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It was the summer of 1934. At his villa in Switzerland near Lake Lucerne, Sergei Rachmaninoff wrote his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 comprised…

Join us every Sunday throughout the month of May from 4 to 6 PM to hear the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra in four concerts recorded live at the Kimmel…

February 17, 2020. Acclaimed by The Guardian as "one of the world's leading bel canto stars," tenor Lawrence Brownlee brings his extraordinary power,…

The African-American patriot Richard Allen founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1794, and led the congregation of Bethel AME in Philadelphia…

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a highly educated member of the Russian elite. But it’s his connection with folk tunes and the countryside that especially…

WRTI's Josh Jackson is your host at City Winery Philadelphia on Wednesday, September 21st at 8 PM when he'll have the pleasure of introducing the 2021 Grammy-nominated trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire.

Tune in to WRTI to experience the music of the Jewish High Holidays.

Here are the recordings and concerts that thrilled our classical hosts in 2024. Join host Mark Pinto on Sunday Classical, Jan. 5 from 3-6 p.m., to hear music from each of our favorite albums.

Like Jeremy Lin, Wat Misaka is an Asian-American who became an unlikely basketball star; he also played for the Knicks. But he did it in the 1940s.

It’s Jazz Appreciation Month, so we've asked our jazz hosts to pause and answer one simple question: If you could listen to any jazz tune right now, what…