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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As the National Constitution Center stages a major exhibition on Prohibition, Susan Lewis looks at the early 20th-century ban on alcohol and its…
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The acclaimed Maria Joao Pires announced that she will retire in 2014. The Philadelphia Inquirer's David Patrick Stearns profiles the demure but exquisite…
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According to a widely misunderstood Mayan prophecy, the world should have ended on December 21st. Jim Cotter speaks with Loa Traxler, the curator of MAYA…
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Jim Cotter speaks with Philadelphia lawyer-turned-novelist James Kimmell, Jr. His first work of fiction, The Trial of Fallen Angels, is published by the…
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David Patrick Stearns profiles American cellist Alisa Weilerstein. She’s in town to perform the iconic Elgar cello concerto with The Philadelphia…
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Susan Lewis explores an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on the American painter Winslow Homer and the American tradition of lifesaving.
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If anybody knows Rachmaninoff, it’s The Philadelphia Orchestra. The ensemble inspired the composer to write his final orchestral work: the Symphonic…
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Susan Lewis profiles The Philadelphia Wind Symphony. The ensemble will perform works by Tchaikovsky, Holst, and Shostakovich at the University of the Arts…
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art boasts the world’s largest collection of works by French Artist Marcel Duchamp, known best for his avante-garde works that…
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Philadelphia is a city rich with classical musical offerings, from Philadelphia Orchestra concerts at the Kimmel Center to recitals in homes, neighborhood…