Sergei Prokofiev

PHILADELPHIA, PA - 1983: Riccardo Muti conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra during rehearsal at the Academy of Music in 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Muti served as the orchestra's music director from 1980-1992. (Photo by James Drake/Getty Images)

WRTI Spotlight

Valentine's Day on WRTI: Classical music to set your heart ablaze

Nate Chinen

WRTI is celebrating Valentine's Day with some of our favorite classical music that honors love and all it stands for.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra at the Kimmel Center on Sept. 19, 2019.

The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert

From the Vault: Profokiev's 'Romeo and Juliet,' unearthed Stravinsky

Melinda Whiting

The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert continues its From the Vault series as Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads excerpts from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet and Stravinsky's Funeral Song. Join us on Sunday, Feb 16 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, Feb 17 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2.

The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert

Paavo Järvi leads Debussy, Prokofiev, and a new organ concerto by Guillaume Connesson

Melinda Whiting

Join us on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Sergei Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, a new organ concerto by French composer Guillaume Connesson, and Claude Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.

Tugan Sokhiev, who conducted The Philadelphia Orchestra in an all-Russian program of Borodin, Prokofiev, and Tchaikovsky during the 2022/2023 season.

WRTI Spotlight

Tugan Sokhiev leads an all-Russian program with a debut by pianist Lukas Geniusas

Melinda Whiting

On this episode of the Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert, guest conductor Tugan Sokhiev leads the orchestra in exploring three important currents in the history of Russian music, with a Philadelphia debut by pianist Lukas Geniušas.

WRTI Spotlight

The Philadelphia Orchestra on WRTI: Israeli Conductor Lahav Shani Conducts Lindberg, Stravinsky, and Prokofiev in 2018

Gregg Whiteside

Lahav Shani succeeded Zubin Mehta as music director of the Israel Philharmonic in 2020, and became principal conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic back in 2018, taking over from Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Join us on Sunday, Nov. 21st at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Nov. 22nd at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 to hear his Philadelphia Orchestra debut from March of that year.

Arts Desk

Classical Album of the Week: Violinist Hilary Hahn's Dream Program Comes Together With 'Paris'

Susan Lewis

May 17, 2021. Recorded before the 2020 shutdown, and released with the end of the pandemic almost in sight, Hilary Hahn’s album Paris reminds us of the…

WRTI Spotlight

The Philadelphia Orchestra In Concert on WRTI 90.1: Yannick Conducts Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet

Gregg Whiteside

Join us on Sunday, February 14th at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, February 15th at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 to hear a fabulously romantic Philadelphia Orchestra…

WRTI Spotlight

The Philadelphians on WRTI: Gil Shaham Plays Beethoven's Violin Concerto, Susanna Malkki Conducts

Gregg Whiteside

Join us on Sunday, November 15th at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, November 16th at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2, for one of the highlights of the 2019-2020 season,…

Arts Desk

Worlds Come Together in Prokofiev's Dreamy and Difficult Piano Concerto No. 3

Susan Lewis

In 1921, Sergei Prokofiev himself described his 3rd Piano Concerto as 'devilishly difficult' as he prepared to play the premiere in Chicago. One hundred…

Arts Desk

The Prokofiev March That Became a Theme Song For An FBI Radio Drama During The Cold War

Susan Lewis

In the early years of the Cold War, with tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union at all-time high, a tune by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev…