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Surprising Parallels Between Art and Science: Darwin and Mendelssohn

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This year marks the 200th anniversary of the births of two important figures in Western art and science: Felix Mendelssohn and Charles Darwin.

Saturday night at the Lensic Center in Santa Fe, a special event will look at the surprising parallels between the composer and the naturalist.

KUNM's Spencer Beckwith spoke with one of the organizers of the program.

Spencer Beckwith reports on the arts for KUNM. For ten years, until March of 2014, Spencer was the producer and host of KUNM's "Performance New Mexico," a weekday morning arts program that included interviews with musicians, writers and performers. Spencer is a graduate of the acting program at the Juilliard School, and, before moving to New Mexico in 2002, was for many years a professional actor based in New York City.