Review: Milhaud and Mozart as ear candy

From: Charleston Gazette | Date: October 8, 2007| Author: David Williams | Copyright information

The Montclaire String Quartet has advertised its new concert series as "A Sweet Season," with each concert named for a candy. "M&Ms" were on display Saturday night at Kanawha Presbyterian Church, and you could help yourself to a handful of the treats from a bowl placed at the back of the sanctuary.

The musical M&Ms were by Milhaud and Mozart, along with Szymanowski's Quartet No. 1 in C.

A sour start to the season could have happened though. An injury to Amelia Chan, the first vi...

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