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In a career spanning nearly 50 years, the German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau brought art song into people's homes through hundreds of recordings. WRTI's Meg Bragle picks a handful of standouts in this centennial tribute.

Philly music fans may know Julian Booker for his decade-plus on the air at WXPN. He joins WRTI as Associate Program Director for Jazz, and as a Saturday-evening host: he'll take over The Get Down starting June 7.

This jazz supergroup has super powers and they're on full display from beginning to end during this Tiny Desk.

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.

In Moment's Notice this week, there's a great mix of landmark performances and down-to-earth jazz gigs. From the percussive project Onilu and Marshall Allen's Ghost Horizons to the Luke Carlos O'Reilly Quartet and Webb Thomas & His Superband, you can't miss out.

This week's Fanfare brings plenty as the season winds down, including a dual opera performance from the Circus Opera Company, a second concert from PCMS celebrating Maurice Ravel's 150th birthday, and more.

Pianist Hiromi picks a track from 10 different bands she's led or joined, tracing the bold ideas and unexpected turns that have shaped her ever-evolving sound.

"In honor of Stevie Wonder's 75th, I'm overjoyed to pay homage to his vast tapestry of music," says Courtney Blue. From 9 p.m. to midnight, she'll play nothing but jazz versions of his songs on Late Evening Jazz.

"Running and listening can illuminate each other,” argues critic Ben Ratliff in a new book, Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening. He recently sat down to talk about the book, its back story and his listening practice with friend and colleague Nate Chinen at Solar Myth.

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.