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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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February 4, 2019. Trained as a classical violinist, Rachel Barton Pine grew up listening to the blues, and one day was thrilled to discover the two genres… -
January 28, 2019. We're adding some sunshine to the darkness of winter with this classical album of the week: American composer Morten Laurdisen's Light…
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When Carol Jantsch was still an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, she made musical history by winning the principal tuba position of The…
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January 28, 2019. Ralph Peterson, Jr. has played protégé to a couple of seriously fine mentors—first his dad, then Art Blakey. With the debut album from…
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Mozart mentioned in a letter to his father that he wanted to write a mass for his new wife Constanze, who was a soprano. “But there was no commission,”…
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January 21, 2019. In advance of our Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert Broadcast on January 27th featuring pianist Garrick Ohlsson, we're highlighting his…
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With genius and grace, African-American slaves transformed bitter human experience into a beautiful art form called the "spiritual." One of the most…
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January 14, 2019. Clarinetist Paul Cosentino’s Boilermaker Jazz Band has been making swinging renditions of jazz gems for over 25 years. I Love the Rhythm…
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January 14, 2019. Fresh, emotional, crystalline as glacial water — these are words to describe Icelandic pianist Vikingur Ólafsson’s stunning recording,…
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January 7, 2019. Jeff Goldblum is famous for his starring roles in films such as Jurassic Park, The Big Chill, and The Fly. But did you know that, way…
