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Although there was the usual run of mediocrity and the routine, the past year had much to offer on the concert stage and in the theater.

5. "Music of Remembrance": This small chamber music series, founded and run by Mina Miller, devotes its energy to music that is a living memory of the victims of the Holocaust. It has been a pioneer in performing works by composers incarcerated at Terezin, a concentration camp in the Czech Republic. Among the most moving was Hans Krasa's 1938 children's opera, "Brundibar," which has been given a new life in the 21st century.

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