The RPO is always looking for talented and passionate musicians. If you are interested in auditioning, please email Iffet Davis, Personnel Coordinator, at personnel.rpo@gmail.com.
2024-2025 Masterworks Concerts
All Masterworks Concerts are held at St. Christopher’s School Arts Center.
Concert Time
3 p.m. - Pre-concert talk featuring Maestro Peter Wilson and Mike Goldberg, classical host from VPM Music, 93.1 and 107.3 FM
4 p.m. - Free Concert
Concert Location
St. Christopher’s School Arts Center (links to school map)
711 St. Christopher’s Rd., Richmond, Virginia (links to Google Maps)
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Romeo & Juliet - A Symphonic Evolution
Program
GOUNOD: Roméo et Juilette, Ouverture - Prologue (1867)
PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet — Third Suite for Orchestra, Op. 101 (1935-1936, rev. 1946)
ROTA (arr. Townend): Romeo & Juilet – Love Theme (1968)
ARMSTRONG: Romeo + Juilet — “Balcony Scene” (1996)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy (1880)
Intermission
KABALEVSKY: Romeo and Juliet, Suite from Incidental Music To Shakespeare’s Tragedy, Op. 56 (1956)
BERNSTEIN (arr. Mason): West Side Story Selections (1957)
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Evolving Echoes: Sounds of Scotland
Program
MENDELSSOHN: The Hebrides, Op. 26 (Fingal’s Cave Overture)
BRUCH: “Scottish Fantasy” for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46
Anton Miller, violin (bio coming)
Intermission
TURNER: Doggerland Suite *
*World Premiere
ARNOLD: Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59
Sunday, May 4, 2025
The French Evolution - Reveling in Ravel
Program
RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite
SAINT-SAËNS: Concerto No. 1 for Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 33
FAURÉ: Élégie for Violoncello and Orchestra
Jennifer Kloetzel, cello (bio coming)
Intermission
RAVEL: Bolero
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2
2024-2025 Pops Concerts
Holiday Pops
Monday, December 11, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
Virginia Museum of History and Culture (links to map)
428 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd
Monday, December 18, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
Bon Air Presbyterian Church (links to map)
9201 W Huguenot Rd
Celebrate the joys of the season with music! The Richmond Philharmonic’s holiday concert is back with our popular blend of winter favorites, including a sing-along that will leave you feeling warm and cozy inside and out. Remember, concert admission is free!
Summer Pops
Sunday, June 16, 2025, 4:00 p.m.
Virginia War Memorial (links to map)
621 S. Belvidere St.
Show tunes, light classics, American favorites—all the best music to usher summer in! Under the baton of Assistant Conductor Will Pattie, the Richmond Philharmonic will perform music to uplift your spirits in a beautiful and moving outdoor setting. Remember, admission is free!
