Saturday, November 16th at 7:30 PM
Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 8000 St. Martins Lane, Phila., PA

Pay-what-you-can at the door admission. $30 for adults and $8 for students is suggested. A Meet the Artists reception follows these concerts. Reserve your seats.

Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet Op. 18, #6
Gabriela Lena Frank – Leynedas
Arvo Part – Fratres

Sunday, November 17th at 3:00 PM
Settlement Music School, 4910 Wynnefield Ave., Phila., PA

Pay-what-you-can at the door admission. $30 for adults and $8 for students is suggested. A Meet the Artists reception follows these concerts. Reserve your seats.

Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet Op. 18, #6
Gabriela Lena Frank – Leynedas
Arvo Part – Fratres

Flávio Chamis, guest curator; Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola; André Mehmari, piano and composer; Elin Melgarejo, vocalist

PostClassical Ensemble conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez

‍Program:

Zequinha de Abreu arr. Jamberê Cerqueira: Tico-Tico no Fubá
Padre José Maurício Nunes Garcia: Zemira
André Mehmari: Sonata for Viola

Francisco Mignone: Selection from Tres Valsas Brasileiras
Francisco Mignone: Saci and Caapora from Quadros Amazônicos
A selection of Brazilian popular songs

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana Brasileiras no. 4

André Mehmari: World premiere work for piano and orchestra

Flávio Chamis, guest curator; Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola; André Mehmari, piano and composer; Elin Melgarejo, vocalist

PostClassical Ensemble conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez

‍Program:

Zequinha de Abreu arr. Jamberê Cerqueira: Tico-Tico no Fubá
Padre José Maurício Nunes Garcia: Zemira
André Mehmari: Sonata for Viola

Francisco Mignone: Selection from Tres Valsas Brasileiras
Francisco Mignone: Saci and Caapora from Quadros Amazônicos
A selection of Brazilian popular songs

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana Brasileiras no. 4

André Mehmari: World premiere work for piano and orchestra

Join me as I perform Puccini’s Manon Lescaut with the Washington Concert Opera.

Cast:

Corinne Winters as Manon Lescaut

Levi Hernandez as Lescaut

Joshua Guerrero as Chevalier Renato des Grieux

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The No Name Pops is excited to bring you “A Philly Holiday Spectacular.” Led by Philadelphia’s own (and Primavera Fund alumnus) Na’Zir McFadden and featuring Broadway vocalists Nikki Renee Daniels and Jeff Kready, the No Name Pops Chorus, and the St. Thomas Gospel Choir, this event will feature holiday songs you know and love. You’ll hear both traditional carols and popular new tunes, with a possible surprise visit from someone from the North Pole. Don’t miss out on this festive night!

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Join me as Native American composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate takes PCE on a journey of fire and light in a program featuring selections from his moving cantata Standing Bear and Lowak Shoppala’ (Fire and Light), a work expressing Tate’s Chickasaw heritage through music, among others. The concert also includes Samuel Barber’s dreamlike Knoxville: Summer of 1915 performed by Mvskoke soprano, Kirsten C. Kunkle.

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Join me and Kenny Bean as we lead the Young Musicians Debut Orchestra in a fun, free program.

W.A. Mozart: Overture from Così fan Tutte
Jarrett: Autumn Refrain
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2

Learn more and apply for admission to an ensemble at https://pyomusic.org.

Join us for a unique mash-up of music of different genres. A suggested donation of $15-20 per person goes directly to the musicians.
For more info: cornerhouseconcerts.com

Entering its 38th year, Andrea Clearfield’s Salons have come to be known as a place to discover how seemingly diverse musical styles can coexist in a beautiful and symbiotic way, proving that music transcends division.

The Fairmount String Quartet will perform Soo Yeon Lyuh’s “Yessori” in a program of many artists performing in a variety of cultural styles. For more information: Zalonarts.org

The Fairmount String Quartet will be joined by past members of the ensemble in Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet. Pay-what-you-can at the door admission. $30 for adults and $8 for students is suggested. A Meet the Artists reception follows these concerts. Reserve your seats.

Program:
Emilie Mayer – String Quartet in G major
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
Felix Mendelssohn – Octet, Op. 20

The Fairmount String Quartet will be joined by past members of the ensemble in Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet. Pay-what-you-can at the door admission. $30 for adults and $8 for students is suggested. A Meet the Artists reception follows these concerts. Reserve your seats.

Program:
Emilie Mayer – String Quartet in G major
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
Felix Mendelssohn – Octet, Op. 20

Italian composer Nino Rota is perhaps best known for his unforgettable Academy Award-winning original score composed for Francis Ford Coppola’s cinematic masterpiece The Godfather. Our season finale will celebrate this gem as well as others from La Strada, Amarcord, and Romeo and Juliet. However, Rota’s 150 film scores are just one side of his extraordinarily prolific compositional output. This spring, PCE will paint a full picture of of Rota’s artistry including remarkable yet little-known concert works, such as Concerto for Strings, music from the ballet Le Moliére imaginaire, his Nonetto for chamber ensemble, and his virtuosic concert piece for french horn and orchestra, Castel del monte. This will be a concert you can’t refuse. 

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Join me as I perform a concert version of Verdi’s Luisa Miller with Washington Concert Opera.

Starring Angel Blue, Kang Wang and George Gagnidze

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The Fairmount String Quartet accompanies Gillian Booth, Soprano and Marisa Miller, Alto.

The Fairmount String Quartet performs Haydn’s String Quartet, Op. 51 interspersed with spoken reflections by members of the St. Martin’s community. Free.

The Baltimore Symphony presents masterclass in musical storytelling, Stravinsky’s Petrushka mined Russian folk music to imagine the rich inner lives of dancing puppets. Soviet composer Sofia Gubaidulina crafted her own pointed fable about a piece of chalk that dwindles away in mindless busywork until it is liberated by a creative child, while leading opera and film composer Erich Korngold poured all of his dramatic gifts into his soaringly lyrical Violin Concerto. Award-winning violinist Gil Shaham uses his uniquely warm and poetic tone to kindle the Concerto’s “Old World” romantic sensibility. 

Program:

SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem  
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto
STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1911)

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The Baltimore Symphony presents masterclass in musical storytelling, Stravinsky’s Petrushka mined Russian folk music to imagine the rich inner lives of dancing puppets. Soviet composer Sofia Gubaidulina crafted her own pointed fable about a piece of chalk that dwindles away in mindless busywork until it is liberated by a creative child, while leading opera and film composer Erich Korngold poured all of his dramatic gifts into his soaringly lyrical Violin Concerto. Award-winning violinist Gil Shaham uses his uniquely warm and poetic tone to kindle the Concerto’s “Old World” romantic sensibility. 

Program:

SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem  
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto
STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1911)

Get your tickets HERE

The Baltimore Symphony presents masterclass in musical storytelling, Stravinsky’s Petrushka mined Russian folk music to imagine the rich inner lives of dancing puppets. Soviet composer Sofia Gubaidulina crafted her own pointed fable about a piece of chalk that dwindles away in mindless busywork until it is liberated by a creative child, while leading opera and film composer Erich Korngold poured all of his dramatic gifts into his soaringly lyrical Violin Concerto. Award-winning violinist Gil Shaham uses his uniquely warm and poetic tone to kindle the Concerto’s “Old World” romantic sensibility. 

Program:

SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem  
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto
STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1911)

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Immerse yourself in history's most iconic film scores, from The Lord of the Rings to Star Wars. Follow along on the Hero's Journey with your favorite protagonists — sail the Seven Seas with Captain Jack Sparrow, traverse through time and space with Kirk and Spock, and tag along with Frodo and company as they embark on their perilous journey to Mordor. Conducted by the dynamic and engaging Sarah Hicks, this thrilling concert is not one to be missed!

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Immerse yourself in history's most iconic film scores, from The Lord of the Rings to Star Wars. Follow along on the Hero's Journey with your favorite protagonists — sail the Seven Seas with Captain Jack Sparrow, traverse through time and space with Kirk and Spock, and tag along with Frodo and company as they embark on their perilous journey to Mordor. Conducted by the dynamic and engaging Sarah Hicks, this thrilling concert is not one to be missed!

Get your tickets HERE

Immerse yourself in history's most iconic film scores, from The Lord of the Rings to Star Wars. Follow along on the Hero's Journey with your favorite protagonists — sail the Seven Seas with Captain Jack Sparrow, traverse through time and space with Kirk and Spock, and tag along with Frodo and company as they embark on their perilous journey to Mordor. Conducted by the dynamic and engaging Sarah Hicks, this thrilling concert is not one to be missed!

Get your tickets HERE

Join me and Kenny Bean as we lead the Young Musicians Debut Orchestra in a fun, free program.

Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
W.A. Mozart: Symphony No. 35

Learn more and apply for admission to an ensemble at https://pyomusic.org.

Pay-what-you-can at the door admission. $30 for adults and $8 for students is suggested. A Meet the Artists reception follows these concerts. Reserve your seats.

Program:
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in Bb, Op. 76, #4, “Sunrise”
Elena Ruehr – String Quartet #8, “Insect Dances”
Giuseppe Verdi – String Quartet in e minor

Pay-what-you-can at the door admission. $30 for adults and $8 for students is suggested. A Meet the Artists reception follows these concerts. Reserve your seats.

Program:
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in Bb, Op. 76, #4, “Sunrise”
Elena Ruehr – String Quartet #8, “Insect Dances”
Giuseppe Verdi – String Quartet in e minor

Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Angel Blue, Aida
Jamie Barton, Amneris
Limmie Pulliam, Radamès 
Reginald Smith, Jr., Amonasro
Mark S. Doss, Ramfis
The Washington Chorus

VERDI Aida (complete, performed in Italian with English supertitles)

You don’t need sets or costumes (or even live elephants!) to appreciate the magnitude and wonder of Aida, Verdi’s tumultuous tale of love and loyalty set in Ancient Egypt. All you need is a prima donna as spectacular as soprano Angel Blue, whose “voice perforated the hearts of her listeners and miraculously captured the tortured oscillations of Aida’s existence perfectly” (OperaWire), reported after a concert production led by BSO Music Director Jonathon Heyward with the Detroit Opera. This concert adaptation allows the beauty and drama of the original opera to soar on the symphonic stage.

Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Angel Blue, Aida
Jamie Barton, Amneris
Limmie Pulliam, Radamès 
Reginald Smith, Jr., Amonasro
Mark S. Doss, Ramfis
The Washington Chorus

VERDI Aida (complete, performed in Italian with English supertitles)

You don’t need sets or costumes (or even live elephants!) to appreciate the magnitude and wonder of Aida, Verdi’s tumultuous tale of love and loyalty set in Ancient Egypt. All you need is a prima donna as spectacular as soprano Angel Blue, whose “voice perforated the hearts of her listeners and miraculously captured the tortured oscillations of Aida’s existence perfectly” (OperaWire), reported after a concert production led by BSO Music Director Jonathon Heyward with the Detroit Opera. This concert adaptation allows the beauty and drama of the original opera to soar on the symphonic stage.