Join us on Sunday, October 24th at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, October 25th at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 to hear a 2019 performance of Hannibal Lokumbe's self-proclaimed gift to Philadelphia: Healing Tones, and Jean Sibelius's Symphony No. 2, which has become a signature piece for the Orchestra.

Composer and jazz trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe wrote Healing Tones as a hymn to Philadelphia in 2019. It's an oratorio-like work that celebrates the healers among us, including midwives, doctors, artists, and musicians.

Join us on Sunday, October 24th from 5 to 6 PM on WRTI 90.1 to hear the GRAMMY-winning new music chamber choir The Crossing perform signature works of the recent past. "It's a celebration of works we love, sung with artists and for people we love, marking a time of isolation, grief, confusion, hope, and returning," says Director Donald Nally.

Ready for a fabulous in-person concert experience? We invite you to discover eight incredibly talented Astral artists, winners of the highly competitive Astral National Auditions, presented by our very own senior producer of arts & culture, Susan Lewis. The date is Wednesday, October 20th from 7 to 8:30 PM. The place is Stotesbury Mansion just off of Rittenhouse Square.

The members of Recap, four young women of color from New Jersey, have built a mission of gender equity into their striking debut album.

Join us on Sunday, Oct. 17th at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Oct. 18th at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 to hear The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert broadcast from 2019, showcasing the “King of Instruments” in all its glory.

The Philadelphia Orchestra's principal guest conductor, Nathalie Stutzman, has been named music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. She follows in the footsteps of only a few women trailblazers leading major American orchestras, including Marin Alsop and JoAnn Falletta.