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Not the foursome in black you expected: the ensemble of ECCO. (Photo by Pete Checchia.)

PCMS presents ECCO and pianist Shai Wosner

The color of music

Pianist Shai Wosner joined ECCO for a Philadelphia Chamber Music Society program that was as colorful to look at as it was to hear. Linda Holt reviews.

Linda Holt

Oct 28, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

The Richardson Chamber Players celebrated the bicentennial of Clara Schumann. (Photo by David Kelly.)

The Richardson Chamber Players present ‘Clara Schumann at 200’

Absent no more

Among an abundance of male composers’ bicentennials, a world-class woman composer finally gets her due with a Princeton concert marking Clara Schumann’s birthday. Linda Holt reviews.

Linda Holt

Oct 21, 2019 Articles 5 minute read

The singers of The Crossing get back to nature with ‘A Native Hill.’ (Photo courtesy of The Crossing.)

The Crossing presents Gavin Bryars’s ‘A Native Hill’

Time without a calendar

The Crossing premieres a remarkable new work by Gavin Bryars, based on the words of a 20th-century farmer-philosopher. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Oct 15, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

A flaming star in the sky of music: Moor Mother. (Image courtesy of the artist.)

Ars Nova presents Moor Mother and Roscoe Mitchell

A pair of multiplicities

Ars Nova shatters the fabric of reality with a duet by Moor Mother and Roscoe Mitchell, part of its October Revolution of Jazz & Contemporary Music program. Aaron Pond reviews.

Aaron Pond

Oct 07, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

She wrote music in the shape of the solar system: composer Missy Mazzoli with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra. (Photo by Martín Martínez.)

The Delaware Symphony Orchestra presents ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

A symphony for the spheres

The Delaware Symphony Orchestra opened the season with a luscious concert featuring composer Missy Mazzoli, a Lansdale native. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Oct 01, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

Saturated with melodic flavor: violinist Leila Josefowicz and composer/conductor John Adams with the Philadelphia Orchestra. (Photo by Pete Checchia.)

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents John Adams’s ‘Scheherazade.2’

John Adams led the first Philadelphia Orchestra performance of his ‘Scheherazade.2, Dramatic Symphony for Violin and Orchestra,’ a musical reimagining of ‘The Arabian Nights,’ plus works by Ravel and Stravinsky. Linda Holt reviews.

Linda Holt

Oct 01, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

Semele (Amanda Forsythe) is supposed to get married, but absconds to the realm of the gods. (Photo by Dominic M. Mercier.)

Festival O19: Opera Philadelphia presents Handel and Cosgrove's ‘Semele’

The opera that wasn’t meant to be

Handel never intended for his oratorio ‘Semele’ to be staged as an opera. Opera Philadelphia’s muddled, inert production suggests why. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 26, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

A sturdy yet ethereal voice: Joseph Keckler sings in ‘Let Me Die.’ (Photo by Johanna Austin, austinart.org.)

Festival O19: Opera Philadelphia and FringeArts present ‘Let Me Die’

When I am laid in earth

Joseph Keckler’s ‘Let Me Die’ examines opera’s preoccupation with kicking the bucket. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 23, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

Crisply individual: Theo Huffman and Siena Licht Miller in ‘Denis and Katya.’ (Photo courtesy of Opera Philadelphia.)

Festival 019: Opera Philadelphia presents ‘Denis and Katya’

Through a smartphone, darkly

The striking ‘Denis and Katya,’ part of Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O19, captures the existential dread of the social-media generation. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 22, 2019 Articles 4 minute read