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The musical visionary led a multi-racial funk band that produced five Top 10 hits in the late 1960s and early '70s.
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Listen to The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on Demand
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Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert, on Sunday, June 8 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, June 9 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2. Music and artistic director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads performances from 2019, including generous excerpts from Sergei Prokofiev’s legendary ballet Romeo and Juliet, as well as a recently rediscovered Funeral Song by Igor Stravinsky. -
©2013 Chris Lee/PO1CT518Join us for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert, on Sunday, June 1 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, June 2 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2. Music and artistic director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads performances from 2013 – in his first season at the Orchestra’s helm – as well as 2018 and 2019. Featured works include Janáček’s Sinfonietta, Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, and the Serenade for Winds by Richard Strauss.
WRTI Video of the Week
The Late Set Podcast
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The spiritual and the sensual find common cause in the music of harpist Brandee Younger. Before a recent show at Solar Myth, she sat down with The Late Set to talk about her instrument, her cohort, and her third Impulse! release, Gadabout Season, which finds her in exceptional form. -
"Running and listening can illuminate each other,” argues critic Ben Ratliff in a new book, Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening. He recently sat down to talk about the book, its back story and his listening practice with friend and colleague Nate Chinen at Solar Myth.
WRTI News Stories
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Myung-Whun Chung will be one of the first non-Italians to take the post of music director at Milan's famous opera house. -
Anxiety and panic attacks crippled pianist Simone Dinnerstein on stage, despite a stellar career. She shares how one common device helped her overcome the fear. -
In this week's Moment's Notice, performances from Ruth Naomi Floyd, Stella Cole, Endea Owens & The Cookout and more come to Philadelphia and its surrounding areas.
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