November 2019
Marina Piccinini, flute; Tessa Lark, violin/viola; & Michael Thurber, double bass
“The Heifetz of the flute” (Gramophone), Marina Piccinini, joins the high-energy duo of Lark and Thurber for a genre-bending blend of classical and international folk sounds. Of particular note on this program is the world premiere of a piece by Paul Wiancko whose music the Washington Post lauds as “fresh and full blooded.”
Find out more »December 2019
A Czech Christmas
A vocal quartet, trumpets, recorders, strings, organ and theorbo usher in the season with glorious 17th-century music collected by Bishop-Prince Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn.
Find out more »Vera Quartet & Roberto Díaz, viola
In just three years as an ensemble, the Vera Quartet has earned top prizes at several competitions and is currently part of Astral and quartet-in-residence at the Curtis Institute. Featuring esteemed violist and Curtis President Roberto Díaz, their PCMS debut program showcases Mendelssohn’s late masterpiece: his B-flat Major String Quintet, a work that melds the exuberance of the composer’s celebrated String Octet with the technical and emotive growth of the intervening years.
Find out more »March 2020
Mending Wall
Mending Wall is a fully staged concert exploring the meaning of walls in our world by giving musical form to questions about identity, community, division, and freedom.
Find out more »April 2020
Intersections: Jan Krzywicki 30th Anniversary Concert
Network celebrates Jan Krzywicki’s 30th anniversary as the conductor of the Network Ensemble and salutes his dedication to the advancement of new music through composition, education, and performance.
Find out more »Musical Fund Society 200th Anniversary Concert
Join us in celebrating the bicentennial of a Philadelphia musical treasure with a concert of world-premiere chamber works by four of America’s finest living composers. Performed by four leading Philadelphia ensembles, the newly-commissioned works are all rooted in the history of our city, connecting audiences with the rich musical life of past and present Philadelphia.
Find out more »May 2020
Musical Roots
Musical Roots is inspired by blues, hip-hop, and Appalachian singing & fiddling. An adventurous chamber music experience where artists and audiences explore genres beyond classical music through improvisation and multimedia.
Find out more »At the Spring: Elephants and Donkeys, and Birds, Oh My!
A dazzling family concert – for kids 5 to 105 – bringing together DSE’s acclaimed artists and a well-known Philadelphia actor in Camille Saint-Saëns‘s The Carnival of the Animals. Also: Mozart, Quintet for Piano and Winds, K. 452 and Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring.
Find out more »Amy Yang, piano
A “jaw-dropping pianist who the show… with effortless finesse” (Washington Post), Amy Yang is acclaimed for the extraordinary beauty and sensitivity of her playing. Don’t miss the PCMS recital debut of this Philadelphia-based “magnificent artist and poet” (New York Concert Review) who “elevates joy to the edge of rapture” (Philadelphia Inquirer).
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