This week features season openings by the Philadelphia Orchestra and The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, a variety of original performances, and more.

Tune into WRTI on Sept. 19 at 1 p.m. to hear the LA Opera's 2026 production of Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi's beloved comic opera.

In honor of John Coltrane's centennial, we're digging in with Peabody Award-winning oral historian and producer Steve Rowland, who has incisive things to say about Coltrane’s spiritual quest and creative legacy, and how we can best remember him today.

September is nearly halfway over, but the jazz scene is still swinging. This week, catch a number of free performances as a part of the Montco Jazz Festival, hear saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa at South, catch the Bobby Watson Quartet at Chris', and more.

WRTI host Hannah Nicholas delivers her first Fanfare edition, featuring Dynasty Battles in a concert for his mentor, Leon Bates; 1807 & Friends performing music from Mozart, Nardini, and Paisiello; and an orchestral presentation of music from the hit video game 'Undertale.'

We wish all of our listeners observing Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur a happy and healthy New Year.

Tune into WRTI on Saturday, Sept. 12 at 1 p.m. to hear Teatro alla Scala's 2026 recording of Carmen, Georges Bizet's canonical opera.

Fanfare returns from its summer hiatus, bringing you a number of performances from The Philadelphia Fringe Festival, one of Mozart's earliest operas, and more.

This week, Moment's notice brings you two jazz festivals — one in the Delaware Water Gap and one in Atlantic City — along with the Miki Yamanaka Trio, Coltrane Unscripted and more.

Tune into WRTI on Sept. 5 at 1 p.m. to hear Teatro alla Scala's production of Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia de Lammermoor, a part of the WFMT Opera Series.