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Brass Glory
Earworms, by Canada’s Vivian Fung, is a lighthearted mashup of music’s most memorable melodies, even daring to respond to Charles Ives’ “Unanswered Question.” Michael Sachs is one of classical’s foremost trumpet masters and jazz trumpet master Wynton Marsalis composed his Trumpet Concerto expressly for him. The two styles meet in a mesmerizing fusion. Schumann’s Second […]
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Pride in Black Voices: A Loving Community
Pride in Black Voices: A Loving Community
Blending powerful storytelling with music from the civil rights era of the 1950s and 1960s, A Loving Community also features excerpts from the highly anticipated new opera, Loving v. Virginia, premiering in April/May 2025 as a co-commission with the Richmond Symphony. This 60-minute program is performed by Virginia Opera’s talented Herndon Foundation Emerging Artists and will conclude […]
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The Constitution and Loving v. Virginia
The Constitution and Loving v. Virginia
Legal scholars and historians discuss the history and significance of the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia, which struck down bans on interracial marriage in the United States. Panel participants will include Mary Bauer, Executive Director of ACLU-VA, Kim Forde-Mazrui, Mortimer M. Caplin Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, and Author Peter Wallenstein, […]
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Pride in Black Voices: A Loving Community
Pride in Black Voices: A Loving Community
Blending powerful storytelling with music from the civil rights era of the 1950s and 1960s, A Loving Community also features excerpts from the highly anticipated new opera, Loving v. Virginia, premiering in April/May 2025 as a co-commission with the Richmond Symphony. This 60-minute program is performed by Virginia Opera’s talented Herndon Foundation Emerging Artists and will conclude […]
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Appalachian Spring
Appalachian Spring
Two beloved favorites inspired by folk music – Vaughan Williams haunting Fantasia on Greensleeves and Aaron Copland’s tender Appalachian Spring – cradle and console the 1940 Clarinet Concerto by the 19-year-old Ruth Gipps, composed as her fiancé, and all of the Empire, departed for war.
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Appalachian Spring
Appalachian Spring
Two beloved favorites inspired by folk music – Vaughan Williams haunting Fantasia on Greensleeves and Aaron Copland’s tender Appalachian Spring – cradle and console the 1940 Clarinet Concerto by the 19-year-old Ruth Gipps, composed as her fiancé, and all of the Empire, departed for war.
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Appalachian Spring
Appalachian Spring
Two beloved favorites inspired by folk music – Vaughan Williams haunting Fantasia on Greensleeves and Aaron Copland’s tender Appalachian Spring – cradle and console the 1940 Clarinet Concerto by the 19-year-old Ruth Gipps, composed as her fiancé, and all of the Empire, departed for war.
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Pride in Black Voices: A Loving Community
Pride in Black Voices: A Loving Community
Blending powerful storytelling with music from the civil rights era of the 1950s and 1960s, A Loving Community also features excerpts from the highly anticipated new opera, Loving v. Virginia, premiering in April/May 2025 as a co-commission with the Richmond Symphony. This 60-minute program is performed by Virginia Opera’s talented Herndon Foundation Emerging Artists and will conclude […]
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Pride in Black Voices: A Loving Community
Pride in Black Voices: A Loving Community
Blending powerful storytelling with music from the civil rights era of the 1950s and 1960s, A Loving Community also features excerpts from the highly anticipated new opera, Loving v. Virginia, premiering in April/May 2025 as a co-commission with the Richmond Symphony. This 60-minute program is performed by Virginia Opera’s talented Herndon Foundation Emerging Artists and will conclude […]
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Tchaikovsky’s Fifth
Tchaikovsky’s Fifth
"It will never please the public," said Tchaikovsky of his Fifth Symphony. Yet its beautiful melodies have captivated for over a century. Valentina Peleggi conducts Tchaikovsky's passionate Fifth Symphony, plus a newly commissioned work by Conni Ellisor, music that speaks directly to the heart with her Nashville country soulfulness. And powerful violinist Inmo Yang plays […]
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Tchaikovsky’s Fifth
Tchaikovsky’s Fifth
"It will never please the public," said Tchaikovsky of his Fifth Symphony. Yet its beautiful melodies have captivated for over a century. Valentina Peleggi conducts Tchaikovsky's passionate Fifth Symphony, plus a newly commissioned work by Conni Ellisor, music that speaks directly to the heart with her Nashville country soulfulness. And powerful violinist Inmo Yang plays […]
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Cirque Musica: Symphonic!
Cirque Musica: Symphonic!
Their aerial acrobatics will leave you breathless! The Richmond Symphony is joined by Cirque Musica. Aerial acrobats literally “drop” into the Carpenter Theatre. Each gravity-defying feat choreographed to live music performed by the Richmond Symphony. Acrobats – aerialists – contortionists – strongmen – jugglers. All this and more performing to music above and around the […]
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The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss
The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss
A delight for every age! Hear your Richmond Symphony perform The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss (TM), composed by Lorenzo Palomo. You'll be thrilled and delighted indeed, satisfaction is one hundred percent guaranteed!
Richmond Symphony Chorus in Concert
Richmond Symphony Chorus in Concert
The Richmond Symphony Chorus takes centerstage at this free concert! The Richmond Symphony Chorus is an award-winning ensemble of 150 members from the Richmond region. The chorus, founded in 1971 by James Erb, is a diverse group of Richmond community members united by a shared passion for choral singing. For more information about the Richmond […]
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Pride in Black Voices: A Loving Community
Pride in Black Voices: A Loving Community
Blending powerful storytelling with music from the civil rights era of the 1950s and 1960s, A Loving Community also features excerpts from the highly anticipated new opera, Loving v. Virginia, premiering in April/May 2025 as a co-commission with the Richmond Symphony. This 60-minute program is performed by Virginia Opera’s talented Herndon Foundation Emerging Artists and will conclude […]
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The Constitution and Loving v. Virginia
The Constitution and Loving v. Virginia
RESCHEDULED FROM FEB 20, 2025 Legal scholars and historians discuss the history and significance of the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia, which struck down bans on interracial marriage in the United States. Panel participants will include Mary Bauer, Executive Director of ACLU-VA, Assistant Professor of Government at William & Mary, Christine Nemacheck, and Associate […]
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Mozart & Mahler
Mozart & Mahler
“The symphony must embrace the world,” said Gustav Mahler. And in his tender Symphony Number Four, he reveals his world through the innocent eyes of a child. Valentina Peleggi conducts Mahler’s heart-rending Fourth Symphony, and the first of Mozart’s miraculous final set of symphonies, the ebullient “Haffner.” Plus, a new work by Virginia's own Joe […]
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Mozart & Mahler
Mozart & Mahler
“The symphony must embrace the world,” said Gustav Mahler. And in his tender Symphony Number Four, he reveals his world through the innocent eyes of a child. Valentina Peleggi conducts Mahler’s heart-rending Fourth Symphony, and the first of Mozart’s miraculous final set of symphonies, the ebullient “Haffner.” Plus, a new work by Virginia's own Joe […]
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Music at Hardywood
Music at Hardywood
Double Quintets and IPA. The Richmond Symphony returns to Hardywood for chamber classics, craft beer, pizza, and fun.
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Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park
Steven Spielberg’s OSCAR®-winning adventure. See it on a giant screen as John Williams’ soaring score is performed live by the Richmond Symphony. You’ve never seen it this big, never heard it so thrilling, never been so enraptured by raptors!
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Artists in Conversation: April 2025
Artists in Conversation: April 2025
As part of Chrysler Museum of Art’s Mixtape First Thursday: April, join us for a panel discussion with members of the creative team of Loving v. Virginia including stage director Denyce Graves and Artistic Director & Chief Conductor Adam Turner. Chrysler Museum of Art 1 Memorial Pl, Norfolk, VA 23510 Free | No Ticket Required This event […]
Haydn’s Drum Roll
Haydn’s Drum Roll
The Symphony existed before Franz Josef Haydn, but it was he who formed how we experience it. He composed an astonishing 104 Symphonies, with the “Drum Roll” one of his final masterworks in the form. The Orchestra’s Jeannette Jang plays Haydn’s joyful Violin Concerto in C. This Haydn pairing bookends the energized Zoom! of Shawn Okpebholo, one […]
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Haydn’s Drum Roll
Haydn’s Drum Roll
The Symphony existed before Franz Josef Haydn, but it was he who formed how we experience it. He composed an astonishing 104 Symphonies, with the “Drum Roll” one of his final masterworks in the form. The Orchestra’s Jeannette Jang plays Haydn’s joyful Violin Concerto in C. This Haydn pairing bookends the energized Zoom! of Shawn Okpebholo, one […]
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Haydn’s Drum Roll
Haydn’s Drum Roll
The Symphony existed before Franz Josef Haydn, but it was he who formed how we experience it. He composed an astonishing 104 Symphonies, with the “Drum Roll” one of his final masterworks in the form. The Orchestra’s Jeannette Jang plays Haydn’s joyful Violin Concerto in C. This Haydn pairing bookends the energized Zoom! of Shawn Okpebholo, one […]
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