14 stories by "Peter Burwasser"
The period instrument trio Filament invited three guest artists to form a broken consort, featuring music from 16th and 17th-century England with a premiere from a modern Philly composer. Pe…
Guest conductor Dalia Stasevska gave the Philly premiere of Curtis alum Julius Eastman's Symphony No. 2, plus sparkling scores by John Williams and Felix Mendelssohn. Peter Burwasser reviews.
The Philadelphia Orchestra and visiting conductor Marin Alsop premiered John Adams's The Rock You Stand On, in a program including Bartók's last concerto and selections of Prokofiev's Rom…
The Network for New Music is now one of Philly's venerable music institutions, celebrating its 40th anniversary with an exciting slate of diverse commissions that honor the group's eclectic …
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 harmoni…
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
t…
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 reviews.
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 h…
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. Peter B…
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 the sto…
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 …
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…
'Synthesizer Pioneer' from Centaur Records offers a survey of the quirky music for Moog Synthesizer from veteran Philadelphia composer Andrew Rudin. Peter Burwasser reviews.
Christoph Eschenbach celebrates composers old and new in his concerts with the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall this season.
