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'Halloween Tales,' the new album by saxophonist Michael Blake, features songs of horror and harvest, played by a sharp acoustic quartet.

Immanuel Wilkins, a saxophonist born and raised in the Philadelphia area, is one of 20 new MacArthur Fellows. He has a long collaborative history with WRTI.

Join us on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you film music by John Williams, Aaron Copland's Symphony No. 3, and Matthias Pintscher's Assonanza, a violin concerto for Leila Josefowicz. Pintscher leads the program.

Tune into WRTI on Oct. 4 from 3-6 p.m. to hear this month's edition of Sunday Classical: New Releases, hosted by Mark Pinto.

A historian who studies wage gaps between races and a saxophonist whose live performances include a chef are among the latest recipients of the philanthropic group's annual, no-strings-attached $800,000 grants.

Tune into WRTI on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 1 p.m. to hear the China National Center for the Performing Arts’ 2024 production of Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold.

Tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana and pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba interpret the soul of the Latin American song book at El Tiny.

The Myth We Chose, the entrancing new album by South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini, foregrounds hope and healing, and a conviction in the redemptive power of connection. It's a song-forward statement for Makhathini, who is also a composer, vocalist, and philosopher,. He joins Josh Jackson for an onstage conversation about ritual, responsibility, and the reason he prefers the term “encounter” to “discovery” when it comes to a person's formative contact with improvised music.

In Fanfare this week: Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads The Philadelphia Orchestra in Mahler's Symphony No. 5, the Academy of Vocal Arts' annual Giargiari Bel Canto Competition, and more.

Moment's Notice brings you a number of exciting performances this week: vocalist Michael Mayo with his band, Pat Metheny on a world tour stop with his Side Eye Trio, and more.