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The Metropolitan Opera is back on WRTI! Saturday, December 4th at 1 PM, tune in for a performance of Matthew Aucoin's new opera, Eurydice, an intriguing updated version of the Orpheus myth. Here, the composer talks with us about the power of music and words, grief and love, and about the ways in which the story speaks to us today.
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John Coltrane rarely performed the music from A Love Supreme after its release at the end of 1964 – meaning even the most ardent Coltrane-ologists have been unaware of the existence of these tapes. -
Musical polymath Greg Spero, who premieres new content each month on WRTI's Live Sessions page, can see the future of the music industry from his Tiny Records in Los Angeles.
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This concert broadcast from 2018 features works by Weber, Schumann, and Beethoven.
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Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who died on Tuesday, played with a deceptively simple style that took some fans time to appreciate.
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Premiered in 1808 in Vienna, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 is one of the most famous works in the classical canon.
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Humility and comfort. Those are the qualities that shine through most prominently when I listen to In Harmony, live recordings of trumpeter Roy Hargrove and pianist Mulgrew playing as a duo in 2006 and 2007.
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The album includes works by Arvo Pärt, Julia Wolfe, and Caroline Shaw.
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Jazz Hometown Heroes
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Journalist Dorothy Kilgallen led off her popular New York Evening Journal column (syndicated in 140 papers) with a 1963 story about Philly bassist Jymie…
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For more than half a century, pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali has been the dark matter of Philadelphia jazz?—a mysterious force whose presence has been felt more…
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