Join us on Sunday, Sept. 7 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Mahler's Symphony No. 9 in D major and a moving new work by Jake Heggie: Songs for Murdered Sisters, performed by baritone Joshua Hopkins with a libretto by Margaret Atwood. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the program.

Fanfare this week features an iconic hammer, a few authoritative dives into early music, and Curtis Opera Theatre's production of Candide.

In Moment's Notice this week: The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis pay homage to Sonny Sharrock, Minas celebrates its 40th anniversary, Marshall Allen basks in a world record, and Jenny Scheinman leads a musical parade.

Twenty years ago, Nicole Sweeney was a student intern handling the overnight shift at WRTI. She's back, this time as the new host of Evening Jazz.

On the first Sunday of every month, WRTI broadcasts a special edition of our program Sunday Classical focused on new releases. Join host Mark Pinto on WRTI on April 6 from 3-6 p.m. to hear highlights from each of these albums, and read his thoughts here.

Join us on Sunday, Aug. 31 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a France-focused program from the 2024/2025 season featuring Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz, and the Cello Concerto written in 2008 by Guillaume Connesson, featuring soloist Gautier Capuçon.

As a kickoff to Jazz Appreciation Month, we're looking ahead to Record Store Day. There's another great haul of archival releases dropping on April 12. Two of our favorites were recorded in the same room in 1967 by two amazing trumpeters, Kenny Dorham and Freddie Hubbard.

This week's Moment's Notice brings a monumental four night celebration of Orrin Evans' 50th birthday, alongside performances from Nubya Garcia, Bobby Zankel and his Wonderful Sound 3, Eight Eight Time, and more.

This week's Fanfare brings us three outstanding string ensembles, a star pianist, and a performance of Stravinsky's The Firebird between it all.

The lauded Panamanian-American conductor Kalena Bovell is a tireless advocate for music education, and a believer in omnivorous listening. She spoke with WRTI's Meg Bragle during a recent run of 'The Anonymous Lover' with Opera Philadelphia, where she made her company debut.