Monday, October 7, 2024
Mahler’s Third, the longest symphony in the standard repertoire, got an exciting, multifaceted performance from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, alongside soloist Joy…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:56AMTuesday, April 30, 2024
Opera is grappling with the iconic creations of
Giacomo Puccini: can we reverse harmful depictions of marginalized people while
honoring the work’s integrity? Opera Philadelphia finds a wa…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:01PMMonday, March 18, 2024
The Philadelphia Orchestra teamed with conductor Fabio Luisi, the Mendelssohn
Chorus of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale, and Philadelphia Girls Choir for a much-anticipat…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:56PMMonday, February 19, 2024
Superstar American violinist Joshua Bell drew a crowd to a Philadelphia Orchestra program including Chausson, Vieuxtemps, and Brahms, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach. Linda Holt reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:28PMTuesday, January 30, 2024
A sumptuous and complex program from the Philadelphia Orchestra paired a world premiere by Mason Bates with Luis Ernesto Peña Laguna’s Oraison for chorus and orchestra, and Brahms’s mas…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:39PMMonday, January 8, 2024
Top American violinist Gil Shaham joined the Philadelphia Orchestra for two Mozart violin concertos, plus two rarely performed short works, combining technical wizardry with personal grace a…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:43PMMonday, October 16, 2023
The bassoon gets the glory it deserves in
the world premiere of Clarice Assad’s Terra, Concerto for
Bassoon and Orchestra with soloist Daniel Matsukawa, joining a Philadelphia Orchestra pr…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:30AMMonday, September 25, 2023
For its Festival O23, Opera Philadelphia presents a standout production of Verdi’s tragic opera, Simon Boccanegra. Linda Holt reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:44PMTuesday, May 16, 2023
The Philadelphia Orchestra gives its first full rendition of composer-in-residence Gabriela Lena Frank’s Walkabout: Concerto for Orchestra, and a thrilling rendition of Berlioz’s Symphon…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:39PMTuesday, April 4, 2023
The Philadelphia Orchestra teams with The Crossing for the world premiere of John Luther Adams’s poignant Vespers of the Blessed Earth, and conducting fellow Austin Chanu debuts in a spiri…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:10PMWednesday, March 15, 2023
Linda Holt profiles Kairy Koshoeva, an award-winning pianist who hails from Kyrgyzstan, as she prepares for a recital this week in Philadelphia.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:47AMMonday, February 27, 2023
The Philadelphia Orchestra made an unannounced observance of one year of the war against Ukraine, in this program featuring pianist Yefim Bronfman and a US premiere by Elena Firsova. Linda H…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:43PMTuesday, June 7, 2022
The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir, and soloists Angel Blue, Mihoko Fujimura, Limmie Pulliam, and Ryan Speedo Green perform Beethoven for Americans. (Photo by Je…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:27AMTuesday, May 24, 2022
Lavishly illustrated and full of anecdotes and surprising tidbits about people and places, Beethoven in Beijing deserves a place in the home of every music-lover and every student of the eve…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:00PMWednesday, 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 
