October 17, 2026

CMSCVA: From the South

Name: CMSCVA: From the South
Start: 2026-10-17T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-17T15:00:00-04:00
Location: Richmond Public Library – Main Library

Presented by Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia + Puppets Off Broad Street at Richmond Public Library – Main Library

The Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia performs From the South with music inspired by New Orleans, Florence and the grasslands of the Andean Mountains

Journey with CMSCVA across continents and cultures in a performance that celebrates the musical influences of the global and American South. Experience the rhythms of the Delta and the Andes in the syncopated energy of Wynton Marsalis’s New Orleans inspired String Quartet no 1, alongside the haunting, indigenous Andean folk textures of Alberto Ginastera’s Impresiones de la Puna. Discover the power of American melody in the deeply expressive, spiritual-infused Romanticism of Florence Price’s String Quartet in A minor. And for a Mediterranean finale, travel to sun-drenched Italy through the driving energy and soaring, high-octane melodies of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence.
This event is presented by the Richmond Public Library’s Gellman Room Concerts series and is free to all.

Program Details:
Alberto Ginestera: Impresiones de la Puna for flute and string quartet
Florence Price: Moderato from String Quartet in A minor
Wynton Marsalis: “Blue Lights on the Bayou,” and “Rampart St. Row House Rag” from String Quartet no. 1
Tchaikovsky: Allegro con spirito from Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70