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Jonathon Biss has a flourishing international career established through his orchestral and recital performances in North America and Europe and now through his recordings for EMI. His recent recording of Schumann's Fantasie in C, Op.17, Arabeske in C, Op.18 and Kreisleriana, Op.16 has been widely and very warmly acclaimed.

A conversation with Jackie Ryan discusses her CD "This Heart of Mine." Jason Peifer talks with the creators and performers of "Lookingglass Alice" at the Arden Theatre this month. The Lookingglass Theatre production incorporates circus arts with the stories of Lewis Carroll; Susan Lewis spends time exploring stoop art. A community project on the banks of the Schuylkill canal.

Joshua Bell visits once again to discuss his latest projects, and a very interesting experiment he was involved in.

We hear a wonderful interview that had been lost (and miraculously found) between eminent jazz pianist-composer Stanley Cowell and acclaimed soprano Julianne Baird. Bob Perkins joins Jill in this very interesting conversation.

As the Philadelphia Orchestra prepares to release its latest CD, we speak with music director Christoph Eschenbach. Jason Peifer examines the role of the dramaturg in theater. Susan Lewis looks ahead to the Japanese Masters of the Brush, the latest exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  

An Invitation to the Dance, Part II -- This week, we'll focus on ballet music by Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Schubert: even Beethoven!

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughin

Weeknights, 6:00PM

(on HD-2 and classical stream)

This week on WRTI-HD2 (and also on our Classical Stream) we begin a nightly series of concerts from some of the world's great orchestras.

HD Concerts

Weeknights, 8:00PM

(on HD-2 and classical stream)

MONDAY

Roberto di Candia, who charmed as the Barber of Seville last season, is back at the Academy of Music, with more tricks and a lot of padding to sing the Opera Company of Philadelphia's Falstaff.

FALSTAFF: Opera Company of Philadelphia

Academy of Music

May 2, 2007

Julia Fischer, young, beautiful, and from Munich, is playing the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra. During Saturday's performance I could not keep Yehudi Menuhin from mind. The program didn't mention him, so the next morning I looked up her website and discovered that in her teens she won two international Menuhin Competitions under the violinist's supervision. The Beethoven concerto was Menuhin's signature piece, and Ms. Fischer's interpretation, while every bit her own, conveys a radiance & purity that recalls the late artist.

The men in Lambarena, a dance inspired by music of the same name, leap like gazelles across the Serengeti Plain. But the venue is the Merriam Theater, and we're watching the Pennsylvania Ballet. The women dancing hold their heads so high on their long necks, swing their arms and hips so well you can tell these skinny beauties have worked with African advisers.

LAMBARENA (MODERN MASTERS): Pennsylvania Ballet

Merriam Theater

April 25-29, 2007