Arts Desk
Throughout the week
Listen to WRTI's Arts Desk features for a daily look into music in the Philadelphia region.
Latest Episodes
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Jim Cotter speaks with Jane Pepper who retires in May, 2010 after almost 30 years as President of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.David Patrick…
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The Philadelphia Inquirer's David Patrick Stearns profiles Philadelphia-based composer Maurice Wright.We drop in on rehearsals for Unplug!, a theatrical,…
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We pay a visit to the German Society of Pennsylvania. The American Virtuosi plays music by Bach, Chopin, and Tchaikovsky in the final concert in the…
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Jim Cotter speaks with organist Paul Jacobs who performs at the Kimmel Center on May 8, 2010.We listen to a compilation of Notes From The Road reports…
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Phila Orch in Korea--Leah Stein Dance MILL TONES--ANCIENT ROME & AMERICA--Leah Partridge LA TRAVIATADavid Patrick Stearns reports from Korea on the first week of the Philadelphia Orchestra's 2010 Asia tour.On May 1st and 2nd, 2010, the Leah Stein Dance…
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David Patrick Stearns looks ahead to the Kimmel Center recital debut of Curtis-trained pianist Yuja Wang on April 29, 2010.Susan Lewis considers the…
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2010 Pulitzer Prize Winner Jennifer Higdon--Phila. Orch.'s Asia Tour--Phila. Int'l Arts Festival '11Jim Cotter speaks with composer Jennifer Higdon, the winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in music.Susan Lewis looks ahead to the Philadelphia Orchestra's…
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Susan Lewis tries to make sense of scents with a visit to a new exhibition about perfume at Longwood Gardens.David Patrick Stearns listens to the…
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Jim Cotter speaks with The Philadelphia Orchestra's Chief Conductor Charles Dutoit.Ahead of the start of Philadelphia's annual Cherry Blossom Festival,…
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David Patrick Stearns profiles conductor Christofer Macatsoris, the music director of the Academy of Vocal Arts. AVA is celebrating its 75th…