Welcome to Week 31 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores and texts. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 31.

Franz Peter Schubert
String Quartet No. 14, “Death and the Maiden” - score

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Rondo in C minor, H 283 (Wq 59:4) - score
Sonata in F major (Prussian Sonata No. 1), H 24 (Wq 48:1) - score
Sonata in B-flat major (Prussian Sonata No. 2), H 25 (Wq 48:2) - score
Rondo in A major, H 276 (Wq 58:1) - score
Sonata in F minor, H 75 (Wq 63:6) - score
Sonata in A minor (Wurttemberg Sonata No. 1), H 30 (Wq 49:1) - score
*The Hogwood recording of H 75 is on a clavichord - see this video about how this instrument works; it's discussed in podcast episode 32.

John Dowland
First Booke of Songes or Ayres - scores - texts

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 - score
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 - score
     note: Villa-Lobos' works are not in the public domain in all countries, so please follow your own country's laws when deciding whether to download the scores.

Thelonious Monk
Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Recordings (selections)
Selections from other performers' recordings of some of Monk's compositions

Welcome to Week 30 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores, texts, and translations. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 30.

Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonatas: K. 460, 461, 478, 479, 502, 516, 517, 518, 519, 529, 544, 545, 546, 547 - scores
     recommended recording: Pinnock (the Spotify playlist includes this entire album, which does not follow the order of K numbers; there is also an alternate recording of each sonata)

Franz Peter Schubert
Selected Lieder:
     An Emma, D. 113 - score - text and translation
     Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118 - score - text and translation
     Trost in Tranen, D. 120 - score - text and translation
     Schafers Klagelied, D. 121 - score - text and translation
     Rastlose Liebe, D. 138 - score - text and translation
     Als ich sie erroten sah, D. 153 - score - text and translation
     Nahe des Geliebten, D. 162 - score - text and translation
     An den Mond, D. 193 - score - text and translation
     Seufzer, D. 198 - score - text and translation
     Meeres Stille, D. 216 - score - text and translation
     Wandrers Nachtlied, D. 224 - score - text and translation
     Der Fischer, D. 225 - score - text and translation
     Erster Verlust, D. 226 - score - text and translation
     Heidenroslein, D. 257 - score - text and translation
     Wonne der Wehmut, D. 260 - score - text and translation
     An die Sonne, D. 270 - score - text and translation
     An den Fruhling, D. 283 - score - text and translation
     Lied (Es ist so angenehm), D. 284 - score - text and translation
     An den Mond, D. 296 - score - text and translation
     Augenlied, D. 297 - score - text and translation
     Der Jungling an der Quelle, D. 300 - score - text and translation
     Der Tod und das Madchen, D. 531 - score - text and translation
     (various recordings are recommended)

Philip Glass
Violin Concerto
      recommended recordings: Anthony; McDuffie; Kremer

Thelonious Monk
The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall
Big Band and Quartet in Concert

Welcome to Week 28 of The Works! This post is a little late again (the week goes from Jan. 5-11, 2026), and there may or may not be a podcast episode this week [update: there wasn't].

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores, text and translation. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 28.

Franz Josef Haydn
Symphony No. 16 - score
Symphony No. 22 - score
Symphony No. 26 - score

Felix Mendelssohn
St. Paul (Paulus) - score - text and translation

Erik Satie
Pieces froides ("cold pieces") - score
Trois morceaux en forme de poire ("three pear-shaped pieces") - score
Preludes flasques (pour un chien) ("flabby preludes (for a dog)") - score 
     — [these are the tracks with Japanese text on the playlist]
3 veritables preludes flasques, pour un chien ("3 true flabby preludes, for a dog") - score
Embryons desseches ("desiccated embryos") - score
Sports et divertissements ("sports and pastimes") - score

Thelonious Monk
Brilliant Corners (1957, recorded 1956)
Monk's Music (1957)
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1961, recorded 1957)

Welcome to Week 27 of The Works! There is no podcast episode this week, and this post is coming late in the week, but the next post, with a podcast episode, will come soon.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores where available. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 27.

Morton Feldman
The Viola in My Life 1 (for viola and chamber ensemble)
The Viola in My Life 2 (for viola and chamber ensemble)
The Viola in My Life 3 (for viola and piano)
The Viola in My Life IV (for viola and orchestra)

Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto - score
     recommended recording: Jacqueline du Pre with London Symphony/Barbirolli

Johannes Ciconia
O rosa bella - score
Sus une fontayne
Le ray au soleyl
Una panthera - score
Ut te per omnes - score
O Padua, sidus praeclarum - score
Petrum Marcello Venetum - score
Doctorum principem - score
O felix templum - score
Gloria (score) and Credo “Regina Gloriosa”
Gloria (another one of five settings)

Thelonious Monk
Selections from Blue Note singles and 10" LPs (1947-51), collected under “Genius of Modern Music”
Selections from Prestige 10" LPs (1952-54)
The Unique Thelonious Monk (Riverside 12" LP, 1956)