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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Join 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.
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Join 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.
WRTI Video of the Week
Wolfgang PuschnigThe Late Set Podcast
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Painter of the Invisible is Jaleel Shaw's first full-band album in more than a dozen years. But it's not as if Shaw, an alto and soprano saxophonist from Philadelphia, has been slacking; as he explains in this revealing episode of The Late Set, the pause had more to do with high standards and pure convictions.
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Jaleel Shaw's elegy "Tamir" is vividly rendered in this exclusive live performance at Solar Myth, available exclusively on The Late Set.
WRTI News Stories
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At the top of each month, WRTI broadcasts a special Sunday Classical focused on recommended new releases. Join host Mark Pinto on WRTI on Oct. 5 from 3-6 p.m. to hear highlights from these albums, which he delves into below.
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In the past few years, Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri have contributed their musical lens to reimagining works from composer Béla Bartók's collection of folk music. This weekend, they will perform their adaptations in Philadelphia, in a concert presented by Fire Museum.
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Playing in the Philadelphia area this week are Makaya McCraven, Julian Lage, and the Terell Stafford Quintet — read about them and more in this week's Moment's Notice.
Enjoy WRTI in whole new way.