Brass instruments have “water keys” to drain the accumulated moisture from the instrument. Another, and more accurate, term for water key is “spit valve.” The term spit valve might be debated. It ...

J. Suk / Serenade for Strings in E flat major, Op. 6 Two principal players from the Met Opera Orchestra perform Strauss’s unmatched duo concerto. William Short, Principal Bassoon and Inn-Hyuck Cho, ...

Try to lighten up a little, Dvorak advised his young pupil, Josef Suk. I wonder if he still gave Suk the same advice after the young composer ended up marrying his daughter. Before Suk married into ...