Spring Arts - Classical Music:

January 29, 2012|By Peter Dobrin, Inquirer Music Critic
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Felyx M (Chamber Singers of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia), Network for New Music, and Philadelphia Chamber Music Society (Independence Seaport Museum, Feb. 26) This joint concert will be devoted to pieces by Philadelphia composers Cynthia Folio, Jan Krzywicki, Donald St. Pierre, Jennifer Higdon, and James Primosch, and a new work by Thomas Whitman. (215-569-8080, www.pcmsconcerts.org)

Jonathan Beyer (Eastern University, April 15) The young baritone performs Rodgers, Gershwin, Ravel, Copland, and others at a Tri-County Concerts Association recital. (www.tricountyconcerts.org)

Network for New Music (Temple University, April 15) The ensemble presents, in a free concert, the world premiere of an hour-long piece called Rope and Chasm, Temple University professor Matthew Greenbaum's setting for mezzo and video of Nietszche's Also Sprach Zarathustra. (215-848-7647, www.networkfornewmusic.org)

Story continues below.

Orchestra 2001 (Ethical Society in Rittenhouse Square, April 21; Swarthmore April 22) Balinese gamelan provides the inspiration in the premiere of a work by Thomas Whitman. (215-893-1999, www.orchestra2001.org)

Simon Rattle and the Philadelphia Orchestra (Verizon Hall, April 26-29) Rattle makes connections among Brahms, Schumann, and Webern when he visits for three concerts with the Fabulous Philadelphians. (215-893-1999, www.philorch.org)

   - Peter Dobrin

 


Contact Peter Dobrin at 215-854-5611 or pdobrin@phillynews.com, and


David Patrick Stearns at dstearns@phillynews.com.


  

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