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Join us on Sunday, Aug. 16 at 1 p.m. as Marin Alsop leads Schumann and a new work by Ukranian composer Iryna Aleksiychuk, and Haochen Zhang plays Rachmaninoff's 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.'
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Listen to The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on Demand
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Sim Cannety Clarke/Courtesy of the artistOn Sunday, Aug. 9 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Aug. 10 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2, The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a program featuring the the Overture to Weber’s Der Freischütz, the Symphony in E minor (“Gaelic”) by Amy Beach, and Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2. -
Allie Ippolito/The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us on Sunday, Aug. 2 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, with soprano Ying Fang, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, and the women of the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir.
The Late Set Podcast
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The gayageum is a plucked Korean zither with a history that stretches to the sixth century. Its first and finest exponent in avant-garde jazz is DoYeon Kim, whose spellbinding debut, Wellspring, reveals a fiercely original voice. She joins us to talk about tradition, translation, and the power of self-expression. -
Steven Bernstein is a known wildcard in the modern jazz game. His interrelated new releases, 'ResoNation Trio' and 'Ultra Resonance,' move him into an exciting new sonic area as a trumpeter and composer. He joined us to talk about it before a recent show.
WRTI News Stories
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Following the weather, the jazz scene is hot this week, with Gregory Porter, Lalah Hathaway, and Jamison ross featured together at the Dell, bassist Hannah Marks at Chris', and more. -
Tune in to Sunday Rotation at 8 p.m. to hear a WRTI Live performance by South African pianist Bokani Dyer with his trio, recorded at Chris' Jazz Cafe. -
Tune into WRTI on Saturday, Aug. 8 at 1 p.m. to hear Pelléas et Mélisande, Claude Debussy’s only completed opera.
