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Join us to experience the uplifting music of the Jewish Festival of Lights. We have a wonderful lineup of music planned and, of course, our yearly broadcasts of Hanukkah specials starting on Sunday, Dec. 14.
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Listen to The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on Demand
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Jeff Fusco/The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica"), Michael Tilson Thomas' 'Agnegram,' and Ravel's 'Piano Concerto for the Left Hand,' featuring Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Osmo Vänskä is on the podium. -
Allie Ippolito/The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us on Sunday, Nov. 30 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Hélène Grimaud in Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1, alongside Louise Farrenc's First Symphony and Julia Wolfe's 'Pretty,' which the composer calls "a raucous celebration." Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium.
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Wolfgang PuschnigThe Late Set Podcast
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Louis Armstrong belonged to the world. But for more than half of his illustrious career, he made his home in Corona, Queens — where we recently paid a visit to the Louis Armstrong House Museum. There we sat down with Ricky Riccardi — the museum's Director of Research Collections, and a celebrated Armstrong biographer — to discuss Satchmo's life and career. -
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Opera Philadelphia has announced the PIPE UP! concert series, which will see the Wanamaker Organ return to service, as well as showcase music, visual art, film and more. The series will run through November with more events to be announced. -
A counterpart to The Gilmore Artist Award for classical pianists, the Larry J. Bell Jazz Artist Award honors an exceptional jazz pianist. Its first recipient is Sullivan Fortner, who accepted at a ceremony in New York on Wednesday night. -
A cartographer, a composer, a neurobiologist, and a novelist are among the recipients of this year's "Genius Grants." Each Fellow will receive a no-strings attached award of $800,000.
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