"Running and listening can illuminate each other,” argues critic Ben Ratliff in a new book, Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening. He recently sat down to talk about the book, its back story and his listening practice with friend and colleague Nate Chinen at Solar Myth.

Join us on Sunday, May 18 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 19 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a Baroque and Classical program from the 2024/2025 season, featuring works by Bach, Handel and Haydn. Masaaki Suzuki is on harpsichord and at the podium, and soprano Jone Martínez makes her Orchestra debut.

In this week's Fanfare, there's the world premiere of Fearless, an opera about WWII pilot Hazel Ying Lee by Opera Delaware, a gathering of the Philadelphia Youth Concert band, Tune Up Philly and the Young Musicians Debut Orchestra, the first time performance of a lost Chopin waltz, and more.

Heads up: the Exit Zero Jazz Festival is rolling into Cape May, NJ, bringing some of today's greatest jazz talent to the stage. If you're looking for something closer to Philly, then don't fret - V. Shayne Frederick, Nasir Dickerson, Ken Fowser and more are performing in the city this week.

Meet clarinetist Zakyya McClenny, a graduating senior from the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, who will attend the Peabody Institute in the fall as a music education major.

From Clara Schumann to Amy Beach to Pauchi Sasaki, our Mother's Day playlist spotlights a colorful array of musical offerings.

This week, Moment's Notice offers a special collaboration between Kurt Rosenwinkel and Jean-Paul Brodbeck, a performance by saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, a visit from Pheeroan akLaff's Global Mantras Quartet, and more.

In this week's Fanfare, we're featuring Dalia Stasevska and Emanuel Ax with The Philadelphia Orchestra, pianists Cynthia Raim and Lydia Artymiw, a tribute concert to Lucia Dlugoszewski presented by Bowerbird and more.

Pianists Jenebah Kanneh-Mason and Leif Ove Andsnes, harpist Ashley Jackson, and ensembles like Takács Quartet and the NDR Radiophilharmonie are among the highlights in our new-releases edition of Sunday Classical for May 2025. Join host Mark Pinto on WRTI on May 4 from 3-6 p.m. to hear selections from these albums.

Meet Lily Carmichiael and Emma Lockmer, Philadelphia Ballet Orchestra conducting apprentices.