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Music opens play - [00:01:10] .\n- [00:16:25] end of first scene noted by musical interlude\n- [00:28:57] end of scene, musical interlude.\n- [00:38:35] end of scene, musical interlude.\n- [00:40:12] end of scene, musical interlude.\n- [00:46:15] play intermission.\n- [00:53:30] end of scene, musical interlude.\n- [01:17:07] end of scene, musical interlude.\n- [01:26:45] host closes with full cast and crew. 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Speaker paying tribute to Alden Nowlan.\n- [00:01:54] speaker reads Alden Nowlan’s poem “Aunt Jane”\n- [00:02:27] “This evening, the Brahms is dedicated to the memory of Alden Nowlan. It is a tribute by the musicians in this festival to a great colleague”\n- [00:02:59] Brahms begins.\n- [00:40:47] applause at end of performance. 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