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Article: 'Da Vinci Coda;' New Haven Symphony Orchestra's clever homage to the hit novel reveals some mysteries of its own
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- New Haven Register
- Article date:
- April 30, 2006
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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 ...