BSR Classical Interludes, more in November 2025

Bowerbird: Stuart Bogie & Buck McDaniel
Friday, November 14
12pm: Stoneleigh, 1829 County Line Road, Villanova
7:30pm: University Lutheran, 3637 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia

For their Philadelphia debut, Bowerbird presents this duo in two different concerts on the same day! Musical collaborators Bogie (Antibalas, Arcade Fire, and TV on the Radio) and McDaniel (a rising composer and organist) blend improvisation, minimalism, drones, and sacred resonance. Prior to a five-concert residency in Manhattan (November 17-21), they’ll appear twice in the Philadelphia region. At Stoneleigh, the duo performs on clarinet and organ, and at University Lutheran, they turn to clarinet and piano. Each concert is ticketed separately.

Delaware Symphony: Beethoven and Blue Jeans
Friday, November 14, 7:30pm
Grand Opera House/Copeland Hall, 818 North Market Street, Wilmington

Following her October debut, this ensemble’s new music director Michelle Di Russo takes the podium where casual meets classical: jeans are the encouraged attire for this symphonic concert. The evening features the US premiere of French composer Camille Pépin’s 2019 orchestral work Laniakea (inspired by a cluster of galaxies) and Lowell Lieberman’s virtuosic Concerto for Flute, featuring DSO principal Kimberly Reighley. It closes with Beethoven’s dramatic Symphony No. 3, the Eroica, often cited as the first truly romantic symphonic work. The concert is reprised downstate on November 16 in Lewes, Delaware.

Music at Bunker Hill: Sō Percussion: Unplugged
Sunday, November 16, 3pm
Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church, 330 Greentree Road, Sewell, NJ

In residence at Princeton, this Grammy-winning quartet of percussionists Jason Treuting, Adam Sliwinski, Josh Quillen, and Eric Cha-Beach has appeared to worldwide acclaim in their 25 years of redefining chamber music. This concert features works by Caroline Shaw (Taxidermy), John Cage (Third Construction), Pauline Oliveros (Future of Anonymity), and others, including compositions by quartet members Treuting and Cha-Beach. Tickets may be limited for this well-known and highly regarded ensemble, and there are discounts for percussion students.

McCarter Theatre: Philip Glass Ensemble: Early Works
Saturday, November 22, 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center/Matthews Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton

Philip Glass shaped classical music in the 20th century and beyond. This ensemble, dedicated to his music, was formed in 1968 as a laboratory for his most influential works. This celebratory program (subject to change) features works written between 1974 and 1984; selections from the Glassworks album and from groundbreaking operas The Photographer, Akhnaten, and Satayagraha. The players are Michael Riesman (music director/keyboard), Lisa Bielawa (voice/keyboard), Dan Bora (house sound mix), Peter Hess (alto & tenor saxophone/clarinet), Ryan Kelly (onstage sound mix), Mick Rossi (keyboard), Sam Sadigursky (soprano saxophone/clarinet/flute), and Andrew Sterman (flute/piccolo/soprano saxophone).

Wister and More Series: Trio Montage
Sunday, November 23, 3pm
German Society of Pennsylvania, 611 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia

The latest offering in this longstanding concert series is Trio Montage, an eclectic ensemble that was founded in 2008. Clarinetist Marguerite Levin, baritone Phillip Collister, and pianist R. Timothy McReynolds will present a program that include Jules Massenet’s Meditation from Thaïs, the Fantaisie of Camille Saint-Saëns, Handel-Halvorsen’s Passacaglia, and the Chaconne of Tomaso Antonio Vitali. Following each of these Wister and More concerts, the audience is invited to a meet-the-artists reception in the Society’s Ratskeller.