Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia
The Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia continues its 48th season on Friday, November 11, 8:00pm, at Old Cabell Hall on the Grounds of the University of Virginia and Sunday, November 13, 3:30pm, at Charlottesville High School’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center.
For this program, titled “Songs of Destiny” and conducted by Music Director Benjamin Rous, the Charlottesville Symphony is joined by the UVA University Singers, the University of Virginia’s 100-voice SATB choral ensemble. Rous and University Singers Director Michael Slon selected two choral works that are both timely and timeless: Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s “Da pacem Domine” (“Give peace Lord”) and “Schicksalslied” (“Song of Destiny”) by Johannes Brahms.
The orchestra’s strings perform Pärt’s “Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten” with a single bell that casts a mesmerizing spell for the duration of the piece. It was written as an elegy following the 1976 death of the English composer Benjamin Britten whose work Pärt admired for its “unusual purity.” The cinematic quality of Cantus has led to it being used often as a background accompaniment in film and television productions.
Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 in F Major rounds out the program. In a lighter vein, it opens with the quotation of an F-A-flat-F musical motif, heard throughout the work. F-A-flat-F: Frei aber Froh, “Free but happy.”
Both performances are underwritten in part by the Vesta Lee Gordon Fund at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation.
In-depth program notes by Program Annotator Laurie Shulman are posted on the orchestra’s website, www.cvillesymphony.org, two weeks prior to each Masterworks concert.
Currently, wearing masks is optional at both Old Cabell Hall and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center.
Free parking is available in the UVA Central Grounds Parking Garage, located on Emmet Street South for the Friday night 11/11 concert and at Charlottesville High School’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center on Sunday afternoons. The Charlottesville Free Trolley stops at McCormick Road near the UVA Amphitheater, in close proximity to Old Cabell Hall. Both venues are wheelchair accessible.
Single tickets are $10-$45 for adults and $10 for students. UVA students may request one complimentary ticket in advance. Single tickets may be purchased at the University of Virginia Arts Box Office, (434) 924-3376, 12:00-5:00pm, Tuesday through Friday in the lobby of the UVA Drama Building at 109 Culbreth Road, or online at www.artsboxoffice.virginia.edu. (Friday 11/11 tickets) (Sunday 11/13 tickets)
All University of Virginia employees (faculty and staff of all UVA departments and professional schools) are entitled to a 20% discount on tickets to individual performances. This offer does not apply to subscriptions, the December Family Holiday concerts or previously purchased tickets.
"Know before you go" Answers to frequently asked questions about Charlottesville Symphony Concerts.
If unable to attend a concert, patrons can return their ticket(s) to the Arts Box Office and receive an acknowledgment of a charitable contribution equal to the face value of the tickets for income tax purposes. Tickets must be returned to the Box Office by 4:00pm on Friday before each concert weekend. Contact the Arts Box Office: UVA Arts Box Office: (434) 924-3376, artsboxoffice@virginia.edu, Tues-Fri, 12PM-5PM
REMAINING 2022-23 CONCERTS INFORMATION
FORCES OF NATURE
Saturday, February 11, 8:00pm, Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds
Sunday, February 12, 3:30pm, Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN – Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”)
ANNA THORVALDSDÓTTIR - Metacosmos
MAURICE RAVEL – Alborada del gracioso
NEW WORLD SYMPHONY
Saturday, March 18, 8:00pm, Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds
Sunday, March 19, 3:30pm, Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center
Paul Ghun Kim, Guest Conductor
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN – Violin Concerto in D Major, Brendon Elliott, Violin
ANTONĺN DVOŘÁK – Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”)
DAZZLING DANCES
Saturday, April 22, 8:00pm, Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds
Sunday, April 23, 3:30pm, Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center
CHRISTOPHER ROUSE – Flute Concerto with Kelly Sulick, Flute
JOHANN STRAUSS II – Accelerationen; Banditen-Galopp; Frühlingsstimmen; Éljen a Magyar!
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV – Capriccio Espagnol
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FAMILY HOLIDAY CONCERTS
Saturday, December 3, 8:00pm, Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds
Sunday, December 4, 3:30pm, Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds
Holiday favorites with the UVA University Singers
Conducted by Michael Slon
All artists, programs and venues are subject to change.
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