Richmond Symphony

4U - A Symphonic Celebration of Prince
2018-09-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Altria Theater, 6 North Laurel Street, Richmond , VA, 23220, United States
April 21, 2016 will live in infamy as the day we lost a genius, an icon, a legend. Prince is widely regarded as one of the best musicians ever to live, and one of the greatest showmen of all time. His music makes up the soundtracks of our lives- from the parties of our youth to our weddings; and we share his music with our children who repeat the cycle. Great music lives on forever, and, it’s with this in mind that we introduce “4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince.”

The first and only estate-approved Prince celebration, 4U will present the music of Prince like never before, with a full symphony orchestra. Throughout the course of the evening Prince’s extensive musical catalog will be represented, we’ll hear his greatest hits as well as some of his lesser known gems in this musical celebration. Questlove, an avid Prince fan, has helped curate the music and arrangements that will be played by the Richmond Symphony.

This concert is being produced by the Altria Theater. Please call the Altria Theater Box Office at 804.592.3384×3 for more information.

Symphonie Fantastique
2018-09-20 18:30 - 19:30 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Join Steven Smith and special guests as they take you on a 60 minute behind the scenes tour of Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. Afterward, head to an exclusive happy hour with Symphony musicians!
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Lang Lang & Symphonie Fantastique
2018-09-21 20:00 - 22:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
The 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 at 8:00pm in the Dominion Energy Center of the Performing Arts, and will feature Lang Lang and the Richmond Symphony performing Mozart’s Concerto No. 24 in C Minor for Piano and Orchestra; one of the most powerful and well-known works in classical music. The evening’s program will also include the Richmond Symphony performing Julia Perry’s Study for Orchestra and Hector Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique, Opus 14. Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor. Learn more about Lang Lang, pianist.
Join us an hour before this 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 insight into the concert you are about to hear.
Program Notes

Single Ticket Pricing
Adult
Child*

Mezzanine
$125.00
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

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35th Anniversary Celebration
2018-09-28 19:00, 2018-09-29 14:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Commemorate the past, celebrate the moment, and toast to the future as the Richmond Ballet kicks off their 35th Anniversary Season!

35th Anniversary Celebration
2018-09-29 19:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Commemorate the past, celebrate the moment, and toast to the future as the Richmond Ballet kicks off their 35th Anniversary Season.

Rappahannock Foundation for the Arts Concert
2018-09-30 15:30 - 17:30 | Lancaster Middle School, 191 School Street, Kilmarnock, VA, 22482, United States
Please click the link above to visit the Rappahannock Foundation for the Arts website for more information and tickets.

"Middle Eastern Connections"
2018-10-03 19:30 - 21:30 | Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music, 38 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA, 23226, United States
The evening’s performance features Mozart’s “Abduction” from the Seraglio Overature, Beethoven’s Turkish March, Kareem Roustom’s Dabke, Fazil Say’s Symphonic Dances, Charles Ives’ Country Band March, and Haydn’s Symphony No. 88.
This event is part of the Tucker-Boatwright Festival of Literature and the Arts.

Rush Hour 1
2018-10-04 18:30 - 19:30 | Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Richmond, 2408-2410 Ownby Lane, Richmond, VA, 23220, United States
We’re teaming up with Hardywood Park Craft Brewery again this season to continue the popular Thursday night Rush Hour concerts! Grab your favorite craft beer, hit the food trucks and enjoy a laid back concert at 6:30PM in Hardywood’s tasting room.
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor.

What to expect:
Hardywood’s newly renovated tasting room, now has even more space to fill with Symphony notes and audience seats for the 2018/19 Season!
Seating — The cover charge grants you access to Hardywood’s space. There are several chairs and plenty of standing room available in the barrel room where the orchestra sets up. If being seated is a high priority for you, please arrive early to secure a seat (doors open at 5pm). There is additional seating in the adjacent rooms; the doors between the spaces are left open to allow the music to be heard throughout the space and the sound is reinforced with speakers.
Food — Thursday is Food Truck night at Hardywood. The number of food trucks varies from one to eight, depending on the season. Please note we can’t guarantee vegan/vegetarian or GF/DF options. You always have the option to bring in food from outside restaurants or from home to suit your needs.
Atmosphere – Please note that you are enjoying the orchestra in a bar atmosphere. Feel free to move in and out of the space, eat and drink, or snap a photo (NO FLASH OR CLICK PLEASE). Like any bar, there will be conversation as well. If you are looking for a more traditional concert experience, we encourage you to check out the Classics section of our website or our Symphony in 60 series.

Metro Collection 1
2018-10-07 15:00 - 17:00 | Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College, 204 Henry Street, Ashland, VA, 23005, United States
Enjoy 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 the most successful opera of his lifetime.
The classical works are complimented by modernist pieces from American composer Charles Ives and contemporary Turkish pianist Fazil Say. Say’s Symphonic Dances are strongly influenced by his Turkish roots. In the spirit of Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Bartók, Say has often incorporated the dance music of his homeland into his chamber music.
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor
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Richmond Symphony Performance at Longwood University
2018-10-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Jarman Auditorium at Longwood University, 201 High Street, Farmville, VA, 23901, United States
The Richmond Symphony performs at Longwood University.
Organized by Longwood Music Department
Jarman Auditorium, Longwood University, 201 High St, Farmville, VA 23909
Click link above for more information and tickets.

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Beethoven & Bernstein's 100th Celebration
2018-10-20 20:00 - 22:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
The 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 Plato’s “Symposium,” complemented by Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E flat Major, Op. 55, “Eroica” and Dances of Galánta by Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly.
Join us an hour before this 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 insight into the concert you are about to hear.

Program Notes
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor.
Learn more about Joan Kwuon, violinist.

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Special Concert at Mount Vernon Baptist Church
2018-10-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Mount Vernon Baptist Church, 11220 Nuckols Road, Glen Allen, VA 23059
Join 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
Glen Allen, VA 23059
www.mvbcnow.org
Program Notes
This concert is general admission.
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor.
Learn more about Joan Kwuon, violinist.

Richmond Symphony "Top Ten"
2018-10-24 10:30 - 11:30, 2018-10-25 11:45, 2018-10-26 09:45 - 10:45 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Inspired by a well-known series called “What Every 1st (2nd, 3rd…) Grader Should Know” by E. D. Hirsch, the Core Knowledge Sequence and the BBC series “Ten Pieces,” this concert program attempts to answer the question: what are the important compositions that we want every student to hear? What are the best pieces for getting young listeners interested in music?
This 50-minute performance will introduce listeners to the “classics” of orchestral music. The concert repertoire, curated with the help of Richmond Symphony musicians and local music educators, features the works of art that every child should have the opportunity to hear. Featured composers include Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, Copland, Rossini, and more.

Halloween Spooktacular
2018-10-27 11:00 - 12:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Come in your favorite costume and listen to the Richmond Symphony perform an array of musical goodies. Your special ghosts, goblins and princesses may even receive a special pre-concert Trick or Treat bag!
Join us for a free pre-concert festival at 10am in Rhythm Hall, featuring our Instrument Petting Zoo. Enjoy interactive activities for the whole family that will enhance your concert experience.
Learn more about Chia-Hsuan Lin, conductor.

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Brass Quintet
2018-10-28 15:00 - 18:00 | Robinson Theater Community Arts Center, 2903 Q St, Richmond, VA, 23223, United States
The Robinson Theater Community Arts Center’s FREE Annual Fall Festival is sure to be a great time together with the whole Church Hill community. Plenty of activities for all with music, entertainment, kids’ zone, inflatables, pumpkin decorating, arts vendors, hot chocolate, candy apples, popcorn, Station 11 fire truck, costume contest, neighborhood partners and so much more. The Richmond’s Symphony’s Brass Quintet will perform at 4pm!

Disco Inferno
2018-11-03 20:00 - 22:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Break out the platform shoes and the satin pants as we recapture the mood and feel of the Disco “daze” with world class guest performers Jeans ‘n Classics with the Richmond Symphony. Hear the hits from Earth Wind & Fire, Donna Summer, ABBA and the rest of your favorite disco artists.
Few genres of music elicit toe-tapping nostalgia like the disco of the 70’s with iconic hits like Dancing Queen and YMCA still grooving through today’s pop culture. On Saturday, November 3 at 8pm at the Dominion Energy Center for the Performing Arts, the Richmond Symphony proudly presents Disco Inferno, a concert that re-captures the mood and feel of the Disco “daze.” For this night of funk, the Symphony is teaming up with Jeans ‘n Classics, a group of stellar musicians who perform with the best symphony orchestras in the world.

Learn more about Chia-Hsuan Lin, conductor.
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Come And Play
2018-11-04 18:00 - 20:00 | VCU Siegel Center, 1200 W Broad Street, Richmond , VA, 23284, United States
Sunday, November 4, 2018
2:30 – 5pm rehearsal; 6pm concert
The E.J. Wade Arena at the Stuart C. Siegel Center
Musicians of all ages and levels of ability are invited to bring their instruments and play alongside the musicians of the Richmond Symphony under the baton of Associate Conductor, Chia-Hsuan Lin.
Registration for 2018 is now open.

Vendor and volunteer information coming soon!
This event is presented in support of music education in Richmond area schools. For more information about Come and Play, please contact the Education & Community Engagement Department at education@richmondsymphony.com.

Brahms Requiem, Barber Adagio
2018-11-10 20:00 - 22:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Join 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 and contemplation to Brahm’s Requiem. In the words of Clara Schumann, “It is a truly tremendous piece of art which moves the entire being in a way little else does.”
Barber’s Adagio for Strings is a serious piece of music that is firmly embedded in the consciousness of nearly every American. Composer William Schumann gives a wonderfully concise listening guide: “[Adagio for Strings] is so precise emotionally. It begins, it reaches its climax, it makes its point, and it goes away.”
George Butterworth wrote his The Banks of Green Willow before World War I even started, but it is seen as emblematic of the “lost generation” from that war, and is often played to commemorate it.
Program Notes
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor.
Learn more about Darren K. Stokes, bass-baritone.
Learn more about Martha Guth, soprano.
Rennolds Memorial Concert
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Brahms Requiem, Barber Adagio
2018-11-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Join 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 and contemplation to Brahm’s Requiem. In the words of Clara Schumann, “It is a truly tremendous piece of art which moves the entire being in a way little else does.”
Barber’s Adagio for Strings is a serious piece of music that is firmly embedded in the consciousness of nearly every American. Composer William Schumann gives a wonderfully concise listening guide: “[Adagio for Strings] is so precise emotionally. It begins, it reaches its climax, it makes its point, and it goes away.”
George Butterworth wrote his The Banks of Green Willow before World War I even started, but it is seen as emblematic of the “lost generation” from that war, and is often played to commemorate it.
Program Notes
Learn more about Steven Smith, conductor.
Learn more about Darren K. Strokes, bass-baritone.
Learn more about Martha Guth, soprano.
Rennolds Memorial Concert

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Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra Fall Concert
2018-11-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
RSYO performs masterworks of the orchestral repertoire, as students hold themselves to a high level of discipline, preparation and musicianship. Nearly all members of RSYO study with private instructors and all are leaders in their school programs.

Concert is free and open to the public.

Chesterfield County Family Concert
2018-11-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Clover Hill High School, 13301 Kelly Green Ln., Midlothian, VA, 23112
The Richmond Symphony is coming to Chesterfield for a free family friendly concert! Conducted by Steven Smith, the program will feature selections from Bernstein’s West Side Story, and John Williams’ Main Title from Star Wars! Don’t miss this exciting concert at Clover Hill High School, November 17th at 7pm! In collaboration with the Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation Department.

The Snowman (animated film)
2018-11-24 11:00 - 12:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Continue this holiday tradition with the Richmond Symphony! This charming animated film tells the story of a young boy’s magical friendship with a snowman. Enjoy other holiday favorites during the program as well.
Join us for a free pre-concert festival at 10am in Rhythm Hall, featuring our Instrument Petting Zoo. Enjoy interactive activities for the whole family that will enhance your concert experience.
Snowman Enterprises Limited “The Snowman” by Raymond Briggs is published by Puffin.
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Cyber Monday 2018
2018-11-26 00:01 - 23:59 | Richmond Symphony, 612 East Grace Street, Suite 401, Richmond, VA, VA, 23219, United States
FOR CYBER MONDAY ONLY
November 26, 2018
Enjoy the following discounts* when you purchase tickets online after selecting the Cyber Monday price code:
10% off Messiah or Carmen in Concert : Receive 10% off Adult ticket prices in the Side Orchestra or Rear First Dress.
10% off Symphony Pops: Receive 10% off Adult ticket prices in the Side Orchestra or Rear First Dress off any Symphony Pops concerts.
20% off Altria Masterworks: Receive 20% off Adult ticket prices in the Side Orchestra or Rear First Dress off any Altria Masterworks concert excluding Carmen in Concert.
40% off Metro Collection: Receive 40% off Adult ticket prices.
40% off Union Bank & Trust LolliPops: Receive 40% off Adult ticket prices.

*To receive the discount, purchase your tickets online. Select the Cyber Monday price code. The discount is already incorporated into the price. For concerts with reserved seating, this price code will only work for seating in the Side Orchestra or Rear First Dress – click here to view a seating chart. Up to 4 tickets per concert may be selected using the Cyber Monday price code. Additional tickets may be added to the order using the normal price codes. Discount can not be combined with other offers and discounts and is not retroactive. Offer valid on Monday, November 26, 2018 only.
Questions? Call Richmond Symphony Patron Services at 804.788.1212 x2.

Holiday Festival of Music
2018-11-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, 800 S Cathedral Pl, Richmond, VA, 23220, United States
Join us on November 26, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. for Holiday Festival of Music: A Victorian Inspired Evening of Christmas Classics and Carols featuring the Richmond Symphony at Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.
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In honor of the 175th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol, CCC’s 2018 Holiday Festival of Music will feature a Victorian theme—including period musical selections, food, and costumed carolers.
Holiday Festival of Music is a beloved Richmond tradition marking the beginning of the holiday season. This elegant concert, performed in the majestic Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, features the music of the Richmond Symphony and draws nearly 1,000 guests of all ages.
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The funds raised by Holiday Festival of Music benefit the services and programs that Commonwealth Catholic Charities provides to the most vulnerable members of our communities.
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Giving Tuesday 2018
2018-11-27 | Richmond Symphony, 612 East Grace Street, Suite 401, Richmond, VA, VA, 23219, United States
GIVE to the Richmond Symphony on this Giving Tuesday!
Giving Tuesday is today, November 27th!
Help support music in Richmond by making a gift to the Richmond Symphony this Giving Tuesday! With a commitment to quality musicianship, music education for our youth, and a desire to grow our impact in the city we love, a gift to the Richmond Symphony is an investment in our community. By choosing to give to the Richmond Symphony you are advancing our mission to change lives through the power of music. Give the gift of music this Giving Tuesday!

Let it Snow! 2018
2018-12-01 20:00 - 22:00, 2018-12-02 15:00 - 17:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Celebrate the holidays with a concert featuring the sounds of the season! Join the Richmond Symphony and the Richmond Symphony Chorus for this magical holiday tradition the whole family will love.
Learn more about Desirée Roots, guest vocalist.
Learn more about Erin Freeman, conductor.

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