WRTI-FM (Philadelphia, PA)

WRTI (90.1 FM) is a community-focused radio station located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It operates as a part of Temple University.

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Masaaki Suzuki leads a program of Handel, Haydn and J.S. Bach

1 day ago | wrti.org | Melinda Whiting

Join us on Sunday, May 18 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 19 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a Baroque and Classical program from the 2024/2025 season, featuring works by Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Franz Joseph Haydn.
Masaaki Suzuki leads a program of Handel, Hayden and J.S. Bach

2 days ago | wrti.org | Melinda Whiting

Join us on Sunday, May 18 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 19 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a Baroque and Classical program from the 2024/2025 season, featuring works by Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Franz Joseph Haydn.
Exit Zero Jazz Festival, Béla Fleck's new supertrio and more

4 days ago | wrti.org | Nate Chinen

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass may be sold out at Ensemble Arts Philly, but you’ll have no problem finding your musical bliss elsewhere this week, especially if you’re willing to travel. The big event is down the shore this weekend — I’ll be there, along with a few of my WRTI colleagues. You’ll also find recommended picks in Princeton and in Lancaster County. Tell ‘em Moment’s Notice sent ya.
Keith Jarrett's 80th birthday brings a new single from his final tour

1 week ago | wrti.org | Nate Chinen

Keith Jarrett, the eminent American pianist, was in Allentown, PA on this day 80 years ago. In celebration, ECM Records, his longtime label, has just released a new single from his final concert tour, which will soon be available as an album. That album, New Vienna, is due out in just a few weeks, on May 30. It was recorded almost a decade ago in a setting with historic significance for classical music — the Great Hall of the Musikverein, whose first organ recital was given by Anton Bruckner.
Daniele Rustioni leads Holst, and Paul Jacobs plays Alfredo Casella

1 week ago | wrti.org | Melinda Whiting

Join us on Sunday, May 11 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 12 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a program of Ravel, Holst, and Alfredo Casella from the 2024/2025 season. The brilliantly scored orchestral suite The Planets, by English composer Gustav Holst, has long been renowned for its vibrant orchestration and astute characterizations of the mythical gods for whom the planets are named.
Stasevska and Ax return, a tribute to Lucia Dlugoszewski and more

1 week ago | wrti.org | Melinda Whiting

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Kassa Overall, Brandee Younger receive Doris Duke Artist Awards

2 weeks ago | wrti.org | Nate Chinen

The 2025 Doris Duke Artist Awards have been announced, and among them are two artists who work in and around the jazz tradition. They are Kassa Overall, 42, a drummer, producer and rapper with a history of prolific, genre-fluid perambulations, and Brandee Younger, 41, who has brought the harp into the mainstream discourse for jazz, hip-hop and soul.
Andy Bey, jazz singer of emotional and musical range, has died at 85

2 weeks ago | wrti.org | Nate Chinen

Andy Bey, who haunted the periphery of American song with his magnetically expressive voice, ranging from a foghorn baritone to a tender falsetto, died on April 26 at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, N.J. He was 85. His nephew, the stage actor and singer Darius de Haas, said he died of natural causes. Bey had a multiphase musical career, with peaks and valleys that had more to do with shifting tastes than any fluctuation in quality.
Rafael Payare leads Tchaikovsky, Ravel and a Saariaho concerto

2 weeks ago | wrti.org | Melinda Whiting

Join us on Sunday, May 4 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, May 5 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 when The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert series brings you a performance from the Orchestra’s 2024/2025 season, recorded live in January.
Lost Coast, with Jenny Scheinman

2 weeks ago | wrti.org | Nate Chinen |Josh Jackson

Some artists can always be counted on to channel a sense of place. For violinist and composer Jenny Scheinman, it’s the homeward pull of Northern California’s so-called Lost Coast, between the redwood sprawl of Humboldt County and the rugged terrain that meets the Pacific. Scheinman grew up there, and she carries its rustic charm and mystique in her music — even when it assumes a form as elegant as the songs on All Species Parade, her recent double album.