Special thanks to this year's Festival Season Sponsor:
Mrs. Tessa G. Ader
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE: September 7 - 20, 2025
Mrs. Tessa G. Ader
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE: September 7 - 20, 2025
Concert Series & More Music
The Times They are A-Changin’ ........ Bob Dylan/Colin Jacobsen
Four Quartets ........ Giovanni Sollima
String Quintet (composed for the Festival) ........ Colin Jacobsen
String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48 ........ Antonín Dvořák
Raphael Bell, Timothy Summers, Brooklyn Rider: Johnny Gandelsman, Colin Jacobsen, Nicholas Cords, Michael Nicolas
Sponsored by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
Four Quartets ........ Giovanni Sollima
String Quintet (composed for the Festival) ........ Colin Jacobsen
String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48 ........ Antonín Dvořák
Raphael Bell, Timothy Summers, Brooklyn Rider: Johnny Gandelsman, Colin Jacobsen, Nicholas Cords, Michael Nicolas
Sponsored by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
Sonata for Two Violins in A minor ........ Eugène Ysaÿe
D’un soir triste ........ Lili Boulanger
D’un matin de printemps ........ Lili Boulanger
Shepherd on the Rock, D. 965 ........ Franz Schubert
Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 ........ Johannes Brahms
Raphael Bell, Cristian Budu, Erin Keefe, Simone Porter, Muriel Razavi, Timothy Summers, Osmo Vänskä
Sponsored by the Ruffledog Fund
D’un soir triste ........ Lili Boulanger
D’un matin de printemps ........ Lili Boulanger
Shepherd on the Rock, D. 965 ........ Franz Schubert
Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 ........ Johannes Brahms
Raphael Bell, Cristian Budu, Erin Keefe, Simone Porter, Muriel Razavi, Timothy Summers, Osmo Vänskä
Sponsored by the Ruffledog Fund
String Quartet Op. 33, No. 3, The Bird ........ Franz Joseph Haydn
Es war einmal, Selections ........ Jörg Widmann
Piano Trio in E-flat Major, D. 897, Notturno ........ Franz Schubert
String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111 ........ Johannes Brahms
Edward Arron, Raphael Bell, Cristian Budu, Jennifer Frautschi, Matthew Hunt, Aylen Pritchin, Muriel Razavi, Timothy Summers
Sponsored by the Vesta Lee Gordon Fund at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Es war einmal, Selections ........ Jörg Widmann
Piano Trio in E-flat Major, D. 897, Notturno ........ Franz Schubert
String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111 ........ Johannes Brahms
Edward Arron, Raphael Bell, Cristian Budu, Jennifer Frautschi, Matthew Hunt, Aylen Pritchin, Muriel Razavi, Timothy Summers
Sponsored by the Vesta Lee Gordon Fund at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Duo for violin and cello ........ Jessie Montgomery
Alchymia for clarinet and strings ........ Thomas Adès
Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, Dumky ........ Antonín Dvořák
Andrew Armstrong, Edward Arron, Raphael Bell, Jennifer Frautschi, Matthew Hunt, Aylen Pritchin, Muriel Razavi, Timothy Summers
Sponsored by the Maurice Amado Foundation
Alchymia for clarinet and strings ........ Thomas Adès
Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, Dumky ........ Antonín Dvořák
Andrew Armstrong, Edward Arron, Raphael Bell, Jennifer Frautschi, Matthew Hunt, Aylen Pritchin, Muriel Razavi, Timothy Summers
Sponsored by the Maurice Amado Foundation
Suite du Voyageur sans bagage, Op. 157b ........ Darius Milhaud
Nocturne, arr. for cello and piano ........ Lili Boulanger
Cantique, arr. for cello and piano ........ Nadia Boulanger
Prelude in B minor, Op. 32, No. 10 ........ Sergei Rachmaninov
Smile ........ Charlie Chaplin
Le Boeuf sur le toit ........ Darius Milhaud
L’Histoire du Soldat ........ Igor Stravinsky
Andrew Armstrong, Raphael Bell, Nina Bernat, Jeroen Berwaerts, I-Jen Fang, Matthew Hunt, Eleni Katz, Dave Nelson, Aylen Pritchin, Timothy Summers
Sponsored by Jan Peskin, in loving memory of Henry Peskin
Nocturne, arr. for cello and piano ........ Lili Boulanger
Cantique, arr. for cello and piano ........ Nadia Boulanger
Prelude in B minor, Op. 32, No. 10 ........ Sergei Rachmaninov
Smile ........ Charlie Chaplin
Le Boeuf sur le toit ........ Darius Milhaud
L’Histoire du Soldat ........ Igor Stravinsky
Andrew Armstrong, Raphael Bell, Nina Bernat, Jeroen Berwaerts, I-Jen Fang, Matthew Hunt, Eleni Katz, Dave Nelson, Aylen Pritchin, Timothy Summers
Sponsored by Jan Peskin, in loving memory of Henry Peskin
More Music: Vault, Vineyards, and Free Concerts
Enjoy a one-hour concert of music by Mozart, Schubert, and others by our superb string players and clarinetist (and conductor and composer) Osmo Vänskä in this intimate downtown cultural space. Come early or stay after to purchase and enjoy food and drink at the Bradbury Cafe. For those who need it, the elevator is just inside entrance on 3rd St. Take it one floor up to the event and cafe level.
Open Seating. Doors open at 10:30am.
Open Seating. Doors open at 10:30am.
Raphael Bell, Erin Keefe, Simone Porter, Muriel Razavi, Timothy Summers, Osmo Vänskä
Sponsored by Vault Virginia
Sponsored by Vault Virginia
A lively set of cantos, choros, valsas and tangos, by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Astor Piazzolla, Osvaldo Golijov and others. Come early to purchase and enjoy drinks and light fare from the evening’s special menu before the concert. Eastwood is about 5 miles south of Charlottesville. This is a general admission event with various types of seating.
Raphael Bell, Cristian Budu, Erin Keefe, Simone Porter, Muriel Razavi, Timothy Summers, Osmo Vänskä
In partnership with Eastwood Farm and Winery
Sponsored by an Anonymous donor in celebration of the life of Carolee Copeland and her love of chamber music
Raphael Bell, Cristian Budu, Erin Keefe, Simone Porter, Muriel Razavi, Timothy Summers, Osmo Vänskä
In partnership with Eastwood Farm and Winery
Sponsored by an Anonymous donor in celebration of the life of Carolee Copeland and her love of chamber music
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FREE ONE-HOUR COMMUNITY CONCERT
Friday, Sept. 12 at 12:30pm The Paramount Theater No tickets or registration necessary* |
A varied program for strings, clarinet, and piano, featuring music from Brazil, as well as works by Niccolò Paganini, de Beriot, Rebecca Clarke, Osmo Vänskä, and others.
Edward Arron, Raphael Bell, Cristian Budu, Jennifer Frautschi, Erin Keefe, Muriel Razavi, Timothy Summers, Osmo Vänskä
Sponsored by the Bama Works Fund of the Dave Matthews Band at Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
*For school groups and other groups of 10 or more that need to be seated together - please contact our box office to let us know of your attendance
Sponsored by the Bama Works Fund of the Dave Matthews Band at Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
*For school groups and other groups of 10 or more that need to be seated together - please contact our box office to let us know of your attendance
Dinner and music at this gorgeous vineyard make this a perennial Festival favorite. Belgian trumpeter and jazz singer Jeroen Berwaerts joins our other musicians in showcasing the instrumental and vocal music of Bernstein, Gershwin, Brel, Strauss, Rossini, and others. Buffet dinner and wine included with ticket price.
Andrew Armstrong, Raphael Bell, Nina Bernat, Jeroen Berwaerts, Eleni Katz, Aylen Pritchin, Muriel Razavi, Timothy Summers
Sponsored by Virginia Cenedella
Sponsored by Virginia Cenedella
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FREE ONE-HOUR FAMILY-FRIENDLY CONCERT
Saturday, Sept. 20 at 2:00pm The Dickinson Fine and Performing Arts Center at Piedmont Virginia Community College No tickets or registration necessary* |
A special treat for the young and young at heart, featuring Camille Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals and Mark Fish’s Ferdinand the Bull.
Andrew Armstrong, Ayn Balija, Raphael Bell, Nina Bernat, I-Jen Fang, Matthew Hunt, Aylen Pritchin, Kelly Sulick, Mimi Solomon, and Timothy Summers
Sponsored by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
*For groups of 10 or more that need to be seated together, please contact our box office to let us know of your attendance.
Sponsored by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
*For groups of 10 or more that need to be seated together, please contact our box office to let us know of your attendance.