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Music
Orchestra’s new season (good news)
BY: Dan Coren
02.27.2010
The Orchestra’s inane marketing
BY: Dan Coren
02.06.2010
Black audiences and classical music
BY: Maria Thompson Corley
01.25.2010
The Who across the generations
BY: J.F. Pirro
01.23.2010
Musicians with two careers: Pro or con?
BY: Maria Thompson Corley
12.22.2009
The Academy’s acoustics: A forgotten treasure
BY: Steve Cohen
12.01.2009
Musicians and money
BY: Maria Thompson Corley
11.07.2009
The Orchestra’s strange new ‘Collections’
BY: Steve Cohen
11.06.2009
A voice for black classical musicians
BY: Maria Thompson Corley
10.10.2009
George Crumb turns 80
BY: Tom Purdom
09.21.2009
Concerts to watch in 2009-10
BY: Dan Coren
09.08.2009
The dawn of rock ’n’ roll (a memoir)
BY: Bob Levin
09.01.2009
Beethoven’s ‘Appassionata’ turning point
BY: Dan Coren
08.15.2009
The classical musician’s greatest phobia
BY: Maria Thompson Corley
08.11.2009
The Mann experience: A newcomer’s perspective
BY: Matthew Jakubowski
08.02.2009
Composing vs. writing; Moalem vs. Coren (contd.)
BY: Beeri Moalem
07.25.2009
Composing vs. writing about music (a reply)
BY: Dan Coren
07.21.2009
A composer’s response
BY: Beeri Moalem
07.20.2009
A dentist’s musical Odyssey
BY: Maria Thompson Corley
07.20.2009
Composing music: A reply to Beeri Moalem
BY: Dan Coren
07.13.2009
Something different: Ambient/space music
BY: Mark Wolverton
07.11.2009
So you want to compose serious music?
BY: Beeri Moalem
07.04.2009
Michael Jackson and his demons
BY: Maria Thompson Corley
06.29.2009
Chamber Orchestra turns cautious
BY: Dan Coren
05.24.2009
My mother’s greatest gift
BY: Maria Thompson Corley
05.09.2009
Sonata form (Part 11): Recapitulation
BY: Dan Coren
04.28.2009
Sandro Russo’s Lisztomania
BY: Maria Thompson Corley
04.21.2009
Jade Simmons: Life after Miss America
BY: Maria Thompson Corley
03.23.2009
One tenor’s musical odyssey
BY: Maria Thompson Corley
02.17.2009
Sonata-form (Part 10): Mozart’s brilliant move
BY: Dan Coren
02.07.2009
Orchestra’s biggest problem: Its board
BY: Nathan Sivin
01.17.2009
Do happy musicians play better?
BY: Dan Coren
01.17.2009
David Cohen: A one-man classical band
BY: Maria Thompson Corley
01.10.2009
Unsung musical heroes: The entrepreneurs
BY: Tom Purdom
12.30.2008
In Praise of Christmas Carols
BY: Maria Thompson Corley
12.14.2008
Lucinda Williams and Bob Dylan
BY: Dan Coren
12.14.2008
A pianist and her memory
BY: Maria Thompson Corley
11.26.2008
A music critic’s guilty plea
BY: Dan Coren
11.15.2008
Glenn Gould vs. Roslyn Tureck
BY: Dan Coren
11.08.2008
My Croatian piano debut
BY: Maria Thompson Corley
10.21.2008
Levi Stubbs and the Four Tops
BY: Ted K. Hechtman
10.19.2008
Susan Babini debut cello concert
BY: Dan Coren
10.12.2008
Baseball or Beethoven?
BY: Dan Coren
09.30.2008
Sonata-form, Part 9: The augmented sixth
BY: Dan Coren
09.27.2008
Simone Dinnerstein: A concert not to miss
BY: Dan Coren
09.23.2008
Critic’s music picks for 2008-09
BY: Tom Purdom
09.16.2008
The piano teacher’s quandary
BY: Maria Thompson Corley
09.01.2008
Nicole Atkins on the cusp
BY: Rick Soisson
08.16.2008
Frank Zappa’s prophecy
BY: Dan Coren
08.16.2008
Two books on music and the brain
BY: Dan Coren
08.02.2008
Development sections (Sonata-form, Part 8)
BY: Dan Coren
07.12.2008
‘Evolution of Sound,’ a unique website
BY: Dan Coren
07.03.2008
The orchestra prima donna syndrome
BY: Robert Zaller
05.25.2008
Sonata-form No. 7: Role of repetition
BY: Dan Coren
05.10.2008
WPRB: My favorite radio station
BY: Dan Coren
05.03.2008
The case for live classical music
BY: Beeri Moalem
04.19.2008
Three spring concerts to watch
BY: Dan Coren
04.15.2008
Schubert vs. Beethoven
BY: Dan Coren
04.05.2008
Sonata-form (part 6): Mozart the juggler
BY: Dan Coren
03.04.2008
Orchestra’s 2008-09 season
BY: Dan Coren
02.23.2008
Tunes in sonata-form (Part 5)
BY: Dan Coren
01.22.2008
Music or performers? (Critic’s reply)
BY: Tom Purdom
01.22.2008
Critic’s alert: Catch these concerts
BY: Dan Coren
01.19.2008
The trouble with Beatles impersonators (1st review
BY: Jim Rutter
01.19.2008
Orchestra’s program gobbledygook
BY: Dan Coren
01.01.2008
Stockhausen: The road not taken
BY: Dan Coren
12.11.2007
Understanding tonality (Sonata-form, Part 4)
BY: Dan Coren
12.04.2007
Those slow introductions to symphonies
BY: Dan Coren
10.16.2007
TV cameras at Verizon
BY: Dan Rottenberg
10.02.2007
Purdom’s picks for 2007-08
BY: Tom Purdom
09.25.2007
Best of the 2007-08 season
BY: Dan Coren
09.15.2007
Classical music and golf
BY: Dan Coren
09.11.2007
Sonata-form made easy (Part 2)
BY: Dan Coren
09.01.2007
Those who can, should
BY: Tom Purdom
08.28.2007
Alan Gilbert: The conductor as leader
BY: Tom Purdom
08.28.2007
You too can enjoy sonata-form (really)
BY: Dan Coren
08.11.2007
Mendelssohn’s real tragedy
BY: Dan Coren
07.14.2007
Milanov vs. Eschenbach
BY: Tom Purdom
07.07.2007
The case for electronic music
BY: Dan Coren
06.23.2007
Fresh air from the Chamber Orchestra
BY: Dan Coren
06.21.2007
Lucinda Williams (Round Two)
BY: Dan Coren
04.17.2007
Lucinda Williams discovered (belatedly)
BY: Dan Coren
04.05.2007
Eschenbach’s last hurrah
BY: Dan Coren
03.19.2007
Guide to Philadelphia music groups
BY: Tom Purdom
03.11.2007
A composer’s education
BY: Lloyd Smith
03.06.2007
Orchestra chooses Dutoit
BY: Steve Cohen
02.24.2007
Orchestra chooses Dutoit
BY: Steve Cohen
02.24.2007
Contemporary concert alert
BY: Dan Coren
02.13.2007
The Orchestra’s loopy substitution
BY: Dan Coren
01.16.2007
Why classical audiences don’t boo
BY: Dan Coren
01.03.2007
What was Mozart thinking?
BY: Dan Coren
12.19.2006
Dylan the Romantic
BY: Dan Coren
11.08.2006
Orchestra’s thin skin
BY: Dan Coren
10.30.2006
Eschenbach bows out
BY: Steve Cohen
10.23.2006
Survival in the digital age
BY: Dan Coren
10.18.2006
Eschenbach pro and con
BY: Dan Coren
09.26.2006
Critic’s choices for 2006-07
BY: Dan Coren
09.20.2006
A feast from the Chamber Music Society
BY: Dan Coren
09.11.2006
Chamber music lovers’ alert
BY: Dan Coren
08.10.2006
Fresh insight into Eschenbach
BY: Dan Coren
07.03.2006
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Music Reviews
Three Finns and Liszt, by the Orchestra
BY: Robert Zaller
03.13.2010
Jasmine Choi flute recital
BY: Tom Purdom
03.09.2010
Reich, Glass and Bryars at Annenberg
BY: Dan Coren
03.09.2010
Marcantonio Barone piano recital
BY: Peter Burwasser
03.09.2010
Lyric Fest’s ‘Tchaikovsky: A Biography in Music’
BY: Tom Purdom
03.02.2010
Orchestra’s odd couple: Brahms and Shostakovich
BY: Robert Zaller
03.02.2010
Dolce Suono honors Barber, again
BY: Tom Purdom
02.27.2010
Network for New Music tackles Darwin (2nd review)
BY: Tom Purdom
02.23.2010
Network for New Music tackles Darwin (1st review)
BY: Peter Burwasser
02.23.2010
Richard Goode/Jonathan Biss piano recital (2nd review)
BY: Peter Burwasser
02.19.2010
Dylan at the White House
BY: Bob Levin
02.16.2010
Premieres from Orion Quartet and Dolce Suono
BY: Tom Purdom
02.16.2010
Bachfest by Vox Ama Deus at the Perelman
BY: Tom Purdom
02.09.2010
Richard Goode/Jonathan Biss piano recital (2nd review)
BY: Dan Rottenberg
02.06.2010
Chamber groups and the Orchestra
BY: Tom Purdom
01.26.2010
Guitarists Kaukonen and Bromberg at the Keswick
BY: Judy Weightman
01.26.2010
Pianist Robert Levin with the Orchestra
BY: Dan Rottenberg
01.25.2010
Dolce Suono’s Barber celebration (2nd review)
BY: Victor L. Schermer
01.22.2010
Orchestra tackles Mahler and Strauss
BY: Robert Zaller
01.19.2010
Dolce Suono’s Barber celebration (1st review)
BY: Tom Purdom
01.19.2010
Chamber Music Society’s all-Schubert program
BY: Tom Purdom
01.16.2010
Tempesta di Mare plays Bach
BY: Tom Purdom
12.22.2009
Handel’s ‘Messiah’ by Philadelphia Singers and Philadelphia Orchestra
BY: Victor L. Schermer
12.15.2009
Roundup: Orchestra’s Wagner, Dolce Suono’s Tango, Trio Cavatina
BY: Tom Purdom
12.15.2009
Schumann Trio’s debut
BY: Michael Woods
12.15.2009
Peter Serkin piano recital at Perelman
BY: Robert Zaller
12.15.2009
Philadelphia Orchestra plays Wagner (1st review)
BY: Steve Cohen
12.12.2009
Nézet-Séguin conducts the Orchestra (3rd review)
BY: Michael Woods
12.11.2009
Nézet-Séguin conducts the Orchestra (2nd review)
BY: Steve Cohen
12.11.2009
Chamber concerts: 1807 and Amerita
BY: Tom Purdom
12.08.2009
Nézet-Séguin conducts the Orchestra (1st review)
BY: Robert Zaller
12.08.2009
Mendelssohn Quartet’s farewell concert
BY: Robert Zaller
12.07.2009
Orchestra plays Mozart and Bruckner (2nd review)
BY: Tom Purdom
12.01.2009
Orchestra plays Mozart and Bruckner (1st review)
BY: Robert Zaller
12.01.2009
Pianist Anna Polonsky at Fleisher
BY: Michael Woods
11.28.2009
Eschenbach conducts Mahler’s Seventh
BY: Robert Zaller
11.21.2009
Dolce Suono: From Clearfield to Mozart
BY: Tom Purdom
11.17.2009
Piffaro’s ‘Portuguese Vespers’
BY: Tom Purdom
11.17.2009
Classical Symphony’s 19th-Century musicale
BY: Tom Purdom
11.17.2009
Philadelphia Singers: A lesson in economy
BY: Tom Purdom
11.10.2009
Jurowski awakens the Orchestra
BY: Steve Cohen
11.06.2009
Critic’s Notebook: Five concerts
BY: Tom Purdom
11.03.2009
Andre Watts Plays Schubert and Liszt
BY: Victor L. Schermer
11.03.2009
Tempesta di Mare: Telemann vs. Bach
BY: Tom Purdom
10.27.2009
Mendelssohn Club: ‘Battle Hymns’
BY: Tom Purdom
10.20.2009
Streisand’s ‘Love Is the Answer’
BY: Armen Pandola
10.20.2009
The LA Philharmonic: New hall, new leader
BY: Lesley Valdes
10.15.2009
Philadelphia Orchestra’s quandary (and Yuja Wang)
BY: Steve Cohen
10.15.2009
Lyric Fest: Brahms and American comedy
BY: Tom Purdom
10.10.2009
Di Wu’s Philadelphia piano debut recital
BY: Lesley Valdes
10.06.2009
Philadelphia Orchestra’s season kickoff
BY: Tom Purdom
10.06.2009
Philadelphia Orchestra: Brahms and Bartok
BY: Robert Zaller
10.06.2009
Orchestra 2001’s George Crumb tribute
BY: Lesley Valdes
10.01.2009
Chamber Orchestra’s Haydn concert
BY: Tom Purdom
09.26.2009
The Orchestra’s final Mann week
BY: Tom Purdom
08.04.2009
Lenape Chamber Ensemble
BY: Victor L. Schermer
07.28.2009
Buxtehude Consort’s religious cantatas
BY: Tom Purdom
07.14.2009
Philadelphia Orchestra with Curtis soloists
BY: Tom Purdom
07.07.2009
Dolce Suono’s ‘New Voices’
BY: Tom Purdom
06.30.2009
Philadelphia Orchestra’s Berlioz Requiem
BY: Tom Purdom
06.29.2009
‘Battle Hymns’ at Hidden City Philadelphia (1st review)
BY: Tom Purdom
06.19.2009
Orchestra’s season finale
BY: Robert Zaller
06.18.2009
The Crossing’s unique niche
BY: Tom Purdom
06.13.2009
1807 & Friends season finale
BY: Tom Purdom
06.12.2009
Harp Music Festival’s third edition
BY: Tom Purdom
05.30.2009
Orchestra 2001: Three composers, four soloists
BY: Tom Purdom
05.26.2009
Philadelphia Orchestra’s eclectic program
BY: Robert Zaller
05.26.2009
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio at the Perelman
BY: Robert Zaller
05.16.2009
Choral Arts: Bach’s B-minor Mass (2nd review)
BY: Dan Coren
05.12.2009
Dolce Suono’s ‘Rouge, blanc et bleu’ (2nd review)
BY: Victor L. Schermer
05.12.2009
Four Mother’s Weekend concerts (1st review)
BY: Tom Purdom
05.12.2009
Simon Rattle conducts Bruckner’s Eighth
BY: Robert Zaller
05.11.2009
Curtis Orchestra plays Russian masterworks
BY: Robert Zaller
05.02.2009
Orchestra’s ‘Damnation of Faust’
BY: Tom Purdom
05.02.2009
Mitsuko Uchida at the Perelman
BY: Dan Coren
05.02.2009
The Baroque revival: Three concerts
BY: Tom Purdom
04.25.2009
Masur conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra
BY: Tom Purdom
04.21.2009
Time-hopping with Ancient Instruments
BY: Tom Purdom
04.14.2009
Network For New Music: Composing for painting
BY: Tom Purdom
04.07.2009
Ysaÿe Quartet at Perelman Theater
BY: Robert Zaller
04.07.2009
Guitarist John Williams at Perelman Theater
BY: Mark Wolverton
03.28.2009
Classical Symphony’s ‘Americans in Paris’
BY: Tom Purdom
03.28.2009
Carol Jantsch with 1807 & Friends
BY: Tom Purdom
03.28.2009
Tempesta di Mare recreates Madame Levy’s Salon
BY: Tom Purdom
03.24.2009
Lyric Fest’s ‘Voices of the Sea’
BY: Tom Purdom
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