Upcoming Events
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5 North 5th Street, Richmon, VA
Britannia
Experience 500 years of music from the British Isles in one time traveling concert, from a Purcell fantasy to the epic piano quintet by Edward Elgar, to a work by Hannah Kendall inspired by the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Program: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, “Petite Suite de Concert,” Op. 77 Musical Time Machine Inspired by H. G. Wells 2020 - Hannah Kendall , Tuxedo: Hot Summer No Water 1977 - Richard Rodney Bennett, Eustace and Hilda 1924 - Ethyl Smythe, Excerpt from Variations on Bonny Sweet Robin...
21 Apr, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.Second Presbyterian Church -
101 E. Franklin St., Richmond VA
Free Live and Streamed Event: Tchaikovsky Seasons 2
This free event continues CMSCVA’s two-concert cycle combining poems and readings about the seasons with music from Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s romantic suite of short pieces named “The Seasons.” Experience the passing of time from July to December in words and the intimate, tuneful music of one of history’s most emotional musicians. You can also stream the concert live from the Richmond Public Library at this page. Program: Pyotr Tchaikovsky, “The Seasons” Op. 37a, no 7-12 July: Reaper's Song - Allegro moderato con moto August: The Harvest - Allegro vivace ...
11 May, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.Richmond Main Public Library -
4819 Monument Ave., Richmond VA
The House of Handel
Opening our 20th anniversary season with a Baroque flourish, CMSCVA celebrates the music of Georg Friderick Handel. This special program takes the form of a bespoke playlist of gorgeous instrumental music inspired by one of the composer’s most beloved works, the Messiah. All of this glorious music will be performed on an eleven-piece orchestra of period instruments.
15 Sep, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.Holy Comforter Episcopal Church -
100 Blanton Ave, Richmond VA
Swept Away!
The freedom and joy of 1930’s Germany cabaret culture was swept away by the winds of fascism and war. Travel back to this unique period in musical history with songs and instrumental works by banned and émigré composers from the time, and “For a Look or a Touch,” a moving chamber opera by contemporary American composer Jake Heggie. With “Swept Away!” CMSCVA revisits two of the more intriguing concert themes we have featured over the past two decades - revolutionary and banned music, and forbidden love.
14 Oct, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.First Unitarian Universalist Church -
4819 Monument Ave., Richmond VA
Bach by Candlelight
Johnny Gandelsman (Photo by Max Whittaker) Before candlelight concerts became popular, CMSCVA presented this concept seventeen years ago with “Bach by Candlelight,” one of the favorite concerts from our past 20 years. This year, we present a revival of this concert with elegant and emotional music from J. S. Bach’s solo cello suites and violin partitas, played in candlelight. Intimate music perfect for a winter’s night performed by violinist Johnny Gandelsman and cellist James Wilson.
16 Dec, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.Holy Comforter Episcopal Church -
12291 River Rd, Richmond, VA
Celebration
What could celebrate our 20th anniversary more perfectly than a performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s exhilarating Octet, opus 20? We pair this famous piece of chamber music with a joyful fanfare commissioned for this year from Richmond’s own Donovan Williams, and celebrate the 100th anniversary years of composers Maurice Ravel and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
16 Feb, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.St Mary's Episcopal Church -
215 S. Wilton Rd., Richmond VA
Baroque at Wilton: March 8
Built in 1753, members of the Randolph family called Wilton home for over 100 years and entertained some of the most notable political figures including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Having survived the Revolutionary and Civil War, the Wilton House has a rich and complex history. CMSCVA returns to this historic and intimate setting for a program of Baroque music performed on period instruments.
08 Mar, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.Wilton House Museum -
215 S. Wilton Rd., Richmond VA
Baroque at Wilton: March 9
Built in 1753, members of the Randolph family called Wilton home for over 100 years and entertained some of the most notable political figures including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Having survived the Revolutionary and Civil War, the Wilton House has a rich and complex history. CMSCVA returns to this historic and intimate setting for a program of Baroque music performed on period instruments.
09 Mar, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.Wilton House Museum -
5 North 5th Street, Richmond, VA
Schubert Quintets
One of the highlights of our past 20 years was a back-to-back performance of two of the best loved pieces in the chamber music repertoire, both by Franz Schubert: his spectacular “Trout” Quintet and the epic Cello Quintet in C major. CMSCVA revives this concert for our anniversary year, but with a historical touch. Played on gut strings and a reproduction 1830’s Graf fortepiano, this performance of two stunning works is a not-to-be-missed event in Richmond’s concert season.
04 May, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.Second Presbyterian Church
Past Events
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12291 River Rd, Richmond, VA
St Mary's Episcopal Church
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101 E. Franklin St., Richmond VA
Richmond Main Public Library
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4819 Monument Ave., Richmond VA
Holy Comforter Episcopal Church
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4819 Monument Ave., Richmond VA
Holy Comforter Episcopal Church
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Richmond, Virginia
First Unitarian Universalist Church
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Richmond, Virginia
Multiple Venues in Richmond
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101 E. Franklin St., Richmond VA
Richmond Main Public Library
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101 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Virginia
Richmond Main Public Library and Online
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1000 Blanton Ave., Richmond, Virginia
First Unitarian Universalist Church
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101 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Virginia
Richmond Main Public Library