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Metropolitan Opera veteran soprano Erin Morley can pair with the piano, too. (Image courtesy of ErinMorley.com.)

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Erin Morley’s ‘Love Songs’

Love takes many forms

Soprano Erin Morley brought her recital, under the unassuming title of ‘Love Songs,’ to the new performance venue at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Apr 01, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

Is music abstract or expressive? Robert Edwin (left) as Gerhard Denhoff and Joe Barron as Eduard Hanslick. (Photo by Don Wilson.)

Fine Art Music Company presents ‘War of the Romantics Part II’

The musicians and actors of Fine Art Music Company brought a musical conflict of the 19th century back to life with the conclusion of a special series of Romantic music at the Ethical Society. Linda Holt reviews.

Linda Holt

Apr 01, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

A fresh and uninhibited sound: Composer Missy Mazzoli. (Photo by Marylene Mey.)

Princeton Symphony Orchestra presents Missy Mazzoli’s ‘Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)’

A galaxy of music

Flutist Chelsea Knox brought stunning virtuosity and artistic insight to a program that included Liebermann’s Flute Concerto, Missy Mazzoli’s ‘Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)’, and Dvořák’s dance-filled Symphony No. 8 in G Major. Linda Holt reviews.

Linda Holt

Mar 25, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

A years-long desire: Mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly onstage in Philly, with accompanist Julius Drake. (Photo by Pete Checchia.)

The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Dame Sarah Connolly

Nothing like a Dame

English mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly offered a recital both ravishing and intelligent at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Mar 25, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

Composer Kile Smith makes a time machine out of music in his new recording. (Image courtesy of the artist.)

The Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble presents Kile Smith’s ‘Canticle’

Delicate ecstasy

Composer and longtime BSR contributor Kile Smith demonstrates his mastery of choral music in a new recording, ‘Canticle,’ now available on CD or for download. Peter Burwasser reviews.

Peter Burwasser

Mar 18, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

Back row, left to right: Grant Herreid, Priscilla Herreid, Joan Kimball, Greg Ingles, and Fiona Last of Piffaro. Front row: Sonnambula’s Jude Ziliak and Toma Iliev. (Photo courtesy of Piffaro.)

Piffaro and Sonnambula present ‘Dancers’ Delight’

A Renaissance in spring

This March evening of Renaissance dance music revives the fresh and artful sound of the era. Margaret Darby reviews.

Margaret Darby

Mar 17, 2019 Articles 2 minute read

At long last, the marauder goes down. Dennis Chmelensky and Vartan Gabrielian in ‘Don Giovanni.’ (Photo by Tobin Del Cuore.)

Curtis Opera Theatre and Opera Philadelphia present ‘Don Giovanni’

Missing the mark among #MeToo

Curtis Opera Theatre takes a gutsy chance by grappling with the thorny sexual politics of ‘Don Giovanni,’ but R.B. Schlather’s revisionist production often misses the mark. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Mar 11, 2019 Articles 5 minute read

Not afraid of emotional risks at the keys: pianist Jan Lisiecki. (Photo by Christoph Köstlin.)

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents pianist Jan Lisiecki

The moods of Mendelssohn

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra brought fresh verve to Schubert’s Symphony No. 9, hwile Jan Lisiecki, one of the great emerging piano artists, dazzled in the Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1. Linda Holt reviews.

Linda Holt

Mar 11, 2019 Articles 4 minute read