Richmond Symphony

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
2016-02-21 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | 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
Program Notes

Video Games Live
2016-02-20 20:00 - 22:30 | Altria Theater, 6 North Laurel Street, Richmond , VA, 23220, United States
Video Games Live has been rescheduled to Saturday, February 20 at 8pm.
The concert will still be held at the Altria Theater and current Video Games Live tickets will be accepted on the new date. For questions, please call Richmond Symphony Patron Services at 804-788-1212 or email patronservices@richmondsymphony.com.
Video Games Live™ is an award winning immersive concert event featuring music from the most popular video games of all time. Picture the energy and excitement of a rock concert mixed with the power and emotion of a symphony orchestra combined together by the technology, interactivity, stunning visuals and fun that only video games can provide. Completely synchronized cutting-edge video screen visuals, state-of-the-art lighting and special fx, stage show production and special on-stage interactive segments dazzle crowds of all ages—gamers and non-gamers alike. Pre & Post-Show Activities include a costume contest**, Guitar Hero competition, prize give-a-ways, interactive game demos and the very popular meet-and-greet with top game composers, designers and industry talent.

Come early and join us for a free pre-concert festival! Enjoy interactive game demos, a costume contest, prize give-a-ways and game competitions.
Want to help choose the set list for Video Games Live? Join the Facebook event page and let us know what you want to hear. You’ll also receive concert updates and chances to win.
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Stravinsky, Strauss and Beethoven
2016-02-18 18:30 - 19:30 | Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Richmond, 2408-2410 Ownby Lane, Richmond, VA, 23220, United States
Grab a beer, hit the food trucks and enjoy a great one-hour concert featuring selections from Stravinsky, Strauss and Beethoven and discussion in the Hardywood tasting room.
Cover fee is $15 and seating is limited.

Romeo and Juliet
2016-02-14 14:00 - 16:00, 2016-02-13 19:00 - 21:00, 2016-02-13 14:00 - 16:00, 2016-02-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
William Shakespeare’s masterful play set in Verona, Italy is known the world over for the powerful duel between the overwhelming emotions that rule the human soul: love and hatred. Propelled by a series of events that ultimately consume the storyline’s two young lovers – Juliet Capulet and the son of her family’s sworn enemy, Romeo Montague – the bard’s tragic tale has proved fertile ground for artists of all trades for centuries.

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
Program Notes

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
2016-02-05 18:30 - 19:30 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Sit back, relax, and join the Richmond Symphony to explore the world of classical music with our new Dominion Casual Fridays series. These 60 minute concerts start at 6:30 and showcase great works from the classical repertoire. Your host and conductor will provide a deeper look into the evening’s work. After the performance, audience members will be invited to join the Richmond Symphony for a post-concert happy-hour at Vagabond. Concerts will be held in the Carpenter Theatre. Buy a Casual Fridays Subscription today and save!
Tchaikovsky was inspired by Lord Byron’s haunting poem Manfred, and musically retells the story of a wanderer in the wilderness becoming bewitched by supernatural forces and being led to his tragic demise.
Program Notes

Longwood University
2016-02-04 19:30 - 21:30 | Longwood University, 201 High St, Farmville, VA, 23909, United States
The Richmond Symphony is returning to the Jarman Auditorium stage in February for a night of soaring, powerful music.
The performance will be held on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. on Longwood’s campus. The symphony will play Concerto No. 2 in G Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 63 by Prokofiev and Manfred Symphony, Opus 58 by Tchaikovsky.
Tickets—at the special price of $20 each—are on sale at the Longwood Box Office. The first 200 Longwood students to reserve a ticket will be admitted free. To ensure availability, reserve your tickets by phone at 434-395-2474.

Green Eggs and Ham
2016-01-30 11:00 - 12:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Do you like Green Eggs and Ham? Really Inventive Stuff’s fully-staged orchestral adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s beloved children’s classic is a feast for the ears! The unstoppable Sam-I-Am serves up a banquet of surprises for a Seussical Diva in Robert Kapilow’s culinary cartoon-musical banquet. Features Kimberly Schroder as Theodora Gieselevska, a Seussical soprano and RVA favorite Michael Boudewyns as Sam-I-Am.
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The Richmond Divas and the Richmond Symphony
2016-01-27 19:00 - 20:00 | The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, 2880 Mountain Road, Glen Allen, 23060
The Richmond Divas – Debra Wagoner, Cathy Motley-Fitch and Desiree Roots with pianist Ryan Corbitt reunite and are joined by The Richmond Symphony for an epic evening of live music! Performing fan favorites and classics from Broadway to jazz to standards to pop, backed by the amazing sounds of the Richmond Symphony, RVA’s superbly talented Divas will dazzle audiences of all ages during this one-night-only concert event. Claim your tickets today to experience “Richmond’s Finest!” Tickets are only $40 and are available online at www.artsglenallen.com or by calling 804-261-ARTS (2787).

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
Program Notes
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Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
2016-01-16 15:00 - 17:00 | Brandermill Church, 4500 Millridge Parkway, Midlothian, VA, 23112, United States
Join the Richmond Symphony at Brandermill Church on Saturday, January 16 at 3pm. Tickets are $20 for Adults, $15 for church members, and $10 for children. Tickets are available for purchase at the church office from 9-3 Monday through Thursday, or by calling 804-744-3661 ext 101. Free parking is available.
Learn more about Neal Cary, cello
Program Notes

Urban Sprawl
2016-01-14 18:30 - 19:30 | Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Richmond, 2408-2410 Ownby Lane, Richmond, VA, 23220, United States
Grab a beer, hit the food trucks and enjoy a great one-hour concert featuring selections from Ives, Tchaikovsky, Needham and Haydn and discussion in the Hardywood tasting room.
Cover fee is $15 and seating is limited.
ONLINE TICKETS HAVE SOLD OUT.
A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR THE NIGHT OF THE CONCERT STARTING AT 5PM.

A New Year in Vienna
2016-01-10 15:00 - 17:00, 2016-01-09 20:00 | 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!
Program Notes

The Nutcracker
2015-12-23 14:00 - 16:00, 2015-12-22 19:00 - 21:00, 2015-12-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2015-12-20 16:30 - 18:30, 2015-12-20 13:00 - 15:00, 2015-12-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2015-12-19 14:00 - 16:00, 2015-12-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
From the opening notes of Tchaikovsky’s famous overture, audiences are whisked into the warm, candlelit drawing room of the Silberhaus family, buzzing with celebrations of Christmas. To the delight of the family’s young daughter, Clara, Dr. Drosselmeyer, the mysterious toymaker, and his handsome nephew arrive with a special gift – a wooden nutcracker doll – that captures the girl’s imagination. As darkness falls, Dr. Drosselmeyer’s magic begins to work, setting in motion fantastical events that will fill Clara’s dreams: a battle beneath the branches of an enchanted Christmas tree, the transformation of the nutcracker doll into the young Nutcracker Prince, and a journey from a snow-covered forest to the far-off Kingdom of Sweets. Join the Russian Bear, the Chinese Dragon and the Mouse King as they celebrate the magic of the holidays with Richmond Ballet!

Winter Concert
2015-12-06 19:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States

Let It Snow! 2015
2015-12-06 15:00 - 17:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
The Richmond Symphony and Richmond Symphony Chorus celebrate the spirit of the season with Let It Snow on Saturday, December 5 at 8pm and Sunday, December 6 at 3pm at Richmond CenterStage’s Carpenter Theatre. This winter wonderland of music will be led by Associate Conductor, Keitaro Harada and includes holiday favorites such as “Deck the Halls,” “Sleigh Ride,” and “Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer.” Let It Snow is the perfect annual event to include in your RVA holiday tradition!
The Symphony will be joined by special guests Greater Richmond Children’s Choir directed by Hope Armstrong Erb, and dancers Nicole Oberleitner, Lauren C. Bolding, and Andrew Reid. Narration will be provided by Thomas A. Silvestri and Wesley Buskey.
Purchase tickets to Saturday’s performance

Symphony of Trees raffle tickets
2015-12-06 00:00 | VA
The Richmond Symphony Orchestra League presents the
2015 SYMPHONY OF TREES RAFFLE
to benefit the Richmond Symphony
A $20 ticket can win almost $5,000 in fantastic gifts just in time for Christmas! Be sure to buy your tickets before it’s too late – only 500 tickets per tree will be sold. For more info and tickets, visit www.rsol.org
Four beautiful trees are now on display at Kroger stores around town. To follow the event and view the trees, visit www.rsol.org, Pinterest and the RSOL Facebook and Twitter pages!
Symphony of Trees raffle rules apply. Raffle ends December 6. Drawing to be held December 8. You must be 21 years of age to participate. Winner need not be present. Trees not included.
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Let It Snow! 2015
2015-12-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
The Richmond Symphony and Richmond Symphony Chorus celebrate the spirit of the season with Let It Snow!This winter wonderland of music will be led by Associate Conductor, Keitaro Harada and includes holiday favorites such as “Deck the Halls,” “Sleigh Ride,” and “Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer.” Let It Snow! is the perfect annual event to include in your RVA holiday tradition!
The Symphony will be joined by special guests Greater Richmond Children’s Choir directed by Hope Armstrong Erb, and dancers Nicole Oberleitner, Lauren C. Bolding, and Andrew Reid. Narration will be provided by Thomas A. Silvestri and Wesley Buskey.
Purchase tickets to Sunday’s performance

Handel's Messiah
2015-12-04 19:30 - 21:30 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
For generations, RVA has been delighted by the holiday classic Handel’s Messiah. The Richmond Symphony, Richmond Symphony Chorus, and an exceptional cast of soloists join together again under the direction of Erin Freeman for the annual holiday favorite.
