Can spring really hang you up the most? Only if you don't jump on one of these amazing shows in the coming days.
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Allie IppolitoTune in on April 5 and 6 for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert to hear a complete concert performance of Handel's Messiah -
Eugene Ormandy Collection of Photographs, 1880-1992, University of PennsylvaniaJoin us for a special two-week series on The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert as we celebrate the ensemble's 125th anniversary. We'll explore the evolution of “the Philadelphia Sound” across the tenure of its eight music directors.
Béla Fleck at Vintage Instruments
Watch the banjo virtuoso's full conversation with Nate Chinen, for The Late Set.
The Late Set Podcast
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Tomeka Reid embraces the cello’s full range—earthy to ethereal—on dance! skip! hop!. In our studio, she talks dance, AACM mentors, early inspirations, and her work as an educator and advocate. -
In the hands of Béla Fleck, a banjo is a skeleton key, capable of unlocking almost any musical door. For this episode, he joins us in the banjo parlor at Vintage Instruments to talk musical legacies, personal histories, and how his perspective has changed (and how it hasn’t) over the course of a nearly five-decade career.
WRTI News Stories
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Ryan Speedo Green assumes the title role in Don Giovanni, broadcast live via the Met Opera's Saturday matinee series on April 11. -
This Saturday's broadcast of 'The Met Opera on WRTI' will feature a 1968 performance of Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda in celebration of the opera's 150th anniversary. -
Jordan Williams began his musical journey with childhood training in Philadelphia, and still carries a torch for the city's jazz legacy. He talked with WRTI's Nicole Sweeney about what makes that sound unique, in this Philly Made Featured Artist interview.
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