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Works for Organ and Orchestra by Charles-Marie Widor and Aaron CoplandThe organ world in Paris - in January of 1870 - was buzzing when the top names in…

Pianist Red Garland (1923-1984) was an integral member of the Miles Davis Quintet and a key collaborator with John Coltrane and Coleman Hawkins, at a time…

How much of what we think of as the beautiful sound of a Stradivarius is the instrument itself — and how much is the brand?

The national melody that’s notoriously hard to sing owes its musical roots to a private men’s club. WRTI’sMerideeDuddleston hears the “the bombs bursting…

Sample the musically omnivorous cellist's wide-ranging work — from J.S. Bach to modern invocations of ancient folk traditions.

October 1, 2018. Over-practicing is always dangerous, even for a superstar pianist with seemingly invincible technique. In April, 2017, when Lang Lang…

The musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are on strike. At issue are salary and pensions. The contract expired Sunday night.

January 20, 2020. Trumpeter, educator, and composer Joe “Mags” Magnarelli has been on WRTI’s radar for years. So of course the WRTI Live Sessions team was…

Join us on Sunday, December 1st at 4 PM to hear The Crossing, Philadelphia’s two-time Grammy-winning professional choir conducted by Donald Nally and…

This trio has become a reference point of their own for new school instrumentalists, a coveted achievement for any jazz group, though their appeal stretches far outside the jazz ecosystem.