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Kevin Hearn (center), of Barenaked Ladies fame, has gone solo after his recovery from leukemia.
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Music this week

Abe Vigoda: Not to be confused with the actor, this Chino, Calif., band is part of the L.A. DIY punk scene that includes Mika Miko and No Age, who released its music on its Post Present Medium label. With Talbot Tagora. Barbary, Frankford and Delaware avenues, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, $12, all ages, 267-295-2710, www.r5productions.com.

Capillary Action: Philly's jazzy, chaotic, avant-pop quintet joins more of the same with Oh! Pears (former members of Pattern is Movement) and the Captain Beefheart-like Whales and Cops. First Unitarian Church Chapel, 2125 Chestnut St., 7:30 p.m. Thursday, $10, all ages, 267-295-2710, www.r5productions.com.

TXT]JAZZ

Antfarm Quartet: Vocalist Paul Jost, pianist Jim Ridl, bassist Tim Lekan and drummer Bob Shomo are a true band, bringing a skewed collective vision to the vocal jazz quartet. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th Street & Ben Franklin Pkwy., 5:45 and 7:15 tonight, free with regular museum admission of $16, 215-763-8100, www.philamuseum.org.

Big Monday: Taking their name from their monthly workshops, which began at Tritone in 2007, saxophonist Tom Tallitsch and guitarist Victor Baker assembled a quintet that has grown into an intuitive working unit the old-fashioned way - by diligent gigging. Chris' Jazz Cafe, 1421 Sansom St., 8 and 10 p.m. tonight, $15, 215-568-3131, www.chrisjazzcafe.com.

Lucky Old Souls: The monthly jazz-and-beyond showcase at the former Robin's Books hosts a duo double feature: legendary drummer Edgar Bateman Jr. with altoist Julian Pressley, and poet/singer Yolanda Wisher, accompanied by bassist Mark Palacio. Moonstone Arts Center, 110 S. 13th St., 2nd Floor, 9 tonight, $10, www.myspace.com/luckyoldsouls.

Jump City Jazz Orchestra: The 18-piece Delaware Valley swing band will be augmented by one this weekend: tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart. Chris' Jazz Cafe, 1421 Sansom St., 8 and 10 p.m. tomorrow, $20, 215-568-3131, www.chrisjazzcafe.com.

Sci-Fi Philly: Three interestingly named bands this week: Inzinzac, guitarist Alban Bailly's avant-gypsy-jazz trio; Doylestown quartet Mi Head Ur Head; and bassist Dave Kaczorowski's Harmolodic Bastards. Gojjo, 4540 Baltimore Ave., 8 p.m. Sunday, $5, www.scifiphilly.com.

CLASSICAL

Delaware Valley Opera Company: Rossini's charming romp "La Cenerentola" ("Cinderella") receives a fully staged English-language production, with Timothy Ribchester at the piano. Mezzo Joanna Gates sings the title role, with tenor Timothy Oliver as Don Ramiro, soprano Elizabeth Oliver and mezzo Theresa Seri as the comic stepsisters, baritone Jeffrey Carr as Dandini, bass Milo Morris as Don Magnifico and bass David Perelman as Alidoro. Roxborough High School Theater, 6498 Ridge Ave., 8 p.m. tomorrow, Wednesday and July 18, $15, 215-725-4171, www.dvopera.org.

Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin": The tragic Pushkin tale of lost love is one of opera's greatest outpouring of melody. This filmed production by Russia's famed Bolshoi Theatre was presented at the Paris National Opera, conducted by Alexander Vedernikov with sets and staging by Dmitri Tcherniakov. Russian soprano Tatiana Monogarova portrays the lovesick Tatyana, with Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecien as Onegin. In Russian with English subtitles. Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, 1 p.m. Sunday, $25, 610-527-4008, www.brynmawrfilm.org.

Choir Festival: Over 1,000 voices from dozens of national choral organizations come together for this 55th annual bash. Jason Tramm conducts the huge forces, with organist Gordon Turk, the Festive Brass, soprano Monica Ziglar, mezzo Elizabeth Kincaid, tenor Ronald Naldi and bass Richard Zuck. The bill includes Beethoven, Wagner, Parry and world premieres by Gwyneth Walker and Mario Lombardo. Great Auditorium, Pilgrim and Ocean Pathways, Ocean Grove, N.J., 7:30 p.m. Sunday, free, but will accept offerings, 800-965-9324, www.oceangrove.org.

Stephen Beus: American pianist, winner of the Gina Bachauer Competition, performs the Liszt arrangement of Bach's A Minor Prelude, Sonatas by Mendelssohn (Op. 6) and Medtner (Op. 39.5), Griffes' "Barcarolle" and "The Night Winds" and the glorious Piano Sonata by Samuel Barber, Op. 26. Fine Hall, Washington Road, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., 8 p.m. Sunday, $25, 877-343-3434, www.golandskyinstitute.org.

Misha Dacic, Hector Del Curto and Jisoo Ok: Piano-bandoneon-cello trio brings life to the world of the tango. Works include six classics by the great Astor Piazzolla, plus many by other noted musicians like Pablo Ziegler, Fernando Otero, Eduardo Rovira, Quique Sinesi and Del Curto. Fine Hall, Washington Road at Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., 8 p.m. Monday, $25, 877-343-3434, www.golandskyinstitute.org.

Alan Morrison: Curtis Institute's esteemed organ department head, also affiliated with Westminster Choir College and Ursinus College, performs a recital on the Fred J. Cooper organ. He's chosen a few standards: Durufle's Opus 2 Scherzo, Franck's A Major Fantasy, Leo Sowerby's "Pageant" and Bach's F Major Toccata, BWV540. And there are also some delicious rarities: Jeanne Demessieux' declamatory Te Deum (1958), Anne Wilson's Toccata (2001) and three pieces by Harold Stover that Morrison has recorded: "Mountain Music," "At Evening" and "Quick Dance."

Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Broad and Spruce streets, 7 p.m. Thursday, $10, 215-893-1999, www.kimmelcenter.org.

Maxim Anikushin: Moscow-born pianist Anikushin, winner of many prestigious awards and performer with several orchestras here and in Russia, has chosen an impressive program.

He'll play three Sonatas by Scarlatti, Bach's rhythmic English Suite no 3 and Beethoven's Op. 53 Sonata, the "Waldstein."

Great Auditorium, Pilgrim and Ocean Pathways, Ocean Grove, N.J., 7:30 p.m. Thursday, $13, 800-965-9324, www.oceangrove.org.

Yehudi Wyner and Patrick Connolly: Both pianists will perform music by 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner Wyner.

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