The Philadelphia Orchestra

Join us on Sunday, Aug. 2 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, with soprano Ying Fang, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, and the women of the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir.

Join us on Sunday, July 26 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, July 27 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, and Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 2.

Join us on Sunday, July 19 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, July 20 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Prokofiev, featuring soloist Hilary Hahn, and led by Santtu-Matias Rouvali.

Join us on Sunday, July 12 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, July 13 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Rafael Payare conducting Manuel de Falla's El amor brujo, Louis Ballard's Devil's Promenade, and David Kim in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.

Tune in to WRTI this Sunday, July 5 at 1 p.m. and Monday, July 6 at 7 p.m. to hear a cross-era collection of recordings and performances by The Philadelphia Orchestra, all focused on America's 250th anniversary.

Join us on Sunday, June 14 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, June 15 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads The Philadelphia Orchestra in Stravinsky's revolutionary Le Sacre du Printemps and Ravel's 'Mother Goose Suite,' and Seong-Jin Cho performs Shostakovich's first Piano Concerto.

Join us on Sunday, June 7 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, June 8 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Debussy, Ravel, and a concerto featuring pipa soloist Wu Man

Although Fanfare is scaling back to a once-montly issue for the summer, there are still plenty of classical performances to enjoy in June.

Join us on Sunday, May 31 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, June 1 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a program of Mendelssohn, Julius Eastman, and John Williams. Finnish guest conductor Dalia Stasevska is on the podium, and Principal Tuba Carol Jantsch is featured as soloist.

Bassist Ben Allison, guitarist Steve Cardenas and multi-reedist Ted Nash come to town with their long-running trio this week. So do Wynton Marsalis with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, among others.