Felix Mendelssohn

Join us for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert, on Sunday, June 15 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, June 16 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2. Music and artistic director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads performances from past seasons, including Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3, Haydn’s Symphony No. 92, a witty tone poem by Peter Maxwell Davies, and the premiere performance of a Flute Concerto by Iranian-American composer Behzad Ranjbaran, featuring principal flute Jeffrey Khaner.

Guest conductor Matthias Pintscher makes his debut as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Strauss' Oboe Concerto, Mendelssohn's Third Symphony, and an early work by Anton Webern.

May 3, 2021. The Jasper String Quartet and Jupiter String Quartet combine to express joyful personal connections in chamber music with pieces composed…

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J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion is a monumental oratorio that fell into obscurity for decades after Bach's death in 1750. Composer Felix Mendelssohn's…

WRTI Classical Host Mark Pinto, a tenor who sings in a bunch of local choirs, is performing with the Wayne Oratorio Society in a performance of Felix…

October 14, 2019. It’s all in the family—a phrase that has rung true many, many times in classical music, past and present. Looking back to the 18th…

August 12, 2019. Summer nights feel especially precious now that we’re well into August, and summer twilights seem magical. The "blue hour"—that last…

On Sunday, March 10th from 2 to 4 PM, WRTI 90.1 comes to you LIVE from the broadcast booth at Verizon Hall for The Philadelphia Orchestra In Concert. The…