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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, left, with composer John Williams, right. The pair recently released a collaborative recording, <em>A Gathering of Friends</em>, with the New York Philharmonic.

Lawrence Sumulong

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Composer John Williams and cellist Yo-Yo Ma bring together 'A Gathering of Friends'

Mary Louise Kelly

On a new album, the classical stars revisit the concerto Williams composed specifically for Ma, as well as some of Williams' most affecting film scores.

WRTI Spotlight

A photo album of WRTI Classical Host Kevin Gordon's 50 years in radio: Part 2

Kevin Gordon

Cassandra Wilson at Newport Jazz Festival

Jonathan Chimene

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Cassandra Wilson: Subtle singer, subversive songwriter and 2022 NEA Jazz Master

Camilo Garzón

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The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on WRTI: Yannick Conducts Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony and Strauss Songs, Featuring Soprano Pretty Yende

Melinda Whiting

Join us on Sunday, May 29th at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, May 30th at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 when our Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert broadcast brings you music by Beethoven, Holcomb, and R. Strauss.
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Can classical music really be inclusive? Composer Jessie Montgomery thinks so

Tom Huizenga

With orchestras clamoring for her work, the rising artist feels a responsibility and opportunity to help reframe classical music and the institutions that present it.
WRTI Spotlight

The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on WRTI: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducts American Masters

Melinda Whiting

Join us on Sunday, May 22nd at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, May 23rd at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 when our Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert broadcast brings you “American Masters,” from October of the Orchestra’s 2021/2022 season, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Arts Desk

Nadine Sierra was made for opera—and how we experience opera in the 21st century

John T.K. Scherch

Star soprano Nadine Sierra's new album Made for Opera and her performance in the Met's new production of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor provide new ways to think about opera through staples of the repertoire.
WRTI Spotlight

The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on WRTI: Yannick conducts Beethoven's 5th and Ravel's "Bolero"

Melinda Whiting

Join us on Sunday, May 15th at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, May 16th at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 to hear Yannick Nézet-Séguin conduct the Orchestra’s historic reunion with live audiences in the concert hall in Fall, 2021 after the pandemic shutdown.