March is a good month for those who love the Verdi Requiem. (And that ought to be everybody.) Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic will perform it in a subscription series, starting on March 29.

We're going to listen to and hear about a beautiful and awe-inspiring piece of music, Verdi's "Requiem," with our guest, conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin. He leads two of the world's great music ...