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(Let it be noted that Marriner and the Academy were already releasing
albums when composer Vince Mendoza was born in 1961, and

violinist/conductor Joshua Bell was born in 1967.) After decades at the

helm, Marriner retired as the Academy’s primary conductor in 2011 (and

was succeeded by Bell). Marriner continued to collaborate on occasional

special projects with the Academy right up until his passing (at age 92) in
2016.

Also on the program for the April 6 concert by the Academy at Mondavi are

two popular European classics from the 1800s: the Violin Concerto in E

Minor (Op. 64) by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), a mainstay of the
concerto repertoire; also the Symphony No. 2 of Johannes Brahms (1833-

1897), which is the most cheerful and pastoral of the composer’s four

symphonies.

The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $55-$125 general, with discounts

for students, MondaviArts.org. Only a limited number of seats are still
available, mostly in the balconies.

Also upcoming in mid-April:

* Saturday, April 13, 7:30 p.m., Mondavi Center. Viola da gamba virtuoso

and conductor Jordi Savall and his chamber group Hespèrion XXI come to
Jackson Hall for the first time with a program of music from the Early

Baroque period (i.e. before J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel).

Savall, now in his early 80s, has been a prominent advocate since the 1960s

for performing Baroque-era music on Baroque-style instruments,
presenting the music in a manner more similar to what Baroque composers

heard. As a result, many Baroque-era compositions for instruments like