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DAY TRIP: Spring Concert

Solano / Yolo Counties… Putah Creek Road… orchards… Stebbins Cold Canyon… Blue lupines… fragrant spring… California green! Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts | UC Davis: Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell

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Violin Masters: Two Gentlemen of Cremona

During the late 17th and early 18th centuries, two violinmakers from the same small town, indeed, the same block, were making the most sought-after violins ever created. Everyone has heard of Antonio Stradivari, but few know the name Giuseppe Guarneri … Continue reading

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