"If somebody makes an instrument, you wouldn't say the person who made the violin is the composer of what people play on the violin, " he says.

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Sometimes it doesn't work, as in the maudlin "Please Don't Call It Love, " with its weepy, sleepy violin.

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Even today, Green Mill couldn't be more gangster if it insisted everyone wore trilbies and carried violin cases.

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Audiences often feel deprived if at least one of the works on a program doesn't feature the lithe, attractive concertmaster, an alternately fiery and sensitive violin soloist standing, swaying and dancing up front, as she has done since 1981 and continues to do, away from the NCCO, with many other orchestras each year.

WSJ: All Strings Attached | New Century Chamber Orchestra | By David Littlejohn