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Sat 4/15 @ 5:00p Members of First Muse present music of Dvorak

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM | By rphinney

Published March 27, 2017 at 11:12 AM EDT

Dvorak: Moravian Duets, Op 32 (transcribed by Kellogg & Zalkind)

The Slighted Heart
The Wild Rose
Forsaken
The Modest Maid
The Main Imprisoned
Fly, Sweet Songster
The Pledge of Love

The First Muse concert Two Trombonists Walk into a Bar was recorded January 24, 2016 at the First Unitarian Church in Rochester.

(Left to right) Mark Kellogg, Priscilla Yuen, Larry Zalkind

First Muse Chamber Music was started by Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra principal violist Melissa Matson in 2007, and is supported by the generosity of the Carolyn and Richard Wilson Concert Fund at the First Unitarian Church of Rochester. This annual series of concerts brings together the artistry of the area's finest musicians in a wide variety of chamber music, striving to inspire a diverse audience with performances of repertoire ranging from the familiar to the fresh.