This week's Fanfare brings a whopping eight events to the table, including a performance from Yuja Wang and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, a concert with Michelle Cann & Imani Winds, two operas in Don Giovanni and L'Amico Fritz and more.

This week's Moment's Notice brings us a special new event - the Germantown Jazz Festival. Beyond that, performances from fantastic young artists, such as Zoh Amba, Immanuel Wilkins and Isaiah Collier, will be touching down in other parts of the city.

Our Spring Member Drive kicks off Wednesday, April 23. Before it does, check out a fun video message from hosts Bob Craig and John Scherch. No spoilers, but let’s just say Bob listens to his music louder than most people!

Few events embody the act of listening and receiving quite like the Big Ears Festival. In this episode, Nate reports back from the fest, and shares an interview with two artists who performed there: trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and pianist Vijay Iyer, who have a new duo album called Defiant Life.

A pair of experimental-music titans join forces this weekend, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Also in Moment's Notice this week: trumpeter Terell Stafford blows up Notsolatin, and the bright young singer Julia Danielle rolls into Chris' Jazz Cafe.

It's a quiet week on the cultural front, but Meg Bragle still has a few events to share with you. She also put together a mini-playlist of pieces for Passover and Holy Week.

Spring is here and Holy Week is upon us. Tune into WRTI 90.1 starting on April 14 to hear our Holy Week programming, featuring Bach's St. Matthew Passion and Handel's Messiah and more.

Join us on Sunday, Dec. 21 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Dec. 22 at 7 p.m. as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a complete concert performance of Handel’s Messiah from The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2024/2025 season, with the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir and a quartet of stellar soloists.

WRTI brings you special music for Passover on Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13, including our annual broadcasts of A Musical Feast for Passover with Itzhak Perlman and The Passover Story with Theodore Bikel and the Western Wind Ensemble.

A classic McCoy Tyner composition provides the spark for a spirited performance by the Temple Jazz Faculty Sextet, featuring trumpeter Terell Stafford, alto saxophonist Dick Oatts, and pianist and arranger Bruce Barth. A WRTI video premiere.