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In honor of John Coltrane's centennial, we're digging in with Peabody Award-winning oral historian and producer Steve Rowland, who has incisive things to say about Coltrane’s spiritual quest and creative legacy, and how we can best remember him today.
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Listen to The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on Demand
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Jessica Griffin / The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us on Sunday, Sept. 13 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you an encore presentation of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds, featuring Orchestra principals. Esa-Pekka Salnonen conducts. -
Stuttgart Radio Symphony/The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us on Sunday, Sept. 6 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Ravel, Strauss and Bruch, with violinist Gil Shaham and conductor Stéphane Denève.
The Late Set Podcast
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Jazz radio has never had a better friend than Rhonda Hamilton, who's spent the last 50 years broadcasting with her trademark warmth, integrity and composure. As she receives the 2026 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy, she joined us for a conversation brimming with insights -
SML is one of our era's most beguiling bands: a collective rooted in group improv, with a blend of loopy groove, staticky texture and shifting timbre. Three of the band's five members — bassist Anna Butterss, saxophonist Josh Johnson, and synthesist Jeremiah Chiu — join Julian Booker to talk about their commitment to shared discovery.
WRTI News Stories
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In two board resolutions made public Monday, the arts institution says it is in a dire financial and physical state — and that only President Trump can "rescue" it. -
September is nearly halfway over, but the jazz scene is still swinging. This week, catch a number of free performances as a part of the Montco Jazz Festival, hear saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa at South, catch the Bobby Watson Quartet at Chris', and more. -
WRTI host Hannah Nicholas delivers her first Fanfare edition, featuring Dynasty Battles in a concert for his mentor, Leon Bates; 1807 & Friends performing music from Mozart, Nardini, and Paisiello; and an orchestral presentation of music from the hit video game 'Undertale.'
