15+ hour, 38+ min ago  (137+ words) Tune in on Saturday, April 4 at 1 p.m. for the Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of a 1968 recording of Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda, in celebration of the opera's 150th anniversary. WRTI will carry the broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, as part of the…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (510+ words) 5 things I loved at Big Ears 2026WRTI 5 things I loved at Big Ears 2026 For years now, some of my most trusted friends in music have had the same refrain: "you have to get to Big Ears." The annual festival, founded in…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (381+ words) Yannick N'zet-S'guin conducts Handel's Messiah for Easter'WRTI Yannick N'zet-S'guin conducts Handel's Messiah for Easter Join us on Sunday, April 5 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, April 6 at 7 p.m. as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you a complete concert performance of Handel's…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (425+ words) Jordan Williams wasn't on entirely new footing when he walked into WRTI's performance studio this month, for a performance and interview with Nicole Sweeney. Williams, 29, now takes the spotlight as our first Philly Made Featured Artist. If you've been listening…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (343+ words) April is just around the corner, and at long last, spring has fully kicked in. Can it be a coincidence that the live music calendar feels so in bloom? The latest array of shows in Moment's Notice should give you…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (202+ words) The Met Opera on WRTI: Giuseppe Verdi's 'La Traviata'WRTI The Met Opera on WRTI: Giuseppe Verdi's 'La Traviata' Tune in on Saturday, March 28 at 1 p.m. for the Metropolitan Opera's production of La Traviata, one of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's most acclaimed…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (252+ words) Holy week, in the Christian church, is a sacred period that begins on Palm Sunday and ends with Easter. This year, it kicks off on March 29 and concludes on April 5. Throughout our classical broadcast on WRTI, we'll hear music of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (592+ words) Isaiah is currently participating in the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra as well as the Settlement Music School's Advanced Studies program, where he studies contemporary chamber music. When he isn't practicing or in school, Isaiah rollerblades, plays guitar, and creates stop-motion films....

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (285+ words) Music for Passover on WRTI'WRTI Music for Passover on WRTI Passover begins this year at sundown on Wednesday, April 1, and Jews in our region and around the world will gather for a Seder, commemorating the exodus of the Israelites from…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (314+ words) How exciting a week is this? Put it this way: Shabaka, the peripatetic British flutist and multi-reedist, has a sold-out album-release show that isn't listed here, and you won't even miss it. (Well, you might literally miss it, but you…...