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The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Rossini, Schubert, and Price
The Price is right
Pianist and Curtis professor Michelle Cann offers a passionate and technically flawless account of Florence Price’s Concerto in One Movement with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Bowerbird’s Liminal States series presents Laraaji
A musical bedtime
Bowerbird presents multi-instrumentalist Laraaji in its Liminal States series, streaming concerts with an unlikely goal: to put the listener to sleep. Aaron Pond reviews.
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Opera Philadelphia presents Tyshawn Sorey’s ‘Save the Boys’
Starving for these stories
Opera Philadelphia presents the latest from Tyshawn Sorey with ‘Save the Boys,’ an opera interpretation of a poem by abolitionist and Black women’s rights activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra presents a Lunar New Year Celebration Concert
A secret language in music
A Philadelphia Orchestra performance honors the Lunar New Year with two works by Chinese composers, including a tribute to the historic secret language of the women of China’s Hunan Province. Linda Holt reviews.
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Bridge Records presents ‘Visca L’Amor: Catalan Art Songs of the 20th and 21st centuries’
A language lives in song
‘Visca L’Amor,’ a new recording made at the University of Delaware, restores a trove of Catalan musical treasures. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Michelle Bradley
A world of emotion
Soprano Michelle Bradley made a distinctive recital debut with Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, singing a wide-ranging program with elegance and flair. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra presents ‘An Evening with Beethoven’
An evident rapport
Following her appointment as principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Nathalie Stutzmann makes her first appearance leading Beethoven on the Digital Stage. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Opera Philadelphia presents David T. Little’s ‘Soldier Songs’
Beauty from the battle
David T. Little’s ‘Soldier Songs’ is adapted into a disturbingly luminous film by Opera Philadelphia, directed by and starring an indomitable Johnathan McCullough. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra presents its solo debut of new principal oboist Philippe Tondre
The most elegant of instruments
In his Philadelphia Orchestra solo debut, new principal oboist Phillipe Tondre offered a sweet and lyrical rendition of Mozart’s most celebrated work for oboe. Linda Holt reviews.
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The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents a program for violas and piano
Voilà violas
With a program starring violists Hsin-Yun Huang and Misha Armory and pianist Thomas Sauer, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society spotlighted the alto voice of the string family with an inventive online program. Margaret Darby reviews.
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