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The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Carl Orff’s rousing and colorful Carmina Burana, with three Philadelphia-based choirs and three sterling soloists joining the fun.

Meet 18-year-old Collin Parker-Szekely of Abington, PA, pianist in the Advanced Study Myer Schwartz Piano Trio at Settlement Music School and cellist in the Temple Music Prep Center for Gifted Young Musicians Youth Chamber Orchestra.

Greg Bryant is leaving WRTI at the end of December. We'll miss him!

In partnership with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and Jasper Chamber Concerts, WRTI brought performances to two local Philadelphia schools in October.

Thanks to a gift from the family of Peter Nero, who led the Philly Pops for three decades, its name will once again be associated with the group, one of the nation's leading orchestras of its kind.

Charles Ives wrote "Variations on ‘America'" as a solo piece for pipe organ in 1892. In its patriotism and playful self-expression, it offers a uniquely apt soundtrack to this Election Day.

Singer Samara Joy, saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin and pianist Sullivan Fortner all have multiple nominations in the 67th Grammy Awards. So does the late pianist Chick Corea.

An alto saxophonist who played a crucial role in both the development of hard bop and its evolution into soul jazz, Lou Donaldson died on Nov. 9 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 98.

Join us on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you the profoundly moving German Requiem by Johannes Brahms. As a prelude, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a choral piece by Luis Ernesto Peña Laguna commissioned for performance alongside Brahms' masterwork.

This week's Fanfare has something for everyone in a variety of locations, including the Lenape Chamber Ensemble in Doylestown, the Delaware Symphony Orchestra in Wilmington, and Charles Gounod's Faust right here in Philadelphia.