In his First Symphony, which was featured in last month’s season opener, Gustav Mahler employed the power of music to transport him – and us – beyond the steamy boudoirs and salons of fin-de-siècle ...

A 65-year-old woman with Parkinson’s disease surprised doctors by playing the clarinet while undergoing brain surgery in London. The retired speech and language therapist underwent deep-brain ...

Denise Bacon played the clarinet while undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS), enabling surgeons to see – and hear – immediate results (Karen Welsh/King’s College Hospital/PA) A woman with ...

Denise Bacon, 65, played the clarinet during brain surgery in London Dubai: In an extraordinary blend of music and medicine, Denise Bacon, a 65-year-old woman living with Parkinson’s disease, played ...

A woman with Parkinson's disease played her clarinet while undergoing brain stimulation, enabling surgeons to see and hear immediate results. Denise Bacon, 65, from Crowborough in East Sussex, ...

A clarinet player gave a fantastic performance as doctors sent electrical currents into her brain to help alleviate her Parkinson’s disease symptoms. Denise Bacon, 65, from Crowborough in East Sussex, ...

A woman living with Parkinson’s disease played her clarinet while undergoing brain stimulation, offering surgeons immediate, audible evidence of the procedure’s success. Denise Bacon, 65, from ...

At King’s College Hospital in London, tunes from a clarinet could be heard from an operating room where 65-year-old Denise Bacon, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, was being operated on. But ...

Late one morning this fall, a man arrived at the workshop behind John Weir’s Toronto home, carrying an unusual, humidity-controlled case. Weir, sitting at his workbench, knew who it was right away.