Bruce Adolphe – Reynolds Hall, MSU Bozeman

Composer, educator, performer, and author

Adolphe is well known for his public radio show Piano Puzzler. Part lecture, part comic fantasy, The Mozart Murder Trial is his musically revealing investigation into the dramatic narrative of Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G Minor proving that sonata form has many characteristics in common with courtroom procedure.

The program also includes a Mozart-inspired original work Einstein’s Light.

Featured artists: Angella Ahn, violin; Julie Goswiller, piano; Käthe Jarka, cello; Chi-Chi Lin Bestmann, viola