Review: The Viano Quartet’s provocative mix of Haydn, Beethoven, Penderecki and Kernis
American composer Aaron Jay Kernis, born in 1960, has favored a more populist modernism. “Musica celestis,” the second ...
For the Sick and Dying, Live Music to Ease the Pain
A violinist plays for her father. A singer takes requests. In hospitals and hospices, bedside performers offer a new kind of ...