Join us on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 for a program of Mendelssohn, Julius Eastman, and John Williams. Finnish guest conductor Dalia Stasevska is on the podium, and Principal Tuba Carol Jantsch is featured as soloist.
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Dalia Stasevska conducts music by Gustav Mahler and John Adams, in an encore presentation from the 2025/2026 season. And Augustin Hadelich is featured in Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto.
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An encore presentation from the 2025/2026 season, featuring Sibelius' Fifth Symphony, an orchestral suite from Terence Blanchard’s opera Fire Shut Up In My Bones, and Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole, with violinist María Dueñas.
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Who is our next breakout jazz singer? Chances are, they were in Paris this month for the Herbie Hancock International Jazz Vocals Competition. Nate was there too, and now he brings us a field report — including his backstage interview with Malou Oheix, the 27-year-old French vocalist who won first prize.
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Master drummer Andrew Cyrille is one of our heroes. So we jumped at the chance to share a wide-ranging conversation he had with trumpeter Dave Douglas, on the Greenleaf Music podcast A Noise From the Deep.
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This week's edition of Fanfare features a number of classical performances at home in Philadelphia and a number in Delaware — make a day of it!
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Saxophonist John Coltrane gave what would be his last Philadelphia concert 60 years ago at Temple University. As his son Ravi Coltrane prepares an all-star tribute concert, WRTI reflects on the music's legacy and lore.