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Pictures at an Exhibition
Carpenter Theatre 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, United States"Pictures from an Exhibition – A Remembrance of Viktor Hartmann"; is a suite of ten pieces (plus a recurring, varied Promenade) composed for the piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874. In 1874 an exhibition of Hartmann's pictures was organized in the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg. Mussorgsky went to the exhibition and was inspired to compose his piano piece. The suite is Mussorgsky's […]
New World Symphony
Carpenter Theatre 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, United StatesNew World Symphony is the seventh installment in our 2017/18 Altria Masterworks series. This program celebrates the string instruments through popular melodies and infectious rhythms. This concert is a celebration of friendship, mutual respect, and exploring new lands. The compositions featured from Kapralova, Brahms, and Dvorak are upbeat, dramatic, and exciting. Be transported across the […]
New World Symphony
Carpenter Theatre 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, United StatesNew World Symphony is the seventh installment in our 2017/18 Altria Masterworks series. This program celebrates the string instruments through popular melodies and infectious rhythms. This concert is a celebration of friendship, mutual respect, and exploring new lands. The compositions featured from Kapralova, Brahms, and Dvorak are upbeat, dramatic, and exciting. Be transported across the […]
Metro Collection 4
Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College 204 Henry Street, Ashland, VA, United StatesJoin us at Randolph-Macon College for intimate, chamber orchestra concerts that allow you to get up close and personal with the musicians of the Richmond Symphony. The series takes place at Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland and features free pre-concert talks at the Dollar Tree Room in Brock Commons one hour before the […]
Mason Bates: World Première
Carpenter Theatre 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, United StatesFeaturing orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Recently named the most-performed composer of his generation, Mason Bates serves as the first composer-in-residence of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. His music enlivens imaginative narrative forms with novel orchestral writing, the harmonies of jazz and the rhythms of techno, and it has been […]
Lang Lang & Symphonie Fantastique
Carpenter Theatre 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, United StatesThe Richmond Symphony’s Opening Night Altria Masterworks concert will feature the incredible talent of Chinese piano virtuoso, Lang Lang. Heralded by the New York Times as “the hottest artist on the classical music planet”, Lang Lang plays sold out concerts covering all continents of the globe. The concert will be held on Friday, September 21st […]
Metro Collection 1
Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College 204 Henry Street, Ashland, VA, United StatesEnjoy classical music in an intimate setting. Metro concerts feature smaller scale works from the classical repertoire and newer pieces by contemporary composers. Richmond Symphony musicians are often featured soloists. The opening Metro Collection performance will feature classics from Mozart and Haydn. Mozart's Overture to The Abduction from Seraglio, features Turkish instrumental themes in the dynamic opening to […]
Beethoven & Bernstein’s 100th Celebration
Carpenter Theatre 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, United StatesThe second Altria Masterworks concert of the season features the Richmond Symphony with violinist Joan Kwuon under the baton of Music Director Steven Smith, celebrating the centennial anniversary of American composer Leonard Bernstein. The New York Times has described Kwuon as a “fiery, intensely musical and impassioned" performer. The program will include Bernstein’s Serenade, after […]
Special Concert at Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Mount Vernon Baptist Church 11220 Nuckols Road, Glen Allen, VA 23059Join the Richmond Symphony for a special concert at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in Glen Allen on Sunday, October 21 at 3pm as they perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major Opus 55 "Eroica" and Bernstein’s Serenade (After Plato's "Symposium"). The concert will feature Joan Kwuon on violin. Mount Vernon Baptist Church 11220 Nuckols Road […]
Brahms Requiem, Barber Adagio
Carpenter Theatre 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, United StatesJoin the Richmond Symphony and Richmond Symphony Chorus, with Music Director Steven Smith, in commemorating the 100th year anniversary of Armistice 1918. This memorable Altria Masterworks program features Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45, Barber’s Adagio for Strings and Butterworth’s The Banks of Green Willow. The dark, unusually low registers lend an air of reverence […]