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Final Adagio

By: Giselle M. Stancic

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Tonights performance of Mahlers Ninth Symphony marks a new beginning for Maestro Auguste Leloir. Behind him are the ghosts of his first appearance with the Chicago Philharmonia thirty years ago, when the dreams of the conductor and his new bride were brutally destroyed by the blade of an unknown assailant. But at the end of the evenings triumphant concert, death emerges once again to take the solo bow. The Philharmonias principal oboist and Augustes longtime friend, Nicholas Koshevsky, suffers a heart attack onstage during the fading chords of Mahlers great requiem, the Final Adagio. Observing the reactions of those closest to Nicholas, Auguste begins to question whether the oboists death was inevitable. As he unravels the backstage labyrinth of orchestral politics and personal betrayal, he discovers that death by natural causes serves as a convenient cover for murder. Offstage, Leloir is lured into a web of deceit and long-held hatreds that hold the key to solving his wifes murderand ultimately to his own survival.

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The Paganini Curse

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The Paganini Curse

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Suddenly, Aurora Lewiss dreams of performing in Carnegie Hall are shattered. It is 1911, and fifteen-year-old Aurora arrives for her violin lesson on a blustery winter morning in New York City. But she discovers her professor is missing and his music studio window is open. Aurora then sees the body of her beloved professor lying in the alley belowjust as hooligans in the street accuse her of giving him the fatal push. Whisked from the scene of the crime by her friend Theo Ecksteinwho claims shes his fiance in order to get her awayAurora arrives home in time to prepare her parents for the inevitable visit by the suspicious Detective OShea. But the young violinist is already on a mission to solve the murder and clear her namewith the help of her friends Theo, Bill, and Eddie. As the four slowly begin to unravel the mystery, one strange clue after the other begins to surface. But can Aurora crack the case in time to escape the dreaded Paganini Curse? In this chilling tale woven with musical intrigue, a teenager must use her ingenuity and determination to find a murdererbefore she becomes the next victim.

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Final Adagio

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Final Adagio

By: Giselle M. Stancic

Tonight's performance of Mahler's Ninth Symphony marks a new beginning for Maestro Auguste Leloir. Behind him are the ghosts of his first appearance with the Chicago Philharmonia thirty years ago, when the dreams of the conductor and his new bride were brutally destroyed by the blade of an unknown assailant. But at the end of the evening's triumphant concert, death emerges once again to take the solo bow. The Philharmonia's principal oboist and Auguste's longtime friend, Nicholas Koshevsky, suffers a heart attack onstage during the fading chords of Mahler's great requiem, the Final Adagio. Observing the reactions of those closest to Nicholas, Auguste begins to question whether the oboist's death was inevitable. As he unravels the backstage labyrinth of orchestral politics and personal betrayal, he discovers that death by natural causes serves as a convenient cover for murder. Offstage, Leloir is lured into a web of deceit and long-held hatreds that hold the key to solving his wife's murder--and ultimately to his own survival.

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