Matthew Aucoin

Soprano Angel Blue in performance with The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, in Feb. 2022.

The Philadelphia Orchestra plays Price's First Symphony, and Angel Blue sings Coleman and Barber

Melinda Whiting

Join us on Sunday, March 24 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, March 25 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 when The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you works by Florence Price, Valerie Coleman, Samuel Barber and Matthew Aucoin.

Eurydice marries Orpheus in a scene from Act I of The Metropolitan Opera's production of Matthew Aucoin's 'Eurydice.'

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The Met Opera Season on WRTI Kicks Off with Aucoin's 'Eurydice'—An Ancient Myth Reconceived for Today

The Metropolitan Opera is back on WRTI! Saturday, December 4th at 1 PM, tune in for a performance of Matthew Aucoin's new opera, Eurydice, an intriguing updated version of the Orpheus myth. Here, the composer talks with us about the power of music and words, grief and love, and about the ways in which the story speaks to us today.

Matthew Aucoin, 28, has been awarded a MacArthur "genius" grant for his work as a composer and conductor.

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MacArthur Fellow Matthew Aucoin Talks Composing And Donating His 'Genius' Money

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The 28-year-old polymath from Boston discusses his new award, his precocious youth and how he perceives all human language as a form of musical communication.