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Beth Anderson’s intriguingly titled “Dr. Blood’s Mermaid Lullaby” begins our evening, performed by violinist Ana Milosavjevic and pianist Terezija Cukrov. It is so charming, that you’ll be glad we are playing more by this talented Brooklyn-dwelling composer. In our second hour, we hear pianist Joseph Kubera perform her “Quilt Music.” The music reflects what Anderson tells us: “In a Crazy Quilt, there are no rules, only things that seem beautiful to the maker. It doesn’t matter if your stitches aren’t all the same size or going in the same direction. There are no inhibitions.”

Since it’s his birthday (1899), Francis Poulenc is represented by several works in our first hour: pianist Paul Crossley plays his “Suite francaise d’apres Claude Gervaise”; Paavo Jarvi conducts the Tapiola Sinfonietta in the work Sinfonietta; and Poulenc himself performs his piano piece, “Mouvements perpetuels.”

Edgar Meyer will be performing live at Zankel Hall on January 15th, but we are giving you a chance to hear him long before. He is the soloist in his own Double Bass Concerto, Hugh Wolff conducting the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; and Mike Marshall on madolin joins bassist Meyer in a rousing rendition of the familiar Sarasate “Zigeunerweisen” in a Marshall/Meyer arrangement.