Creation by Bryce Dessner - with Isabelle Huppert and Alice Sara Ott

Love, Icebox: Letters from John Cage to Merce Cunningham (Red Hook, NY: John CageTrust, 2019) takes its shape from 39 letters—transcribed and chronologically ordered, some reproduced in facsimile—with Foreword, Commentary, and Afterword by editor, Laura Kuhn. As a whole, they illuminate beautifully something of the emotional and domestic spaces the two men forged in courtship.  Illustrations further include images of their final New York City loft, photos of the two men (together and apart), and thumbnail shots of personal and household objects left behind that serve now as reminders of the substance and rituals of their long, shared life.  

Joining forces with Mr Dessner for this occasion are two great performers: actress Isabelle Huppert and pianist Alice Sara Ott. This unique creation is being performed on the Auditorium stage, with scenography and lighting Tom Visser and Silvia Costa.