We begin the hour with two dances from a ballet by Moravian composer Bohuslav Martinu: the Playing of the Puppets and the Dance of the Fish. The Czech Philharmonic performs.

Percussion soloist Colin Currie plays the Andrew Norman percussion concerto Switch with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and music director Miguel Harth-Bedoya on Friday at Bass Performance Hall in ...

Many years ago I developed a huge passion for the music of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu. I have no real idea how the interest developed, but I suspect it might have been in the family. Though my ...

Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu was something of a rebel. As a young man in 1910, he was enchanted by the theater, much to the dismay of his musical conservatory teachers. He later went on to compose ...