What audiences are saying about Lyric Fest
“It’s much more than just a concert. It’s the feeling of being alive.”
Raehann Bryce- Davis, Photo: Donato Valentino
“You are at the center of the world where music, poetry, and thought come together. You are inches away from the art, and there’s no other group that is giving you that kind of emotional immediacy.”
Lyric Fest is a place to experience the unique power of the human voice in song. We bring together great singers, composers, history, biography, and humor. Here we tell our stories in song.
Have a look at our
2026-2027 Season
September
Written in the Stars
American and British Composers and Poets
26 & 27
November
An die Nacht
Songs of the Night - German Lieder
7 & 8
February
The Andrée Expedition
Song Cycle by Dominick Argento
6 & 7
April
Love Signs
World Premiere of Lyric Fest’s New Commission by Damien Geter and Jessica Murphy Moo
3 & 4
Here’s What’s Happening Right Now
Songs of the Night - German Lieder
An die Nacht
Randall Scarlata curates a program exploring a key component of German Romanticism;
Night as a reflection of the inner, spiritual, and infinite world.
Songs of the Night with Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Strauss, Mendelssohn, Wolf, Marx, and Berg
with Meredith Wohlgemuth, Randall Scarlata, Will Ferguson and Laura Ward, piano.
Please join us for a pre-concert talk at Saturday's concert at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church beginning at 2:oo PM. Susan Youens, one of the world’s foremost authorities on German song will present a talk on the idea of night in German Romanticism.