Peleggi Conducts Mahler’s Fifth

Save with a Symphony Series Subscription! Symphony Series Subscribers get access to premium seating at the best available prices. Purchase before September 18 to receive a free Pops concert with your subscription. Purchase online or by calling Patron Services Mon-Fri 9-5pm at 804.788.1212 x2. To learn more about the 2026-27 Symphony Series Season, click here. Music Director Valentina Peleggi leads a profound journey from sorrow to joy. Strauss’ Metamorphosen opens the program with a moving elegy for 23 solo strings, written in the final days of World War II. The program concludes with Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, a sweeping emotional arc that begins with storm and grief, flows through the beloved Adagietto, and ends in a triumphant celebration of life. Be there for the pre-concert talk at 6:30