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 07:47AMOpera 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 03:49PMMusic 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 09:39AMPhilly 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 11:40AMMusic 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 02:53PMHoliday 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 01:31PMGreat 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 08:51PMClassical music offerings from the first half of December in the Philly and the Greater area. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:51PMIn 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 03:01PMWood 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 04:43PMLyricFest, 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 05:22AMResident 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 12:19PMGetting 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 10:12AMLa bohème is one of the opera canon’s all-time favorites. In a co-production with Opera Baltimore, OperaDelaware offered a lively, beautifully staged production that showcased Puccini’s…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:45PMDelaware Theatre Company teams with Charlie DelMarcelle to present the popular one-man show Every Brilliant Thing, a gentle comedy that embraces the audience in its exploration of depression…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:54AMIn a glorious season opener, Renaissance band Piffaro and the vocalists of TENET explored the musical world of the great poet Francesco Petrarch, including his unfulfilled lifelong love (con…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:56PMOfferings from Pyxis Piano Trio, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Jasper String Quartet, and more round out the rest of the month. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:28PMA new season of music opens with Chamber Orchestra, the Crossing, Variant Six, and more. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:27PMDelaware Theatre Company marks 45 years on Wilmington’s waterfront with an all-out, thigh-high production of Kinky Boots. Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:28PMDelaware’s Resident Ensemble Players opens its season with The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] [Again], mixing sketch and farce for a dizzy and hilarious present…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:18PMMore music to close out September, with performances by Filament Baroque, Ensemble Arts Philly, Lyric Fest, and more. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:40AMThe Publick Pleasure, an early music group featuring top period instrument specialists, tackled a Fringe Festival program exploring our city’s cultural scene before, during, and after the …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:15PMGail Obenreder rounds up the classical music scene in the Philadelphia area for September.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:38AMRockwood Mansion, a moody, historic northern Delaware house museum with a renowned collection of Victoriana, asks two contemporary glass artists to respond to its resident works. Gail Obenre…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:40PMArtists from across the country, including many from the Philly area, respond to Winterthur’s famous collection of art, textiles, furniture, and more in this exceptional interdisciplinary …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:17PMA list of late July and early August concerts, including performances by the Philadelphia Young Pianists Academy and new music from up-and-coming musicians from Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:06AMDelaware Shakespeare opens its 22nd year with a finely mounted production of Julius Caesar—one of the Bard’s shortest and darkest plays—in Wilmington’s atmospheric Rockwood Park. Gai…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:57PMPAFA’s new Layers of Liberty exhibition, a rare close-up on Appalachian art, continues a trend of museums exploring our complicated, often greedy relationship with the natural world. Gail …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:51AMKick off summer with classical music from new choral ensemble Convoco, PAFA’s Sunday Serenades, and outdoor concerts from Philadelphia Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and more. Gail Obenrede…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:49PMJune brings outdoor music in striking natural locales, early music, new music, the rededication of Verizon Hall, and some bonus musical Book Week picks. Gail Obenreder rounds up.
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