Classics
Symphony Series
Discover the power of live music with our Symphony Series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will surely inspire you. All concerts are held at the Carpenter Theatre at Dominion Energy Center with 8 performances on Saturday evenings at 8pm repeated on Sunday afternoons at 3pm.
Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors that provide you with insight on the programming you are about to hear.
Series Schedule
January 28, 2023 @ 8:00 pm Scheherazade
It beguiles and seduces. Sensuous, exotic. Scheherazade is a spectacular showpiece to display the astounding virtuosity of the Richmond Symphony under Valentina Peleggi. These concerts also feature Vaughan Williams’ sumptuous Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. And with cellist Inbal Segev, a lyrical concerto by Anna Clyne, DANCE. Sponsored By: Taki Alsop Conducting […]
View DetailsJanuary 29, 2023 @ 3:00 pm Scheherazade
It beguiles and seduces. Sensuous, exotic. Scheherazade is a spectacular showpiece to display the astounding virtuosity of the Richmond Symphony under Valentina Peleggi. These concerts also feature Vaughan Williams’ sumptuous Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. And with cellist Inbal Segev, a lyrical concerto by Anna Clyne, DANCE. Sponsored By: Taki Alsop Conducting […]
View DetailsFebruary 25, 2023 @ 8:00 pm Brahms Third Symphony
When she took the gold at the 2021 Menuhin competition, the audience stood and roared. María Dueñas is already acclaimed as one of the leading virtuosos of her generation. See her play Lalo’s mesmerizing Symphonie espagnole. Also, Valentina Peleggi conducts a new work by young Mexican sound-shaper Juan Pablo Contreras, and Brahms’ haunting Third Symphony. […]
View DetailsFebruary 26, 2023 @ 3:00 pm Brahms Third Symphony
When she took the gold at the 2021 Menuhin competition, the audience stood and roared. María Dueñas is already acclaimed as one of the leading virtuosos of her generation. See her play Lalo’s mesmerizing Symphonie espagnole. Also, Valentina Peleggi conducts a new work by young Mexican sound-shaper Juan Pablo Contreras, and Brahms’ haunting Third Symphony. […]
View DetailsApril 1, 2023 @ 8:00 pm Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony
A concert experience unlike any other. Valentina Peleggi leads the Richmond Symphony, Chorus, and soloists in Mahler’s monumental Symphony Number Two. The awe-inspiring “Resurrection” Symphony is a not-to-be-missed concert event. Music by George Walker begins the program.
View DetailsApril 2, 2023 @ 3:00 pm Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony
A concert experience unlike any other. Valentina Peleggi leads the Richmond Symphony, Chorus, and soloists in Mahler’s monumental Symphony Number Two. The awe-inspiring “Resurrection” Symphony is a not-to-be-missed concert event. Music by George Walker begins the program.
View DetailsApril 22, 2023 @ 8:00 pm Romantic Chopin
It was a young, desperate love that inspired Frederic Chopin. Too shy to declare his feelings, he wrote: “I say to my piano what I would like to be saying to you…” Michelle Cann plays Chopin’s heart aching First Piano Concerto. “She displayed her own powerful technique in Chopin,” declared Washington Classical Review. Tito Muñoz […]
View DetailsApril 23, 2023 @ 3:00 pm Romantic Chopin
It was a young, desperate love that inspired Frederic Chopin. Too shy to declare his feelings, he wrote: “I say to my piano what I would like to be saying to you…” Michelle Cann plays Chopin’s heart aching First Piano Concerto. “She displayed her own powerful technique in Chopin,” declared Washington Classical Review. Tito Muñoz […]
View DetailsMay 20, 2023 @ 8:00 pm Pictures at an Exhibition Season Finale!
Few works can match it for sonic impact or sheer excitement. And no work displays the virtuosity of the Richmond Symphony like Pictures at an Exhibition. Experience it – live – under guest conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya, who also leads works by American masters John Adams, James Lee III, and Florence Price.
View DetailsMay 21, 2023 @ 3:00 pm Pictures at an Exhibition Season Finale!
Few works can match it for sonic impact or sheer excitement. And no work displays the virtuosity of the Richmond Symphony like Pictures at an Exhibition. Experience it – live – under guest conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya, who also leads works by American masters John Adams, James Lee III, and Florence Price.
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