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
