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OK, I’m lying. They weren’t dueling at all. But last night’s (September 11, 2009) recital of the Arianna Quartet here in St. Louis featured a Brahms quintet with TWO violas! What a great idea…well, to me it’s great, having played the viola a good part of my life. What was interesting was how the second viola seemed to support the cello line more than the first viola line. So, I am biased, but I found the overall sound to be richer, fuller, and really wondered why chamber music composers haven’t been doing this for years. Brahms is, like, my favorite composer anyway, and Joanna Mendoza, the Arianna violist, had given me private lessons for a few months last year, so bias is dripping from these words. Anyway, I’ve been attending Arianna chamber concerts for at least five years. This is yet another of those cultural treasures that exists in the City of St. Louis, which I would describe as a big city that acts like a small town EXCEPT in its cultural affairs. Also impressive is that Arianna is getting close to filling their regular concert hall, the Lee Theatre at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, University of Missouri – St. Louis (UMSL). Could it be that these wonderful string players are enlarging the public’s interest in chamber music? Check out their next performance and decide for yourself!

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