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Allie Ippolito/The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin 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/The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin 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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On the first episode of The Late Set, hosts Greg Bryant and Nate Chinen compare notes on Philadelphia's jazz legacy and state of play — with some help from an absolute authority, pianist Orrin Evans. -
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"Steppin' Out" is the first salvo on Big Shoulders Records, Kurt Elling's new independent label. Hear it now, only at WRTI. -
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Seong-Jin Cho tackling Ravel's complete solo piano works. María Dueñas taking on Paganini's Caprices. These are just two highlights among the new music featured on Sunday Classical as we round the corner into March.
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