1807 & Friends presents The Florian Trio by Tom Purdom

The 1807 & Friends chamber series presents a wide-ranging program featuring guitarist-composer Allen Krantz. Tom Purdom previews.

Tempesta di Mare presents Women of Antiquity by Tom Purdom

The Tempesta di Mare Baroque Orchestra presents musical portraits of legendary and reverent women in Greek and Roman mythology. Tom Purdom previews.

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia's The Eroica Symphony opens the new season by Tom Purdom

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia opens its season with a symphony normally played by larger orchestras—Beethoven’s Eroica. Tom Purdom previews.

Piffaro welcomes the new and old with A New Sun Rising by Tom Purdom

Piffaro returns to live, in-person concerts with a celebration of rising suns and the dawn of a new era in its 40-year history. Tom Purdom previews.

Lyric Fest returns with The Funny Bone by Tom Purdom

The Lyric Fest song series returns to in-person concerts with songs that combine music with some much-needed laughter. Tom Purdom previews.

Dolce Suono Ensemble teams up with Norman Garrett for Songs of the Spirit by Tom Purdom

The Dolce Suono Ensemble presents a rising young baritone in a program devoted to music for the human spirit. Tom Purdom previews.

1807 & Friends return with the Wister and Dali Quartets by Tom Purdom

1807 & Friends resumes the music-making that ended just as the lockdown began with a series of chamber music events. Tom Purdom previews.

Coming up in Philly Music: Chamber Orchestra's new outdoor garden series by Tom Purdom

Coming up in Philly Music: English Romance in Baroque style with 'English Orpheus' by Tom Purdom

Coming up in Philly Music: Choral Arts presents the timely 'Fauré’s Requiem' by Tom Purdom

Coming up in Philly Music: The life and music of Kurt Weil by Tom Purdom

Coming up in Philly music: The musical Reformation, 1517-2017 by Tom Purdom

The latest Bach@7 performance (from Choral Arts Philadelphia's Bach Festival) covers the whole musical history of the Reformation, from Martin Luther to today, in one packed hour.

Coming up in Philly music: Happy birthday to Irving Berlin by Tom Purdom

The Lyric Fest Happy Hour song series celebrates the birthday of an immigrant who became an American master of popular songs.

Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, performs ‘The Musical World of Don Quixote’ by Tom Purdom

Piffaro's 'The Musical World of Don Quixote' adds a new incarnation to the four-century saga of a knight who has escaped his novel. Tom Purdom reviews.

Coming up in Philly music: Summertime is Russian opera time by Tom Purdom

Summer brings some of the city’s most accessible opera with a new edition of Ghenady Meirson’s happy contribution to Philadelphia’s musical life.

Tempesta di Mare does Venice and Naples by Tom Purdom

Six of Tempesta di Mare’s principals went one-to-a-part with music from two of Baroque Italy’s musical capitals.