The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert
SUNDAY, 1 TO 3 PM ON WRTI-FM; MONDAY, 7 TO 9 PM ON WRTI HD-2
Join us on Sunday afternoons and Monday evenings to hear The Philadelphia Orchestra in live, recorded concerts from Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center.
The ensemble has a long and venerable history of radio broadcasts, as the first orchestra with its own commercially sponsored national radio series, beginning in 1929 on NBC. This weekly series of radio broadcasts marks the return of the Orchestra to the airwaves. WRTI's Gregg Whiteside is host.
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On Sunday, September 26th at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1, and on Monday, September 27th at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2, it's a 2018 program that traces an arc from Schubert to Brahms, by way of a World Premiere performance of Samuel Jones’s Flute Concerto, written for—and played by—Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Flute Jeffrey Khaner. -
Join us on Sunday, September 19th at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, September 20th at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 to hear a 2017 Philadelphia Orchestra concert conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. It brings us works by two composers born almost 150 years apart, whose music expresses profound religious faith.
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History has painted composer Anton Bruckner as a simple man who gave the world complex and innovative symphonies. Bruckner’s 8th symphony, which premiered in December of 1892, is a spiritual masterpiece.
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Composer Wynton Marsalis shares his inspiration for his expansive and lyrical Blues Symphony. This recording captures the excitement of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s performance in December, 2019.
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Listen on Sunday, Sept. 12th at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Sept. 13th on WRTI HD-2 and the WRTI Classical Stream.
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Perspectives, a 2017 commission by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain, was performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra in 2018. You can hear it on WRTI on September 12th and 13th.
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Tune in on Sunday, September 5th at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, September 6th at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 for this Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert broadcast from 2019.
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As he wrapped up his third and final year as assistant conductor at The Philadelphia Orchestra back in 2019, Kensho Watanabe talked with Susan Lewis about his unusual path to the podium.
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This concert broadcast from 2018 features works by Weber, Schumann, and Beethoven.
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Premiered in 1808 in Vienna, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 is one of the most famous works in the classical canon.
