Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Some American patriots fought with words or swords, but others aided and abetted the Revolution with their art, both in the Colonies and abroad. They are illuminated in The Painter’s Fire,…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:57PMMonday, June 23, 2025
An elegant conceptual exhibition at the Brandywine Museum of Art explores conservation, the act of noticing, and the poetics of nature and art through the lens of Emily Dickinson’s garden …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:40PMWednesday, June 11, 2025
Serafin Summer Music fills the air with a dozen performances this month, Dolce Suono returns to a 2012 performance, and Orchestra in the Garden blooms. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:39PMFriday, May 30, 2025
Notable historian, professor, and author Peter Conn reflects on Philly as the Athens of America in his illuminating and rewarding new book exploring the work of 19th-century portraitist Thom…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:00PMWednesday, May 28, 2025
Rare performances, an ambitious youth orchestra concert, and much more bring music to the unofficial start of summer. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:06PMTuesday, May 20, 2025
An eloquent and moving new opera by Derrick Wang, premiering at OperaDelaware, honors the life of Hazel Ying Lee, a trailblazing Asian American WWII pilot. Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:59AMWednesday, May 14, 2025
More classical music happening in May 2025, including performances by Choral Arts, Tempesta di Mare, and a world premiere that honors the life of aviator Hazel Ying Lee. Gail Obenreder previ…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:39PMWednesday, April 30, 2025
Music happening in the Philly area in the first half of May, including a few concerts for Mother’s Day. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:30PMWednesday, April 16, 2025
Rounding up the second half of April with classical music performances in the Greater Philadelphia area. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:45PMTuesday, April 8, 2025
Tempesta di Mare reimagined Bach’s Trio Sonatas, originally written for keyboards and often played on the organ, for chamber forces including recorder, violin, lute, harpsichord, and a sur…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:05PMWednesday, April 2, 2025
Classical music from Penn Live Arts, Orchestra 2001, Mendelssohn Chorus, and more scores April. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:20PMWednesday, March 19, 2025
Music from Piffaro, Franklin Quartet, Delaware Symphony, and more bring in the new season. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:42AMTuesday, March 4, 2025
A 19th century soiree, a premiere featuring an early music instrument, and exploring how music came to fill the city of Philadelphia. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:54AMTuesday, February 25, 2025
The enduringly popular memoir-turned-play Tuesdays with Morrie gets a thoughtful and sensitive production from Matt Silva, marking his last show in the role of artistic director at Delaware …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:48PMWednesday, February 19, 2025
Wrapping up classical music performances happening in February throughout the Philly area. Gail Obenreder rounds up.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:55AMTuesday, February 11, 2025
Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy, a friend (and paramour?) of Benjamin Franklin, was famous in her time for her keyboard sonatas. Early music trio Filament gives her music a well-deserved modern …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:38PMMonday, February 10, 2025
Following a fourth Grammy award, The Crossing presented a concert in Chestnut Hill featuring the world premiere of Sebastian Currier’s Mysterium and the North American premiere of Linda Ca…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:16PMThursday, February 6, 2025
Classical music performances in the greater Philadelphia area this February, with hints of Argentine tango and classics both contemporary and centuries old. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:47AMMonday, February 3, 2025
Opera
Philadelphia, selling out the whole season after offering $11 tickets to
all, delighted a packed house with a faultless production of the only surviving
opera by an 18th-century genius…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:40PMVeteran musician, performer, and scholar Benjamin Bagby returns to Philly alongside French Medieval music ensemble Sequentia for a thrilling performance of Gregorius, The Holy Sinner. Gail O…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:49PMWednesday, January 22, 2025
Music from familiar names, and a different kind of Curtain Call, are all in tow to close out the month of January and move into February. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:39AMTuesday, January 14, 2025
Philly vocal ensemble Variant 6 explored the classic combination of voice and organ, though with a rare focus on secular music, including a world premiere by Benjamin C.S. Boyle, who was in …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:40AMWednesday, January 8, 2025
Music from East Passyunk Opera Project, Ama Deus Chamber Orchestra, Symphony in C, and more to open the new year in the Philly area. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:53PMWednesday, December 11, 2024
Holiday music outside of the (beloved) carols and Mariah Carey stratosphere happening in the Philly area this December. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:31PMTuesday, December 10, 2024
Great Arrangements by Dolce Suono made for a compelling afternoon of chamber music, featuring arrangements of well-known and less-well-known works that differed from the composer’s origina…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:51PMWednesday, December 4, 2024
Classical music offerings from the first half of December in the Philly and the Greater area. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:51PMTuesday, November 26, 2024
In the first half of the 20th century, the music and culture of America’s Jazz Age drove major social change. Now, a new exhibition at Delaware Art Museum captures the era’s masterful il…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:01PMMonday, November 18, 2024
Wood comes alive in The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick, now on view at the Brandywine Museum of Art. It’s a rare chance to see the interdisciplinary artist’s full oeuvre outside his h…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:43PMThursday, November 14, 2024
LyricFest, Delaware Symphony, the Fairmount String Quartet and others close out November with classical offerings in the Philly area. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:22AMTuesday, November 12, 2024
Resident Ensemble Players at the University of Delaware takes on Tom Stoppard’s rarely produced Rough Crossing, but it’s choppy seas, despite a cast that is well-known for excellent farc…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:19PMWednesday, October 30, 2024
Getting tea with Mimi Stillman, seeing the future with Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, and saying goodbye to Astral Artists. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:12AM 
