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Nance, a Black man wearing a white shift, sits on a stool onstage and sings into a handheld mic, a spiral in light behind him

BlackStar Projects and Union Transfer present Terence Nance’s V O R T E X in concert

Finding a groove in the vortex
Terence Nance’s first performance of V O R T E X, his debut album, was full of heavy percussion and celestial harping that managed to stay tethered to the earth through balance and love. Kiersten Adams reviews.
Kiersten Adams

Kiersten Adams

Reviews 3 minute read
On a pillared chancel with a golden mural backdrop, 13 musicians and singers, all dressed in black, perform.

Piffaro presents Entre dos Álamos

Rare, beautiful music from 17th- and 18th-century South America
Piffaro closes its season with Entre dos Álamos, a musical trip to South America including Spanish and Indigenous texts and music, proving that great music has always been created everywhere. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 5 minute read
An illustration with a human figure with a top hat next to a figure in a black suit, holding a sign that reads Relâche

BSR Classical Music Interludes, May 2023, part 2

A national competition, honoring George Crumb, Relâche recreates, and more
Gail Obenreder previews the rest of May’s classical music offerings, with events from Astral Artists, Artcinia, Orchestra 2001, Lyric Fest, and Relâche.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Previews 3 minute read
Smiling and wearing a black jacket, Nezet-Seguin conducts, with the heads of a few musicians visible in the foreground.

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Gabriela Lena Frank and Hector Berlioz

Mastering symphonic forces
The Philadelphia Orchestra gives its first full rendition of composer-in-residence Gabriela Lena Frank’s Walkabout: Concerto for Orchestra, and a thrilling rendition of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

Reviews 3 minute read
Exterior view of the tall, white, pillared, historic, tile-roofed Venice church on a canal. People fill the sidewalk in front

Tempesta di Mare presents The Women Behind the Screen – The Sensational Female Musicians of Venice’s Orphanages

The hidden women who rivaled Vivaldi
Tempesta di Mare explores the music of Baroque Venetian charitable institutions that were famous for their vocal and instrumental ensembles, made up of brilliant women artists who were hidden from public life. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 4 minute read
A choir with all Black singers sing, orchestral players in front of them on a stage

BSR Classical Music Interludes, May 2023

Tempesta di Mare celebrates a unique first win, Black Founders Musical Experience, and more
May offerings from Curtis Opera Theatre, Jeremy Winston Chorale, and Pyxis Piano Trio; and Tempesta di Mare celebrates its Fasch Prize win. Gail Obenreder previews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Previews 3 minute read
The cast sits together for a group photo, musical instruments accompany them as they look into the camera

CSz Philly’s Off the Record is a different type of improv

Making the band
CSz Philly’s Off the Record is a mockumentary musical improv featuring a unique performance with each showing. Daralyse Lyons previews.

Daralyse Lyons

Previews 2 minute read
View from the back of a packed, ornate two-tier symphony hall, with the full orchestra and chorus looking tiny onstage.

Delaware Symphony Orchestra presents Amado Conducts Beethoven

A Beethoven farewell
David Amado and the Delaware Symphony closed the season with back-to-back Beethoven, a familiar yet thrilling performance to finish the maestro’s two-decade tenure. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 4 minute read
The Lyric Fest stage at Longwood Gardens, with a piano under purple lights. Fern-like plant with red flowers line the stage.

Lyric Fest presents The Metamorphosis of Plants: A Lieder Celebration for Earth Day

Goethe in the garden
For its first concert at Longwood Gardens, Lyric Fest honored Earth Day with a program inspired by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s surprisingly sophisticated 1790 text The Metamorphosis of Plants. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 3 minute read
A group of performers in all black with composer stands in a church-like area, a crowd before them as they sing

BSR Classical Music Interludes, April 2023, part 2

From the Source, Sacred and Profane, La Voix de Viole, and more
Gail Obenreder previews the second half of April’s classical music offerings, including performances by Opera Philadelphia, Delaware Symphony, Variant Six, and more.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Previews 4 minute read