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Philly Made is a new WRTI initiative featuring artists whose lives and music have been shaped by the culture of Philadelphia — including Featured Artists like up-and-coming pianist Jordan Williams.
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©2013 Chris Lee/PO1CT518Join us for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert, on Sunday, March 1 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, March 2 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2. Music and artistic director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads performances from 2013 – in his first season at the Orchestra’s helm – as well as 2018 and 2019. Featured works include Janáček’s Sinfonietta, Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, and the Serenade for Winds by Richard Strauss. -
Jeff Fusco/The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 for the final concert of the 2024-25 season, as Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads works by Mozart, St-Georges and Prokofiev — along with Shostakovich's first Cello Concerto, featuring Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
The Late Set Podcast
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Mark Turner is a modern master, a tenor saxophonist whose influence on the jazz tradition can hardly be overstated. So we're thrilled to talk with him about his new ECM album, Patternmaster, and some of the speculative fiction (and actual music) that inspired it. -
Search high and low, in this world and beyond, and you won't ever find another Sun Ra. So we're excited about the broadcast premiere of Sun Ra: Do the Impossible on PBS. Our own Nate Chinen is a commentator in the film — and so is our guest this episode, the author and critic Marcus J. Moore, who brings a multilayered appreciation of Sun Ra's artistry to our conversation. Space is the Place!
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Even though it seems like winter just won't quit, our region always enjoys a spring rush of concert activity. Fanfare has the latest, including a Baroque devotional program from Variant Six and Filament. -
March is here, and with it we kick off Women’s History Month in high style, while welcoming some marquee talent from out of town. -
John Szwed wrote the definitive biography of Sun Ra almost 30 years ago. As a new documentary revives interest in the visionary artist and interplanetary being, Szwed revisits his subject, considering what he means today.
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