BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Trumba Corporation//Trumba Calendar Services 0.11.5919//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Philadelphia Classical Music X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pavel Haas Quartet LOCATION:Independence Seaport Museum DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091115T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091115T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia Chamber Music Society\n\nThis up-and-coming Cze ch quartet matches “musical maturity” with the “vivacity of youth” (The Times). Their eagerly-anticipated PCMS debut at the Seaport Museum feat ures works by Britten\, Beethoven and Shostakovich.\n\n\nPrice: $23.00\n \n215-569-8080\n\n\n Britten: Three Divertimenti\n Beethoven: Quartet in F Major\, Op. 59\, No. 1\n Shostakovich: Quartet in A-fl at Major\, Op. 118 CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T084332Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85558269 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wister Quarte LOCATION:German Society\, 611 Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091115T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091115T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:The German Society of Philadelphia presents the Wister Quart et in the first of its four concerts on the Society’s 2009-10 “Wister an d More!” classical concert series in the Albert and Hete Barthelmes Audi torium at the \n\nThe Wister Quartet (Nancy Bean and Davyd Booth\, violi ns\; Pamela Fay\, viola\; and Lloyd Smith\, cello) will perform with mez zo-soprano Suzanne DuPlantis in a concert given in collaboration with th e Delius Society\, Philadelphia Branch. \n\nFeatured will be Joseph Hayd n’s spirited String Quartet in G Minor\, Op. 74\, No. 3 (“The Rider”)\, German songs by Frederick Delius\, songs by Peter Warlock and Eugene Goo ssens\, and Delius’ eloquently monumental String Quartet. \n\nSince its founding in 1987\, the Wister Quartet has earned high praise from critic s and audiences alike for its superb musicianship and memorable performa nces. Daniel Webster of The Philadelphia Inquirer has written that the W ister Quartet “has become the foremost [Philadelphia] chamber music ense mble.” David Patrick Stearns of The Philadelphia Inquirer recently wrote \, “Fierce\, satisfying . . . . This was a long-cultivated group persona lity for which there should always be a place\, no matter how busy the m usical community becomes.” \n\nSingle tickets are $20. each and a full r ange of subscriptions to The German Society of Pennsylvania’s Concert Se ries is available. \n\n \n\nFOR RESERVATIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION\, p hone 215.627.2332\, ext. 10 or email: info@germansociety.org CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091027T114421Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86247008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:An Intimate Evening of Music for Cello & Piano\, LOCATION:The Settlement Music School\, 416 Queen Street DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091115T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091115T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Arthur Cook\, cello\nDeborah Gilwood\, piano\n\nThese are tw o superb performers. Arthur Cook has an intense\, singing tone\nthat riv als Yo-Yo Ma\, and Deborah Gilwood is a poetic\, personal performer.\nYo u will not be disappointed. There wll be time for schmoozing and meeting \nfellow classical music lovers in Philly! Come one and all - enjoy!!\n \nBRAHMS Sonata in D\, Op. 78\nJANACEK Pohádka (A Tale)\nMARTINU Sonata N o. 1\nBORTZ Nocturnes 1 & 2*\nKOPLEWITZ *On the Jetty\n\n\n*world premie re CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091108T184202Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86374575 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel LOCATION:Perelman Theater DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091116T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091116T193000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:CHOPIN FOR LOVERS\n\nChopin’s short piano pieces contain mor e real music and human drama than any operatic score. His Four Ballads c ontain some of classical music’s most evocative and recognizable melodie s. Come discover why Chopin is a romantic’s Romantic. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T113926Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652944 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MAHLER’S SEVENTH SYMPHONY-Phila Orch LOCATION:Verizon Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091118T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091118T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:November 18 at 8:00 PM – Wednesday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts\n November 19 at 8:00 PM – Th ursday evening – Carnegie Hall\, New York November 20 at 2:00 PM – Frida y afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 21 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts\nMaestro Eschenbach’s multi-season trave rsal of the Mahler symphonies comes to a close with the nocturnal Sevent h\, an elusive\, freewheeling masterpiece too infrequently heard. Compos ed in 1904-05\, it flanks a ghostly central scherzo with two ethereal sl ow movements called Nachtmusik (Night Music). Scored for a sizeable orch estra that includes mandolin and guitar\, this harrowing symphonic journ ey contains some of the most scintillating instrumental effects of Mahle r’s output\, and it sports a boisterous finale that Mahler scholar Henri - Louis de La Grange called “the most insane\, most ‘deviant’ and most p rovocative of all his final movements.”\nThe Philadelphia Orchestra Chri stoph Eschenbach Conductor\nMahler Symphony No. 7 Tickets: $10-$125\, 21 5.893.1999 or www.philorch.org CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091102T001212Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86304155 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tokyo Quartet w/ Michael Tree\, viol LOCATION:Perelman Theater\, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091118T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091118T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia Chamber Music Society\n\nIf the Tokyo String Qu artet isn't the world's greatest chamber music ensemble\, says The Washi ngton Post\, it's hard to imagine which group is. The first of the Toky o's two PCMS performances this season features violist Michael Tree of t he Guarneri Quartet and works by Schubert\, Bartok and Brahms.\n\n\n\nPr ice: $23.00\n\n215-569-8080\n\n\n Schubert: Quartet in B-flat Major \, D. 112\n Bartok: Quartet No. 6\n Brahms: Quintet in G Major \, Op. 111\n\n * Pre-concert Lecture at 6:45 pm\n by Christine A nderson CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T084450Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85558270 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Curtis Opera Theatre LOCATION:Prince Music Theater\, 1412 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091119T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091119T193000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Ari Pelto\, conductor\nEmma Griffin\, stage director\n\nSTRA VINSKY The Rake’s Progress\n\nBeware of temptation: The devil’s twisted way with a young man’s idle wish triggers a wild journey to Bedlam. Cur tis joins in Philadelphia’s celebration of Opera America’s National Oper a Open House with a stunning production of Stravinsky’s dark moral tale. \n\nFully staged production with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra\, sung i n the original English. \n\nSubscriptions for three Curtis Opera Theatre productions: $75\; available from the Curtis Ticket Office at (215) 893 -7902 or www.curtis.edu.\n\nSingle tickets: $33\; available from the Cur tis Ticket Office at (215) 893-7902 or www.curtis.edu. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090925T191236Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85887498 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BalletX LOCATION:The Wilma Theater DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091119T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091119T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:November 19-22 \n\nWe open the third season as the resident dance company of The Wilma Theater with FALL SERIES 2009\, an intriguing presentation of three dance premieres by three choreographers:\n\nALEX KETLEY\, an award-winning independent dance maker\, a former member of S an Francisco ballet\, presents Silt\, an exciting dance of extreme physi cality exploring how personal ideas about oneself can get lost in the sw eep of life. Silt is set to a music collage by Tar©JMB of the compositio ns by Chris Clark\, Giovanni Pergolesi and Arvo Pärt.\n\nMEREDITH RAINEY \, a former soloist of Pennsylvania Ballet\, is bringing his passion and talents back to BalletX where he danced for the two last seasons. Rain ey’s new work\, They Break\, is inspired by a Chris Armstrong painting c alled “Summerhead “ and is set to a contemporary cello piece World to Co me by David Lang. “My goal is to have the audience feel\,” says Rainey. “I want them to genuinely get in the piece\, forget about the choreograp hy and just watch and be in the moment.” \n\nMATTHEW NEENAN\, co-founder and artistic director of BalletX and Choreographer in Residence at Penn sylvania Ballet\, features Last of the Year\, to a classical score by Vi valdi\, Schubert and Borodin\, brings out dancers individuality. Accord ing to Philadelphia Inquirer\, “Matthew Neenan doesn’t just make his da ncers look good\, he makes them better.”\n\nPlease stay a little longer with us after a show and meet the choreographers at a POST-SHOW Q&A SESS IONS offered on the opening night performance on November 19 with Alex K etley and Meredith Rainey and Saturday matinee\, November 21with Alex Ke tley and Matthew Neenan.\n\nTickets: General $30\, Senior $25\, Student s $20! \nTo purchase tickets Call (215)546-7824\, click here or visit th e Wilma Theater Box Office\, 265 S. Broad Street\, Philadelphia\n\nGroup tickets: Get a group of 10+ and save 20%. Call today to book your grou p seats! CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091120T181806Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86507839 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MAHLER’S SEVENTH SYMPHONY-Phila Orch LOCATION:Verizon Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091119T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091119T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:November 18 at 8:00 PM – Wednesday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts\n November 19 at 8:00 PM – Th ursday evening – Carnegie Hall\, New York November 20 at 2:00 PM – Frida y afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 21 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts\nMaestro Eschenbach’s multi-season trave rsal of the Mahler symphonies comes to a close with the nocturnal Sevent h\, an elusive\, freewheeling masterpiece too infrequently heard. Compos ed in 1904-05\, it flanks a ghostly central scherzo with two ethereal sl ow movements called Nachtmusik (Night Music). Scored for a sizeable orch estra that includes mandolin and guitar\, this harrowing symphonic journ ey contains some of the most scintillating instrumental effects of Mahle r’s output\, and it sports a boisterous finale that Mahler scholar Henri - Louis de La Grange called “the most insane\, most ‘deviant’ and most p rovocative of all his final movements.”\nThe Philadelphia Orchestra Chri stoph Eschenbach Conductor\nMahler Symphony No. 7 Tickets: $10-$125\, 21 5.893.1999 or www.philorch.org CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091102T001212Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86304156 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MAHLER’S SEVENTH SYMPHONY-Phila Orch LOCATION:Verizon Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091120T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091120T140000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:November 18 at 8:00 PM – Wednesday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts\n November 19 at 8:00 PM – Th ursday evening – Carnegie Hall\, New York November 20 at 2:00 PM – Frida y afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 21 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts\nMaestro Eschenbach’s multi-season trave rsal of the Mahler symphonies comes to a close with the nocturnal Sevent h\, an elusive\, freewheeling masterpiece too infrequently heard. Compos ed in 1904-05\, it flanks a ghostly central scherzo with two ethereal sl ow movements called Nachtmusik (Night Music). Scored for a sizeable orch estra that includes mandolin and guitar\, this harrowing symphonic journ ey contains some of the most scintillating instrumental effects of Mahle r’s output\, and it sports a boisterous finale that Mahler scholar Henri - Louis de La Grange called “the most insane\, most ‘deviant’ and most p rovocative of all his final movements.”\nThe Philadelphia Orchestra Chri stoph Eschenbach Conductor\nMahler Symphony No. 7 Tickets: $10-$125\, 21 5.893.1999 or www.philorch.org CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091102T001242Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86304157 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Curtis Opera Theatre LOCATION:Prince Music Theater\, 1412 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091120T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091120T193000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Ari Pelto\, conductor\nEmma Griffin\, stage director\n\nSTRA VINSKY The Rake’s Progress\n\nBeware of temptation: The devil’s twisted way with a young man’s idle wish triggers a wild journey to Bedlam. Cur tis joins in Philadelphia’s celebration of Opera America’s National Oper a Open House with a stunning production of Stravinsky’s dark moral tale. \n\nFully staged production with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra\, sung i n the original English. \n\nSubscriptions for three Curtis Opera Theatre productions: $75\; available from the Curtis Ticket Office at (215) 893 -7902 or www.curtis.edu.\n\nSingle tickets: $33\; available from the Cur tis Ticket Office at (215) 893-7902 or www.curtis.edu. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090925T191236Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85887499 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SARA TAVARES LOCATION:Perelman Theater DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091120T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091120T193000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:The Cape Verdean-born vocalist Sara Tavares uses her dulcet- toned voice and gentle arrangements to communicate the universal meaning behind her music. Abandoned by her parents at a young age\, Tavares sou ght out her family and her cultural roots through music\, enlisting the help of veteran African musicians in Lisbon and Cape Verde. A truly uniq ue voice on the world music scene\, Tavares has struggled with her place in the world\, ultimately achieving full self-acceptance. Treat yoursel f to an energy that is both lyrical and physical with one of world music ’s rising stars! CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T114022Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652945 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BalletX LOCATION:The Wilma Theater DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091120T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091120T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:November 19-22 \n\nWe open the third season as the resident dance company of The Wilma Theater with FALL SERIES 2009\, an intriguing presentation of three dance premieres by three choreographers:\n\nALEX KETLEY\, an award-winning independent dance maker\, a former member of S an Francisco ballet\, presents Silt\, an exciting dance of extreme physi cality exploring how personal ideas about oneself can get lost in the sw eep of life. Silt is set to a music collage by Tar©JMB of the compositio ns by Chris Clark\, Giovanni Pergolesi and Arvo Pärt.\n\nMEREDITH RAINEY \, a former soloist of Pennsylvania Ballet\, is bringing his passion and talents back to BalletX where he danced for the two last seasons. Rain ey’s new work\, They Break\, is inspired by a Chris Armstrong painting c alled “Summerhead “ and is set to a contemporary cello piece World to Co me by David Lang. “My goal is to have the audience feel\,” says Rainey. “I want them to genuinely get in the piece\, forget about the choreograp hy and just watch and be in the moment.” \n\nMATTHEW NEENAN\, co-founder and artistic director of BalletX and Choreographer in Residence at Penn sylvania Ballet\, features Last of the Year\, to a classical score by Vi valdi\, Schubert and Borodin\, brings out dancers individuality. Accord ing to Philadelphia Inquirer\, “Matthew Neenan doesn’t just make his da ncers look good\, he makes them better.”\n\nPlease stay a little longer with us after a show and meet the choreographers at a POST-SHOW Q&A SESS IONS offered on the opening night performance on November 19 with Alex K etley and Meredith Rainey and Saturday matinee\, November 21with Alex Ke tley and Matthew Neenan.\n\nTickets: General $30\, Senior $25\, Student s $20! \nTo purchase tickets Call (215)546-7824\, click here or visit th e Wilma Theater Box Office\, 265 S. Broad Street\, Philadelphia\n\nGroup tickets: Get a group of 10+ and save 20%. Call today to book your grou p seats! CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091120T181806Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86507840 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:HAVERFORD-BRYN MAWR COLLEGE ORCHESTRA\, LOCATION:Roberts Hall\, Marshall Auditorium DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091120T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091120T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, November 20th at 8 pm\, the HAVERFORD-BRYN MAWR COLLEGE ORCHESTRA\, directed by Heidi Jacob\, will perform their Fall Co ncert in Roberts Hall\, Marshall Auditorium. Their program will include Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony" and Prokofiev's "Lieutenant Kije Suite" . This concert will be held in Roberts Hall\, Marshall Auditorium and is free and open to the public. For more information (610) 896-1011 or htt p://www.haverford.edu/music/events. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091108T184823Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652032 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jason Vieaux\, guitar LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091120T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091120T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia Chamber Music Society\n\nMaster guitarist Jason Vieaux just released a new set of Bach recordings to great critical acc laim. For this concert at the Art Museum\, he will perform selections f rom them and also join forces with a quartet of talented musicians - Hir ono Oka\, violin\; Rachel Ku\, viola\; Yumi Kendall\, cello\; and Susan Narucki\, soprano - for the world premiere of a quintet by local compose r Jan Krzywicki.\n\n\nPrice: $23.00\n\n215-569-8080\n\n\nJason Vieaux\, guitar w/ Susan Narucki\, soprano\; Hirono Oka\, violin\; Rachel Ku\, vi ola\; Yumi Kendall\, cello Photo\n\n Albeniz: Sevilla from Suite Es panola\, Op. 47\n Brouwer: El Decameron Negro\n Bach: Prelude \, Fugue and Allegro\, BWV 998\n Henze: Drei Tentos\n Krzywicki : In Evening's Shadow [World Premiere]\n Metheny: Message to a Frie nd/ Farme CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T084620Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85558287 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC LOCATION:Verizon Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091120T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091120T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Riccardo Muti\, conductor\n\nLISZT: Les Preludes\, Symphonic Poem No. 3\n\nELGAR: In the South\n\nPROKOFIEV: Selections from Romeo a nd Juliet\n\n \n\nOne of Philadelphia’s most beloved conductors\, Riccar do Muti returns to lead a program inspired by the romantic Italian Rivie ra\, a pair of Italian lovers\, and a symphonic poem based on Lamartine’ s Poetic Meditations\, a reflection on life\, love and death. This beaut iful and emotionally textured evening will leave you fantasizing about y our favorite romantic setting. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T114159Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652946 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:FAMILY: MEET THE INSTRUMENTS LOCATION:Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091121T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091121T113000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:November 21 at 11:30 AM—Saturday morning—Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts\nCome meet the instruments of the orchestra. You’ll have a blast learning who’s who in each instrument fa mily. Michael Boudewyns will be your guide as you meet them all\, from v iolin to tuba\, piccolo to bassoon\, and everyone in between.\nDanail Ra chev Conductor Michael Boudewyns Host and Narrator Sara Valentine Host a nd Narrator Bridgette Gan Soprano—PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT Carol Jan tsch Tuba—PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT\nMozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Charpentier “Depuis le jour\,” from Louise Britten The Young P erson’s Guide to the Orchestra Kleinsinger Tubby the Tuba\nTickets: $7-$ 46\, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091102T001521Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86304165 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BalletX LOCATION:The Wilma Theater DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091121T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091121T140000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:November 19-22 \n\nWe open the third season as the resident dance company of The Wilma Theater with FALL SERIES 2009\, an intriguing presentation of three dance premieres by three choreographers:\n\nALEX KETLEY\, an award-winning independent dance maker\, a former member of S an Francisco ballet\, presents Silt\, an exciting dance of extreme physi cality exploring how personal ideas about oneself can get lost in the sw eep of life. Silt is set to a music collage by Tar©JMB of the compositio ns by Chris Clark\, Giovanni Pergolesi and Arvo Pärt.\n\nMEREDITH RAINEY \, a former soloist of Pennsylvania Ballet\, is bringing his passion and talents back to BalletX where he danced for the two last seasons. Rain ey’s new work\, They Break\, is inspired by a Chris Armstrong painting c alled “Summerhead “ and is set to a contemporary cello piece World to Co me by David Lang. “My goal is to have the audience feel\,” says Rainey. “I want them to genuinely get in the piece\, forget about the choreograp hy and just watch and be in the moment.” \n\nMATTHEW NEENAN\, co-founder and artistic director of BalletX and Choreographer in Residence at Penn sylvania Ballet\, features Last of the Year\, to a classical score by Vi valdi\, Schubert and Borodin\, brings out dancers individuality. Accord ing to Philadelphia Inquirer\, “Matthew Neenan doesn’t just make his da ncers look good\, he makes them better.”\n\nPlease stay a little longer with us after a show and meet the choreographers at a POST-SHOW Q&A SESS IONS offered on the opening night performance on November 19 with Alex K etley and Meredith Rainey and Saturday matinee\, November 21with Alex Ke tley and Matthew Neenan.\n\nTickets: General $30\, Senior $25\, Student s $20! \nTo purchase tickets Call (215)546-7824\, click here or visit th e Wilma Theater Box Office\, 265 S. Broad Street\, Philadelphia\n\nGroup tickets: Get a group of 10+ and save 20%. Call today to book your grou p seats! CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091120T181846Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86507841 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Curtis Opera Theatre LOCATION:Prince Music Theater\, 1412 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091121T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091121T193000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Ari Pelto\, conductor\nEmma Griffin\, stage director\n\nSTRA VINSKY The Rake’s Progress\n\nBeware of temptation: The devil’s twisted way with a young man’s idle wish triggers a wild journey to Bedlam. Cur tis joins in Philadelphia’s celebration of Opera America’s National Oper a Open House with a stunning production of Stravinsky’s dark moral tale. \n\nFully staged production with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra\, sung i n the original English. \n\nSubscriptions for three Curtis Opera Theatre productions: $75\; available from the Curtis Ticket Office at (215) 893 -7902 or www.curtis.edu.\n\nSingle tickets: $33\; available from the Cur tis Ticket Office at (215) 893-7902 or www.curtis.edu. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090925T191236Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85887500 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jazz Up Close Celebrates Billie Holiday LOCATION:Perelman Theater DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091121T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091121T193000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Swing\, Brother Swing\n\nFEATURING KURT ELLING\n\nWith eight Grammy® nominations and the Prix Billie Holiday from the Academie du Ja zz in Paris\, Kurt Elling is a relevant\, passionate and intellectual ja zz interpreter. “In an era when bona fide jazz singers are in perilously short supply…Elling seems hellbent on rewriting the definition of what jazz singing is all about.” – Chicago Tribune CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T114407Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652948 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MAHLER’S SEVENTH SYMPHONY-Phila Orch LOCATION:Verizon Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091121T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091121T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:November 18 at 8:00 PM – Wednesday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts\n November 19 at 8:00 PM – Th ursday evening – Carnegie Hall\, New York November 20 at 2:00 PM – Frida y afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 21 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts\nMaestro Eschenbach’s multi-season trave rsal of the Mahler symphonies comes to a close with the nocturnal Sevent h\, an elusive\, freewheeling masterpiece too infrequently heard. Compos ed in 1904-05\, it flanks a ghostly central scherzo with two ethereal sl ow movements called Nachtmusik (Night Music). Scored for a sizeable orch estra that includes mandolin and guitar\, this harrowing symphonic journ ey contains some of the most scintillating instrumental effects of Mahle r’s output\, and it sports a boisterous finale that Mahler scholar Henri - Louis de La Grange called “the most insane\, most ‘deviant’ and most p rovocative of all his final movements.”\nThe Philadelphia Orchestra Chri stoph Eschenbach Conductor\nMahler Symphony No. 7 Tickets: $10-$125\, 21 5.893.1999 or www.philorch.org CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091102T001212Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86304158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BalletX LOCATION:The Wilma Theater DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T140000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:November 19-22 \n\nWe open the third season as the resident dance company of The Wilma Theater with FALL SERIES 2009\, an intriguing presentation of three dance premieres by three choreographers:\n\nALEX KETLEY\, an award-winning independent dance maker\, a former member of S an Francisco ballet\, presents Silt\, an exciting dance of extreme physi cality exploring how personal ideas about oneself can get lost in the sw eep of life. Silt is set to a music collage by Tar©JMB of the compositio ns by Chris Clark\, Giovanni Pergolesi and Arvo Pärt.\n\nMEREDITH RAINEY \, a former soloist of Pennsylvania Ballet\, is bringing his passion and talents back to BalletX where he danced for the two last seasons. Rain ey’s new work\, They Break\, is inspired by a Chris Armstrong painting c alled “Summerhead “ and is set to a contemporary cello piece World to Co me by David Lang. “My goal is to have the audience feel\,” says Rainey. “I want them to genuinely get in the piece\, forget about the choreograp hy and just watch and be in the moment.” \n\nMATTHEW NEENAN\, co-founder and artistic director of BalletX and Choreographer in Residence at Penn sylvania Ballet\, features Last of the Year\, to a classical score by Vi valdi\, Schubert and Borodin\, brings out dancers individuality. Accord ing to Philadelphia Inquirer\, “Matthew Neenan doesn’t just make his da ncers look good\, he makes them better.”\n\nPlease stay a little longer with us after a show and meet the choreographers at a POST-SHOW Q&A SESS IONS offered on the opening night performance on November 19 with Alex K etley and Meredith Rainey and Saturday matinee\, November 21with Alex Ke tley and Matthew Neenan.\n\nTickets: General $30\, Senior $25\, Student s $20! \nTo purchase tickets Call (215)546-7824\, click here or visit th e Wilma Theater Box Office\, 265 S. Broad Street\, Philadelphia\n\nGroup tickets: Get a group of 10+ and save 20%. Call today to book your grou p seats! CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091120T181907Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86507842 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Curtis Opera Theatre LOCATION:Prince Music Theater\, 1412 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T143000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Ari Pelto\, conductor\nEmma Griffin\, stage director\n\nSTRA VINSKY The Rake’s Progress\n\nBeware of temptation: The devil’s twisted way with a young man’s idle wish triggers a wild journey to Bedlam. Cur tis joins in Philadelphia’s celebration of Opera America’s National Oper a Open House with a stunning production of Stravinsky’s dark moral tale. \n\nFully staged production with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra\, sung i n the original English. \n\nSubscriptions for three Curtis Opera Theatre productions: $75\; available from the Curtis Ticket Office at (215) 893 -7902 or www.curtis.edu.\n\nSingle tickets: $33\; available from the Cur tis Ticket Office at (215) 893-7902 or www.curtis.edu. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090925T191303Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85887501 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Alumni Recital Series: Juliette Kang and Friends LOCATION:Field Concert Hall\, \, Curtis Institute of Music\, \, 1726 Locus t Street\, Philadelphia DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Juliette Kang\, violin (’91) \nChristoph Eschenbach\, piano (guest artist) \nThomas Kraines\, cello (’92)\n\nFirst associate concert master of the Philadelphia Orchestra\, Juliette Kang (’91) has appeared as a soloist with the San Francisco and Baltimore symphonies and l’Orche stre National de France\, and was gold medalist of the 1994 Internationa l Violin Competition of Indianapolis. She is joined by Christoph Eschenb ach and Thomas Kraines in works by Mozart\, Schubert\, and others. \n\nS CHUBERT Sonata in A minor\, D. 385\nMOZART Trio No. 3 in E major\, K . 542\nTOCH Divertimento\, Op. 37 No. 1\nBARTÓK Sonata for Solo Vi olin\n\nSubscriptions for four Alumni Recital Series performances: $95\; available from the Curtis Ticket Office at (215) 893-7902 or www.curtis .edu.\n\nSingle tickets: $28\; available from the Curtis Ticket Office a t (215) 893-7902 or www.curtis.edu. All artists donate their services\, and proceeds benefit current Curtis students. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090925T191440Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85887509 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Anna Polonsky\, piano LOCATION:Fleisher Art Memorial\, 719 Catharine Street DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia Chamber Music Society\n\nThis young Russian pia nist trained at Curtis and Juilliard under Peter Serkin and Jerome Lowen thal. Characterized by its “sweep\, color and authority” (Philadelphia Inquirer)\, her playing has quickly endeared her to PCMS audiences. Thi s intimate recital at the Fleisher is a great opportunity to see this up -and-coming young artist up close. Her program features works by Honegg er\, Schumann\, Brahms and Debussy.\n\nPrice: $16.50\n\n215-569-8080\n\n \n Honegger: Le Cahier Romand\n Schumann: Gesänge der Frühe\, Op. 133\n Brahms: Waltzes\, Op. 39\n Debussy: Images Oubliées \n Schumann: Intermezzi\, Op. 4 CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T084759Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85558289 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT-Phila Orch LOCATION:Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT \nNovember 22 at 3:00 PM – Sunday afte rnoon – \n\nMembers of The Philadelphia Orchestra Amy J. Yang Piano\nGli nka Trio pathétique in D minor\, for clarinet\, bassoon\, and piano Ros sini Duetto in D major\, for cello and double bass Schumann Piano Quarte t in E-flat major\, Op. 47 Beethoven Septet in E-flat major\, Op. 20\nTi ckets: $19 -$30\, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091102T001755Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86304169 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SATORI LOCATION:St. John’s Lutheran Church\, \, 200 S. Broad Street (Route 191N) \, Nazareth \, PA DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Guitar\, clarinet\, flute\, violin\, and cello\n\nMusic of D ebussy\, Haydn\, Telemann and more\n\nFree will offering\n\nReception to follow\n\nChurch office – 610-759-3090\n\n \n\nJohn Arnold\, guitar\n\n Deborah Andrus\, clarinet\n\nRebecca Brown\, violin\n\nDeborah Davis\, c ello\n\nNora Suggs\, flute\n\n \n\nFor more information call SATORI at 6 10-435-6036 or CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091108T183757Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86374567 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:VIRSKY UKRAINIAN NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY LOCATION:Verizon Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:The Virsky Ukrainian Dance Company has been thrilling audien ces since 1937 with spectacular folk dances\, colorful costumes and live ly music. Cultural heritage is the moment when this spirited ensemble pe rforms. “…Soaring high in the air in splits\, careening around the stage in gravity-defying butterfly jumps and spinning like tops in the 18th-c entury equivalent of break dancing.” – New York Times CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T114518Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652949 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:counter)induction LOCATION:Amado Recital Hall of Irvine Auditorium\, 34th and Spruce Street s DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:counter)induction plays the University of Pennsylvania\nSund ay\, 8PM\nNovember 22\, 2009\n\n\nThis concert is free!\nhttp://www.coun terinduction.com\n\nc)i@ upenn brings the band back to its spawning grou nds with some of the best music from their decade of exuberant performan ces and daring programming. Kyle Bartlett’s Bas Relief features a fast-m oving\, highly textured first movement counterpointed by an impossibly d elicate\, hovering second movement. Douglas Boyce’s Deixo | Sonata fully exploits the emotional and dialectical depths of the medium. Centauro M arino by Salvatore Sciarrino is an exquisite\, hyperreal manipulation of timbre and harmony\, while Eric Moe’s Dead Cat Bounce is a vivacious ye t heartfelt statement about current times. Penn professor Anna Weesner’s Lift High\, Reckon—Fly Low\, Come Close traces the interaction of contr asting musical ideas as they grow and integrate one another. \n\nThe per forming members of counter)induction are Jessica Meyer (viola)\, Sumire Kudo (‘cello)\, and Benjamin Fingland (clarinets). Guest artists will be Miranda Cuckson (violin) and Steven Beck (piano).\n info@counterinducti on.com CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091120T183318Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86507942 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MOZART AND BRUCKNER- Phila Orch LOCATION:Verizon Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091122T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:November 27 at 8:00 PM – Friday evening – Verizon Hall at Th e Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 28 at 8:00 PM – Satur day evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 29 at 2:00 PM – Sunday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts\nIs Bruckner’s Ninth really incomplete\, or did the Austrian composer believe deep down inside that its three mo vements were enough? Even without a finale—he sketched one but never com pleted it—the Ninth is one of the most gigantic symphonies in history. T he luminous slow movement with which it ends makes a statement so eloque nt and complete that it’s hard to imagine how the composer could have to pped it with a finale. Acclaimed Brucknerian Jaap van Zweden\, a former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra who became music dire ctor of the Dallas Symphony in 2008\, plumbs its depths\, while veteran Horacio Gutiérrez balances the evening with Mozart’s sunny F-major Pian o Concerto from 1784.\nThe Philadelphia Orchestra Jaap van Zweden Conduc tor Horacio Gutiérrez Piano\nMozart Piano Concerto No. 19\, K. 459 Bruc kner Symphony No. 9\nTickets: $10-$125\, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.or g CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091102T002032Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86304173 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MOZART AND BRUCKNER- Phila Orch LOCATION:Verizon Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091123T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091123T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:November 27 at 8:00 PM – Friday evening – Verizon Hall at Th e Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 28 at 8:00 PM – Satur day evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 29 at 2:00 PM – Sunday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts\nIs Bruckner’s Ninth really incomplete\, or did the Austrian composer believe deep down inside that its three mo vements were enough? Even without a finale—he sketched one but never com pleted it—the Ninth is one of the most gigantic symphonies in history. T he luminous slow movement with which it ends makes a statement so eloque nt and complete that it’s hard to imagine how the composer could have to pped it with a finale. Acclaimed Brucknerian Jaap van Zweden\, a former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra who became music dire ctor of the Dallas Symphony in 2008\, plumbs its depths\, while veteran Horacio Gutiérrez balances the evening with Mozart’s sunny F-major Pian o Concerto from 1784.\nThe Philadelphia Orchestra Jaap van Zweden Conduc tor Horacio Gutiérrez Piano\nMozart Piano Concerto No. 19\, K. 459 Bruc kner Symphony No. 9\nTickets: $10-$125\, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.or g CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091102T002032Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86304174 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS LOCATION:Academy of Music DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091124T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091124T120000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Times vary\n\nGet ready to discover a delightful new show th at’s as fresh and rare as newly fallen snow! The classic holiday traditi on White Christmas has come to the stage at last\, as a brand new Irving Berlin musical opening at the Academy of Music this November. Brimming with such Berlin hits as “Blue Skies\,” “How Deep is the Ocean?” and of course the unforgettable title song\, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas te lls the story of two showbiz buddies putting on a show in a magical Verm ont inn\, and finding their perfect mates in the bargain. Full of dancin g\, laughter and some of the greatest songs ever written\, Irving Berlin ’s White Christmas promises to be a merry and bright theatrical experien ce for the whole family! CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T114736Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652950 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MOZART AND BRUCKNER- Phila Orch LOCATION:Verizon Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091124T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091124T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:November 27 at 8:00 PM – Friday evening – Verizon Hall at Th e Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 28 at 8:00 PM – Satur day evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 29 at 2:00 PM – Sunday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts\nIs Bruckner’s Ninth really incomplete\, or did the Austrian composer believe deep down inside that its three mo vements were enough? Even without a finale—he sketched one but never com pleted it—the Ninth is one of the most gigantic symphonies in history. T he luminous slow movement with which it ends makes a statement so eloque nt and complete that it’s hard to imagine how the composer could have to pped it with a finale. Acclaimed Brucknerian Jaap van Zweden\, a former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra who became music dire ctor of the Dallas Symphony in 2008\, plumbs its depths\, while veteran Horacio Gutiérrez balances the evening with Mozart’s sunny F-major Pian o Concerto from 1784.\nThe Philadelphia Orchestra Jaap van Zweden Conduc tor Horacio Gutiérrez Piano\nMozart Piano Concerto No. 19\, K. 459 Bruc kner Symphony No. 9\nTickets: $10-$125\, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.or g CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091102T002032Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86304175 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MOZART AND BRUCKNER- Phila Orch LOCATION:Verizon Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091125T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091125T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:November 27 at 8:00 PM – Friday evening – Verizon Hall at Th e Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 28 at 8:00 PM – Satur day evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 29 at 2:00 PM – Sunday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts\nIs Bruckner’s Ninth really incomplete\, or did the Austrian composer believe deep down inside that its three mo vements were enough? Even without a finale—he sketched one but never com pleted it—the Ninth is one of the most gigantic symphonies in history. T he luminous slow movement with which it ends makes a statement so eloque nt and complete that it’s hard to imagine how the composer could have to pped it with a finale. Acclaimed Brucknerian Jaap van Zweden\, a former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra who became music dire ctor of the Dallas Symphony in 2008\, plumbs its depths\, while veteran Horacio Gutiérrez balances the evening with Mozart’s sunny F-major Pian o Concerto from 1784.\nThe Philadelphia Orchestra Jaap van Zweden Conduc tor Horacio Gutiérrez Piano\nMozart Piano Concerto No. 19\, K. 459 Bruc kner Symphony No. 9\nTickets: $10-$125\, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.or g CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091102T002032Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86304176 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MOZART AND BRUCKNER- Phila Orch LOCATION:Verizon Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091126T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091126T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:November 27 at 8:00 PM – Friday evening – Verizon Hall at Th e Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 28 at 8:00 PM – Satur day evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 29 at 2:00 PM – Sunday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts\nIs Bruckner’s Ninth really incomplete\, or did the Austrian composer believe deep down inside that its three mo vements were enough? Even without a finale—he sketched one but never com pleted it—the Ninth is one of the most gigantic symphonies in history. T he luminous slow movement with which it ends makes a statement so eloque nt and complete that it’s hard to imagine how the composer could have to pped it with a finale. Acclaimed Brucknerian Jaap van Zweden\, a former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra who became music dire ctor of the Dallas Symphony in 2008\, plumbs its depths\, while veteran Horacio Gutiérrez balances the evening with Mozart’s sunny F-major Pian o Concerto from 1784.\nThe Philadelphia Orchestra Jaap van Zweden Conduc tor Horacio Gutiérrez Piano\nMozart Piano Concerto No. 19\, K. 459 Bruc kner Symphony No. 9\nTickets: $10-$125\, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.or g CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091102T002032Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86304177 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MOZART AND BRUCKNER- Phila Orch LOCATION:Verizon Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091127T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091127T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:November 27 at 8:00 PM – Friday evening – Verizon Hall at Th e Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 28 at 8:00 PM – Satur day evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 29 at 2:00 PM – Sunday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts\nIs Bruckner’s Ninth really incomplete\, or did the Austrian composer believe deep down inside that its three mo vements were enough? Even without a finale—he sketched one but never com pleted it—the Ninth is one of the most gigantic symphonies in history. T he luminous slow movement with which it ends makes a statement so eloque nt and complete that it’s hard to imagine how the composer could have to pped it with a finale. Acclaimed Brucknerian Jaap van Zweden\, a former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra who became music dire ctor of the Dallas Symphony in 2008\, plumbs its depths\, while veteran Horacio Gutiérrez balances the evening with Mozart’s sunny F-major Pian o Concerto from 1784.\nThe Philadelphia Orchestra Jaap van Zweden Conduc tor Horacio Gutiérrez Piano\nMozart Piano Concerto No. 19\, K. 459 Bruc kner Symphony No. 9\nTickets: $10-$125\, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.or g CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091102T002032Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86304178 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MOZART AND BRUCKNER- Phila Orch LOCATION:Verizon Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091128T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091128T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:November 27 at 8:00 PM – Friday evening – Verizon Hall at Th e Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 28 at 8:00 PM – Satur day evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 29 at 2:00 PM – Sunday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts\nIs Bruckner’s Ninth really incomplete\, or did the Austrian composer believe deep down inside that its three mo vements were enough? Even without a finale—he sketched one but never com pleted it—the Ninth is one of the most gigantic symphonies in history. T he luminous slow movement with which it ends makes a statement so eloque nt and complete that it’s hard to imagine how the composer could have to pped it with a finale. Acclaimed Brucknerian Jaap van Zweden\, a former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra who became music dire ctor of the Dallas Symphony in 2008\, plumbs its depths\, while veteran Horacio Gutiérrez balances the evening with Mozart’s sunny F-major Pian o Concerto from 1784.\nThe Philadelphia Orchestra Jaap van Zweden Conduc tor Horacio Gutiérrez Piano\nMozart Piano Concerto No. 19\, K. 459 Bruc kner Symphony No. 9\nTickets: $10-$125\, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.or g CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091102T002032Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86304179 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MOZART AND BRUCKNER- Phila Orch LOCATION:Verizon Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091129T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091129T140000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:November 27 at 8:00 PM – Friday evening – Verizon Hall at Th e Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 28 at 8:00 PM – Satur day evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts \nNovember 29 at 2:00 PM – Sunday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts\nIs Bruckner’s Ninth really incomplete\, or did the Austrian composer believe deep down inside that its three mo vements were enough? Even without a finale—he sketched one but never com pleted it—the Ninth is one of the most gigantic symphonies in history. T he luminous slow movement with which it ends makes a statement so eloque nt and complete that it’s hard to imagine how the composer could have to pped it with a finale. Acclaimed Brucknerian Jaap van Zweden\, a former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra who became music dire ctor of the Dallas Symphony in 2008\, plumbs its depths\, while veteran Horacio Gutiérrez balances the evening with Mozart’s sunny F-major Pian o Concerto from 1784.\nThe Philadelphia Orchestra Jaap van Zweden Conduc tor Horacio Gutiérrez Piano\nMozart Piano Concerto No. 19\, K. 459 Bruc kner Symphony No. 9\nTickets: $10-$125\, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.or g CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091102T002058Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86304180 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Colin Balzer\, tenor\; Erika Switzer\, piano LOCATION:American Philosophical Society\, Benjamin Franklin Hall\, 427 Ch estnut Street DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091201T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091201T210000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia Chamber Music Society\n\n215-569-8080\n\n\nCana dian tenor Colin Balzer is known for his "firm\, free\, vibrant sound an d amazing command" (Vancouver Sun). His program with pianist Erika Swit zer includes songs by Haydn and Britten and lieder by Schubert and Wolf. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T085121Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652785 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mendelssohn Quartet LOCATION:Perelman Theater\, Kimmel Center\, Broad and Spruce Streets DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091202T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091202T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia Chamber Music Society\n\n215-569-8080\n\n\nOver three decades\, the Mendelssohn Quartet has established a reputation as one of the most vital quartets of its generation. Don't miss their fina l area appearance which features a program of Bartok\, Beethoven and Men delssohn. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T085556Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652787 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:RENAISSANCE NOEL LOCATION:The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields\, Chestnut Hill (8000 St . Martin’s Lane\, Philadelphia\, PA 19118) DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091204T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091204T193000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Vox Renaissance Consort\, Valentin Radu\, Conductor\n Period Costume Chorus & Baroque Instruments\n\nMultiple Dates & Venues:\n \nTi ckets: $25 General Admission / $20 Senior / $10 Student available online \, by phone (or at the door subject to availability). For tickets\, gro up sales and information: www.VoxAmaDeus.org or 610-688-2800. \n\nB.) Wh en: Sunday\, December 6 at 5:00 PM\nWhere: St. Katharine of Siena Churc h (104 South Aberdeen Avenue\, Wayne\, PA 19087)\nTickets: Donation at t he Door Requested. No Tickets Required.\n\nC.) When: Saturday\, Decemb er 12 at 7:30 PM\nWhere: Old St. Joseph’s Church (321 Willings Alley\, P hiladelphia\, PA 19106)\nTickets: $25 General Admission / $20 Senior / $ 10 Student available online\, by phone (or at the door subject to availa bility). For tickets\, group sales and information: www.VoxAmaDeus.org or 610-688-2800. \n\nInstruments: Gwyn Roberts (recorder) Daniel Boring (theorbo)\n Vivian Barton Dozor (cello) Bronwyn Fix-Keller (harpsichord )\n\nDescription: This year\, our annual Christmas concert of motets and carols celebrates the Renaissance musical traditions of England\, Franc e\, Italy\, Germany and Romania\, with gems for single and double chorus \, solo voices and instruments. Come and be merry! Recorded for release on the Lyrichord label. (Running Time: 75 Minutes – No intermission).\n \nExtended Listing: Vox Ama Deus (Valentin Radu\, Artistic Director and C onductor) presents Vox Renaissance Consort (Period Costume Chorus & Baro que Instruments) performing RENAISSANCE NOEL in three performances & ve nues: Friday\, December 4 at 7:30 PM at The Church of St. Martin-in-the- Fields\, Chestnut Hill\, PA\; Sunday\, December 6 at 5:00 PM at St. Kath arine of Siena Church\, Wayne\, PA\; and Saturday\, December 12 at 7:30 PM at Old St. Joseph’s Church\, Philadelphia\, PA. This year\, our annu al Christmas concert of motets and carols celebrates the Renaissance mus ical traditions of England\, France\, Italy\, Germany and Romania\, with gems for single and double chorus\, solo voices and instruments. Come a nd be merry! Recorded for release on the Lyrichord label. (Running Time: 75 Minutes – No intermission). Tickets: St. Katharine of Siena Church p erformance has a donation at the door requested. Other venues: $25 Gene ral Admission / $20 Senior / $10 Student available online\, by phone (or at the door subject to availability). For tickets\, group sales and in formation: www.VoxAmaDeus.org or 610-688-2800. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090809T200420Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85165054 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Curtis Chamber Orchestra LOCATION:Perelman Theater\, Kimmel Center\, Broad and Spruce Streets DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091204T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091204T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Mischa Santora\, conductor\; Sarah Kwak\, violin\; For a Bal tacigil\, double bass\nPhiladelphia Chamber Music Society\n\n\n215-569-8 080\n\nConductor Mischa Santora leads the Curtis Chamber Orchestra in a program of Brahms\, Bottesini and Stravinsky. Two recent Curtis graduat es - Sarah Kwak\, violin\, and Fora Baltacigil - will join them as soloi sts. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T085518Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652788 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pan-flute legend Gheorghe Zamfir LOCATION:Zoellner Arts Center\, Lehigh University DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091205T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Pan-flute legend Gheorghe Zamfir performs with the\nLehigh U niversity Philharmonic Orchestra\nin a fund raiser concert for one-night only on Saturday\, December 5\n\nZamfir only U.S. performance will high light songs from his Hollywood career for Philharmonic fundraiser.\nIt p romises to be a wonderful night featuring the soulful pan flute!\n\nThe Lehigh University Philharmonic Orchestra and director Eugene Albulescu a re excited to present pan-flute legend Gheorghe Zamfir in his only U.S. appearance on Saturday\, December 5 at 8 pm. Tickets are $25 which is a fundraiser for the Philharmonic’s upcoming trip to Europe and are availa ble from zoellnerartscenter.org\, or by calling the Zoellner Ticket Serv ices at 610 758-2787.\n\nGuest soloist Zamfir\, the “King of the Pan Flu te\,” whose haunting pan flute performances have been featured on countl ess motion picture soundtracks\, including “The Karate Kid” and “Kill Bi ll\,” will perform his own original concerto for pan flute and orchestra \, as well as many well-loved light classical favorites by Puccini\, Ver di\, and many others.\n\nMaestro Zamfir was born in Romania in 1941. Hi s success story provides big headlines and record statistics: over 200 a lbums and CDs released\, over 40 million recordings sold\, 90 gold and p latinum records\, countless awards\, numerous tours on all five continen ts. He is considered by music lovers and critics alike as a unique solo ist who has brought importance to a once lesser-known concert instrument through his brilliant\, moving performances that display his multi-face ted magic. Zamfir has played across the globe in performances that have inspired and moved his enthusiastic audiences\; the special character o f the pan flute with its uniquely evocative tone will touch the hearts o f all audience members. \n\nLehigh University Philharmonic Music Directo r Eugene Albulescu is an award-winning performer who combines a blazing technique with the artistic integrity and originality to express musical emotions at their most personal level. Albulescu follows a distinguishe d line of “pianists turned conductors\,” including Christoph Eschenbach \, Vladimir Ashkenazy\, Daniel Barenboim and many more. Noted New York Ti mes critic Harold Schonberg praised Albulescu in the American Record Gui de for his “infallible fingers of steel\,” declaring that “nothing\, any where\, has any terrors for him.”\n\nThe highly acclaimed Lehigh Univers ity Philharmonic is a group of talented musicians\, most of whom are und ergraduate students majoring in disciplines outside of music. They regul arly perform at their home in the Zoellner Arts Center on the campus of Lehigh University\, and have performed at various international venues i n Europe\, Asia and South America and Africa. They are planning a tour f or Spring 2010 in Europe.\n\nTickets are $25 for the December 5 performa nce. For tickets\, call 610-758-2787 (7LU-ARTS)\; visit Zoellner Ticket Services\, Wednesday\, Thursday\, Friday from 12 - 5 pm\, Tuesday 12-6 pm\, Saturday 1l am-1 pm\, and 90 minutes before curtain\, or order onli ne at www.zoellnerartscenter.org. Senior\, student\, group and LVAIC di scounts are available. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091120T183040Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86507919 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:OUBLIETTE ENSEMBLE LOCATION:Crossroads Music \, 48th and Baltimore Ave. (in Calvary United M ethodist Church)\, Philadelphia DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091205T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091205T193000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Music for myths\, fairy-tales\, and scary-tales.\n\n"Serious ly pretty (though somewhat twisted) folk/classical airs." – Philadelphia \nDaily News\n\nTHE FACTORYE\nMusic from the wells\n"Alternating betwee n warm\, embracing vibrato and shear\, chilly sustain... a \nsoulful per formance\, composed and somber\, but not without brief levity" – \nPhreq uency\n\n\n 215-729-1028 \n\nThe Oubliette Ensemble has been working the ir magic spell on Philadelphia since \n2001 with their original music an d interpretations of medieval\, Renaissance\, \nmiddle-eastern\, and oth erwise ancient music. If it sounds like it was written \nbefore 1700\, t hey’ll play it–on voices and recorders\, cello\, violin\, mandolin\, \np ercussion\, harp and accordion. They like nothing better than to look ou t and \nsee their audience put aside their courtly ways and dance around like mad \nfaeries. Members: Melissa Santangelo\, Cynthia James\, Jim K ydonieus\, Jessica \nMarcus\, Tony Cesa.\n\nAimee Wilson is lead vocalis t and guitar player for The Factorye\, a band of \nmusicians\, printers and food collectors that delivers a searing fusion of old \nfolk and eas tern moans delicately woven together by the embracing vibrato of her \nv oice. The Factorye is now a band\, letterpress shop and community known for its \nunique gatherings ("banquets") that serve local and internatio nal needs in \nPhiladelphia. The band performs in various music halls\, universities\, churches\, \nfestivals and venues across the nation. Inst rumentation includes Wilson’s \ndelicate guitar and sitar playing\, as w ell as darbuka\, hurdy-gurdy\, banjo\, bass\, \npedal steel\, accordion and drums while the Factorye Press has developed as a \nself-taught/rese arched print shop doing custom visual design from a 1931 \nVandercook\, 1908 Golding and MultiLith Press. There are many ways of coming \ntogeth er the Factorye demonstrates. It is a continual unfolding\, designed to be \nvulnerable. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091120T181435Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86507817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Grand Opera Choruses LOCATION:Roberts Hall\, Marshall Auditorium DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091206T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091206T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, December 6th at 3 pm the 130-voice HAVERFORD-BYR N MAWR CHORALE AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA\, directed by Thomas Lloyd\, will p erform Grand Opera Choruses in Roberts Hall\, Marshall Auditorium. This concert is free and open to the public. For more information (610) 896- 1011 CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T072110Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652737 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kashkashian-Schulkowsky- Mansurian LOCATION:Settlement Music School\, 416 Queen Street DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091206T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091206T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Kim Kashkashian\, viola\; Robyn Schulkowsky\, percussion\; T igran Mansurian\, piano\n\nPhiladelphia Chamber Music Society\n\n215-569 -8080\n\nThe Kashkashian/Schulkowsky duo is an enduring and original cha mber music group. Mansurian will make his own unique contribution to th is concert\, both as pianist and vocalist in his own arrangements of Arm enian folk songs. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T085830Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652789 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A HOLIDAY CONCERT FEATURING LOCATION:Church of the Holy Trinity\, 19th an d Walnut Streets on Rittenhouse Square DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091206T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091206T160000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:The Philadelphia Chorus\, a 50-voice ensemble\, under the a rtistic direction of Raquel García\, will perform Rheinberger’s Der S tern von Bethlehem and Poulenc’s Motets as well as other holiday music. \n \n\n \n \n \nTICKETS: $24 at the door\; $20 sen iors\, students and in advance\nINFO: (610) 352-3565 \nwww.philachamberchorus.org CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091114T111643Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86437329 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Philadelphia Chorus LOCATION:Church of the Holy Trinity\, 19th an d Walnut Streets on Rittenhouse Square DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091206T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091206T160000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:The dignified and melodious sounds of Der Stern von Bethlehe m recall the deepest meaning of Christmas with simplicity and sincerity and is evocative of our favorite holiday traditions. Considered one of his “forgotten” compositions\, Rheinberger’s cantata was based on his wi fe’s writings on the Gospels of Mark and Luke\, which he wove into a spa cious cantata for choir and soloists. The piece in its entirety depicts the birth of Christ\, moving from movement one as all of nature waits e xpectantly for His arrival through to movement seven where the men’s voi ces in the chorus personify the Magi as they sing of their gifts and wha t those offerings symbolize. \n \nThe Quatre Motets pour un temps de No ël\, composed in the early 1950’s after a reawakening of Poulenc’s Catho lic faith\, are small music miniatures\, like facetted jewels. Superfici ally they sound modern in their unexpected chord changes and discords\, but they are rooted in the early and Renaissance music of Monteverdi and Palestrina.\n \nThe chorus also performs Canite Tuba\, composed by Dona ld McCullough\, the current conductor of the acclaimed Master Chorale of Washington\, D.C. He wrote Canite Tuba\, a Christmas Triptych for per formance by the group in 2001 at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Spirited arrangements of familiar Christmas carols complete the seasona l program.\n \nwww.philachamberchorus.org CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091120T183435Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86507904 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:RENAISSANCE NOEL LOCATION:St. Katharine of Siena Church (104 South Aberdeen Avenue\, Wayn e\, PA 19087) DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091206T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091206T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Vox Renaissance Consort\, Valentin Radu\, Conductor\nPeriod Costume Chorus & Baroque Instruments\n\nMultiple Dates & Venues:\n\n Don ation at the Door Requested. No Tickets Required.\n\nC.) When: Saturda y\, December 12 at 7:30 PM\nWhere: Old St. Joseph’s Church (321 Willings Alley\, Philadelphia\, PA 19106)\nTickets: $25 General Admission / $20 Senior / $10 Student available online\, by phone (or at the door subject to availability). For tickets\, group sales and information: www.VoxAm aDeus.org or 610-688-2800. \n\nInstruments: Gwyn Roberts (recorder) Dan iel Boring (theorbo)\n Vivian Barton Dozor (cello) Bronwyn Fix-Keller (h arpsichord)\n\nDescription: This year\, our annual Christmas concert of motets and carols celebrates the Renaissance musical traditions of Engla nd\, France\, Italy\, Germany and Romania\, with gems for single and dou ble chorus\, solo voices and instruments. Come and be merry! Recorded fo r release on the Lyrichord label. (Running Time: 75 Minutes – No intermi ssion).\n\nExtended Listing: Vox Ama Deus (Valentin Radu\, Artistic Dire ctor and Conductor) presents Vox Renaissance Consort (Period Costume Cho rus & Baroque Instruments) performing RENAISSANCE NOEL in three perform ances & venues: Friday\, December 4 at 7:30 PM at The Church of St. Mart in-in-the-Fields\, Chestnut Hill\, PA\; Sunday\, December 6 at 5:00 PM a t St. Katharine of Siena Church\, Wayne\, PA\; and Saturday\, December 1 2 at 7:30 PM at Old St. Joseph’s Church\, Philadelphia\, PA. This year \, our annual Christmas concert of motets and carols celebrates the Renai ssance musical traditions of England\, France\, Italy\, Germany and Roma nia\, with gems for single and double chorus\, solo voices and instrumen ts. Come and be merry! Recorded for release on the Lyrichord label. (Run ning Time: 75 Minutes – No intermission). Tickets: St. Katharine of Sien a Church performance has a donation at the door requested. Other venues : $25 General Admission / $20 Senior / $10 Student available online\, by phone (or at the door subject to availability). For tickets\, group sa les and information: www.VoxAmaDeus.org or 610-688-2800. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090809T200527Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85165056 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Network for New Music Ensemble LOCATION:Perelman Theater\, Kimmel Center\, Broad and Spruce Streets DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091207T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091207T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia Chamber Music Society\nLeon Fleisher\, conducto r\n\n215-569-8080\n\n\nThe eminent Leon Fleisher leads this premier new music ensemble in a concert of 20th century masterworks. Pieces by Stra vinsky\, Hindemith and Ligeti highlight a program that is not to be miss ed. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T090021Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652790 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Peter Serkin\, piano LOCATION:Perelman Theater\, Kimmel Center\, Broad and Spruce Streets DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091209T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091209T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia Chamber Music Society\n\n215-569-8080\n\n\nPete r Serkin has long been recognized as an artist of passion and integrity. The son of Marlboro Festival founder Rudolf Serkin\, he is equally kno wn for his interpretations of 20th century music and for his facility wi th Beethoven and other titans of the classical repertoire. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T090119Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652791 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Student Recital Series LOCATION:Field Concert Hall\,\, Curtis Institute of Music\, \, 1726 Locus t Street\, Philadelphia DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091209T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091209T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, December 9 at 8 p.m. \n \n Music by Curtis Stu dent Composers\n\nFree\; no tickets required. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090925T191624Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85887727 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Little Match Girl" LOCATION:Founders Great Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091210T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091210T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, December 10th at 8 pm\, the CHAMBER SINGERS OF HAVERFORD AND BRYN MAWR COLLEGES will perform their Annual Holiday Conc ert featuring the Philadelphia premiere of David Lang's "The Little Matc h Girl" along with their traditional holiday carols. This event will be held in Founders Great Hall and is free and open to the public. For mor e information (610) 896-1011 or http://www.haverford.edu/music/events. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T072302Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652742 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:HANDEL’S MESSIAH LOCATION:Church of the Holy Trinity (Rittenhouse Square\,19th & Walnut S treets\, Philadelphia\, PA 19103) DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091211T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091211T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Soloists\, Chorus & Baroque Instrument Orchestra\n\nMultiple Dates & Venues:\n \n\nB.) When: Sunday\, December 13 at 4:00 PM\nWhere : Daylesford Abbey (220 South Valley Road\, Paoli\, PA 19301)\nTickets: $25 General Admission / $20 Senior / $10 Student available online\, by p hone (or at the door subject to availability). For tickets\, group sale s and information: www.VoxAmaDeus.org or 610-688-2800. \n\nSoloists: Ke mper Florin (soprano) Tatyana Rashkovsky (alto)\n Timothy Bentch (tenor) Ed Bara (bass)\n\nDescription: A Philadelphia tradition! The 1749 Coven t Garden version performed on original Baroque instruments\, a spectacul ar panorama of sound\, poetry and emotion\, Handel’s Messiah celebrates the Story of the Season. Bright trumpets\, grand voices of choristers a nd dazzling soloists stir\, awaken\, excite and uplift. From haunting sh epherd melodies to the great “Hallelujah Chorus”\, this is Christmas at its best. Sparkling\, entertaining and joyous! (Running Time: 2 Hours 45 Minutes including one intermission). \n\nExtended Listing: Vox Ama Deus (Valentin Radu\, Artistic Director and Conductor) presents Ama Deus Ens emble (Soloists\, Chorus & Baroque Instrument Orchestra) performing HAND EL’S MESSIAH for two performances: Friday\, December 11 at 7:00 PM at T he Church of the Holy Trinity on Rittenhouse Square\, Philadelphia\, PA \, and Sunday\, December 13 at 4:00 PM at Daylesford Abbey\, Paoli\, PA. A Philadelphia tradition! The 1749 Covent Garden version performed on o riginal Baroque instruments\, a spectacular panorama of sound\, poetry a nd emotion\, Handel’s Messiah celebrates the Story of the Season. Brigh t trumpets\, grand voices of choristers and dazzling soloists stir\, awa ken\, excite and uplift. From haunting shepherd melodies to the great “H allelujah Chorus”\, this is Christmas at its best. Sparkling\, entertain ing and joyous! (Running Time: 2 Hours 45 Minutes including one intermis sion). Tickets: $25 General Admission / $20 Senior / $10 Student availab le online\, by phone (or at the door subject to availability). For tick ets\, group sales and information: www.VoxAmaDeus.org or 610-688-2800. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090809T200813Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85165065 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Trio Cavatina LOCATION:Fleisher Art Memorial\, 719 Catharine Street DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091211T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091211T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia Chamber Music Society\n\n215-569-8080\n\n\nForm ed in 2005 at the Marlboro Music Festival\, Trio Cavatina has quickly em erged as one of today's top young trios. Their PCMS debut includes the Philadelphia premiere of Donald Martino's trio as well as works by Schum ann and Brahms. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T090232Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652792 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:THe Festive Flutes Holiday Program LOCATION:Long Branch Public Library\, 328 Broadway\, Long Branch\, NJ DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091212T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091212T140000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Holiday Program\n\n2:00 pm\nInformation: (732) 222-3900\nhtt p:// CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T074123Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85166284 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Christmas on Logan Square LOCATION:Philadelphia’s St. Clement’s Church on 20th and Cherry Streets. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091212T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091212T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:The Philadelphia Singers presents its beloved “Christmas on Logan Square” concerts on Saturday\, December 12 and December 19 at 5:00 pm at Philadelphia’s St. Clement’s Church on 20th and Cherry Streets. T his year’s program features Jennifer Higdon’s ethereal O Magnum Mysteriu m scored for chorus\, flutes\, crystal glasses and chimes. The Philadelp hia Singers commissioned this work and gave the world premiere in 2002. The centerpiece of the concert is Ottorino Resphighi’s (1879-1936) past oral Lauda per la Natività del Signore (Laud to the Nativity). Resphighi \, whose music was often referred to as “new old-music” combines element s of madrigals\, fugue and Monteverdi-influenced vocal style in this sel dom performed work scored for chorus\, wind ensemble\, piano and vocal s oloists. The concert which begins with a candlelight procession will conclude with an audience carol sing. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T074314Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652754 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:RENAISSANCE NOEL LOCATION:Old St. Joseph’s Church (321 Willings Alley\, Philadelphia\, PA 19106) DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091212T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091212T193000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Vox Renaissance Consort\, Valentin Radu\, Conductor\n Period Costume Chorus & Baroque Instruments\n\n\n\n\nTickets: $25 General Admi ssion / $20 Senior / $10 Student available online\, by phone (or at the door subject to availability). For tickets\, group sales and informatio n: www.VoxAmaDeus.org or 610-688-2800. \n\nInstruments: Gwyn Roberts (r ecorder) Daniel Boring (theorbo)\n Vivian Barton Dozor (cello) Bronwyn F ix-Keller (harpsichord)\n\nDescription: This year\, our annual Christmas concert of motets and carols celebrates the Renaissance musical traditi ons of England\, France\, Italy\, Germany and Romania\, with gems for si ngle and double chorus\, solo voices and instruments. Come and be merry! Recorded for release on the Lyrichord label. (Running Time: 75 Minutes – No intermission).\n\nExtended Listing: Vox Ama Deus (Valentin Radu\, A rtistic Director and Conductor) presents Vox Renaissance Consort (Period Costume Chorus & Baroque Instruments) performing RENAISSANCE NOEL in t hree performances & venues: Friday\, December 4 at 7:30 PM at The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields\, Chestnut Hill\, PA\; Sunday\, December 6 at 5:00 PM at St. Katharine of Siena Church\, Wayne\, PA\; and Saturday \, December 12 at 7:30 PM at Old St. Joseph’s Church\, Philadelphia\, PA. This year\, our annual Christmas concert of motets and carols celebrat es the Renaissance musical traditions of England\, France\, Italy\, Germ any and Romania\, with gems for single and double chorus\, solo voices a nd instruments. Come and be merry! Recorded for release on the Lyrichord label. (Running Time: 75 Minutes – No intermission). Tickets: St. Katha rine of Siena Church performance has a donation at the door requested. Other venues: $25 General Admission / $20 Senior / $10 Student available online\, by phone (or at the door subject to availability). For ticket s\, group sales and information: www.VoxAmaDeus.org or 610-688-2800. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090809T200636Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85165060 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Duo Parisienne\, LOCATION:German Society\,\, 611 Spring Garden Street\, Philadelphia. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091213T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:The German Society of Pennsylvania will present at 3:00 p.m .on Sunday\, 13 December 2009\, at the Featuring Nancy Bean\, formerly Assistant Concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra\, and her orchestr a colleague\, harpist Anne Sullivan\, the program will include works by Schubert\, Vivaldi\, Bach\, V. Williams\, as well as L'Histoire du Tango of Piazzolla. Tickets are $20.00\, and may be purchased in advance by c alling 215-627-2332\, or purchased at the door. A reception will follow the concert in the Society's Ratskeller\, to which all members of the au dience are invited at no additional cost\, which will provide an opportu nity to meet the musicians. For more information about the German Societ y\, visit the Society's website at . CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091120T182100Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86507857 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:McGill\, clarinet\; l Tree\, viola\; Polonsky\, piano LOCATION:American Philosophical Society\, Benjamin Franklin Hall\, 427 Ch estnut Street DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091213T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia Chamber Music Society\n\n215-569-8080\n\nAs par t of President Obama's inaugural ensemble\, Anthony McGill has become ev en more recognizable as one of the top wind players of his generation. For this special Sunday afternoon concert\, he'll be joined by veteran v iolist Michael Tree and up-and-coming pianist Anna Polonsky in a program of works by Mozart\, Brahms\, Schumann and Bartok CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T091754Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652794 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Student Recital Series LOCATION:Field Concert Hall\, \, Curtis Institute of Music\, \, 1726 Locus t Street\, Philadelphia DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091213T160000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, December 13 at 3 p.m.\n\n \nVocal Studies Departm ent Recital\n\nFree\; no tickets required. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090925T191725Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85887747 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:HANDEL’S MESSIAH LOCATION:Daylesford Abbey (220 South Valley Road\, Paoli\, PA 19301) DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091213T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091213T160000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Who: Ama Deus Ensemble\, Valentin Radu\, Conductor\nWhat: So loists\, Chorus & Baroque Instrument Orchestra\n\nTickets: $25 General A dmission / $20 Senior / $10 Student available online\, by phone (or at t he door subject to availability). For tickets\, group sales and informa tion: www.VoxAmaDeus.org or 610-688-2800. \n\nSoloists: Kemper Florin ( soprano) Tatyana Rashkovsky (alto)\n Timothy Bentch (tenor) Ed Bara (bas s)\n\nDescription: A Philadelphia tradition! The 1749 Covent Garden vers ion performed on original Baroque instruments\, a spectacular panorama o f sound\, poetry and emotion\, Handel’s Messiah celebrates the Story of the Season. Bright trumpets\, grand voices of choristers and dazzling s oloists stir\, awaken\, excite and uplift. From haunting shepherd melodi es to the great “Hallelujah Chorus”\, this is Christmas at its best. Spa rkling\, entertaining and joyous! (Running Time: 2 Hours 45 Minutes incl uding one intermission). \n\nExtended Listing: Vox Ama Deus (Valentin Ra du\, Artistic Director and Conductor) presents Ama Deus Ensemble (Solois ts\, Chorus & Baroque Instrument Orchestra) performing HANDEL’S MESSIAH for two performances: Friday\, December 11 at 7:00 PM at The Church of the Holy Trinity on Rittenhouse Square\, Philadelphia\, PA\, and Sunday \, December 13 at 4:00 PM at Daylesford Abbey\, Paoli\, PA. A Philadelph ia tradition! The 1749 Covent Garden version performed on original Baroq ue instruments\, a spectacular panorama of sound\, poetry and emotion\, Handel’s Messiah celebrates the Story of the Season. Bright trumpets\, grand voices of choristers and dazzling soloists stir\, awaken\, excite and uplift. From haunting shepherd melodies to the great “Hallelujah Cho rus”\, this is Christmas at its best. Sparkling\, entertaining and joyou s! (Running Time: 2 Hours 45 Minutes including one intermission). Ticket s: $25 General Admission / $20 Senior / $10 Student available online\, b y phone (or at the door subject to availability). For tickets\, group s ales and information: www.VoxAmaDeus.org or 610-688-2800. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090809T200952Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85165066 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Annia Haslam -'Spirit of the Holidays.' LOCATION:The Sellersville Theater DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091217T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091217T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:We plan to give you an evening of some 'Renaissance' classic s (in case you missed the very successful tour we just finished) and son gs in the 'Spirit of the Holidays.'\n\nThe beautiful and talented Lizann e Knott\, will be starting off the evening's entertainment. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091108T185306Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86375003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:“AN AMERICAN HOLIDAY\,” VOICES Chorale LOCATION:Pennington Presbyterian Church\, 13 South Main Street\, Penning ton\, NJ DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091218T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091218T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Under the direction of Dr. Lyn Ransom\, the 65 auditioned si ngers of VOICES Chorale present a festive concert of outstanding Christ mas music from various periods of\n\nAmerican history as well as contemp orary arrangements by American composers.\n\n \n\n \n\n. Frida y\, December 18\, 2009\, at 8 p.m. at (with silent auction)\n\n \n\n. S aturday\, December 19\, 2009\, at 8 p.m. at St. Paul R.C. Roman Catholic Church\n\n 214 Nassau Street\, Princeton\, NJ\n\n \n\n \n\nThe feature d work is Conrad Susa’s Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest for Chorus\, Harp\,\n\nGuitar and Marimba. Also on the program are thr ee works first heard in the 1700’s\, as well as a group of songs from cl assic American holiday films. The chamber group Sotto Voce sings music o f Charles Ives\, Eric Whitacre\, and local composer Kenneth K. Guilmarti n. With featured soloist Rochelle Ellis\, soprano\, James Day\, guitar\, Bill Trigg\, marimba and vibraphone\, and Elaine Christie\, harp.\n\n \n\nTickets: General Admission $18\; Children 12 and under $10\, Family P ass $45. Advance sale: $3 off each ticket. NJ Pass Holders: 25% discount . All tickets can be bought online at http://www.voiceschorale.org/\, or dered by leaving a message at 609-637-9383\, or purchased at the door.\n \n \n\nFor additional information\, visit http://www.voiceschorale.org/. Subscribe to VOICES' concert announcement newsletter at www.enewsarchiv e.com/VOICES. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091108T184726Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86374589 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Anonymous 4 LOCATION:St. Mark’s Church\, 1625 Locust Street DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091218T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091218T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia Chamber Music Society\n\n215-569-8080\n\n\nAnon ymous 4's annual concert at St. Mark's Church is a holiday favorite and one of the most eagerly anticipated special events of the season. Renow ned for their unearthly vocal blend and unmatched medieval repertoire\, the group presents its ever-popular mix of carols\, ballads and songs of old America. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T092430Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Christmas on Logan Square LOCATION:Philadelphia’s St. Clement’s Church on 20th and Cherry Streets DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091219T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091219T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:The Philadelphia Singers presents its beloved “Christmas on Logan Square” concerts on Saturday\, December 12 and December 19 at 5:00 pm at Philadelphia’s St. Clement’s Church on 20th and Cherry Streets. T his year’s program features Jennifer Higdon’s ethereal O Magnum Mysteriu m scored for chorus\, flutes\, crystal glasses and chimes. The Philadelp hia Singers commissioned this work and gave the world premiere in 2002. The centerpiece of the concert is Ottorino Resphighi’s (1879-1936) past oral Lauda per la Natività del Signore (Laud to the Nativity). Resphighi \, whose music was often referred to as “new old-music” combines element s of madrigals\, fugue and Monteverdi-influenced vocal style in this sel dom performed work scored for chorus\, wind ensemble\, piano and vocal s oloists. The concert which begins with a candlelight procession will conclude with an audience carol sing. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T074440Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652755 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BAROQUE CHRISTMAS LOCATION:St. Paul’s Church\, Chestnut Hill (22 East Chestnut Hill Avenue \, Philadelphia\, PA 19118) DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091219T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091219T193000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Camerata Ama Deus\, Valentin Radu\, Conductor\n Soloists & B aroque Instrument Orchestra\n\nMultiple Dates & Venues:\n \n\n When: Su nday\, December 20 at 4:00 PM\nWhere: Thomas Great Hall\, Bryn Mawr Coll ege (256 North Merion Avenue\, Bryn Mawr\, PA 19010)\n\nTickets: $25 Gen eral Admission / $20 Senior / $10 Student available online\, by phone (o r at the door subject to availability). For tickets\, group sales and i nformation: www.VoxAmaDeus.org or 610-688-2800. \n\nProgram: Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue \nCorelli: Christmas Concerto Grosso Op. 6/8 in g minor \nManfredini: Concerto Grosso Op. 3/12\nClarke: Suite for Trumpet in D\nP urcell: Sonata for Trumpet in D\nTorelli: Sinfonia con Tromba\nD. Scarla tti: Triple Concerto for two violins and cello in G\n\nSoloists: Elin F razier (trumpet) Vivian Barton Dozor (cello)\n Robert Spates and Lind a Kistler (violins)\n \nDescription: This joyful sampler of baroque orch estral masterpieces\, including works by lesser known Italian and Englis h composers\, will inspire and delight you with its sparkling virtuosity . Come and be amazed! (Running Time: 90 Minutes – No intermission). \n \nExtended Listing: Vox Ama Deus (Valentin Radu\, Artistic Director and C onductor) presents Camerata Ama Deus (Soloists & Baroque Instrument Orch estra) performing BAROQUE CHRISTMAS featuring Elin Frazier (trumpet)\, Robert Spates\, Linda Kistler (violins)\, and Vivian Barton Dozor (cello )\, in two performances & venues: Saturday\, December 19 at 7:30 PM at S t. Paul’s Church\, Chestnut Hill\, PA\; and Sunday\, December 20 at 4:00 PM at Thomas Great Hall\, Bryn Mawr College\, Bryn Mawr\, PA. This joyf ul sampler of baroque orchestral masterpieces\, including works by lesse r known Italian and English composers\, will inspire and delight you wit h its sparkling virtuosity. Come and be amazed! (Running Time: 90 Minut es – No intermission CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090809T201131Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85165068 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:KYO DAIKO LOCATION:Calvary United Methodist Church\, Crossroads Music\, 801 South 48 th Street\, Philadelphia\, PA 19143 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091219T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091219T193000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, December 19\, 2009 at 7:30 pm\n\nJapanese taiko d rumming\n“An explosion of sound\, matched by uniform choreographed movem ents\, creating an \navalanche of sight & sound.” – Philadelphia Weekly \nUNIDOS DA FILADELFIA\nPulse-pounding Brazilian samba\nCommunity samba s chool spreading the joy & excitement of Brazilian percussion \nthrough m usic education and performan CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090928T223229Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85905498 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:“AN AMERICAN HOLIDAY\,” VOICES Chorale LOCATION:St. Paul R.C. Roman Catholic Church\, 214 Nassau Street\, Princ eton\, NJ DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091219T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091219T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Under the direction of Dr. Lyn Ransom\, the 65 auditioned si ngers of VOICES Chorale present a festive concert of outstanding Christ mas music from various periods of\n\nAmerican history as well as contemp orary arrangements by American composers.\n \n\n \n \n\nThe featured wor k is Conrad Susa’s Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest for Chorus\, Harp\,\n\nGuitar and Marimba. Also on the program are three wo rks first heard in the 1700’s\, as well as a group of songs from classic American holiday films. The chamber group Sotto Voce sings music of Cha rles Ives\, Eric Whitacre\, and local composer Kenneth K. Guilmartin. Wi th featured soloist Rochelle Ellis\, soprano\, James Day\, guitar\, Bill Trigg\, marimba and vibraphone\, and Elaine Christie\, harp.\n\n \n\nTi ckets: General Admission $18\; Children 12 and under $10\, Family Pass $ 45. Advance sale: $3 off each ticket. NJ Pass Holders: 25% discount. All tickets can be bought online at http://www.voiceschorale.org/\, ordered by leaving a message at 609-637-9383\, or purchased at the door.\n\n \n \nFor additional information\, visit http://www.voiceschorale.org/. Subs cribe to VOICES' concert announcement newsletter at www.enewsarchive.com /VOICES. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091108T184726Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/86374590 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bolcom & Morris LOCATION:Curtis Institute of Music\, 1726 Locust Street DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091219T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091219T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia Chamber Music Society\n\n215-569-8080\n\nHusban d and wife duo William Bolcom and Joan Morris have been enrapturing PCMS audiences season after season with classic performances straight from t he American songbook. The Chicago Sun Times praises the couple as 'the best thing to happen to American popular song since the invention of she et music\,' a sentiment with which our audiences would surely agree. CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20090906T092625Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85652798 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tempesta di Mare LOCATION:St Martin-in-the-Fields\, 8000 St. Martin’s Lane\, Chestnut Hil l\, PA DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20091219T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20091219T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE DESCRIPTION:Tempesta di Mare\n\nSaturday\, December 19 at \, St Martin-i n-the-Fields Church\, Chestnut Hill\nSunday\, December 20 at 3:30 pm\, O ld St Joseph’s Church\, Philadelphia\n“Open Doors” Free Admission – dona tions welcome\, registration required. \n\n Harpsichord solo: Adam Pearl\; Recorder solo: Gwyn Roberts\; Lute solo: Richard Stone CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Classical Music DTSTAMP:20091001T230401Z UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/85960396 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR