Brahms and Strauss
Carpenter Theatre 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, United StatesValentina Peleggi conducts a program shaped by memory, identity, and musical storytelling. Pianist Jon Kimura Parker returns to perform Brahms’ sweeping and deeply personal First Piano Concerto. Strauss’ Rosenkavalier Suite brings the evening to a close with its lush orchestration and nostalgic charm.
Brahms and Strauss
Carpenter Theatre 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, United StatesValentina Peleggi conducts a program shaped by memory, identity, and musical storytelling. Pianist Jon Kimura Parker returns to perform Brahms’ sweeping and deeply personal First Piano Concerto. Strauss’ Rosenkavalier Suite brings the evening to a close with its lush orchestration and nostalgic charm.
Rachmaninoff, Glass & Stravinsky
Carpenter Theatre 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, United StatesViolinist Julian Rhee returns for Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto No. 1, honoring the composer’s 90th birthday and the 40th anniversary of this iconic work. Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite dazzles with orchestral color and mythic energy. The evening concludes with Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances — a thrilling and bittersweet farewell from a master Romantic.
Rachmaninoff, Glass & Stravinsky
Carpenter Theatre 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, United StatesViolinist Julian Rhee returns for Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto No. 1, honoring the composer’s 90th birthday and the 40th anniversary of this iconic work. Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite dazzles with orchestral color and mythic energy. The evening concludes with Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances — a thrilling and bittersweet farewell from a master Romantic.
Peleggi Conducts Mahler’s Fifth
Carpenter Theatre 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, United StatesMusic Director Valentina Peleggi leads a profound journey from sorrow to joy. Strauss’ Metamorphosen opens the program with a moving elegy for 23 solo strings, written in the final days of World War II. The program concludes with Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, a sweeping emotional arc that begins with storm and grief, flows through the beloved Adagietto, and ends in a triumphant […]
Peleggi Conducts Mahler’s Fifth
Carpenter Theatre 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, United StatesMusic Director Valentina Peleggi leads a profound journey from sorrow to joy. Strauss’ Metamorphosen opens the program with a moving elegy for 23 solo strings, written in the final days of World War II. The program concludes with Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, a sweeping emotional arc that begins with storm and grief, flows through the beloved Adagietto, and ends in a triumphant […]
Wagner & Strauss: Songs of Farewell
Carpenter Theatre 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, United StatesSoprano Alexandra Loutsion joins Valentina Peleggi and the Richmond Symphony Chorus for a deeply reflective and radiant program. Strauss’ Four Last Songs and Wagner’s Liebestod offer transcendent visions of love and mortality. Brahms’ Gesang der Parzen and Beethoven’s Elegischer Gesang bring choral gravitas and beauty, while the overture to Wagner’s Meistersinger opens with noble serenity.
Wagner & Strauss: Songs of Farewell
Carpenter Theatre 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, United StatesSoprano Alexandra Loutsion joins Valentina Peleggi and the Richmond Symphony Chorus for a deeply reflective and radiant program. Strauss’ Four Last Songs and Wagner’s Liebestod offer transcendent visions of love and mortality. Brahms’ Gesang der Parzen and Beethoven’s Elegischer Gesang bring choral gravitas and beauty, while the overture to Wagner’s Meistersinger opens with noble serenity.
Gil Shaham Returns
Carpenter Theatre 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, United StatesInternational violinist Gil Shaham returns to perform Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto, bringing the beauty and power of a 1719 Stradivari to the Richmond stage. Valentina Peleggi conducts the world premiere of a new work by Andrea Portera, and the concert concludes with Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5, a bold and thrilling statement of defiance and triumph.
Gil Shaham Returns
Carpenter Theatre 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, United StatesInternational violinist Gil Shaham returns to perform Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto, bringing the beauty and power of a 1719 Stradivari to the Richmond stage. Valentina Peleggi conducts the world premiere of a new work by Andrea Portera, and the concert concludes with Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5, a bold and thrilling statement of defiance and triumph.