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Aurea Ensemble in Concert: Melville and the Great White Whale

Presented by Twenty Summers at The Hawthorne Barn, Provincetown MA

May 26 2017
Aurea Ensemble in Concert: Melville and the Great White Whale

A tribute in music and words to Moby-Dick

Last year we featured Aurea Ensemble‘s string quartet in the third of our yearly “literary classical concerts.” They played so exquisitely that we’ve invited them back to present their own tribute to Moby-Dick, “Melville and the Great White Whale,” which will feature Beethoven, Webern, sea shanties, and other nautically evocative music along with readings from the novel and from Melville’s correspondence with Nathaniel Hawthorne, to whom he dedicated his masterpiece. ... view more »

LOCATION

The Hawthorne Barn

29 Miller Hill Road, Provincetown, MA 02657

PARKING INFO

The Barn is located at 29 Miller Hill Rd in Provincetown, and is accessed by a long dirt path and a steep staircase. There is no parking available on Miller Hill Rd, nor is anyone allowed to drive down Miller Hill Rd. Parking is available in town at the large MacMillan Pier Parking Lot, and at 401 Commercial St at the corner of Law St. Our volunteers will be located at the corner of Miller Hill Rd. and Bradford St. and will be happy to provide you with directions for parking. Those who have trouble walking, can be dropped off at Miller Hill Rd. and/or call Ptown Pedicab 508.487.0660 or Cape Cab 508.487.2222 from the lot and they will deliver you to Miller Hill Rd. When exiting the Barn and Miller Hill Rd. after the program is over please be careful of our residential neighbors and keep voices low.