Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

A new production of Mozart's 'Don Giovanni,' directed by Ivo van Hove and conducted by Nathalie Stuzmann, has earned acclaim. WRTI's own Mike Bolton explores the opera's themes, and its complex moral web.

The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert features a 2019 concert led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, featuring Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 1, Anna Clyne's Masquerade, and Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for winds.

For many, it was an introduction to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that helped launch a love of classical music, and our staff surely agrees! Check out their Mozart Memories, and share your own in the Comments section at the bottom of the post.

Mozart mentioned in a letter to his father that he wanted to write a mass for his new wife Constanze, who was a soprano. “But there was no commission,” says Temple University music history professor Steven Zohn. “It’s not usual for him to write something on spec or just because he wanted to write something that showed the love for his wife.”

Hollywood may have typecast the bassoon as comedic star, but Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Bassoon Daniel Matsukawa fills us in on the instrument’s…

WRTI's Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert broadcast on Sunday, May 2nd at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 4th at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 celebrates Wolfgang…

Among Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s hundreds of compositions are 27 piano concertos. In 2014, WRTI’s Susan Lewis talked with the young pianist Jan Lisiecki…

On Thursday, May 21st at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2, and Friday, May 22nd at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1, you're in for a special treat. Before intermission of this…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in 1791 at age 35, before he finished his Requiem mass. But it wasn't the only funeral music he composed. WRTI's Susan Lewis…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 264th birthday is Monday, January 27th, and of course we have something special planned. WRTI’s classical hosts will share their…