Where would each of us be without our mothers? Taking its title from Pedro Almodóvar’s 1999 film, this program offers a musical reflection on the many facets of motherhood, with works for string quartet and soprano by Locke, Fanny Hensel, Dvořák, Gershwin & Mahler. Featuring Ute Gfrerer, soprano;  Zenas Hsu, Amy Galluzzo, violins; Jason Fisher, viola; …

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As part of the Folger’s First Folio celebration (the 400th anniversary), the Folger Consort returns to its home repertoire of music from Shakespeare’s time with the uniquely English broken consort, an “orchestra” of three plucked stringed instruments, flute, fiddle, and bass viol. Folger Consort’s co-Artistic Directors have often noted the similarities between this engaging style, …

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As part of the Folger’s First Folio celebration (the 400th anniversary), the Folger Consort returns to its home repertoire of music from Shakespeare’s time with the uniquely English broken consort, an “orchestra” of three plucked stringed instruments, flute, fiddle, and bass viol. Folger Consort’s co-Artistic Directors have often noted the similarities between this engaging style, …

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Where would each of us be without our mothers? Taking its title from Pedro Almodóvar’s 1999 film, this program offers a musical reflection on the many facets of motherhood, with works for string quartet and soprano by Locke, Fanny Hensel, Dvořák, Gershwin & Mahler. Featuring Ute Gfrerer, soprano;  Zenas Hsu, Amy Galluzzo, violins; Jason Fisher, viola; …

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As part of the Folger’s First Folio celebration (the 400th anniversary), the Folger Consort returns to its home repertoire of music from Shakespeare’s time with the uniquely English broken consort, an “orchestra” of three plucked stringed instruments, flute, fiddle, and bass viol. Folger Consort’s co-Artistic Directors have often noted the similarities between this engaging style, …

Shakespeare in Step and Song Read More »

As part of the Folger’s First Folio celebration (the 400th anniversary), the Folger Consort returns to its home repertoire of music from Shakespeare’s time with the uniquely English broken consort, an “orchestra” of three plucked stringed instruments, flute, fiddle, and bass viol. Folger Consort’s co-Artistic Directors have often noted the similarities between this engaging style, …

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Where would each of us be without our mothers? Taking its title from Pedro Almodóvar’s 1999 film, this program offers a musical reflection on the many facets of motherhood, with works for string quartet and soprano by Locke, Fanny Hensel, Dvořák, Gershwin & Mahler. Featuring Ute Gfrerer, soprano;  Zenas Hsu, Amy Galluzzo, violins; Jason Fisher, viola; …

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Tempesta di Mare | Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra presents: The Fasch Files  Experience modern-time premieres of masterpieces by Johann Friedrich Fasch, a Bach contemporary, whose breathtaking vision profoundly changed the way we think about baroque music. Hear them here, before Tempesta plays them in Europe and receives the honor of the Fasch Prize in Germany.   Tempesta …

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