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Join us for The Philadelphia Orchestra on Sunday, July 13 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, July 14 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as Danish violinist and conductor Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider does double duty, performing Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D Major, and conducting Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7 in D Minor.
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Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia OrchestraListen to The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on Sunday, July 6 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, July 7 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as Marin Alsop makes her first appearance in Philadelphia as principal guest conductor — leading Brahms's Haydn Variations; a world premiere by Gabriela Lena Frank; and Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, featuring Randall Goosby. -
Jeff Fusco/The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us on Sunday, June 29 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, June 30 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica"), Michael Tilson Thomas' 'Agnegram,' and Ravel's 'Piano Concerto for the Left Hand,' featuring Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Osmo Vänskä is on the podium.
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The Late Set Podcast
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We’ve reached the midpoint of 2025, and listened our way through well over a hundred albums. In this episode, we’re sharing half a dozen of our favorites. -
Pianist-composer Amaro Freitas creates music with a vivid sense of place. His native Brazil pulses through his most recent album, Y'Y, which mixes jazz with Afro-Brazilian and indigenous music, and the sounds of the Amazon. Freitas discusses this and more with Josh Jackson, in a deeply searching conversation recorded backstage at New York's Winter Jazzfest earlier this year.
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Pianists Mitsuko Uchida and Benjamin Grosvenor, clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer and orchestras such as the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic and the Finnish Radio Symphony are among the highlighted releases in our July 2025 edition of Sunday Classical: New Releases. Join host Mark Pinto on WRTI on July 6 from 3-6 p.m. to hear highlights from each of these albums, and read his thoughts here. -
Throughout the Fourth of July weekend, WRTI jazz hosts will feature music that showcases the art form's representation of, and contribution to, the United States of America. Here are some highlights to listen for. -
From Sousa's "Star Spangled Banner" to Bernstein's 'Symphonic Dances from West Side Story,' our Classical programming on July 4 is a celebration of American voices and visions.
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