Wednesday, July 24, 2024
A list of late July and early August concerts, including performances by the Philadelphia Young Pianists Academy and new music from up-and-coming musicians from Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:06AMMonday, July 22, 2024
Delaware Shakespeare opens its 22nd year with a finely mounted production of Julius Caesar—one of the Bard’s shortest and darkest plays—in Wilmington’s atmospheric Rockwood Park. Gai…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:57PMTuesday, July 16, 2024
PAFA’s new Layers of Liberty exhibition, a rare close-up on Appalachian art, continues a trend of museums exploring our complicated, often greedy relationship with the natural world. Gail …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:51AMWednesday, June 26, 2024
Kick off summer with classical music from new choral ensemble Convoco, PAFA’s Sunday Serenades, and outdoor concerts from Philadelphia Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and more. Gail Obenrede…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:49PMWednesday, June 5, 2024
June brings outdoor music in striking natural locales, early music, new music, the rededication of Verizon Hall, and some bonus musical Book Week picks. Gail Obenreder rounds up.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:04PMMonday, June 3, 2024
A background in music theory will serve readers well in this trenchant and insightful tour of music throughout history: its meaning and function, and how it helps us understand the many worl…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:25PMMore and more, artists worldwide are incorporating a performance-art element in their galleries. This slim, eminently readable collection brings us the voices of these unique performers. Gai…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:48PMTuesday, May 21, 2024
Puccini’s
legendary Turandot (unfinished when he died) is typically a rare treat
for opera lovers, but OperaDelaware joins many companies marking the centennial
of the composer’s death. …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:19PMWednesday, May 15, 2024
Rounding up May's music offerings, including a capella from Variant Six, an album from Filament, a program featuring the baryton, and a tribute to the late Tom Purdom by Dolce Suono. Gail Ob…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:19PMTuesday, May 14, 2024
For its season closer, Piffaro brought its trademark virtuosity to a tour of Renaissance Portugal and Spain, featuring dozens of period instruments and a rich program of sacred and secular m…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:11AMWednesday, May 1, 2024
Three operas, an operetta, and new vocal work decorate the first half of a very vocal May. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:17PMTuesday, April 23, 2024
This world-premiere production of Bruce Graham’s Flatlanders debuted at 1812 earlier this year, and now the show continues at Delaware Theatre Company. But this script still can’t get of…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:45PMWednesday, April 17, 2024
More music for April and early May, including performances by Delaware Symphony, Opera Philadelphia, Mendelssohn Chorus, and more. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:14PMTuesday, April 16, 2024
Both movie and live theater audiences love thrillers, so why are frightening plays relatively rare? The University of Delaware’s Resident Ensemble Players delivers with a scary new product…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:59PMMonday, April 15, 2024
In a small gallery away from its usual bustle, Delaware Art Museum presents In Focus, a gathering of powerful works by women photographers featured from the museum collection. Gail Obenreder…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:52PMWednesday, April 3, 2024
Gail Obenreder rounds up the first part of April’s classical music events happening in and around the city.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:15PMTuesday, April 2, 2024
A bold, chilling, and magnetic new Brandywine Museum of Art exhibition disentangles Jamie Wyeth from the legacies of his father and grandfather. Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:49PMWednesday, March 20, 2024
Open Organ Day, Avery Fisher Career Grant virtuoso brothers Anthony and Demarre McGill come to town, and new organizations Liberty City Arts and Musica Tevere show off their talents. Gail Ob…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:49AMTuesday, March 19, 2024
Vivaldi’s Juditha triumphans, a 1716 oratorio about Judith and Holofernes that premiered with a famous all-women Venetian ensemble, is little-know today. Philly’s baroque orchestra reviv…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:56PMWednesday, March 13, 2024
Classical music happening in the Philadelphia area this week, including performances from Piffaro, Artcinia, The Crossing, and Opera Philadelphia. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:43PMWednesday, March 6, 2024
Classical music in March in the Philly area is abundant, with performances from Brandywine Baroque, Curtis Symphony, and an entire festival dedicated to celebrating organ music. Gail Obenred…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:38PMTuesday, February 27, 2024
Filament, a young early-music trio of violin, viola de gamba, and harpsichord, celebrated its fifth anniversary with a concert of crystalline and perfectly balanced music at Gloria Dei Churc…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:44PMMonday, February 26, 2024
Delaware Theatre Company’s new production of Always… Patsy Cline, with spot-on casting and design, feels like a night in the company of the real country-music legend. Gail Obenreder revi…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:41PMWednesday, February 21, 2024
More classical music happening in and around the city in the coming weeks of February and early March. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:01PMMonday, February 19, 2024
A new exhibition at the Science History Institute explores how and why we naturally colored our clothes, bodies, and environments for millennia—and what changed when we created color in a …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:01PMWednesday, February 7, 2024
More classical music in February, including offerings from the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Lyric Fest, Delaware Symphony Chamber Orchestra, and more. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:40PMWednesday, January 24, 2024
Leaving January (with a few concerts) and starting February with plenty of music to take in. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:32PMWednesday, January 17, 2024
Previewing the year’s first upcoming musical performances in the area, including offerings from Delaware Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Penn Live Arts, and more. Gail Obenred…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:39AMWednesday, December 13, 2023
The final Classical Interludes of the year features offerings from the Crossing, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Lyric Fest, Choral Arts, and a performance with over 100 tuba players. Gai…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:37PMTuesday, December 12, 2023
Piffaro celebrates the season by treating audiences to Christmas in Southern Germany, an uplifting and accessible multi-instrumental deep dive into sacred works of the 16th and 17th century.…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:04PMMonday, December 11, 2023
As an American-style panto, this ebullient, exceptional production of Peter at the Starcatcher from Delaware Theatre Company is a welcome respite from endless Christmas Carols. Gail Obenrede…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:03PM 
