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