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On Sunday, Aug. 16 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Aug. 17 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2, The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a program featuring the the Overture to Weber’s Der Freischütz, the Symphony in E minor (“Gaelic”) by Amy Beach, and Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

Summer means music festival season. This week features two jam-packed jazz festivals and more.

WRTI will celebrate Tony Bennett's centennial on the air. Tune in to the Sunday Jazz Brunch, Big Band Jazz and Monday's Evening Jazz — and hear some Bennett banter between hosts Bob Craig and Nicole Sweeney.

Tune in on Saturday, August 1 at 1 p.m. to hear Gaetano Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love, a part of the WFMT opera series.

Join J. Michael Harrison on The Bridge this Friday as he welcomes filmmaker Donn T, music educator Lovett Hines, and students participating in the Boysie Lowery Living Jazz Residency.

Tune into WRTI on Aug. 2 from 3-6 p.m. to hear Sunday Classical: New Releases. Host Mark Pinto will highlight pieces from new albums released during the month.

Join us on Sunday, Aug. 2 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, with soprano Ying Fang, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, and the women of the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir.

Herbie Hancock touches down in Philly, and Kamasi Washington joins Robert Glasper and Terrace Martin for Dinner Party. Plus the Steve Weiss Mallet Festival and more.

August is a quiet month for classical concerts, but IndependentSounds is lighting things up in its fourth year presenting a festival of opera and instrumental music.

Tune in on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on 90.1 FM, and streaming at wrti.org, for a new edition of The Late Set Radio Hour, featuring pianist, drummer, and bandleader Julius Rodriguez.