To hear the Alabama Symphony these days, you might think they can do no wrong. Like any orchestra, they might have an occasional tussle with ensemble or an unwanted squawk or two, but Friday's ...

If Plies wrote a book of love poetry, it would look just like this.

In 2005, composer Peter Lieberson wrote a song cycle for his wife, the celebrated mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. The words were poems by Pablo Neruda, tracing the arc of love's joy and loss.