Sibelius and Liszt
2015-11-14 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the RSO Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
Learn more about Orion Weiss, Piano
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A New Year in Vienna
2016-01-09 20:00, 2016-01-10 15:00 - 17:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Join the Richmond Symphony, Steven Smith and Members of The Herndon Foundation Emerging Artist Program of the Virginia Opera for a special evening in the style of a Viennese New Year with selected works, waltzes, polkas and arias by Johann Strauss Jr. and Richard Strauss. You will feel like you are celebrating New Years in Vienna!
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Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
2016-01-17 15:00 - 17:00 | Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College, 204 Henry Street, Ashland, VA, 23005, United States
Join 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 concert.
Learn more about Neal Cary, cello
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Manfred Symphony
2016-02-06 20:00 - 22:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before this concert for a free pre-concert talk with guest conductor, Victor Yampolsky. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
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Learn more about Daisuke Yamamoto, violin
Learn more about guest conductor Victor Yampolsky
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
2016-02-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College, 204 Henry Street, Ashland, VA, 23005, United States
Join 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 concert.
Learn more about Gustav Highstein, oboe
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Beethoven, Mussorgsky and Shostakovich
2016-03-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the RSO Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
Learn more about Orli Shaham, Piano
Learn more about the Richmond Symphony Chorus
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Beethoven, Mussorgsky and Shostakovich
2016-03-06 15:00 - 17:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the RSO Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
Learn more about Orli Shaham, Piano
Learn more about the Richmond Symphony Chorus
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Copland: Appalachian Spring
2016-04-02 20:00 - 22:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the RSO Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
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Learn more about composer Laura Schwendinger Music Alive: New Partnerships Composer-in-Residence
The Residency of Laura Schwendinger is made possible through Music Alive: New Partnerships, a residency program of New Music USA and the League of American Orchestras. This national program is designed to establish new relationships between composers and orchestras, and to help orchestras present new music to the public and build support for new music within their institutions. Leadership funding for Music Alive is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from The Aaron Copland Fund for Music and The ASCAP Foundation Bart Howard Fund.

Mendelssohn: Scottish Symphony
2016-05-08 15:00 - 17:00 | Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College, 204 Henry Street, Ashland, VA, 23005, United States
Join 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 concert.
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Daphnis et Chloé
2016-05-14 20:00 - 22:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the RSO Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
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Learn more about the Richmond Symphony Chorus
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Daphnis et Chloé
2016-05-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the RSO Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
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Learn more about the Richmond Symphony Chorus
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Strauss, Mendelssohn, Bernstein
2016-09-25 19:30 - 21:30 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the Richmond Symphony Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor
Learn more about Itzhak Perman, violin
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Artwork by: Justin Tran / Inspired by: Strauss Don Juan
Perlman Opening Night VIP Event Registration
Complete the online form to register for the Opening Night with Itzhak Perlman VIP Events on Sunday, September 25, 2016.
VIP Event Cost: $150 per person (concert ticket price not included, this is a special offer for those who have already purchased performance tickets and subscriptions)

Copland, Piazzolla, Revueltas
2016-10-16 15:00 - 17:00 | Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College, 204 Henry Street, Ashland, VA, 23005, United States
Join 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 concert.
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor
Learn more about Daisuke Yamamoto, violin
Thomas P. Bryan, Jr. Fund Soloist
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Schumann, Dvořák
2016-10-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the Richmond Symphony Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor
Learn more about Anton Nel, piano
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Artwork by: Tim Skirven / Inspired by: Schumann Piano Concerto in A Minor
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Schumann, Dvořák
2016-10-23 15:00 - 17:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the Richmond Symphony Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor
Learn more about Anton Nel, piano
Program Notes
Artwork by: Tim Skirven / Inspired by: Schumann Piano Concerto in A Minor

Berlioz Romeo and Juliet
2016-11-12 20:00 - 22:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the Richmond Symphony Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor
Learn more about Kathryn Leemhuis, mezzo-soprano
Learn more about Vale Rideout, tenor
Learn more about Darren K. Stokes, bass-baritone
Learn more about the Richmond Symphony Chorus
Learn more about Erin R. Freeman, chorus director

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Artwork by: Bizhan Khodabandeh / Inspired by: Berlioz Romeo and Juliet

Berlioz Romeo and Juliet
2016-11-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the Richmond Symphony Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor
Learn more about Kathryn Leemhuis, mezzo-soprano
Learn more about Vale Rideout, tenor
Learn more about Darren K. Stokes, bass-baritone
Learn more about the Richmond Symphony Chorus
Learn more about Erin R. Freeman, chorus director
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Artwork by: Bizhan Khodabandeh / Inspired by: Berlioz Romeo and Juliet

Wagner, Chopin, Franck
2017-01-14 20:00 - 22:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before the concert for a free pre-concert talk with our guest conductor, Jacques Houtmann. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
Learn more about Jacques Houtmann, guest conductor
Learn more about Rémi Geniet, piano
The Florence Robertson Givens Guest Artist
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Artwork by: Kate Magee / Inspired by: Wagner Overture to Tannhäuser

Gluck, Purcell, Schubert
2017-01-22 15:00 - 17:00 | Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College, 204 Henry Street, Ashland, VA, 23005, United States
Join 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 concert.
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor
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Rossini, Beethoven
2017-02-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the Richmond Symphony Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor
Learn more about Jason Vieaux, guitar
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Rossini, Beethoven
2017-02-05 15:00 - 17:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the Richmond Symphony Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor
Learn more about Jason Vieaux, guitar
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Artwork by: Alex Beck / Inspired by: Rossini Overture to Semiramide

Fischer, Beethoven
2017-02-19 15:00 - 17:00 | Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College, 204 Henry Street, Ashland, VA, 23005, United States
Join 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 concert.
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor
Learn more about James Jacobson, timpani
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Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky
2017-03-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the Richmond Symphony Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor
Learn more about Jinjoo Cho, violin
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Artwork by: Chris Milk Hulburt / Inspired by: Stravinsky Petrushka

Schubert, Bruckner & Vaughan Williams
2017-04-08 20:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the Richmond Symphony Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
Rennolds Memorial Concert
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor
Learn more about Michelle Areyzaga, soprano
Learn more about Kevin Deas, bass-baritone
Learn more about the Richmond Symphony Chorus
Learn more about Erin R. Freeman, chorus director
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Artwork by: Duncan Robertson / Inspired by: Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem

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Schubert, Bruckner & Vaughan Williams
2017-04-09 15:00 - 17:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the Richmond Symphony Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
Rennolds Memorial Concert
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor
Learn more about Michelle Areyzaga, soprano
Learn more about Kevin Deas, bass-baritone
Learn more about the Richmond Symphony Chorus
Learn more about Erin R. Freeman, chorus director
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Artwork by: Duncan Robertson / Inspired by: Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem

Stravinsky, Beethoven, Mozart
2017-04-30 15:00 - 17:00 | Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College, 204 Henry Street, Ashland, VA, 23005, United States
Join 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 concert.
Learn more about Chia-Hsuan Lin, conductor
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Paine, Elgar, Brahms
2017-05-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the Richmond Symphony Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor
Learn more about Gary Hoffman, cello
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Artwork by: Georgiy Kuznetsov / Inspired by: Paine Prelude to Oedipus Tyrannus

Opening Night with Joshua Bell and Yesong Sophie Lee
2017-09-14 20:00 - 22:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
The Richmond Symphony’s opening night concert will feature the extraordinary talents of violinists Joshua Bell and 13-year-old child prodigy Yesong Sophie Lee. The concert will feature Bell and Lee performing J.S. Bach’s Double Violin Concerto and Bell performing Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole for Violin and Orchestra. Join us an hour before the concert for a free pre-concert talk with the Richmond Symphony Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear. Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor Learn more about Joshua Bell Learn more about Yesong Sophie Lee **Tickets purchased previously for Lang Lang will be redeemed for the Joshua Bell and Yesong Sophie Lee concert.

Single Ticket Pricing
Adult
Child*

Mezzanine
n/a
n/a

Front Orchestra / Front First Dress
$100.00
$75.00

Rear Orchestra
$80.00
$45.00

Side Orchestra / Rear First Dress
$55.00
$25.00

Front Second Dress
$30.00
$15.00

Joshua Bell appears by arrangement with Park Avenue Artists (www.parkavenueartists.com) and Primo Artists (www.primoartists.com)

Metro Collection 1
2017-10-01 15:00 - 17:00 | Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College, 204 Henry Street, Ashland, VA, 23005, United States
Join 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 concert. This concert features soloist, Molly Sharp (viola) on Clarke’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra. Additional works from Beethoven, Davies, and Haydn will be performed by the Richmond Symphony.
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor
Learn more about Molly Sharp, viola
PLEASE NOTE: The date of this concert has been changed from October 8 to OCTOBER 1, 2017.
