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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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The 800 members of the League of American Orchestras come from across the country. They include big, small, and medium-sized ensembles, and related arts… -
This story first appeared in 2013 as part of WRTI's "Where Music Lives" series. Drummer Charlie Rice passed away April, 2018. He was 98. Steady work is a…
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A thriving classical music world involves not only composers and performers, but those who listen, and those who manage, connect, and promote the artists…
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One leader headed to our nation’s capital aims to bring people together - not through political speeches, but through music. WRTI's Susan Lewis has more…
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Quite a few classical composers have found artistic inspiration in one of the planet’s most important natural resources. WRTI’s Susan Lewis reports on…
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An exhibition of paintings, drawings, ballet costumes, and more - on display at the Barnes Foundation - captures a shift in the vision of one of the 20th…
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How does a widely acknowledged great singer completely disappear into obscurity, turn up in a classic film, and then retire to Wilmington, Delaware? Such…
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March 5th is the anniversary of a remarkable day in music history. Sergei Prokofiev died, but almost unnoticed, because it was the same day that Josef…
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It’s the 99th anniversary of an important first for the WRTI family. It happened in South Jersey, and the significance of it extends to this day. Styles…
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The Heiligenstadt Testament, a letter and directive written by Beethoven to his brothers in October, 1802, is an important missive, opened after the…
