for leading voice of a work rooted in Latin dance music – the prevailing horn is typically a saxophone or brass instrument; but the Cuban danzón in its traditional form was played on wooden flutes. The musicians’ “fresh and peculiar way of playing” inspired “Gran Danzón,” D’Rivera writes. (The “Bel Air” subtitle refers to the vintage Chevrolets still on the road in Cuba.) Piccinini, who introduced the concerto 12 years ago, has by now thoroughly absorbed its idiom – not just its rhythms and colors, but also its deep integration of Latin expression and classical form. She plays the piece as a concert work of scope and subtlety, not as some detour into sonic or stylistic novelty. Conductor Steven Smith and the Richmond Symphony approached the D’Rivera concerto in the same spirit, emphasizing its neoclassical qualities while getting into its hip-swaying rhythmic grooves. Smith and the orchestra took a similar, and comparably surprising, approach to Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade.” This symphonic chestnut is commonly played as lushly and largely as an orchestra can manage. This interpretation is much more transparent – its silences are as musical as its torrents of tone – and more centered on the expressiveness and colorations of soloists and ensembles. The most prominent soloist in “Scheherazade” is the first violinist, the voice of the Sultana spinning her tales from “The Arabian Nights.” Daisuke Yamamoto, in his first classical concert as the symphony’s new concertmaster, proved to be a spellbinding tale-spinner, boasting a silvery tone and unusually sensitive phrasing. The program opens with a work by Smith, who is a noted composer as well as a conductor. His “La Chasse” (1994), originally the finale of “Quattro Contro” for chamber orchestra, is not exactly what its title might lead the listener to expect. The chase here does not sound to be part of a hunt – its motion (and some of its sound effects) seem more vehicular than horse-driven, and its bright colors and sometimes complex construction and texture suggest a busy freeway more than they do than hills and dales. The seven-minute piece shows off the orchestra, and raises the curtain, nicely. The program repeats at 3 p.m. Jan. 27 at the Carpenter Theatre of Richmond CenterStage, Sixth and Grace streets. Tickets: $10-$73. Details: (800) 514-3849 (ETIX); www.richmondsymphony.com 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Virginia Opera 2013-14 Letter V Virginia Opera will open its 2013-14 season with the company’s first production of Verdi’s last opera, “Falstaff.” Other works on the schedule are Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” Richard Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” and Bizet’s “Carmen.” The coming season also features two special engagements: Puccini’s “The Girl of the Golden West” in January at the Sandler Arts Center in Virginia Beach, Ferguson Arts Center at Christopher Newport University in Newport News and Richmond CenterStage; and Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd” in May at the Harrison Opera House in Norfolk and Richmond CenterStage. The Puccini was to have been produced last fall by Lyric Opera Virginia, but the company delayed the show for lack of funds. The Sondheim musical is running during the Virginia Arts Festival. All six productions will be staged at the Carpenter Theatre of Richmond CenterStage, five of them at the Harrison Opera House in Norfolk. The four-opera regular season also will be presented at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts in Fairfax. “The Girl of the Golden West” will be performed at the Sandler Arts Center in Virginia Beach and Ferguson Arts Center of Christopher Newport University in Newport News, as well as the Richmond venue. Ticket subscription prices for the four-opera season range from $89 to $369 in Norfolk and $96 to $358 in Richmond. Subscriptions will go on sale in Fairfax on April 11. Ticket prices for the two specials are $35 to $100 in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, $35 to $97 in Richmond; and $32 to $90 in Newport News. For more information, call (866) 673-7282 or visit Virginia Opera’s website, www.vaopera.org Dates and casting for Virginia Opera’s 2013-14 season: * “Falstaff” (in Italian, English captions) – Joseph Rescigno conducting; Stephen Lawless, stage director. Stars Stephen Powell (Falstaff), Weston Hurt (Ford), Elizabeth Caballero (Alice Ford). Sept. 27 (8 p.m.), Sept. 29 (2:30 p.m.) and Oct. 1 (7:30 p.m.) in Norfolk; Oct. 4 (8 p.m.) and Oct. 6 (2:30 p.m.) in Richmond; Oct. 11 (8 p.m.) and Oct. 13 (2 p.m.) in Fairfax. * “The Magic Flute” (in English, English captions) – Mark Russell Smith conducting; Michael Shell, stage director. Stars Matthew Plenk (Tamino), Nadine Sierra (Pamina), Heather Buck (Queen of the Night), David Pershall (Papageno). Nov. 8 (8 p.m.), Nov. 10 (2:30 p.m.) and Nov. 12 (7:30 p.m.) in Norfolk; Nov. 22 (8 p.m.) and Nov. 24 (2:30 p.m.) in Richmond; Dec. 6 (8 p.m.) and Dec. 7 (2 p.m.) in Fairfax. * “The Girl of the Golden West” (in Italian, English captions) – Conductor TBA; Lillian Groag, stage director. Cast TBA. Jan. 10 (8 p.m.) and Jan. 12 (2:30 p.m.) in Virginia Beach; Jan. 17 (8 p.m.) and Jan. 19 (2:30 p.m.) in Richmond; Jan. 23 (7:30 p.m.) in Newport News. * “Ariadne auf Naxos” (in German, English captions) – Garrett Keast conducting; stage director TBA. Stars Christina Pier (Ariadne), Audrey Luna (Zerbinetta). Feb. 7 (8 p.m.), Feb. 9 (2:30 p.m.) and Feb. 11 (7:30 p.m.) in Norfolk; Feb. 14 (8 p.m.) and Feb. 16 (2 p.m.) in Fairfax; Feb. 21 (8 p.m.) and Feb. 23 (2:30 p.m.) in Richmond. * “Carmen” (in French, English captions) – John DeMain conducting; Tazewell Thompson, stage director. Stars Heather Johnson (Carmen), Corrine Winters (Micaëla). March 21 (8 p.m.), March 23 (2:30 p.m.) and March 25 (7:30 p.m.) in Norfolk; April 4 (8 p.m.) and April 6 (2:30 p.m.) in Richmond; April 11 (8 p.m.) and April 13 (2 p.m.) in Fairfax. * “Sweeney Todd” (in English, English captions) – Conductor TBA; Ron Daniels, stage director. Cast TBA. May May 9 (8 p.m.), May 10 (2:30 and 8 p.m.) and May 11 (2:30 p.m.) in Norfolk; May 23 (8 p.m.), May 24 (2:30 and 8 p.m.) and May 25 (2:30 p.m.) in Richmond. 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

James A. Jerritt (1925-2013) Letter V James A. (Jerry) Jerritt, a presence in Richmond’s music scene for six decades, has died at 87. Perhaps best-known as a record and sheet-music salesman, at Walter D. Moses and Jerritt & Morgan, Jerritt also was an active pianist and writer on music. His reviews of live performances were published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch in the 1960s and again in the 1980s and ’90s. Living for about 10 years in Minneapolis-St. Paul, he was a record-store manager and publicist for a record distribution firm. Jerry Jerritt was a valued colleague, and an even more valued friend. ADDENDUM: Ellen Robertson's obituary for The Times-Dispatch: http://www.timesdispatch.com/obituaries/death-notices/music-store-owner-jerry-jerritt-dies-at/article_bf1f7ec4-65d3-54d6-8161-f6657c7bf2ec.html 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Virginia Opera 2013-14 Letter V Virginia Opera will open its 2013-14 season with the company’s first production of Verdi’s last opera, “Falstaff.” Other works on the schedule are Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” Richard Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” and Bizet’s “Carmen.” The coming season also features two special engagements: Puccini’s “The Girl of the Golden West” in January at the Sandler Arts Center in Virginia Beach, Ferguson Arts Center at Christopher Newport University in Newport News and Richmond CenterStage; and Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd” in May at the Harrison Opera House in Norfolk and Richmond CenterStage. The Puccini was to have been produced last fall by Lyric Opera Virginia, but the company delayed the show for lack of funds. The Sondheim musical is running during the Virginia Arts Festival. All six productions will be staged at the Harrison Opera House in Norfolk and the Carpenter Theatre of Richmond Centerstage. The four-opera regular season also will be presented at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts in Fairfax. Ticket subscription prices for the four-opera season range from $89 to $369 in Norfolk and $96 to $358 in Richmond. Subscriptions will go on sale in Fairfax on April 11. Ticket prices for the two specials are $35 to $100 in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, $35 to $97 in Richmond; and $32 to $90 in Newport News. For more information, call (866) 673-7282 or visit Virginia Opera’s website, www.vaopera.org Dates and casting for Virginia Opera’s 2013-14 season: * “Falstaff” (in Italian, English captions) – Joseph Rescigno conducting; Stephen Lawless, stage director. Stars Stephen Powell (Falstaff), Weston Hurt (Ford), Elizabeth Caballero (Alice Ford), Amanda Opuszynski (Nanetta). Sept. 27 (8 p.m.), Sept. 29 (2:30 p.m.) and Oct. 1 (7:30 p.m.) in Norfolk; Oct. 4 (8 p.m.) and Oct. 6 (2:30 p.m.) in Richmond; Oct. 11 (8 p.m.) and Oct. 13 (2 p.m.) in Fairfax. * “The Magic Flute” (in English, English captions) – Mark Russell Smith conducting; Michael Shell, stage director. Stars Matthew Plenk (Tamino), Nadine Sierra (Pamina), Heather Buck (Queen of the Night), David Pershall (Papageno). Nov. 8 (8 p.m.), Nov. 10 (2:30 p.m.) and Nov. 12 (7:30 p.m.) in Norfolk; Nov. 22 (8 p.m.) and Nov. 24 (2:30 p.m.) in Richmond; Dec. 6 (8 p.m.) and Dec. 7 (2 p.m.) in Fairfax. * “The Girl of the Golden West” (in Italian, English captions) – Conductor, stage director and cast TBA. Jan. 10 (8 p.m.) and Jan. 12 (2:30 p.m.) in Virginia Beach; Jan. 17 (8 p.m.) and Jan. 19 (2:30 p.m.) in Richmond; Jan. 23 (7:30 p.m.) in Newport News. * “Ariadne auf Naxos” (in German, English captions) – Garrett Keast conducting; Sam Helfrich, stage director. Stars Christina Pier (Ariadne), Audrey Luna (Zerbinetta). Feb. 7 (8 p.m.), Feb. 9 (2:30 p.m.) and Feb. 11 (7:30 p.m.) in Norfolk; Feb. 14 (8 p.m.) and Feb. 16 (2 p.m.) in Fairfax; Feb. 21 (8 p.m.) and Feb. 23 (2:30 p.m.) in Richmond. * “Carmen” (in French, English captions) – John DeMain conducting; Tazewell Thompson, stage director. Stars Heather Johnson (Carmen), Corrine Winters (Micaëla). March 21 (8 p.m.), March 23 (2:30 p.m.) and March 25 (7:30 p.m.) in Norfolk; April 4 (8 p.m.) and April 6 (2:30 p.m.) in Richmond; April 11 (8 p.m.) and April 13 (2 p.m.) in Fairfax. * “Sweeney Todd” (in English, English captions) – Conductor, stage director and cast TBA. May May 9 (8 p.m.), May 10 (2:30 and 8 p.m.) and May 11 (2:30 p.m.) in Norfolk; May 23 (8 p.m.), May 24 (2:30 and 8 p.m.) and May 25 (2:30 p.m.) in Richmond. 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Tuesday Evening Concerts 2013-14 Letter V The eminent Takács Quartet, three lauded young solo instrumentalists – pianist Yevgeny Sudbin, cellist Alisa Weilerstein and violinist Ray Chen – and three prominent early music ensembles will perform in the 2013-14 season of the Tuesday Evening Concert Series in Charlottesville. The early music groups include Les Violons du Roy, a Quebec-based chamber orchestra; Ensemble Plus Ultra, a nine-member vocal group from Britain; and the Venice Baroque Orchestra, one of the leading Italian early instruments bands. Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, a frequent performer at the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and other major companies, will join Les Violons du Roy in their concert. All performances will begin at 8 p.m. in Old Cabell Hall of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. For information on ticket subscriptions for the series, whose concerts often sell out in advance, call (434) 244-9505 or visit the series’ website, www.tecs.org Dates and programs for the coming season: Oct. 1 – Ray Chen, violin; pianist TBA. Mozart: Sonata in A major, K. 305; Tartini-Kreisler: “Devil’s Sonata;” Saint-Saëns: “Introduction and Rondo capriccioso;” Bach: Partita No. 3 in E major; Sarasate: “Habañera,” Op. 21, No. 2; Sarasate: “Playera,” Op. 23, No. 5; Sarasate: “Zigeunerweisen.” Oct. 22 – Les Violons du Roy with Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano. Telemann: Suite in C major; Haydn: Cantata “Arianna a Naxos;” Bach: Suite No. 4 in D major; Handel: “Empio, diro, tu sei, togliti,” “Priva son d’ogni conforto” and “Si spietata, il tuo svaglia rigore svaglia” from “Julius Caesar.” Nov. 12 – Ensemble Plus Ultra. Morales: “Et factum est postquam,” “Coph. Vocavi amicos meus;” Guerrero: “Celsi confessoris,” “Conditor alme siderum,” “Beata Dei genetrix;” Ribera: “Rex autem David,” “Vox in Rama;” Victoria: Incipit oratio Jeremaiae;” other works TBA. Feb. 18 – Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon directing. Veracini: Overture in G minor for two oboes, strings and continuo; Vivaldi: Concerto in F major for two horns, strings and continuo; Vivaldi: Concerto in C major for two flutes, strings and continuo; Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor for two cellos, strings and continuo; Vivaldi: Sinfonia in C major for strings and continuo; Vivaldi: Concerto in F major for bassoon, strings and continuo; Vivaldi: Concerto in C major for sopranino recorder, strings and continuo; Geminiani: Concerto grosso in D minor (“La follia”) (after Corelli). March 25 – Alisa Weilerstein, cello, and Inon Barnatan, piano. Beethoven: “Seven Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’;” Poulenc: Sonata for cello and piano; Shostakovich: 10 preludes from Op. 34; Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor. April 8 – Takács Quartet. Beethoven: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 127; Webern: “Six Bagatelles,” “Five Movements;” Dvorák: Quartet in F major, Op. 96 (“American”). April 29 – Yevgeny Sudbin, piano. Program TBA. 4 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story