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  • Cabaret 2015 POSTPONED to tomorrow

    February 21, 2015

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    Unfortunately, conditions in Philadelphia have become very difficult with the snow and we are forced to reschedule tonight’s Cabaret after all, despite our earlier announcement. The new date for Cabaret 2015 is tomorrow, Sunday, February 22. The new time for doors to open is 6:30 pm and the show will begin at 7 pm. The…
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  • Meet Laura Pritchard

    January 28, 2015

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    Meet Laura Pritchard, inspiration for our next concert, Waxing Poetic! Watch and see how she creates!
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  • Cabaret 2015

    January 14, 2015

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    I’ll Take Romance – Cabaret and Auction Our Candlelit Cabaret Fundraiser is coming up next month. Join Suzanne DuPlantis, Barbara Shirvis, Harold Evans, piano and Ron Kerber, sax for a special night of Jazz Standards from the Great American Songbook. Candlelight, Wine, Desserts, Jazz — SUPPORT LYRIC FEST! Saturday, February 21, 2015, 7:30 pm – 10 pm…
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  • Kile Smith on Much Ado about Shakespeare

    November 17, 2014

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    Lyric Fest’s first composer in residence, Kile Smith, has published his reaction to yesterday’s Much Ado about Shakespeare concert. This concert ended with the world premiere of his piece Mark the Music, commissioned by Lyric Fest. We are delighted with the piece, its reception by the audience, and Kile’s praise of the performers and our…
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  • Much Ado about Shakespeare

    November 11, 2014

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    Click below to see the program for our upcoming Shakespeare concert: Much Ado Shakespeare Program
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  • Review of Vienna – City of Song by Susan Gould

    October 16, 2014

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    The Broad Street Review recently ran a wonderful review of our Vienna program by Susan Gould. By all means, please follow the link to read the entire review. Here are some excerpts to whet your appetite: … the auditorium in the Academy of Vocal Arts’s gorgeous building was the perfect setting. DuPlantis, … Her voice…
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  • Pennappetit.com on our Vienna reception

    October 15, 2014

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    After our October 5 concert of Vienna – City of Song, we had a reception with many tasty treats created by students of the Restaurant School. Penn’s food magazine, Pennappetit.com, has a very nice write-up.
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  • Kile Smith’s take on the Vienna program

    October 7, 2014

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    Lyric Fest’s first ever composer in residence, Kile Smith, was also the narrator for our Vienna program, which was performed Sunday and Monday. You can find his impressions from this experience in his latest blog post.
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  • Sneak Peek at Vienna – City of Song

    October 4, 2014

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    Tomorrow is our season opener – Vienna – City of Song. We had a great rehearsal yesterday! So much gorgeous music. So much variety, lush harmony, wistful lyrics, strange beauty …and humor! See full PROGRAM here. Here is a foretaste of the music to come: Strauss’s Ständchen with Erica Miller, soprano and Laura Ward, piano in rehearsal. Schubert’s Im…
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  • 3. Vienna inspires…. Song Blog Post

    September 30, 2014

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    This is Lyric Fest’s first program dedicated exclusively to German Lied… and it feels like coming home.  We chose Vienna to narrow the field a bit, for the field was stretching out in all directions. Vienna, birth place to Schubert and Webern, home to Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Strauss, Mahler, Wolf, Schoenberg, supplies no want of songs,…
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  • 2. Vienna – City of Song – Blog Post

    September 27, 2014

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    Here is an ever-so-lovely song for today, one to be featured on next week’s program. And if I post quickly enough, you’ll hear it before the sun sets… Feldeinsamkeit of Johannes Brahms. (Solitude in a field) I rest quietly in the tall green grass And for a long time send my gaze aloft, Surrounded by the unceasing whirr…
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  • The Alpha and Omega of Franz Schubert

    September 25, 2014

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    1. The Alpha and Omega of Franz Schubert, September 25, 2014 “Gretchen am Spinnrade” and “Die Taubenpost” In 1815 Schubert was 18 years old. In this year alone he composed 140 songs, nine church works and a symphony. But the piece considered to be his first song-masterpiece, the Alpha of Franz Schubert the unsurpassed Lieder…
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