January 20, 2020

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This morning on the Morning Program, a famous nocturne by a Russian musician who worked as a scientist and composed as a hobby. It comes from the composer’s Second String Quartet; we heard Joshua Bell play a version for violin and orchestra. Who wrote this “Nocturne” which, according to the composer’s biographer, may have been a 20th anniversary gift for his wife?