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The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Westminster Symphonic Choir capture Bach’s musical DNA, but what about the spirit? (Photo by Jessica Griffin.)

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Bach’s B Minor Mass

Searching for the spirit of Bach’s B Minor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra and Westminster Symphonic Choir in Bach’s B Minor Mass. This brilliantly executed but slightly subdued performance sometimes lacked spiritual intensity. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

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Sweet, sultry, fun, and fierce: Sutton Foster stormed the Merriam. (Image courtesy of the Kimmel Center.)

The Kimmel Center presents 'An Evening with Sutton Foster'

An open letter to Sutton Foster

In a one-night solo performance at the Merriam, Tony Award-winning Broadway star Sutton Foster offered a transcendent performance as an artist at the height of her powers. Brad Rothbart reviews.
Brad Rothbart

Brad Rothbart

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Maintaining high musical standards at Curtis, especially Joseph Tancredi (sword drawn) and Merissa Beddows (at right). (Photo by Cory Weaver.)

Curtis Opera Theatre presents ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’

Musical standards

Strong musicianship outweighed dramaturgical cloudiness in Curtis Opera Theatre’s ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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These scavenged forms are astonishingly well-balanced: Neil Feather invents his own orchestra. (Photo courtesy of Bowerbird.)

Bowerbird presents ‘Neil Feather: Sound Mechanic’

Musical machinations

Neil Feather’s wildly unique instruments surprise, delight, and make mischief in pieces including composer Rosie Langabeer’s latest work-in-progress, ‘IDIOSYNCROPHILIA.’ Aaron Pond reviews.
Aaron Pond

Aaron Pond

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The backbone of the standard repertory: the ensemble of AVA’s ‘Le Nozze de Figaro.’ (Photo courtesy of AVA.)

The Academy of Vocal Arts presents ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

Opera’s bread and butter

Mozart’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ may be a bread-and-butter opera, but that’s no excuse for AVA’s stale staging. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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A musical tribute to Philadelphia: ‘Crossing the Bridge 2’ is available for download. (Image courtesy of the Philadelphia Heritage Art Ensemble.)

The Philadelphia Heritage Art Ensemble presents ‘Crossing the Bridge 2’

What jazz musicians have given Philly

Philadelphia Heritage Art Ensemble’s latest album is a musical tribute to 1950s/60s hard bop Philly jazz history. Suzanne Cloud reviews.
Suzanne Cloud

Suzanne Cloud

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Every time the soloist walks onstage, a career is on the line: pianist Juho Pohjonen. (Photo by J. Henry Fair.)

PCMS presents pianist Juho Pohjonen

Piano perfection

Warm, seductive tonal colors and crisp, clean articulation characterized a solo concert by young Finnish pianist Juho Pohjonen, who performed works by Rameau and Scriabin at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

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Not the foursome in black you expected: the ensemble of ECCO. (Photo by Pete Checchia.)

PCMS presents ECCO and pianist Shai Wosner

The color of music

Pianist Shai Wosner joined ECCO for a Philadelphia Chamber Music Society program that was as colorful to look at as it was to hear. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

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The Richardson Chamber Players celebrated the bicentennial of Clara Schumann. (Photo by David Kelly.)

The Richardson Chamber Players present ‘Clara Schumann at 200’

Absent no more

Among an abundance of male composers’ bicentennials, a world-class woman composer finally gets her due with a Princeton concert marking Clara Schumann’s birthday. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

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The singers of The Crossing get back to nature with ‘A Native Hill.’ (Photo courtesy of The Crossing.)

The Crossing presents Gavin Bryars’s ‘A Native Hill’

Time without a calendar

The Crossing premieres a remarkable new work by Gavin Bryars, based on the words of a 20th-century farmer-philosopher. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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