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Join host Mark Pinto on WRTI on April 12 from 3-6 p.m. for Sunday Classical: New Releases

Join host Mark Pinto on WRTI on May 3 from 3-6 p.m. for a new edition of Sunday Classical: New Releases, which includes a spotlight on two crossover efforts: Pekka Suusisto and Sam Amidon combining classical and American folk music; and Aldo López-Gavilán, Ricardo Morales, and the Boulder Philharmonic fusing classical, jazz, and Afro-Cuban rhythms.

Join us on Sunday, April 12 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, April 13 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Ravel, Strauss and Bruch, with violinist Gil Shaham and conductor Stéphane Denève.

Closing out April is soloist Leila Josefowicz with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Shakespeare productions from Curtis Opera Theatre and the Philadelphia Ballet, and violinist Itzhak Perlman.

Jazz Appreciation Month concludes with local jazz performances by artists from across the globe.

Join us on Sunday, Dec. 14 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you an encore presentation of Brahms, Mendelssohn, and Gabriela Lena Frank from the 2024/2025 season, with Marin Alsop at the podium and violinist Randall Goosby as soloist.

Chicago is hosting this year's International Jazz Day. NPR's A Martinez speaks with Nate Chinen, who is covering the event for Philadelphia's WRTI jazz station.

Don Was digs into the Blue Note Records vault for a different kind of Christmas playlist, bringing together rare cuts, classics and deep grooves from across the label's history.

The Grammy winner and Blue Note label head recalls the unique challenges and rewards he faced when the late Bob Weir recruited him for an intimate new project in 2018.

The NPR Music Tiny Desk Contest got nearly 7,000 entries this year. Here are some of the notable jazz entries.