Department of Music

The Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia concludes its 48^th Masterworks season on Saturday, April 22, 8:00pm, at Old Cabell Hall on the Grounds of the University of Virginia and Sunday, April 23, 3:30pm, at Charlottesville High School’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center.   

Benjamin Rous, Conductor
Kelly Sulick, Flute

Music Director Benjamin Rous conducts the program, titled “Dazzling Dances”.  Christopher Rouse’s Irish-influenced Flute Concerto features the orchestra’s Principal Flute, Kelly Sulick.  Four waltzes and polkas by Johann Strauss II – the “Waltz King” – celebrate the arrival of spring:  Accelerationen, Banditen-Galopp, Frühlingsstimmen and Éljen a Magyar!.  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol dazzles with a riotous whirl of colors and two of Spain’s best-known dances – the alborada and the fandango.

Kelly Sulick’s appearance is made possible by the Angus Macaulay Visiting Artists Fund.  The Joseph and Robert Cornell Foundation is the lead sponsor of the Charlottesville Symphony’s entire 2022-23 concert season.

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 on Saturday nights 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.

Tickets are $10-$45 for adults and $10 for students and may be purchased online at www.artsboxoffice.virginia.edu; 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 at the venue one hour before the performance.

UVA students may request one complimentary ticket in advance.  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.

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’

All artists, programs and venues are subject to change.