Saturday, February 15, 2025
9:00 Pm ET | PAVILION Auditorium
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Ardenthearted
A journey with Cormac McCarthy inspired by his novels, with original music by Jonathan Fields, composer, with Phil Faconti, guitar, Ted Kuhn, violin, Ken Genuard, actor, Susan Stein, actress, curated by Costantino Esposito, Professor of History of Philosophy, Università di Bari, Stas’ Gawronski, TV author and writer, Alessandra Gerolin, Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy, Università Cattolica di Milano, Davide Perillo, writer, Martina Saltamacchia, Associate Professor of Medieval History, University of Nebraska at Omaha, and Alessandra Stoppa, journalist and director of Tracce magazine
Cormac McCarthy’s transformative novels lead readers toward the incandescent threshold of the mystery. Far from the abstract, his language is steeped in the gritty reality of matter and human action. In this performance, dramatic readings from McCarthy’s works unite with original music composed to echo the power of his prose. Together, they guide us along his protagonists’ harrowing journey, drawing us ever closer to the burning heart of existence—where the inextinguishable flame of all beginnings and endings resides.
IN-PERSON ONLY
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