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Four musicians pose together, trees and bushes in the background, with a cello, viola, and two violins at hand.

1807 & Friends returns with the Wister and Dalí Quartets

Let the revels resume

With a series of chamber music events, 1807 & Friends resumes the musicmaking that ended just as the lockdown began. Tom Purdom previews.
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Tom Purdom

Sep 15, 2021 · Previews · 1 minute read
Garrett, a Black man, wears a blue denim blazer and white top with a wide-brim hat and glasses in a portrait-style photo.

Dolce Suono Ensemble teams up with Norman Garrett for Songs of the Spirit

Music for deep emotions

The Dolce Suono Ensemble presents a rising young baritone in a program devoted to music for the human spirit. Tom Purdom previews.
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Tom Purdom

Sep 29, 2021 · Previews · 1 minute read
A collage of images of people laughing.

Lyric Fest returns with The Funny Bone

Restarting with a laugh

The Lyric Fest song series returns to in-person concerts with songs that combine music with some much-needed laughter. Tom Purdom previews.
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Sep 29, 2021 · Previews · 1 minute read
Six performers pose in front of gazebo pillars, dressed in all black.

Piffaro welcomes the new and old with A New Sun Rising

Renaissance music for a musical renaissance

Piffaro returns to live, in-person concerts with a celebration of rising suns and the dawn of a new era in its 40-year history. Tom Purdom previews.
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Oct 05, 2021 · Previews · 2 minute read
Hunt poses in all black in a black and white portrait photo.

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia's The Eroica Symphony opens the new season

A heroic reopening

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia opens its season with a symphony normally played by larger orchestras—Beethoven’s Eroica. Tom Purdom previews.
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Tom Purdom

Oct 05, 2021 · Previews · 1 minute read
A portrait featuring both Nancy Bean and Lloyd Smith.

1807 & Friends presents The Florian Trio

Strumming up gusto with the guitar

The 1807 & Friends chamber series presents a wide-ranging program featuring guitarist-composer Allen Krantz. Tom Purdom previews.
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Tom Purdom

Oct 20, 2021 · Previews · 1 minute read
A portrait shot of Meg Bragle. She's wearing a blue and purple dress, facing the camera, background out of focus.

Tempesta di Mare presents Women of Antiquity

Honoring heroic women in Baroque style

The Tempesta di Mare Baroque Orchestra presents musical portraits of legendary and reverent women in Greek and Roman mythology. Tom Purdom previews.
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Tom Purdom

Oct 20, 2021 · Previews · 1 minute read
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia is heading outside for its new series. (Photo provided by Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia.)

Coming up in Philly Music: Chamber Orchestra's new outdoor garden series

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Tom Purdom

Jun 23, 2021 · Previews · 1 minute read
Tempesta di Mare's 'English Orpheus' reads poems by Shakespeare. (Image retrieved via Wikimedia Commons.)

Coming up in Philly Music: English Romance in Baroque style with 'English Orpheus'

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Tom Purdom

Jun 16, 2021 · Previews · 1 minute read
Choral Arts closes its online season this weekend with a requiem to remember. (Photo courtesy of Choral Arts.)

Coming up in Philly Music: Choral Arts presents the timely 'Fauré’s Requiem'

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Tom Purdom

Jun 16, 2021 · Previews · 1 minute read
Brian Major, bass baritone, sings 'Lost in the Stars' by Kurt Weill. (Image courtesy of Lyric Fest.)

Coming up in Philly Music: The life and music of Kurt Weil

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Jun 16, 2021 · Previews · 1 minute read

Coming up in Philly Music: The life and songs of Kurt Weill

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May 26, 2021 · Previews · 1 minute read

Coming up in Philly Music: Fugues for many voices

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Tom Purdom

May 26, 2021 · Previews · 2 minute read
George Reutter the Younger was an influential late Baroque composer. (Image retrieved via Wikimedia Commons.)

Coming up in Philly Music: Tempesta di Mare's 'Reutter's Vienna'

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May 19, 2021 · Previews · 2 minute read

Coming up in Philly Music: PCMS presents the Junction Trio

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May 19, 2021 · Previews · 1 minute read
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