Low, grounded sounds of tubas jumbled as prancing melodies from surrounding instruments rang through the auditorium.

At Strathmore on Saturday night, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra took a scenic route through a program of Carl Nielsen, Wynton Marsalis and Jean Sibelius — composers you don’t often see gathered ...

Nonfiction: Sam Quinones’ “The Perfect Tuba” traces the history of the instrument, its top players and teachers.