Summer Evenings with Piano. Rooftop.

Summer has arrived,
Cover my heart with something,
With some SPF 50,
Or better yet, with your shade.

I think the magic of summer lies in its evenings.

If you're in the city, the evening sun casts beautiful shadows between the buildings, the concrete cools down, the streetlights come on, engines fall silent, and somehow everything becomes calmer.

If you're in the countryside or close to nature, the air cools in the evening, crickets, frogs (and mosquitoes!) emerge from their hiding places, cats come out as well, and another act of summer begins.

To these already wonderful summer-evening scenes, I thought I'd add one more element — the piano. Beautiful piano music (and more than just music!). Nothing complicated; light, peaceful, relaxed. Something cold in your glass and, from time to time, a sigh — either of pleasure or of the longing we'll feel one day when we look back on these evenings.

The main course of the program will be Tchaikovsky's The Seasons — twelve incredibly beautiful thematic pieces (which, honestly, probably should have been called The Months, but whatever), each preceded by a poem selected by Tchaikovsky himself. The pianist will read the poems (in Russian) and perform the pieces (in the language of music)

And for dessert, we'll choose whatever feels right: perhaps some Chopin, perhaps some Debussy. We'll see how we're feeling.

The ticket price also includes a welcome slice of pizza, and the concert will last approximately 90 minutes.

P.S. If it rains heavily (although it feels like we've already had plenty of rain this year), we'll postpone the concert to a sunny weekend. If it's only a light drizzle, we'll put on our rain ponchos (no umbrellas) and listen with the gentle sound of rain in the background.

That's all for now. See you soon!