♦ Seminar at CUNY , Tuesday, October 5, 2010

♦ Theatrical Concert, Wed & Thur, October 13, 14, 2010

♦ THEATRICAL CONCERT

TCHAIKOVSKY
"None but the Lonely Heart": The Strange Love of Tchaikovsky and Nadezhda von Meck

If the story of Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky's relationship with his patroness Nadezhda von Meck had not existed it would have to be invented. In a relationship that lasted fourteen years and that was conducted entirely through letters, Tchaikovsky and von Meck were united through the invincible power of a love that could never be consummated. Plagued with doubts about the greatness of his music, tormented by the fear of discovery of his homosexuality, and trapped in a marriage to a woman who was eventually committed to an insane asylum, Tchaikovsky repeatedly tried to express in music the full spectrum of love; In doing so, he created some of the most beloved and inspired music of the nineteenth century. In the beautifully woven discourse of music and letters that ERC has prepared to honor their unique relationship, Tchaikovsky and Madame von Meck emerge as two highly fascinating human beings. Music became a vehicle for the expression of their private feelings and their unspoken emotions, and so did the remarkably nuanced language of their correspondence. The concert will feature Tchaikovsky's intensely expressive Piano Trio in a minor, opus 50, and a selection of some of his most moving songs.

Written by Eve Wolf
Directed by Donald T. Sanders
Production and Costume Design by Vanessa James
Lighting design by Beverly Emmons

Jonathan Epstein as Tchaikovsky
Ariel Bock as Nadezhda von Meck
Eve Wolf, piano

Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th St.
New York, NY
Wednessday   Oct 13    8:00 pm     7:00 pm pre-concert lecture
Thursday   Oct 14    8:00 pm     7:00 pm pre-concert lecture
$47 General Admission     $16 Students (with ID)
Handicapped Accessible

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Individual tickets to this concert can be purchased through the
Symphony Space Box Office at 212 864-5400
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♦ FREE SEMINAR

Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Souls Without Bodies: The Spiritualized Romance of Tchaikovsky and Nadhezda von Meck
5:30 - 7:30 pm
CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Skylight Room, 9th floor

For more information: jmelo@gc.cuny.edu; 212-817-8606
Presented by the Barry S. Brook Center for Music Research and Documentation, CUNY, and the Ensemble for the Romantic Century in connection with ERC’s current series of theatrical concerts.

♦ SUGGESTED READING

A list of suggested reading material will be posted online in September.

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