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He appeared on more than 200 albums and toured the world playing with some of the greatest jazz, pop, R&B, and soul artists of our era. -
Michael D. Beckwith/Unsplash/History has painted composer Anton Bruckner as a simple man who gave the world complex and innovative symphonies. Bruckner’s 8th symphony, which premiered in December of 1892, is a spiritual masterpiece.
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Trinity Church Wall Street commissioned Robert Moran’s Trinity Requiem for the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 destruction of New York’s World Trade Center. On the 20th anniversary, the music still resonates deeply. -
Perspectives, a 2017 commission by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain, was performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra in 2018. You can hear it on WRTI on September 12th and 13th.
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Klezmer music so beautifully expresses the joys and pains of life. WRTI's Debra Lew Harder takes us into its rich world and heritage with esteemed Klezmer…
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What’s a kid from West Chester, PA know about the soul of New Orleans jazz? A little more than you’d think.
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Piano Lessons is a compilation of recordings made by Eschenbach during the 1960s and ‘70s, before his first conducting appointment in 1981.
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With boundless idiomatic versatility and impeccable control and intonation in the lower registers, Lauren Henderson proves herself a force on Musa.
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As he wrapped up his third and final year as assistant conductor at The Philadelphia Orchestra back in 2019, Kensho Watanabe talked with Susan Lewis about his unusual path to the podium.
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Classical Album Of The Week: Itzhak Perlman Protégé Randall Goosby Debuts Spectacularly with 'Roots'The 24-year-old violinist Randall Goosby’s major label debut, Roots, is unique in several ways.
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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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Premiered in 1808 in Vienna, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 is one of the most famous works in the classical canon.
