Article: 'Da Vinci Coda;' New Haven Symphony Orchestra's clever homage to the hit novel reveals some mysteries of its own

What started as a clever marketing idea to tie its season finale with the May release of the movie version of "The Da Vinci Code" novel turned into a similar journey of mystery, intrigue and discovery for the New Haven Symphony Orchestra's Thursday concert - "Da Vinci Coda" - where two pieces will enjoy world premieres at Woolsey Hall. When Music Director Jung-Ho Pak and Michael MacLeod, the former executive director, were creating this season, they found a 1980s video that purported that Leonard da Vinci had dabbled in composing music, that there was an arrangement of a melody.

After deciding to somehow incorporate it into the May concert program, further research proved problematic, and ...

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