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Playing together with practiced ease: violists Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang. (Image courtesy of PCMS.)

The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents a program for violas and piano

Voilà violas

With a program starring violists Hsin-Yun Huang and Misha Armory and pianist Thomas Sauer, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society spotlighted the alto voice of the string family with an inventive online program. Margaret Darby reviews.

Margaret Darby

Jan 11, 2021 Reviews 3 minute read

Authority and bon vivant: mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton plays Julia Child in Opera Philadelphia’s ‘Bon Appétit!.’ (Image courtesy of Opera Philadelphia.)

Opera Philadelphia presents Lee Hoiby and Mark Shulgasser’s ‘Bon Appétit!’

A musical piece of cake

A benefit performance of the Julia Child-inspired ‘Bon Appétit!’ for Opera Philadelphia highlights the arresting artistry and comic chops of mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Jan 11, 2021 Reviews 3 minute read

Dances of the Animals: Bob Wiemken plays “The Goat’s Masque” on the douçaine. (Photo by David Lowe.)

Piffaro presents ‘Music for 12th Night’

Masked for the masque

Piffaro’s ‘Music for 12th Night’ showcased 17th-century mystery, mastery, and music. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Jan 05, 2021 Reviews 5 minute read

Gian Carlo Menotti’s genius was composing music anybody could sing. (Image via Wikimedia Commons.)

More music and words become art: Another top 10 from composer Kile Smith

What I’ve learned from classical lyric settings

Composer Kile Smith offered his top-10 list of pop songs that mixed music and words into pure art. Now he’s back for another round, this time with icons of classical music.

Kile Smith

Dec 21, 2020 Essays 7 minute read

Thanks are due to everyone who’s helping the Philadelphia Orchestra keep playing this year. (Photo by Jeff Fusco.)

The Philadelphia Orchestra streams Samuel Barber and Florence Price

A Price premiere in Philly

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 E minor. Linda Holt reviews.

Linda Holt

Nov 30, 2020 Reviews 3 minute read

Pianist Jonathan Biss understands Beethoven’s healing vision. (Photo by Benjamin Ealovega.)

PCMS presents a Beethoven livestream from Jonathan Biss

Blankets and Beethoven

Honoring 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. Linda Holt reviews.

Linda Holt

Nov 30, 2020 Reviews 5 minute read

Randall Mitsuo Goosby, Khari Joyner, Myra Huang, Alexander Laing, and Lawrence Brownlee perform in ‘Cycles of My Being.’ (Photo by Dominic M. Mercier.)

Opera Philadelphia presents ‘Cycles of My Being’

Songs for hope in Black America

Tyshawn Sorey’s ‘Cycles of My Being’ is a gripping, haunting opera that seeks answers to America’s long history of oppression. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.

Kyle V. Hiller

Nov 24, 2020 Reviews 4 minute read

Jeremy Denk loves the piano, but it’s not the same without an audience. (Photo by Shervin Lainez.)

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Jeremy Denk

Bringing the concert hall to you

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society’s reimagined fall season brings live recitals from world-class artists, like pianist Jeremy Denk, directly to viewers at home. Cameron Kelsall considers.

Cameron Kelsall

Nov 13, 2020 Articles 4 minute read

Reminiscent of a medieval abbey: Liza Malamut and Erik Schmalz play medieval straight trumpets in the courtyard of Germantown’s Miraculous Medal Shrine. (Photo by Sharon Torello.)

Piffaro presents ‘The Bells and Whistles of Utrecht’

Streaming with bells on

Piffaro and carilloneur Janet Tebbel are ringing all the bells in their excellent season opener, which makes the most of video. Gail Obenreder reviews.