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Totally Mozart!

TOTALLY MOZART!

An intimate evening of chamber music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with a pre-concert talk on the pianos of his era.

The Music of the Spheres Society opens its 13th concert season with a variety of chamber works by Mozart, performed by acclaimed musicians: pianist Steven Lubin, violinist Stephanie Chase and cellist Louise Dubin. This concert will be performed on modern instruments.

November 21, 2013 at 8:15 p.m.

ALL WORKS BY WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Sonata for piano in F major, K332

Sonata for piano and violin in A major, K526

Piano trio in C major, K548

Piano trio in B-flat major, K502

The concert will be preceded by a talk at 7:30, which is included in admission:

"The Pianos of Mozart's Time, and His Own Piano" by Stewart Pollens

Stewart Pollens is the former (1976-2006) Conservator of Musical Instruments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the author of books that include "The Early Pianoforte," "Stradivari," and the forthcoming "The Manual of Musical Instrument Conservation" and "Bartolomeo Cristofori", all published by Cambridge University Press.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

"Steven Lubin was the soloist in Mozart's 'Coronation' Concerto... Mozart favored a translucent sound and a singing melody that 'must flow like oil'... Mr. Lubin demonstrated this approach with clearly delineated articulation... he played with a singing tone."(The New York Times)

"The soloist was the superb violinist Stephanie Chase, who played with elegance, dexterity, rhythmic vitality and great imagination. This was a Classical performance in the best sense: clear-headed, straightforward, intelligent" (Boston Globe)

Louise Dubin "is a superior instrumentalist and an intelligent, tasteful musician. She made a very fine impression." (New York Concert Review)