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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.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Previews 1 minute read
Nézet-Séguin sits at a grand piano, pausing play to conduct orchestra members, grouped around him, with his hands

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Florence Price’s Symphony No. 4

A sweet streamer

For its first Digital Stage concert of the new season, the Philadelphia Orchestra performed Florence Price's Symphony No. 4 in D minor, a masterpiece of musical art discovered after the composer's death. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

Reviews 3 minute read
Number One film poster. A rotoscoped image of two people in all black. One is yelling to the sky, another covers their face.

The Weekly Roundup, October 13-19, 2021

'Fantasy Basement,' 'Spring Awakening,' PHonk! Philly, and the FirstGlance Film Festival

Nerd-centric burlesque and comedy, a pair of new music fests, Temple Theaters reopens its doors, and FirstGlance Film Festival returns for its 24th year. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
Kyle V. Hiller

Kyle V. Hiller

Previews 3 minute read
13 singers and musicians, all dressed in black, perform on the gold-painted, pillared chancel of a church full of listeners.

Piffaro and Variant 6 present A New Sun Rises

A new start for old music

Piffaro launched its first in-person concert since the pandemic with the singers of Variant 6 for a wide-ranging program, including the premiere of Kile Smith’s "Ave Maris Stella." Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 4 minute read
A color rendering of the French Revolution in 1789. A fortress burns and homes collapse behind a mass of armed people

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia presents Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony

Beethoven’s belated birthday

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia returned to live performance with an ambitious program anchored by Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, but the results were somewhat variable. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 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.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

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.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Previews 2 minute read
Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Iman Habibi smile on the Verizon Hall stage in front of a standing ovation, the orchestra behind them

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Beethoven and Iman Habibi

Out of the wilderness

In its first performance before a paying audience at Verizon Hall since March 2020, the Philadelphia Orchestra picked up right where it left off, with a stirring interpretation of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 4 minute read
Brown, a Black woman, and Goraczko, a white man, look towards each other in a well-lit room, art canvases are around them.

The Weekly Roundup, September 29-October 5

Mural Arts Month, Philadelphia Orchestra, WHITE, and the Virtual Latino Arts Festival

Celebrating and meditating on mural art, Our City, Your Orchestra returns, and James Ijames's WHITE is presented by Villanova Theatre. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
Kyle V. Hiller

Kyle V. Hiller

Previews 3 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.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Previews 1 minute read