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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Music lives in Ocean County, New Jersey where the Garden State Philharmonic opens its arms to existing and future generations of music lovers, forging a…
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Esa-Pekka Salonen is best known for his fruitful 17-year tenure as the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, now led by Gustavo Dudamel.…
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Over the years, the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s collection has grown to as many as 250 thousand objects. As WRTI’s Susan Lewis reports, a special…
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WRTI’s concert broadcast of The Philadelphia Orchestra on Sunday, July 21, 2013 features the music of two Romantic Viennese masters. WRTI’s Susan Lewis…
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Big revelations sometimes come in unassuming packages. Little did Temple University harpsichordist Joyce Lindorff know when she spent a month at historic…
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The Woodmere Art Museum in Chestnut Hill has an enviable collection of art in the realist tradition, from the 1800s to the present. It also has a renowned…
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Among the seven historic homes in Fairmount Park that served as summer homes for the wealthy, only one is a regular venue for the kind of music their…
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WRTI will broadcast a Philadelphia Orchestra performance of music of Mozart and Beethoven this Sunday, highlighting some musical connections between these…
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Philadelphia’s Jennifer Higdon is among the most-frequently performed living American composers. Her works have been performed around the world and…
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Music lives at The Fairmount Water Works, where a Philadelphia-area jazz singer is featured in a short film about the water. As WRTI’s Susan Lewis…