Philadelphia Classical Symphony

Fri., Nov. 13, 8 p.m., $15-$25, Arch Street Presbyterian Church, 1724 Arch St., 215-228-2224,classicalsymphony.org.

by Peter Burwasser

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Published: Nov 11, 2009

Mega concerts were around a long time before the rock bacchanals of the '60s. The 19th-century longhairs reveled in such events, replete with dandified performers and swooning audiences. In 1837, a six-pianist composer/performer concert was assembled, but not executed, with the superstar of that century, Franz Liszt, at the center. Many decades later, scholar/pianist Kenneth Hamilton reinvents the occasion with the assistance of the Philadelphia Classical Symphony. He'll play a work for piano and orchestra, Hexaméron, written by the six original composers: Liszt, Thalberg, Pixis, Herz, Czerny and Chopin.

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