ALL STRAVINSKY (PA Ballet): What about the music?
The Pennsylvania Ballet does their best to ignore their fantastic orchestra
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Opera Philadelphia): Fairy magic and flying beds
Benjamin Britten’s music still sounds wonderfully imaginative and modern
Xavier Foley makes the double bass sing at PCMS
The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents a Musical Fund Society Series with Xavier Foley, Sejoon Park, and Eunice Kim
Piffaro Presents a 16th-Century French Noel
The exquisite program notes took the audience as close to the sixteenth century French Noel midnight mass as possible
Heath and More: a British string quartet provides a tour of musical landscapes in a PCMS concert
The Heath Quartet plays Tippett, Britten, and Purcell
Without Peer: The Cherry Street Pier opening is an unqualified success
An anticipated cultural attraction opens along the Delaware River.
ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE (Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium): 2018 Fringe review (2nd)
Another review of IRC’s 2018 Fringe piece.
TRANSCENDENCE TO TRANSPARENCY (Les Canards Chantants): Music review
Les Canards Chantants (“the singing ducks”), a renaissance polyphony voice ensemble, was born in England but is now based in Philadelphia.
The German Society of Pennsylvania presents their final Delius Society Concert
The Wister Quartet and Choral Arts Philadelphia gave their audience a rare chance to hear the Delius Songs of Sunset.
The Philadelphia Orchestra pulls in an audience with a surprisingly good Philadelphia Voices
Philadelphia Voices is about a lot more than cheesesteaks!
Lahav Shani leads Philadelphia Orchestra with music by Lindberg, Stravinsky, and Prokofiev
Twenty-nine-year-old maestro Lahav Shani leads the Philadelphia Orchestra with a spotlight on trumpeter David Bilger
NINETEEN MOVEMENTS FOR UNACCOMPANIED CELLO (Scott Ordway): Sounding the Chestnut Hill Skyspace for a world premiere
The premiere of composer Scott Ordway’s Nineteen Movements for Unaccompanied Cello took place in the perfect setting – the James Turrell Skyspace in the Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting.
VISUAL MUSIC (Network for New Music at the University of the Arts): Art in music
Out of the ordinary, but a delight to experience.
[music review] Mélomanie at Saint Clements with soprano Clara Rottsolk
The eclectic chamber group Mélomanie presented some of their characteristic “provocative pairings of early & contemporary works” in Saint Clement’s Church on Saturday
PABLO HERAS-CASADO RETURNS (Philadelphia Orchestra): Old and new
Although Spanish guest conductor has led the Philadelphia Orchestra once before, in 2016, he is a relatively new face for the Philadelphians.
HILARY HAHN PLAYS BERNSTEIN (Philadelphia Orchestra): A stunning postlude
The performance was more than the music – it was four friends who find that although they spend their lives practicing, they actually enjoy playing music together.
Cowell, Cage, and Crumb: An avant-garde piano show at the Barnes
The Barnes Foundation is sponsoring a very high-level series of musical performances, which connect visual arts and music. Robert Whalen and his wife, Katherine Skovira, who are music directors for…
After the O17: A reflection on Opera Philadelphia’s brave endeavor
This bountiful menu of music had something for every taste
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (Opera Philadelphia): Mozart at the Academy of Music
Opera Philadelphia’s new co-production of Mozart’s MARRIAGE OF FIGARO is fast, lively and a wonderful way to be introduced to opera.
