Quarter notes: video edition

Nico Muhly talks about his piece for the upcoming NY Phil CONTACT! concert.

Here’s a more formal discussion of his piece

Pianist, Jeremy Denk and violist, Roberto Diaz, preview their upcoming Brahms’ viola sonata release on Naxos.  You can find it in stores this month.

And to whet your appetite for Robert Spano’s conducting debut with the Seattle Symphony, here is a video of Spano conducting the Atlanta Symphony in Dr. Atomic. Spano will conduct John Adams’ “symphony” Harmonielehre April 29-May 2.