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Marty Sohl / Met Opera/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. -
Randy Beach/Early music has been a lifelong passion of conductor Nicholas McGegan. It’s also informed the efforts of composers known for quite different styles,…
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WRTI will broadcast a Philadelphia Orchestra performance of music of Mozart and Beethoven this Sunday, highlighting some musical connections between these… -
Philadelphia’s Jennifer Higdon is among the most-frequently performed living American composers. Her works have been performed around the world and…
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Music lives at The Fairmount Water Works, where a Philadelphia-area jazz singer is featured in a short film about the water. As WRTI’s Susan Lewis…
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Motown founder and songwriter Berry Gordy is this year’s Marian Anderson Award honoree. As WRTI’s Jim Cotter reports, the Philadelphia-born opera…
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The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia is part of worldwide celebrations of a landmark birthday for one of America’s greatest living artists. WRTI’s Jim…
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His name is Yannick Nezet-Seguin, but in a New York Times profile, he was nicknamed Mighty Mouse by the opera star Joyce DiDonato. After all, he seems to…
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Philadelphia's jazz roots live in all quarters of the city. WRTI's Meridee Duddleston tracks the telltale signs of the city's jazz past, through a digital…
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The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia has an important role to play in 21st-century public discourse. That’s the view of its new president and…
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One of the most recent instrumentalists to be added to the roster of soloists in orchestral performances is the percussionist. As WRTI’s Jim Cotter…
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David Finckel was a member of the Emerson Quartet for over 30 years. In that time, the ensemble garnered a reputation as one of the world’s finest chamber…
