In composing his epic, moving Requiem, Damien Geter was inspired by those composed earlier by Mozart, Berlioz, Brahms, and especially Verdi. Within the traditional Latin text, Geter’s Requiem weaves the words of victims of lynching and of those who dared speak out. “A Requiem memorializes a person,” Geter has stated. “We need to memorialize these […]
In composing his epic, moving Requiem, Damien Geter was inspired by those composed earlier by Mozart, Berlioz, Brahms, and especially Verdi. Within the traditional Latin text, Geter’s Requiem weaves the words of victims of lynching and of those who dared speak out. “A Requiem memorializes a person,” Geter has stated. “We need to memorialize these […]
Let the church say, Amen! Pastor Mike Jr. brings his award-winning sound to the Richmond Symphony stage for a ‘Gospel Symphony Praise Party.’ Experience the power of orchestral arrangements by […]
Just 30, Conrad Tao, says the Detroit Free Press “owns a place among the world’s virtuosos. he blew the doors off in a performance hair-raising in its technical brilliance.” Experience his phenomenal artistry in music from the jazz-age: George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F. and his mercurial homage to Gershwin, Flung Out. And rising American […]
Just 30, Conrad Tao, says the Detroit Free Press “owns a place among the world’s virtuosos. he blew the doors off in a performance hair-raising in its technical brilliance.” Experience his phenomenal artistry in music from the jazz-age: George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F. and his mercurial homage to Gershwin, Flung Out. And rising American […]
Led by Broadway superstar Chester Gregory and vocal powerhouses Cherise Coaches & Brik Liam, this incredible evening is full of classic hit songs made famous by The Spinners, The Stylistics, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Lou Rawls, Diana Ross, Gamble & Huff and more.
For nearly half a century, Arthur Fiedler was The Boston Pops. Be there for the music Fiedler made famous. Hear beloved pieces like the ‘1812 Overture,’ selections from ‘The Sound of Music,’ and more. The magic of “The Fiedler Tradition” live, in concert.
A delightful musical menagerie comes to life in this whimsical family-friendly program featuring Camille Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals. Packed with humor, imagination, and vivid musical storytelling, this beloved suite introduces audiences of all ages to a charming parade of creatures from the regal lion and graceful swan to playful kangaroos and a curious […]
Loves forbidden. Loves immortal. Valentina Peleggi conducts music greatest love stories. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet inspired Tchaikovsky’s most passionate music and Leonard Bernstein’s most popular: West Side Story. Plus, the premiere of Damien Geter’s Suite from Loving vs. Virginia. And to conclude, Ravel’s sensuous Boléro. Share this concert with that special someone.
Loves forbidden. Loves immortal. Valentina Peleggi conducts music greatest love stories. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet inspired Tchaikovsky’s most passionate music and Leonard Bernstein’s most popular: West Side Story. Plus, the premiere of Damien Geter’s Suite from Loving vs. Virginia. And to conclude, Ravel’s sensuous Boléro. Share this concert with that special someone.
The great strength and nobility of Brahms’ Fourth and final Symphony places it among his most profound achievements. Valentina Peleggi conducts, and the Richmond Symphony’s own Neal Cary plays Dvořák’s elegy for a long-lost love, the impassioned Cello Concerto, composed during the composer’s American sojourn. To begin, a colorful new work, commissioned by the Richmond […]
Valentina Peleggi conducts two American masterworks. Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man has moved many Americans, even Copland himself. The finale of his Third Symphony is based on that stirring theme. In speaking of her Hymn for Everyone, Jessie Montgomery recalled “I wrote it during the pandemic, and I was in a moment of […]
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