Past Seasons
2023 Season
Music in the Afternoon at Laurel Hill Mansion
The 2023 season will take place in Laurel Hill Mansion’s wonderful octagonal music room.
Sunday, August 20, 2023
Allen Krantz
2:00 P.M.
Classical Guitar
Allen Krantz is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory and
Stanford University. He has received acclaim as a solo guitarist and
chamber musician and composer. His performances throughout the United
States have included appearances at Carnegie Hall, Saratoga Performing
Arts Center and the Phillips Collection in Washington. His
concerts feature a diverse selection of piece often featuring original compositions. The program will include works by John Dowland (1563-1626),
G.F. Handel (1685-1759), J.K. Mertz (1806-1856), Agustin Barrios (1885-1944) and Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909).
Following the concert there will be a reception on the back porch with light refreshments and guests will have an opportunity to meet the artist.
Mr. Krantz’s performance is in tribute to Alice Nugent, a longtime member of Women of Greater Philadelphia, an expert seamstress, and the chairperson for our concerts for many years.
Convenient to Center City Philadelphia with Plentiful Free Parking
For more information please e-mail
concerts@laurelhillmansion.org.
Earlier 2023 Concerts
Sunday August 6, 2023
Daniel Adam Maltz
Pianoforte
Daniel Maltz is a Viennese based forte piano musician who studied at the
Royal Academy of Music in London and specializes in the First Viennese School-Haydn,
Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert.
This is a rare opportunity to hear the music of Haydn and Mozart played not only on an instrument, fortepiano, of their time but in a historic home of the same period.
July 30, 2023 at 2:00 P.M.
The Wister Quartet
Nancy Bean and Meichen Liao-Barnes, Meng Wang, viola, and Lloyd Smith,
cello
Named to honor Frances Anne Wister, founder of the Volunteer Committees of The
Philadelphia Orchestra, the Wister Quartet has earned
high praise from critics and audiences alike for its superb musicianship and memorable
performances.
Their performance will include:
George Frideric Handel – Passacaglia
Marcel Farago – Prayer
Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen – String Quartet#2
W.A. Mozart – String Quartet in C Major
2022 Season
December 10, 2022
Then two live performances, one pianoforte and one choral beginning at 1:00P.M. at Laurel Hill Mansion
Steven Page will be playing the fortepiano on Saturday, December 10th from 1:00 P.M. to 1:45 P.M. in the historic octagonal music room of Laurel Hill Mansion. Don’t miss a rare opportunity to hear this English pianoforte from 1808 by Broadwood played.
Then at about 2:30 P.M. approximately 35 members of Philomusica Choral will stop by Laurel Hill Mansion to sing.
Steven Page is a graduate of the Creative Arts and Performing Arts High School and is a native of Philadelphia. He specializes in Gospel and R&B music , in addition to Classical and Jazz. He recently recorded music of 19th century Philadelphia black musician Frances Johnson on Laurel Hill Mansion's fortepiano.
Philomusica Choral is a chorus from Chestnut Hill and Montgomery County
who perform all types of choral music from all periods of music history.
This a free event, with free parking, though donations are very much
appreciated.
The Florian Trio a Musical Picnic at
Laurel Hill Mansion
September 17, 2022
Following the success of last years concert on the grounds of Laurel Hill Mansion the Women for Greater Philadelphia were delighted to host an outdoor concert by the Florion Trio - Nancy Bean (violin), Lloyd Smith (cello), and Allen Krantz (guitar) on September 17, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. The weather was perfect and a good time was enjoyed by guests, musicians and the hosts
Philadelphia Orchestra musicians and one half of The Wister Quartet, husband and wife team of Nancy Bean, violin, and Lloyd Smith, cello, joined by celebrated composer/guitarist Allen Krantz performed works by Shubert, Heyworth, Barrios, Borghi, Piazolla and more on the grounds of Laurel Hill Mansion.
Patrons arrived at 1:00 P.M. to picnic and enjoy the lovely grounds of Laurel Hill Mansion before the concert.
Event photos will be posted.
The Florian Trio Press Release
Women for Greater Philadelphia were delighted to welcome guest back
to Laurel Hill Mansion for an outdoor concert on Saturday, September 11,
2021.
The The Florion Trio - Nancy Bean (violin), Lloyd Smith (cello), and Allen
Krantz (guitar) played.
Patrons were invited to arrive early to picnic and enjoy the lovely grounds
of Laurel Hill Mansion before the concert. It was a lovely day.
It was with regret that in order to mitigate the community spread of COVID-19 it became necessary to cancel the 2020 season of Concerts by Candlelight.
2020 Season
Principally Harps- June 28, 2020
Philadelphia Flute Quartet - July 12, 2020
Wister Quartet –July 26, 2020
Allen Krantz – August 9, 2020
2019 Concerts
| June 30, 2019 | La Fiocco |
| July 7, 2019 | The Dolce Suono Ensemble |
| July 14, 2019 | Lance Wiseman, Piano - Michael Shingo Crawford, Violin |
| July 28, 2019 | The Wister Quartet |
| August 18, 2019 | Allen Krantz, Classical Guitar |
2018 Concerts
Concert Dates
June 24th
Philadelphia Flute Quartet
Press Release
July 8th
Kathleen Scheide and Cheryl Cunningham
Program
July 29th
Wister Quartet
Print Flyer
August 5th
Allen Krantz
Print Flyer
August 19th
Franklin String Quartet
The Franklin Quartet performs music from the dawn of the string quartet
on period instruments. Named after Age of Enlightenment polymath Benjamin
Franklin, the quartet brings a spirit of invention and exploration to its
presentation of early string quartet repertoire.
Print Flyer
Print season flyer
2017 Concerts
Listen: A Wister Quartet Premiere Live from the WRTI Performance Studio
By Jack Moore • Mar 5, 2018
The Women for Greater Philadelphia were pleased to announce the 42th
Anniversary Season of Concerts by Candlelight at Laurel Hill Mansion. On
five Sunday evenings throughout the summer of 2017, we will again present
our series of chamber music concerts performed by musicians from the Philadelphia
area. Through the years it has been our good fortune to have had so many
accomplished artists accepting our invitation to play. To help defray the
cost of these wonderful performances, we accept tax deductible contributions
of any amount. If you would like to become a Sponsor or Patron, we will
gladly add your name to our printed program. Of course we shall end each
concert evening with our lovely reception on the porch overlooking the river,
where you may enjoy refreshments and have the opportunity to meet and greet
the artists. We do hope you will join us.
Sincerely,
Barbara Frankl, Music Chairperson
Email
concerts@laurelhillmansion.org
for more information.
August 20, 2017 Franklin Quartet
The concert will begin promptly at 6:30 P.M.
In the hands of the 18th century’s finest musical minds, the string quartet
came to life in an outpouring of expression at once dazzling and dramatic,
beguiling and bold. Experience Mozart, Haydn, and Boccherini at their creative
peaks in this unique program, performed on period instruments.
Print Poster
June 25, 2017 6:30-8:30 PM The Dolce Suono Ensemble
Mimi Stillman, flute
William Polk, violin
Kerri Ryan, viola
Arlen Hlusko, cello
Gideon Whitehead, guitar
perform music by Handel, Corelli, Mozart, Haydn, Pleyel, and Frances Hopkinson
“Music In The Second Capital”
An exploration of the musical tastes of the Founding Fathers and
music culture of Philadelphia in the late colonial and early republic period.
Print Poster
July 9, 2017 Principally Harps
SOLD OUT
Principally Harps,Mindy Cutcher and Janet Witman, will perform works by
Bach, Chopin, Handel, Tournier, Massenet, Saint-Saens, Debussy and Lecuona
at thier concert at Laurel Hill Mansion.
Principally Harps Press Release
Print Poster
July 23, 2017 The Wister Quartet
The Wister Quartet (Nancy Bean and Davyd Booth, violins; Pamela Fay, viola;
and Lloyd Smith, cello) will present a program featuring Joseph Haydn’s
eloquently serious “Quinten” String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2; a
rhythmically and harmonically intriguing work by Romanian composer Marcel
Farago, his Duo for violin and cello, Op. 52; and Johannes Brahms’ lyrically
heartfelt String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2.
Press Release
August 6, 2017 Allen Krantz
The concert will begin promptly at 6:30 P.M.
Print Flyer
Your tickets will be held at the door.
Donations help defray the cost of presenting the concerts. Any amount is
appreciated.
View past concert programs and performer biographies.
A brief history of Concerts by Candle Light at Laurel Hill Mansion
The "Concerts by Candlelight" series held each summer at Laurel Hill
Mansion has been delighting citizens since its inception in 1976.
The concerts highlighting local and national musicians are organized by
Women For Greater Philadelphia’s music committee. Some of the artists
that have performed include the Jubal trio with Sue Ann Kahn, The Wister
Quartet and Susan Duer. The series which focuses on chamber music
takes place in Laurel Hill Mansion's famous octagonal room.
These popular summer concerts are held in honor of Mrs. Esther Kahn, music
chairman of Women for Greater Philadelphia, for twenty years until her death
in 1996.
Read about the 2014 concert season
At Laurel Hill, An 1830 Music Room Lives On
by Vickie M. Feldman
posted August 7, 2014 on Hidden City Philadelphia