University of Arizona Faculty Recital "The Magic of Mendelssohn" September 7, 2016 Tucson, Arizona It has been far too hot for way too long in this Northern Sonora Desert town, and too dry of the soul-feeding, endlessly nuanced emotional sustenance a live concert of great chamber music can provide. Well, this is the time to rejoice, as University of Arizona students and teachers are back. Autumn's relief has finally arrived! Last night, September 7th, a coterie of UA music students and spiritually-dehydrated Old Pueblo denizens rushed bravely through the dying remnants of Hurricane Newton, to hear the University of Arizona, Fred Fox School of Music Violin and Piano Faculty Duo of Lauren Roth and John Milbauer, perform Beethoven and Vaughn Williams. Cellist Marybeth Brown-Palmbeck later joined them for the ever-invigorating and deservedly revered war horse, Mendelssohn's Piano Trio #1, Op. 49. As Holsclaw Hall's very modest seating capacity of 204 qu
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