Friday, Aug 22, 2025 at 12:00pm
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:
12:00pm - Autumn Leaves
Doors open 11:15 - Concert ends 1:00
All seating is unreserved
Brahms - Two songs for voice, viola, and piano
Elgar - Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84
Location: First Presbyterian Church 100 East Frederick St, Staunton
7:30pm - Baroque Inside/Out: Italian Import-Export
Doors open 7:00 - All seating is reserved
Free preconcert talk begins at 6:45
An evening devoted to treasures from the Italian Baroque, culminating with Vivaldi’s brilliant Gloria RV 589 for chorus & orchestra. Program also features music by Gletle, madrigals by DeWert & Luzzaschi, an aria from Handel’s Semele, & more. PLUS: during the extended intermission, enjoy contrasting musical surprises in the churchyard.
Caldara - Te Deum for voices and orchestra
Schütz - Saul, warum folgst Du mir, for voices, violins, and continuo
Castello - Sonata seconda, for recorder and harpsichord
DeWert - Con voi gioconda amor, for voices
Luzzaschi - Dolci Aspiri, for voices
De Medici - Passacaglia in G Minor, for three harpsichords
Gletle - OJesu rex noster, for alto, strings, and continuo
Gletle - Triumphale canticum, for alto, brass, strings, and continuo
Handel - "Hence, Iris, hence away," from Semele
Handel - Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6/9
Vivaldi - Gloria in D Major for chorus and orchestra
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church 214 W Beverley St, Staunton
10:00pm - Nightcap 3: Baroque Jam
Doors open 9:45 - Program ends 11:00
All seating is unreserved
Baroque performers gather for a spirited short program. Planned works include a new version of Biber’s Passacaglia for recorder by Nine Stern and more. Admission available for concert only ($22) or concert plus a drink from the bull bar ($30). Additional drinks available for purchase that night.
Location: Music Room @ BluPoint Seafood Co 123 W Beverley St, Staunton
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