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TWO OF Mozart's most memorable compositions serve as bookends for Monterey Symphony's fourth concert of the season, which is set for Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. at Sunset Center.

The concert challenges the audience "to hear familiar delights with new ears," according to the symphony. The program kicks off with Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik ("A Little Night Music"), which the symphony calls "a piece of light entertainment by a musical genius at the height of his powers." 'Emotional kaleidescope'

Next, the symphony will perform Haydn's Cello Concerto in D Major, showcasing cellist Adelle-Akiko Kearns as a soloist. The piece will be followed by German composer Franz Schreker's Chamber Symphony, which is described as "an emotional kaleidoscope of hyper-Romanticism." Closing the concert is Mozart's Overture to The Marriage of Figaro.

Free pre-concert talks by musicologist Christopher Anderson-Bazolli start an hour before each concert. Kearns and conductor Jayce Ogren present a Q&A talk immediately following Saturday's concert. Symphony Prinipal clarinetist Sarah Bonomo will play in the Sunset Center lobby before Sunday's performance.

General admission tickets start at $45. Tickets for students, teachers and active military are $12. Sunset Center