16 stories by "Tom Purdom"
The 1807 & Friends chamber series presents a wide-ranging program featuring guitarist-composer Allen Krantz. Tom Purdom previews.
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 opens its season with a symphony normally played by larger orchestras"Beethoven's Eroica. Tom Purdom previews.
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.
The Lyric Fest song series returns to in-person concerts with songs that combine music with some much-needed laughter. Tom Purdom previews.
The Dolce Suono Ensemble presents a rising young baritone in a program devoted to music for the human spirit. Tom Purdom previews.
1807 & Friends resumes the music-making that ended just as the lockdown began with a series of chamber music events. Tom Purdom previews.
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.
The Lyric Fest Happy Hour song series celebrates the birthday of an immigrant who became an American master of popular songs.
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.
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.
Six of Tempesta di Mare's principals went one-to-a-part with music from two of Baroque Italy's musical capitals.
