Karol Szymanowski

Saturday, October 13th, 2012, 5-6 pm on WRTI (2nd Saturday this month!) Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937). Violin Concerto No. 1 (1916). Nicola Benedetti, violin, London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding. Deutsche Grammophon 6154, Tr 1-3, 26:59 Szymanowski. Symphony No....

Music doesn’t evolve

[This article has been republished with permission from Broad Street Review.] At Imperial College in London, Bob McCallum spends his days researching mosquitoes. At home, he puts composers under his microscope. He has concluded, according to BBC News, that we...