This June-spanning issue begins our summer monthly Fanfare schedule, and highlights performances from The Crossing, The Philadelphia Orchestra, PRISM Quartet and more.
Top Stories
Listen to The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on Demand
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©2013 Chris Lee/PO1CT518Join us for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert, on Sunday, June 1 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, June 2 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2. Music and artistic director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads performances from 2013 – in his first season at the Orchestra’s helm – as well as 2018 and 2019. Featured works include Janáček’s Sinfonietta, Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, and the Serenade for Winds by Richard Strauss. -
Jeff Fusco/The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us on Sunday, May 25 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 26 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a program of Johannes Brahms, Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Bent Sørensen from the 2024/2025 season, led by Fabio Luisi with violinist Leonidas Kavakos.
WRTI Video of the Week
The Late Set Podcast
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The spiritual and the sensual find common cause in the music of harpist Brandee Younger. Before a recent show at Solar Myth, she sat down with The Late Set to talk about her instrument, her cohort, and her third Impulse! release, Gadabout Season, which finds her in exceptional form. -
"Running and listening can illuminate each other,” argues critic Ben Ratliff in a new book, Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening. He recently sat down to talk about the book, its back story and his listening practice with friend and colleague Nate Chinen at Solar Myth.
WRTI News Stories
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The superbly alert and flexible drummer formed a swirling current in modern jazz for more than 60 years. He was 82. -
As she prepares to release 'Firedove,' her captivating new album, acclaimed British organist Anna Lapwood talks with WRTI's Meg Bragle about her mission to expand the classical audience. -
Pianists Yuja Wang and Mariam Batsashvili, organist Anna Lapwood and orchestras like the Boston and BBC Scottish Symphony are among those highlighted in the June 2025 edition of Sunday Classical: New Releases. Join host Mark Pinto on WRTI from 3-6 p.m on June 1 to hear highlights from each of these albums, and read his thoughts here.
Enjoy WRTI in whole new way.