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Music review: Sadness and joy blend in a concert of emotion and virtuosity

The Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra presents "Mendelssohn and Mozart."
Written By:
Sheryl Jensen, For the News Tribune |
12:14 am, Feb. 28, 2021
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"Mendelssohn and Mozart" (Artwork courtesy dsso.org)
In his pre-concert remarks, DSSO Music Conductor Dirk Meyer promised an evening filled with the full range of human emotions, from the dark and brooding, to the exuberant and joyful, and back again.
Meyer also shared a tribute to former DSSO Conductor Taavo Virkhaus, (from 1977 to 1994), who died Feb. 10 from COVID. In a week, when the U.S. reached the grim milestone of over 500,000 Americans dying from COVID, the concert’s opening piece seemed all the more poignant and tragic.

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Taavo was a family friend, and I was privileged to play for him for several years. Not mentioned in any of the accounts I’ve seen — he was a ferocious tennis player! And in non-orchestral settings, he was a delight to talk to about everything from what the WPO should do after Boskovsky’s retirement to the merits of his favorite composing diet when his wife was away (lots of beer and potato chips).
Here’s the full obituary:
Taavo Virkhaus, Music Director and Conductor of the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra from 1989-2003, died of Covid on Feb 10. Taavo was born on June 29, 1934 in Tartu, Estonia to a family of conductors. His grandfather, David Otto Virkhaus, is considered the Father of Estonian Band Music; the Estonian Songfest held every four years begins with a parade carrying a torch lit from the eternal fire which burns at his grave. Taavo’s father, Adalbert August Virkhaus, was the first professionally trained (in Leipzig, Germany) conductor of the Estonian Opera House. Taavo began conducting as a four-year-old guest conductor of a summer band in a resort town, and was a huge hit.

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