Seldom do we see Joplin’s musical emotional intelligence on purer display than in “Bethena.” Published in 1905 shortly after the sudden death of his second wife, Freddie, the waltz begins ...

The audience’s enthusiasm began even before the music did. Several stood to applaud Muti's initial entrance, to conduct Joseph Haydn’s Symphony no. 48 in C major, “Maria Theresa”. Muti coaxed a ...