♦ Seminar at CUNY , Thursday, May 12, 2011

♦ Theatrical Concert, Thursday, May 26, 2011

♦ THEATRICAL CONCERT

BEETHOVEN
Love Elegies

The life of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a progressive descent into the confines of his own mind and spirit, as he was forced into profound isolation by his social maladjustment and the misfortune of increasing deafness. Alone with himself, misunderstood by most of his peers, Beethoven was also deprived of any lasting love relationship, although he longed throughout his life for a fulfilling love. The objects of his affection remained tragically inaccessible. Unrequited love, the defining condition of Beethoven's emotional life, emerges transformed and transfigured in the sublimity and transcendent power of his music, through which he seemed to fulfill all the promises of human affection. The plight of Beethoven's absent loves is poignantly depicted in a script based on his vast and variegated correspondence and other writings, creating a dramatic counterpoint to some of his most deeply personal works.

Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th St.
New York, NY
Thursday  May 26  8:00 pm   7:00 pm pre-concert lecture
$47 General Admission     $16 Students (with ID)
Handicapped Accessible

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♦ FREE SEMINAR

Thursday, May 12, 2011
How Sad is Eros, How Anarchic is Aphrodite: Beethoven and the Sublimations of Love
5:30 - 7:30 pm
CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Segal Theater, 1st 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 December.

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