I have been to many different concerts throughout my life, but this year I experienced two exceptionally unique ___ that I had never seen before. The first was a spectacular chamber recital that took place at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed by pianist Yefim Bronfman and violist-violinist Pinchas Zukerman. The program included the Violin Sonatina no. 2 in A minor by Schubert, Violin Sonata no. 7 in C minor by Beethoven and the Viola Sonata no. 1 in F minor by Brahms. The second was a performance by the famous quartet "Anonymous 4" presented by Universality of Chicago at the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. The program featured a series of medieval French motets from 13th-century French polyphony, taken from the Montpellier Codex. The two performances were extremely different in nature and at the same time very similar in what they were trying to achieve. For example, while the first concert consisted entirely of an instrumental performance, the other was exclusively vocal. However, both were able to bring to life great examples of iconic artists from our past. I left both c...
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