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So today must be a day for new music. First, an email from Robert Siegel (of aforementioned All Things Considered on NPR) suggesting that if I am not familiar with it, the Beethoven String Quartet Opus 131 is worthy of attention. And then a comment from my friend Naomi commenting that she enjoys listening to the Beethoven Violin Concerto, as played by Jascha Heifitz. How cool is that? I’m burning the CD as we speak!