The Know: From sentimental to sensational: These 7 classical music happenings that will shape summer 2021

Classical music makes a nimble return to stages across the region this summer after a painful, pandemic-induced year off.

A sentimental note: “Seven O’Clock Shout,” the Philadelphia Orchestra, Bravo! Vail music festival, July 17
Composer Valerie Coleman calls her “Seven O’Clock Shout” musical anthem “a declaration of our survival.” The piece was first performed in a city that knows something about declarations when The Philadelphia Orchestra premiered it last summer. Coleman wrote it as a tribute to front-line health and safety workers and it recalls the nightly cheers that erupted around the country to thank them for their labor during the pandemic.