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Richmond Symphony Announces the 2017 Summer Series The Flower of England: From the Empire Through the Wars
M E D I A A D V I S O R Y
April 10, 2017 – Richmond, Virginia – The Richmond Symphony is pleased to announce the lineup of its annual Summer Series recital concerts set to begin on July 13. Presented in association with the University of Richmond Department of Music and VCU | School of the Arts | Department of Music, this year’s theme is titled The Flower of England: From the Empire through the Wars. The six casual, one-hour concerts will take place on Thursday evenings, July 13 through August 17 at 6:30pm in the Dominion Arts Center’s Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse.
Artists in the 2017 series are: Adrian Pintea (violin), Russell Wilson (piano), Susanna Klein (violin),
Joanne Kong (piano), Schuyler Slack (cello), David Fisk (piano), Zachary Guiles (trombone), Pascale Delache-Feldman (double bass), Aleksandr Haskin (flute/piccolo), Yin Zheng (piano), David Lemelin (clarinet), Magdalena Adamek (piano), Shawn Welk (oboe) and Richard Becker (piano).
The series was created as a way to showcase the talents of the professional musicians associated with the Richmond Symphony, the University of Richmond, VCU and other institutions. Full Series and Summer Sampler subscriptions are available starting at $48. Single tickets go on sale Monday, May 8 and are $18 for adults and $12 for children and college students (with student ID). A cash bar will be available at each concert.
Subscriptions on sale now!
Single tickets on sale Monday, May 8 at 10am
For more information, visit richmondsymphony.com or call 804-788-1212.
Summer Series concerts sell out quickly, so buy tickets early!
2017 Summer Series
The Flower of England: From the Empire Through the Wars
Thursday, July 13 at 6:30pm
Adrian Pintea, violin
Russell Wilson, piano
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending for Violin and Piano (1914)
BENJAMIN BRITTEN Suite for Violin and Piano Opus 6
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Petite suite de concert Opus 77
EDWARD ELGAR Salut d’amour, Opus 12
Thursday, July 20 at 6:30pm
Susanna Klein, violin
Joanne Kong, piano
EDWARD ELGAR Violin Sonata in E Minor, Opus 82
FRANK BRIDGE Norse Legend, Amaryllis, Souvenir, Heart’s Ease
JOHN IRELAND Summer Evening
THOMAS PITFIELD Allegretto articulato and Scherzo from Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major
EDWARD ELGAR Mazurka from 3 Characteristic Pieces, Opus 10
Thursday, July 27 at 6:30pm
Schuyler Slack, cello
David Fisk, piano
FRANK BRIDGE Four Pieces: Berceuse, Serenade, Élégie, Cradle Song
ARNOLD BAX Folk Tale
FREDERICK DELIUS Romance for Cello and Piano (1896)
FRANK BRIDGE Cello Sonata in D Minor, H. 125
Thursday, August 3 at 6:30pm
In partnership with the VCUArts Global Summer Institute of Music
Zachary Guiles, trombone
Pascale Delache-Feldman, double bass, GSIM international faculty
Aleksandr Haskin, flute/piccolo, GSIM international faculty
Yin Zheng, piano
EDWARD ELGAR ARR. SAUER Chanson de nuit & Chanson de matin, Opus 15
GUSTAV HOLST Concertante
EDWARD ELGAR Duetto for Double Bass and Trombone
EDWARD ELGAR Salut d’amour for Trombone, Piano and Bass
EUGENE GOOSSENS Five Impressions of A Holiday (for Flute, Trombone and Piano)
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Suite de Ballet for Flute and Piano
IAN CLARKE The Great Train Race & Zoom Tube for Solo Flute
BENJAMIN BRITTEN Ploughboy for Trombone, Piano and Piccolo
Thursday, August 10 at 6:30pm
David Lemelin, clarinet
Magdalena Adamek, piano
GERALD FINZI Five Bagatelles for Clarinet and Piano, Opus 23
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Opus 129
FRANK BRIDGE 3 Miniature Pastorales
JOSEPH HOROVITZ Sonatina
Thursday, August 17 at 6:30pm
Shawn Welk, oboe
Richard Becker, piano
BENJAMIN BRITTEN Pan, Arethusa from Six Metamorphoses After Ovid, Opus 49 for Oboe solo
EDMUND RUBBRA Sonata in C Major for Oboe and Piano, Opus 100
TOBIAS MATTHAY Three Lyric Studies for Piano solo (1921)
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Six Studies in English Folk-Song adapted for English Horn by Robert E. Stanton
THOMAS F. DUNHILL Three Short Pieces, Opus 81 (1941)
EUGENE GOOSSENS Concerto in One Movement, Opus 45 arr. by the composer for Oboe and Piano
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About the Richmond Symphony
Founded in 1957, the Richmond Symphony is the largest performing arts organization in Central Virginia. The organization includes an orchestra of more than 70 professional musicians, the 150-voice Richmond Symphony Chorus and more than 260 students in the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra programs. Each season, more than 200,000 members of the community enjoy concerts, and radio broadcasts. The Symphony also provides educational outreach programs to over 50,000 students and teachers each year. The Richmond Symphony is partially funded by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.