Johann Sebastian Bach

Join us on Sunday, May 18 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 19 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a Baroque and Classical program from the 2024/2025 season, featuring works by Bach, Handel and Haydn. Masaaki Suzuki is on harpsichord and at the podium, and soprano Jone Martínez makes her Orchestra debut.

Spring is here and Holy Week is upon us. Tune into WRTI 90.1 starting on April 14 to hear our Holy Week programming, featuring Bach's St. Matthew Passion and Handel's Messiah and more.

WRTI is celebrating Valentine's Day with some of our favorite classical music that honors love and all it stands for.

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The young Icelandic pianist, once equated with Glenn Gould, exceeds the comparison in music by Bach that is played with transparent, lyrical joy.

Danish composer Bent Sørensen's St Matthew Passion, made with the Norwegian Soloists' Choir, is more than a fresh take on a sacred tradition — it's one of the most striking large choral works in recent memory.

The most beautiful and inspiring music for Good Friday, Easter and all of Holy Week is on WRTI.

Watch Caleb Teicher tap his way through Bach's Goldberg Variations with pianist Conrad Tao at the Steinway factory in New York.

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