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 ...

The Chamber Orchestra Kremlin is led by Misha Rachlevsky in the Serenade for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 6, by Josef Suk ("sook," vowel sound as in "shook").

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 ...