Johannes Brahms

Listen to The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on Sunday, July 6 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, July 7 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as Marin Alsop makes her first appearance in Philadelphia as principal guest conductor — leading Brahms's Haydn Variations; a world premiere by Gabriela Lena Frank; and Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, featuring Randall Goosby.

Join us on Sunday, June 22 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, June 23 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Hélène Grimaud in Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1, alongside Louise Farrenc's First Symphony and Julia Wolfe's 'Pretty,' which the composer calls "a raucous celebration." Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium.

Join us on Sunday, May 25 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 26 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a program of Johannes Brahms, Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Bent Sørensen from the 2024/2025 season, led by Fabio Luisi with violinist Leonidas Kavakos.

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Join us on Sunday, Nov. 10 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert features Brahms' Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, and spotlights violinist Joshua Bell in works by Henri Vieuxtemps and Ernest Chausson.

Join us on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you the profoundly moving German Requiem by Johannes Brahms. As a prelude, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a choral piece by Luis Ernesto Peña Laguna commissioned for performance alongside Brahms' masterwork.

The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert features an all-Brahms program from the 2022-23 season, featuring the Symphony No. 1 in C minor, and Gil Shaham performing the Violin Concerto in D major.

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.

Join us on Sunday, May 9 at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 10 at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 to hear this 2016 Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert broadcast with…

Unlocking the secrets in music is a joyful enterprise for pianist Helene Grimaud. WRTI’s Susan Lewis has more on Grimaud’s approach to music and life. On…