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Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Variant 6 and the Sylvan Consort of Viols present Kile Smith’s Endless Morn of Light by Peter Burwasser

In concert at Philly’s Fleisher Art Memorial, the Sylvan Consort of Viols and Variant 6 combined forces for the world premiere of Kile Smith’s Endless Morn of Light in a delightfully har…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:09PM

Saturday, July 8, 2023

Let Your Heart Be Broken: Life and Music by a Classical Composer, by Tina Davidson by Peter Burwasser

Composer Tina Davidson, who lived in Philadelphia for about 25 years, offers a memoir that isn’t the story of a solitary artist obsessed with a craft, but rather the worldly, spirited life…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:28PM

Monday, March 28, 2022

The Crossing presents Stacy Garrop’s In a House Besieged by Peter Burwasser

In its latest world-premiere program, The Crossing, Philadelphia’s superb chamber chorus, married radiant singing to words of stunning social and political relevance. Peter Burwasser revie…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:41PM

Monday, March 21, 2022

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Kevin Puts’s The Hours by Peter Burwasser

The Hours, a new opera by Kevin Puts and librettist Greg Pierce, is the latest incarnation of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, encompassing love, regret, creativity, mental illness, and the…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:21PM

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

‘Girl in the Snow’ and ‘Nineteen movements for unaccompanied cello’ by Scott Ordway by Peter Burwasser

Philadelphia composer Scott Ordway’s music is featured on two new recordings on the Acis label, including ‘Girl in the Snow,’ a beautiful song cycle, and a large work for solo cello. P…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:51AM

Monday, September 21, 2020

‘The Music of Friends’ by David W. Webber by Peter Burwasser

Since 1946, Vermont’s Chamber Music Conference has been an important part of American musical life, attracting many Philadelphia luminaries. A new book, ‘The Music of Friends,’ tells t…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:40PM

Monday, June 29, 2020

Albany Records presents ‘Descent/Return: Music of John Harbison and James Primosch’ by Peter Burwasser

An album of music for solo piano and songs for soprano includes works by long-time Penn faculty member James Primosch, as well as music from one of his revered mentors, John Harbison. Peter …

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:08PM

Monday, May 25, 2020

‘Now Your Colors Sing’ by Gerald Levinson by Peter Burwasser

A new double album from Swarthmore-based composer Gerald Levinson is a retrospective of a leading light of the Philadelphia new-music scene and beyond, bursting with bright hues and grand so…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:50PM

Monday, May 11, 2020

‘Synthesizer Pioneer: The Early Electronic Music of Andrew Rudin’ from Centaur Records by Peter Burwasser

‘Synthesizer Pioneer’ from Centaur Records offers a survey of the quirky music for Moog Synthesizer from veteran Philadelphia composer Andrew Rudin. Peter Burwasser reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:22PM

Sunday, October 8, 2017