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Join us on Sunday, May 19 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 20 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Mozart’s Symphony No. 39, plus the Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi and The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires by Astor Piazzolla.
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Pete ChecchiaJoin us on Sunday, May 12 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 13 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you the profoundly moving German Requiem by Johannes Brahms. As a prelude, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a choral piece by Luis Ernesto Peña Laguna commissioned for performance alongside Brahms' masterwork. -
Andy Sheppard/Redferns/GettyJoin us on Sunday, May 5 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 6 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert features Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, Petrushka by Igor Stravinsky, and the Symphony No. 2 by Kurt Weill. The Marcus Roberts Trio adds extra improvisatory flair to the Rhapsody, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
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"Smiling" - Recorded from a Live Studio Broadcast in the performance studio at WRTI 90.1 Philadelphia.
Producer - J. Michael Harrison, Technical Director - Tyler McClure, Audio Engineer - Paul Marchesani Video Producer - Ryan Gottlieb, Graphics - Stanley Weaver, AP Editor - Maureen Malloy.
Producer - J. Michael Harrison, Technical Director - Tyler McClure, Audio Engineer - Paul Marchesani Video Producer - Ryan Gottlieb, Graphics - Stanley Weaver, AP Editor - Maureen Malloy.
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