William Grant Still

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra at Verizon Hall on Oct. 6, 2023.

Daniil Trifonov plays Gershwin; The Philadelphia Orchestra performs Still and Anna Clyne

Melinda Whiting

Join us on Sunday, May 26 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, May 27 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 when The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you an encore performance that opened the Orchestra's 2023/2024 season.

Harpist Ashley Jackson, whose album 'Ennanga' features music by William Grant Still, Alice Coltrane, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Brandee Younger.

WRTI Spotlight

Ashley Jackson's debut solo album traces a Black classical continuum

Nate Chinen

On 'Ennanga,' harpist Ashley Jackson explores music by William Grant Still, Alice Coltrane, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Brandee Younger. It's "a gemlike offering," says Nate Chinen in our Album of the Week review.

WRTI Spotlight

Album of the Week: Catalyst Quartet, 'Uncovered Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, George Walker, William Grant Still'

John T.K. Scherch

The Catalyst Quartet has been all about elevating music previously excluded from the canon — in this case, exceptional string quartets by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, George Walker, and William Grant Still.

Arts Desk

This is How Lara Downes Is Expanding The Classical Canon with Works by Black Composers

Susan Lewis

A visionary with seemingly boundless energy, pianist Lara Downes is clearing new paths in the classical music landscape, expanding minds and spurring…

WRTI Spotlight

I, Too, Sing America: Music in the Life of Langston Hughes on WRTI 90.1: February 17 at 4 PM

Langston Hughes, an enduring icon of the Harlem Renaissance, is best-known for his written work, which wedded his fierce dedication to social justice with…

Arts Desk

Classical Album of the Week: A Classical Violinist Joyfully Plays the Blues

Susan Lewis

February 4, 2019. Trained as a classical violinist, Rachel Barton Pine grew up listening to the blues, and one day was thrilled to discover the two genres…