For our final chapter of Music for the Seasons, we present Music for Spring. Composers, like poets, revel in spring images, setting poems about spring into songs and turning the colors and fragrances of spring, as well as her unpredictable weather, into spans of orchestral color, rhythmic motion, and melodic extravagance.

So let’s tour through some of Western culture’s best Spring musical treasures. From Renaissance madrigals and Romantic tone poems to popular tunes that we still sing, we’ll traverse the bumpy, beautiful months of Spring together in this free webinar. Bring an umbrella, a picnic basket, and a vase for flowers we’ll pick along the way, and I’ll see you there.

Monday, April 11 at 8 p.m. EDT. The webinar is free but registration is required.

A shimmering jewel along the Danube, the city of Budapest is actually three urban areas melded into one, each of which has such a different story to tell. The castle-filled hills of Buda, with their leafy verdure, tower over the Danube. The open plain of Pest, modern, dynamic, push still towards the future. And ancient voices still whisper through the ruins of the Roman town of Aquincum, where Hungarians arrived at the end of the 9th century.

Today Budapest draws tourists, scholars, and artists, who find themselves thrilled at her architectural and natural beauty, her cultural richness, and her dazzling array of local and national traditions, including cuisine! In this free session, part of our “Tour the Arts” series, I will take you through Budapest’s history, artistic wealth, and cultural heritage. In truth, no matter how many times I have been privileged to be in Budapest, I am never less than wowed. Be prepared to be dazzled.

Tuesday, April 26 at 8 p.m. EDT. The webinar is free but registration is required.