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A musical tribute to Philadelphia: ‘Crossing the Bridge 2’ is available for download. (Image courtesy of the Philadelphia Heritage Art Ensemble.)

The Philadelphia Heritage Art Ensemble presents ‘Crossing the Bridge 2’

What jazz musicians have given Philly

Philadelphia Heritage Art Ensemble’s latest album is a musical tribute to 1950s/60s hard bop Philly jazz history. Suzanne Cloud reviews.

Suzanne Cloud

Nov 11, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

Every time the soloist walks onstage, a career is on the line: pianist Juho Pohjonen. (Photo by J. Henry Fair.)

PCMS presents pianist Juho Pohjonen

Piano perfection

Warm, seductive tonal colors and crisp, clean articulation characterized a solo concert by young Finnish pianist Juho Pohjonen, who performed works by Rameau and Scriabin at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Linda Holt reviews.

Linda Holt

Oct 28, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

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’

Scheherazade’s future

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.