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Berry played Broadwood's unique and uniquely repaired instrument. (Photo via SylviaBerry.org.)

PhilaLandmarks presents 'Across the Pond' by Grand Harmonie

Music is the best medicine

PhilaLandmarks Early Music Series opens an 18th-century wormhole on South Fourth Street. Margaret Darby reviews.
Margaret Darby

Margaret Darby

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Jarrett Ott, the concert's featured baritone, is a recent Curtis Institute of Music alum. (Photo by Dario Acosta Photography.)

New York Choral Society presents C.V. Stanford's 'Songs of the Fleet' at Carnegie Hall

Swimmingly good

NYCHORAL presented a superb concert of music inspired by the grandeur of the sea, at Carnegie Hall with David Hayes conducting. Rick Perdian reviews.
Rick Perdian

Rick Perdian

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Lauren Snouffer's Agnès experiences a sudden, unwelcome awakening. (Photo by Kelly & Masse for Opera Philadelphia.)

Opera Philadelphia's presents George Benjamin and Martin Crimp's 'Written on Skin'

Drawn together

Opera Philadelphia’s local premiere of ‘Written on Skin’ offers a fresh spin on a contemporary masterpiece. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla put a unique and youthful spin on the orchestra's concert. (Photo by Frans Jansen.)

Philadelphia Orchestra presents 'Mozart and Mahler'

The young and the timeless: Mirga and Menahem

The Philadelphia Orchestra's 'Mozart and Mahler' program brought together conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and pianist Menahem Pressler in a memorable pairing. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

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J.D. Allen, Matthew Parrish, and Michelle Lordi brought a busload of excitement to the Cornelia Street Café. (Photo by Eugene Hurwitz.)

Michelle Lordi's Bandwagon Excursions

She's with the band

Jazz vocalist Michelle Lordi arranges bus excursions from the Philadelphia area to her concerts in New York. Stacia Friedman hopped aboard.
Stacia Friedman

Stacia Friedman

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Top billing, second fiddle for pianist Daniil Trifonov. (Photo by Dario Acosta.)

McCarter Theatre Center presents 'Daniil Trifonov, piano and Matthias Goerne, baritone'

Super Bowl of song

On their way to Carnegie Hall, pianist Daniil Trifonov and baritone Matthias Goerne make beautiful, intense music at Princeton’s McCarter Theatre Center. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Christoph Eschenbach guided the starship Philadelphia with strength and vision. (Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Orchestra.)

Philadelphia Orchestra presents 'Beethoven's Fifth with Eschenbach'

Eschenbach returns, Weilerstein shines

Thanks to an atypical staging, the Philadelphia Orchestra projected a warm, enveloping tone while Christoph Eschenbach returned to bring maturity and insight to his reading of three Romantic masterworks. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

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The Canos presented a promising concert with mixed results. (Photo courtesy of PCMS.)

PCMS presents Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano, and Christopher Cano, piano

Portrait of Jenny

Jennifer Johnson Cano’s recital for PCMS showed off a lustrous voice but an unsure interpreter. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Piano soloist Bronfman brought out the best in the Philadelphians. (Photo by Dario Acosta.)

Philadelphia Orchestra's 'British Isles Festival, Week Three: Haydn and Beethoven' (second review)

Bronfman's brilliant Beethoven

The Philadelphia Orchestra presented a program of Haydn, Wagner, and Beethoven in which even the disappointments were exciting. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

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Fabio Luisi: The right conductor for the job. (Photo by Barbara Luisi.)

Philadelphia Orchestra's 'British Isles Festival, Week Three: Haydn and Beethoven' (first review)

Fabulous Fabio

The final week of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s British Isles Festival showed why Fabio Luisi is its most valuable guest conductor. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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