On April 13, Coastal Virginia Chamber Music brings to you “Moonstruck”, a haunting, sentimental, and dreamy program of music inspired by our astronomical shadow, the moon. Soprano Kathryn Kelly will sing Schubert’s Der Doppelgänger, Dvorak’s Song to the Moon from “Rusalka”, Floyd’s Ain’t It A Pretty Night from “Susannah”, and others. Pianists Stephen Coxe and Rebecca Willett will perform pieces by Schumann, Brahms, Debussy, and Faure. A mix of familiar songs and hidden gems, this concert is not to be missed!

Tickets available at the door: $20 adult, $15 student/senior/military.

Please RSVP on Facebook here - CVCM Presents: Moonstruck

CVCM presents: Moonstruck
Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 7:00pm
Great Bridge United Methodist Church
201 Stadium Dr., Chesapeake, VA 23322

CONCERT #4: TERRA MUSICA
Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 7:00pm

Come celebrate the infinite wonders of our musical planet with an imaginative and expressive program of solo and ensemble music by Haydn, Mazzoli, Debussy, and more. RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1578327759300016

Featuring the Galatea Chamber Music Players

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Concert #4: Terra Musica, featuring the Galatea Chamber Music Players
Date: Saturday, April 22, 2022 at 7:00pm
Location: Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways History Foundation | 1775 Historic Way, Chesapeake, VA 23320

Tickets available at the door —
Adult ticket: $20
Senior (60+)/student/military discount ticket: $15

CONCERT #3: FLIGHTS OF FANTASY
Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 7:00pm

Let your imagination run free in this delightful and exhilarating program celebrating Celtic legends, landscapes, dreams, and fairy tales. Not to be missed!

Extraordinary performances by Hampton Roads’ own Neptune Flute Quartet joined by pianist Rebecca Willett. Ensemble, solo, and duet music by Bozza, Faure, Casterede, Kuhlau, Debussy, McMichael, and more.

Featuring the Neptune Flute Quartet & pianist Rebecca Willett

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Concert #3: Flights of Fantasy, with the Neptune Flute Quartet & Rebecca Willett
Date: Saturday, March 18, 2022 at 7:00pm
Location: Great Bridge United Methodist Church | 201 Stadium Dr., Chesapeake, VA 23322

Tickets available at the door —
Adult ticket: $20
Senior (60+)/student ticket: $15

CONCERT #2: LOVE: LOST AND FOUND
Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 7:00pm

Join us for a wistful, romantic evening of musical magic from Broadway Legends Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe, and more. These love songs will be sung masterfully by soprano Billye Brown Youmans and tenor Randall Ball, accompanied at the piano by Valetta Fellenbaum. Stay after the concert to partake in some delicious Valentine’s Treats! Love, Lost and Found is Concert 2 of CVCM’s 2022-2023 Recital Series.

Ticket information

Date: Saturday, February 18, 2022 at 7:00pm
Location: Great Bridge United Methodist Church, 201 Stadium Dr., Chesapeake, VA 23322

Tickets available at the door —
Adult ticket: $20
Senior (60+)/student ticket: $15

CONCERT #1: PASSPORT
Saturday, October 29, 2022 at 7:00pm

Bring your passport as we explore pages from musical travel diaries, with evocative pieces by Glazunov, Hailstork, Borodin, and Lipsky. Featuring: the Ambrosia Quartet.

Date: Saturday, October 29, 2022 at 7:00pm
Location: Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways History Foundation | 1775 Historic Way, Chesapeake, VA 23320

Program

Five Novelettes, Op. 15 (1886) by Alexander Glazunov

I. Alla spagnuola. Allegretto
II. Orientale. Allegro con brio
III. Interludium in modo antico. Andante
IV. Valse. Allegretto
V. All’ Ungherese. Allegretto

Eslanda Dances (2014) by Adolphus Hailstork

I. Moderato
II. Andantino
III. Adagietto
IV. Adagietto - moderato

Excerpts from String Quartet No. 2 in D major (1881) by Alexander Borodin

I. Allegro moderato
III. Notturno. Andante

Fiesta! (2013) by Helmut Lipsky

Featuring the Ambrosia Quartet

In 2002, four friends decided to join forces to explore their collective passion for chamber music. Thus, Hampton Roads’ Ambrosia Quartet was formed.

This dynamic ensemble will thrill you with their interpretations of the very best music written for string quartet, from classical favorites to the most recent compositions of celebrated contemporary composers. These talented individuals are all members of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, but their backgrounds are as diverse as the music they play. Violinists Simon Lapointe and Mayu Cipriano hail from Québec and Tokyo, respectively; violist Beverly Kane Baker grew up locally in Hampton; and cellist Rebecca Gilmore came to the area from Charlotte, North Carolina. Their resumes collectively represent many years of study at the very best conservatories, including the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, Indiana and Rice Universities, and the Juilliard School.

In nearly twenty years of recitals, Ambrosia Quartet has explored the chamber music of Haydn to Hailstork and Shostakovich to Caroline Shaw.  They have been featured by prestigious organizations such as The Feldman Chamber Music Series, the Virginia Arts Festival, and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra.  Fond of collaborations, the quartet has performed a Lapointe transcription of Chopin’s Piano Concerto in f with concert pianist Prisca Benoit as part of Sentara Heart Hospital’s “Music & Medicine” series, founded by Dr. Kamal Chémali, a neurologist specializing in performance medicine.

WHRO has featured this dynamo group over radio and livestream concert, most recently, “Sonatas & Stories”.  The quartet is adaptable, reveling in different styles to diverse audiences in churches, museums, libraries, and fine concert halls in the U.S. and internationally.

The quartet has worked closely with Hampton Roads’ composers, having recorded Dr. Adolphus Hailstork’s “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” (Albany Records) with “great style and lively energy” gathering listeners daily on Spotify and YouTube and premiered several works by John S. Dixon, including serving as artistic editors of Dixon's transcription for string quartet of Mozart's famous variations for piano on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.  They have forged another bond within the community recently, becoming the Quartet in Residence for The Academy of Music, a community music school headquartered in Norfolk as well as a partnership with the Hampton Roads Chamber Players’ students.

Some might think it no surprise that an excellent orchestra would bring forth an excellent string quartet, but this is not always the case. Chamber music ensembles require a rare chemistry to elevate the playing to a special realm. The Ambrosia Quartet has that chemistry and achieves that elevation. In classical mythology, "ambrosia" is the food of the gods: this quartet exists to share ambrosia with you.

www.ambrosiaquartet.com

Concert and ticket information

Concert #1: Passport, featuring the Ambrosia Quartet
Date: Saturday, October 29, 2022 at 7:00pm
Location: Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways History Foundation | 1775 Historic Way, Chesapeake, VA 23320

Tickets available online and at the door —
Single adult ticket: $20 / Adult season ticket: $65
Single senior (60+)/student ticket: $15 / Senior season ticket: $55