Wrong Fu ChaLost in a sea of tea.

This Thurs­day at the Ran­dom Tea Room Philadel­phia, the crowd was hang­ing from the rafters for the cham­ber music flash mob “Clas­si­cal Rev­o­lu­tion,” and, of course, tea.

In their own words: “The mis­sion of Clas­si­cal Rev­o­lu­tion is to present con­certs involv­ing both tra­di­tional and mod­ern approaches while engag­ing the com­mu­nity by offer­ing cham­ber music per­for­mances in highly acces­si­ble venues, such as bars and cafes, and col­lab­o­rat­ing with local musi­cians and artists from var­i­ous styles and backgrounds”

As the 8 o’clock start time drew nearer, the Tea Room began to fill up with musi­cians car­ry­ing instru­ments of all sorts, as well as spec­ta­tors. The Philadel­phia group was rounded out by many tal­ented grad­u­ates of Temple’s music pro­gram — some past col­lab­o­ra­tors, and some meet­ing for the first time.

Music by Mozart and Bar­tok blended with clas­si­cal gui­tar and solo flute.

Nat­u­rally, tea was enjoyed through­out the evening. To the hard­core fans at the bar, Becky served 2003 raw puerh from Jing Mai, and I served a favorite Rock Tea. Pro­pri­et­ess Becky was also quite busy serv­ing iced tea bev­er­ages like Moroc­can Mint, as well as her new Vir­gin Tea Cock­tails to those look­ing to cool off.

At the start of the evening, most of us had no idea what to expect. By the end, music, friends, and tea left every­one feel­ing quite euphoric and look­ing for­ward to the next event at Ran­dom Tea Room.

A few addi­tional pho­tos from the set will appear here.