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...play begins with a suicide and ends with a duel. There is plenty of cynical merriment in between. At the center of the drama is an elegant couple, Friedrich Hofreiter (Keith Baxter) and his wife Genia (Jennifer Harmon). He is a light bulb manufacturer with a roving eye, and she practices blind decorum as high diplomacy...
Neither is shocked to learn that a brilliant young pianist has killed himself out of unrequited love for Genia, or that Friedrich has been gallivanting with the wife of a mutual friend. Each is slightly chagrined by the booby traps set by their own hearts and in the hearts of others...
...from the Moscow Conservatory in 1912, Luboshutz served as accompanist for such personalities as Gregor Piatigorsky and Isadora Duncan. He also did scores for Stanislavsky productions including Peer Gynt. Luboshutz first came to the U.S. in 1928 and began performing piano duet concerts in 1937 with his wife, Genia Nemenoff. For 30 years they toured the world, winning critical praise and popular success with their subtle interpretations of Mendelssohn, Mozart and Brahms...
Berkshire Festival (Tues. 8:30 p.m., ABC). Serge Koussevitzky conducts the Boston Symphony in an all-Bach program: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in C Minor, Suite No. 1 in C Major, Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra No. 2 in C Major. Soloists: Pianists Pierre Luboshutz and Genia Nemenoff...
Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes (duo-pianists Pierre Luboshutz and Genia Nemenoff with the Victor Chorale, Robert Shaw conducting; Victor, 6 sides). Brahms in one of his happy moods. Pianos and voices are well balanced...