Another Sony disc of the mighty Rachmaninoff Third Piano Concerto continued the impression of an artist without limits at only 29, capable of throwing off the most superhuman bravura passages with ease and shaping them with respect. Academy of Music performances go off at 2 p.m. Friday and 8 p.m. Saturday. A lot, not a little, night music marks the season finale for Karl Middleman's Philadelphia Classical Symphony. The rest of the weekend is packed with choral and vocal masterpieces.
Admission is free.
Tenor Mark Panuccio and the Concerto Soloists join Nally in support. Three Tenors madness soon spilled over to the Three Irish Tenors and their lyric traversal of Irish tunes. One of them, Anthony Kearns, sings songs of the Old Sod and more in an 8 p.m. Saturday concert at Upper Darby Performing Arts Center, School Lane and Lansdowne Avenue in Drexel Hill. If you experience any problems with the Daily News Web site, please let us know. Include the date and time of the problem and a brief description.