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The Opera Guild of Rochester continues its virtual presentation of voice recitals, “Bravo Nights,” with a holiday version featuring tenor Mark Daniels and accompanist Rob Goodling on the piano. Although watching a vocal performance via YouTube is not nearly as effecting as hearing it live in the recital hall, there is an undeniable charm and connection that still shines through these virtual presentations. Daniels’ lyric tenor voice has a lightness and warmth that makes it particularly accessible for listeners like myself who bristle at the stereotypical “opera voice” with...

3 pm ET: London Philharmonic Orchestra presents All the World’s a Stage. The LPO celebrates Brett Dean, their new Composer in Residence, with the UK premiere of The Players. The scene is Elsinore, setting of Dean’s opera Hamlet, with the solo role played by accordion player James Crabb. The concert begins with Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 and ends with Stravinsky’s mock-Baroque Pulcinella. View here.  6 pm ET: Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Mark Steinberg, Marcy Rosen, and Jonathan Biss play Beethoven. Celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday as three chamber mu...