The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert

Sunday, 1 to 3 pm on WRTI-FM; Monday, 7 to 9 pm on Classical Stream
  • Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin
    Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin
    Chris Lee

Join us on Sunday afternoons and Monday evenings to hear the Philadelphia Orchestra in live, recorded concerts from Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center.

The ensemble has a long and venerable history of radio broadcasts, as the first orchestra with its own commercially sponsored national radio series, beginning in 1929 on NBC. This weekly series of radio broadcasts marks the return of the Orchestra to the airwaves. WRTI's Gregg Whiteside is producer and host.

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The Philadelphia Orchestra on WRTI 90.1: Berlioz, Saint-Saens, and Respighi, June 17 at 1 PM

By • Jun 18, 2018

This Sunday’s Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert broadcast on 90.1 brings us another first-ever Philadelphia Orchestra performance of a work by the contemporary French composer Guillaume Connesson, the ever-popular 5th Piano Concerto of Camille Saint-Saëns, Ottorino Respighi’s The Pines of Rome, and, to begin the concert, the rousing Roman Carnival Overture by Hector Berlioz!

My Free Hour In Jerusalem While On Tour With The Philadelphia Orchestra

By • Jun 6, 2018
David Patrick Stearns


The Philadelphia Orchestra In Concert on WRTI: Ravel and Prokofiev, June 10 at 1 PM

By • Jun 5, 2018

Tel Aviv Audience Embraces The Philadelphians Onstage and Off

By • Jun 5, 2018

TEL AVIV. Israelis aren’t known for ovations at orchestra concerts. Rhythmic clapping is usually as close as audiences come, and the Philadelphia Orchestra received that plus an extremely rare standing ovation at Charles Bronfman Auditorium following Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 on Monday, June 4th.

The Philadelphia Orchestra's First Day in Israel

By • Jun 4, 2018

HAIFA, Israel. As the unofficial cease-fire between Israel and Hamas showed signs of unraveling Sunday, the Philadelphia Orchestra played the first of three concerts on the Israel leg of its 2018 tour, in Haifa, a sunny mountainside city of nearly 300,000, the population a mix of Arabs and Jews.

Look and Listen: Yannick and Quartet from Philadelphia Orchestra Visit "Oasis of Peace" In Israel

By WRTI Staff • Jun 3, 2018
Jan Regan/The Philadelphia Orchestra


Here's A Great Reason To Travel To Siberia!

By • Jun 1, 2018


The Philadelphia Orchestra on Tour on WRTI 90.1: Jerusalem, Israel, Wednesday, June 6 at 3 PM

By WRTI Staff • May 31, 2018


The Philadelphia Orchestra on WRTI: Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto, June 3 at 1 PM

By WRTI Staff • May 29, 2018


All About Béla Bartók's Famous Concerto for Orchestra

By • May 29, 2018

While a classical concerto most commonly features one soloist, Béla Bartók’s concerto for orchestra highlights many sections of the ensemble. As WRTI’s Susan Lewis reports, it became one of Bartók’s most popular works.

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