Lizzo responded without much hesitation. “IM COMING CARLA! AND IM PLAYIN THAT CRYSTAL FLUTE!!!!!” she wrote. Lizzo arrived on Monday, with her mother and members of her band. Dr. Hayden and ...

Our modern flute can do it all: rapid repeated notes, huge leaps, dynamics that range from a whisper to a scream. But even at its mildest, it’s that sound that makes the flute irresistible.