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With his exceptional fluency on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Ken Peplowski was a prominent voice in straight-ahead jazz. He died on Monday aboard the Jazz Cruise.
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Listen to The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on Demand
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Benjamin EalovegaThe Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert presents a program of German Romantic masters. Tugan Sokhiev leads two works by Strauss, the Prelude to Wagner’s opera Tannhäuser, and a Liszt Piano Concerto featuring Haochen Zhang. -
Pete Checchia/The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us on Sunday, Jan. 25 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you an all-Beethoven program from the 2024/2025 season, featuring the German master’s towering Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”) and Symphony No. 4. At the podium is guest conductor Tugan Sokhiev, joined by soloist Garrick Ohlsson.
The Late Set Podcast
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Freedom and form have always found active equilibrium in the music of Dave Douglas. His new album, Four Freedoms, considers that balancing act — along with an idea first voiced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and worth revisiting now. -
Terell Stafford upholds a radically holistic ideal as a jazz educator. His insights on jazz education have implications far beyond the classroom, as you'll hear in this dynamic episode.
WRTI News Stories
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President Trump announced a "Complete Rebuilding" of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. You asked: Who's going to pay for it? What will it turn into? And doesn't Congress have to approve? -
Jazz at Lincoln Center has announced that its founder, Wynton Marsalis, will step down as artistic director in July 2027. -
At WRTI, we have specific rooting interests at the 2026 Grammy Awards — focused on jazz and classical music, with a foothold in Philadelphia. Here are our nominees.
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