Weekly Classical Music Agenda

Wednesday
The Opera Company of Philadelphia finishes its run of Verdi's timeless and tragic Rigoletto.
The Academy of Music (Broad & Locust Sts); 7:30 PM; $7-$205

Acclaimed concert pianist and teacher Seymour Lipkin gives a solo recital of Bach, Brahms, and Debussy presented by the Philadephia Chamber Music Society.
American Philosophical Society (427 Chestnut Street); 8 PM; $25

Thursday
The Slought Foundation presents Vincent Royer and Philadelphia-based ensemble Noamnesia in an evening of music by French experimental composer Luc Ferrari.
Slought Foundation (4017 Walnut St); 8 PM; $10

The Philadelphia Orchestra plays Sibelius' hauntingly beautiful In Memoriam and Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2.
Verizon Hall (Kimmel Center); 8 PM; $10-$113

Friday
The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Claude Frank (piano), Hiroko Yajima (violin), and Peter Wiley (cello) in an all-Beethoven evening.
American Philosophical Society (427 Chestnut Street); 8 PM; $22.50

Saturday
Rock meets Classical in the "New Rock Complexity Movement." Chamber Music Now presents some of New York City's finest classical/rock ensembles, Electric Kompany and Newspeak in the Philadelphia premiere of Jacob TV's multimedia White Flag.
The Community Education Center (3500 Lancaster Ave.); 8 PM; $15

The Philadelphia Singers open their season with "Colors and Textures," a program exploring the extramusical aspects of music, including Duruflé's Requiem, Feldman's Rothko Chapel, and Clearfield's The River of God.
Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany (330 S. 13th St.); 8 PM; $26-$40

Sunday
The Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra presents a truly fantastic program of orchestral favorites including Canteloube's Songs of the Auvergne and Ravel's Bolero.
First Presbyterian Church (21st & Walnut); 2 PM; $20

Baroque chamber orchestra Camerata Ama Deus opens its season with "Bach Oktoberfest: Brandenburg and More!" on period instruments.
The Music Room at Goodhart Hall (Bryn Mawr College); 4 PM; $20

Be on the cutting edge. Hear 4 world premieres of up-and-coming composers in one evening at the Orchestra Underground's Hybridity concert.
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (3680 Walnut Street); 7:30 PM; $25

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