The Philadelphia Orchestra

The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you an encore performance of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, a concerto for the Chinese traditional pipa by Zhao Jiping, and a rediscovered treasure by Polish composer Feliks Nowowiejski.

Gil Shaham is featured as both violin soloist and leader of the Orchestra in this all-Mozart program on The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert. Join us on Sunday, June 30 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, July 1 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2.

In Fanfare this week: Yo-Yo Ma joins forces with Kathryn Stott, Alarm Will Sound plays Steve Reich, and Jasper Quartet performs music with (and by) Derek Bermel.

This week's musical offerings remind us just how rich the classical music scene is in the City of Brotherly Love. Read more about Mike Bolton's picks in Fanfare, from WRTI.

Tune in on Sunday, March 31 at 1 p.m. as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a complete concert performance of Handel’s Messiah from The Philadelphia Orchestra's 2023-24 season.

This week in Fanfare: Paavo Järvi leads The Philadelphia Orchestra in a concert of Prokofiev and Debussy, among other exalted highlights.

The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a program of Mozart and Price, plus a world premiere by French-Argentine composer Esteban Benzecry. Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium, and welcomes his frequent collaborator, Hélène Grimaud, as piano soloist.

The Philadelphia Orchestra's main concert hall will soon be renamed Marian Anderson Hall, honoring a legendary contralto and civil rights icon — and a lifelong Philadelphian.

The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert presents Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 (“Titan”) with guest conductor Rafael Payare, as well as a piano concerto composed by Jimmy López Bellido for Javier Perianes.

If one ever needed proof of Philadelphia as a thriving center of classical music, they need only to consider this week's lineup in Fanfare.