Whether you like the intimacy of chamber music, the radiance of a choir, the promise of a new opera, or the surge of a full orchestra, this week has something for you.
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Listen to The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on Demand
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Stuttgart Radio Symphony/The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us on Sunday, April 12 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, April 13 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. -
Allie IppolitoTune in on April 5 and 6 for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert to hear a complete concert performance of Handel's Messiah
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.
WRTI News Stories
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Tune in on Saturday, April 18 at 1 p.m. to hear The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of Kaija Saariaho's opera Innocence. -
Meet 16-year-old violinist McKayla Hwang, a Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY) artist, and a member of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and Settlement Music School’s Capanna Quartet. -
At the midpoint of Philly Jazz Month, there's a little something for every taste on the scene. Moment's Notice has the details.
