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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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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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For esperanza spalding, the iconic Brazilian troubadour Milton Nascimento exerts a magical influence. So it makes sense that she describes their luminous new album, Milton + esperanza, as the realization of a dream. -
What should the omnivorous young jazz mainstream sound like today? One beguiling answer can be found in the music of Julius Rodriguez, a brilliant multi-instrumentalist who just released Evergreen, his second album for Verve, which synthesizes elements of jazz, R&B, gospel, funk, even electro-pop.
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WRTI presents a special four-week series on The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert, beginning Sunday, Feb 9 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, Feb 10 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2. “From the Vault” features a broad variety of music, including several solo turns by celebrated orchestra principals and a couple of world-premieres commissioned by the orchestra. -
This week the Eagles are headed to New Orleans, where every night is a musical feast. Look at the landscape here in Philly, though, and you may not feel too envious. -
This week's Fanfare brings you plenty of offerings towards the end of the week to catch before Sunday's big game. Go birds!
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