Classical instrumental music generally has no words, no faces, no story. Even so, one musician will draw their bow across a string, while another presses keys that swing hammers against wire, and a room full of strangers is moved. How?
When music moves you, is the feeling in the music, or in you?
Philosopher Phil Mack joins Madlen Breckbill and Micah Behr for a recital that pairs one of the oldest puzzles in the philosophy of music with some of the most beautiful music written for viola and piano: Rebecca Clarke, Schumann, Schubert, and more. The music doesn’t just illustrate the ideas. It tells us something.