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On a new album with the National Philharmonic, conductor Michael Repper and violinist Curtis Stewart breathe new life into music by the Black British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, who was a sensation in his time. His 150th birth anniversary provides a welcome opportunity, as Repper tells WRTI.
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Jeff Fusco/The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us on Sunday, Aug. 10 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Aug. 11 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a single work: Mahler’s massive Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and three local choirs: the Philadelphia Boys’ and Girls’ Choirs, and the women of the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir. -
Pete Checchia / Philadelphia Orc/PO1CT102Join us on Sunday, Aug. 3 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, Aug. 4 10 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 when The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you an encore presentation of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2, with Seong-Jin Cho, and Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 — the first performance from the Orchestra's 2024-25 season.
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The Late Set Podcast
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On his fine new Blue Note album, Words Fall Short, saxophonist Joshua Redman introduces a band full of up-and-comers, including Philly’s own Nazir Ebo. This young cohort reminded us of a conversation The Late Set had with Redman in the fall of 2023. We're sharing it again with you now. -
Painter of the Invisible is Jaleel Shaw's first full-band album in more than a dozen years. But it's not as if Shaw, an alto and soprano saxophonist from Philadelphia, has been slacking; as he explains in this revealing episode of The Late Set, the pause had more to do with high standards and pure convictions.
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What is your ideal summer-jazz heat signature? Cool and refreshing, like a standard sung by Stacey Kent? Or bright and blazing, like an uptempo blues by the Marel Hidalgo Organ Trio? -
The bandleader and pianist was one of the leading Latin musicians of his generation. He won multiple Grammys and was recognized as an NEA Jazz Master. -
For International Cat Day on Aug. 8, our classical broadcast honors a frisky tradition of feline inspiration.
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