Love is in the air: Looking for a perfect date night? You bring the chocolate and roses, and the Charlottesville Symphony Orchestra will provide the romantic melodies. Conducted by Music Director Benjamin Rous, the string orchestra kicks things off with Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings in C Major. The four-movement homage to Mozart begins with a rich sonata, followed by an elegant waltz, a wistful elegy, two Russian folk melodies, and an epic finale. Next is American composer Aaron Copland’s folk-inspired Appalachian Spring, which first premiered at the Library of Congress in 1944 as a modern ballet.
Saturday 2/12 & Sunday 2/13. $8-45. 8pm Saturday, Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds; 3:30pm Sunday, Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center, 1400 Melbourne Rd. cvillesymphony.org
