Article: ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER GOES `BACK TO THE FUTURE'

Programs of 20th-century music were traditionally box-office poison - during the 20th century. Superstar violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is concentrating on 20th-century music this season and has an easy answer for people who might be terrified at the prospect: "It is the last century already, so what's the problem?"

In a recent New York mini-festival, Mutter played eight concerts, with five different programs, all devoted to 20th-century music for violin - she calls it her "Back to the Future Proj ect." Her BankBoston Celebrity Series recital in Symphony Hall Friday night will present four 20th-century works, each from a different decade - the Respighi Sonata (1917), Ravel's "Tzigane" ...

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