The 1 PM reading at a private dwelling in Tribeca boasts the talents of Tony Award nominee Harriet Walter, actor Guy Paul and harpsichordist Maggie Cole. Violet is adapted from the book by Jessica Douglas-Home. Woodhouse's story, according to press notes, is told in "narration and letters, offset by music by Bach, Scarlatti, Couperin, Mozart, Rameau and Purcell."
The afternoon begins with brunch at noon.
Violet Gordon Woodhouse (1872-1948) was "one of the 20th century's most gifted musicians. She became the English 'Landowska' in her passionate and compelling desire to understand and bring back to light the particular beauty of the harpsichord. Her salon was a magnet to many of the most important artists of her age – Picasso, Diaghilev, Rodin, T.E. Lawrence, Bartok, Wilfred Owen and Vaughan Williams. A fear of convention and a searching nature led her to share her life with four very different men. "
To purchase tickets, priced $75, visit www.classicalaction.org or contact Classical Action at (212) 997-7717.
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