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Watch chamber music concerts by world-class artists, live from your home.

Our livestreamed concert series continues in 2023-24!

By popular demand, our digital concert series returns with 15 livestreamed chamber music performances by world-class artists—available for all to enjoy on a pay-what-you-wish basis.

PCMS livestreams feature a variety of exceptional artists performing LIVE at the American Philosophical Society’s Benjamin Franklin Hall. Each of the 15 concerts will be streamed in real time on our website and on our YouTube and Facebook channels so you can enjoy the music from the comfort of your home. A full schedule of upcoming events is listed below.

Whether you’re watching from Philadelphia or elsewhere around the world, we thank you for joining our musical journey, for sharing the performances with friends, and for supporting these performances as generously as you can. Gifts of any size are deeply appreciated. Please use the form below to give or text PCMS to 44321.

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Special thanks to Susan Giesecke Bloom and A. Charles Winkelman with support from The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, Theodore Presser Foundation, Dot and Rick Nelson, Sid Kaplan, and the American Philosophical Society for their support of our livestream series, and for helping us deliver world-class artistry to audiences around the globe.

Upcoming Livestreams
Ricardo Morales
Concert

Ricardo Morales, clarinet
Roberto Díaz, viola
Efe Baltacıgil, cello
Natalie Zhu, piano

October 22, 2023 at 3:00 pm

Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11
Husa: Evocations of Slovakia
Bruch: Eight Pieces, Op. 83 [Sel.]
Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114

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Kim Kashkashian
Concert

Kim Kashkashian, viola
Robert Levin, piano

October 26, 2023 at 7:30 pm

Transcriptions
Beethoven: Seven Variations on aria from Mozart’s Magic Flute, WoO 46
Debussy: Fêtes Galantes
Britten: Lachrymae, Op. 48
Ravel: Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques
Beethoven: Twelve Variations on aria from Mozart’s Magic Flute, Op. 66
Stravinsky: Suite Italienne

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Desandre Dunford
Concert

Lea Desandre, mezzo
Thomas Dunford, lute

November 03, 2023 at 7:30 pm

Lettera amorosa
Program includes 17th century works by Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Kapsberger, Dalza, Handel, and Merula

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David Leisner
Concert

Anthony Heald, actor
David Leisner, guitar

November 10, 2023 at 7:30 pm

Such stuff as dreams are made on…
Program includes readings from Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets, interspersed with music by Dowland, Bach, Schubert, Henze, Rorem, Bennett, and Leisner.

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Concert

Marina Piccinini, flute
Hye-Jin Kim, violin
Peter Stumpf, cello
Cynthia Raim, piano

November 12, 2023 at 3:00 pm

Weber: Flute Trio in G Minor, Op. 63
Villa-Lobos: Jet Whistle
Schubert: Variations on Trockne Blumen, D. 802
Mozart: Piano Trio in G Major, K. 496

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Marlboro
Concert

Musicians from Marlboro I

November 14, 2023 at 7:30 pm

Haydn: Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, No. 1
Benjamin: Viola, Viola
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Mendelssohn: Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 44, No. 3

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Brooklyn Rider
Concert

Brooklyn Rider

November 21, 2023 at 7:30 pm

The Sandbox of Invention
Haydn: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20, “Sun,” No. 2, Hob.III:32
Works by Assad, Kahane, and Sorey from the Brooklyn Rider Almanac, Book II
Gubaidulina: Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H
Schumann: String Quartet in A minor, Op 41, #1

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Formosa Quartet
Concert

Formosa Quartet
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Peter Wiley, cello

December 03, 2023 at 3:00 pm

Haydn: Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2, Fifths
Formosa Quartet Set
Dvořák: String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48

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Cerin Rankin
Concert

Kuwento Mizik
Jean Bernard Cerin, baritone
Veena Kulkarni-Rankin, piano

December 05, 2023 at 7:30 pm

Krik! Krak! Songs and Stories from Haiti
An original adaptation of a Haitian folk tale

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Marlboro
Concert

Musicians from Marlboro II

December 06, 2023 at 7:30 pm

Vaughan Williams: Blake Songs
Grime: Oboe Quartet
Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26

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Joseph Lin
Concert

Joseph Lin, violin
Helen Huang, piano

February 16, 2024 at 7:30 pm

Beethoven: Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 96
Bach: Violin Sonata in C Minor, BWV 1017
Schubert: Fantasy in C Major, D. 934

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Concert

Orion Quartet

February 25, 2024 at 3:00 pm

Schubert: Quartet in G Major, D. 887
Beethoven: Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130 w/ Grosse Fuge, Op. 133

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Aizuri Quartet
Concert

Aizuri Quartet
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Marcy Rosen, cello

March 24, 2024 at 3:00 pm

Esmail: Fantasie (Bihag) from Ragamala
Fe. Mendelssohn: Capriccio from Quartet, Op. 81
Ran: Lyre of Orpheus
Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio, Op. 85
C. Schumann: Die stille Lotosblume from Sechs Lieder, Op. 13, No. 6
Fa. Mendelssohn: Quartet in E-flat Major

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McGills
Concert

Demarre McGill, flute
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Charles Overton, harp
Catalyst Quartet

March 28, 2024 at 7:30 pm

Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie for Flute and Harp, Op. 124
Scott: Sextet  World Premiere/PCMS Co-Commission
Nabors: 7 Dances  Philadelphia Premiere
Ravel: Introduction et Allegro

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Concert

Alicia Hall Moran, mezzo
Allison Loggins-Hull, flute
Gabriela Martinez, piano

April 10, 2024 at 7:30 pm

Diametrically Composed
Program includes works by Loggins-Hull, Moran, Prestini, Snider, and Meyer

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