Piffaro presents 'Mummers' Delight'

Songbirds and roasted birds

Piffaro looks at the more poetic side of the grand tradition of mummery.

Tom Purdom

Mar 22, 2016 · Articles · 2 minute read

The Miró Quartet performs with Ricardo Morales

Perfection, twice

Ricardo Morales joined the Miró Quartet for a superb evening of music-making, concluding with Mozart’s great Clarinet Quintet.

Robert Zaller

Mar 22, 2016 · Articles · 5 minute read

Piffaro brings back the music of Golden Age Spain

Don Quixote finds a voice

Piffaro is in the midst of preparing a major project, The Musical World of Don Quixote, which will give us a chance to experience what’s been in Don Quixote’s shadow all these years. The event will include concerts, exhibitions around the city, and a symposium at Penn.

Anne Schuster Hunter

Mar 20, 2016 · Articles · 5 minute read

AVA's resident artists present 'Jubilate!'

The AVA does it again

The Academy of Vocal Arts once again presents a concert of sacred music that succeeds almost to the very end.

Tom Purdom

Mar 15, 2016 · Articles · 3 minute read

Strauss's 'Capriccio' by Curtis Opera Theatre and Opera Philly

Words or music?

Which are more important, words or music? Richard Strauss debated the question — one that this critic faces regularly — in Capriccio, the final opera of his long life.

Steve Cohen

Mar 15, 2016 · Articles · 3 minute read

Ruth Naomi Floyd at the Episcopal Cathedral

A unique and sonorous voice

Ruth Naomi Floyd sings with a great seriousness that made me quake a little in my seat

Victor L. Schermer

Mar 12, 2016 · Articles · 3 minute read

The Philadelphia Orchestra performs Mahler's Eighth Symphony

Once in a century

The Philadelphia Orchestra brought back the work that made it famous, Mahler’s Eighth Symphony, in a performance that marks their American debut of it 100 years ago.

Robert Zaller

Mar 12, 2016 · Articles · 5 minute read

Tempesta di Mare: The Nations

A Saturday night treat

Tempesta di Mare conducts a happy journey through 18th-century national music styles.

Tom Purdom

Mar 08, 2016 · Articles · 2 minute read

The Philadelphia Orchestra with pianist Helene Grimaud

The drama of Brahms

A clash of styles between pianist Hélène Grimaud and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin resulted in mesmerizing Brahms.

Mar 07, 2016 · Articles · 2 minute read

The Chamber Orchestra features Edward Schultz

Fifteen strings and one lone flute

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia presented a smorgasbord of string orchestra music and, in the process, bestowed some well-deserved recognition on one of the mainstays of the Philadelphia music scene, flutist Edward Schultz.

Tom Purdom

Mar 01, 2016 · Articles · 3 minute read