Philadelphia Chamber Music Society – Past Concerts
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Viano Quartet & Roberto Díaz
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Judd Greenstein – Four on the Floor
Sergei Prokofiev – String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92
Johannes Brahms – String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
Sergei Prokofiev – String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92
Johannes Brahms – String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
Free (Free ($20 in-person))
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: James Reese, tenor & Daniel Overly, piano
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Benjamin Britten – On This Island, Op. 11
Lili Boulanger – Selections from Clairières dans le ciel
Rudi Stephan – Ich will dir singen ein Hohelied
Gregory W. Brown – Song cycle TBA (world premiere)
Hugo Wolf – Mörike-Lieder
Lili Boulanger – Selections from Clairières dans le ciel
Rudi Stephan – Ich will dir singen ein Hohelied
Gregory W. Brown – Song cycle TBA (world premiere)
Hugo Wolf – Mörike-Lieder
Free (Free ($20 in-person))
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Orion Quartet
Thursday, April 7, 2022 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Johann Sebastian Bach – Final Fugue from The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080
Béla Bartók – String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114, BB 119
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major Op. 130 (with Grosse Fuge, Op. 133)
Béla Bartók – String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114, BB 119
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major Op. 130 (with Grosse Fuge, Op. 133)
Free (Free ($25 in-person))
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Weiss Kaplan Stumpf Trio
Sunday, April 3, 2022 @ 12:00pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Trio in C major, K.548
Paul Schoenfield – Four Music Videos (Philadelphia premiere)
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Paul Schoenfield – Four Music Videos (Philadelphia premiere)
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Free (Free ($25 in-person))
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani approaches one of the greatest masterpieces of the Baroque repertoire, J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations, in this performance for PCMS.
Free (Free ($20 in-person))
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Simon Barrad, Hsin-Yun Huang, & Ignat Solzhenitsyn
Friday, February 11, 2022 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Dmitri Shostakovich – Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op. 145
Dmitri Shostakovich – Viola Sonata, Op. 147
Dmitri Shostakovich – Viola Sonata, Op. 147
Free (Free ($20 in-person))
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Nevermind
Friday, February 4, 2022 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Baroque quartet Nevermind (Anna Besson, flute; Louis Creac’h, violin; Robin Pharo, viola da gamba; & Jean Rondeau, harpsichord) rewrites the rules of period-instrument concerts with this performance of works by J.S. & C.P.E. Bach.
Free (Free ($25 in-person))
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Kenney-Lu-Herbert Trio
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Franz Joseph Haydn – Piano Trio in E-flat major, Hob. XV:22
Robert Schumann (arr.) – Selections from 6 Studien in kanonischer Form ("Canonic Etudes"), Op. 56
Franz Schubert – Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, D. 929
Robert Schumann (arr.) – Selections from 6 Studien in kanonischer Form ("Canonic Etudes"), Op. 56
Franz Schubert – Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, D. 929
Free (Free ($25 in-person))
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Paul Appleby & Conor Hanick
Friday, January 21, 2022 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Robert Schumann – Selection of 10 songs TBA
Ludwig van Beethoven – An die ferne Geliebte ("To the distant beloved"), Op. 98
Franz Schubert – Selection of 8 songs TBA
Alban Berg – Five Orchestral Songs after Postcards by Peter Altenberg, Op. 4 "Altenberg Lieder"
Ludwig van Beethoven – An die ferne Geliebte ("To the distant beloved"), Op. 98
Franz Schubert – Selection of 8 songs TBA
Alban Berg – Five Orchestral Songs after Postcards by Peter Altenberg, Op. 4 "Altenberg Lieder"
Free (Free ($25 in-person))
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Demarre McGill, Anthony McGill, & Aizuri Quartet
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Amy Beach – Theme and Variations for Flute & String Quartet, Op. 80
David Ludwig – Organistrum (world premiere)
Lembit Beecher – Song in Mistranslation
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 10
David Ludwig – Organistrum (world premiere)
Lembit Beecher – Song in Mistranslation
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 10
Free (Free ($20 in-person))
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Johnny Gandelsman, violin
Thursday, January 6, 2022 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Works for solo violin by Rhiannon Giddens, Maya Miro Johnson, Angelica Negron, Tyshawn Sorey, Conrad Tao, Tomeka Reid, Olivia Davis, & more, each reflecting on America's cultural tapestry & the current state of its society.
Free (Free ($20 in-person))
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Chrystal E. Williams, mezzo-soprano & Laurent Philippe, piano
Friday, December 17, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Robert Schumann – Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42
Francisco Ernani Braga – Cinco Canções Nordestinas do Folclore Brasileiro ("Five Songs of Northeastern Brazilian Folklore")
Crystal E. Williams – They Stand Alone
B.E. Boykin – Moments in Sonder
Selection of spirituals by McLin, Margaret Bonds, & Undine Smith Moore.
Francisco Ernani Braga – Cinco Canções Nordestinas do Folclore Brasileiro ("Five Songs of Northeastern Brazilian Folklore")
Crystal E. Williams – They Stand Alone
B.E. Boykin – Moments in Sonder
Selection of spirituals by McLin, Margaret Bonds, & Undine Smith Moore.
Free (Free ($20 in-person))
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: David Shifrin, Peter Wiley, & Anna Polonsky
Friday, November 19, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 120, No. 2
Johannes Brahms – Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
Ludwig van Beethoven – Trio in E-flat major for clarinet, piano, & cello, Op. 38
Johannes Brahms – Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
Ludwig van Beethoven – Trio in E-flat major for clarinet, piano, & cello, Op. 38
Free (Free ($25 in-person))
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Blake Pouliot, violin & Hsin-I Huang, piano
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Fritz Kreisler – Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani
Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Sonata No. 6 in G major, BWV 1019a
Leoš Janáček – Violin Sonata
Leoš Janáček – Dumka
Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
Pablo de Sarasate – Zapateado, Op. 23, No. 2
Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Sonata No. 6 in G major, BWV 1019a
Leoš Janáček – Violin Sonata
Leoš Janáček – Dumka
Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
Pablo de Sarasate – Zapateado, Op. 23, No. 2
Free (Free ($25 in-person))
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: David Greilsammer, piano
Thursday, November 11, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 5:05pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Pianist David Greilsammer presents an unusual program in palindrome form, conceived as 1 long piece made of numerous short movements & fragments spanning the history of classical music.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $25)
[CANCELLED] Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Elias Quartet
Sunday, October 10, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, Op. 18, No. 6
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 "Razumovsky"
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 "Razumovsky"
Free (Cancelled)
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Midori, violin & Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano [LIVE] (on-demand until 5/31/2021)
Friday, May 28, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Antonin Dvořák – Violin Sonatina in G major, Op. 100, B. 183
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Sonata No. 24 in F major, K. 376
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Sonata No. 24 in F major, K. 376
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Free (Pay what you can)
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Jasper Quartet w/ Sarah Shafer, soprano [LIVE] (on-demand until 5/29/2021)
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Vivian Fung – String Quartet No. 1
Shelley Washington – Middleground
Julia Wolfe – Dig Deep
Caroline Shaw – By and By
Jennifer Higdon – In the Shadow of Sirius
Shelley Washington – Middleground
Julia Wolfe – Dig Deep
Caroline Shaw – By and By
Jennifer Higdon – In the Shadow of Sirius
Free (Pay what you can)
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: ‘Danika the Rose’ [LIVE] (on-demand until 5/26/2021)
Sunday, May 23, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Soprano Sarah Shafer sings Antonín Dvořák’s Moravian Duets, as storyteller Odds Bodkin reads his original fairytale, Danika the Rose, inspired by these works.
Free (Pay what you can)
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Junction Trio [LIVE] (on-demand until 5/23/2021)
Thursday, May 20, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Online event
John Zorn – Ghosts, Op. 70 (Philadelphia premiere)
Charles Ives – Piano Trio
Maurice Ravel – Piano Trio in A minor
Charles Ives – Piano Trio
Maurice Ravel – Piano Trio in A minor
Free (Pay what you can)
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