The Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia Winter Reception The Curtis Institute of Music Lenfest Hall Bonovitz Concourse - 2nd Floor 6:00pm - Reception 6:45pm - Introduction of New Members 7:00 - 7:30 - Musical Program Gould Rehearsal Hall Gideon Whitehead, guitar Business Casual Attire For further information, please call Stuart Serio at 215-686-5313
Friday, December 16 @ 8pm Don’t make me go. Don’t make me turn away from you. We look at the role of the mother, at the Nativity and far beyond - in our inner and outer lives, in the world, and in time. Music that asks questions - from David Lang's hauntingly beautiful where you […]
In collaboration with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society; Network Ensemble, joined by Prism Saxophone Quartet, with guest soprano Sharon Harms. Philadelphia composer Robert Capanna continues to have a profound influence on the musical life of our region, both as a composer and in a leadership role with many important cultural institutions. This portrait concert celebrates […]
“A hugely compelling vocal and theatrical presence” (Philadelphia Inquirer), 2009 Academy of Vocal Arts graduate Ben Wager makes his PCMS debut with a program highlighted by Vaughan Williams’s Songs of Travel. Written between 1901 and 1904, this work represents Vaughan Williams’s first major foray into song writing. Drawn from a volume of Robert Louis Stevenson […]
The musical Itzig sisters form a direct human connection between the Bach family and the 19th-century Bach revival, passing on their love of baroque music to Mendelssohn, grandson of Bella Itzig, and Mozart, who lodged with Fanny Itzig in Vienna. Tempesta plays music by Mozart and the Bachs—Johann Sebastian, Wilhelm Friedmann and Carl Philipp Emanuel—found […]
The musical Itzig sisters form a direct human connection between the Bach family and the 19th-century Bach revival, passing on their love of baroque music to Mendelssohn, grandson of Bella Itzig, and Mozart, who lodged with Fanny Itzig in Vienna. Tempesta plays music by Mozart and the Bachs—Johann Sebastian, Wilhelm Friedmann and Carl Philipp Emanuel—found […]
Poulenc: Flute Sonata Ravel: La Flûte enchantée Caplet: Viens! Une flûte invisible soupire Delibes: Le Rossignol Widor: Flute Sonata, Op. 34, No. 1 Wertheim: Trois Chansons for soprano, flute, and piano Messiaen: Le Merle noir Jolivet: Chant de Linos
Comprised of 17 leading soloists and chamber musicians of today’s younger generation (many of whom are principals in major American orchestras), this “exciting, conductor-less band of strings” (The New Yorker) combines the power and expansiveness of a great orchestral ensemble with the personal involvement and spontaneity of chamber music. Of special note on this program […]
Hailed for her “magnetic, wide-ranging tone” and “rock solid technique” (Philadelphia Inquirer), violist Ayane Kozasa enjoys a career that spans a broad spectrum of musical personas. Well known to Philadelphians as an Astral Artist and member of the Aizuri Quartet, the 2011 Primrose International Viola Competition winner performs Arnold Bax’s virtuosic sonata, a personally commissioned […]
Network reunites with PAFA to present a blockbuster concert of new art-inspired chamber music commissions by 3 generations of composers: Luke Carlson, Carolyn Chen, Paul Lansky, and Oliver Schneller. The performance takes place in PAFA’s spectacular Historic Landmark Building, where you’ll be surrounded by the art and architecture that inspired the music. Your ticket allows you to visit the museum galleries starting at 2PM and a special performance of new art-inspired works by students from Friends Select School starts at 2:30PM.
