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LeBron James, the new star addition to the Sixers roster, favors classical music and "old-school jazz" in his pre-game warmup. So we thought we'd help out with a musical introduction to the City of Brotherly Love.
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Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us on Sunday, July 19 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, July 20 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Prokofiev, featuring soloist Hilary Hahn, and led by Santtu-Matias Rouvali. -
Jeff Fusco/The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us on Sunday, July 12 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, July 13 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Rafael Payare conducting Manuel de Falla's El amor brujo, Louis Ballard's Devil's Promenade, and David Kim in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.
Emmet Cohen from inside the WRTI Performance Studio
Watch pianist Emmet Cohen and tenor saxophonist Tivon Pennicott play a deconstructed version of Cohen's "Universal Truth" suite.
The Late Set Podcast
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Steven Bernstein is a known wildcard in the modern jazz game. His interrelated new releases, 'ResoNation Trio' and 'Ultra Resonance,' move him into an exciting new sonic area as a trumpeter and composer. He joined us to talk about it before a recent show. -
Mana, the new album by trombonist and vocalist Kalia Vandever, is named after a Native Hawaiian term for spiritual energy or sacred power. It’s an intentional gesture from an artist who has always had the instinct of a shape-shifter.
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Tune in on Saturday, July 25 at 1 p.m., to hear the Glyndebourne Festival Opera's production of The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart's classic comedic opera. -
This week: Ravi Coltrane and The Philadelphia Orchestra celebrate Coltrane 100, along with an Alice Coltrane book event, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Sasha Berliner and more. -
Tune in on Saturday July 18 at 1 p.m. to hear Sir Bryn Terfel and others in Boris Godunov, Modest Mussorgsky's only completed opera.
