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When you're looking for a way to de-stress and find a sense of calm, there's always music to provide a gentle hug. So here are our comforting picks for…

What a treat! Join us on four Sundays in November, from 4 to 6 PM, to hear the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra in concerts recorded live at the Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall. You’ll hear some of the most talented young musicians in our region conducted by PYO Music Director Louis Scaglione. Your host is WRTI's Kevin Gordon with program commentary by Maestro Scaglione.

We're celebrating our nation's 246th birthday on WRTI! Join us on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday for a fun and festive classical and jazz Independence Day weekend.

Two new works distinguished The Crossing's 2022 Christmas concert, which WRTI is proud to broadcast on Christmas Eve, from 4 to 6 p.m ET.

The saxophonist's 2014 album was dedicated to the memory of his 6-year-old daughter, killed in the 2012 mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. Hear his quartet perform the genre-spanning music in concert.

Jazz with Jeff Duperon is busy Friday June 28th, 6-10 pm! Jeff welcomes singer/songwriter Ty Stephens and the Dutch pianist, composer, and arranger Peter…

Cinema Paradiso, written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1989. Its "Love Theme," written by Ennio Morricone with his son Andrea, has been embraced and interpreted by artists and ensembles across genres, including Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, BBC Orchestra, Chris Botti, Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden, George Colligan, Josh Groban, and Roberta Gambarini.

On Sunday, Jan. 5 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Jan. 6 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2, The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Leif Ove Andsnes in Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto, and Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra. Dalia Stasevska is on the podium.

A new case taking on affirmative action in higher education is set to be heard in the Supreme Court this fall. In 2003, the court ruled that universities could consider racial diversity in admissions. But today the make-up of the court is very different. Host Michel Martin discusses the case with two law school deans.

Pianists Ludmila Berlinskaya and Arthur Ancelle join forces in a program of early 20th-century music for two pianos and orchestra on 'American Dream' — one of a dozen albums featured on a special edition of Sunday Classical, hosted by Mark Pinto on Nov. 2 from 3-6 p.m. Here's the full list with his comments.