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March 30, 2006 Section: CALIENTE Page: F6 Artists plan 'Un-Mozart Concert' Cathalena E. Burch, ARIZONA DAILY STAR It's the season for honoring Mozart, but someone must have forgotten to alert the Tucson Chamber Artists.

The professional ensemble is performing "An Un-Mozart Concert: Music of Brahms, Mendelssohn and Other Romantics" in two performances this weekend. So, instead of hearing the umpteenth performance of Mozart's "Requiem," you'll hear the Tucson Chamber Artists, accompanied by members of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, perform Mendelssohn's cantata "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden." You'll also hear Brahms' "Zigeunerlieder," a set of Gypsy love songs based on Hungarian folk music; and Franz Liszt's "Ave Verum Corpus." Music Director Eric Holtan, in a news release, said he wanted to offer audiences "a diversion to the plethora of concerts" honoring Mozart on the 250th anniversary of his birth. His group's Mozart concert will be this fall. This weekend's "Un-Mozart" concerts are at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 11575 N. First Ave., Oro Valley; and 4 p.m. Sunday at St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church, 4440 N. Campbell Ave. at East River Road. Tickets are $12, $5 for students, at the door. 370-8016.

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