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Join us on Sunday, April 26 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, April 27 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 for Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra performing Jennifer Higdon's Concerto for Orchestra, Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini, and the Sibelius Violin Concerto with Lisa Batiashvili as soloist.

Tune in on Saturday, April 25 at 1 p.m. to hear The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of Vincenzo Bellini's opera, La Sonnambula.

Philly Jazz Month presses on, bringing the Germantown Jazz Festival, saxophonists Tia Fuller and María Grand, and the heavyweight bass duo of Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer.

Whether you like the intimacy of chamber music, the radiance of a choir, the promise of a new opera, or the surge of a full orchestra, this week has something for you.

Tune in on Saturday, April 18 at 1 p.m. to hear The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of Kaija Saariaho's opera Innocence.

Pianist James Fernando reps the Philly jazz scene as a fairly recent arrival — but his new album, Philly 3, shows how deeply he's committed. He sat down with WRTI's Nicole Sweeney before an in-studio performance by his trio.

Meet 16-year-old violinist McKayla Hwang, a Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY) artist, and a member of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and Settlement Music School’s Capanna Quartet.

Join us on Sunday, April 19 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, April 20 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds, featuring Orchestra principals. Esa-Pekka Salnonen conducts.

At the midpoint of Philly Jazz Month, there's a little something for every taste on the scene. Moment's Notice has the details.