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Tolstoy with his wife
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TOLSTOY
Tolstoy’s Last Days
Relive the dramatic final days of Tolstoy’s life when at the age of 83 he fled his wife and estates only to die tragically eleven days later at the stationmaster’s house in the Astapovo train station. A narrative based on diaries and letters of Tolstoy and his wife, combined with excerpts from his short story, The Death of Ivan Ilych , recounts his final predicament, during which the imagined life and death of a fictional character closely resembles the writer’s personal voyage. The text, intertwined with music by Rachmaninoff for violin, cello, and piano, including the Trio Elégiaque and the haunting Vocalise, creates a theatrical concert that epitomizes Russian tragedy and soulfulness.
Ayano Ninomiya, violin
Katie Schlaikjer, cello
Eve Wolf, piano
Jonathan Epstein as Tolstoy
Elizabeth Zins as Sonya Tolstoy
Robert Ian Mackenzie as Ivan Ilych
Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue
Fri Jan 25 7:30 pm 6:30 pm pre-concert lecture
Thu Jan 31 7:30 pm 6:30 pm pre-concert lecture
Reservations: 212-288-8020
Tickets: $45, student tickets (with ID) $15, student Rush tickets the day of the concert (if available) $10
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Seminar:
Of Foxes and Hedgehogs: Music and the Worldview of Tolstoy’s Fictions
Thu Jan 17 5:30 - 7:30 pm CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Room
365 Fifth Avenue, (between 34th and 35th Streets), 9th floor
Buy tickets at the door. $10 (free for series subscribers, patrons, and CUNY students, faculty, and staff)
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