"Any" work of music begins with the first note. Seems obvious. Listeners are less aware of that first sound than players...Sibelius' "Violin Concerto" has "that" first note...and from that springs the entire work.

Sibelius' op. 56 String Quartet premiered in 1910. A review in the "Helsingin Sanomat" noted: "The composition attracted a great deal of attention...." You can give it your attention tonight at 7:00!

Leila Josefowicz is the violin soloist in guest conductor Esa-Pekka Salonene's "Violin Concerto" with the new York Philharmonic

Tonight's LA Philharmonic is a program of "Program" music, which is music without words, often with a descriptive rather than generic title, meant to evoke the feeling, the place, the situation, in sound.

I wouldn’t have gotten away with the trick question in print.