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  • Johann Sebastian Bach's <em>St. Matthew Passion</em> was first heard on Good Friday, 1727 in Leipzig, Germany.
    A Visitor's Guide To Bach's 'St. Matthew Passion'
    Join tenor Ian Bostridge, conductor Ton Koopman and other singers, conductors and scholars for a guided tour of Bach's sacred masterpiece, first heard on Good Friday in Leipzig in 1727.
  • Watch and Listen: Guitarist Jordan Dodson with Composer Andrea Clearfield In WRTI's Studio
    Praised by Performance Today as "one of the top young guitarists of his generation," Jordan Dodson makes his March, 2019 debut with the Chamber Orchestra…
  • Mezzo soprano Jamie Barton, who won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition Sunday night.
    Meet The 2013 BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World
    31-year-old American mezzo Jamie Barton had a double win at the prestigious Welsh competition. She walked away Sunday with both the main prize and the song award.
  • The Philadelphia Orchestra on Tour on WRTI 90.1: Hamburg, Germany, May 30th at 3 PM
    UPDATE: Yesterday, due to technical difficulties, we were unable to broadcast the Philadelphia Orchestra's live performance from Hamburg as scheduled. The…
  • Obama's The Topic, Louisiana Is GOP's Next Goal
    Saturday is presidential primary day in Louisiana where 20 delegates are at stake. Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul all campaigned there Friday. Romney leads in national polling, but Santorum is ahead in Louisiana.
  • Clue In Old Photo Leads To New Search For Amelia Earhart's Plane
    New analysis of a photo taken in 1937 has led investigators to think it might show a piece of the landing gear from aviator Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra plane, which disappeared in June that year somewhere in the South Pacific.
  • Bebo Valdes' Long Musical Journey
    At 87, Cuban pianist and composer Bebo Valdes is busier than ever — and he's getting more recognition than ever before. But just 10 years ago, he was hardly recognized as a lounge pianist in Stockholm.
  • Jay McShann.
    Jay "Hootie" McShann on Piano Jazz
    Jay McShann, nicknamed "Hootie," helped define the Kansas City style of jazz, which mixed blues and boogie woogie. In this program from 1980, McShann talks about those early days in Kansas City and meeting a young sax player named Charlie Parker.
  • Benny Golson Recreates His Great 'Jazztet'
    He grew up with John Coltrane, gigged with Art Blakey and shared the silver screen with Tom Hanks. Now, on the eve of 80, illustrious saxophonist and jazz composer Benny Golson is re-creating his greatest ensemble: the six-person Jazztet.
  • Keys To New Orleans On JazzSet
    New Orleans is not only the cradle of jazz. It's also the birthplace of great jazz piano, dating back to the early 1900s, when Jelly Roll Morton tickled the ivories. Hear three pianists who are keeping upholding that great tradition — Allen Toussaint, Henry Butler and Jon Cleary — onstage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., with Keys to New Orleans.
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