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French pastry chef Nina Metayer (L) and French-Israeli singer Amir hold the Olympic flame on the Champs-Élysées avenue, in front of the Arc de Triomphe, during the Olympic torch relay in Paris, on July 15, 2024.

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Torch Songs: Our classical music soundtrack for the Paris Olympics

John T.K. Scherch

With the 2024 Summer Olympics underway in Paris, we've highlighted some of our favorite classical anthems to accompany all the action.

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WRTI Spotlight

Cellist Alexander Hersh kicks off Sunday Classical with Astral
WRTI Spotlight

George Burton presents 'Heard But Not Seen,' on the new 'White Noise'
WRTI Spotlight

Rene Orth and Hannah Moscovitch win MCANA's Best New Opera award for '10 Days in a Madhouse'
WRTI Spotlight

Fabio Luisi leads the 'Carmina Burana;' Emanuel Ax plays Mozart

Listen to The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on Demand

Benjamin Ealovega

Haochen Zhang performs and Nathalie Stutzmann conducts, in an all-Beethoven program

Melinda Whiting

Join us on Sunday, July 21 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, July 22 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 when the Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert series brings you Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto, featuring pianist Haochen Zhang, and his Symphony No. 7 in A Major, with guest conductor Nathalie Stutzmann.
Chris Lee

Joshua Bell dazzles in a pair of Romantic gems, and Christoph Eschenbach conducts Brahms

Melinda Whiting

Join us on Sunday, July 14 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, July 15 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert features Brahms' Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, and spotlights violinist Joshua Bell in works by Henri Vieuxtemps and Ernest Chausson.

WRTI Video of the Week

"Vince Guaraldi" is an original composition by Tony Miceli. This performance of the tune is with The Philly 5 and the video was recorded and produced by Chris' Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia. This performance was part of a full set at the venue on December 29th, 2020. The Philly 5 features Joe Anderson - trumpet, Chris Farr - sax, Tony Miceli - vibes, Madison Rast - bass, Byron Landham - drums.

The Late Set Podcast

Creative Dancer: esperanza spalding

For esperanza spalding, the iconic Brazilian troubadour Milton Nascimento exerts a magical influence. So it makes sense that she describes their luminous new album, Milton + esperanza, as the realization of a dream.
Rise and Shine: Julius Rodriguez

What should the omnivorous young jazz mainstream sound like today? One beguiling answer can be found in the music of Julius Rodriguez, a brilliant multi-instrumentalist who just released Evergreen, his second album for Verve, which synthesizes elements of jazz, R&B, gospel, funk, even electro-pop.