Guest conductor Kazem Abdullah will be joined onstage by pianist Orion Weiss, who makes his acclaimed return to Richmond, and by our very own Sam Huss on the trumpet for the spectacular and highly demanding Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.1. The flamboyant Islamey opens this evening of Russian music, and will be followed by Tchaikovsky's masterwork, […]

Guest conductor Kazem Abdullah will be joined onstage by pianist Orion Weiss, who makes his acclaimed return to Richmond, and by our very own Sam Huss on the trumpet for the spectacular and highly demanding Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.1. The flamboyant Islamey opens this evening of Russian music, and will be followed by Tchaikovsky's masterwork, […]

French arabesques and the magic of the harp solo will bring you to a golden world. Ravel and Debussy are paired with Germaine Tailleferre, a wonderful French composer, student of Ravel and the only female member of the group of composers known as Les Six. Lynette Wardle, our principal harp, will delight us in the […]

Beethoven is at the heart of this concert, with the majestic Piano Concerto No. 1 and the sunny and cheerful Symphony No. 4 that in its brightness recalls the symphonies of Haydn, with whom Beethoven had studied a decade before. Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Martinez, First Prize winner of the Anton Rubinstein International Piano Competition, will […]

Beethoven is at the heart of this concert, with the majestic Piano Concerto No. 1 and the sunny and cheerful Symphony No. 4 that in its brightness recalls the symphonies of Haydn, with whom Beethoven had studied a decade before. Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Martinez, First Prize winner of the Anton Rubinstein International Piano Competition, will […]

Rennolds Memorial Concert For some decades, Europe had two composers of unsurpassed talent:  Mozart from Salzburg (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) and Boulogne from Guadeloupe (Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges). They were both super-stars in their lifetimes and their elegant music was played at the top theatres and palaces in Paris and London. While the name of […]

Rennolds Memorial Concert For some decades, Europe had two composers of unsurpassed talent:  Mozart from Salzburg (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) and Boulogne from Guadeloupe (Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges). They were both super-stars in their lifetimes and their elegant music was played at the top theatres and palaces in Paris and London. While the name of […]

Beethoven is at the heart of this concert, with the majestic Piano Concerto No. 1 and the sunny and cheerful Symphony No. 4 that in its brightness recalls the symphonies of Haydn, with whom Beethoven had studied a decade before. Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Martinez, First Prize winner of the Anton Rubinstein International Piano Competition, will […]

Rennolds Memorial Concert For some decades, Europe had two composers of unsurpassed talent:  Mozart from Salzburg (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) and Boulogne from Guadeloupe (Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges). They were both super-stars in their lifetimes and their elegant music was played at the top theatres and palaces in Paris and London. While the name of […]

Join Richmond Symphony Concertmaster Daisuke Yamamoto and Director of Education & Community Engagement Walter Bitner for this deep dive into the music of our 2021-22 Masterworks Concert Season. Each class in this unique companion course will focus on the repertoire of the Symphony’s next Masterworks concert performance and feature a special guest with a critical […]