Philly orchestra season starts with ‘just silence, the score and me’
Listen-
Patrons at Johnny Brenda's enjoy an afternoon pint. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
-
Serving local beer and sourcing local ingredients for the menu has been a standard at Johnny Brenda's. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
-
(Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
-
. (Lindsay Lazarsky/WHYY, file)
-
Ten years ago, William Reed (pictured) and Paul Kimport walked into a corner bar in Fishtown and walked out with a handshake agreement to buy what has become one of Philly's iconic bars, Johnny Brenda's. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
-
Bob Achilles (left) and Erik Boardman have a drink at Johnny Brenda's before starting their bartending shifts at another Fishtown pub. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tonight’s the opening night for the Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2014 subscription season. For the musicians, this week has been all practice, practice and more practice. But for Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the week has had a different sound. He’s this week’s guest on Recap.
The orchestra will be performing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the “Choral,” with the Westminster Symphonic Choir directed by Joe Miller, and vocal soloists Twyla Robinson, Mihoko Fujimura, Chrisitian Elsner, and Shenyang. The program also includes Beethoven’s setting of Goethe’s Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage and the world premiere of American composer Nico Muhly’s newly-orchestrated Bright Mass with Canons for chorus, orchestra, and featuring the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ.
WHYY is your source for fact-based, in-depth journalism and information. As a nonprofit organization, we rely on financial support from readers like you. Please give today.
Best of Philly tourism: Off-the-beaten-path edition
We rounded up the coolest spots in Delaware, New Jersey, Philadelphia and the suburbs for food and drink, outdoor activities, attractions worth the cost and free things to do.
Air Date: April 3, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 37:47
Brother vs. brother: InterAct Theatre’s ‘Rift’ experiments with radical empathy in Philadelphia
The two actors playing brothers trying to bridge irreconcilable racial differences switch roles every night.
2 days ago
April 3–6: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in Delaware, a Johnny Cash musical in South Jersey and a restaurant week in the Philly ‘burbs.
2 days ago
