20th Anniversary Celebration Concert January 30, 2015
Mariinksy Orchestra Valery Gergiev, Music Director and Conductor Denis Matsuev, Piano
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Dear Patron, In the winter of 1994, conductor Valery Gergiev and his friend, classical pianist Alexander Slobodyanik, entered the boarded-up, run-down Community Theatre which had been closed and left to ruin. Gergiev stepped on to the dilapidated stage, snapped his fingers, listened to the acoustics and proclaimed, “The Kirov with play here!” On September 29, 1994, after a massive cleanup effort by hundreds of volunteers, Gergiev and the Kirov opened the newly created Community Theatre performance hall. It was a night to remember. We are delighted to welcome back Valery Gergiev for the first time since that historic concert 20 years ago. How quickly 20 years has passed. In the last two decades, the Theatre has been renovated and expanded. 1937-era restrooms have been replaced by state-of-the-art modern facilities. The stage has been ripped apart, rebuilt and enlarged. Where once stood a house now stands our administrative offices, education studios, backstage production facilities and the Starlight Room. MPAC has grown up from a local community theatre into a world class performing arts center. We’ve attracted amazing artists over the years – Ringo Starr, Ray Charles, Harry Connick, Jr., Itzhak Perlman and David Brubeck, just to name a few. Our Education program brings arts experiences to over 40,000 students. What was once only a dream in 1994 has become a reality today. MPAC has become the cultural nucleus of Northern New Jersey. There are so many people to thank over the course of twenty years, including our Board of Trustees, past and present, for their leadership and guidance, the professional staff of the theatre, our hundreds of volunteers over the years, our thousands of donors who have sustained us and enabled us to grow, and our patrons, for returning year after year. In 20 years, we have become a powerful economic engine for the local community, a valued education resource for children and home to the world’s greatest entertainers who make performance after performance something to remember and cherish. Who would have thought what a snap of the fingers would have created!
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Mariinsky Orchestra Valery Gergiev, Music Director and Conductor Denis Matsuev, Piano PROGRAM Concerto for Orchestra No. 1, Naughty Limericks
Rodion Shchedrin
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Allegro brillante Andante non troppo Allegro con fuoco Denis Matsuev, Piano
INTERMISSION Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Maurice Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky
Promenade Gnomus Promenade The Old Castle Promenade Tuileries (Dispute between Children at Play) Cattle Promenade Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle The Market at Limoges (The Great News) The Catacombs Cum mortius in Lingua morta (With the Dead in a Dead Language) The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba-Yagá) The Great Gate of Kiev Maestro Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra dedicate this evening’s program to the memory of friend and pianist extraordinaire, Alexander Slobodyanik, who issued the invitation for Maestro and the Orchestra to ‘re-open’ this hall in September 1994 and who performed as soloist in the Tchaikovsky piano concerto. This concert is sponsored by
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*PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE* VTB BANK is the Principal Partner of the Mariinsky Theatre. SBERBANK and YOKO NAGAE CESCHINA are the Principal Sponsors. MARIINSKY FOUNDATION of AMERICA is the North American Sponsor. Columbia Artist Management LLC Tour Direction: R. Douglas Sheldon 1790 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 www.cami.com
Valery GERGIEV and the MARIINSKY Orchestra record for the Mariinsky Label and also appear on Universal (Decca, Philips).
NOTES ON THE PROGRAM by Aaron Grad Concerto for Orchestra No. 1, Naughty Limericks [1963]
powerhouse score full of daring techniques and sophisticated orchestrations.
RODION SHCHEDRIN Born December 16, 1932 in Moscow, Soviet Union. Currently resides in Moscow, Russia and Munich, Germany.
Piano Concert No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44 [1880]
Rodion Shchedrin was one of the major musi cal figures of the Soviet Union in its final decades, and he has continued to lead Russian music past the Cold War. His father, a composer, nurtured Shchedrin’s early interest in music; after World War II, he studied at the Moscow Choir School and Moscow Conservatory. He cemented his reputation as a composer with theater works, including the ballets The Little Hump-backed Horse (1955) and Carmen Suite (1967), as well as through his concert music, notably the piano concertos that he also performed as soloist. He succeeded Shostakovich as the Chairman of the Union of Composers, and won numerous official prizes, including the USSR State Prize in 1972. Part of Shchedrin’s great success, both politically and artistically, was his ability to avoid the traps of orthodoxy. He once wrote, “I still today continue to be convinced that the decisive factor for each composition is intuition. As soon as composers relinquish their trust in this intuition and rely in its place on musical ‘religions’ such as serialism, aleatoric composition, minimalism or other methods, things become problematic.” One of the earliest pieces to showcase Shchedrin’s flexible style was Ozornïye chastushki, or Naughty Limericks, his first concerto for orchestra. The title refers to the chastushka, a simple form of Russian poetry that usually features bawdy humor, functioning somewhat like a limerick in the English language. Large groups often sing the short, square verses of the chastushka to simple tunes, creating a collective rowdiness that Shchedrin transported into the orchestra for this breakthrough work. It was one of his first compositions to receive wide acclaim in the West, following performances in 1967 in Washington, DC and New York. The one-movement concerto struts at a fast clip, with a walking bass line and steady percussion creating a jazzy platform for diverse layers of melodic material. True to the “concerto for orchestra” format, there are moments of individual bravado and collective virtuosity. It may be a work of satire, but Naughty Limericks is still a
PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY Born May 7, 1840 in Kamsko-Votkinsk, Russia Died November 6, 1893 in St. Petersburg, Russia When Tchaikovsky completed his Second Piano Concerto in 1880, he dedicated it to Nikolay Rubinstein, the esteemed conductor and pianist who directed the Moscow Conservatory. The two had quarreled six years earlier over the First Piano Concerto—Tchaikovsky had asked for feedback on the work-in-progress, and Rubinstein’s comments were derisive to say the least—but a plan to have Rubinstein debut the new concerto indicated that they had settled their differences. Unfortunately Rubinstein died before the premiere could take place, and the Piano Concerto No. 2 first reached the public in New York instead, echoing the trajectory of the First Piano Concerto, which debuted in Boston after Rubinstein’s dismissal of it. It was an all-too-common pattern for Tchaikovsky to have another musician try to bully him into making changes in his scores. The Second Piano Concerto did win Rubinstein’s approval before he died, but when the younger pianist Alexander Siloti later took up the score, he lobbied hard for Tchaikovsky to make significant changes. Siloti objected, for example, to the placement of the main cadenza in the substantial first movement, and he preferred not to share the spotlight with a solo violin and cello in the slow movement. Tchaikovsky held firm in this case, only accepting some minor changes. (It was a better outcome than his tussle with the cellist Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, who demanded and won much steeper concessions in the “Rococo” Variations.) Despite Tchaikovsky’s protests, Siloti had his way anyway, when he oversaw a posthumous edition in 1897 that enforced his draconian cuts. That was the version most familiar to the public until Tchaikovsky’s original came back into print in 1955. This performance honors the composer’s wishes, and presents a version of the work that may be less tidy but is infinitely more expressive. The concerto’s first movement has a heroic demeanor to it, with echoes of Beethoven, especially in the robust first theme. Tchaikovsky’s gift
for tuneful, sentimental melodies comes to the fore in the contrasting key area, where a wistful exchange with a solo flute caps an especially beautiful and serene statement by the piano. The slow movement at the center of the Second Piano Concerto is the emotional core of the work, and yet the pianist sits silently through some of the most poignant passages. Here Beethoven again looms in the background, specifically his Triple Concerto for piano, violin and cello. The same trio shares the solo duties in Tchaikovsky’s movement, creating a wealth of chamber music textures within the larger palette of the orchestra. The concerto’s finale lightens the mood with playful themes and bouncing rhythms. Not surprisingly, Siloti had the least to complain about in this fast-paced, virtuosic showpiece for the soloist. Pictures at an Exhibition [1874] MODEST MUSSORGSKY Born September 9, 1839 in Karevo, Russia Died March 16, 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia Modest Mussorgsky was a military cadet with a knack for the piano when, at age 19, he dedicated himself to composition and took his first serious lessons. Even with his late start as a composer and his alcohol-fueled death at 42, he left a rich body of music, most of which underwent posthumous rewrites and “corrections” from well-meaning editors, including his friend Rimsky-Korsakov. For generations after his death, many regarded Mussorgsky as an intuitive savant with an ear for good tunes but substandard craftsmanship. Now it is clear that the coarse irregularities that offended his learned colleagues often reflected folk music traditions and even the distinctive cadence of Russian speech. In this regard, Mussorgsky was the purest of the Nationalist composers known as “The Russian Five,” in the sense that his musical language owed the most to its homeland. The highpoint of Mussorgsky’s career came in 1874, with the successful premiere of his opera Boris Godunov. That same year, a memorial retrospective of paintings by Viktor Hartmann, who had recently died from an aneurysm at age 39, inspired his good friend Mussorgsky to compose Pictures at an Exhibition. The suite for solo piano adopted a novel form in which a recurring promenade represents the composer strolling through the exhibit, linking the movements inspired by specific images. Rimsky-Korsakov pre-
pared the posthumous first edition in 1886, and soon thereafter one of his students made the first symphonic adaptation. The French composer and master orchestrator Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) created his own arrangement in 1922, spurred by a commission from the Russian expatriate conductor Serge Koussevitzky. Ravel had an uncanny gift for expanding music originally written for the piano, the process he followed in many of his own works, including Pavane pour une infante défunte, Ma mère l’oye and Le Tombeau de Couperin. Too often, hearing Mussorgsky’s music through the filter of another composer dilutes its true essence; with Ravel’s orchestration, the effect is less that of a filter and more the action of a prism, splitting the sparkling piano score into a rainbow of colors. The iconic Promenade struts to an irregular gait, grouped into five- and six-beat segments. This theme represents the ambling composer, and the slightly imbalanced heft of the music seems a good match for the outsized Mussorgsky. The next movement, Gnomus, celebrates Hartmann’s design for a gnome-shamed nutcracker, depicted with halting phrases and brittle ensemble effects. A gentle restatement of the promenade prepares The Old Castle, evoking an image of a troubadour singing before a medieval castle, represented by the dreamy buzz of a solo alto saxophone. Another fragment of promenade ushers in Tuileries (Dispute between Children at Play), based on Hartmann’s painting of children in the Tuileries Garden in Paris. The recurring motive of a descending minor third captures the universal musical gesture with which children tease and call each other. Cattle recalls a painting of an ox-drawn cart, casting the tuba’s sullen melody over plodding accompaniment. An interlude of promenade material links into the Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks, inspired by Hartmann’s sketch for a costume in which only the dancer’s head, arms and legs emerge from an eggshell. The music uses flitting grace notes and bright treble instruments to maximize the chirping playfulness. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle represents two separate portraits of Jewish men, one rich and one poor. The first theme in octaves rings with Semitic intervals and inflections, while a second choralelike passage, peppered with muted trumpet, offsets the initial incantation. The Market at Limoges (The Great News) transports the animated chatter of female shoppers engaged in frenetic crosstalk. At the climax, it breaks off into the deep, slow resonance of The
Catacombs, drawn from a self-portrait of Hartmann in the depths of Paris. The next section, With the Dead in a Dead Language, brings the composer into the picture through a spectral recollection of the promenade theme. As Mussorgsky wrote in the margin of his score, “The creative spirit of the dead Hartmann leads me towards the skulls, invokes them; the skulls begin to glow softly from within.” From that most hallowed place, the exhibition proceeds to the most outlandish movement, The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba-Yagá). Hartmann’s design for a clock modeled after bird-legged house of the witch Baba-Yagá inspired Mussorgsky to depict another component of the folk tale, where the witch flies around in the mortar she uses to grind up the human bones she eats. That whirlwind music pivots in an instant to the most grand and majestic passage in the piece, The Great Gate of Kiev, capturing Hartmann’s winning design for a ceremonial gate for the Ukrainian capital. The theme has the same regal flavor of the promenade, but with the irregular rhythms smoothed out, bringing the eventful tour to rest. Program Notes © 2014 Aaron Grad. Valery Gergiev -- Conductor Valery Gergiev is Artistic and General Director of the Mariinsky Theatre, Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, Principal Conductor of the World Orchestra for Peace, Chair of the Organizational Committee of the International Tchaikovsky Competition, Honorary President of the Edinburgh International Festival and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the St. Petersburg State University. Maestro Gergiev graduated from the Leningrad State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire in symphonic conducting under Professor Ilya Musin. While still a student at the Conservatoire, he won the Herbert von Karajan Conducting Competition in Berlin and the All-Union Conducting Competition in Moscow and was invited to join the Kirov Theatre (now the Mariinsky). At the age of thirty-five in 1988, Valery Gergiev was appointed Musical Director of the Mariinsky Theatre, and since 1996 he has been Artistic and General Director of the Mariinsky Theatre (Mariinsky Ballet, Opera and Orchestra ensembles). In 2006, the Concert Hall opened on the site of workshops that had burnt down. The new Mariinsky Theatre (Mariinsky II) opened in May 2013 alongside the historical Mariinsky Theatre. Gergiev has established and directs such international festivals as the ‘Stars of the White Nights’ festival (St. Petersburg), the ‘Moscow Easter Fes-
tival’ and the ‘Gergiev Festival’ (the Netherlands). He has led numerous composer cycles including Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Henri Dutilleux (b. 1916), Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Sergei Prokofiev (18911953), Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) in New York, London, Paris and other international cities and he has introduced audiences around the world to several rarely performed Russian operas. Maestro Gergiev staged a production of Richard Wagner’s tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen in the original German language, the first such production in Russian history, and led that production in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Seoul, Tokyo, New York, and London. Gergiev also champions contemporary Russian composers such as Rodion Shchedrin (b. 1932), Boris Tishchenko (19392010), Sofia Gubaidulina (b. 1931), Alexander Raskatov (b. 1953), Pavel Smelkov. At the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, there are not only performances of operas and symphonic programs, but also recordings of works for the Mariinsky label, established in 2009. Recent releases this past summer and this fall include Prokofiev The Gambler (DVD), Wagner Das Rheingold, Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 and R. Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten (DVD). His 2014 releases include Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 with Denis Matsuev and Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 (Matsuev) with Prokofiev Symphony No. 5. Earlier recordings are Wagner Die Walküre and Parsifal, Verdi Attila, Shostakovich Symphony No. 7, and Shchedrin’s The Enchanted Wanderer to name a few. Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra since 2007, Valery Gergiev performs with the LSO at the Barbican, the Proms and the ‘Edinburgh Festival’, as well as on extensive tours of Europe, North America and Asia. He also collaborates with the Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna Philharmonic, the orchestras of La Scala, New York, Munich and Rotterdam. In July 2013 he led the debut international tour of the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, an orchestra founded by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, and in 2016 assumes the post of principal conductor of the Münchner Philharmoniker. He is also founder and artistic director of the Stars of the White Nights Festival and New Horizons Festival in St. Petersburg, Moscow Easter Festival, Rotterdam Philharmonic Gergiev Festival, Mikkeli Music Festival, and the Red Sea Classical Music Festival in Eilat, Israel.
Valery Gergiev’s many awards include the title of People’s Artist of Russia, the Dmitri Shostakovich Award, the Polar Music Prize, Netherland’s Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion, Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun and the French Order of the Legion of Honor. Denis Matsuev -- Piano Denis Matsuev has become a fast-rising star on the international concert stage since his triumphant victory at the 11th International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1998, and has quickly established himself as one of the most sought-after pianists of his generation. Mr. Matsuev collaborates with the world’s best known orchestras, such as the New York, London, Berlin, Rotterdam, Israel, and Helsinki Philharmonics, Chicago, London, NHK, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh symphonies, Bavarian, BBC, Frankfurt and Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhaus and National Symphony Orchestra, WDR of Cologne, Verbier, Lucerne and Budapest Festival Orchestras, Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestre de la Swiss Romande, Zurich Opera House Orchestra, Orchestre National de France as well as the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. He is continually re-engaged with the legendary Russian orchestras such as the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Mariinsky Orchestra and the Russian National Orchestra. The 2014/15 season includes performances with the London Symphony Orchestra, engagements at the Koninklijk Concertgebouwork in Amsterdam and a recital at the Van Cliburn Foundation. Highlights of past seasons include appearances with Israel Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta in Russia, a tour in Israel under Yuri Temirkanov, Royal Philharmonic with Charles Dutoit, tours with London Symphony and Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev in the U.S., Europe and Japan; the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Krzysztof Urbanski, Philadelphia Orchestra under Gianandrea Noseda, a U.S. tour with the Pittsburgh Symphony under Manfred Honeck, in Europe with the Oslo Philharmonic and Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Yuri Temirkanov and a South American tour with the Concertgebouw under Mariss Jansons. Denis Matsuev appears regularly with the most prominent conductors on the stage today, including Lorin Maazel, Valery Gergiev, Zubin Mehta, Mariss Jansons, Yuri Temirkanov, Kurt Masur, Paavo Jarvi, Leonard Slatkin, Myung-Whun Chung, Antonio Pappano, Semyon Bychkov, Iván Fischer, Adam Fisher, Gianandrea Noseda, JukkaPekka Saraste, James Conlon, Vladimir Spivakov,
Mikhail Pletnev, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Yury Bashmet, Yury Simonov and others. Mr. Matsuev’s recital performances have brought him to Carnegie Hall and also the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle Pleyel in Paris, Konzerthaus in Vienna, and Great Hall of Moscow Conservatoire, among others. Mr. Matsuev is a frequent guest of world famous music festivals such as Ravinia and the Hollywood Bowl in the U.S., BBC Proms and Edinburgh International Festival in Great Britain, SchleswigHolstein, Rheingau, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden in Germany, Chopin Festival in Poland, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Mito Festival in Italy, Les Chorégies d’Orange and Festival de la Rogue d’Anthéron in France, Verbier and Montreux Festivals in Switzerland, Enescu Festival in Romania, Budapest Spring Festival in Hungary, Athens and Epidaurus Festival in Greece and Stars of the White Nights Festival in Russia. In 2010 the New York Philharmonic gave the orchestra’s 15,000th concert – a number unmatched by any other orchestra. This unprecedented milestone concert in Avery Fisher Hall took place with Denis Matsuev as soloist, conducted by Maestro Valery Gergiev, was praised highly by music critics. Mr. Matsuev was also chosen by the Sergei Rachmaninov Foundation to perform and record unknown pieces by the composer on his own piano at the Rachmaninov house “Villa Senar” in Lucerne. Since 2004 Denis Matsuev has organized “Stars on Baikal” in Irkutsk, Siberia (in 2009 he was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Irkutsk), and since 2005 he has been the artistic director of the music festival “Crescendo” (a series of events held in international cities such as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Tel Aviv, Kaliningrad, Paris and New York). In 2010 he became the Artistic Director of Annecy Music Festival in Annecy, France, with the goal of demonstrating the convergence of Russian and French music cultures. Denis Matsuev became the Artistic Director of the First International Astana Piano Passion Festival and Competition. Additionally, Mr. Matsuev is the president of the charitable Russian foundation “New Names” that supports youth music education in regions of his native Russia. Mariinsky Label releases include Rachmaninov’s Concerto No. 3, Shostakovich Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 and Shchedrin’s Fifth with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra in the famed Mariinsky Concert Hall. Among the many awards he has received is the Five Star rating of BBC Music Magazine.
Awards include The Presidential Council for Culture and Art’s Honored Artist of Russia, the titles “People’s Artist of Republic of North OssetiaAlania” and “People’s Artist of Republic of Adygea.” Denis Matsuev is a laureate of prestigious “Shostakovich’s Prize” in Music and State Prize of Russian Federation in Literature and Arts, is a “People’s Artist of Russia.” Denis Matsuev is also Honorary Professor of Moscow State University and became the head of The Public Council under The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The Mariinsky Orchestra The Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre enjoys a long and distinguished history as one of the oldest musical institutions in Russia. Founded in the 18th century during the reign of Peter the Great and housed in St. Petersburg’s famed Mariinsky Theatre since 1860, the Orchestra entered its “golden age” in the second half of the 19th century under the musical direction of Eduard Napravnik, whose leadership for more than a half century (1863-1916) secured its reputation as one of the finest in Europe. Numerous internationally famed musicians have conducted the Orchestra, among them Hans von Bülow, Felix Mottl, Felix Weingartner, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Otto Nikisch, Willem Mengelberg, Otto Klemperer, Bruno Walter, Erich Kleiber, Hector Berlioz, Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler and Arnold Schoenberg. Renamed the “Kirov” during the Soviet era, the Orchestra continued to maintain its high artistic standards under the leadership of Yevgeny Mravinsky and Yuri Temirkanov. The leadership of Valery Gergiev has enabled the Theatre to forge important relationships for the Ballet and Opera to appear in the world’s greatest opera houses and theatres, among them the Metropolitan Opera, the Kennedy Center, the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, the San Francisco
Opera, the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the Salzburg Festival and La Scala in Milan. The success of the Orchestra’s frequent tours has created the reputation of what one journalist referred to as “the world’s first global orchestra.” Since its US debut in 1992 the orchestra has made 17 tours of North America, including a 2006 celebration of the complete Shostakovich symphonies, a Cycle of Stage Works of Prokofiev in 2008, major works of Hector Berlioz in February/March 2010, a Centennial Mahler Cycle in Carnegie Hall in October 2010, and in October 2011, the Mariinsky Orchestra opened Carnegie Hall’s 120th season with a cycle of Tchaikovsky Symphonies which was also performed throughout the US and in Canada. Maestro Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra celebrated the maestro’s 60th birthday in North America in October 2013 with works by Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich. Maestro Gergiev established the Mariinsky Label in 2009 and has since released 20 CDs including Shostakovich Piano Concerto Nos. 1&2, Symphonies Nos. 1&15, Nos. 2&11, Nos. 3&10, No. 7, No. 8 and “The Nose,” Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 & “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” with Denis Matsuev, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 with Daniil Trifonov and 1812 Overture, Shchedrin “The Enchanted Wanderer”, Massenet’s “Don Quichotte”, Stravinsky “Oedipus Rex” & “Les Noces,” Wagner’s “Parsifal,” “Die Walkure” and “Das Rheingold”, Donizetti “Lucia di Lammermoor,” and 6 DVD/Blu-ray products, including Tchaikovsky Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6, Balanchine’s ballet “Jewels,” Verdi’s “Attila,” Strauss “Die Frau ohne Schatten” and Prokofiev’s “The Gambler”. His Mariinsky Label releases in 2014 include Shostakovich Symphonies Nos 4, 5 & 6, Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 as well as Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3 and Symphony No 5, both with Denis Matsuev and Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet on Double Play Blu-ray and DVD.
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Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2014-2015 season is made possible, in part, by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation and other numerous foundations, corporations and individuals.
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MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA Valery Gergiev, Music Director and Conductor FIRST VIOLIN Stanislav Izmaylov Principal Alexei Lukirsky Leonid Veksler Anton Kozmin Mikhail Rikhter Khristian Artamonov Dina Zikeyeva Kristina Minosian Viktoria Boezhova Danara Urgadulova Vsevolod Vasiliev Andrei Tyan Tatiana Moroz SECOND VIOLIN Zumrad Ilieva Principal Elena Luferova Viktoria Shchukina Anastasia Lukirskaya Andrei Pokatov Inna Demchenko Natalia Polevaya Alexei Krasheninnikov Elena Shirokova Mikhail Zagorodnyuk Olga Timofeyeva Svetlana Petrova VIOLA Yuri Afonkin Principal Dinara Muratova Lina Golovina Alexander Shelkovnikov Yevgeny Barsov Roman Ivanov Mikhail Anikeyev Ilya Vasiliev Andrei Petushkov Andrei Lyzo CELLO Oleg Sendetsky Principal Anton Gakkel Dmitry Ganenko Viktor Kustov Yekaterina Larina Omar Bairamov Daniil Bryskin Vladimir Yunovich Oxana Moroz Anton Valner
DOUBLE BASS Kirill Karikov Principal Vladimir Shostak Vladislav Ryabokon Denis Kashin Yevgeny Ryzhkov Sergey Akopov Boris Markelov Sergei Trafimovich FLUTE Nikolai Mokhov Sofia Viland Tatiana Khvatova Alexander Marinesku Mikhail Pobedinskiy Aglaya Shuplyakova OBOE Pavel Kundyanok Alexander Levin Alexei Fyodorov Ilya Ilin CLARINET Viktor Kulyk Ivan Stolbov Nikita Vaganov Vitaly Papyrin Dmitry Kharitonov Yuri Zyuryaev BASSOON Rodion Tolmachev Yuri Radzevich Ruslan Mamedov Alexander Sharykin HORN Stanislav Tses Dmitry Vorontsov Alexander Afanasiev Alexei Pozin Vladislav Kuznetsov Yuri Akimkin Pyotr Rodin Dmitry Lezhnin
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History of Leadership
Mayo Performing Arts Center Board of Trustees – January 2015 Joseph M. Goryeb, Chairman Robert Mulholland, Vice Chairman Anita J. Siegel, Esq., Secretary & Legal Counsel Matthew Finlay, Treasurer Allison Larena, President & CEO Rev. Janet Broderick Sally Epstein Edward A. Gramigna, Jr., Esq. Gregory J. Heher Linda Hellstrom John P. Hyland, CFP Unjeria C. Jackson, MD Jefferson W. Kirby Joseph M. Longo Marylyn McLaughlin James F. Quinn Harry J. Riskin Mary Jane Robertson Thomas J. Ross, Jr. Douglas Sieg Gregory J. Supron Chairman Emeritus Bud Mayo Trustee Emeritus Leonard Sichel
Honorary Board of Trustees The Honorable Brendan T. Byrne The Honorable Timothy P. Dougherty The Honorable Thomas H. Kean, Sr. Joe Piscopo John Pizzarelli
1994 Morris International Festival of the Arts Festival Committee* Alexander Slobodyanik, Artistic Director Laryssa Krupa, Executive Director John B. Dangler, Esq., Project Manager Victor Czartorysky Elizabeth A. Dangler Patricia M. Dangler Jeffery Davis Lynn Finkel Ulrich Hartung William H. Needham II Theresa Battista Needham James Sharshan Don Jay Smith Linda Smith Irene Van Deusen Matthew Williams
South Street Theatre Company, Inc Board of Trustees (Spring 1995)** Thomas C. Wajnert, Chairman Don Jay Smith, President John B. Dangler, Vice President Linda Kiger Smith, Secretary Bud Mayo, Treasurer Thomas P. Geyer Laryssa Krupa William Needham James F. Quinn John Walsh
Chairmen of the Board of Trustees Thomas Wajnert 1994 -1998 Donald J. Smith 1998 - 2004 Bud Mayo 2004 - 2008 Robert Mulholland 2008 - 2012 Joseph M. Goryeb 2012 to present *As printed in the Sept. 29, 1994 program **As printed in Spring 1995 materials
Founders, Builders and Visionaries Mayo Performing Arts Center honors our Major Capital Campaign Contributors for gifts of $50,000+ for theatre renovations 1998 - 2014 $1,000,000+
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation F.M. Kirby Foundation Sudy and Bud Mayo The MCJ Amelior Foundation
$500,000-$999,999
$250,000-$499,999
The Kresge Foundation The John and Margaret Post Foundation Warner-Lambert Company
A.P. Kirby, Jr. Foundation, Inc. The Gagnon Family The Hyde and Watson Foundation Paula and William Marino Novartis Pharmaceuticals State of New Jersey
$100,000-$249,999 Allied Signal Patti and David Aresty The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation Garwood N. Burwell Elliott Averett Family Joseph and Jeanne Goryeb GPU, Inc.
Linda and Jay Hellstrom Honeywell Anita Hotchkiss and Christopher Martin Jockey Hollow Foundation Lawrence Schacht Foundation Morristown Partnership Nabisco
Eileen and N. Larry Paragano Sr. Jane Rehmke and Leland Schubert Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Schaenen William E. Simon Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Wiley
$50,000-$99,999 Wendy and Jim Aresty AT&T Foundation Joseph and Gail Barry The Bedminster Fund Andrew Boszhardt Chip Carver and Anne DeLaney Richard P. Casey The Conger Family Foundation Chris and Bob Cox The Culbertson Family John J. Curley and Patricia A. Jennings Francie and John Downing Anne and John Duffy The Ellis Family
Sally Epstein Jill and Dave Farris Bonnie and Harry Gardner Marguerite and Joseph Goryeb, Sr. Sheridan and John Greeniaus The Hampshire Foundation Jeffrey and Sarah Hanson Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Heher Jacobs Levy Equity Management Mr. and Mrs. James P. Kenney Gail and Ben Lobel Pamela and Joseph Longo Cindy and Bob McCann Marylyn and Tom McLaughlin
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Miller Colette and Jim Mongey Carol and Robert Mulholland Helen and Grant Parr Mary Jane Robertson and James A. Clark Brenda and Leonard Sichel Donna and Bill Stack Wendy and Gregory Supron Villa Enterprises Managment and Scotto Properties Kim and Finn Wentworth Jeanne and David Zenker
Listing includes cumulative contributions to the following campaigns: Theatre Builders 1998-2001 Setting the Stage 2006-2010 Main Lobby Building Project 2011-2014
We are deeply grateful to all of our supporters!
The Miracle on South Street Celebrating 20 years!
The 2014-2015 season marks the 20th anniversary of the Mayo Performing Arts Center. Originally built as Morristown’s premier movie theater in 1937 and called The Community Theatre, MPAC (renamed in 2009) was saved from the wrecking ball in 1994 by a group of community volunteers who envisioned the value a vibrant arts center could have on a town. On September 29, 1994, a Gala Concert by the Kirov Orchestra of St. Petersburg, conducted by Valery Gergiev, with soloists bass Jerome Hines and pianist Alexander Slobodyanik, marked a new era for Morristown’s Community Theatre. Morris County’s “event of the decade” was the triumphant culmination of a heroic community effort, guided by the vision and determination of Morristown resident, concert pianist Alexander Slobodyanik and his wife, Laryssa. When he was first introduced to the silent and neglected theatre in early 1993, Mr Slobodyanik was impressed by its parameters and acoustics, but dismayed by the skepticism and unsuccessful efforts to revitalize the theatre. He believed that an unconventional approach, of artistic support and performances of the highest artistic caliber, would prove the theatre’s potential and “give it new life.” For this mission he gathered the support of his friends and colleagues, artists of international prominence, and created the Morris International Festival of the Arts. In February 1994 he invited his friend, maestro Valery Gergiev to see the theatre with the hope that he would commit to the opening concert. Inside the frigid and icicle clad hall Mr Gergiev announced, “The Kirov will play here.”
Lobby 1994
Opening Night Program 1994
When the lease for use of the Theatre was finally signed in July 1994, the magic began. Inspired by the promise of an extraordinary event, a unique opportunity to save their beloved theatre, hundreds of volunteers came forth to be a part of the massive rehabilitation and preparations for the September 29 concert. Much has changed since then. Today, Morristown’s community theater has blossomed into a world class performing arts center, undergoing four major renovations since 1994. In 2007, the stage house was expanded by 24,000 square feet to accommodate a larger stage, dressing rooms, updated production amenities, an orchestra pit and administrative offices. The most recent front of house renovations included a digital marquee, a new box office, an elevator, renovated lobby and expanded and updated restroom facilities. MPAC remains Morristown’s crown jewel, and has evolved into a world renowned performing arts center, with over 200 events on our stage every year, attracting over 200,000 patrons, with ticket sales in excess of $8 million, and with an economic impact over $14 million on the area. Tony Bennett, Ringo Starr, Jerry Seinfeld, Jackson Browne, and many more of the world’s best known performers have graced the stage. It is the Morris County home to the New Jersey Symphony and New Jersey Ballet, and over the years, has provided space for many other New Jersey based arts organizations. Beyond our concerts is the growth of MPAC’s education and outreach programs that bring the arts experience to children in communities throughout New Jersey, engaging the next generation of arts lovers in educational programs that instill confidence, inspire learning and encourage teamwork. From our teen Performing Arts Company to school residency programs, productions such as Hairspray to Music Students of the Month, MPAC education programs touch the lives of over 40,000 children and families annually. “The Miracle on South Street,” as dubbed by late historian John T. Cunningham, still continues to inspire.
Cast of Hairspray 2000 Renovations
Liza Minnelli christens new stage
2014 Front of House Renovations
Milestones: September 1994
The Community Theatre reopens with a sold out performance by the Kirov Orchestra of St. Petersburg conducted by Valery Gergiev.
January 1995
The South Street Theatre Company, a non-profit organization, was formed to purchase and renovate the theatre.
June 1996
1996-1997
1997-2000
November 1999
The South Street Theater Company aka The Community Theatre begins its first full year of operation with a $700,000 operating budget. Economic impact study, conducted by firm of Zeigler & Lanier, reported that The Community Theatre had an economic impact of $1.5 million. Capital Campaign is undertaken to create funding for a comprehensive refurbishing and upgrade of the theatre. $7.5 million dollars is raised to completely refurbish the auditorium, lobby areas, original restrooms, plaza entrance and a portion of the façade. First Starlight Ball is held.
2000
Theatre membership numbers 512; number of Community Theatre presentations is 67; total attendance is 42,668.
2000-2001
Season highlights include Lou Rawls, Maynard Ferguson, Dave Brubeck and Willie Nelson.
2001-2002
Season highlights include Roberta Flack, Ray Charles and Bob Newhart.
Spring 2004
The Community Theatre opens the Art Upstairs visual arts gallery.
March 2005
Theatre offers two arts education workshops as a precursor to the launch of the Performing Arts School in September 2005.
May 2005
Theatre membership numbers 750; number of Community Theatre presentations is 98; total attendance is 73,733.
Winter 2006
Economic Impact Study conducted by T.J. Spitznas & Associates during the fiscal year ending in June 2005 reported that The Community Theatre’s total economic impact on the County was approximately $6 million.
March 2006
Tickets sales for Community Theatre presentations break $2 million barrier for the first time.
June 2006
September 2006
November 2006
June 2007
September 2007
Winter 2008
March 2008
A groundbreaking ceremony marks the theatre’s official beginning of the Theatre’s expansion project. Concurrently, the Theatre announces its $7 million Setting the Stage Capital Campagn to finance the project. The audition-only teen Performing Arts Company is launched. Using a temporary stage as construction continues, The Community Theatre opens its 2006-2007 season. The Community Theatre announces name change to Mayo Center for the Performing Arts, after Bud Mayo, its Board Chairman, for his long-time financial support and service. Liza Minnelli christens the newly expanded stagehouse and opens the 2007-2008 season on September 28. The Starlight Room is introduced at a Capital Campaign Reception in January. The Administrative staff moves into new offices in the Pine Street Center in February. First summer season is announced.
June 2008
Ticket sales for 2007-2008 season top $3.5 million, a million dollar increase over the previous year. Membership jumps 25% over the previous year.
June 2008
Brooklyn Doo Wop Reunion Show is first ever summer concert. Theatre is now air conditioned.
October 2008
The Starlight Room begins use as a reception space for sponsors and members.
November 2009
Artist Green Room and catering facility is completed on the second floor of the Pine Street Center.
February 2009
The Performing Arts Education Studios open on the second floor of the Pine Street Center.
July 2009
Performing Arts School begins summer workshops.
March 2010
Starlight Series is launched with storytelling, cabaret and one-person performances in The Starlight Room.
July 2010
Theatre launches Music Without Borders free summer outdoor concerts, in association with Arts Council of the Morris Area.
September 2010
Upstairs Balcony Renovations.
December 2010
February 2011
Construction begins on New Jersey Ballet’s 40th Anniversary Nutcracker is performed for 10 performances. MPAC serves as Region 4 host of New Jersey Poetry Out Loud competition.
April 2011
Upstairs balcony renovations are completed. The new lobby space features a refurbished Art Gallery, additional restrooms and upgraded concessions
May 2011
Ticket sales surpass $6 million.
May 2011
According to an Economic Impact Calculator created by Americans for the Arts, MPAC’s impact on the region is $12.5 million.
April 2012
Allison Larena, President and CEO of MPAC since 2002, is named Outstanding Arts Advocate 2012 by the Arts Council of the Morris Area.
June 2012
Former Beatle Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band perform on stage in MPAC’s season ending concert to a sold out crowd.
August 2012
According to an Economic Impact Calculator created by Americans for the Arts, MPAC’s impact on the region is $14 million.
September 2012
Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno visits MPAC as one of her stops on her “Arts Means Business” tour.
November 2012
After Hurricane Sandy disrupts theatre operations and causes cancellation of four performances and the Starlight Ball, the Theatre reopens with a performance by former Supertramp lead singer Roger Hodgson. The Theatre and its patrons raise over $5000 for Sandy relief efforts throughout the month.
December 23, 2012
The Theatre celebrates the 75th anniversary of its opening, December 23, 1937. Mayor Timothy Dougherty of Morristown declares December 23, Mayo Performing Arts Center Day.
January 2013
MPAC education department launches new “School Partnership” collaboration with the Morris Educational Foundation and the Morris School District that aims to improve literacy scores and language arts skills through use of the performing arts.
May 2013
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is performed on stage for four performances, featuring a cast of 75 talented young artists
Summer 2013
Renovations to the front of the Theatre begin. New electronic marquee is installed on the plaza.
May 2014
Hairspray, MPAC’s second youth musical, features over 80 performers with over 3,500 spectators.
October 2013
The new box office opens, as well as the theatre’s expanded bathrooms.
June 2014
Ticket sales for 2013-2014 season top $8 million.
January 2014
Elevator to the upstairs lobby opens.
September 2014
Winter 2014
MPAC begins a pilot educational outreach program with Paterson schools and St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, providing arts education to a school district that has none.
On the 20th anniversary of its opening, MPAC cuts ribbon on the completion of the Main Lobby Building Project, a $2 million renovation that includes a digital marquee, box office, upgraded restooms, elevator and more. The event features Tony-nominated composer Keith Herrmann’s song, “It Feels Like Home,” specifically written for the event and performed by MPAC’s Performing Arts Company.
MPAC Staff Allison Larena Administration Ed Kirchdoerffer Sasha Barish Anthony Scareon Timothy McMurray Jason Fluegge Charles Miller Greg Seamon Adrienne Beck Sarah Jayne Oltz Box Office Marthe Lablans Carolyn Zybura Lauren Antonelli Ellen Avigliano Kathleen O’Donnell Doreen Kirsch Dena Di Rocco Marlene Rabiner Angela Scott
President & CEO General Manager Finance Manager Manager of Administration & Board Relations Operations Manager Special Projects Manager Programming Consultant Programming Coordinator Programming Assistant Administrative Office Receptionist Ticketing Manager Senior Box Office Associate Box Office Associate Box Office Associate Box Office Associate Box Office Associate Box Office Associate Box Office Associate Box Office Associate
Development Marysue DePaola Development Director Justin Wynn Assistant Director of Development Marcia Hunter Major & Capital Gifts Manager Lana Gusoff Membership & Special Events Manager Alejandra Castaño Development Assistant
Education Cathy Roy Roxie Zeek Justin Long House Management Erin Pach Mark Mattera John Ricca Michael Del Vecchio
Education Director Education/Marketing Coordinator Education Projects Coordinator Senior House Manager & Volunteer Coordinator House/ Starlight Room Manager Assistant House Manager Assistant House Manager
Maintenance Yevgeniy Nozik Marketing Jean Leonard Michael Dundon Lauren Soule Amanda Franko Production Jed DeFilippis Brian Isaacs Lee Kaloidis Karen Kogut Luke Kostuchik Stephan Wojtecki
Marketing Director Audience Development Manager Digital Content Manager Marketing Coordinator Production Director Production Manager Production Coordinator Catering Manager Technical Assistant Audio Engineer
MPAC by the Numbers $11 Million+ annual budget
Attendance over 200,000
200+ Concerts and events $8.3 million in ticket sales
300+ visual artists exhibited 500+ students in the Performing Arts School
$2.2+ million in contributed income annually 40,000+ students reached through educational programs
140+ volunteers and 25+ interns Attendance from all 21 NJ counties $14 million+ economic impact 37,000+ touched by community outreach efforts
1,100+ Members and Supporters
EDUCATION
Performing Arts School
Summer Camps
Afterschool Arts Enrichment Outreach programs
Free outdoor concerts
School residency programs
Student Program Book Cover Art Contest
$9,000 in PAS Scholarships
Music Student of the Month
MPAC EDUCATION programS reach over
Intern program
40,000 STUDENTS ANNUALLY Masterclasses
Performing Arts Company In-Theatre Educational performances for schools
Poetry Out Loud Regional Host Annual Spring Youth Mainstage Musical
Broadway Guest Artist Series