BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Richmond Symphony - ECPv6.15.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Richmond Symphony REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260329T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260329T150000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20250713T201334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250829T203801Z UID:33947-1774796400-1774796400@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:American Choral Classics DESCRIPTION:The Richmond Symphony Chorus takes the stage! \nExperience the depth and beauty of American choral tradition in this moving program led by Richmond Symphony Chorus Director Richard W. Robbins. Blending folk melodies\, sacred texts\, and poetic reflections\, American Choral Classics captures the spirit of a nation through choir. \n\nTimeless American songs like Shenandoah and the spiritual Deep River resonate with emotional power\, while early choral works such as William Billings’ I Am the Rose of Sharon and the traditional shape-note hymn Hark\, I Hear the Harps Eternal speak to the country’s musical roots. Luminary American composers like R. Nathaniel Dett and Amy Beach are also highlighted in the concert. The centerpiece of the program\, Randall Thompson’s beloved Frostiana\, brings the profound lyricism of Robert Frost’s poetry to the stage. \nJoin us for this exciting celebration of American voices drawn from our nation’s rich musical history. URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/american-choral-classics/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts & Events,Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Chorus_usethisone-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Richmond Symphony Chorus":MAILTO:patronservices@richmondsymphony.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250406T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250406T150000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20240529T184350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241001T134544Z UID:32207-1743951600-1743951600@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Haydn's Drum Roll DESCRIPTION:The 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 of America’s collective of powerful\, young musical voices known as The Blacknificent 7. URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/haydns-drum-roll-2025-04-06/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts & Events,Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Symphony-Dress-Rehersal-01-20-2024-068-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250302T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250302T150000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20240529T183920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241001T134351Z UID:32201-1740927600-1740927600@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Appalachian Spring DESCRIPTION:Two 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. URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/appalachian-spring-4/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts & Events,Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lemelin-scaled-e1724267326785.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241117T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241117T150000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20240529T181148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241111T143519Z UID:32188-1731855600-1731855600@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Mozart\, Schubert & Gruber DESCRIPTION:Franz 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 Marriage of Figaro. URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/mozart-schubert-gruber-3/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts & Events,Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Symphony-Dress-Rehersal-01-20-2024-108-2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240519T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240519T150000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20230705T204125Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T161357Z UID:30144-1716130800-1716130800@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Mozart & Spirituals DESCRIPTION:Experience a night of musical transcendence with Associate Conductor Chia-Hsuan Lin and the Richmond Symphony.  Dawson’s “Spirituals” touch the soul.  Daniel Stipe then takes center stage for Mozart’s enchanting Piano Concerto No. 17.  Lastly\, immerse yourself in the mesmerizing sound journey of Schoenberg’s “Transfigured Night.” URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/mozart-spirituals-2/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts & Events,Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Stipe-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240428T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240428T150000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20230705T202613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240426T132953Z UID:30137-1714316400-1714316400@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:A Little Night Music DESCRIPTION:The elegance\, the genius of Mozart.  His exquisite “Eine kleine Nachtmusik and Symphony No. 27. Experience the artistry of Victoria Chung\, as she performs Jennifer Higdon’s evocative Oboe Concerto. Also Stravinsky’s delightful homage to Bach\, “Dumbarton Oaks.” \nARTIST SPONSOR: URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/a-little-night-music-3/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts & Events,Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Chung_Victoria-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240128T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240128T150000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20230705T175612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231115T214700Z UID:30120-1706454000-1706454000@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:The Four Seasons DESCRIPTION:Celebrations of nature’s renewal.  Fusing the glory of the baroque and the seduction of the tango.  Be embraced by Vivaldi’s “Summer” and “Autumn” from “The Four Seasons\,” and captivated by the rhythms of Piazzolla’s “Winter” and “Spring” from “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.” Menuhin Richmond 2021 Junior First-Prize Winner Keila Wakao joins the Richmond Symphony. URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/the-four-seasons-3/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts & Events,Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/KeilaWakao_pretty.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231203T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231203T150000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20230616T155102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251027T162847Z UID:30031-1701615600-1701615600@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Holiday Brass 2023 DESCRIPTION:Deck the halls – with Holiday Brass! Chia-Hsuan Lin conducts a shimmering celebration of holiday hits for the whole family. \n  \nVENUE:\nBlackwell Auditorium\nRandolph-Macon College\n205 Henry Street\nAshland\, VA 23005 URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/holiday-brass-3/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts & Events,Currents,Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/RS_HolidayBrass-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230430T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230430T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20220713T143114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230310T171133Z UID:28141-1682866800-1682874000@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Mozart & More DESCRIPTION:Today\, more than 200 years after his passing\, the music of Mozart still speaks to us\, moves us\, and leaves us breathless.   Valentina Peleggi conducts Mozart’s magnificent Symphony No. 36\, the “Linz.”   Plus\, two exhilarating musical declarations: from our own time: Damien Geter’s “I Said What I Said”.   And the Chamber Symphony of Shostakovich\, arranged from his defiant Third String Quartet. \n  URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/metro-4-4/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts & Events,Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Damien-Geter-1-e1658775398616.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Richmond Symphony":MAILTO:patronservices@richmondsymphony.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20220713T140116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220823T152710Z UID:28134-1679842800-1679850000@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Beethoven's First! DESCRIPTION:Vienna – 1800.  A struggling young composer completes a symphony.  The first of nine that will change the course of music.  And electrify audiences for two centuries. Chia-Husan Lin conducts Beethoven’s First Symphony\, Haydn’s last Symphony\, and works by two masters of our time – Vivian Fung and James Lee III. \n  URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/metro-3-4/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts & Events,Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Vivian-Fung--e1658775626650.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Richmond Symphony":MAILTO:patronservices@richmondsymphony.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230122T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230122T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20220712T204553Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230118T031008Z UID:28121-1674399600-1674406800@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Suites for Strings DESCRIPTION:Valentina Peleggi leads the sumptuous strings of the Richmond Symphony in three poetic works by Marion Bauer\, Steven Snowden\, and Christopher Theofanidis.   Plus\, the gripping Divertimento of Bartók\, composed in 1939 and anticipating the world’s immediate future. URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/metro-2-3/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts & Events,Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Schuyler-Slack-PIC.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Richmond Symphony":MAILTO:patronservices@richmondsymphony.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221204T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221204T163000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20220708T190444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251027T162436Z UID:28106-1670166000-1670171400@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Holiday Brass 2022 DESCRIPTION:Deck the halls – with Holiday Brass! A shimmering celebration of holiday hits for the whole family\, and right in your neighborhood! URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/holiday-brass-rmc/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts & Events,Currents,Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/HolidayBrass-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220501T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220501T163000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20210726T142407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211228T150514Z UID:26355-1651417200-1651422600@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Mozart & More DESCRIPTION:The Bassoon Concerto of the 19-year-old Mozart\, featuring Richmond Symphony’s own Thomas Schneider. Nicholas Hersh conducts Anna Clyne’s Sound and Fury and the music that inspired it\, Haydn’s bold and bracing Symphony No. 60 (Il Distratto). Alberto Ginastera’ popular\, Variaciones Concertantes\, rounds out the concert. URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/mozart-more-3/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Portrait_of_Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart_at_the_age_of_13_in_Verona_1770-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220123T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220123T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20210726T140339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220118T164247Z UID:26348-1642950000-1642957200@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Bach & Schumann DESCRIPTION:This intimate concert showcases Richmond Symphony’s own Mary Boodell in C. P. E. Bach’s Flute Concerto. Guest Conductor\, Emanuele Andrizzi\, also leads the Orchestra in Stacy Garrop’s celebratory Spectacle of Light and Schumann’s euphoric “Rhenish” Symphony. URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/bach-schumann-2/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Boodell-Mary-photo-e1435241678748.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200426T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200426T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20190207T210218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200325T142940Z UID:15523-1587913200-1587920400@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Metro 4 DESCRIPTION:IMPORTANT UPDATE: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and concern for the well-being of our patrons\, the Richmond Symphony has cancelled the Metro 4 concert. \nOPTIONS FOR TICKET HOLDERS: \nOPTION 1: Support Your Richmond Symphony by Donating Your Tickets. Your ticket purchase helps fuel our ability to serve our community\, in good times and in challenging times such as this. Concert cancellations and postponement will have a serious financial impact on our organization\, and we hope that if you are unable to attend on the new date\, or if no new date is available\, you will choose to help by contributing your tickets back as a charitable gift (and receive a tax deduction for the total ticket value). Your generous tax-deductible donation today ensures that the Richmond Symphony will continue to share the joy of live music together in the future. \nOPTION 2:  Receive a credit for a future performance. If you are unable to attend on the new date\, you may request a credit to be used for a Richmond Symphony 20/21  Season concert or subscription. \nOPTION 3:  You may receive a refund for your ticket.  Please note\, if you paid by credit card and request a refund\, tickets will be refunded to the credit card used for the original purchase. \nPlease email Patron Services (patronservices@richmondsymphony.com) and let us know which option you choose.  Be sure to include the name on the ticket order and phone number where we can reach you. Please be aware that Patron Services is responding to a high volume of emails and your inquiry may take longer than normal to answer. We appreciate your patience and understanding. \n  URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/metro-4/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts & Events,Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Farkhad-Khudyev-Feature-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200209T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200209T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20190207T210439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200424T165444Z UID:15521-1581260400-1581267600@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Metro 3 DESCRIPTION:Savor small-ensemble favorites in an intimate setting at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland\, Va. Led by Music Director Candidate Laura Johnson\, the program includes Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major\, K. 364\, featuring Richmond Symphony Concertmaster Daisuke Yamamoto and Principal Violist Molly Sharp. Also on the program are string orchestra works with an international flair by Gabriela Lena Frank\, Britten and Bartók. \nGeneral admission is $22 for adults; $20 for seniors and active military members; and $10 for children and college students.  For more information or to purchase tickets\, please visit www.richmondsymphony.com or call 804.788.1212.  Tickets can also be purchased onsite starting 90 minutes before the program. \n  \nA pre-concert talk will take place by Laura Jackson at 2 p.m. in Sun Trust Theater\, Brock Commons (304 Henry St). \n  \nLearn more about Laura Jackson\, Conductor.\nLearn more about Daisuke Yamamoto\, Violin.\nLearn more about Molly Sharp\, Viola. \nSpecial thanks to our media sponsor: URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/metro-3/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts & Events,Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Laura-Jackson.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191110T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191110T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20190207T210805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200424T165609Z UID:15519-1573398000-1573405200@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Metro 2 DESCRIPTION:Experience the intimate musical setting at Randolph-Macon College\, as Associate Conductor Chia-Hsuan Lin leads the Richmond Symphony in small-ensemble favorites. The program will feature the Symphony’s own Neal Cary on Schumann’s Cello Concerto in A minor\, Op. 129\, in addition to beloved works by Mozart\, Elgar\, and Beethoven. \nJoin us at 2pm for a free pre-concert talk at Brock Commons! \nLearn more about Chia-Hsuan Lin\, Conductor.\nLearn more about Neal Cary\, Cello. \nProgram Notes \nSpecial thanks to our media sponsor: URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/metro-2/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts & Events,Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Chia-Hsuan-Lin-Feature-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191020T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191020T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20190207T211022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200424T165709Z UID:15514-1571583600-1571590800@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Metro 1 DESCRIPTION:Welcome our first Music Director Candidate\, Roderick Cox\, as he leads small-ensemble favorites in an intimate setting at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland. The program includes Copland’s Clarinet Concerto\, featuring the Richmond Symphony’s own David Lemelin; Dvořák’s Serenade in D Minor\, Opus 44\, for winds\, cello and double-bass; and Mozart’s beloved Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major\, K. 543. \nExperience the majesty of the orchestral experience through symphonic masterpieces\, contemporary works\, and chamber concerts in traditional concert settings.  Whether enjoying the mainstays of the orchestra repertoire\, modern works for the full orchestra or chamber settings\, Richmond Symphony Classics offer everything you expect from a symphony orchestra. \n  \nLearn more about Roderick Cox\, Conductor.\nLearn more about David Lemelin\, Clarinet. \nProgram Notes \nSpecial thanks to our media sponsor: URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/metro-1/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts & Events,Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/roderick_-20-Credit-Josh-Kohanek.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190428T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190428T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20180126T174553Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190103T182657Z UID:11105-1556463600-1556470800@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Metro Collection 4 DESCRIPTION:The Metro Collection offers audiences fantastic classical music in an intimate setting. Concerts feature smaller scale works from the classical repertoire and newer pieces by contemporary composers. This performance will feature David Lemelin\, clarinet. \nWith works like Music for the Theatre\, Aaron Copland paved the way for a truly American “classical” music. In the piece\, you can hear the budding nationalism that comes to fruition in Copland’s later works. For the national element Copland turned to jazz\, “I was preoccupied with the idea of adding to the great history of serious music something with an American accent\, and jazz seemed to be a comparatively simple way of introducing the American note in an authentic way . . . It was an easy way to be an American.” \nSchubert began work on his Symphony in C Major when he was only nineteen. The music of Gioacchino Rossini was currently the rage in Vienna and it seems that Schubert modeled much of this symphony on the light-hearted and almost facile style of that Italian composer. The slow introduction to the first movement begins dramatically enough\, but soon melts into pure melody. The flutes introduce the main body of the movement with a jaunty little melody and from then on\, it is all good-hearted mirth. The slower second movement is as melodic as an operatic aria\, and the third movement is a lilting romp. The last movement is a succession of light-hearted tunes in contrasting tempos that eventually give way to a dramatic conclusion. \nWhen Louis Spohr wrote his first concerto for clarinet\, the instrument had only five keys\, compared to the seventeen of a modern clarinet. He confessed that he really didn’t know what he was doing. Aside from the obvious virtuosic aspects of Spohr’s Clarinet Concerto No. 1\, the piece contains some unusual elements. It is in a minor key\, and the orchestra plays a slow introduction before fingerwork begins. The slow movement confines the accompaniment to just violins and cellos. In spite of the minor key\, the third movement has a jaunty quality to it. Instead of ending with a technical flourish\, there is a surprising and sudden fade to nothing. \nLearn more about David Lemelin\, Clarinet. \nLearn more about Chia-Hsuan Lin\, Conductor. \nProgram Notes \n  \n  \nMedia Sponsor \nConcert Sponsor: \nMr. Ralph R. Crosby\, Jr. \n  \n  URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/metro-collection-4-2/2019-04-28/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/David-Lemelin-Metro-4-1819.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190224T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190224T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20180126T174212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190123T172658Z UID:11103-1551020400-1551027600@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Metro Collection 3 DESCRIPTION: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. \nMozart wrote the Overture to “Don Giovanni\,” K. 527\, the night the opera’s final dress rehearsal had been performed. As his wife told him stories to keep him awake and entertained\, the composer dozed off\, eventually falling into a deep sleep. Upon waking\, Mozart wrote and completed the Overture within two hours. Mozart’s biographer Ernest Newman insists that the story is true. Composition for Mozart “meant developing the work in his head; he found the business of writing it out rather tiresome\, and he would often postpone it as long as he could. . . . the Overture to Don Giovanni had been worked out in his head long before . . . all he had to do on that historic night was to put the notes on paper.” \n“How delighted I shall be to ramble for a while through bushes\, woods\, under trees\, through grass and around rocks. No one can love the country as much as I do. For surely woods\, trees\, and rocks produce the echo which man desires to hear.” Beethoven spent his summers in the country and it was there he did his most productive work. Beethoven composed most of his Symphony No. 6\, what he himself called his Pastoral symphony\, in the “delicious wooded environs of Heiligenstadt.” \n  \nLearn more about Steven Smith\, Conductor.\nLearn more about Reena Esmail\, Guest Composer.  \nProgram Notes \n  \n  \nSeries Sponsor \n  \n  \n  URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/metro-collection-3-2/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Blackwell-Auditorium-Sheet-Music-Edit-Transparent-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190127T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190127T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20180126T173956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T173354Z UID:11101-1548601200-1548608400@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Metro Collection 2 DESCRIPTION: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.  \nThe Symphony No. 25 in G Minor is only one of two symphonies that Mozart wrote in a minor key\, out of the nearly one hundred he composed. Mozart experimented with using the Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress) musical trend in a symphony setting. The trend was a reaction to the cool rationalism of the Enlightenment and gave free expression to extreme emotion. The piece is saturated with stormy emotion\, interspersed with lighter themes throughout the movements; contrast is a hallmark of Sturm und Drang. \nDebussy’s La boîte à joujoux (The Toy Box) is based off a children’s book by the same title. Writing the first two scenes came easily for Debussy by extracting secrets from his daughter’s old dolls\, but he confessed the third scene was causing him some trouble: “The soul of a doll is more mysterious than even [poet and playwright] Maeterlinck imagines; it doesn’t easily tolerate the kind of humbug so many human souls put up with.” \nFanny Mendelssohn’s only known purely orchestral work is Overture in C. It begins with a quiet serenity that eventually bursts into an ebullience that can only be associated with the Mendelssohn name. The standard of the times\, her family and brother\, famed composer Felix Mendelssohn\, discouraged Fanny’s compositional aspirations. With the support of her husband\, a painter\, she began to publish her works. Just a year later\, she died from a stroke\, leaving over 500 compositions unpublished. \nA gamelan is an Indonesian orchestra made up of gongs and keyed metal instruments resembling our marimbas and xylophones. Born to a family of artists in Pengosekan village in Bali\, Dewa Ketut Alit was immersed in Balinese gamelan from early childhood. He is generally acknowledged as the leading composer of his generation in Bali. He says this of his piece Open My Door: “I want to push open a door\, entering new spaces. I’m on the road looking for the relationship between gamelan music and western music.” \nLearn more about Steven Smith\, Conductor. \nProgram Notes \n  \nSeries Sponsor \nConcert Sponsor \n  \n  \n  URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/metro-collection-2-2/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Blackwell-Auditorium-Sheet-Music-Edit-Transparent-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181007T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181007T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20180126T173702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180906T154036Z UID:11099-1538924400-1538931600@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Metro Collection 1 DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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. \nLearn more about Steven Smith\, conductor \nProgram Notes URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/metro-collection-1-2/2018-10-07/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Blackwell-Auditorium-Sheet-Music-Edit-Transparent.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180506T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180506T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20170207T172032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180105T190549Z UID:7790-1525618800-1525626000@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Metro Collection 4 DESCRIPTION: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. \nLearn more about Chia-Hsuan Lin\, conductor \nProgram Notes URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/metro-collection-4/2018-05-06/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Chia-Hsuan-Lin-Photo-1R2-e1486134539800.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180225T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180225T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20170207T172050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180221T203935Z UID:7787-1519570800-1519578000@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Metro Collection 3 DESCRIPTION: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. \nLearn more about Steven Smith\, conductor \nProgram Notes \nConcert Sponsor: URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/metro-collection-3/2018-02-25/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Steven_casual2-e1486133860949.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180121T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180121T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20170207T172117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171005T141329Z UID:7789-1516546800-1516554000@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Metro Collection 2 DESCRIPTION: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. \nLearn more about Steven Smith\, conductor\nLearn more about Zachary Guiles\, trombone \nProgram Notes \n  URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/metro-collection-2/2018-01-21/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Guiles-Zachary-photo-e1486133260210.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171001T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171001T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20170207T172144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170929T144902Z UID:7788-1506870000-1506877200@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Metro Collection 1 DESCRIPTION: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. This concert features soloist\, Molly Sharp (viola) on Clarke’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra. Additional works from Beethoven\, Davies\, and Haydn will be performed by the Richmond Symphony. \nLearn more about Steven Smith\, conductor \nLearn more about Molly Sharp\, viola \nPLEASE NOTE: The date of this concert has been changed from October 8 to OCTOBER 1\, 2017. URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/metro-collection-1/2017-10-01/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Sharp-Molly-photo-e1486133050991.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170430T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170430T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20160216T200932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170315T175204Z UID:4436-1493564400-1493571600@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Stravinsky\, Beethoven\, Mozart DESCRIPTION: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. \nLearn more about Chia-Hsuan Lin\, conductor \nProgram Notes URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/stravinsky-beethoven-mozart/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Metro4-Chia-Hsuan-Lin-e1454099440365.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170219T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170219T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20160216T200902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170216T170122Z UID:4439-1487516400-1487523600@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Fischer\, Beethoven DESCRIPTION: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. \nLearn more about Steven Smith\, conductor\nLearn more about James Jacobson\, timpani \nProgram Notes \n  URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/fischer-beethoven/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Metro3-Jacobson-Jim-action-e1454099123694.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170122T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170122T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20160216T200935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160914T171708Z UID:4438-1485097200-1485104400@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Gluck\, Purcell\, Schubert DESCRIPTION: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. \nLearn more about Steven Smith\, conductor \nProgram Notes URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/gluck-purcell-schubert/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Metro2-e1455292740938.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161016T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161016T170000 DTSTAMP:20260626T200213 CREATED:20160216T200938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161005T205643Z UID:4437-1476630000-1476637200@www.richmondsymphony.com SUMMARY:Copland\, Piazzolla\, Revueltas DESCRIPTION: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. \nLearn more about Steven Smith\, conductor\nLearn more about Daisuke Yamamoto\, violin\nThomas P. Bryan\, Jr. Fund Soloist \nProgram Notes URL:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/event/copland-piazzolla-revueltas/ LOCATION:Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College\, 204 Henry Street\, Ashland\, VA\, 23005\, United States CATEGORIES:Metro Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.richmondsymphony.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Metro1-Yamamoto-Daisuke.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR