Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Organist Peter Richard Conte commands the mighty Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ to conjure the soundtrack to the 1925 version of The Phantom of the Opera. Linda Holt preview
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:00AMFriday, October 15, 2021
For its first Digital Stage concert of the new season, the Philadelphia Orchestra performed Florence Price's Symphony No. 4 in D minor, a masterpiece of musical art discovered after the comp…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:02PMTuesday, July 13, 2021
The Philadelphia Orchestra revealed a special flair for French masters Maurice Ravel and Georges Bizet in its latest Digital Stage concert. Linda Holt reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:38PMFriday, April 30, 2021
Yannick Nézet-Séguin promised that Louise Farrenc’s symphonic works will get more airtime, beyond the Philadelphia Orchestra’s latest sweet and energetic Digital Stage outing. Linda Ho…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:27PMMonday, April 12, 2021
‘Beethoven in Beijing’ follows the Philadelphia musicians who helped open doors between the US and China in the 1970s and beyond, and the artists and leaders of China’s thriving cultur…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:15PMMonday, March 29, 2021
PCMS presents classical guitarist Jason Vieaux and cellist Clancy Newman on a livestreamed program of mostly Latin American and Spanish classical works, with a surprising rock encore. Linda …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:34PMMonday, February 8, 2021
A Philadelphia Orchestra performance honors the Lunar New Year with two works by Chinese composers, including a tribute to the historic secret language of the women of China’s Hunan Provin…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:46PMMonday, January 18, 2021
In his Philadelphia Orchestra solo debut, new principal oboist Phillipe Tondre offered a sweet and lyrical rendition of Mozart’s most celebrated work for oboe. Linda Holt reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:37PMMonday, November 30, 2020
The livestreaming Philadelphia Orchestra tackled Barber’s attractive but morose ‘Adagio for Strings’ and the Philly premiere of Florence Price’s serene but engaging Symphony No. 1 in…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:57PMHonoring Beethoven’s 250th birthday, pianist Jonathan Biss concluded a livestreamed PCMS recital with an inspired finale to the composer’s Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110. L…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:47PMMonday, October 12, 2020
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s second Digital Stage stream, titled ‘Sight/Sound/Symphony,’ added another success to its 2020 season, including an orchestra-commissioned world premiere by…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:53PMSaturday, October 3, 2020
A scaled-down Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2020 opener offered a distanced yet defiant celebration of music and new energy for social justice, with works by Coleman, Rossini, Verdi, Mozart, an…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:38AMSunday, February 9, 2020
Beethoven loved composing piano trios, but they often get short shrift today. A Princeton University concert paired two lesser-known works with the famous “Archduke,” playing with a verv…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:09PMSunday, January 26, 2020
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s first subscription concert of 2020, marking a return to the Academy of Music, featured Vivian Fung’s spirited ‘Dust Devils’ alongside Beethoven and Rachm…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:32PMMonday, December 23, 2019
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Philadelphia Symphonic Choir under conductor Jane Glover presented Philly’s annual dose of Handel’s Messiah at Verizon Hall with quiet truth and exuberant …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:53PMMonday, December 9, 2019
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra and Westminster Symphonic Choir in Bach’s B Minor Mass. This brilliantly executed but slightly subdued performance sometimes lac…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:55PMMonday, October 28, 2019
Warm, seductive tonal colors and crisp, clean articulation characterized a solo concert by young Finnish pianist Juho Pohjonen, who performed works by Rameau and Scriabin at the Pennsylvania…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:10PM 
