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Bella Sandella/What's the best way to listen to Saturday matinee broadcasts of The Metropolitan Opera? On WRTI, of course! Join us on Saturdays at 1 PM for the entire 2021/2022 season of opera broadcasts starting on December 4th at 1 PM. After a year of encore broadcasts, our live Met Opera broadcasts are back and better than ever with host Debra Lew Harder and commentator Ira Siff. -
Join us on Sunday, Dec. 5th at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Dec. 6th at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 when conductor Nicholas McGegan—best known as a baroque and classical specialist—will be on the podium to conduct this 2018 concert broadcast featuring music not only of the baroque era, but also later re-imaginings of that past.
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We had a taste of Richard Strauss on our last Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, a program with another Strauss, Johann Jr., and Edward MacDowell.… -
Young Artists from the Curtis Summerfest Program Recorded Live from the WRTI 90.1 Performance StudioThe WRTI performance studio was alive with the sound of young musicians this week when students from the Curtis Summerfest Young Artists Program visited…
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It's classical music of a different kind. Allyn Miner, a scholar and performer of North Indian classical music, plays her sitar in our performance studio…
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Saxophonist and composer Daniel Bennett first showed interest in his instrument when his sister brought him to see a high school jazz ensemble when he was…
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State Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery County) and his wife Sheryl Lee Ralph will honor local jazz musical legends at their 3rd annual Jazz…
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Saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader Immanuel Wilkins hails from South Philly, and—despite his youth—he’s already toured the world. His musical…
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Watch and Listen: Regional Winners of Steinway Competition for Young Pianists Live from WRTI, Part 1Listen to this very special broadcast, recorded live, featuring the winners of the inaugural Steinway competition for young pianists. You'll hear…
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Bonjour! Perhaps it’s French food you savor—a crusty baguette with a delicious frommage, a refreshing glass of French vin. Perhaps French couture or…
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This is the second of our special live concert broadcasts with the winners of the inaugural Steinway competition for young pianists. You'll hear Emma Liu…
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The Philadelphia Orchestra on WRTI: Puccini's TOSCA with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, July 8 from 1 to 4 PMWhen the Philadelphia Orchestra announced that its 2017-18 subscription season would close with a semi-staged performance of Puccini’s Tosca, it generated…
