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Article: Chamber concerts to focus on Haydn, Mendelssohn
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- July 12, 2009
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For both Joseph Haydn and Felix Mendelssohn, 2009 is an
anniversary year.
And while most of the local performing arts organizations haven't
done much in the way of celebrating it (this year marks the
bicentennial of Haydn's death and Mendelssohn's birth), the music of
both will figure prominently in the Intermezzo Chamber Music Series'
concerts, which begin Monday.
Utah Symphony violinist David Porter, who runs Intermezzo
together with his wife, pianist Vedrana Subotic, has programmed a
Haydn quartet for each of the five concerts in this summer's series.
"Since it's Haydn's anniversary, I thought it would be a great
opportunity to play some of his quartets," Porter told the Deseret
News.
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