Letter V Classical Radio Sept. 29
7-9 p.m. EDT2300-0100 UTC/GMTWDCE, University of Richmond90.1 FMhttp://wdce.org Chopin: “Rondo à la krakowiak” in F major, Op. 14Jan Lisiecki, pianoNDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester/Krzysztof...
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Classical performances in and around Richmond, with selected events elsewhere in Virginia and the Washington area. Program information, provided by presenters, is updated as details become available....
View ArticleGandelsman tapped for ‘genius grant’
Violinist Johnny Gandelsman, a frequent guest of the Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia, has been awarded a MacArthur Foundation fellowship – aka “genius grant.” The MacArthur judges cited his...
View ArticleLetter V Classical Radio Oct. 6
7-9 p.m. EDT2300-0100 UTC/GMTWDCE, University of Richmond90.1 FMhttp://wdce.org Schumann: Konzertstück in F major, Op. 86, for 4 horns & orchestraMarkus Maskuniitty, Martin Schöpfer, Kristofer...
View ArticleReview: Ferguson & Katz
William Ferguson, tenorMartin Katz, pianoOct. 5, Perkinson Recital Hall, University of Richmond William Ferguson may be Richmond’s favorite classical singer. Having been born to a prominent family,...
View ArticleNew Yorkers learning to play new instrument
The New York Times’ Javier C. Hernández surveys New York Philharmonic musicians, guest soloists and composers to find out whether the $550 million renovation of the orchestra’s concert hall in Lincoln...
View ArticleLeif Segerstam (1944-2024)
Leif Segerstam, the Finnish conductor and composer, and one of the most colorful characters in classical music, has died at 80. Best-known outside Scandinavia for his interpretations of his fellow...
View ArticleLetter V Classical Radio Oct. 13
7-9 p.m. EDT2300-0100 UTC/GMTWDCE, University of Richmond90.1 FMhttp://wdce.org Hamish MacCunn: “The Land of the Mountain and the Flood”Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Alexander Gibson(Warner...
View ArticleA robot conductor and a dead critic
Over the weekend, Germany’s Dresden Sinfoniker presented a concert in which the orchestra’s musicians were conducted by a robot. The highlight of this “Robotersinfonie” program was Andreas Gundlach’s...
View ArticleReview: ‘Swept Away’
Chamber Music Society of Central VirginiaOct. 14, First Unitarian Universalist Church The artistically venturesome and behaviorally libertine culture of Weimar Germany lasted barely 10 years before it...
View Article‘A radically original American musical voice’
Pianist Jeremy Denk, writing in The New York Times, marks the 150th birthday of Charles Ives, the American maverick composer who (in)famously told musicians and their audiences to “stand up and take...
View ArticleLetter V Classical Radio Oct. 20
On the 150th birthday of Charles Ives, we’ll contrast his vision of American music’s future and the future anticipated by Antonín Dvořák, and works by two living American composers, Jessie Montgomery...
View ArticleMarie Goodman Hunter (1929-2024)
Marie Goodman Hunter, a longtime fixture in the productions of Richmond’s theater troupes, a singer and actor in many events celebrating the city’s Black community, has died at 95. Hunter, a...
View ArticleReview: Wagner & Kong
Christoph Wagner, celloJoanne Kong, pianoOct. 25, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond The performing partnership of Christoph Wagner, a German cellist now teaching at the University of New...
View ArticleReview: Richmond Symphony
(I was unable to attend these concerts; the review is via the video stream posted Oct. 25.) Valentina Peleggi conductingwith Clayton Stephenson, pianoOct. 19-20, Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy...
View ArticleLetter V Classical Radio Oct. 27
7-9 p.m. EDT2300-0100 UTC/GMTWDCE, University of Richmond90.1 FMhttp://wdce.org Stravinsky: “The Firebird” SuiteNew York Philharmonic/Lorin Maazel(Deutsche Grammophon) Mel Bonis: “Femmes de légende”...
View ArticleChopin lost and found
New York’s Morgan Library & Museum announces that it has discovered a previously unknown waltz by the young Frédéric Chopin, found among an assortment of memorabilia in its collection. The piece,...
View ArticleNovember calendar
Classical performances in and around Richmond, with selected events elsewhere in Virginia and the Washington area. Program information, provided by presenters, is updated as details become available....
View ArticleReview: Richmond Symphony
Valentina Peleggi conductingwith James Ehnes, violinNov. 2, Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Energy Center The Canadian violinist James Ehnes is fast becoming one of the leading interpreters of an...
View ArticleLetter V Classical Radio Nov. 3
7-9 p.m. EST0000-0200 UTC/GMTWDCE, University of Richmond90.1 FMhttp://wdce.org Schubert: “Fierrabras” OvertureCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Edward Gardner(Chandos) Tchaikovsky: “Romeo and...
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