What would it be like if two genius composers, John Dowland, the most important lutenist and author of lute songs of the Elizabethan era, and Franz Schubert, the "prince of the lied", met in a concert-dialogue across time charged with the ethos of Melancholy, one of the main ingredients of their music? You can find out the answer during the "Melancholy" National Tour, held in 7 cities across the country, which stops on Saturday, 23.09, starting at 4:00 PM, in the Music Hall of Peleș Castle in Sinaia. Initiated by guitarist Costin Soare, along with mezzo-soprano Claudia Codreanu and lutenist Constantin Lazar, the proposed concert is a musical, visual and literary journey through the Elizabethan and Romantic eras.

The original repertoire chosen and thematically grouped under the emblem of Melancholy (tears; unrequited love; sleep/dream/death; romantic nature; longing; wanderer/fate) will be presented to the public in the form of an interdisciplinary project, the music being accompanied by a virtual exhibition with period paintings, curated by Maria Pașc, and by a program booklet with translations of the texts by Alexandru M. Călin. The transitions between the two eras represent the original creations of photographer Daniel Munteanu and composer Cătălin Ștefănescu-Pătrașcu, visual and sound sketches, with works for guitar and lute written for the first time in the Romanian musical space.

Admission to the concert is by reservation, writing to kitharalogos@gmail.com.

Details on: www.melancolia.ro

Tournament schedule:

22.09 / Bucharest, Hearth Association, 7:30 PM (reservations: kitharalogos@gmail.com)

23.09 / Sinaia, Peleş Castle, 4 pm (reservations: kitharalogos@gmail.com)

24.09 / Mediaş, St. Margaret's Evangelical Church, 7 pm (tickets at the entrance)

25.09 / Sibiu, Astra Library, Festive Hall, 7 pm (free admission)

27.09 / Iași, Palace of Culture, "Henri Coandă" Hall, 6:00 PM (free admission)

28.09 / Bârlad, "Marcel Guguianu" Exhibition Pavilion, 6:00 PM (free admission)

3.10 / Ploieşti, County Museum of Art, 5 pm, (free admission)

4.10 / Bucharest, Suţu Palace, 7 pm (reservations: kitharalogos@gmail.com)

Organizer: Kitharalogos Cultural Association

With the support of: Tecnoservice Equipment SRL; Savvy Finance.

Partners: Hearth Association; Peleș National Museum; St. Margaret Evangelical Church, Mediaș; Mediaș City Hall; Association "Union of Interpretative Creation of Musicians in Romania" - UCIMR; National Museum Complex "Moldova", Iași; "Vasile Pârvan" Museum, Bârlad; Prahova County Museum of Art "Ion Ionescu Quintus"; Bucharest Municipality Museum, Suțu Palace.

Media partners: Agerpres, Observator Cultural, RFI Romania, Radio Romania Muzical, Radio Romania Cultural, Radio Trinitas, Radio Clasic, Agenţia de Carte.ro, Liternet.ro, BookHub.ro, IQads, Smark, Romania Pozitivă.

Cultural project co-financed by the National Cultural Fund Administration.

The project does not necessarily represent the position of the National Cultural Fund Administration. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or how the project results may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the funding recipient.