By Anne Schuster Hunter When days are short and temperatures plummet, one sure-fire mood-raiser is Handel’s enduring holiday classic, Messiah. Fortunately, it’s not hard to find. It’s all around. Big orchestras with great big choirs.
It wasn’t just an item on the bucket list, Telemann’s visit to Paris. It was a victory lap. In 1737, Georg Philipp Telemann, who at age 56 had never left Germany—or extremely near environs— anytime.
"The Purcell Fantazias (that’s how he spelled it!) share some interesting features with Bach’s Art of the Fugue: both are sets of music written by a brilliant composer in a form that had gone out.
This summer, we asked Nicole to create original artwork for Tempesta's five main projects in our 2018-2019 Concert Series and she created something very special. Aside from her incredible talent, she's a force to be.
The final concert of our 2017-2018 season, River Music: Bach & Telemann on Water’s Edge, features four outstanding vocal soloists. Read below for more on each of them, their artistry, and their collaboration with Tempesta.
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These days, in Philadelphia, we’re loving our rivers. We’re strolling with our sweeties on Boathouse Row, swinging in hammocks under glow lights at Spruce Street Harbor Park and flocking to Twilight Yoga on Race Street.
"I started playing soprano recorder when I was about 6. When I was 12, my family took a cross-country camping trip with another family, and I taught myself to play alto recorder while my friend.
This May, join Tempesta for our Third Annual Summer Gala in support of the orchestra & the Zimmerman Artistic Opportunity Fund: an evening of boating, cocktails, dinner & dessert, and a spectacular performance by Tempesta.
Adam Pearl, Harpsichord joined Tempesta di Mare in 2004 *** How did you start to play the harpsichord? What drew you to the instrument? During my undergraduate degree in piano performance, we had to take.
