Cards enrich and impoverish, bringing minutes of joy and suffering. The world narrows to the size of a card table. A moment of oblivion is followed by another spin of the wheel of fortune, and the winner, as always, is the Queen of Spades. The dialogues by correspondence have ended, and Tchaikovsky sends letters of revelation to Von Meck. The soul is torn into pieces that scatter like a deck of cards.
Salvation is death-a step into immortality.
64 Liturgy of St. John ChrysostomMoscow Chamber Choir, Op. 48, Movements 2 and 3, Waltz and Elegy Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op.