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Year 31, No. 32
Celebrating 31 Years of Community News
Tempesta di Mare Presents “A Tale of Two Italian Cities”
April 13 – April 19, 2016
Free Latin Roots Live! Concert at World Cafe Live Featuring Gepe and Dendê & Band April 27
Spotlight Cast on Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra’s Principals Performing Chamber Music from Venice and Naples
Delphi Opera’s Performances of “Pagliacci” Page 7
Young Artists at Wayne Art Center Page 9
The Principals of Tempesta di Mare – Lisa Terry, Emlyn Ngai, Adam Pearl (seated), Gwyn Roberts, Karina Schmitz, Richard Stone. Photo/Becky Oehlers hiladelphia Baroque Orchestra Tempesta di Mare casts the spotlight on its principal players with its April presentation, “A Tale of Two Italian Cities: Chamber Music from Venice and Naples.” Concertmaster Emlyn Ngai, violinist Karina Schmitz, cellist Lisa Terry, harpsichordist Adam Pearl and Tempesta co-founders, recorder player Gwyn Roberts lutenist Richard Stone, come together for a program exploring works by half a dozen notable composers who hailed from or made their musical marks in two Italian cultural capitals of the 17th and 18th centuries. Performances take place on April 23 and 24 at Arch Street Meeting House (East Room) and The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. The first half of “A Tale of Two Italian Cities” is devoted to the Venetians and traces the development of compositional style and fashion during 17th-century Italy. Two of the 500 or so concertos penned by the City of Canals’ leading musical luminary, Antonio Vivaldi, serve as bookends. The programmatic La Notte (The Night), Recorder Concerto in G minor, suggests restless sleep, with movements titled “night,” “ghosts,” “sleep” and “daybreak.” The Lute Concerto in D major is nearly as well-known today as the “Red Priest’s” most famous work, Four Seasons. From earlier generations, Dario Castello is represented with two works from
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See “A Tale of Two Italian Cities” on page 12
To attend WXPN’s “Latin Roots Live!” free, all-ages concert on Wednesday., April 27 at 8 p.m. featuring Chilean artist Gepe (shown) and Philly-based Brazilian artist Dende at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street in Philadelphia, visit www.LatinRoots.org. Photo/Claudia Valenzuela hiladelphia public radio station WXPN 88.5 FM announced recently that registration is open for the next free, allages Latin Roots Live! concert featuring Gepe and Dendê & Band on Wednesday, April 27 at 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. To RSVP for free admission, online visit http://www.latinroots.org/category/events/. For the second consecutive year, WXPN’s Latin Roots Live! free concert series, produced in partnership with AfroTaino Productions and made possible by the William Penn Foun-
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Lansdowne Folk Club Concert No Good Sister and Special Guest Butter Queen Sister Perform April 28 he Lansdowne Folk Club presents No Good Sister and special guest Butter Queen Sister on Thursday, April 28. Held at the Twentieth Century Club, 84 S. Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, PA. Doors open at 7 p.m. and show begins at 7:30
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No Good Sister – from left, Meaghan Kyle, Jess McDowell, and Maren Sharrow – will perform April 28.
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p.m. Tickets are $17 when purchased in advance online or with an advanced phone reservation and $20 without an advance reservation. Freshly prepared dinner and desserts will be available for an additional cost. Cash only accepted at the door. Parking is available on the street and at the SEPTA train station approximately one block away. For reservations, advance ticket sales or information visit www.folkclub.org, email Lfolkclub@gmail.com or call 484-466-6213. Born out of a mutual attraction to all things Americana, Philadelphia trio No Good Sister’s dynamic songwriting and timeless three- at venues like World Cafe Live, The Bitter End, Club Passim, have been voted part harmonies prove why they’re rising stars. Singers Meaghan Kyle, Jess Best New Artist at WSTW’s Hometown Heroes Awards in 2014, named 2015’s McDowell and Maren Sharrow collaborate on familiar folk themes, resonat- Artist to Watch by Ticket to Entertainment, and earned a coveted showcase ing reliably, making it no surprise they can be found in front of audiences See Lansdowne Folk Club Concert on page 12