At Noon, Haydn’s ‘Sun,’ a Brown-Bag Lunch and Thou

by Anthony Tommasini
The New York Times
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

"It is hard to imagine a more inviting place to hear a Haydn string quartet than Philosophy Hall at Columbia University...The hall is like a comfortable reading room in an old library. With people in rows of wooden chairs or sitting atop low bookcases that line the walls, and some standees squeezed in, about 200 listeners were accommodated. As indicated by the title of the series, sponsored by the Miller Theater and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the audience members are invited to eat their brown-bag lunches while enjoying the music...The series puts the chamber back into chamber music."

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