Charlottesville Symphony
at the University of Virginia
Masterworks Series
The Firebird
Friday September 25 at 7:30pm
Old Cabell Hall
University of Virginia
Benjamin Rous, conductor
David Sariti, violin
Program
RAVEL “Five O’clock Foxtrot“
LIGETI Atmosphères
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Violin Concerto
– Intermission –
STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite
About the Program
Music Director Benjamin Rous opens his 10th Anniversary Season with a program that spans a century of musical adventure. Violinist David Sariti takes center stage in Vaughan Williams’ Violin Concerto, composed in 1924–25, which combines neo-Baroque tendencies with the composer’s distinctive pastoral English violin writing. Before that, Ravel’s “Five O’clock Foxtrot,” a playful, jazz-inspired ragtime sequence from the opera L’enfant et les sortilèges, and Ligeti’s Atmosphères, a piece dense in mesmerizing sound textures. The concert culminates in Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, whose score blends Russian folklore with the composer’s famed orchestral wizardry.
Ticket Information
- Information about seating sections and ticket policies: please click here.
- Season subscriptions: please click here. Sold annually through the Charlottesville Symphony office. Contact: (434) 924-3139 or cvillesymphony.org.
- For single tickets, please visit the UVA Arts Box Office and select the concert you would like to attend or call (434) 924-3376. (Box office opens 8/25/26)
- Tickets (except for the free tickets for UVA students) will also be available at the door prior to the concert.
Getting There
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