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Belles of Dublin
Belles of Dublin returns for 4th engagement
at
The Red Room at Society Hill Playhouse,
home of BCKSEET Productions
A Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day tradition!
What: Belles of Dublin
Who: Polly MacIntyre, Kim Robson, and Evangeline Williams
Where: 507 S. 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147
(between Lombard & South streets)
When:
Wednesday March 17, 2010 - 8 pm
Thursday March 18, 2010 – 8 pm
Friday March 19, 2010 – 8 pm
Saturday March 20, 2010 – 8pm
Sunday March 21, 2010 – 3pm
Tickets: Tickets are $20.00 and include 1 free drink. 215-923-0210 or www.societyhillplayhouse.org
About: Belles of Dublin interlaces stories of coming of age and illicit love affairs gone wrong with traditional Irish music featuring vocals, flute, and Celtic harp.
According to Tim Treanor of DC Theatre Scene, “The stories are carved and scoured with language like a cascade of diamonds. It is not simply MacIntyre’s brogue which identifies the pieces as Irish. They radiate the sort of liquid cynicism which has marked the Irish literary voice from Swift through Frank McCourt. The protagonist tells her story from the point of view of love, and the opportunity for love, long past. This could be depressing, but MacIntyre makes it sound rueful, wistful, and, with surprising frequency, funny. That’s in large part because she excerpts her content from the writing of the fine, if underappreciated, Irish writer Edna O’Brien. I do not know what O’Brien would sound like reading her stories, but if she doesn’t sound like MacIntyre, I bet she wishes she did.”
A little piano music… Jan 31 & Feb 1
| Mozart, Mendelssohn, & Rubinstein |
 Mikhail Yanovitsky, piano Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 2:30 PM Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Ignat Solzhenitsyn, conductor For tickets, click here or call the box office at 215.893.1709! Program: Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K. 297 (300a), “Paris” Please join Maestro Solzhenitsyn and Mr. Yanovitsky for “Classical Conversations” immediately following the Sunday performance. |
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- Buy here for a $47 front or center orchestra ticket to “Mattila Debuts” on 1/15/10 at 8 p.m., “The Firebird” on 2/14/10 at 2 p.m., or “Philadelphia Premieres” on 2/18/10 at 8 p.m. ($96 value).
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This Valentine’s Day, give the classical music buff in your life a gift that makes up for last year’s gift of tickets to see Composerbot, the music-composing automaton that went “a little caca” immediately after completing its Ninth Symphony and devoured an innocent Ford Tempo. Today’s deal gets you a seat at your choice of three differentPhiladelphia Orchestra performances at Verizon Hall in the Kimmel Center, with second-tier, front or center orchestra, and first-tier box seats available for all three shows. Prices start at $34 for second-tier seats ($71 value), go up to $47 for front or center orchestra seats ($96 value), and end at $52 for box seats ($106 value).
You’ll have your choice of three stellar performances:
- On Friday, January 15, at 8 p.m., enjoy “Mattila Debuts”. For this show, Finnish soprano Karita Mattila will be singing Strauss’s Four Last Songs, Martinu’s Symphony no. 3, and the Adagio from Mahler’s Tenth.
- On Valentine’s Day at 2 p.m., Andrey Boreyko will be conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra through “The Firebird”, featuring Barber’s Night Flight, Chopin’s second piano concerto, Kancheli’s “Morning Prayers,” and Stravinsky’s legendary Firebird suite.
- On Friday, February 18, at 8 p.m., conductor Rossen Milanov will be at the helm for “Philadelphia Premieres”, which features a little Barber and Rachmaninoff, as well as Richard Danielpour’s A Woman’s Life, which focuses on the life of American soprano Angela Brown.
If you can’t decide, then don’t. You can buy Groupons for all three concerts. Verizon Hall can house hundreds, so buy one for everyone in your scrappy, punk-rock marching orchestra.
You must bring your Groupon to the box office at least 48 hours ahead of your chosen show to receive your seats.
Taylor Stayton & Steven LaBrie
Thursday, December 10th – 7:00 PM
THE CONNOISSEUR SERIES:
Taylor Stayton, tenor & Steven LaBrie, baritone
at the Philadelphia Art Alliance
Philadelphia Art Alliance | 251 S. South 18th Street | Philadelphia | PA | 19103
Admission: $15
PAA Members FREE
Award-winning Academy of Vocal Arts residents Taylor Stayton and Steven LaBrie present a joint concert of solos and duets from the opera and Broadway stages. Don’t miss these two young rising stars destined for major careers in the music world.
New Remix by Composer Joseph Hallman Available on iTunes!
RE{gogreengo]MIX by Composer Joseph Hallman Available on iTunes!
You can pick it up on iTunes here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id340718534
It includes some awesome remixes by Paul Pinto, Dj Carl Michaels,
Jamie Johnson, Gemini Wolf’s Megan Cauley, Peter (Prince of New York)
Clement, Michi Wiancko (Kono Michi), and of course Joseph Hallman!
Go grab your copy!, the album is a diverse mix of really superb mixes.
Each artist brings something totally unique to the table from Michi’s
violin layerings and Megan’s dark glitchies to DJ Carl MIchaels and
Jamie Johnson’s energetic house mixes!
Chamber Orchestra announces All-Haydn
 The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphiaopens its 45th Anniversary Season with All-Haydn Conductor’s Podium to be dedicated in memory of Concert pair generously sponsored by Centocor Music Director Ignat Solzhenitsyn conducts; |
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| The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, a founding resident company of theKimmel Center for the Performing Arts, announces the first concert pair of its 45th Anniverary Season. All-Haydn on September 20 and 21st features Wendy Warner in Haydn’s Cello Concerto in D Major. The Orchestra will also perform Symphonies Nos. 16 and 49, with Music Director Ignat Solzhenitsyn conducting in the Kimmel Center’s intimate Perelman Theater.
Said Maestro Solzhenitsyn of the upcoming concerts: “We open our season together with the marvelous Wendy Warner, in a celebration of Josef Haydn that ranges across the inexhaustible panoply of his mercurial moods.” The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia is honored to announce the dedication of the Dr. Hubert J.P Schoemaker Memorial Conductor’s Podium during its season-opening concert. Dr. Schoemaker, a friend and supporter of Maestro Solzhenitsyn and the orchestra, was a leading biotechnology scientist and entrepreneur. Dr. Schoemaker co-founded Centocor, one of the world’s first biotechnology companies, as well as Neuronyx, a development stage stem cell therapy company. Dr. Schoemaker’s energy and inspiration catalyzed the region’s biotechnology and venture capital industries. Beyond his commitment to science, he was also a devoted patron of the arts. In appreciation of his extraordinarily accomplished life, the orchestra is proud to name the Conductor’s Podium in his memory. “Speaking, I know, for the Board, staff and all the musicians of The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, we are so honored to have the opportunity to express our gratitude for the exceptionally generous support of Dr. Hubert J. P. Schoemaker by naming our Conductor’s Podium after him,” said William H. Roberts, President of the Chamber Orchestra. “Dr. Schoemaker has made a lasting impact through his generosity and enthusiasm for music, and particularly for the work of the Chamber Orchestra, and this dedication is an appropriate way to preserve the memory of his care for musical excellence and his ardent efforts to help the Chamber Orchestra achieve it.” |
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La Sylphide and Barber Violin Concerto -PA Ballet
Receive 30% off tickets to La Sylphide and Barber Violin Concerto.
June 5-6 at 8 p.m.
June 6 at 12 p.m.
June 7 & 13 at 2 p.m.
June 11-12 at 8 p.m.
La Sylphide
Returning to Philadelphia for the first time in 21 years, the oldest ballet in existence is set in the Scottish Highlands. August Bournonville’s ethereal tale of love still enthralls audiences today with the captiviating romance and demanding choreography that made this work ahead of its time.
Barber Violin Concerto
Company Premiere
Peter Martins explores the contrast between classical ballet and modern dance in this innovative work to Samuel Barber’s deeply expressive, romantic score.
Please use discount code LS30 when ordering. For tickets click here.