Sunday, Aug 17, 2025 at 10:30am
Each August Staunton Music Festival welcomes over 80 acclaimed professionals from around the world to perform in 30 events. Multiple concerts daily make for an exhilarating immersion in chamber, vocal, and symphonic music. The days are given over to one-hour, free admission programs, while the evenings come alive with longer, ticketed concerts preceded by special dinners and short lectures. And for those who enjoy music after dark, look for the Nightcap concerts that take place at 10:00 pm in interesting spaces downtown.
Schedule of Events:
10:30am - Summer Sounds
A free noon concert featuring chamber music by the great English composer Benjamin Britten
Monteverdi - Two Madrigals from Book IV
Heucke - Quintet for harp, flute, and string trio (world premiere)
Dowland - Pavane for lute
Beethoven - Wind Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 103
Location: Blackfriars Playhouse 10 S Market St, Staunton
4:00pm - Esprit de France
Four Virginia composers are featured in conversation and performance
Offenbach - “Can-Can,” from Orpheus in the Underworld, for orchestra
Grisey - Stèle, for two bass drums
Dufay - Motet: Ave maris stella
D’Indy - Suite for flute, harp and strings, Op. 91
Boulez - Improvisation sur Mallarmé No. 1, for voice, percussion, and harp
Ravel - Pavane for a Dead Princess, for chamber ensemble
Poulenc - Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church 214 W Beverley St, Staunton
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