spechelenglish

February 14, 18.00, Civil Közösségek háza díszterme

Fellépők

Simply English (Andy Rouse, Horváth Zsombor, Császár Róbert) with Lenthár Balázs and Gabriella Vöő

During the concert there will be many a song of love and lust.

The legend of St. Valentine goes back to the pagan festival of Lupercalia, when men whipped women in blood-soaked sheep- and goatskins to make them fertile. Later, the Christian Church adopted the date as St. Valentine’s Day. We’re not certain who Valentine might have been, as there were several!

In a famous medieval love letter of 1477, now housed in the British Library, Margery Brews addresses her suitor John Paston as „my right well-beloved Valentine”. (And America hadn’t even been discovered, so you can’t blame the USA card industry!)

The central tragedy of Thomas Hardy’s novel Far From the Madding Crowd originates with a fake declaration of love in a letter from a lady farmer to her older farming neighbour.

Entry at the door is free for SPECHEL members, on presentation of a membership card, and 500 forints for non-members. Contributions to the venue hire are gratefully received.

2024 SPECHEL membership (HUF2000) can be paid at the venue (in which case there is free entry to the event).