@benjamincsboylecomposer ’s Cantata “To One in Paradise” ends with this chorale, with text by Edgar Allan Poe.
and all my days are trances
and all my nightly dreams
are where thy grey eye glances
and where thy footstep gleams
in what ethereal dances
by what eternal streams
We can’t wait to share this work with you tonight and tomorrow, along with works by Brahms and Fauré.
Members, this one goes out to you: bring a friend to this Saturday’s Classical Concert for free! For every member ticket purchased for Equinox, add another to your cart and use code BOGO26 for no extra charge. An evening this special is better shared.
Variant 6 — Rebecca Myers, Lauren Kelly, James Reese, and Daniel Schwartz — joins pianist Laura Ward for a program built around the Philadelphia premiere of Benjamin C. S. Boyle’s cantata To One in Paradise, a newly transcribed setting of Edgar Allan Poe’s meditation on love, loss, and the divine. Fauré, Poulenc, and more round out a rich night of voices and piano.
Saturday, May 16, 2026, from 5-6:30pm. Member tickets $18, Non-Members $28. Link in bio to register.
One week from today: EQUINOX featuring Benjamin C.S. Boyle’s To One in Paradise.
You’ll hear the entirety of this gorgeous aria for soprano (recorded 11 years ago here by Rebecca Myers), and so much more wonderful music for four voices and piano.
Get your tickets today at the link in our bio!!
May is the month for multitudes of music at the museum! (see what we did there? 😉)
Join us at Woodmere for three upcoming classical concerts by a range of talented Philadelphia musicians.
With opera from the Academy of Vocal Arts on May 3, a lively revolution-era program from Tempesta di Mare on May 9, and powerfully expressive sound from Variant 6 on May 16, you won’t want to miss any of these performances!
Send this to a friend you’d like to join you—and don’t forget, Woodmere Members take $10 off the regular ticket price. Join as a Member and fill your calendar with sound 🎶
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Up next: EQUINOX!
We hope you’ll join us for our last concerts of this season. May 15 in Center City presented by @bowerbird_philly at The Philadelphia Ethical Society and May 16 at @woodmereart .
Featuring @benjamincsboylecomposer ’s first Cantata “To One in Paradise” and works by Brahms and Fauré.
Featuring:
Rebecca Myers
Lauren Kelly
James Reese
Dan Schwartz
and Laura Ward on piano
Get your tickets today. Link in bio.
What a weekend!!!
We’re so grateful for everyone that came to see our concerts on Friday and Saturday. Membra Jesu Nostri with this team was just incredible.
Thanks to our friends at @filament_baroque and everyone who made this performance incredibly special. DREAM TEAM BUX
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WRTI’s John T.K. Scherch (@johntkbass ) is back with another quest for great music recommendations in Philadelphia.
This week, performance by: @kayhan_kalhor@pennlivearts@philorch@philadelphiaballet@isidorestringquartet@variantsix@nezetseguin
💌 For more live classical happenings each week, subscribe to Fanfare, WRTI’s guide to concerts around Philly (link in bio).
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Our concert Crux premieres one week from tonight!!!
Enjoy a throwback to our last collaboration with @filament_baroque in 2023.
We cannot wait to dig into some Buxtehude next week, hope to see you there.
Friday March 6 ~ Church of the Gesu @st_josephs_prep at 7:30
Saturday March 7 ~ First & Central Presbyterian with @marketstreetmusicde at 3pm
Tickets at the link in our bio
Crux is two weeks from today!!
We can’t wait to share this special collaboration between Variant 6 & @filament_baroque with audiences in Philadelphia and Wilmington.
Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri sets an ancient text by Arnulf von Leeuwen (pictured in his handwriting above) dating back to 1320.
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear this masterwork performed in Philadelphia for the first time in a decade!
We’re thrilled to be back at the historic Church of the Gesu on the campus at @st_josephs_prep in North Philadelphia, and in Wilmington with @marketstreetmusicde .
Get your tickets today, link in bio!
