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Physicists have long postulated time travel as possible, at least theoretically. But why live in theory when you can now pick up a copy of Erroll Garner’s Symphony Hall Concert and instantly transport yourself back to Boston’s Symphony Hall in January 1959.

Today, we're sharing some bittersweet news. Debra Lew Harder, WRTI's Classical Midday and Saturday Classical Coffeehouse host, has been appointed the new radio host for the Metropolitan Opera! It also means her last day with WRTI is Tuesday, September 21st.

The wooden vessel is called "Noah's Violin." As it floated through Venice's Grand Canal on Saturday, members of the string quartet on board serenaded viewers with their own (real) instruments.

At a time in which we’ve been largely deprived of two of life’s great privileges — international travel and the chance to dance collectively — Lise de la Salle’s dazzling new album When Do We Dance? miraculously captures the essence of both.

He appeared on more than 200 albums and toured the world playing with some of the greatest jazz, pop, R&B, and soul artists of our era.

Join us on Sunday, September 19th at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, September 20th at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 to hear a 2017 Philadelphia Orchestra concert conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. It brings us works by two composers born almost 150 years apart, whose music expresses profound religious faith.

Join us September 18th at 11 AM during Saturday Morning Classical Coffeehouse to hear four of Astral’s stellar musicians in an intriguing, high-energy program. WRTI’s Debra Lew Harder is your host.

History has painted composer Anton Bruckner as a simple man who gave the world complex and innovative symphonies. Bruckner’s 8th symphony, which premiered in December of 1892, is a spiritual masterpiece.

A founder of the Newport Folk Festival, the Newport Jazz Festival and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — and perhaps the most important jazz impresario of all time — died Monday.

Swift's reverence for this music’s history and her respect for its composers and lyricists asserts itself with every old show tune or standard she dusts off and makes devastatingly hip again—or for the first time.