Join us on Sunday, May 12 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 13 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you the profoundly moving German Requiem by Johannes Brahms. As a prelude, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a choral piece by Luis Ernesto Peña Laguna commissioned for performance alongside Brahms' masterwork.
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Join us on Sunday, May 5 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 6 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert features Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, Petrushka by Igor Stravinsky, and the Symphony No. 2 by Kurt Weill. The Marcus Roberts Trio adds extra improvisatory flair to the Rhapsody, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, a concerto for the Chinese traditional pipa by Zhao Jiping, and a rediscovered treasure by Polish composer Feliks Nowowiejski.
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Pianist, composer and arranger Victor Gould shares his tune "Blue Dales" in the WRTI 90.1 Performance Studio. Producer - J Michael Harrison Audio - Tyler McClure Video - Christopher Andrew Studios
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As WRTI toasts Philadelphia jazz artists during our Spirit of 76 drive, we're proud to feature an interview with pianist Kenny Barron, who grew up in North Philly and still carries a torch for his hometown.
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Davis led the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Britain's Glyndebourne Festival, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera in Chicago.
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We're celebrating 76 years of WRTI by playing the top 76 pieces of classical music — as voted on by our listeners. Here are the results as they come in.
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A dedicated archivist, Michael Cuscuna had more than 2,600 album credits as a producer, most of them archival reissues, and many involving the Blue Note catalog. He died on 75 in Stamford, Conn.
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This week in Fanfare, fabulous offerings from Opera Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Academy of Vocal Arts, Curtis Composers and more.
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