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The Magic of Mendelssohn | MSU Faculty Recital Series

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The Magic of Mendelssohn

Mon. Nov. 9 at  7:30 pm on 90.5 FM | MSU Faculty Recital Series presents The Magic of Mendelssohn

Pianist, conductor, composer — an amazing prodigy and musical genius whose gifts were rivaled only by Mozart.
 

Concert will feature

Ralph Votapek, solo piano, Variations Sérieuses, Op. 54
Suren Bagratuni, cello, and Deborah Moriarty, piano, Cello Sonata in D major Op. 58
Jane Bunnell, mezzo soprano, Melanie Helton, soprano, Anne Nispel, soprano, Marc Embree, bass-baritone, and Elden Little, piano, Mendelssohn duets

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