Ticketing
Mozart, Schubert & Gruber
Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College 204 Henry Street, Ashland, VA, United StatesFranz Schubert was just 19 when he composed his First Symphony. Developing swiftly, his Fifth is a work of charm and grace. From our own time, H.K. Gruber’s pieces, written in 1968 for his MOB ensemble, are joyful and jazzy. This “close to home” concert opens with Mozart’s sparkling overture to his greatest opera: The […]
Appalachian Spring
Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College 204 Henry Street, Ashland, VA, United StatesTwo beloved favorites inspired by folk music – Vaughan Williams haunting Fantasia on Greensleeves and Aaron Copland’s tender Appalachian Spring – cradle and console the 1940 Clarinet Concerto by the 19-year-old Ruth Gipps, composed as her fiancé, and all of the Empire, departed for war.
Haydn’s Drum Roll
Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College 204 Henry Street, Ashland, VA, United StatesThe Symphony existed before Franz Josef Haydn, but it was he who formed how we experience it. He composed an astonishing 104 Symphonies, with the “Drum Roll” one of his final masterworks in the form. The Orchestra’s Jeannette Jang plays Haydn’s joyful Violin Concerto in C. This Haydn pairing bookends the energized Zoom! of Shawn Okpebholo, one […]