The Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia is comprised of music faculty who serve as Principal Players and talented students and community members. Each season the orchestra performs five pairs of masterworks concerts, two Youth Concerts for area fourth and fifth graders and two popular Family Holiday Concerts in partnership with the University Singers.  Beloved works from the symphonic repertoire, new discoveries, commissioned premieres and an array of guest artists attract enthusiastic audiences from all over Central Virginia.

2019-2020 SEASON

Masterworks 1: Mozart and Brahms
Saturday, September 28th, 2019 at 8pm in Old Cabell Hall
Sunday, September 29th, 2019 at 3:30pm in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center at CHS
Program:
MOZART Symphony No. 32, K. 318 (1779) 8’30”
ROUSTOM  Ramal (2014) 12’30”
BRAHMS  Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 (1881) 48’

Masterworks 2: Mozart and Brahms Romantic Titans: Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Richard Strauss
Saturday, November 16th, 2019 at 8pm in Old Cabell Hall
Sunday, November 17th, 2019 at 3:30pm in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center at CHS
Program:
MONTGOMERY  Caught by the Wind (2016) 10’
RICHARD STRAUSS  Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 11 (1883) 18’
MENDELSSOHN  Psalm 42, Op. 42 (1837) 25’
BRUCKNER  Te Deum in C Major, WAB 45 (1884) 24’ – Vocal soloists TBA

Masterworks 3: British Riches
Saturday, February 15th, 2020 at 8pm in Old Cabell Hall
Sunday, February 16th, 2020 at 3:30pm in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center at CHS
Program:
Butterworth  A Shropshire Lad (1912) 10’
Britten  Nocturne, Op. 60 (1958) 26’
Williams  Elegy for String Orchestra (1936) 5’30”
Vaughan Williams  On Wenlock Edge (1909) 21’
Arnold Tam o’Shanter Overture, Op. 51 (1955) 8’30”

Masterworks 4: New World Symphony
Saturday, March 21st, 2020 at 8pm in Old Cabell Hall
Sunday, March 22nd, 2020 at 3:30pm in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center at CHS
Program:
LISZT  Les Préludes, S. 97 (1854) 15’
PAGANINI  Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6  (1818) 37’
DVORAK  Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (1893) 55

Masterworks 5: Dazzling Dances
Saturday, April 25th, 2020 at 8pm in Old Cabell Hall
Sunday, April 26th, 2020 at 3:30pm in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center at CHS
Program:
ROUSE  Flute Concerto (1993) 29’
JOHANN STRAUSS II Accelerationen, Op. 234 (1860) 8’; Banditen-Galopp, Op. 378 (1877) 2’30”; Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410 (1882) 7’; Éljen a Magyar!, Op. 332 (1869) 2’
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV  Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 (1887) 15’

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For tickets to each concert visit the Arts Box Office. Tickets are $10-$45 for adults, $10 for students, and UVA students can reserve 1 free ticket in advance.
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Programs and artists subject to change