Music for Tempesta's Silver Jubilee. Join us for a celebration of Tempesta di Mare's 25th anniversary! Savor the orchestral sound and the sense of discovery that defined Tempesta over its first quarter century.

Brilliance & Endurance

Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill

Trinity @ 22nd

A "City Concert" with familiar Scottish Airs, dance-numbers and chamber music, as performed in 18th-century Philadelphia. Part of Soundtrack of Independence, a collaborative celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

The Most Favourite Music

Christ Church Christiana Hundred

Christ Church Neighborhood House

A hands-on participatory school band play-in for public and parochial school bands, performing music written at the time of Independence. Part of the Soundtrack of Independence.

We March Together

Cherry Street Pier

America's first Oratorio, with Tempesta di Mare. Music by Handel and Arne became a celebration of the Declaration of Independence in 1781. Part of Soundtrack of Independence, a collaborative celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

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America Independent

Arch Street Meeting House

Wind band music of the American Revolution. A free event for the whole family marking the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Strike up the Band!

Race Street Pier

Harpsichordist John Walthausen plays music from Francis Hopkinson's private music collection featuring both the "old" and "new" worlds. Part of Soundtrack of Independence.

Revolution Tunes

Woodmere Art Museum

Handel's masterpiece performed Tempesta-style on baroque instruments, with the choir of Christ Church Christiana Hundred and a quartet of early-music soloists.

Handel: Messiah

Church of the Holy Trinity

Join Tempesta di Mare and Philadelphia vocal ensemble Variant 6 for Bach's Advent Cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," featuring the beloved chorale "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring", North American premieres of vespers music for Advent by Fasch, and Bach's iconic fourth Brandenburg Concerto.

A German Advent

The Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square

First and Central Presbyterian Church

A triumphant finale to our 25th anniversary season, the second concert in the Telemann series will feature a banquet of orchestral masterworks.

Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra Tempesta di Mare

18 - 20 Dec, 2026

A German Advent

22 - 23 May, 2027

Telemann's Musical Banquet: The Feast

3 - 4 Oct, 2026

Brilliance & Endurance

15 - 16 May, 2026

The Most Favourite Music

Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra Tempesta di Mare