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The Catalyst Quartet has been all about elevating music previously excluded from the canon — in this case, exceptional string quartets by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, George Walker, and William Grant Still.
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Nasir Dickerson’s Life Light Empowerment Ensemble celebrated the release of a new album, 'Let It Shine,' at WRTI. We're proud to share the concert as our kickoff to a Black History Month video series, Sankofa Sounds.
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The Dessoff Choirs has a profound simpatico with Margaret Bonds’ mature compositional style, a glowing synthesis of African American and European concert music — never more stunning than on her late work 'Credo,' the centerpiece of a new album.
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A half-century-old broadcast of The Met Opera's 'Macbeth' provides an opportunity to marvel anew at the great American soprano Martina Arroyo, as she turns 86.
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Sankofa — the idea that we can draw from our past to make positive progress in the future — serves as a guiding light for WRTI, never more clearly than during this Black History Month.
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Brandie Inez Sutton will be the soprano soloist in Margaret Bonds' 'Credo' and Carl Orff’s 'Carmina Burana,' at Opera Philadelphia on Feb. 3 and 5. She stopped by WRTI to reflect on the living dimensions of Black history, and her own trajectory, with John T.K. Scherch.
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Throughout the month of February, WRTI is proud to bring you a very special classical and jazz celebration of Black History Month.
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The king of ragtime published his hit tune 120 years ago. Pianist Lara Downes believes the piece helped shape the future of American music.
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Broadcast nationwide in 1934 and praised by listeners and critics alike, a masterful symphony soon fell silent. A new recording hopes to help revive an American treasure.
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A visionary with seemingly boundless energy, pianist Lara Downes is clearing new paths in the classical music landscape, expanding minds and spurring…