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Jahja Ling Guest Conductor Menuhin Competition
Marin Alsop Former Richmond Symphony Associate Conductor
Andrew Litton Guest Conductor Menuhin Competition
our 19/20 season is one of welcoming! We welcome five outstanding Music Director Candidates; world-class guest conductors Andrew Litton, Jahja Ling and the return of former Richmond Symphony Associate Conductor Marin Alsop; George Manahan as our distinguished Music Advisor; and exciting guest artists ranging from violinist Inmo Yang to the return of pop sensation Michael Cavanaugh. We welcome the world to our region during the eleven-day Menuhin Competition Richmond 2020. Most of all, we welcome YOU to enjoy all that our 62nd season has to offer!
may 14-24, 2020 2
Music Director Candidate
Ankush Kumar Bahl Music Director Candidate
Laura Jackson Music Director Candidate
Valentina Peleggi
Music Director Candidate
Roderick Cox Music Director Candidate
Farkhad Khudyev Music Advisor
George Manahan 3
Altria Masterworks All Altria Masterworks Concerts are held in the Carpenter Theatre at the Dominion Energy Center for the Performing Arts. Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Reveal videos of Marin Alsop, Music Director Candidates, Menuhin Competition Richmond 2020, and Sphinx Virtuosi through augmented reality (AR) content. Step 1: Download
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MASTERWORKS OPENING WEEKEND
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Marin Alsop, Conductor Inmo Yang, Violin Richmond Symphony Chorus
Marin Alsop
MASTERWORKS
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Roderick Cox, Conductor Brandie Sutton, Soprano
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THE RETURN OF MARIN ALSOP
Step 3: Reveal Videos
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saturday, sept. 21 @ 8pm sunday, sept. 22 @ 3pm
zemlinsky: Psalm 23, Opus 14 paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1, Opus 6 brahms: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Opus 56a stravinsky: The Firebird: Suite (1919)
Inmo Yang, Menuhin Competition Prize Winner & Paganini Competition Winner
saturday, oct. 26 @ 8pm tchaikovsky: The Tempest; Fantasy Overture, Opus 18 charpentier: “Depuis le jour” (Since the Day) from Louise barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Opus 24 rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Opus 45
Roderick Cox, Music Director Candidate
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Brandie Sutton
MASTERWORKS
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Chia-Hsuan Lin, Conductor Eduardo Rojas, Piano
Florence Robertson Givens Guest Artist
saturday, nov. 16 @ 8pm sunday, nov. 17 @ 3pm bartรณk: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor
Chia-Hsuan Lin, Associate Conductor Richmond Symphony Orchestra
MASTERWORKS
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Ankush Kumar Bahl, Conductor Anthony McGill, Clarinet Rennolds Memorial Concert
saturday, jan. 11 @ 8pm john adams: The Chairman Dances; Foxtrot for Orchestra mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major
Ankush Kumar Bahl, Music Director Candidate
MASTERWORKS
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Laura Jackson, Conductor Julian Schwarz, Cello
Eduardo Rojas
Anthony McGill
saturday, feb. 1 @ 8pm michael gandolfi: Selections from The Garden of Cosmic Speculation tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Opus. 33 mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major (Titan)
Julian Schwarz Laura Jackson, Music Director Candidate
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Valentina Peleggi, Conductor Angela Cheng, Piano
saturday, mar. 7 @ 8pm sunday, mar. 8 @ 3pm rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) respighi: Pines of Rome joan tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, No. 2 c. schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Opus 7 tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Opus 32
Valentina Peleggi, Music Director Candidate
Angela Cheng
MASTERWORKS
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Farkhad Khudyev, Conductor Richmond Symphony Chorus
saturday, apr. 18 @ 8pm sunday, apr. 19 @ 3pm rachmaninoff: The Bells, Opus 35 grieg: Lyric Suite, Opus 54 janáček: Taras Bulba
Farkhad Khudyev, Music Director Candidate
Erin R. Freeman, Director Richmond Symphony Chorus
ALTRIA MASTERWORKS PRE-CONCERT TALKS
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Join us an hour before each Altria Masterworks performance for a free pre-concert talk with the concert’s conductor and other guests, providing you with insights into the music you are about to hear.
Menuhin Competition Richmond 2020 • may 14-24
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MENUHIN FINALE
saturday, may 23 @ 7:30pm sunday, may 24 @ 5pm
MASTERWORKS SATURDAY MENUHIN COMPETITION RICHMOND 2020: SENIOR FINALS Andrew Litton, Conductor Menuhin Competition Senior Finalists repertoire to be announced: Concerti with Senior Finalists
MASTERWORKS SUNDAY MENUHIN COMPETITION RICHMOND 2020: CLOSING GALA CONCERT Andrew Litton, Conductor Richmond Symphony Sphinx Virtuosi Junior and Senior Competition Winners michael abels: repertoire to be announced: tchaikovsky: falla:
Delights and Dances Concerti with Junior and Senior Winners Violin Concerto in D Major, Opus 35, Movement 1 El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat): Suite No. 2
ENHANCE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION MENUHIN COMPETITION RICHMOND 2020: OPENING GALA CONCERT
MENUHIN COMPETITION RICHMOND 2020: JUNIOR FINALS
thursday, may 14 @ 7:30pm
friday, may 22 @ 7:30pm
Jahja Ling, Conductor Chloe Chua, Violin Christian Li, Violin
Menuhin Competition Junior Finalists
shostakovich: saint-saëns: bizet/sarasate: prokofiev: rimsky-korsakov:
Festive Overture, Opus 96 Introduction & Rondo capriccioso, Opus 28 Carmen Fantasy, Opus 25 Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Opus 19 Capriccio espagnol, Opus 34
repertoire to be announced
Special Guest Orchestra: Sphinx Virtuosi
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Metro Collection The Metro Collection offers audiences gems of orchestral music in an intimate setting. Concerts feature smaller scale works from the classical repertoire with Richmond Symphony musicians as featured soloists.
METRO 1
sunday, oct. 20 @ 3pm
Roderick Cox, Conductor & Music Director Candidate David Lemelin, Clarinet Thomas P. Bryan, Jr. Fund Soloist
dvořák: Serenade in D Minor, Opus 44 copland: Clarinet Concerto mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543
METRO 2
David Lemelin
sunday, nov. 10 @ 3pm
Chia-Hsuan Lin, Conductor Neal Cary, Cello mozart: Overture to Idomeneo elgar: Serenade in E Minor, Opus 20 schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, Opus 129 beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Opus 36
METRO 3
Neal Cary
sunday, feb. 9 @ 3pm
Laura Jackson, Conductor & Music Director Candidate Daisuke Yamamoto, Violin Molly Sharp, Viola gabriela lena frank: Concertina Cusqueño mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E-flat Major, K. 364 britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Opus 10 bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
METRO 4
Daisuke Yamamoto
Molly Sharp
Mary Boodell
Lynette Wardle
sunday, apr. 26 @ 3pm
Farkhad Khudyev, Conductor & Music Director Candidate Mary Boodell, Flute Lynette Wardle, Harp debussy: Petite Suite takemitsu: Toward the Sea II prokofiev: Summer Day; Children’s Suite for Small Orchestra ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose): Suite
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All Metro Collection concerts take place in Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA. Pre-Concert talks at 2PM in Brock Commons.
Rush Hour at Hardywood We’re teaming up with Hardywood Park Craft Brewery again this season to continue the popular Thursday night Rush Hour concerts! Grab your favorite craft beer, hit the food trucks, and enjoy a laid-back concert at 6:30PM in Hardywood’s tasting room.
thursday, oct. 17 @ 6:30pm
RUSH HOUR 1
thursday, nov. 7 @ 6:30pm
RUSH HOUR 2
thursday, feb. 6 @ 6:30pm
RUSH HOUR 3
thursday, apr. 23 @ 6:30pm
RUSH HOUR 4
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Symphony Pops
Experience the Richmond Symphony in new and unexpected ways. Always exciting and fun, a Symphony Pops concert is a night you’ll never forget!
THE MUSIC OF ELTON JOHN
Grammy-and Tony-nominated Michael Cavanaugh returns to join the Orchestra to perform the music of Sir Elton John! Hear all the hits including saturday, oct. 5 @ 8pm “Crocodile Rock,” “Bennie and the Jets,” “Rocket Man,” and many others in this high-energy show Chia-Hsuan Lin, Conductor Featuring Michael Cavanaugh that will have you getting out of your seat to dance and sing along.
LET IT SNOW!
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saturday, dec. 7 @ 8pm sunday, dec. 8 @ 3pm Chia-Hsuan Lin, Conductor Richmond Symphony Chorus
Celebrate the holidays with a concert featuring the sounds of the season! Join the Richmond Symphony and Richmond Symphony Chorus for this magical annual holiday tradition the whole family will love.
Symphony Pops concerts are held at the Dominion Energy Center for the Performing Arts.
JOURNEY INTO THE COSMOS saturday, jan. 18 @ 8pm Ankush Kumar Bahl, Conductor & Music Director Candidate
THE APOLLO HALL OF FAME saturday, feb. 29 @ 8pm Chia-Hsuan Lin, Conductor Featuring Jeans ’n Classics
Experience the sights and sounds of the final frontier on a journey with the Richmond Symphony! Hear music from Holst, John Williams, and many others as the orchestra explores outer space and celebrates NASA’s six-decade journey to connect humanity to the cosmos.
For forty years the Apollo Theater showcased some of the finest black artists in American swing, jazz, R&B, and pop. Borrowing from their own list of stars, we are thrilled to present the sounds of The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Hall & Oates, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, and many more.
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Atlantic Union Bank LolliPops
Join us at 10AM in Rhythm Hall for a Pre-Concert Festival featuring our Instrument Petting Zoo!
WILD WILD WEST saturday, nov. 2 @ 11am Chia-Hsuan Lin, Conductor
Bring the cowboys and cowgirls in your life for a rootin’ tootin’ good time with music celebrating the Wild West. Enjoy music from Copland, John Williams, and many others under the baton of Sheriff Chia-Hsuan Lin.
THE SNOWMAN (ANIMATED FILM) saturday, nov. 30 @ 11am Erin R. Freeman, Conductor © Snowman Enterprises Limited “The Snowman” by Raymond Briggs is published by Puffin.
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Kick off the holiday season with the Richmond Symphony! This charming animated film tells the story of a young boy’s magical friendship with a snowman. Enjoy other holiday favorites during this program as well.
LolliPops concerts are Sensory-Friendly! Learn more at richmondsymphony.com
Atlantic Union Bank LolliPops concerts are held at the Dominion Energy Center for the Performing Arts.
IT’S A SYMPHONY SING-A-LONG! saturday, jan. 25 @ 11am Chia-Hsuan Lin, Conductor
You are the star of the show for a “karaoke style” concert featuring some of your child’s favorite music!
Image courtesy of School of Richmond Ballet
APPALACHIAN SPRING saturday, mar. 14 @ 11am Valentina Peleggi, Conductor & Music Director Candidate The School of Richmond Ballet
Join the Symphony with dancers from The School of Richmond Ballet Ensembles for a newly choreographed work set to the music of Aaron Copland’s timeless Appalachian Spring.
An ASL Interpreter will be available at Pre-Concert Festivals and LolliPops performances.
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Youth Orchestra Program All Youth Orchestra Program concerts are held at the Dominion Energy Center for the Performing Arts. Concerts are free and open to the public! sunday, nov. 17 @ 7pm
RICHMOND SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA FALL CONCERT
sunday, dec. 8 @ 7pm
YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM WINTER CONCERT
sunday, feb. 9 @ 7:30pm
RICHMOND SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH THE RICHMOND SYMPHONY
sunday, may 3 @ 4pm
YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM SPRING CONCERT
saturday, may 16 @ 7:30pm
RICHMOND SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA SPRING CONCERT
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YO U T H O R C H E S T R A P R O G R A M
Holiday Tradition
friday, dec. 6 @ 7:30pm • dominion energy center George Manahan, Conductor Richmond Symphony Chorus Don’t miss the Richmond Symphony and Richmond Symphony Chorus performing Handel’s masterwork, a holiday classic that has delighted Richmonders for generations.
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Carpenter Theatre Seating Chart STAGE DOWNSTAIRS A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T U V
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As of 1/1/2019. For updates, please visit www.richmondsymphony.com
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19/20 Season Schedule opening weekend september 2019 21
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Masterworks 1: The Return of Marin Alsop
8pm / 3pm
october 2019 5
The Music of Elton John
8pm
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Rush Hour 1
6:30pm
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Metro 1
3pm
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Masterworks 2
8pm
november 2019
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Wild Wild West
11am
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3pm
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Metro 2
6:30pm
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Masterworks 3
8pm / 3pm
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Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra Fall Concert
7pm
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The Snowman (animated film)
11am
december 2019 7
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Handel’s Messiah
7:30pm
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Let it Snow!
8pm / 3pm
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Youth Orchestra Program Winter Concert
7pm
january 2020 11
Masterworks 4
8pm
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Journey Into the Cosmos
8pm
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It’s a Symphony Sing-A-Long!
11am
february 2020 1
Masterworks 5
8pm
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Rush Hour 3
6:30pm
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Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra Side-By-Side
7:30pm
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Metro 3
3pm
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The Apollo Hall of Fame
8pm
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march 2020 7
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Masterworks 6
8pm
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Appalachian Spring
11am
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Masterworks 7
8pm / 3pm
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Rush Hour 4
6:30pm
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Metro 4
3pm
may 2020 3
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Youth Orchestra Program Spring Concert
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Opening Gala Concert
7:30pm
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Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra Spring Concert
7:30pm
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Junior Finals
7:30pm
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Masterworks 8 Saturday: Senior Finals
7:30pm
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Masterworks 8 Sunday: Closing Gala Concert
5pm
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Special Concerts
CLASSICS Altria Masterworks
Metro Collection
CURRENTS Symphony Pops
Rush Hour at Hardywood
COMMUNITY Atlantic Union Bank LolliPops
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Youth Orchestra Program
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Altria Masterworks, Symphony Pops, Atlantic Union Bank LolliPops, and Messiah concerts are held in the Carpenter Theatre at Dominion Energy Center unless otherwise noted.
Metro Collection concerts are held at Randolph-Macon College in Blackwell Auditorium. Rush Hour concerts are held at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery. Please note that all artists, programs, and prices are subject to change without notice.
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