The Warbling Chalumeau - This week we're getting to know the chalumeau, a single reed instrument whose brief popularity left a lasting impression. We'll explore this clarinet ancestor along with another woodwind-the oboe-from featured release Songs Without Words, this week on Harmonia.
Daniil Trifonov conjures his unique style and technique to perform the longest major Romantic piano concerto, Brahms' epic second. Susanna Mälkki leads the LA Phil in another Brahms offering, his jubilant Academic Festival Overture, as well as Fett by German composer Enno Poppe.