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Composer, violinist and educator Jessie Montgomery, who brings folkloric and vernacular elements into dialogue with the classical tradition.
Jiyang Chen
Join Meg Bragle from 3 to 6 p.m. on March 8 — International Women's Day — for a special focus on music by a sweeping array of women composers.
Listen to The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on Demand
  • Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra at the Kimmel Center on Oct. 4, 2013.
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    Join 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.
  • Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra in their 2024/2025 season finale at Marian Anderson Hall on June 7, 2025.
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    Join 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
  • 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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