Capturing the Castle

With "Downton Abbey" set to return to PBS for a third season this Sunday, take some time to revisit our feature on composer John Lunn, who creates the show's original music.

• Regional Spotlight: Ray Shows plays Mozart
  Ray Shows of the Artaria Quartet teaches at St Olaf College, where, from a November 2012 recital, he performs the Mozart, Violin Sonata in E Minor with pianist John Jensen.
• Minnesota Orchestra, SPCO musicians, negotiate with management today
  Later today representatives of locked out musicians at the Minnesota Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra will sit down with representatives of their respective managements to negotiate.
• Music with Minnesotans: Bill Summerville
  He is the guy when it comes to wines. Sommelier Bill Summerville's "pairings" of music will satisfy the most discerning appetites.
• Was 2012 The Year That American Orchestras Hit The Wall?
  2012 will go down as a year of orchestral turmoil in the U.S.: Strikes, lockouts and bankruptcies erupted time and again as once seemingly untouchable institutions struggled financially.
• New Classical Tracks: "On the Shoulders of Giants" - From Notre Dame to Bollywood
  The latest disc from the singers of Cantus begins with the so-called "Notre Dame" school of the Middle Ages, and makes its way to music by an Indian film composer.
• Morning Glories: New year, new works
  We're noting the start of a new year with some starter works - or at least, Opus Ones - by great composers, plus a notable recording from 2012 for the end of the year.