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Immanuel Wilkins' 'Blues Blood' is set to simmer at the Penn Museum

For Farrah Rahaman, the scholar bringing Immanuel Wilkins to the Penn campus, his project Blues Blood "feels big and stirring like the ocean." That seems even truer with the venerable poet Sonia Sanchez and author Imani Perry in the mix.

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The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert

Yuja Wang plays Tchaikovsky, on a program featuring Still and Bonds
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Our Spring Drive starts this week. You can make it LOUDER too!
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From the Germantown Jazz Fest to Immanuel Wilkins to The Ancients
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Yuja Wang plays Rautavaara, while Garrick Ohlsson plays Beethoven

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Handel’s Messiah for Easter

Melinda Whiting

Join us on Sunday, April 20 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, April 21 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 2023/2024 season, with the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir and a quartet of stellar soloists.
Jessica Griffin

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Yannick leads stirring works of loss, by Mahler and Jake Heggie

Melinda Whiting

Join us on Sunday, April 13 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.

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The Late Set Podcast

Deep River: Gary Bartz

Ahead of his induction as an NEA Jazz Master, alto saxophonist Gary Bartz joins us on The Late Set to share some profound musical insights.
BONUS: I Hear a Rhapsody

Marcus Roberts was recently in town to perform Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' with The Philadelphia Orchestra, and he stopped by our studio to talk about it. In this bonus episode of The Late Set, we feature that interview along with our own thoughts about the 'Rhapsody,' which can still inspire heated debate.

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Terri Lyne Carrington and Christie Dashiell reimagine "Freedom Day"

Nate Chinen

"Our version of 'Freedom Day' acknowledges the expansion of what it means to be free in current times," Terri Lyne Carrington tells WRTI. Her simmering version of the Max Roach classic features Christie Dashiell on vocals.
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Sofia Gubaidulina, the composer who fused sound and spirituality, has died at age 93

Tom Huizenga

One of the first modern women composers to reach international acclaim, Gubaidulina wrote bold music, inspired by Eastern and Western philosophies, and the joy of sound itself.
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David Murray finds inspiration in birdsong on his new quartet album

Nate Chinen

The David Murray Quartet will make its Impulse! Records debut with 'Birdly Serenade.' WRTI is proud to offer the world premiere of its title track, featuring Ekep Nkwelle.