The Philadelphia Orchestra

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.

Classical organizations big and small are taking a moment to celebrate America's 250th anniversary. Here are some highlights in the week ahead.

Join us on Sunday, May 24 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 25 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you music by Samuel Barber, John Adams and Gustav Mahler, in a concert from the 2025/2026 season. Dalia Stasevska conducts, and Augustin Hadelich is featured in Barber's Violin Concerto.

In this week's Fanfare: Opera Philadelphia presents Davóne Tines' The Black Clown, Isata Kanneh-Mason performs her fourth PCMS concert, and much more.

Join us on Sunday, May 10 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 11 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a program from the 2025/2026 season featuring Sibelius' Fifth Symphony, an orchestral suite from Terence Blanchard’s opera Fire Shut Up In My Bones, and Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole, with violinist María Dueñas.

This week features classical performances spanning a variety of regions and time periods.

Join us on Sunday, May 3 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 FM and Monday, May 4 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert, as Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads Brahms' Third Symphony and a restored suite by William Grant Still, plus a Beethoven concerto with pianist Emanuel Ax, celebrating the 50th anniversary of his debut with the Orchestra.

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.

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.