Ray Cornils
| Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St, Portland, ME 04101 Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $18 - Admission $20, Seniors $18, Students $10 Performing: Ray Cornils |
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| Details: Portland’s very own Municipal Organist, Ray Cornils, wraps up the Orgelfest17 summer series with the help of Kotzschmar Festival Brass! Pre-concert Kotzschmar Konversation at 6:30pm in Merrill Auditorium. Concert at 7:30pm. Kids 12 and under Free! | |
| Works by Gabrieli, Handel, Bach, von Paradis, Guilmant, Franck, Dvořák, Greer, Weaver, Strauss Bio: OrganInfo: [Map]     107001 | |
Homecoming Organ & Piano concert
Homecoming Organ & Piano concert
| Somers Congregational Church, 599 Main St. Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $10; Sr/Stu: $10 Performing: Jackie Nappi, Stephen Gamboa, Christa Rakich |
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| Details: 3 Keyboardists play works from Sweelinck to Schubert. | |
| Contact: (860) 763-4021 OrganInfo: http://richardsfowkes.com/pages/3instruments/21/21_index.php [Map]  107051 | |
Alice Parker
| St Paul's Cathedral, 138 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02111 Cost: Free Performing: Alice Parker |
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| Details: The Boston AGO Opening Service will be held on Monday, September 11th at 6 p.m. at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul at 138 Tremont Street, funded by the Carole Lawton Memorial Fund and featuring Alice Parker of Melodious Accord. Alice Parker’s music at the Opening service will honor Carole with vibrant singing! We will all be the choir. Together we will make this a joyous occasion.
Here is the lineup for Sept. 11th:
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Freisinger Chamber Orchestra 10th Anniversary Concert
| Old South Church, 645 Boylston St. Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $15; Sr/Stu: $ - Stud: $8 Tix door only no cr cds; welco Performing: with Renese King, Gospel Vocalist |
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| Details: Maurice Ravel: Pavane
Michele Caniato: Introduction and Siciliana, world premiere (2017, written for the FCO)
J. S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D
Spirituals and Gospel Music including Good News, Down By the Riverside, Deep River, He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands
Renese King, Vocalist; Peter Freisinger, Piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in Eb
One of the best chamber orchestras in New England, the FCO features 28 young, passionate, creative, enthusiastic, and skilled instrumentalists who love to play great music. Our soloist, RENESE KING, is a Gospel artist who frequently performs with the Boston Pops. We’re also premiering a short and beautiful piece by Venetian- born and Boston-educated composer Dr. Michele Caniato, also known for his work in jazz, and as a professor at Fitchburg State University. You will hear music from 1725 to the present, right in Copley Square! Please join us, and bring many friends; unlimited seating. | |
| Works by Ravel, Bach, Michele Caniato, Spirituals, Mozart Bio: FreisingerChamberOrchestra.org [Map] 107027 | |
Nathan Laube on Kotzschmar Organ
| Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St, Portland, ME 04101 Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $ - Admission $20, Seniors $18, Students $10 Performing: Nathan Laube |
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| Details: Concert organist and world elite performer, Nathan Laube, comes to play the Kotzschmar. Pre-concert Kotzschmar Konversation at 6:30pm in Merrill Auditorium’s Rehearsal Room. Concert at 7:30pm. | |
| Bio: http://www.foko.org/events/nathan-laube/ Contact: www.porttix.com OrganInfo: http://www.foko.org/about-the-organ/ [Map]  107002 | |
Culmen et Fons - Liturgical Formation and Sacred Music Conference
| St. Adelaide Parish, 712 Lowell St. Cost: Tickets: Gen: $200; Sr/Stu: $200 - Tuition increases after Aug 1. Register Performing: Michael Olbash & David Hughes, music faculty |
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| Details: September 18 to 22, 2017. Dom Alcuin Reid and several other distinguished speakers will serve as faculty for this liturgical formation and sacred music conference for priests, deacons, seminarians, religious, masters of ceremonies, liturgical musicians and singers, and other members of the laity. In addition to the principal curriculum of liturgical formation for sacred ministers, Culmen et Fons will also feature a parallel conference track for all those engaged in the field of liturgical and sacred music. Participants will not only have the opportunity to attend several of the lectures offered by Dom Alcuin, Fr. Thomas Kocik, Fr. Mario Testa, and Fr. Neil Joy, but will also study under the direction of Michael Olbash and David Hughes, providing the chant and polyphony for the sacred liturgies during the conference week. Repertoire to include Hassler "Missa Secunda," Guerrero "Missa Ecce Sacredos," and choral/organ Masses by Durufle and Widor. | |
| Bio: culmenetfonsma2017.com Contact: info@culmenetfonsma2017.com [Map] 107008 | |
Benjamin Straley in Concert
| Church of Christ, Congregational, 1075 Main Street Cost: Free Performing: Benjamin Straley |
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| Details: Washington National Cathedral organist, Benjamin Straley, performs in a celebration concert. The organ, Moller Op. 10306, is celebrating its 50t h anniversary. Featuring the world premiere of Jubilate Deo, by Philip Moore, commissioned with funding provided by the Marjorie Jolidon Fund of the Greater Hartford Chapter AGO.
(Co-sponsored with Church of Christ, Congregational) | |
| Bio: https://cathedral.org/staff/benjamin-straley/ OrganInfo: http://www.hartfordago.org/organs-of-hartford/church-of-christ-congregational-newington/ [Map] 107035 | |
The Life of a Cathedral Musician
| Church of Christ, Congregational, 1075 Main Street Cost: Free Performing: Benjamin Straley |
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| Details: Washington National Cathedral organist, Benjamin Straley, in conversation with Peter Niedmann, talks about the life and work of a 21s t century cathedral organist. Video excerpts will be included in this fascinating behind-the-scenes presentation. | |
| Bio: https://cathedral.org/staff/benjamin-straley/ OrganInfo: http://www.hartfordago.org/organs-of-hartford/church-of-christ-congregational-newington/ [Map] 107036 | |
Albert Schweitzer High School Division Competition
| Trinity College Chapel, 300 Summit Street Cost: Free Performing: High school finalists |
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| Details: Come hear three outstanding high school organists compete for cash prizes. | |
| Bio: http://www.asofhartford.org OrganInfo: http://www.asofhartford.org [Map] 107030 | |
Richard Kelley, trumpet & Richard J. Clark, organ
| St. Cecilia Church, St. Cecilia Church Cost: Free Performing: Richard Kelley, trumpet & Richard J. Clark, organ |
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| Details: Preview concert before their performance at St. Patrick's Cathedral , NYC
Works by American Composers: Alan Hovhaness, Daniel Pinkham, Richard J. Clark, Leo Sowerby
Richard Kelley, trumpet, has been a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and currently plays with the Boston Pops. He has performed with artists such as Andrea Bocelli, Ray Charles, Steven Tyler, and James Taylor.
Richard J. Clark’s plays the 1999 Smith & Gilbert Organ • IV/53 • 3,023 pipes
His eclectic appearances range from the Celebrity Series of Boston and the Boston Philharmonic to Jive Records (Sony BMG) and the New York Songwriter Circle at NYC’s historic “Bitter End.” Ministry & Liturgy Magazine has called his music "transformative." | |
| Works by an Hovhaness, Daniel Pinkham, Richard J. Clark, Leo Sowerby Contact: RClark@stceciliaboston.org OrganInfo: http://stceciliaboston.org/music-ministry/organ-stop-list/ [Map]  107053 | |
Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Opening Concert
| The Cathedral of Saint Joseph, 140 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Christian Lane, Diane Meredith Belcher, David Hurd, Chorus Angelicus and Gaudeamus |
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| Details: Pre-concert exhibit of memorabilia from the Albert Schweitzer Institute at Quinnipiac University.
Virtuoso performances by renowned American concert organists and competition judges: Diane Meredith Belcher, David Hurd and Christian Lane.
Fauré Requiem performed in memory of David Spicer by Chorus Angelicus, Gaudeamus and the Cathedral Schola Cantorum; Gabriel Löfvall, Conductor; Dr. Ezequiel Menéndez, Organist; soloists and guest instrumentalists. | |
| Bio: http://www.asofhartford.org OrganInfo: http://www.cathedralofsaintjoseph.com [Map] 107032 | |
Albert Schweitzer Young Professional Division Competition
| Trinity College Chapel, 300 Summit Street Cost: Free Performing: Young professional finalists |
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| Details: Come hear outstanding young professional organists compete for cash prizes! | |
| Bio: http://www.asofhartford.org OrganInfo: http://www.asofhartford.org [Map] 107031 | |
Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival 2016 Winners Recital
| St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Colin MacKnight and Katherine Johnson |
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| Details: Colin MacKnight and Katherine Johnson, winners of the 2016 competitions, will present a full-length program of varied works. | |
| Bio: http://www.asofhartford.org OrganInfo: http://www.sjparish.net [Map] 107033 | |
Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Closing Eucharist and Hymn Playing Competition
| Trinity College Chapel, 300 Summit Street Cost: Free Performing: Combined choirs, Christopher Houlihan, Vaughn Mauren, and 2017 competitors |
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| Details: Trinity College Chapel Singers will be joined by the treble choristers from St. James’s and St. John’s Episcopal Churches in West Hartford to perform the world premiere of a new setting of Psalm 150 composed by Philip Stopford. The anthem was commissioned by ASOF Hartford in memory of David Spicer, former artistic director and founder. philipstopford.com. | |
| Works by Philip Stopford Bio: http://www.asofhartford.org OrganInfo: http://www.asofhartford.org [Map] 107034 | |
Bernhard Klapprott in Concert
| First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley Street Cost: Free Performing: Bernhard Klapprott |
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| Details: Bernhard Klapprott performs internationally as a soloist, continuo player and conductor. He teaches as professor of Harpsichord/Early Keyboard Instruments and Basso continuo at the Department of Early Music at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar as well as internationally in master classes. He will play a fascinating concert of music by JS and CPE Bach, Buxtehude, Pachelbel and Kellner. “Klapprott plays with consummate technique and fine musical style.” - Fanfare Co-sponsored by the Boston Clavichord Society | |
| Contact: louise.mundinger@gmail.com [Map] 107049 | |
Thomas Ospital in Concert
| Trinity College Chapel, 300 Summit Street Cost: Free Performing: Thomas Ospital |
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| Details: Titulaire of the grand organ at St Eustache Church, Paris. The stellar French organist comes to dazzle Hartford. | |
| Bio: http://www.concertorganists.com/artists/thomas-ospital/ OrganInfo: http://www.trincoll.edu [Map] 107037 | |
Organ Spooktacular
| Grace Church in Salem, 385 Essex Street Cost: Free Performing: Mark Engelhardt |
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| Details: Join us for a Thriller evening of Haunting music, presented by Mark T. Engelhardt who serves as Organist and Director of Music at St. Peter's by-the-sea Episcopal Church in Bay Shore NY, and is founder and administrator of the Center for the Arts at St. Peter's. Co-sponsored by Merrimack Valley AGO | |
| Contact: louise.mundinger@gmail.com [Map] 107048 | |
Brink Bush, International Concert Organist
| St. Cecilia Church, St. Cecilia Church Cost: Free Performing: Brink Bush |
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| Details: Brink Bush plays the 1999 Smith & Gilbert Organ • IV/53 • 3,023 pipes. He is one of the leading interpreters of German Romantic organ music in the world today. He has performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe and made his German debut at the Berliner Dom. He was featured on American Public Media’s Pipedreams in a program titled Bach, Bush and Middelschulte. His New York debut was heard at Trinity Church Wall Street during the Virgil Fox Legacy Twenty-fifth Anniversary Concert Weekend. | |
| Works by Anthony Newman, Gerard Strecke, Henri Nibelle, Joseph Rheinberger, and Jean Francaix Bio: http://brinkbush.us/ OrganInfo: http://stceciliaboston.org/music-ministry/organ-stop-list/ [Map]  107054 | |
A Choral Sequence with the Choir of Christ Church, Bronxville, New York
| St. James's Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Avenue Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $0 Performing: The Choir of Christ Church, Bronxville, New York. Philip Stopford, director |
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| Details: Philip Stopford conducts the Choir of Christ Church Bronxville, New York, with Vaughn Mauren, pianist, in a varied program of choral works from several centuries. | |
| Bio: http://www.ccbny.org OrganInfo: http://www.stjameswh.org [Map] 107043 | |
Organ Recital
| Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel - COllege of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street Cost: Free - free admssion Performing: Matteo Imbruno |
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| Details: a one hour free organ recital on the magnificent Taylor & Boody organ at College of the Holy Cross | |
| Bio: http://www.accademia-organo.it/corsi/2016/imbruno-popup.html Contact: please call (508) 793-2296 [Map] 107018 | |
Organ Recital
| Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel - COllege of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street Cost: Free - free admssion Performing: Matteo Imbruno |
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| Details: a one hour free organ recital by the organist of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on the magnificent Taylor & Boody organ at College of the Holy Cross | |
| Bio: Contact: please call (508) 793-2296 [Map] 107020 | |
Organ Recital
| Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel - College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street Cost: Free - free admssion Performing: Matteo Imbruno |
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| Details: a one hour free organ recital by the organist of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on the magnificent Taylor & Boody organ at College of the Holy Cross | |
| Bio: Contact: please call (508) 793-2296 [Map] 107023 | |
Halloween Silent Film Phantom of the Opera on Kotzschmar Organ
| Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St, Portland, ME 04101 Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $18 - Admission $20, Seniors $18, Students $10 Performing: Tom Trenney |
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| Details: Organist Tom Trenney provides an improvised soundtrack for this classic silent film, The Phantom of the Opera on the Kotzschmar Organ.
Come early for pre-concert activities, including a costume contest! | |
| Bio: http://www.foko.org/events/halloween-silent-film-night-the-phantom-of-the-opera/ Contact: www.porttix.com OrganInfo: http://www.foko.org/about-the-organ/ [Map]  107003 | |
Pipescreams!
| St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Costumed organists |
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| Details: Greater Hartford Chapter AGO presents annual Halloween ‘spook-tacular.’ Costumed organists, stage lighting and effects combine with lots of ghoulish organ music. | |
| Bio: http://www.hartfordago.org OrganInfo: https://sjparish.net/who-we-are/music/our-organ/ [Map] 107038 | |
Boston Choral Ensemble presents French Connection: Fête
| Boston's Basilica, 1545 Tremont Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $30; Sr/Stu: $20 Performing: Boston Choral Ensemble, dir. Andrew Shenton |
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| Details: The Boston Choral Ensemble season opener is entitled “French Connection: Fête”. It has as its centerpiece the stunning Mass in G by Francis Poulenc. Composed in 1937 this landmark work for unaccompanied eight-voice choir is one of the twentieth century’s most challenging choral works. The concert is framed as a festival service as might have been sung at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, and Poulenc’s masterpiece is on the program with Maurice Duruflé’s beautiful Motets on Gregorian Themes, and works by Messiaen and Langlais.
https://www.bostonchoral.org/2017-2018-season/ | |
| Works by Francis Poulenc; Maurice Duruflé; Messiaen; Langlais Bio: https://www.bostonchoral.org/ Contact: administrator@bostonchoral.org [Map]  107042 | |
Organ Recital
| Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel - College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street Cost: Free - free admssion Performing: Vincent Boucher |
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| Details: a one hour free organ recital by the organist of the Oratoire Saint-Joseph, Montreal, Canada, on the magnificent Taylor & Boody organ at College of the Holy Cross | |
| Bio: Contact: please call (508) 793-2296 [Map] 107024 | |
Violinist Colin Jacobsen in concert
| St. James's Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Avenue Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $15 - Free for under 18 Performing: Colin Jacobsen, violinist, and Alan Murchie, pianist |
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| Details: Works of Beethoven, Franck and Debussy.
A founding member of Yo-Yo Ma’s famed Silk Road Project and the Knights Orchestra, violinist Colin Jacobsen is “born to the instrument and its sweet, lyrical possibilities” (New York Times) and “one of the most interesting figures on the classical music scene” (Washington Post). | |
| Bio: http://www.colinjacobsen.com [Map] 107044 | |
A West Hartford Christmas
| St. James's Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: The Choir of Saint James's Episcopal Church |
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| Details: Favorite carols, new and old! | |
| Bio: http://www.stjameswh.org OrganInfo: http://www.stjameswh.org [Map] 107045 | |
Kotzschmar Christmas with Cornils
| Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St, Portland, ME 04101 Cost: Tickets: Gen: $; Sr/Stu: $ - $27-$50 Admission, Students $15, Kids 12 Performing: Ray Cornils |
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| Details: Come celebrate the holiday season with Ray Cornils' final performance as Municipal Organist of the Kotzschmar Organ!
Join a Kotzschmar Organ family tradition that features holiday music from throughout the centuries — festive, reflective, fun, and inspiration for the ears! This performance features Ray Cornils’ final performance as Municipal Organist, celebrating 27 years at the helm of the Kotzschmar. Come celebrate the holiday season with us!
Public retirement reception for Ray Cornils to follow concert. All are welcome! | |
| Bio: http://www.foko.org/events/kotzschmar-christmas-with-cornils-2017/ Contact: www.porttix.com OrganInfo: http://www.foko.org/about-the-organ/ [Map]  107004 | |
Duruflé Requiem
| St. James's Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: The Choir of Saint James's Episcopal Church, members of the Hartford Symphony, Vaughn Mauren and Christopher Houlihan |
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| Details: Duruflé – Requiem
The Choir of St. James’s Episcopal Church
Members of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Vaughn Mauren, conductor
Christopher Houlihan, organist | |
| Bio: http://www.stjameswh.org OrganInfo: http://www.stjameswh.org [Map] 107046 | |
Organ Recital
| Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel - College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street Cost: Free - free admssion Performing: Renée Louprette |
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| Details: a one hour free organ recital by the University Organist of Rutgers University, Princeton, NJ, on the magnificent Taylor & Boody organ at College of the Holy Cross | |
| Contact: please call (508) 793-2296 [Map] 107025 | |
Organ Recital
| Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel - College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street Cost: Free - free admssion Performing: Vincent Warnier |
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| Details: a one hour free organ recital by the successor of Maurice and Marie-Madeleine Duruflé as organiste titulaire of the Church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris, France. M. Warnier will perform on the magnificent Taylor & Boody organ at College of the Holy Cross | |
| Contact: please call (508) 793-2296 [Map] 107026 | |
Greg Zelek in Concert
| St. James's Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Greg Zelek |
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| Details: Young concert organist Greg Zelek performs a solo recital. | |
| Bio: http://www.gregzelek.com OrganInfo: http://www.stjameswh.org [Map] 107041 | |
Can I Copy This? - The legalities of printed music.
| St. James Church, 2584 Main Street Cost: Free Performing: Edward Guo |
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| Details: The legalities of printed music are more confusing than ever. What is public domain? When does a copyright end? What is ‘out-of-print’? IMSLP? CPDL? Blanket licenses? Edward Guo, the founder and President of IMSLP (the groundbreaking online music-sharing website) will give an informative presentation on all these issues. | |
| Bio: http://www.hartfordago.org OrganInfo: http://www.hartfordago.org [Map] 107040 | |
Organist Vaughn Mauren, In Concert
| St. James's Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Vaughn Mauren, organist |
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| Details: A recital to re-dedicate the organ at St. James's Episcopal Church.
Works of Bach, Whitlock, Bairstow and Duruflé. | |
| Bio: http://www.stjameswh.org OrganInfo: http://www.stjameswh.org [Map] 107047 | |
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