Lyric Fest 2009-10 Season
Upcoming Program
Unplug! (Family Concert)
Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 3pm at The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 3pm at The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
Imagine what can happen when a dad gets a son to actually unplug his iPod for a walk! Lyric Fest takes kids on a sound journey through Philadelphia... Broadway
on Broad, the Classics on the Avenue, Jazz in Old City and Opera at the Academy! Our concert winds up with Richard Wargo's "The Music Shop", a hilarious
mini-opera about trip to a music store to find a tune so familiar, that no one can remember it... Join us for a concert winning enough to entertain the toughest iPod-plugged critic in your kitchen!
Lyric Fest - sharing great music with kids.
With Emily Bullock, Suzanne DuPlantis, Jeffrey Halili, Randi Marrazzo, John Packard, Elizabeth Racheva, actors Jake Miller and Karim Council, the 'Grads' of the Keystone State Boychoir, Joe Fitzmartin, music director, and Laura Ward at the piano.
Ticket prices at the door: $16, $5 for students. Call us at 215.438.1702 about our group rates.
Past Programs
Friday, October 2, 2009, at 8pm at Haverford College in Roberts Hall
Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 3pm at The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
Press Release about Four Hands
Lyric Fest opens its season with love songs for a crowd... an ensemble of solo voices, four hands on the piano, and an effervescent program that bubbles along from champagne to six pack! Hear Brahms's complete Liebeslieder Waltzes and the many surprising works they inspired: Lowell Liebermann's Appalachian Liebeslieder (settings of prose by Laren Stover), John Greer's Liebesleid-lieder (poems of Dorothy Parker), Bernstein's Arias and Barcarolles, and Corigliano's Liebeslied.
With Suzanne DuPlantis, Thomas Lloyd, Randi Marrazzo, Randall Scarlata, Benjamin Sosland, and Elizabeth Weigle, and pianists Harold Evans and Laura Ward.
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Ticket prices at the door: $20, $5 for students.
You can also get a subscription for all five wonderful concerts at one affordable price of $64.
Moving Heaven and Earth - World Spirituality in Song
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 7:30pm at The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 3pm at The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
"Power is safest in a poet's hands, thus for the artist, God will pose." (Hafiz, 14th century). Join us for a rare dip into the abundant store of sacred song and poetic text in this special program that celebrates the Experience of the Divine. Lyric Fest brings together the creative expressions of composers, seers and mystics from many cultures and many times to create this rich tapestry of world spirituality. Our program will also feature our bi-annual commission project; a world premier by acclaimed Philadelphia composer, Kile Smith. With Timothy Bentch, Suzanne DuPlantis, Lorraine Hinds, Jennifer Hsiung, Steven LaBrie, Randi Marrazzo, and the Motet Choir of the Pennsylvania Girlchoir, Mark Anderson, conductor, with Laura Ward at the piano.
Ticket prices at the door: $20 for adults, $5 for students.
You can also get a subscription for all five wonderful concerts at one affordable price of $64.
Delaware remounting of
Biography in Music - SHAKESPEARE
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 8pm in the Gore Recital Hall at the Roselle Center for the Arts at the University of Delaware
Shakespeare - Bard of Avon & the human heart, a writer so universal in scope as to have been translated into nearly every language on the globe. Lyric Fest brings back Shakespeare’s life and works in song as his timeless verse threaded throughout 400 years of musical history. One performance only at the University of Delaware. With Jim Bergwall, narrator, David Adams, Suzanne DuPlantis, Cara Latham, Randi Marrazzo, Mark Moliterno, Cristina Nassif, Alexander Tall, and pianist Laura Ward.
Ticket prices at the door: Free admission.
You can also get a subscription for all five wonderful concerts at one affordable price of $64.
Biography in Music - TCHAIKOVSKY
Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 5pm at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 3pm at The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
Composer, poet and music critic, Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky is the subject of this year's new Biography in Music. Against the backdrop of Czarist Russia, Tchaikovsky fought hard to pursue a career in music, enduring both intense mental struggle and fiery relationships before finally emerging as one of his era's most beloved composers. As a compulsive letter writer, the course of his life and times remains documented with stunning clarity and poignance. Join Lyric Fest for this musical documentary featuring Tchaikovsky's life and works: opera, song, chamber music and letters. With guest artists Anton Belov, Michael Fabiano, Jessica Julin, Tatyana Rashkovsky, narrator Jim Bergwall and special guest pianist, Ghenady Meirson.
Ticket prices at the door: $20, $5 for students.
You can also get a subscription for all five wonderful concerts at one affordable price of $64.
Venues
The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, 21st and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, 625 Montgomery Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA. For directions please visit the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church directions page.
Gore Recital Hall, University of Delaware. For directions, please visit the University of Delaware Buildings Map.
Roberts Hall, Haverford College. For directions please visit http://www.haverford.edu.
The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, 8855 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118. For directions please visit http://www.chestnuthillpres.org/index.html.
Meet the Artists
We host receptions following most of our concerts where we hope to connect with our audiences. Building community is a priority for our organization.