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Also this issue: Trading on Tragedy? New York Philharmonic The Illadelph Xperiment Broken Hips Angelica Sanchez Quartet |
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May 16-22, 2002
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The concept of "thirty-something," as defined by our popular culture, conveys a certain fecklessness that is belied by the careers of so many great composers. Mozart, Chopin, Bellini, Mendelssohn and Schubert were geniuses whose life work was done before any of them hit the big four-oh. Mozart's grand, intoxicatingly beautiful Requiem was written in his final year, at the age of 35, and while the legend of his mysterious and anonymous patron resembles a ghost story, there can be little doubt that the composer recognized that his mass of death would mark his own demise. The score was never completed by Mozart, which only adds to its awesomely poignant power. The great work will be the highlight of the final concert of the Choral Arts Society's season, along with the Mendelssohn Psalm No. 42, written when that composer was, at the age of 30, already a bit over the hill. The music of Philadelphia composer Howard Yermish, who is just 30, will round out the program. His new work is based on the poem Leopardi by American poet laureate Mark Strand.
Sun., May 19, 4 p.m., $45-$65, Kimmel Center, Broad and Spruce sts., 215-893-1999.
