Kenneth LaFave

Beethoven’s Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 opens with a dramatic slow section that repeats and deepens questions to the fiery intense ones.

With his composition ‘On the Trail,’ Ferde Grofé takes listeners down into the Grand Canyon and back up again.

The famed composer’s most accessible piece continues to influence 20th-century Western music.

Holst’s “Jupiter” challenges modern assumptions about celebration, revealing jollity as something quieter, deeper and more enduring.

Listeners take a stroll through the streets of Rome via Tchaikovsky’s ‘Capriccio Italien.’

One melody, written on a tour bus, grew into a symbol embraced by Americans across generations.

Alexander Borodin’s musical avocation produced themes that still echo from concert halls to Broadway.

The rhythmic Polish mazurka was one of Chopin’s most famous forms of music.

Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ presents the dichotomy of good and evil through the vocal ranges of its main characters.

Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich wrote ‘Waltz No. 2’ after Stalin’s death. It exhibits a lightness not heard from the composer during Stalin’s reign.

Beethoven’s Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 opens with a dramatic slow section that repeats and deepens questions to the fiery intense ones.

With his composition ‘On the Trail,’ Ferde Grofé takes listeners down into the Grand Canyon and back up again.

The famed composer’s most accessible piece continues to influence 20th-century Western music.

Holst’s “Jupiter” challenges modern assumptions about celebration, revealing jollity as something quieter, deeper and more enduring.

Listeners take a stroll through the streets of Rome via Tchaikovsky’s ‘Capriccio Italien.’

One melody, written on a tour bus, grew into a symbol embraced by Americans across generations.

Alexander Borodin’s musical avocation produced themes that still echo from concert halls to Broadway.

The rhythmic Polish mazurka was one of Chopin’s most famous forms of music.

Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ presents the dichotomy of good and evil through the vocal ranges of its main characters.

Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich wrote ‘Waltz No. 2’ after Stalin’s death. It exhibits a lightness not heard from the composer during Stalin’s reign.