Leonidas Kavakos

Franklin Quartet, Musicians from Marlboro, Network for New Music

Bruce Hodges

This week's Fanfare brings offerings spanning from performances of Bruckner and Puccini to ensembles which walk the border between classical and jazz.

WRTI Spotlight

Roderick Williams + Julius Drake, Concordia Chamber Players, more

Melinda Whiting

This week's Fanfare brings you performances from Roderick Williams with Julius Drake to Steven Isserlis with Connie Shih, and more.

WRTI Spotlight

The Philadelphia Orchestra In Concert on WRTI 90.1: Wynton Marsalis' Blues Symphony In The Spotlight

Gregg Whiteside

Join us on Sunday, July 5th at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, July 6th at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 to hear Wynton Marsalis’s 2009 composition Blues Symphony…

Arts Desk

The Emotional Story Behind Dmitri Shostakovich's Monumental First Violin Concerto

Susan Lewis

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) composed music in a turbulent political climate where Soviet authorities alternately praised and condemned his work. He…

WRTI Spotlight

The Philadelphians on WRTI 90.1: Gianandrea Noseda Conducts Liszt, Sibelius, and Tchaikovsky

Gregg Whiteside

Join us on Sunday, December 8th at 1 PM for a Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert re-broadcast that brings back to the podium Musical America’s 2015…

WRTI Spotlight

The Philadelphia Orchestra on WRTI 90.1: Tilson Thomas Conducts Beethoven's EROICA, Feb. 25 at 1 PM

Gregg Whiteside

Join us on Sunday, February 25th from 1 to 3 pm to hear guest conductor Michael Tilson Thomas conduct the Philadelphians in a performance of Beethoven’s…

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Leonidas Kavakos: Letting Beethoven Shine

Anastasia Tsioulcas

Hear an excerpt from a new recording of Beethoven's violin sonatas by the violinist and his collaborator, pianist Enrico Pace, that keeps the spotlight on the compositions, not the soloist.