The 2023-24 Season includes 8 adventurous projects full of baroque blockbuster works by composers you have loved forever, Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel, plus those eye-popping discoveries that has established Tempesta di Mare as “one of the finest in the world” (Fanfare).
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Recital: FRANCIS LIU & DONGSOK SHIn
Violin and harpsichord, a musical through-line of 300 years
Sept. 23, 5:00 – Chestnut Hill
Sept. 24, 3:00 – Center City
SEPT 23 & 24, 2023 Sept. 23, 5:00 – Chestnut Hill
Sept. 24, 3:00 – Center City
Orchestra: HANDEL & VIVALDI
Two of Handel’s iconic Water Musics, plus a Vivaldi concerto for multiple instruments, including horns
Oct. 21, 7:30 – Pres. Church of Chestnut Hill
Oct. 22, 4:00 – Trinity Center for Urban Life
OCT 21 & 22, 2023 Oct. 21, 7:30 – Pres. Church of Chestnut Hill
Oct. 22, 4:00 – Trinity Center for Urban Life
Chamber Players: UNMATCHED
Vivaldi, Telemann & Zelenka in multicolored chamber music for mixed instruments of woodwinds, strings and plucks
Dec. 1, 7:30 – Pres. Church of Chestnut Hill
Dec. 2, 7:30 – Trinity Center for Urban Life
DEC 1 & 2, 2023 Dec. 1, 7:30 – Pres. Church of Chestnut Hill
Dec. 2, 7:30 – Trinity Center for Urban Life
Chamber Players: CRUEL AMARYLLIS
Italian Madrigals with tenors extraordinaire James Reese and Jacob Perry accompanied by three lutes & theorbos
Feb. 2, 7:30 – Pres. Church of Chestnut Hill
Feb. 3, 7:30 – Trinity Center for Urban Life
FEB 2 & 3, 2024 Feb. 2, 7:30 – Pres. Church of Chestnut Hill
Feb. 3, 7:30 – Trinity Center for Urban Life
Recital: A SONG'S JOURNEY
Baritone Jean-Bernard Cerin and cellist Eve Miller explore a song from Haiti, and other music that intersects with the African diaspora
Feb 24, 5:00 – Chestnut Hill
Feb 25, 3:00 – Center City
FEB 24 & 25, 2024 Feb 24, 5:00 – Chestnut Hill
Feb 25, 3:00 – Center City
Orchestra: VIVALDI | JUDITHA TRIUMPHANS
Vivaldi’s dramatic oratorio about Judith’s triumph over male domination. Presented in collaboration with the UPenn music department
Mar. 16, 4:00 – Irvine Auditorium, UPenn
MAR 16, 2024 Mar. 16, 4:00 – Irvine Auditorium, UPenn
orchestra: BACH & TELEMANN
Emlyn Ngai plays Bach’s joyous violin concerto BWV 1042 & Gwyn Roberts performs Telemann’s virtuosic recorder suite in A-minor
Apr. 27, 7:30 – Episcopal Cathedral
Apr. 28, 4:00 – Pres. Church of Chestnut Hill
APR 27 & 28, 2024 Apr. 27, 7:30 – Episcopal Cathedral
Apr. 28, 4:00 – Pres. Church of Chestnut Hill
recital: VIOL, FLUTE & THEORBO
Tempesta’s principal players – Lisa Terry, Gwyn Roberts & Richard Stone – reunite their most expressive voices in trio performances of chaconnes and suites
May 18, 5:00 – Chestnut Hill
May 19, 3:00 – Center City
MAY 18 & 19, 2024 May 18, 5:00 – Chestnut Hill
May 19, 3:00 – Center City