Unlike the outer movements, the second uses a 12-note row for structural cohesion, but the overall fluency and expressiveness of the music belie its dodecaphonic foundation.

Pianist Chris Brody loves the way composer Antonín Dvořák draws listeners into his Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major. “He begins,” says Brody, “with a melody presented by the cello, that’s like … Once ...

The human brain operates as a tireless prediction machine. It watches a dropped glass and anticipates the shatter. It listens ...

Perspective is another word for point of view, and changing that means shifting one’s position in space. With music, which ...

A cross-curricular music resource celebrating the contribution of black artists and composers to British music. This video ...

Composer Mark Orton brings scores for "Abril," "A Simple Machine," and "Our Mr. Matsura" to Portland Panorama 2026, plus a ...

Jefferson Graham When Mark Sonnenblick was five years old, his mom bought a piano for their Manhattan Beach home, believing ...

Like an eccentric elder, Bruce Hornsby is miming playing an instrument. Beaming forth from my computer screen in his home in ...