Philadelphia Classical Music

Pavel Haas Quartet

15 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Independence Seaport Museum
Sunday, November 15, 2009, 3pm

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

This up-and-coming Czech quartet matches “musical maturity” with the “vivacity of youth” (The Times). Their eagerly-anticipated PCMS debut at the Seaport Museum features works by Britten, Beethoven and Shostakovich.

Price: $23.00

215-569-8080

Britten: Three Divertimenti
Beethoven: Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1
Shostakovich: Quartet in A-flat Major, Op. 118

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

Wister Quarte

15 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT

German Society
611 Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia.
Sunday, November 15, 2009, 3pm

The German Society of Philadelphia presents the Wister Quartet in the first of its four concerts on the Society’s 2009-10 “Wister and More!” classical concert series in the Albert and Hete Barthelmes Auditorium at the

The Wister Quartet (Nancy Bean and Davyd Booth, violins; Pamela Fay, viola; and Lloyd Smith, cello) will perform with mezzo-soprano Suzanne DuPlantis in a concert given in collaboration with the Delius Society, Philadelphia Branch.

Featured will be Joseph Haydn’s spirited String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74, No. 3 (“The Rider”), German songs by Frederick Delius, songs by Peter Warlock and Eugene Goossens, and Delius’ eloquently monumental String Quartet.

Since its founding in 1987, the Wister Quartet has earned high praise from critics and audiences alike for its superb musicianship and memorable performances. Daniel Webster of The Philadelphia Inquirer has written that the Wister Quartet “has become the foremost [Philadelphia] chamber music ensemble.” David Patrick Stearns of The Philadelphia Inquirer recently wrote, “Fierce, satisfying . . . . This was a long-cultivated group personality for which there should always be a place, no matter how busy the musical community becomes.”

Single tickets are $20. each and a full range of subscriptions to The German Society of Pennsylvania’s Concert Series is available.

FOR RESERVATIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION, phone 215.627.2332, ext. 10 or email: info@germansociety.org

An Intimate Evening of Music for Cello & Piano,

16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Settlement Music School
416 Queen Street
Sunday, November 15, 2009, 7pm

Arthur Cook, cello
Deborah Gilwood, piano

These are two superb performers. Arthur Cook has an intense, singing tone
that rivals Yo-Yo Ma, and Deborah Gilwood is a poetic, personal performer.
You will not be disappointed. There wll be time for schmoozing and meeting
fellow classical music lovers in Philly! Come one and all - enjoy!!

BRAHMS Sonata in D, Op. 78
JANACEK Pohádka (A Tale)
MARTINU Sonata No. 1
BORTZ Nocturnes 1 & 2*
KOPLEWITZ *On the Jetty

*world premiere

More info: www.laurakoplewitz.com

Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel

17 Nov 2009 00:30:00 GMT

Perelman Theater
Monday, November 16, 2009, 7:30pm

CHOPIN FOR LOVERS

Chopin’s short piano pieces contain more real music and human drama than any operatic score. His Four Ballads contain some of classical music’s most evocative and recognizable melodies. Come discover why Chopin is a romantic’s Romantic.

More info: www.kimmelcenter.org

MAHLER’S SEVENTH SYMPHONY-Phila Orch

19 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall
Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 8pm

November 18 at 8:00 PM – Wednesday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 19 at 8:00 PM – Thursday evening – Carnegie Hall, New York November 20 at 2:00 PM – Friday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 21 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Maestro Eschenbach’s multi-season traversal of the Mahler symphonies comes to a close with the nocturnal Seventh, an elusive, freewheeling masterpiece too infrequently heard. Composed in 1904-05, it flanks a ghostly central scherzo with two ethereal slow movements called Nachtmusik (Night Music). Scored for a sizeable orchestra that includes mandolin and guitar, this harrowing symphonic journey contains some of the most scintillating instrumental effects of Mahler’s output, and it sports a boisterous finale that Mahler scholar Henri- Louis de La Grange called “the most insane, most ‘deviant’ and most provocative of all his final movements.”
The Philadelphia Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach Conductor
Mahler Symphony No. 7 Tickets: $10-$125, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org

More info: www.philorch.org

Tokyo Quartet w/ Michael Tree, viol

19 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 8pm

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

If the Tokyo String Quartet isn't the world's greatest chamber music ensemble, says The Washington Post, it's hard to imagine which group is. The first of the Tokyo's two PCMS performances this season features violist Michael Tree of the Guarneri Quartet and works by Schubert, Bartok and Brahms.

Price: $23.00

215-569-8080

Schubert: Quartet in B-flat Major, D. 112
Bartok: Quartet No. 6
Brahms: Quintet in G Major, Op. 111

* Pre-concert Lecture at 6:45 pm
by Christine Anderson

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

Curtis Opera Theatre

20 Nov 2009 00:30:00 GMT

Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Thursday, November 19, 2009, 7:30pm

Ari Pelto, conductor
Emma Griffin, stage director

STRAVINSKY The Rake’s Progress

Beware of temptation: The devil’s twisted way with a young man’s idle wish triggers a wild journey to Bedlam. Curtis joins in Philadelphia’s celebration of Opera America’s National Opera Open House with a stunning production of Stravinsky’s dark moral tale.

Fully staged production with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, sung in the original English.

Subscriptions for three Curtis Opera Theatre productions: $75; available from the Curtis Ticket Office at (215) 893-7902 or www.curtis.edu.

Single tickets: $33; available from the Curtis Ticket Office at (215) 893-7902 or www.curtis.edu.

More info: www.curtis.edu

BalletX

20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

The Wilma Theater
Thursday, November 19, 2009, 8pm

November 19-22

We 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:

ALEX KETLEY, an award-winning independent dance maker, a former member of San Francisco ballet, presents Silt, an exciting dance of extreme physicality exploring how personal ideas about oneself can get lost in the sweep of life. Silt is set to a music collage by Tar©JMB of the compositions by Chris Clark, Giovanni Pergolesi and Arvo Pärt.

MEREDITH RAINEY, a former soloist of Pennsylvania Ballet, is bringing his passion and talents back to BalletX where he danced for the two last seasons. Rainey’s new work, They Break, is inspired by a Chris Armstrong painting called “Summerhead “ and is set to a contemporary cello piece World to Come 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 choreography and just watch and be in the moment.”

MATTHEW NEENAN, co-founder and artistic director of BalletX and Choreographer in Residence at Pennsylvania Ballet, features Last of the Year, to a classical score by Vivaldi, Schubert and Borodin, brings out dancers individuality. According to Philadelphia Inquirer, “Matthew Neenan doesn’t just make his dancers look good, he makes them better.”

Please stay a little longer with us after a show and meet the choreographers at a POST-SHOW Q&A SESSIONS offered on the opening night performance on November 19 with Alex Ketley and Meredith Rainey and Saturday matinee, November 21with Alex Ketley and Matthew Neenan.

Tickets: General $30, Senior $25, Students $20!
To purchase tickets Call (215)546-7824, click here or visit the Wilma Theater Box Office, 265 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia

Group tickets: Get a group of 10+ and save 20%. Call today to book your group seats!

More info: www.balletx.org

MAHLER’S SEVENTH SYMPHONY-Phila Orch

20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall
Thursday, November 19, 2009, 8pm

November 18 at 8:00 PM – Wednesday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 19 at 8:00 PM – Thursday evening – Carnegie Hall, New York November 20 at 2:00 PM – Friday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 21 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Maestro Eschenbach’s multi-season traversal of the Mahler symphonies comes to a close with the nocturnal Seventh, an elusive, freewheeling masterpiece too infrequently heard. Composed in 1904-05, it flanks a ghostly central scherzo with two ethereal slow movements called Nachtmusik (Night Music). Scored for a sizeable orchestra that includes mandolin and guitar, this harrowing symphonic journey contains some of the most scintillating instrumental effects of Mahler’s output, and it sports a boisterous finale that Mahler scholar Henri- Louis de La Grange called “the most insane, most ‘deviant’ and most provocative of all his final movements.”
The Philadelphia Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach Conductor
Mahler Symphony No. 7 Tickets: $10-$125, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org

More info: www.philorch.org

MAHLER’S SEVENTH SYMPHONY-Phila Orch

20 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall
Friday, November 20, 2009, 2pm

November 18 at 8:00 PM – Wednesday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 19 at 8:00 PM – Thursday evening – Carnegie Hall, New York November 20 at 2:00 PM – Friday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 21 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Maestro Eschenbach’s multi-season traversal of the Mahler symphonies comes to a close with the nocturnal Seventh, an elusive, freewheeling masterpiece too infrequently heard. Composed in 1904-05, it flanks a ghostly central scherzo with two ethereal slow movements called Nachtmusik (Night Music). Scored for a sizeable orchestra that includes mandolin and guitar, this harrowing symphonic journey contains some of the most scintillating instrumental effects of Mahler’s output, and it sports a boisterous finale that Mahler scholar Henri- Louis de La Grange called “the most insane, most ‘deviant’ and most provocative of all his final movements.”
The Philadelphia Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach Conductor
Mahler Symphony No. 7 Tickets: $10-$125, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org

More info: www.philorch.org

Curtis Opera Theatre

21 Nov 2009 00:30:00 GMT

Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Friday, November 20, 2009, 7:30pm

Ari Pelto, conductor
Emma Griffin, stage director

STRAVINSKY The Rake’s Progress

Beware of temptation: The devil’s twisted way with a young man’s idle wish triggers a wild journey to Bedlam. Curtis joins in Philadelphia’s celebration of Opera America’s National Opera Open House with a stunning production of Stravinsky’s dark moral tale.

Fully staged production with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, sung in the original English.

Subscriptions for three Curtis Opera Theatre productions: $75; available from the Curtis Ticket Office at (215) 893-7902 or www.curtis.edu.

Single tickets: $33; available from the Curtis Ticket Office at (215) 893-7902 or www.curtis.edu.

More info: www.curtis.edu

SARA TAVARES

21 Nov 2009 00:30:00 GMT

Perelman Theater
Friday, November 20, 2009, 7:30pm

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 sought out her family and her cultural roots through music, enlisting the help of veteran African musicians in Lisbon and Cape Verde. A truly unique voice on the world music scene, Tavares has struggled with her place in the world, ultimately achieving full self-acceptance. Treat yourself to an energy that is both lyrical and physical with one of world music’s rising stars!

More info: www.kimmelcenter.org

BalletX

21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

The Wilma Theater
Friday, November 20, 2009, 8pm

November 19-22

We 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:

ALEX KETLEY, an award-winning independent dance maker, a former member of San Francisco ballet, presents Silt, an exciting dance of extreme physicality exploring how personal ideas about oneself can get lost in the sweep of life. Silt is set to a music collage by Tar©JMB of the compositions by Chris Clark, Giovanni Pergolesi and Arvo Pärt.

MEREDITH RAINEY, a former soloist of Pennsylvania Ballet, is bringing his passion and talents back to BalletX where he danced for the two last seasons. Rainey’s new work, They Break, is inspired by a Chris Armstrong painting called “Summerhead “ and is set to a contemporary cello piece World to Come 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 choreography and just watch and be in the moment.”

MATTHEW NEENAN, co-founder and artistic director of BalletX and Choreographer in Residence at Pennsylvania Ballet, features Last of the Year, to a classical score by Vivaldi, Schubert and Borodin, brings out dancers individuality. According to Philadelphia Inquirer, “Matthew Neenan doesn’t just make his dancers look good, he makes them better.”

Please stay a little longer with us after a show and meet the choreographers at a POST-SHOW Q&A SESSIONS offered on the opening night performance on November 19 with Alex Ketley and Meredith Rainey and Saturday matinee, November 21with Alex Ketley and Matthew Neenan.

Tickets: General $30, Senior $25, Students $20!
To purchase tickets Call (215)546-7824, click here or visit the Wilma Theater Box Office, 265 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia

Group tickets: Get a group of 10+ and save 20%. Call today to book your group seats!

More info: www.balletx.org

HAVERFORD-BRYN MAWR COLLEGE ORCHESTRA,

21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium
Friday, November 20, 2009, 8pm

On Friday, November 20th at 8 pm, the HAVERFORD-BRYN MAWR COLLEGE ORCHESTRA, directed by Heidi Jacob, will perform their Fall Concert 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 www.haverford.edu….

More info: www.haverford.edu…

Jason Vieaux, guitar

21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Friday, November 20, 2009, 8pm

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Master guitarist Jason Vieaux just released a new set of Bach recordings to great critical acclaim. For this concert at the Art Museum, he will perform selections from them and also join forces with a quartet of talented musicians - Hirono Oka, violin; Rachel Ku, viola; Yumi Kendall, cello; and Susan Narucki, soprano - for the world premiere of a quintet by local composer Jan Krzywicki.

Price: $23.00

215-569-8080

Jason Vieaux, guitar w/ Susan Narucki, soprano; Hirono Oka, violin; Rachel Ku, viola; Yumi Kendall, cello Photo

Albeniz: Sevilla from Suite Espanola, Op. 47
Brouwer: El Decameron Negro
Bach: Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BWV 998
Henze: Drei Tentos
Krzywicki: In Evening's Shadow [World Premiere]
Metheny: Message to a Friend/ Farme

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC

21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall
Friday, November 20, 2009, 8pm

Riccardo Muti, conductor

LISZT: Les Preludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3

ELGAR: In the South

PROKOFIEV: Selections from Romeo and Juliet

One of Philadelphia’s most beloved conductors, Riccardo Muti returns to lead a program inspired by the romantic Italian Riviera, a pair of Italian lovers, and a symphonic poem based on Lamartine’s Poetic Meditations, a reflection on life, love and death. This beautiful and emotionally textured evening will leave you fantasizing about your favorite romantic setting.

More info: www.kimmelcenter.org

FAMILY: MEET THE INSTRUMENTS

21 Nov 2009 16:30:00 GMT

Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 11:30am

November 21 at 11:30 AM—Saturday morning—Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Come meet the instruments of the orchestra. You’ll have a blast learning who’s who in each instrument family. Michael Boudewyns will be your guide as you meet them all, from violin to tuba, piccolo to bassoon, and everyone in between.
Danail Rachev Conductor Michael Boudewyns Host and Narrator Sara Valentine Host and Narrator Bridgette Gan Soprano—PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT Carol Jantsch Tuba—PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT
Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Charpentier “Depuis le jour,” from Louise Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Kleinsinger Tubby the Tuba
Tickets: $7-$46, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org

More info: www.philorch.org

BalletX

21 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT

The Wilma Theater
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 2pm

November 19-22

We 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:

ALEX KETLEY, an award-winning independent dance maker, a former member of San Francisco ballet, presents Silt, an exciting dance of extreme physicality exploring how personal ideas about oneself can get lost in the sweep of life. Silt is set to a music collage by Tar©JMB of the compositions by Chris Clark, Giovanni Pergolesi and Arvo Pärt.

MEREDITH RAINEY, a former soloist of Pennsylvania Ballet, is bringing his passion and talents back to BalletX where he danced for the two last seasons. Rainey’s new work, They Break, is inspired by a Chris Armstrong painting called “Summerhead “ and is set to a contemporary cello piece World to Come 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 choreography and just watch and be in the moment.”

MATTHEW NEENAN, co-founder and artistic director of BalletX and Choreographer in Residence at Pennsylvania Ballet, features Last of the Year, to a classical score by Vivaldi, Schubert and Borodin, brings out dancers individuality. According to Philadelphia Inquirer, “Matthew Neenan doesn’t just make his dancers look good, he makes them better.”

Please stay a little longer with us after a show and meet the choreographers at a POST-SHOW Q&A SESSIONS offered on the opening night performance on November 19 with Alex Ketley and Meredith Rainey and Saturday matinee, November 21with Alex Ketley and Matthew Neenan.

Tickets: General $30, Senior $25, Students $20!
To purchase tickets Call (215)546-7824, click here or visit the Wilma Theater Box Office, 265 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia

Group tickets: Get a group of 10+ and save 20%. Call today to book your group seats!

More info: www.balletx.org

Curtis Opera Theatre

22 Nov 2009 00:30:00 GMT

Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 7:30pm

Ari Pelto, conductor
Emma Griffin, stage director

STRAVINSKY The Rake’s Progress

Beware of temptation: The devil’s twisted way with a young man’s idle wish triggers a wild journey to Bedlam. Curtis joins in Philadelphia’s celebration of Opera America’s National Opera Open House with a stunning production of Stravinsky’s dark moral tale.

Fully staged production with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, sung in the original English.

Subscriptions for three Curtis Opera Theatre productions: $75; available from the Curtis Ticket Office at (215) 893-7902 or www.curtis.edu.

Single tickets: $33; available from the Curtis Ticket Office at (215) 893-7902 or www.curtis.edu.

More info: www.curtis.edu

Jazz Up Close Celebrates Billie Holiday

22 Nov 2009 00:30:00 GMT

Perelman Theater
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 7:30pm

Swing, Brother Swing

FEATURING KURT ELLING

With eight Grammy® nominations and the Prix Billie Holiday from the Academie du Jazz in Paris, Kurt Elling is a relevant, passionate and intellectual jazz 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

More info: www.kimmelcenter.org

MAHLER’S SEVENTH SYMPHONY-Phila Orch

22 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 8pm

November 18 at 8:00 PM – Wednesday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 19 at 8:00 PM – Thursday evening – Carnegie Hall, New York November 20 at 2:00 PM – Friday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 21 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Maestro Eschenbach’s multi-season traversal of the Mahler symphonies comes to a close with the nocturnal Seventh, an elusive, freewheeling masterpiece too infrequently heard. Composed in 1904-05, it flanks a ghostly central scherzo with two ethereal slow movements called Nachtmusik (Night Music). Scored for a sizeable orchestra that includes mandolin and guitar, this harrowing symphonic journey contains some of the most scintillating instrumental effects of Mahler’s output, and it sports a boisterous finale that Mahler scholar Henri- Louis de La Grange called “the most insane, most ‘deviant’ and most provocative of all his final movements.”
The Philadelphia Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach Conductor
Mahler Symphony No. 7 Tickets: $10-$125, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org

More info: www.philorch.org

BalletX

22 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT

The Wilma Theater
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 2pm

November 19-22

We 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:

ALEX KETLEY, an award-winning independent dance maker, a former member of San Francisco ballet, presents Silt, an exciting dance of extreme physicality exploring how personal ideas about oneself can get lost in the sweep of life. Silt is set to a music collage by Tar©JMB of the compositions by Chris Clark, Giovanni Pergolesi and Arvo Pärt.

MEREDITH RAINEY, a former soloist of Pennsylvania Ballet, is bringing his passion and talents back to BalletX where he danced for the two last seasons. Rainey’s new work, They Break, is inspired by a Chris Armstrong painting called “Summerhead “ and is set to a contemporary cello piece World to Come 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 choreography and just watch and be in the moment.”

MATTHEW NEENAN, co-founder and artistic director of BalletX and Choreographer in Residence at Pennsylvania Ballet, features Last of the Year, to a classical score by Vivaldi, Schubert and Borodin, brings out dancers individuality. According to Philadelphia Inquirer, “Matthew Neenan doesn’t just make his dancers look good, he makes them better.”

Please stay a little longer with us after a show and meet the choreographers at a POST-SHOW Q&A SESSIONS offered on the opening night performance on November 19 with Alex Ketley and Meredith Rainey and Saturday matinee, November 21with Alex Ketley and Matthew Neenan.

Tickets: General $30, Senior $25, Students $20!
To purchase tickets Call (215)546-7824, click here or visit the Wilma Theater Box Office, 265 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia

Group tickets: Get a group of 10+ and save 20%. Call today to book your group seats!

More info: www.balletx.org

Curtis Opera Theatre

22 Nov 2009 19:30:00 GMT

Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 2:30pm

Ari Pelto, conductor
Emma Griffin, stage director

STRAVINSKY The Rake’s Progress

Beware of temptation: The devil’s twisted way with a young man’s idle wish triggers a wild journey to Bedlam. Curtis joins in Philadelphia’s celebration of Opera America’s National Opera Open House with a stunning production of Stravinsky’s dark moral tale.

Fully staged production with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, sung in the original English.

Subscriptions for three Curtis Opera Theatre productions: $75; available from the Curtis Ticket Office at (215) 893-7902 or www.curtis.edu.

Single tickets: $33; available from the Curtis Ticket Office at (215) 893-7902 or www.curtis.edu.

More info: www.curtis.edu

Alumni Recital Series: Juliette Kang and Friends

22 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Field Concert Hall,
Curtis Institute of Music,
1726 Locust Street, Philadelphia
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 3pm

Juliette Kang, violin (’91)
Christoph Eschenbach, piano (guest artist)
Thomas Kraines, cello (’92)

First associate concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Juliette Kang (’91) has appeared as a soloist with the San Francisco and Baltimore symphonies and l’Orchestre National de France, and was gold medalist of the 1994 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. She is joined by Christoph Eschenbach and Thomas Kraines in works by Mozart, Schubert, and others.

SCHUBERT Sonata in A minor, D. 385
MOZART Trio No. 3 in E major, K. 542
TOCH Divertimento, Op. 37 No. 1
BARTÓK Sonata for Solo Violin

Subscriptions for four Alumni Recital Series performances: $95; available from the Curtis Ticket Office at (215) 893-7902 or www.curtis.edu.

Single tickets: $28; available from the Curtis Ticket Office at (215) 893-7902 or www.curtis.edu. All artists donate their services, and proceeds benefit current Curtis students.

More info: www.curtis.edu

Anna Polonsky, piano

22 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Fleisher Art Memorial
719 Catharine Street
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 3pm

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

This young Russian pianist trained at Curtis and Juilliard under Peter Serkin and Jerome Lowenthal. Characterized by its “sweep, color and authority” (Philadelphia Inquirer), her playing has quickly endeared her to PCMS audiences. This intimate recital at the Fleisher is a great opportunity to see this up-and-coming young artist up close. Her program features works by Honegger, Schumann, Brahms and Debussy.

Price: $16.50

215-569-8080

Honegger: Le Cahier Romand
Schumann: Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133
Brahms: Waltzes, Op. 39
Debussy: Images Oubliées
Schumann: Intermezzi, Op. 4

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT-Phila Orch

22 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 3pm

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
November 22 at 3:00 PM – Sunday afternoon –

Members of The Philadelphia Orchestra Amy J. Yang Piano
Glinka Trio pathétique in D minor, for clarinet, bassoon, and piano Rossini Duetto in D major, for cello and double bass Schumann Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47 Beethoven Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20
Tickets: $19 -$30, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org

More info: www.philorch.org

SATORI

22 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT

St. John’s Lutheran Church

200 S. Broad Street (Route 191N), Nazareth , PA
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 3pm

Guitar, clarinet, flute, violin, and cello

Music of Debussy, Haydn, Telemann and more

Free will offering

Reception to follow

Church office – 610-759-3090

John Arnold, guitar

Deborah Andrus, clarinet

Rebecca Brown, violin

Deborah Davis, cello

Nora Suggs, flute

For more information call SATORI at 610-435-6036 or

More info: www.satori-chambermusic.org

VIRSKY UKRAINIAN NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY

22 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 3pm

The Virsky Ukrainian Dance Company has been thrilling audiences since 1937 with spectacular folk dances, colorful costumes and lively music. Cultural heritage is the moment when this spirited ensemble performs. “…Soaring high in the air in splits, careening around the stage in gravity-defying butterfly jumps and spinning like tops in the 18th-century equivalent of break dancing.” – New York Times

More info: www.kimmelcenter.org

counter)induction

23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Amado Recital Hall of Irvine Auditorium
34th and Spruce Streets
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 7pm

counter)induction plays the University of Pennsylvania
Sunday, 8PM
November 22, 2009

This concert is free!
www.counterinduction.com

c)i@ upenn brings the band back to its spawning grounds with some of the best music from their decade of exuberant performances and daring programming. Kyle Bartlett’s Bas Relief features a fast-moving, highly textured first movement counterpointed by an impossibly delicate, hovering second movement. Douglas Boyce’s Deixo | Sonata fully exploits the emotional and dialectical depths of the medium. Centauro Marino by Salvatore Sciarrino is an exquisite, hyperreal manipulation of timbre and harmony, while Eric Moe’s Dead Cat Bounce is a vivacious yet heartfelt statement about current times. Penn professor Anna Weesner’s Lift High, Reckon—Fly Low, Come Close traces the interaction of contrasting musical ideas as they grow and integrate one another.

The performing 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).
info@counterinduction.com

MOZART AND BRUCKNER- Phila Orch

23 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 8pm

November 27 at 8:00 PM – Friday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 28 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 29 at 2:00 PM – Sunday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Is Bruckner’s Ninth really incomplete, or did the Austrian composer believe deep down inside that its three movements were enough? Even without a finale—he sketched one but never completed it—the Ninth is one of the most gigantic symphonies in history. The luminous slow movement with which it ends makes a statement so eloquent and complete that it’s hard to imagine how the composer could have topped it with a finale. Acclaimed Brucknerian Jaap van Zweden, a former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra who became music director of the Dallas Symphony in 2008, plumbs its depths, while veteran Horacio Gutiérrez balances the evening with Mozart’s sunny F-major Piano Concerto from 1784.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Jaap van Zweden Conductor Horacio Gutiérrez Piano
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459 Bruckner Symphony No. 9
Tickets: $10-$125, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org

More info: www.philorch.org

MOZART AND BRUCKNER- Phila Orch

24 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall
Monday, November 23, 2009, 8pm

November 27 at 8:00 PM – Friday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 28 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 29 at 2:00 PM – Sunday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Is Bruckner’s Ninth really incomplete, or did the Austrian composer believe deep down inside that its three movements were enough? Even without a finale—he sketched one but never completed it—the Ninth is one of the most gigantic symphonies in history. The luminous slow movement with which it ends makes a statement so eloquent and complete that it’s hard to imagine how the composer could have topped it with a finale. Acclaimed Brucknerian Jaap van Zweden, a former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra who became music director of the Dallas Symphony in 2008, plumbs its depths, while veteran Horacio Gutiérrez balances the evening with Mozart’s sunny F-major Piano Concerto from 1784.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Jaap van Zweden Conductor Horacio Gutiérrez Piano
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459 Bruckner Symphony No. 9
Tickets: $10-$125, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org

More info: www.philorch.org

Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS

24 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Academy of Music
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 12pm

Times vary

Get ready to discover a delightful new show that’s as fresh and rare as newly fallen snow! The classic holiday tradition 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 tells the story of two showbiz buddies putting on a show in a magical Vermont inn, and finding their perfect mates in the bargain. Full of dancing, laughter and some of the greatest songs ever written, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas promises to be a merry and bright theatrical experience for the whole family!

MOZART AND BRUCKNER- Phila Orch

25 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 8pm

November 27 at 8:00 PM – Friday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 28 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 29 at 2:00 PM – Sunday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Is Bruckner’s Ninth really incomplete, or did the Austrian composer believe deep down inside that its three movements were enough? Even without a finale—he sketched one but never completed it—the Ninth is one of the most gigantic symphonies in history. The luminous slow movement with which it ends makes a statement so eloquent and complete that it’s hard to imagine how the composer could have topped it with a finale. Acclaimed Brucknerian Jaap van Zweden, a former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra who became music director of the Dallas Symphony in 2008, plumbs its depths, while veteran Horacio Gutiérrez balances the evening with Mozart’s sunny F-major Piano Concerto from 1784.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Jaap van Zweden Conductor Horacio Gutiérrez Piano
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459 Bruckner Symphony No. 9
Tickets: $10-$125, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org

More info: www.philorch.org

MOZART AND BRUCKNER- Phila Orch

26 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall
Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 8pm

November 27 at 8:00 PM – Friday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 28 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 29 at 2:00 PM – Sunday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Is Bruckner’s Ninth really incomplete, or did the Austrian composer believe deep down inside that its three movements were enough? Even without a finale—he sketched one but never completed it—the Ninth is one of the most gigantic symphonies in history. The luminous slow movement with which it ends makes a statement so eloquent and complete that it’s hard to imagine how the composer could have topped it with a finale. Acclaimed Brucknerian Jaap van Zweden, a former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra who became music director of the Dallas Symphony in 2008, plumbs its depths, while veteran Horacio Gutiérrez balances the evening with Mozart’s sunny F-major Piano Concerto from 1784.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Jaap van Zweden Conductor Horacio Gutiérrez Piano
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459 Bruckner Symphony No. 9
Tickets: $10-$125, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org

More info: www.philorch.org

MOZART AND BRUCKNER- Phila Orch

27 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall
Thursday, November 26, 2009, 8pm

November 27 at 8:00 PM – Friday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 28 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 29 at 2:00 PM – Sunday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Is Bruckner’s Ninth really incomplete, or did the Austrian composer believe deep down inside that its three movements were enough? Even without a finale—he sketched one but never completed it—the Ninth is one of the most gigantic symphonies in history. The luminous slow movement with which it ends makes a statement so eloquent and complete that it’s hard to imagine how the composer could have topped it with a finale. Acclaimed Brucknerian Jaap van Zweden, a former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra who became music director of the Dallas Symphony in 2008, plumbs its depths, while veteran Horacio Gutiérrez balances the evening with Mozart’s sunny F-major Piano Concerto from 1784.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Jaap van Zweden Conductor Horacio Gutiérrez Piano
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459 Bruckner Symphony No. 9
Tickets: $10-$125, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org

More info: www.philorch.org

MOZART AND BRUCKNER- Phila Orch

28 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall
Friday, November 27, 2009, 8pm

November 27 at 8:00 PM – Friday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 28 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 29 at 2:00 PM – Sunday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Is Bruckner’s Ninth really incomplete, or did the Austrian composer believe deep down inside that its three movements were enough? Even without a finale—he sketched one but never completed it—the Ninth is one of the most gigantic symphonies in history. The luminous slow movement with which it ends makes a statement so eloquent and complete that it’s hard to imagine how the composer could have topped it with a finale. Acclaimed Brucknerian Jaap van Zweden, a former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra who became music director of the Dallas Symphony in 2008, plumbs its depths, while veteran Horacio Gutiérrez balances the evening with Mozart’s sunny F-major Piano Concerto from 1784.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Jaap van Zweden Conductor Horacio Gutiérrez Piano
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459 Bruckner Symphony No. 9
Tickets: $10-$125, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org

More info: www.philorch.org

MOZART AND BRUCKNER- Phila Orch

29 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall
Saturday, November 28, 2009, 8pm

November 27 at 8:00 PM – Friday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 28 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 29 at 2:00 PM – Sunday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Is Bruckner’s Ninth really incomplete, or did the Austrian composer believe deep down inside that its three movements were enough? Even without a finale—he sketched one but never completed it—the Ninth is one of the most gigantic symphonies in history. The luminous slow movement with which it ends makes a statement so eloquent and complete that it’s hard to imagine how the composer could have topped it with a finale. Acclaimed Brucknerian Jaap van Zweden, a former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra who became music director of the Dallas Symphony in 2008, plumbs its depths, while veteran Horacio Gutiérrez balances the evening with Mozart’s sunny F-major Piano Concerto from 1784.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Jaap van Zweden Conductor Horacio Gutiérrez Piano
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459 Bruckner Symphony No. 9
Tickets: $10-$125, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org

More info: www.philorch.org

MOZART AND BRUCKNER- Phila Orch

29 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall
Sunday, November 29, 2009, 2pm

November 27 at 8:00 PM – Friday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 28 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
November 29 at 2:00 PM – Sunday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Is Bruckner’s Ninth really incomplete, or did the Austrian composer believe deep down inside that its three movements were enough? Even without a finale—he sketched one but never completed it—the Ninth is one of the most gigantic symphonies in history. The luminous slow movement with which it ends makes a statement so eloquent and complete that it’s hard to imagine how the composer could have topped it with a finale. Acclaimed Brucknerian Jaap van Zweden, a former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra who became music director of the Dallas Symphony in 2008, plumbs its depths, while veteran Horacio Gutiérrez balances the evening with Mozart’s sunny F-major Piano Concerto from 1784.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Jaap van Zweden Conductor Horacio Gutiérrez Piano
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459 Bruckner Symphony No. 9
Tickets: $10-$125, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org

More info: www.philorch.org

Colin Balzer, tenor; Erika Switzer, piano

02 Dec 2009 01:00:00 GMT

American Philosophical Society, Benjamin Franklin Hall
427 Chestnut Street
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 8 – 9pm

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

215-569-8080

Canadian tenor Colin Balzer is known for his "firm, free, vibrant sound and amazing command" (Vancouver Sun). His program with pianist Erika Switzer includes songs by Haydn and Britten and lieder by Schubert and Wolf.

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

Mendelssohn Quartet

03 Dec 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center
Broad and Spruce Streets
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 8pm

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

215-569-8080

Over three decades, the Mendelssohn Quartet has established a reputation as one of the most vital quartets of its generation. Don't miss their final area appearance which features a program of Bartok, Beethoven and Mendelssohn.

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

RENAISSANCE NOEL

05 Dec 2009 00:30:00 GMT

The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Chestnut Hill (8000 St. Martin’s Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118)
Friday, December 4, 2009, 7:30pm

Vox Renaissance Consort, Valentin Radu, Conductor
Period Costume Chorus & Baroque Instruments

Multiple Dates & Venues:

Tickets: $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.voxamadeus.org or 610-688-2800.

B.) When: Sunday, December 6 at 5:00 PM
Where: St. Katharine of Siena Church (104 South Aberdeen Avenue, Wayne, PA 19087)
Tickets: Donation at the Door Requested. No Tickets Required.

C.) When: Saturday, December 12 at 7:30 PM
Where: Old St. Joseph’s Church (321 Willings Alley, Philadelphia, PA 19106)
Tickets: $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.voxamadeus.org or 610-688-2800.

Instruments: Gwyn Roberts (recorder) Daniel Boring (theorbo)
Vivian Barton Dozor (cello) Bronwyn Fix-Keller (harpsichord)

Description: This year, our annual Christmas concert of motets and carols celebrates the Renaissance musical traditions of England, France, 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).

Extended Listing: Vox Ama Deus (Valentin Radu, Artistic Director and Conductor) presents Vox Renaissance Consort (Period Costume Chorus & Baroque Instruments) performing RENAISSANCE NOEL in three 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 celebrates the Renaissance musical traditions of England, France, 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). Tickets: St. Katharine 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 tickets, group sales and information: www.voxamadeus.org or 610-688-2800.

More info: www.voxamadeus.org

Curtis Chamber Orchestra

05 Dec 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center
Broad and Spruce Streets
Friday, December 4, 2009, 8pm

Mischa Santora, conductor; Sarah Kwak, violin; For a Baltacigil, double bass
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

215-569-8080

Conductor Mischa Santora leads the Curtis Chamber Orchestra in a program of Brahms, Bottesini and Stravinsky. Two recent Curtis graduates - Sarah Kwak, violin, and Fora Baltacigil - will join them as soloists.

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

Pan-flute legend Gheorghe Zamfir

06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Zoellner Arts Center
Lehigh University
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 7pm

Pan-flute legend Gheorghe Zamfir performs with the
Lehigh University Philharmonic Orchestra
in a fund raiser concert for one-night only on Saturday, December 5

Zamfir only U.S. performance will highlight songs from his Hollywood career for Philharmonic fundraiser.
It promises to be a wonderful night featuring the soulful pan flute!

The Lehigh University Philharmonic Orchestra and director Eugene Albulescu are 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 available from zoellnerartscenter.org, or by calling the Zoellner Ticket Services at 610 758-2787.

Guest soloist Zamfir, the “King of the Pan Flute,” whose haunting pan flute performances have been featured on countless motion picture soundtracks, including “The Karate Kid” and “Kill Bill,” will perform his own original concerto for pan flute and orchestra, as well as many well-loved light classical favorites by Puccini, Verdi, and many others.

Maestro Zamfir was born in Romania in 1941. His success story provides big headlines and record statistics: over 200 albums and CDs released, over 40 million recordings sold, 90 gold and platinum records, countless awards, numerous tours on all five continents. He is considered by music lovers and critics alike as a unique soloist who has brought importance to a once lesser-known concert instrument through his brilliant, moving performances that display his multi-faceted magic. Zamfir has played across the globe in performances that have inspired and moved his enthusiastic audiences; the special character of the pan flute with its uniquely evocative tone will touch the hearts of all audience members.

Lehigh University Philharmonic Music Director 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 distinguished line of “pianists turned conductors,” including Christoph Eschenbach, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim and many more. Noted New York Times critic Harold Schonberg praised Albulescu in the American Record Guide for his “infallible fingers of steel,” declaring that “nothing, anywhere, has any terrors for him.”

The highly acclaimed Lehigh University Philharmonic is a group of talented musicians, most of whom are undergraduate students majoring in disciplines outside of music. They regularly perform at their home in the Zoellner Arts Center on the campus of Lehigh University, and have performed at various international venues in Europe, Asia and South America and Africa. They are planning a tour for Spring 2010 in Europe.

Tickets are $25 for the December 5 performance. 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 online at www.zoellnerartscenter.org. Senior, student, group and LVAIC discounts are available.

More info: www.zoellnerartscenter.org

OUBLIETTE ENSEMBLE

06 Dec 2009 00:30:00 GMT

Crossroads Music
48th and Baltimore Ave. (in Calvary United Methodist Church), Philadelphia
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 7:30pm

Music for myths, fairy-tales, and scary-tales.

"Seriously pretty (though somewhat twisted) folk/classical airs." – Philadelphia
Daily News

THE FACTORYE
Music from the wells
"Alternating between warm, embracing vibrato and shear, chilly sustain... a
soulful performance, composed and somber, but not without brief levity" –
Phrequency

215-729-1028

The Oubliette Ensemble has been working their magic spell on Philadelphia since
2001 with their original music and interpretations of medieval, Renaissance,
middle-eastern, and otherwise ancient music. If it sounds like it was written
before 1700, they’ll play it–on voices and recorders, cello, violin, mandolin,
percussion, harp and accordion. They like nothing better than to look out and
see their audience put aside their courtly ways and dance around like mad
faeries. Members: Melissa Santangelo, Cynthia James, Jim Kydonieus, Jessica
Marcus, Tony Cesa.

Aimee Wilson is lead vocalist and guitar player for The Factorye, a band of
musicians, printers and food collectors that delivers a searing fusion of old
folk and eastern moans delicately woven together by the embracing vibrato of her
voice. The Factorye is now a band, letterpress shop and community known for its
unique gatherings ("banquets") that serve local and international needs in
Philadelphia. The band performs in various music halls, universities, churches,
festivals and venues across the nation. Instrumentation includes Wilson’s
delicate guitar and sitar playing, as well as darbuka, hurdy-gurdy, banjo, bass,
pedal steel, accordion and drums while the Factorye Press has developed as a
self-taught/researched print shop doing custom visual design from a 1931
Vandercook, 1908 Golding and MultiLith Press. There are many ways of coming
together the Factorye demonstrates. It is a continual unfolding, designed to be
vulnerable.

More info: www.crossroadsconcerts.org

Grand Opera Choruses

06 Dec 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 3pm

On Sunday, December 6th at 3 pm the 130-voice HAVERFORD-BYRN MAWR CHORALE AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, directed by Thomas Lloyd, will perform Grand Opera Choruses in Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium. This concert is free and open to the public. For more information (610) 896-1011

More info: www.haverford.edu…

Kashkashian-Schulkowsky- Mansurian

06 Dec 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Settlement Music School
416 Queen Street
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 3pm

Kim Kashkashian, viola; Robyn Schulkowsky, percussion; Tigran Mansurian, piano

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

215-569-8080

The Kashkashian/Schulkowsky duo is an enduring and original chamber music group. Mansurian will make his own unique contribution to this concert, both as pianist and vocalist in his own arrangements of Armenian folk songs.

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

A HOLIDAY CONCERT FEATURING

06 Dec 2009 21:00:00 GMT

Church of the Holy Trinity
19th and Walnut Streets on Rittenhouse Square
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 4pm

The Philadelphia Chorus, a 50-voice ensemble, under the artistic direction of Raquel García, will perform Rheinberger’s Der Stern von Bethlehem and Poulenc’s Motets as well as other holiday music.

TICKETS: $24 at the door; $20 seniors, students and in advance
INFO: (610) 352-3565
www.philachamberchorus.org

More info: www.philachamberchorus.org

The Philadelphia Chorus

06 Dec 2009 21:00:00 GMT

Church of the Holy Trinity
19th and Walnut Streets on Rittenhouse Square
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 4pm

The dignified and melodious sounds of Der Stern von Bethlehem 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 wife’s writings on the Gospels of Mark and Luke, which he wove into a spacious cantata for choir and soloists. The piece in its entirety depicts the birth of Christ, moving from movement one as all of nature waits expectantly for His arrival through to movement seven where the men’s voices in the chorus personify the Magi as they sing of their gifts and what those offerings symbolize.

The Quatre Motets pour un temps de Noël, composed in the early 1950’s after a reawakening of Poulenc’s Catholic faith, are small music miniatures, like facetted jewels. Superficially they sound modern in their unexpected chord changes and discords, but they are rooted in the early and Renaissance music of Monteverdi and Palestrina.

The chorus also performs Canite Tuba, composed by Donald McCullough, the current conductor of the acclaimed Master Chorale of Washington, D.C. He wrote Canite Tuba, a Christmas Triptych for performance by the group in 2001 at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Spirited arrangements of familiar Christmas carols complete the seasonal program.

www.philachamberchorus.org

RENAISSANCE NOEL

06 Dec 2009 22:00:00 GMT

St. Katharine of Siena Church (104 South Aberdeen Avenue, Wayne, PA 19087)
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 5pm

Vox Renaissance Consort, Valentin Radu, Conductor
Period Costume Chorus & Baroque Instruments

Multiple Dates & Venues:

Donation at the Door Requested. No Tickets Required.

C.) When: Saturday, December 12 at 7:30 PM
Where: Old St. Joseph’s Church (321 Willings Alley, Philadelphia, PA 19106)
Tickets: $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.voxamadeus.org or 610-688-2800.

Instruments: Gwyn Roberts (recorder) Daniel Boring (theorbo)
Vivian Barton Dozor (cello) Bronwyn Fix-Keller (harpsichord)

Description: This year, our annual Christmas concert of motets and carols celebrates the Renaissance musical traditions of England, France, 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).

Extended Listing: Vox Ama Deus (Valentin Radu, Artistic Director and Conductor) presents Vox Renaissance Consort (Period Costume Chorus & Baroque Instruments) performing RENAISSANCE NOEL in three 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 celebrates the Renaissance musical traditions of England, France, 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). Tickets: St. Katharine 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 tickets, group sales and information: www.voxamadeus.org or 610-688-2800.

More info: www.voxamadeus.org

Network for New Music Ensemble

08 Dec 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center
Broad and Spruce Streets
Monday, December 7, 2009, 8pm

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Leon Fleisher, conductor

215-569-8080

The eminent Leon Fleisher leads this premier new music ensemble in a concert of 20th century masterworks. Pieces by Stravinsky, Hindemith and Ligeti highlight a program that is not to be missed.

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

Peter Serkin, piano

10 Dec 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center
Broad and Spruce Streets
Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 8pm

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

215-569-8080

Peter Serkin has long been recognized as an artist of passion and integrity. The son of Marlboro Festival founder Rudolf Serkin, he is equally known for his interpretations of 20th century music and for his facility with Beethoven and other titans of the classical repertoire.

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

Student Recital Series

10 Dec 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Field Concert Hall,
Curtis Institute of Music,
1726 Locust Street, Philadelphia
Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 8pm

Wednesday, December 9 at 8 p.m.

Music by Curtis Student Composers

Free; no tickets required.

More info: www.curtis.edu

The Little Match Girl"

11 Dec 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Founders Great Hall
Thursday, December 10, 2009, 8pm

On Thursday, December 10th at 8 pm, the CHAMBER SINGERS OF HAVERFORD AND BRYN MAWR COLLEGES will perform their Annual Holiday Concert featuring the Philadelphia premiere of David Lang's "The Little Match 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 more information (610) 896-1011 or www.haverford.edu….

More info: www.haverford.edu…

HANDEL’S MESSIAH

12 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Church of the Holy Trinity (Rittenhouse Square,19th & Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19103)
Friday, December 11, 2009, 7pm

Soloists, Chorus & Baroque Instrument Orchestra

Multiple Dates & Venues:

B.) When: Sunday, December 13 at 4:00 PM
Where: Daylesford Abbey (220 South Valley Road, Paoli, PA 19301)
Tickets: $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.voxamadeus.org or 610-688-2800.

Soloists: Kemper Florin (soprano) Tatyana Rashkovsky (alto)
Timothy Bentch (tenor) Ed Bara (bass)

Description: A Philadelphia tradition! The 1749 Covent Garden version performed on original Baroque 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 Chorus”, this is Christmas at its best. Sparkling, entertaining and joyous! (Running Time: 2 Hours 45 Minutes including one intermission).

Extended Listing: Vox Ama Deus (Valentin Radu, Artistic Director and Conductor) presents Ama Deus Ensemble (Soloists, 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 Philadelphia tradition! The 1749 Covent Garden version performed on original Baroque 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 Chorus”, this is Christmas at its best. Sparkling, entertaining and joyous! (Running Time: 2 Hours 45 Minutes including one intermission). Tickets: $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.voxamadeus.org or 610-688-2800.

More info: www.voxamadeus.org

Trio Cavatina

12 Dec 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Fleisher Art Memorial
719 Catharine Street
Friday, December 11, 2009, 8pm

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

215-569-8080

Formed in 2005 at the Marlboro Music Festival, Trio Cavatina has quickly emerged 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 Schumann and Brahms.

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

THe Festive Flutes Holiday Program

12 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Long Branch Public Library
328 Broadway
Long Branch, NJ
Saturday, December 12, 2009, 2pm

Holiday Program

2:00 pm
Information: (732) 222-3900
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More info: www.festiveflutes.com

Christmas on Logan Square

12 Dec 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Philadelphia’s St. Clement’s Church on 20th and Cherry Streets.
Saturday, December 12, 2009, 5pm

The Philadelphia Singers presents its beloved “Christmas on Logan Square” concerts on Saturday, December 12 and December 19 at 5:00pm at Philadelphia’s St. Clement’s Church on 20th and Cherry Streets. This year’s program features Jennifer Higdon’s ethereal O Magnum Mysterium scored for chorus, flutes, crystal glasses and chimes. The Philadelphia Singers commissioned this work and gave the world premiere in 2002. The centerpiece of the concert is Ottorino Resphighi’s (1879-1936) pastoral Lauda per la Natività del Signore (Laud to the Nativity). Resphighi, whose music was often referred to as “new old-music” combines elements of madrigals, fugue and Monteverdi-influenced vocal style in this seldom performed work scored for chorus, wind ensemble, piano and vocal soloists. The concert which begins with a candlelight procession will conclude with an audience carol sing.

More info: www.philadelphiasingers.org

RENAISSANCE NOEL

13 Dec 2009 00:30:00 GMT

Old St. Joseph’s Church (321 Willings Alley, Philadelphia, PA 19106)
Saturday, December 12, 2009, 7:30pm

Vox Renaissance Consort, Valentin Radu, Conductor
Period Costume Chorus & Baroque Instruments

Tickets: $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.voxamadeus.org or 610-688-2800.

Instruments: Gwyn Roberts (recorder) Daniel Boring (theorbo)
Vivian Barton Dozor (cello) Bronwyn Fix-Keller (harpsichord)

Description: This year, our annual Christmas concert of motets and carols celebrates the Renaissance musical traditions of England, France, 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).

Extended Listing: Vox Ama Deus (Valentin Radu, Artistic Director and Conductor) presents Vox Renaissance Consort (Period Costume Chorus & Baroque Instruments) performing RENAISSANCE NOEL in three 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 celebrates the Renaissance musical traditions of England, France, 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). Tickets: St. Katharine 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 tickets, group sales and information: www.voxamadeus.org or 610-688-2800.

More info: www.voxamadeus.org

Duo Parisienne,

13 Dec 2009 20:00:00 GMT

German Society,
611 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia.
Sunday, December 13, 2009, 3pm

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 orchestra 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 calling 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 audience are invited at no additional cost, which will provide an opportunity to meet the musicians. For more information about the German Society, visit the Society's website at .

More info: www.germansociety.org

McGill, clarinet; l Tree, viola; Polonsky, piano

13 Dec 2009 20:00:00 GMT

American Philosophical Society, Benjamin Franklin Hall
427 Chestnut Street
Sunday, December 13, 2009, 3pm

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

215-569-8080

As part of President Obama's inaugural ensemble, Anthony McGill has become even more recognizable as one of the top wind players of his generation. For this special Sunday afternoon concert, he'll be joined by veteran violist Michael Tree and up-and-coming pianist Anna Polonsky in a program of works by Mozart, Brahms, Schumann and Bartok

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

Student Recital Series

13 Dec 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Field Concert Hall,
Curtis Institute of Music,
1726 Locust Street, Philadelphia
Sunday, December 13, 2009, 3 – 4pm

Sunday, December 13 at 3 p.m.

Vocal Studies Department Recital

Free; no tickets required.

More info: www.curtis.edu