Duke Performances 2013/14 Brochure by Duke Performances

DUKE PERFORMANCES 2013/2014 SEASON • MUSIC, THEATER, DANCE & MORE.

IN DURHAM, AT DUKE THE WORLD, JUST OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR.

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THE WORLD, JUST OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR. This season, as ever, we wrestle with these questions: what can we offer our patrons to reflect the breadth, depth, and ambition of Durham and Duke University? Which of today’s best performers can best edify, reward, challenge, and expand the cultural lives of our neighbors? We answer with the 2013/2014 season: an audacious set of shows that bounds across genres and hopscotches from venues grand to intimate. We break bread with the most compelling, virtuosic, and forward-thinking artists in the world. And we offer all of this, easily and accessibly, just outside your door. The 47 shows described here represent a set of offerings defined by its diversity and distinguished by its quality. Many of these offerings are world premieres featuring special collaborations with local artists or shows developed here in Durham via artist residencies. To best accommodate this range of offerings, programs will take place at more than a dozen different venues located both on campus and in town. Among these venues, the most noteworthy addition is Baldwin Auditorium, which has undergone a 15-million dollar, two-year reinvention and will now provide an acoustically pristine new home for chamber music, piano recitals, choral concerts, and jazz performances. Also new in 2013/2014: first, in order to provide greater access for younger patrons, we are making tickets available for $15 per show to those age 30 and under. Second, we are launching a Vocal Ensemble Series on which we will present the finest vocal groups in the world; this vocal series complements our Piano Recital Series and Chamber Arts Series as hallmarks of Duke Performances’ classical music programming. Meanwhile, we will celebrate a series of anniversaries with some of the most extraordinary artists in the world: Urban Bush Women mark their 30th anniversary with us this season, while Kronos Quartet tallies their 40th. The most steadfast of these groups comes first, though, when we host a record release event at the Hayti Heritage Center featuring The Blind Boys of Alabama, celebrating 75 years since their founding — an homage to an invaluable cultural institution and an ideal set of concerts to kick off Duke Performances’ 2013/2014 season. Thanks and best regards,

Aaron Greenwald, Executive Director Duke Performances

Cover image inspired by Amiga Label 45 Record Sleeve (VEB Deutsche Schallplatten), East Germany, 1954

A NEW, STUNNINGLY IMPROVED

BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

World-class talent finds a world-class home this season, when a renovated Baldwin Auditorium becomes the region’s premier showplace for acoustic music. Two years of construction and 15 million dollars have gone into crafting the new Baldwin, a performance space that incorporates every modern amenity without losing its historical charm. The renovations have carved out a new hall within the existing structure, completely remaking the venue’s sound and atmosphere. Baldwin now features comfortable and accessible seating at all levels, with a wrap-around balcony that brings audiences closer than ever to the musicians. Its new design also accommodates modern, spacious lobbies and restrooms. Most importantly, its acoustics have been transformed by up-to-the-minute technology: its walls have been reshaped and a full stage canopy added to create a pristine new Baldwin sound for the world’s most accomplished performers. Baldwin Auditorium triumphantly reopens this season on Duke’s East Campus, a welcoming location for audiences from Durham and across the region. The hall offers an equally warm welcome to great musicians, giving them a venue they will want to call home for years to come.

THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 & SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 8PM | HAYTI HERITAGE CENTER

TICKETS: $34 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER • $10 DUKE STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING

Founded at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in 1939, The Blind Boys of Alabama performed for over 40 years on the gospel circuit before they broke through to worldwide acclaim in 1985, appearing in Lee Breuer’s ground-breaking The Gospel at Colonus. Six Grammy Awards later, their soulstirring live shows remain the stuff of legend — as Ben Harper says, “they are the pyramids of gospel music; the birthplace of sacred soul.”

Now, these Gospel Music Hall of Famers kick off Duke Performances’ new season with a rare two-night engagement in a venue tailor-made for their voices. At the Hayti Heritage Center, a historic former AME church, The Blind Boys of Alabama will celebrate both their proud tradition and their bold new project set for release just two weeks after the concert: an album produced by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon with music direction from Megafaun’s Phil Cook.

THEO BLECKMANN

HELLO EARTH! THE MUSIC OF KATE BUSH

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 & SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 9 PM | PSI THEATRE AT THE DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL

TICKETS: $24 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING Why do collaborators from Meredith Monk to Laurie Anderson to John Hollenbeck flock to work with Theo Bleckmann? Because Bleckmann offers a voice “so colossal, yet so meticulous, he can seem otherworldly” (All About Jazz). Last heard in Durham a season ago fronting Hollenbeck’s big band, this supernatural jazz vocalist returns with a band and project of his own. In PSI Theatre’s intimate black box space, Bleckmann pays tribute to another singular voice: British art-pop innovator Kate Bush, with whom he shares an off-kilter sensibility. The tribute, Hello Earth!, his reimagining of Bush’s songs, was named one of the top ten jazz albums of 2012 by NPR. But categories like “jazz” and “pop” barely contain Theo Bleckmann’s outsize charisma and interstellar voice.

FINCKEL, SETZER, HAN TRIO

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $32 • $26 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER • $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING Cellist David Finckel, violinist Philip Setzer, and pianist Wu Han make as fine a piano trio as the world knows. Given their résumés, this is no surprise: Finckel spent more than thirty years with the famed Emerson String Quartet, Setzer is a founding member of the Emerson, and Han has an outstanding career as an orchestral soloist and chamber player. Together, these three bring decades of experience to their exploration of the piano trio repertoire. Their program begins where Beethoven began — with that composer’s first published work. His serene Trio in G Major

pays tribute to his teacher Haydn, all the while hinting at an explosive career to come. They close with two Slavic masterpieces: Shostakovich’s arresting remembrance of friends lost in wartime and Dvořák’s take on the elegiac Ukrainian folk songs known as “dumky.” PROGRAM: BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1, No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor DVOŘÁK: Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 90, “Dumky”

BILLY CHILDS JAZZ CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

FEATURING DIANNE REEVES WITH THE YING QUARTET

COMMEMORATING 50 YEARS OF BLACK STUDENTS AT DUKE

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $42 • $34 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING Just fifty years ago, five courageous African-American students integrated Duke University. As part of Duke’s yearlong commemoration of the anniversary, Duke Performances commissioned three-time Grammy Award winner Billy Childs to write a major new song cycle which will receive its world premiere at the newly renovated Baldwin Auditorium. A musical polymath, Childs is a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger who won a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship. His main vehicle, the 10-piece Jazz Chamber Ensemble, is an ingenious melding of jazz combo and classical string quartet. With that group, Childs creates a dynamic sound unique in the musical world. For this special commemorative concert, Childs and his ensemble are joined by four-time Grammy winner Dianne Reeves, whom the Seattle Times calls the “most compelling vocalist in jazz.” This starry group comes together on the stage of the revamped Baldwin Auditorium to celebrate the brave students who changed the community and the country fifty years ago. Made possible, in part, with support from the Office of the President of Duke University and 50 Years of Black Students at Duke University Executive Committee.

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GUY CLARK

SPECIAL GUESTS: MANDOLIN ORANGE

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 | 8 PM REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATER

TICKETS: $38 • $32 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING From his early days in the honky-tonks of his native Texas to his heyday in Nashville, Guy Clark has spent more than fifty years writing and performing unforgettable songs. Timeless gems, Clark’s songs have been covered by Johnny Cash, Vince Gill, and many more; Emmylou Harris calls him “an American poet,” and Bob Dylan has him on his list of favorite songwriters. Duke Performances is proud to present Guy Clark’s first visit to the area in almost a decade. After a short opening set by acclaimed Chapel Hill duo Mandolin Orange, Clark takes the stage to play and sing his handcrafted songs — songs made, according to Lyle Lovett, with an “extraordinary ability to translate the emotional into the written word.”

FISK JUBILEE SINGERS

SPECIAL GUESTS: DSA CHOIR

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $32 • $26 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING The first Jubilee Singers set out from Nashville’s Fisk University in 1871 to share choral arrangements of the songs of perseverance their parents and grandparents sang to endure the hardships of slavery. Now, nearly 150 years later, the 16-voice Fisk Jubilee Singers keep this rich tradition alive, performing these spirituals for a new generation. This season the Fisk Jubilee Singers, recipients of a 2008 National Medal of the Arts, bring their musical tradition to Durham. Their weeklong residency at both Duke and the Durham School of the Arts culminates with a celebratory community concert featuring the Fisk Jubilee Singers joined on select spirituals by the DSA choir.

PROGRAM: TRADITIONAL (ARR. WILLIAM L. DAWSON): Ain’t That Good News (ARR. JOHN W. WORK III): Our Father (ARR. J.W. WORK III): Done Made My Vow (ARR. HALL JOHNSON): When I Was Sinkin’ Down (ARR. H. JOHNSON): Honor! Honor! (ARR. GENE BARTLETT): Here’s One (ARR. J.W. WORK III): I’ve Been In the Storm (ARR. MOSES HOGAN): Cert’nly Lawd (ARR. JESTER HAIRSTON): Poor Man Laz’rus (ARR. J.W. WORK III): Let the Church Roll On (ARR. J.W. WORK III): Jubilee! Jubilee! (ARR. PAUL T. KWAMI): Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (ARR. H. JOHNSON): Ain’t Got Time to Die (ARR. J.W. WORK III): Lord, I’m Out Here On Your Word (ARR. J. HAIRSTON): Hold On (ARR. WENDELL WHALUM): Sweet Home (ARR. M. HOGAN): Old Time Religion (ARR. M. HOGAN): The Battle of Jericho (ARR. WILLIAM SMITH): Ride the Chariot

Funded, in part, with a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council.

TETZLAFF

STRING QUARTET

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $38 • $32 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING PROGRAM: HAYDN: String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 20, “Sun” BERG: Lyric Suite BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132

Between performances with leading orchestras from Berlin to Boston and acclaimed solo recitals, violinist Christian Tetzlaff is in constant demand. But for a short time each year, he puts his solo career on hold as he and his sister, the cellist Tanja Tetzlaff, reunite with Elisabeth Kufferath and Hanna Weinmeister to form the Tetzlaff Quartet. These rare engagements are nothing short of astonishing. This year, the Tetzlaff Quartet comes to Durham. Their program demonstrates the range of their expertise: from one of Haydn’s Sun quartets, which defined the voice of the classical string quartet for 200 years to come; forward to the tonally audacious Lyric Suite, Berg’s diary of a secret love affair; and back to Beethoven’s celestial and haunting fifteenth quartet, which traces his triumph over pain.

YUJA WANG, PIANO

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $42 • $34 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING Yuja Wang is “quite simply, the most dazzlingly, uncannily gifted pianist in the concert world today,” says the San Francisco Chronicle. Though the Chinese-born prodigy made headlines with her flamboyant fashion and lightning-fast encores, there is nothing showy about her musicianship. Wang “has proved herself a sensitive and probing artist,” notes the New York Times. Yuja Wang’s Duke Performances debut, the first piano recital at the reinvigorated Baldwin Auditorium, centers on the extraordinary music Chopin composed for the instrument: from contemplative nocturnes to triumphant fantasies. His third sonata, with its journey from refined opening to bravura finale, makes a perfect showcase for the mix of effortless virtuosity and deep intelligence that makes Wang the next piano superstar. PROGRAM: PROKOFIEV: Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28 CHOPIN: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 CHOPIN: Nocturne No. 1, Op. 27 CHOPIN: Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47 CHOPIN: Fantasie in F Minor, Op. 49 STRAVINSKY: Three Movements from Petrushka

PIANO RECITAL SERIES The freshly-renovated Baldwin Auditorium provides a warm and welcoming new showcase for some of the world’s finest pianists. Concerts from such luminaries as the incomparable Emanuel Ax, next-generation powerhouse Yuja Wang, and emerging star Benjamin Grosvenor testify to the enduring dynamism of the piano repertoire.

FEATURING YUJA WANG Thursday, October 24

LISE DE LA SALLE Saturday, February 22

KIRILL GERSTEIN Saturday, November 9

LOUIS LORTIE Friday, March 7

EMANUEL AX & YOKO NOZAKI Saturday, February 1

BENJAMIN GROSVENOR Sunday, April 27

LEND ME YOUR VOICE

HOSTED BY NICK SANBORN

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 8 PM | NELSON MUSIC ROOM

TICKETS: $24 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING Durham is becoming a magnet for great musicians from all over, and Wisconsin native Nick Sanborn is one of the busiest of those transplants. It seems like Sanborn plays with every band in town: from Megafaun to The Love Language to Sylvan Esso — not to mention Milwaukee stalwarts Field Report and Collections of Colonies of Bees. For two nights, Sanborn will have the rare chance to gather all these exceptional musicians together in one place. One by one, he will bring these collaborators and friends on stage, building a once-in-a-lifetime band. With the audience arranged in the round in the intimate space of Nelson Music Room, Sanborn will trace the strands that make up a thriving, cross-country musical community. FEATURING: BRAD COOK (Megafaun) ERIN FEIN (Headlights, Psychic Twin) AMELIA MEATH (Mountain Man, Sylvan Esso) CHRIS PORTERFIELD (Field Report) CHRIS ROSENAU (Collections of Colonies of Bees) WILLIAM TYLER (Lambchop, Silver Jews, Paper Hats) JOE WESTERLUND (Megafaun, Grandma Sparrow) Produced in partnership with Alverno Presents, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI.

yMUSIC

CONCERT NO. 1: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CONCERT NO. 2: TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2014 8 PM | CASBAH DURHAM

TICKETS: $15 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION; SEATING PROVIDED New York sextet yMusic combines “all the prestige and virtuosity of classical music degrees with all the attitude and energy of an indie rock band” (Paste Magazine). They thrive comfortably in both spheres, bringing classical polish to indie rock artists from Sufjan Stevens to Dirty Projectors and indie rock fire to contemporary classical composers from Gabriel Kahane to Nico Muhly.

MEASURE BACK

CREATED BY T. RYDER SMITH & CHRISTOPHER MCELROEN WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 8:15 PM | MANBITES DOG THEATER TICKETS: $22 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING

yMusic’s yearlong university residency will feature two complementary concerts at Durham’s intimate Casbah nightclub. In November, they perform new works from their forthcoming second record. In March, after working for a year with the Duke composition program, they play works by upand-coming graduate composers. NOVEMBER 5 CONCERT FEATURES PIECES BY TIMO ANDRES DAVE LONGSTRETH ANNIE CLARK SON LUX JUDD GREENSTEIN NICO MUHLY GABRIEL KAHANE SUFJAN STEVENS SHARA WORDEN AND MANY MORE . . . Made possible, in part, with support from the Department of Music at Duke University and the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts, Duke University.

OBIE Award-winning director Christopher McElroen and Drama Desk Award-winning actor T. Ryder Smith team up to create Measure Back, an immersive mixed-media theater experience that draws from the evening news and Homer’s Trojan War to examine the ubiquity of war. A trio of actors led by Smith stand as soldiers, while the audience acts alternatively as spectators, participants, and subjects of the war unfolding around them. Will you question authority or follow orders? Will you participate or resist? Can you change the course of war or is it predetermined? A shared theatrical journey, Measure Back is a fierce and sometimes darkly comic attempt to seek out the roots of warfare within us.

Measure Back is a co-presentation of Duke Performances and Manbites Dog Theater.

KIRILL GERSTEIN, PIANO

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $32 • $26 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING Kirill Gerstein, declares the Boston Globe, is “on the fast track to a major career, and he deserves to be.” After highlevel training in Russia and the United States — including a stint studying jazz improvisation — and a promising early performance career, Gerstein received the Gilmore Foundation Artist Award in 2010. This incredibly exclusive prize is bestowed on only one classical pianist every four years and put him in the company of such luminaries as Leif Ove Andsnes and Piotr Anderszewski. Gerstein brings freshness and intelligence to his playing of the two vignette-based masterpieces that anchor his Duke Performances program: Schumann’s dazzling Carnaval, inspired by a rogue’s gallery of masked revelers, and Mussorgsky’s iconic Pictures at an Exhibition, based on an art gallery of Russian paintings. PROGRAM: HAYDN: Variations in F Minor SCHUMANN: Carnaval TIMO ANDRES: Old Friend MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition

ESTONIAN PHILHARMONIC CHAMBER CHOIR

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 | 8 PM DUKE CHAPEL

TICKETS: $32 • $18 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER • $10 DUKE STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION WITH LIMITED RESERVED SEATING For the twenty-four singers in the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, perhaps the finest professional choir in the world today, choral singing is a long and proud part of their Baltic heritage. Their powerful and expressive voices produce a sound that is both precise and passionate. Durham audiences will hear those voices resonate in the stained glass and stone of Duke Chapel, an ideal performance space for a choir of this size and quality. The Estonians are dedicated to performing the music of their countryman Arvo Pärt, who invokes early music to compose arresting and contemplative work. Since Pärt writes expressly for the ensemble, it is no surprise that the Guardian says that the Estonians’ performances of his compositions are “perfectly judged…it is hard to imagine it sung by anyone else.” Their Durham program also includes two rare works for unaccompanied choir by Johannes Brahms, both overflowing with melodies sad and sweet.

PROGRAM: BRAHMS: Warum ist das Licht gegeben? RUDOLF TOBIAS: Kleine Karfreitagsmotette Vivit! Ascendit in coelum BRAHMS: Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104 ARVO PÄRT: Kaks slaavi psalmi (Two Slavonic Psalms) ALFRED SCHNITTKE: Three Sacred Hymns A. PÄRT: Magnificat Da Pacem Domine Dopo la Vittoria

VOCAL ENSEMBLE SERIES The centuries-long tradition of unaccompanied choral singing fills the resonant Duke Chapel and the revamped Baldwin Auditorium in the inaugural season of our Vocal Ensemble Series. The early music of the Hilliard Ensemble and Chanticleer mixes with both the classical masterpieces of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and the King’s Singers and the soulful American songs of the Fisk Jubilee Singers to reveal a genre as essential as the human voice itself.

FEATURING FISK JUBILEE SINGERS Friday, October 18

HILLIARD ENSEMBLE Tuesday, January 21

ESTONIAN PHILHARMONIC CHAMBER CHOIR Tuesday, November 12

THE KING’S SINGERS Friday, February 21

CHANTICLEER Friday, May 2

PEOPLE GET READY

SPECIFIC OCEAN

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 8 PM | REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATER TICKETS: $22 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING

A unique dance company, People Get Ready also plays kinetic, irrepressible rock music. Fusing music and dance, they envision a concert as a total artistic experience. Led by the breathtaking imagination of bandleader Steven Reker, People Get Ready creates an experience beyond hearing music in a club or viewing a dance, attracting the attention of David Byrne, Robert Wilson, and Miranda July. In Specific Ocean, their exuberant and inventive live show, the stage dances along with the ensemble, a guitar plays itself, and the microphones become dance partners. Bob Boilen of NPR Music named Specific Ocean his favorite concert of 2012 and declared that “no single show took my breath away the way this one did — part rock concert, part performance art, part dance, all perfectly melded together.”

KAYHAN KALHOR

& ALI BAHRAMI FARD

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 | 8 PM NASHER MUSEUM AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $30 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING

Tehran native Kayhan Kalhor is a master of Persian musical traditions that stretch back thousands of years. These ancient forms combine classical precision with improvisation, and Kalhor seamlessly interweaves the two disciplines on his kamanche, a plaintive-voiced upright fiddle. While his mastery of that instrument originally brought him fame in this country as a founding member of Yo-Yo Ma’s celebrated Silk Road Ensemble, he is also a sought-after soloist. Kalhor will perform in the intimate auditorium of Duke’s Nasher Museum in conjunction with Doris Duke’s Shangri-La, an exhibition of the philanthropist’s astounding collection of Islamic Art. He will be accompanied by his countryman Ali Bahrami Fard on the santour (a Persian hammered dulcimer); together, they make music that harkens back to ancient traditions while embracing our current times. Made possible, in part, with support from the Nasher Museum of Art, in conjunction with their exhibition Doris Duke’s Shangri La: Architecture, Landscape, and Islamic Art, on view August 29 through December 29.

EIGHTH BLACKBIRD

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $32 • $26 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING The Los Angeles Times hails eighth blackbird as “a new breed of super musicians.” The Chicago-based sextet combines striking virtuosity with disarming irreverence, as they devote themselves to inspiring and performing today’s master classical composers. eighth blackbird’s program presents selections of these contemporary new works in all their thrilling variety. They commissioned the visionary Australian composer Brett Dean to write what the Guardian called “a beautifully shaped and realized sextet.” Yale-trained classical guitarist Bryce Dessner unites minimalist rhythms with American folk melodies. And Steven Mackey’s Slide brought the group their third Grammy Award in early 2013. PROGRAM: STEVEN MACKEY: Suite: Slide TOM JOHNSON: Counting Duets LIGETI (ARR. BY KAPLAN/MUNRO): Etudes RICHARD REED PARRY: Duet for Heart and Breath BRETT DEAN: Sextet BRYCE DESSNER: American Hymns

UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 | 7 PM PAGE AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $32 • $26 • $18 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER • $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING Not many orchestras feature eight musicians all playing the same instrument. But the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain plays a range of music few orchestras dare to consider: from Tchaikovsky to David Bowie to Ennio Morricone’s spaghetti western themes. And no other orchestras can match what the New York Times calls their “sheer fun and outright daffiness tied to first-rate musicality and comic timing.”

The group began as a lark more than twenty-five years ago, but has since grown into a phenomenon in concert halls and viral videos alike. They are part of a growing wave of popularity for the diminutive Hawaiian instruments, with members playing them in every imaginable size and register. And if eight ukuleles are not quite enough, the audience is invited to bring their own and strum along to the grand finale.

DEBO BAND

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 DOORS AT 8 PM; CONCERT AT 9 PM MOTORCO MUSIC HALL

TICKETS: $24 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION EXTREMELY LIMITED SEATING PROVIDED Boston’s Debo Band starts with Ethio-jazz, that early-70s mix of traditional Amharic melodies and bass grooves from American funk, now familiar to audiences across the world from the popular Ethiopiques recordings. Then they add a supercharged brass and string section worthy of Balkan legend Goran Bregović and throw in a fuzzed-out electric guitar. The result is an unstoppable new form far beyond “world fusion.” Debo Band finds the perfect dance venue in Durham’s Motorco Music Hall, located in the city’s flourishing Central Park district. Just try sitting still when this cross-cultural dynamo launches into “full rave mode, an ecstatic place beyond even the wildest hybrids of Addis in the ’70s” (NPR).

EMERSON STRING QUARTET

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $42 • $34 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER • $10 DUKE STUDENTS RESERVED SEATING The Emerson String Quartet towers over American chamber music: Newsday calls them “the one indispensible quartet.” Their return to Durham this season brings with it a new beginning; for the first time in more than thirty years, the Emerson welcomes a new member, cellist Paul Watkins. Fittingly, the new Emerson will play music of endings and beginnings. Mendelssohn wrote his last major work, the sixth string quartet, in response to the loss of his beloved sister. Shostakovich faced down his mortality with the brief and chilling thirteenth quartet. Beethoven’s seventh quartet represented a giant leap forward from all previous chamber writing in its emotional intensity. Welcome the new Emerson. PROGRAM: MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80 SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Minor, Op. 138 BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1, “Razumovsky”

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IMANI WINDS

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $32 • $26 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING PROGRAM: JEFF SCOTT: Startin’ Sumthin’ JASON MORAN: Cane VALERIE COLEMAN: Suite: Portraits of Josephine Baker DANILO PÉREZ: Travesias Panamenas HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS: Quintette en Forme de Choros ÁSTOR PIAZZOLLA (ARR. JEFF SCOTT): Libertango

The Boston Globe calls Imani Winds “the leading wind quintet in America.” These classical virtuosi make it their mission to expand the repertoire for their ensemble, by both composing and arranging for themselves and by commissioning composers from a variety of genres to write for the classical wind quintet. In this program, the ensemble shows off its considerable skill with Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Quintette en Forme de Choros, which shapes the street songs of the composer’s youth in Brazil using the modernist tones of his training in 1920s Paris. The ensemble shines in new works by two composers who come from the world of jazz — Danilo Pérez’s travelogue of his native Panama and MacArthur “Genius” Jason Moran’s Creole-flavored celebration of his family’s proud history in rural Louisiana. Made possible, in part, with support from the Department of Music at Duke University and the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts, Duke University.

HILLIARD ENSEMBLE

TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 | 8 PM DUKE CHAPEL

TICKETS: $32 • $18 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION WITH LIMITED RESERVED SEATING The Globe and Mail calls the Hilliard Ensemble “without a doubt one of the finest vocal ensembles in the world.” Early music specialists, the Hilliard’s four exquisite male voices will be accentuated by the lustrous acoustics of Duke Chapel as they sing masterpieces of early music, including great works by the French composer Pérotin, who wrote some of the earliest polyphony, and by the later Franco-Flemish visionary Josquin Desprez. What sets the Hilliard Ensemble apart from other groups is its perpetual questing for new material. This can include a lesser-known Renaissance composer like Josquin’s disciple Févin, through his charming chanson Petite Camusette, or modern composers like Bryars and Pärt, who adopt Renaissance styles. In a Hilliard performance, six-hundred-year-old pieces sound fresh and world premieres sound like enduring classics. Made possible, in part, with support from the Department of Music at Duke University and the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts, Duke University.

PROGRAM: CORNISH: Adieu mes amours CORNISH: Ah, Robin ANON.: Remember me my dear JOSQUIN DESPREZ: Mille regretz ANTOINE DE FÉVIN: Petite camusette JANEQUIN: O mal d’aimer PIERRE SANDRIN: Douce mémoire ARCADELT: Il bianco e dolce cigno ANON. (ITALIAN): Passacalli della vita PHILIPPE VERDELOT: Divini occhi CIPRIANO DE RORE: O sonno GAVIN BRYARS: From the First Book of Madrigals: Web / Stormy / Almond Tree / Just as the ash-glow / Within minutes PEROTINUS (PÉROTIN): Viderunt JOSQUIN DESPREZ: Ave Maria ARVO PÄRT: And one of the Pharisees… SHARAKANS (TRAD. ARMENIAN, ARR. KOMITAS): Ov zarmanali / Hays hark nviranc ukhti / Amen hayr surp / Surp, Ter zorutheanc A. PÄRT: Most Holy Mother of God

LUCIANA SOUZA

FEATURING LIONEL LOUEKE & GREGOIRE MARET

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23 | 8 PM REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATER

TICKETS: $42 • $34 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING Brazilian-born jazz vocalist Luciana Souza “sounds like Astrud Gilberto channeling Nina Simone,” says the San Francisco Chronicle. That combination of luminous voice and arresting presence won her a Grammy Award in 2008 and captivated audiences at sold-out Duke Performances concerts in 2008 and 2010. Souza’s return to Durham features star turns from two alumni of Herbie Hancock’s band: West African guitarist Lionel Loueke, whom Hancock praised as “a musical painter,” and Swiss harmonica genius Gregoire Maret, the heir apparent to Toots Thielemans. Together with Souza, their melodic interplay will make for a dazzling night of music.

DUKE PERFORMANCES 2013/2014

SEASON CALENDAR

SEPTEMBER ’13

SEPTEMBER ’13 SU

OCTOBER ’13 SU

NOVEMBER ’13 SU

THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA Friday & Saturday, September 13 & 14 • 8 pm Hayti Heritage Center CIOMPI QUARTET CONCERT NO. 1 FEAT. THE KRUGER BROTHERS Saturday, September 21 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium THEO BLECKMANN HELLO EARTH! (THE MUSIC OF KATE BUSH) Friday & Saturday, September 27 & 28 • 9 pm PSI Theatre in the Durham Arts Council FINCKEL, SETZER, HAN TRIO Saturday, September 28 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium

OCTOBER ’13 BILLY CHILDS JAZZ CHAMBER ENSEMBLE WITH THE YING QUARTET FEAT. DIANNE REEVES Friday, October 4 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium GUY CLARK SPECIAL GUESTS: MANDOLIN ORANGE Friday, October 11 • 8 pm Reynolds Industries Theater

CIOMPI QUARTET CONCERT NO. 2 Saturday, November 2 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium yMUSIC CONCERT NO. 1 Tuesday, November 5 • 8 pm Casbah Durham MEASURE BACK CREATED BY T. RYDER SMITH & CHRISTOPHER MCELROEN Wednesday, November 6 – Saturday, November 9 • 8:15 pm Manbites Dog Theater KIRILL GERSTEIN, PIANO Saturday, November 9 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium ESTONIAN PHILHARMONIC CHAMBER CHOIR Tuesday, November 12 • 8 pm Duke Chapel PEOPLE GET READY SPECIFIC OCEAN Friday & Saturday, November 15 & 16 • 8 pm Reynolds Industries Theater KAYHAN KALHOR & ALI BAHRAMI FARD Thursday, November 21 • 8 pm Nasher Museum Auditorium

FISK JUBILEE SINGERS SPECIAL GUESTS: DSA CHOIR Friday, October 18 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium TETZLAFF STRING QUARTET Saturday, October 19 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium

DECEMBER ’13

YUJA WANG, PIANO Thursday, October 24 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium

DEBO BAND Friday, December 6 • 9 pm Motorco Music Hall

NOVEMBER ’13

EMERSON STRING QUARTET Saturday, December 7 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium

DECEMBER ’13 SU

LEND ME YOUR VOICE HOSTED BY NICK SANBORN Friday & Saturday, November 1 & 2 • 8 pm Nelson Music Room

EIGHTH BLACKBIRD Saturday, November 23 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN Sunday, November 24 • 7 pm Page Auditorium

JANUARY ’14 IMANI WINDS Saturday, January 18 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium HILLIARD ENSEMBLE Tuesday, January 21 • 8 pm Duke Chapel LUCIANA SOUZA FEAT. LIONEL LOUEKE & GREGOIRE MARET Thursday, January 23 • 8 pm Reynolds Industries Theater LOVE’S INFRASTRUCTURE MUSIC BY BOMBADIL | PUPPETS & SCENIC DESIGN BY TORRY BEND Friday & Saturday, January 24 & 25 • 8:15 pm Sunday, January 26 • 3:15 pm PSI Theatre in the Durham Arts Council CIOMPI QUARTET CONCERT NO. 3 Saturday, January 25 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium

FEBRUARY ’14 EMANUEL AX & YOKO NOZAKI, PIANO Saturday, February 1 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium URBAN BUSH WOMEN Friday & Saturday, February 7 & 8 • 8 pm Reynolds Industries Theater ARIEL STRING QUARTET FEAT. ALISA WEILERSTEIN, CELLO Saturday, February 8 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium PAT METHENY UNITY GROUP Wednesday, February 12 • 8 pm Carolina Theatre of Durham REPUBLIC HOI POLLOI Thursday, February 20 – Saturday, March 1 Manbites Dog Theater THE KING’S SINGERS Friday, February 21 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium LISE DE LA SALLE, PIANO Saturday, February 22 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium

MARCH ’14 ÉBÈNE STRING QUARTET Saturday, March 1 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium

GREGORY PORTER Thursday, March 6 • 8 pm Reynolds Industries Theater LOUIS LORTIE, PIANO Friday, March 7 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium KRONOS QUARTET Saturday, March 22 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium yMUSIC CONCERT NO. 2 Tuesday, March 25 • 8 pm Casbah Durham

JANUARY ’14 SU

FEBRUARY ’14

ZAKIR HUSSAIN & SPECIAL GUESTS MASTERS OF PERCUSSION Thursday, March 27 • 8 pm Durham Performing Arts Center

GERALD CLAYTON TRIO Friday & Saturday, March 28 & 29 • 9 pm Casbah Durham

APRIL ’14 BRIAN CARPENTER GHOST TRAIN ORCHESTRA Friday & Saturday, April 4 & 5 • 9 pm Motorco Music Hall JOE HENRY & OVER THE RHINE Friday & Saturday, April 11 & 12 • 8 pm Hayti Heritage Center PAVEL HAAS STRING QUARTET Saturday, April 12 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium CHICK COREA Friday, April 18 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium CIOMPI QUARTET CONCERT NO. 4 FEAT. GABRIEL RICHARD, VIOLIN & ANDREW TYSON, PIANO Saturday, April 19 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium PACO PEÑA & ELIOT FISK Friday, April 25 • 8 pm Reynolds Industries Theater BENJAMIN GROSVENOR, PIANO Sunday, April 27 • 7 pm Baldwin Auditorium

MAY ’14 CHANTICLEER Friday, May 2 • 8 pm Baldwin Auditorium

MARCH ’14 SU

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LOVE’S INFRASTRUCTURE

MUSIC BY BOMBADIL PUPPET & SCENIC DESIGN BY TORRY BEND

FRIDAY, JANUARY 24 & SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 | 8:15 PM SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 | 3:15 PM PSI THEATRE AT THE DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL TICKETS: $24 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING

Durham’s Bombadil made their name on the local and national scenes playing ambitious indie pop with an international kick: “the melodies are chipper, the hooks prominent, the performances energetic, and the arrangements full to bursting with ideas” (Paste Magazine). Duke Theater Studies professor and puppeteer Torry Bend hand-crafts exquisite miniature worlds, with the Indy Weekly calling her puppet odyssey The Paper Hat Game “sparkling yet pensive” in a rare five-star review. Now, two of Durham’s most inventive forces unite to offer the world premiere of Love’s Infrastructure, an immersive experience on a set designed by Bend, with music performed live by Bombadil, and enlivened with a cast of Bend’s captivating puppets. Made possible, in part, with support from the Department of Theater Studies at Duke University.

EMANUEL AX & YOKO NOZAKI, PIANO

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $52 • $42 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER • $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING Emanuel Ax is the essential pianist of our time — the Los Angeles Times praises “his greatness, his overwhelming authority as a musician, technician, and probing intellect.” Yoko Nozaki, Ax’s wife, is a Juilliard-trained piano soloist hailed by the New York Observer for her “grace and power.” Together, they are the leading performers of the brilliant but rarely heard repertoire for two pianos. In high demand, they play only a handful of public concerts together each year, but this area merits a special visit: Nozaki, the daughter of a Duke biochemist, grew up right here in Durham.

single theme through eight different styles. The program also features another Mozart sonata and a set of Brahms variations; these works will showcase the masterful Ax alone.

Their homecoming performance in Baldwin Auditorium includes Mozart’s only sonata for two pianos, a joyful dialogue between instruments, and Brahms’ Haydn Variations, which follows a

Made possible, in part, with support from the Office of the President of Duke University.

PROGRAM: MOZART: Sonata (TBD) MOZART: Sonata for Two Pianos is in D major, K.448 BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn for Two Pianos, Op. 56b BRAHMS: Variations and Fugue on a theme by G F Handel Op. 24

URBAN BUSH WOMEN

DARK SWAN & WALKING WITH ‘TRANE

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 & SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 8 PM | REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATER TICKETS: $38 • $32 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING

Urban Bush Women is celebrating 30 years as an unstoppable force in American dance. Jawole Willa Jo Zollar’s troupe started out with “raw power and conviction” (Village Voice), and it continues to make visceral, politically-charged work, including the three new pieces they dance at Duke Performances. The culmination of a two-week residency at Duke, their program begins with Hep Hep Sweet Sweet, an earthy and provocative new take on the swing dance and jitterbug of Cab Calloway’s jazz age. They follow that with Dark Swan, choreographed by former UBW dancer Nora Chipaumire, which reimagines a classic European ballet in an African context. Finally, they offer the world premiere of Walking with ’Trane, a piece inspired by the life of John Coltrane and by his seminal jazz suite A Love Supreme.

Funded, in part, with a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council; a Visiting Artist Grant from the Council for the Arts, Office of the Provost, Duke University; and support from the Dance Program at Duke University.

ARIEL STRING QUARTET

FEATURING ALISA WEILERSTEIN, CELLO

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $38 • $32 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING The Ariel Quartet formed in a Jerusalem high school and traveled together to study in America. Here they met and bonded with Alisa Weilerstein, an up-and-coming cellist. Today, the Ariel is a rising star on the international chamber music scene, hailed for their “utter musicality and remarkable interpretive power” by the American Record Guide, and Weilerstein is one of the finest cellists in the world, the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” grant. The Ariel opens the program with an early Beethoven quartet that brings out the young composer’s brilliant wit. Then Weilerstein joins her friends to perform two all-time classic quintets for the unusual double-cello instrumentation — Boccherini’s, with its instantly-recognizable minuet, and Schubert’s, which pianist Arthur Rubinstein called “the entrance to heaven.” PROGRAM: BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2 BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11, No. 5 SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956

PAT METHENY UNITY GROUP

WITH CHRIS POTTER, ANTONIO SANCHEZ BEN WILLIAMS & GIULIO CARMASSI

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 | 8 PM CAROLINA THEATRE OF DURHAM

TICKETS: $55 • $50 • $45 • $10 DUKE STUDENTS RESERVED SEATING “A virtuoso guitarist, an expansive composer and, above all, an inveterate searcher” (New York Times), legendary jazz artist Pat Metheny made his return to small-combo performance with the Unity Group, a band gifted enough to keep up with the full range of his forty years of musical explorations. It is no surprise that with that band — “blazing virtuosi with musical intelligence to match” (Guardian (UK)) — Metheny won his astonishing 20th Grammy award in 2013. The Unity Group boasts a once-in-a-lifetime lineup: saxophonist Chris Potter, whom Metheny calls “one of the most exciting soloists in jazz on any instrument”; Ben Williams, “the baddest new bassist on the block” (The Revivalist); powerhouse drummer Antonio Sanchez; and extraordinary multiinstrumentalist Giulio Carmassi. Pat Metheny Unity Group is a co-presentation of Duke Performances and The Carolina Theatre of Durham.

HOI POLLOI • REPUBLIC

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 THROUGH SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 | 7:30 PM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 | 2:30 PM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 THROUGH SATURDAY, MARCH 1 | 7:30 PM MANBITES DOG THEATER

TICKETS: $17 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING

Republic is a co-presentation of Duke Performances and Manbites Dog Theater.

Brooklyn theater company Hoi Polloi creates full-throttle theatrical experiences that look at how Americans come together and how we fall apart. In that vein, the OBIE Awardwinning company the New York Times lauded for their “audacity, invention, and talent” takes on the father of western philosophy’s blueprint for nation-building: Plato’s Republic. Fast-moving and contemporary, Hoi Polloi’s Republic measures the big social questions of Socrates and company against today’s modern world. An intimate audience at Manbites Dog Theater joins their symposium for arguments about music, wine, and government. Artistic Director Alec Duffy, a Duke graduate, developed Republic over a two-year residency on campus; the result is an adventure that stimulates both the senses and the synapses. Funded, in part, with a Visiting Artist Grant from the Council for the Arts, Office of the Provost, Duke University, and support from the Department of Theater Studies at Duke University.

THE KING’S SINGERS

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $42 • $34 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING “A superlative vocal sextet that has retained immaculate blend, perfect tuning, and crystal diction” (London Times), The King’s Singers performs the widest repertoire in the musical world: more than two thousand pieces, including early motets, cutting-edge new classical music, and Broadway gems. That repertoire is on full display at Duke Performances, beginning with masterworks drawn from two of the finest madrigal collections of the Renaissance: Italy’s Il Trionfo di Dori and England’s The Triumphs of Oriana. The King’s Singers then turn to a 20th century songbook, American classics written by the Gershwins and Rodgers and Hart.

LISE DE LA SALLE, PIANO

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $32 • $26 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING PROGRAM: BACH: Chaconne from the Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (transcribed by Busoni) BRAHMS: Theme and Variations in D Minor, Op. 18b DEBUSSY: Preludes (Book 1) RAVEL: Gaspard de la Nuit

PROGRAM: THOMAS MORLEY: Hard By a Crystal Fountain (from The Triumphs of Oriana) GIOVANNI CROCE: Ove tra l’Herbe e Fiori (from Il Trionfo di Dori) CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS: Saltarelle GIOVANNI GABRIELI: Se Cantano gl’Augelli (from Il Trionfo di Dori) EDWARD JOHNSON: Come, Blessed Bird (from The Triumphs of Oriana) FRANCOIS POULENC: Un Soir de Neige GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA: Quando dal terzo cielo (from Il Trionfo di Dori) THOMAS WEELKES: As Vesta Was Descending (from The Triumphs of Oriana) JOBY TALBOT: Leon GOFFREDO PETRASSI: Nonsense GEORGE & IRA GERSHWIN (ARR. B. CHILCOTT): I Can’t Sit Down RICHARD RODGERS & LORENZ HART (ARR. A. L’ESTRANGE): My Funny Valentine CHARLES TRENET & JACK LAWRENCE (ARR. A. L’ESTRANGE): Beyond the Sea HAROLD ARLEN & IRA GERSHWIN (ARR. R. RODNEY BENNETT): It’s a New World HARRY CONNICK JR. (ARR. R. RICE): Recipe for Love

French pianist Lise de la Salle “has wowed the world with her prodigious gifts, superlative technique, and a passionate, mature musicianship found in only the rarest of prodigies” (LA Weekly). Five years after this extraordinary performer amazed audiences as the inaugural artist in Duke Performances’ Piano Recital Series, she returns an even more accomplished and acclaimed musician. De la Salle’s program centers on two towering French masterpieces: Debussy’s Preludes, painterly miniatures that bridge romantic and modern styles, and Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit, a set of fantastical vignettes so technically dazzling that only a few pianists in the world can play it. She also plays two starker but no less monumental works: Bach’s Chaconne, which Brahms described as “a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings,” and Brahms’ Theme and Variations, his tribute to Bach’s Chaconne.

ÉBÈNE STRING QUARTET SATURDAY, MARCH 1 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $32 • $26 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER • $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING The Ébène Quartet blends classical artistry with French cool. The New York Times calls them “one of the standout quartets of the new generation.” They bring flawless technique to their take on the chamber repertoire. Their 2009 album of French string quartets won them awards for record of the year from both Echo Klassik and Gramophone. For its first appearance in Durham, Ébène begins with one of Mozart’s quartets dedicated to Haydn. They continue with Mendelssohn’s A minor quartet, the eighteen-year-old prodigy’s

daring homage to the late quartets of Beethoven. The program concludes with Schumann’s dream-like String Quartet No. 3, composed in his astonishing “Year of Chamber Music.” PROGRAM: MOZART: String Quartet No. 16 in E-flat Major, K. 428, “Haydn” MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13 SCHUMANN: String Quartet No. 3 in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3

GREGORY PORTER

THURSDAY, MARCH 6 | 8 PM REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATER

TICKETS: $42 • $34 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING Gregory Porter burst onto the scene five years ago when Wynton Marsalis selected the then-unknown singer to perform a residency with his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Since then, Porter’s albums Water and the Grammy-nominated Be Good plus his soulful live shows have marked him as “the brilliant new voice of jazz” (Huffington Post) — he is that rare male jazz vocalist with true star power. A minister’s son with a deep love of Nat King Cole, Porter combines the power of a gospel shouter with the honeyed tone of a crooner. Whether singing standards or one of his own songs, he moves audiences with “a voice and musicality to be reckoned with” (BBC).

FEATURING

CHAMBER ARTS SERIES The musical conversations that make up great classical chamber music come alive on the stage of the reinvigorated Baldwin Auditorium. World-class string quartets such as the Emerson and Ébène and contemporary music champions Imani Winds and eighth blackbird embrace the extraordinary range of classical masterpieces composed for small ensembles.

FINCKEL, SETZER, HAN TRIO Saturday, September 28

IMANI WINDS Saturday, January 18

TETZLAFF STRING QUARTET Saturday, October 19

ARIEL STRING QUARTET FEAT. ALISA WEILERSTEIN Saturday, February 8

EIGHTH BLACKBIRD Saturday, November 23

ÉBÈNE STRING QUARTET Saturday, March 1

EMERSON STRING QUARTET Saturday, December 7

PAVEL HAAS STRING QUARTET Saturday, April 12

LOUIS LORTIE, PIANO KRONOS QUARTET

FRIDAY, MARCH 7 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

SATURDAY, MARCH 22 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $32 • $26 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING

TICKETS: $52 • $42 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING

The Los Angeles Times praised Canadian pianist Louis Lortie for “his bravura, amazing display of color, and beautiful way with a melodic line,” calling “each an awesome aspect of a monster technique.” For select programs, he summons all of his technique and skill to perform just a single concertlength masterpiece.

Forty years in, Kronos Quartet still feels revolutionary. They have commissioned hundreds of new works for string quartet, recorded almost fifty albums, and brought the work of musicians from across the globe into the chamber musician tradition. “The best thing about Kronos,” writes The New Yorker, “is their unflagging curiosity about the world.”

At Duke Performances, Lortie offers a rare complete performance of the first two books of Franz Liszt’s magnum opus Années de Pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage). In virtuosic passages that swing between serene and stormy, the great Romantic composer conjures up memories of his love-struck younger years in Switzerland and Italy. PROGRAM: LISZT: Années de Pèlerinage (Books 1 & 2)

Kronos’ curiosity will be on full display in their return to Durham. Their first appearance at the revamped Baldwin Auditorium features a Duke Performances commission: You Know Me From Here, which composer Missy Mazzoli calls a “musical journey homeward.” That’s also the theme of Aheym, which Bryce Dessner based on his grandparents’ turbulent journey to this country. And frequent Kronos collaborator Philip Glass contributes a brand-new composition full of his trademark driving rhythms.

Their program reveals a group more dedicated than ever to founder David Harrington’s dream of making the string quartet “vital and energetic and alive.” This year Kronos also brings with them a new cellist, Sunny Jungin Yang. Kronos’ Grammy-winning record producer Judith Sherman calls Yang’s playing “joyful, beautiful, and meaningful.” Yang will no doubt help write another exciting chapter of this landmark group’s history. PROGRAM: MISSY MAZZOLI: You Know Me From Here* PHILIP GLASS: NEW WORK BRYCE DESSNER: Aheym (Homeward) ALTER YECHIEL KARNIOL (ARR. JUDITH BERKSON): Sim Sholom AMON TOBIN: NEW WORK LAURIE ANDERSON (ARR. JACOB GARCHIK): Flow *Commissioned, in part, by Duke Performances

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GERALD CLAYTON TRIO

FRIDAY, MARCH 28 & SATURDAY, MARCH 29 9 PM | CASBAH DURHAM

TICKETS: $24 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION; SEATING PROVIDED The brilliant young pianist Gerald Clayton was schooled in hard-swinging, melodic jazz by his father, John Clayton, uncle Jeff Clayton, and his mentors Billy Childs and Kenny Barron. More recently, he has collaborated with the innovators of his own generation, from Ambrose Akinmusire to Kendrick Scott. In his long-standing trio with drummer Justin Brown and bassist Joe Sanders, Clayton blends those styles into a musical language all his own. The New York Times raved about Clayton’s “huge authoritative presence and highly controlled touch and dynamics.” In the close-up club atmosphere of Durham’s Casbah, that authority will be all the more palpable. Made possible, in part, with support from the Jazz Program at Duke University.

ZAKIR HUSSAIN & SPECIAL GUESTS

MASTERS OF PERCUSSION

THURSDAY, MARCH 27 | 8 PM DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

TICKETS: $55 • $45 • $40 • $30 • $20 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER • $10 DUKE STUDENTS RESERVED SEATING A classical tabla player of the highest order, Zakir Hussain’s scintillating performances have established him as a national treasure in India. He inherited this skill from a remarkable musical lineage: he is the son of iconic tabla player Alla Rakha, and heir to a family that has boasted master instrumentalist for many generations. Demonstrating a “virtuosity that is barely to be believed” (Washington Post), Hussain has become the world’s foremost ambassador of Indian classical music — the successor to his longtime collaborator Ravi Shankar.

Hussain returns to Duke Performances with the Masters of Percussion, his hand-picked group of the ten finest musicians from across the Indian classical tradition. Featuring sitarist Niladri Kumar, sarangi player Dilshad Khan, and led by Hussain, this exceptional ensemble performs in a venue suitable to their musical pedigree: the world-class Durham Performing Arts Center.

BRIAN CARPENTER GHOST TRAIN ORCHESTRA

FRIDAY, APRIL 4 & SATURDAY, APRIL 5 9 PM | MOTORCO MUSIC HALL TICKETS: $24 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION; SEATING PROVIDED

The Ghost Train Orchestra, led by trumpeter Brian Carpenter, unearths the little-known and rarely-heard jazz that was a fixture in the dance halls and nightclubs of prohibition-era Harlem and Chicago. A top-notch ten-piece, they play the music that gave the Jazz Age its name in swinging new arrangements. “Peppy, charged, vaudevillian in feel” according to NPR, their 2011 debut recording was Best Jazz Record of the Year. “This crazy-beautiful living-history lesson” (Boston Globe) sets down for two shows at Motorco Music Hall in conjunction with the Nasher Museum’s exhibition Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist, the first major retrospective of the career of a Harlem Renaissance painter who made jazz musicians and dancers one of his favorite subjects. Made possible, in part, with support from the Nasher Museum of Art, in conjunction with their exhibition Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist, on view January 30 through May 11.

JOE HENRY & OVER THE RHINE

FRIDAY, APRIL 11 & SATURDAY, APRIL 12 8 PM | HAYTI HERITAGE CENTER TICKETS: $34 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING

Cincinnati duo Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist, better known as Over the Rhine, have been making gorgeous records for two decades that sound like “they sprung from another time” (Los Angeles Times). Singer-songwriter Joe Henry spent the same decades writing and performing songs that seem “to inhabit an older music that never actually existed or one that keeps being forgotten and relearned over and over” (Slant Magazine). They first came together when Henry produced Over the Rhine’s acclaimed 2011 album The Long Surrender. Now they reunite for an only-at-Duke Performances special event: in front of a live audience at Hayti Heritage Center, Henry and Over the Rhine will perform and record an album of new songs they wrote together. A cadre of crackerjack sidemen will fill out the band, taking advantage of the flawless acoustics of this former church.

PAVEL HAAS

STRING QUARTET

SATURDAY, APRIL 12 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $32 • $26 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING PROGRAM: HAYDN: String Quartet No. 64 in D Major, Op. 76, No. 5 DVOŘÁK: String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 51, “Slavonic” BRAHMS: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2

“The world’s most exciting string quartet?” asked the Times of London. Their vote was for the Pavel Haas Quartet, a CzechSlovak ensemble fast rising to the top of the chamber music world. They champion the works of their countrymen, and their 2011 recording of two quartets by Antonin Dvořák won them the coveted Gramophone Award for record of the year. No group is better qualified than the Pavel Haas to play Dvořák’s “Slavonic” quartet, which transforms the folk dances of their homeland. But their range also encompasses one of the last quartets by Haydn, father of the form, and Brahms’ poignant Quartet No. 2. Experience the next great European quartet when the Pavel Haas makes an impressive Durham debut.

PACO PEÑA & ELIOT FISK

FRIDAY, APRIL 25 | 8 PM REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATER

TICKETS: $42 • $34 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING

The intricacy of classical guitar and the fire of flamenco might seem worlds apart. But the masters of these two great guitar traditions, Eliot Fisk and Paco Peña, come together to reveal the unbroken lineage of their shared instrument. The New York Times lauded Peña as “a genuine virtuoso capable of dazzling an audience beyond the frets of mortal man,” while the renowned Andres Segovia called Fisk “one of the most brilliant, intelligent, and gifted artists of our time.” Watch Peña and Fisk share their jaw-dropping artistry on solos and duets from both the classical and flamenco traditions.

CHICK COREA

SOLO PIANO CONCERT

FRIDAY, APRIL 18 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $52 • $42 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING Musical chameleon Chick Corea’s career “is among the most kaleidoscopic in jazz,” says the New York Times, “encircling everything from plunging postbop to chamberesque Latin hybridism to superheated fusion.” That drive to explore the next frontier has propelled collaborations with legends like Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, and Gary Burton and has won him twenty Grammy awards — including two in 2013 for his Hot House album. Chick Corea’s far-ranging mastery will be on display when he visits Durham this season for a solo performance at the rejuvenated Baldwin Auditorium. Alone at the piano, this jazz titan plays music across the range of his ambitious and adventurous career.

BENJAMIN GROSVENOR, PIANO

SUNDAY, APRIL 27 | 7 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $32 • $26 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING PROGRAM: MENDELSSOHN: Andante & Rondo Capriccioso in E Major, Op. 14 SCHUBERT: Impromptu in G-flat, Op. 90 No. 3 SCHUMANN: Humoreske, Op. 20 MOMPOU: Paisajes MEDTNER: 2 Fairy Tales, Op. 51 No. 3 in A Major & Op. 14 No. 2 in E Minor (“March of the Paladin”) RAVEL: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales STRAUSS (ARR. SCHULZ-EVLER): Blue Danube

“In an age of ready-made virtuosos,” writes the Times of London, Benjamin Grosvenor’s “gifts are already distinctive: poetic, romantic, almost old-school.” Those gifts were evident when he first emerged at age eleven on the classical scene of his native England winning the BBC’s Young Musician Competition. In the decade since, he has cultivated the expressive tone and probing musical intelligence that mark him as a star with staying power for years to come. Audiences at Grosvenor’s Duke Performances debut will hear the most promising British pianist in decades just as he joins the first rank of international performers. His uncommon instinct for lyricism is perfectly matched in the graceful melodic lines of Schubert’s great G-flat Impromptu and in Ravel’s Schubertinspired Valses Nobles et Sentimentales.

CHANTICLEER

FRIDAY, MAY 2 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $42 • $34 • $15 AGE 30 & UNDER $10 DUKE STUDENTS | RESERVED SEATING Chanticleer began singing Medieval and Renaissance music more than thirty-five years ago, and their soaring performances helped revive this vital repertoire in America. Now the twelve-member vocal ensemble the Washington Post calls “the reigning gods of the men’s chorus world” have become the standard bearers of a flourishing early music scene, singing with unmatched beauty and precision. Chanticleer’s program at Baldwin Auditorium revolves around the extraordinary circle of composers that assembled in Venice in the late Renaissance. Adrian Willaert and Giovanni Gabrieli challenged the choirs of St. Mark’s with their elaborate triplechorus polyphony, a form their successor Claudio Monteverdi both embraced and transformed into the more melodic Baroque style.

PROGRAM: GIOVANNI GABRIELI: Angelus ad pastores ait PLAINSONG: Quem vidistis pastores G. GABRIELI: O Jesu mi dulcissime JOSQUIN DESPREZ: Praeter rerum seriem CIPRIANO DE RORE: Missa Praeter rerum seriem ADRIAN WILLAERT: Credidi PLAINCHANT: Protexisti me ANDREA GABRIELI: O salutaris hostia PLAINCHANT: Tenebrae factae sunt CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: Stabat mater C. MONTEVERDI: Adoramus te, Christe A. WILLAERT: Congratulamini mihi omnes A. GABRIELI: O sacrum convivium GIOVANNI CROCE: Laudans exultet C. MONTEVERDI: Laudate pueri

CIOMPI QUARTET

The Ciompi, Duke’s resident string quartet for nearly five decades, explores the bounds of chamber music over the course of their dynamic new season. That musical territory stretches all the way from classics of the string quartet repertoire by Beethoven and Brahms to the world premiere of a specially commissioned new quartet by Pulitzer Prize winner Melinda Wagner.

Their wide-ranging season includes collaborations with bluegrass innovators The Kruger Brothers in their chamber suite Appalachian Concerto, with talented guest soloists on Ernest Chausson’s ravishing but rarely heard Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, and with talented Duke undergrads in John Adams’ seminal Shaker Loops.

CIOMPI CONCERT NO. 1

CIOMPI CONCERT NO. 3

FEATURING THE KRUGER BROTHERS JENS KRUGER, BANJO; UWE KRUGER, GUITAR & JOEL LANDSBERG, BASS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM TICKETS: $20 • $10 ALL STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING

PROGRAM: HAYDN: String Quartet No. 60 in G Major, Op. 76, No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat Major, Op. 133 KRUGER BROTHERS: Appalachian Concerto

CIOMPI CONCERT NO. 2

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2013 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM TICKETS: $20 • $10 ALL STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING

PROGRAM: BRAHMS: String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major, Op. 67 JOEL FEIGIN: Mosaic in Two Panels for String Quartet BEETHOVEN: Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 (with Allan Ware and local musicians)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2014 | 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM TICKETS: $20 • $10 ALL STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING

PROGRAM: BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18, No. 3 JOHN ADAMS: Shaker Loops (with Duke students) BRAHMS: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51 No. 1

CIOMPI CONCERT NO. 4

FEATURING ANDREW TYSON, PIANO & GABRIEL RICHARD, VIOLIN SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2014 • 8 PM BALDWIN AUDITORIUM TICKETS: $20 • $10 ALL STUDENTS GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING

PROGRAM: HEINRICH WILHELM ERNST: String Quartet in B-flat Major MELINDA WAGNER: Premiere of a new commissioned string quartet CHAUSSON: Concerto in D Major, for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, Op. 21 (with Andrew Tyson, piano & Gabriel Richard, violin)

VENUES:

From formal halls and adaptable theaters to intimate nightclubs and black-box spaces, Duke Performances finds ideal stages for diverse artists and audiences in high-quality venues on campus and in town.

PARKING

Duke Parking and Transportation will administer four parking lots for patrons visiting Baldwin Auditorium. Parking for events is $5 per car — cash only. Parking #1 & #2 (Bivins/Biddle) provide principle parking for Baldwin Auditorium. These lots are accessible via the campus entrance located at the intersection of West Markham Avenue and Sedgefield Street. Parking #3 (Brown/Bishops) provides accessible and additional general parking for Baldwin. This lot is accessible via the campus entrance located at the intersection of North Buchanan Boulevard and Dacian Avenue. Guests with accessibility or mobility issues will have priority access to this lot.

BALDWIN AUDITORIUM

Parking #4 (Asbury Church) provides additional parking for Baldwin. This lot is located at the intersection of West Markham Avenue and Sedgefield Street.

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Baldin Auditorium is located on Duke University’s East Campus at the intersection of Onslow Street and West Markham Avenue.

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Baldwin is equipped with modern, comfortable seating throughout the hall; the capacity of the venue is 700. Wheelchair accessible seating is also available at all levels, including the balcony via elevator. Please contact the University Box Office at 919-684-4444 if you have questions about accessibility.

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$10 DUKE STUDENT TICKETS

By special arrangement with the Provost, Duke undergraduate and graduate students can purchase tickets to any Duke Performances event for just $10. This amazing deal lets students see live performances from the best musicians, dancers, and actors in the world for the price of a movie ticket. Limit of two $10 tickets per student for each presentation. Quantities of available $10 student tickets will be limited on a show-by-show basis. Student ID required at time of purchase.

REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATER

PAGE AUDITORIUM

DUKE CHAPEL

Reynolds Industries Theater is a midsized proscenium house with a dramatic stadium slope and a polished, oaky ambience.

Page is a grand auditorium that provides excellent vantages from its ample orchestra seating and overhanging balcony.

A West Campus landmark, Duke Chapel accommodates large audiences below a 210-foot spire and a 50-bell carillon.

Bryan University Center 125 Science Drive Durham, NC 27708 dukeperformances.org

402 Chapel Drive Durham, NC 27708 dukeperformances.org

401 Chapel Drive Durham, NC 27708 chapel.duke.edu

NELSON MUSIC ROOM

NASHER AUDITORIUM IN THE NASHER MUSEUM

DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

The Nasher Auditorium is an intimate and warm performance and lecture space off the museum’s main atrium.

Durham Performing Arts Center is a centerpiece of downtown Durham’s revival, a grand, worldclass venue with tiered seating and full amenities.

2001 Campus Drive Durham, NC 27705 nasher.duke.edu

123 Vivian Street Durham, NC 27701 www.dpacnc.com

HAYTI HERITAGE CENTER

PSI THEATER AT THE DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL

The Nelson Music Room is an intimate, acoustically pristine recital hall with seating that can be configured in the round. 1304 Campus Drive Durham, NC 27708 dukeperformances.org

FLETCHER HALL AT THE CAROLINA THEATRE Fletcher is a sizeable, comfortable hall in the historic Carolina Theatre that features parallel balconies and striking Beaux-Arts décor. 309 West Morgan Street Durham, NC 27701 carolinatheatre.org

Retaining the ambience from its history as an AME church, the Hayti Heritage Center features pew seating, beautiful stained-glass windows, and flawless acoustics. 804 Old Fayetteville Street Durham, NC 27701 hayti.org

Located in the Durham Arts Council building, PSI Theatre is an 180-seat multi-use performance space. 120 Morris Street Durham, NC 27701 durhamarts.org

MOTORCO MUSIC HALL

CASBAH DURHAM

MANBITES DOG THEATER

In the heart of Durham’s thriving Central Park district, this roomy nightclub offers a cavernous concert space and an outdoor bar.

The Casbah, a nightclub in downtown Durham, sports a full bar and a long, narrow layout that focuses the room toward the stage.

723 Rigsbee Avenue Durham, NC 27701 motorcomusic.com

1007 West Main Street Durham, NC 27701 casbahdurham.com

An intimate black-box theater with flexible seating, Manbites Dog Theater is situated in Durham’s reinvigorated Central Park dining and entertainment district. 703 Foster Street Durham, NC 27701 www.manbitesdogtheater.org

FOR TICKETS, FULL PROGRAM DETAILS & OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION DUKEPERFORMANCES.ORG

TICKET ON SALE DATES Duke Performances 2013/14 season ticket packages — including the Pick-Four or More, Vocal Ensemble Series, Piano Recital Series, Chamber Arts Society, and Ciompi Quartet Series — will go on sale TUESDAY, JUNE 25, AT 11 AM. Single tickets to Duke Performances 2013/14 shows will go on sale TUESDAY, JULY 16, AT 11 AM. $10 Duke student tickets and $15 tickets for patrons age 30 and under will go on sale TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, AT 11 AM.

DP DISCOUNTS 25% PICK-FOUR OR MORE DISCOUNT

$10 — AN AMAZING STUDENT TICKET PRICE

$15 TICKETS FOR PATRONS AGE 30 AND UNDER:

Take 25% off your total price when you simultaneously purchase tickets to four or more shows from Duke Performances’ 2013/14 season.

Young audiences who want to see the world’s greatest performers but think tickets are just out of reach now have the chance to see any show they want. This season, for the first time, Duke Performances offers patrons ages 30 and under the opportunity to purchase tickets to any event for just $15.

Limit of two $10 tickets per student for each presentation. Quantities of available $10 student tickets will be limited on a show-by-show basis. Student ID required at time of purchase.

Limit of two $15 tickets per patron for each presentation. Quantities of available $15 tickets will be limited on a show-by-show basis. Valid ID required at time of purchase.

Note: Because of Ticketmaster’s exclusive agreement with the Carolina Theatre and Durham Performing Arts Center, Duke Performances’ copresentation of Pat Metheny at the Carolina Theatre and the presentation of Zakir Hussain at the Durham Performing Arts Center are excluded from Pick-Four discounts. However, the purchase of a Pick-Four package comes with a discount code — redeemable online, by phone, or at the Carolina Theatre and Durham Performing Arts Center box offices — worth 25% off tickets to Pat Metheny and Zakir Hussain.

10% DUKE EMPLOYEE DISCOUNT EVERY SHOW, ALL SEASON, TAKE ADVANTAGE.

DUKE PERFORMANCES’ CLASSICAL MUSIC DISCOUNTS — UP TO 45% OFF EACH TICKET

In addition to the Pick-Four or more, we offer the following deep discount packages on our classical music series:

VOCAL ENSEMBLE SERIES

Package includes best available reserved seats in Baldwin Auditorium and special reserved seating for performances by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Hilliard Ensemble in Duke Chapel.

Fisk Jubilee Singers [$32] • Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir [$32] • Hilliard Ensemble [$32] • The King’s Singers [$42] Chanticleer [$42] Regular price: $180. Series discount price: $100

CHAMBER ARTS SERIES

Package includes best available reserved seats in Baldwin Auditorium.

Finckel, Setzer, Han Trio [$32] • Tetzlaff String Quartet [$38] eighth blackbird [$32] • Emerson String Quartet [$42] • Imani Winds [$32] • Ariel Quartet feat. Alisa Weilerstein [$38] Ébène String Quartet [$32] • Pavel Haas String Quartet [$32] Regular price: $278. Series discount price: $160.

CIOMPI QUARTET SERIES

PIANO RECITAL SERIES

Package includes best available reserved seats in Baldwin Auditorium.

Yuja Wang [$42] • Kirill Gerstein [$32] • Emanuel Ax & Yoko Nozaki [$52] • Lise de la Salle [$32] • Louis Lortie [$32] Benjamin Grosvenor [$32] Regular price: $222. Series discount price: $120.

General admission seating in Baldwin Auditorium.

Ciompi Quartet Concert No. 1 feat. Kruger Brothers [$20] Ciompi Quartet Concert No. 2 [$20] • Ciompi Quartet Concert No. 3 [$20] • Ciompi Concert No. 4 feat. Andrew Tyson, piano & Gabriel Richard, violin [$20] Regular price: $80. Series discount price: $60.

ORDERING TICKETS BY PHONE Call the University Box Office between Monday and Friday, 11 am to 6 pm, 919-684-4444. Credit card orders only.

ONLINE Log on to Duke Performances’ website any time at dukeperformances.org or visit the University Box Office website at tickets.duke.edu. Credit card orders only.

IN PERSON Visit the University Box Office in the top level of the Bryan Center on Duke University’s West Campus between Monday and Friday, 11 am to 6 pm. Box office will open at performance venues one hour prior to the start of each show.

TICKETING DETAILS FOR DUKE PERFORMANCES’ CONCERTS AT CAROLINA THEATRE OF DURHAM AND DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER PAT METHENY UNITY GROUP Wednesday, February 12, 2014 Carolina Theatre of Durham 309 West Morgan Street, Durham carolinatheatre.org | 919-560-3030

ZAKIR HUSSAIN & SPECIAL GUESTS Thursday, March 27, 2014 Durham Performing Arts Center 123 Vivian Street, Durham dpacnc.com | 919-688-3722

Tickets for Duke Performances’ presentation at the Carolina Theatre may be purchased through the Carolina Theatre website (carolinatheatre.org), by calling 919-560-3030, or by visiting the Carolina Theatre box office at 309 West Morgan Street. Tickets for Carolina Theatre performances are sold through Ticketmaster; Ticketmaster service charges will be applied.

Tickets for Duke Performances’ presentation at the Durham Performing Arts Center may be purchased through the DPAC website (dpacnc.com), by calling 919-688-3722, or by visiting the DPAC box office at 123 Vivian Street. Tickets for DPAC performances are sold through Ticketmaster; Ticketmaster service charges will be applied.

Duke students may purchase student tickets to dP concerts at the Carolina Theatre and Durham Performing Arts Center through the University Box Office in the Bryan Center.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION DIRECTIONS & PARKING For full driving directions and parking information, please visit dukeperformances.org and click on the button marked Venues. LATE SEATING POLICY Please allow enough time to park, claim your tickets, and get seated before the start-time of performances. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house manager and Duke Performances staff with respect for the performers and other patrons. LOST TICKETS If you lose your tickets and need replacements, please call the University Box Office, 919-684-4444. PERFORMANCE CHANGES & PERFORMANCE CANCELLATION Programs are subject to change without notice for reasons outside the control of Duke Performances. If a performance is cancelled, you will be notified as early as possible and offered either an exchange or a refund. Join our email list or check dukeperformances.org for the most up-to-date information regarding performances.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND If you are unable to attend a program for which you hold tickets, you may donate those tickets in person to the University Box Office for a tax credit (no refunds). In order to qualify for the tax credit, the Box Office must receive your request at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled performance. WEBSITE & EMAIL UPDATES Visit dukeperformances.org for updates on all events. We also encourage you to join our email list which can be accessed through our website. We will use this list to inform you of any changes in the series.

ACCESS Duke Performances strives to ensure that events are accessible to individuals with disabilities. Individuals with a disability who expect to need accommodations or who have questions about physical access should contact the University Box Office at 919-684-4444 in advance of the concert. REFUNDS Tickets are nonrefundable except in the case of cancelled events. FUNDING THANKS TO: Duke University Office of the President Duke University Office of the Provost Duke University Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts 50 Years of Black Students at Duke University Executive Committee Armentrout Endowment for the Visual and Performing Arts Artist Residency Endowment Fund Artists Series Enhancement Endowment Fund Blackburn Performing Arts Fund Charles M. and Shirley F. Weiss Fund for Creativity in the Arts Council for the Arts, Office of the Provost, Duke University Duke University Dance Program Duke University Department of Music Duke University Department of Theater Studies Duke University Jazz Program Edith London Endowment Fund Eleanor Naylor Dana Endowment Fund Ella Fountain Pratt Cultural Affairs Endowment Ernest W. Nelson Endowment Fund Frances and E.T. Rollins, Jr. Endowment Fund Friends of Duke Performances Henry David Epstein Endowment Fund J.J. and Ruth M. Blum Endowment Fund Nancy Hanks Resident Fellows Endowment Fund Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University Patrick M. and Catherine Greer Williams Endowment Fund Robert and Margaret Boyer Endowment Fund South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council

DUKE PERFORMANCES 2013/14 Season Brochure Box 90757 Durham, NC 27708 180.9012

TICKETS ON SALE Tuesday, June 25 at 11 am

TICKET PACKAGES: Tuesday, July 16 at 11 am

SINGLE TICKETS: Tuesday, August 13 at 11 am

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