MetLiveArts: Spring 2016 Season by The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Spring 2016

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New Commissions and Premieres Scott Johnson: Mind Out of Matter NY Premiere Tue Mar 1, 7 pm Pioneering composer Scott Johnson teams up with the renowned new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound in Mind Out of Matter, a work based on the recorded voice of Daniel Dennett, the pioneering philosopher who grounds his thinking in cognitive science and evolutionary theory. This colorful, rockinflected score employs Johnson’s signature style of crafting melodies and rhythms directly from Dennett’s speech patterns. Tickets start at $25 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

The Colorado NY Premiere Wed May 18, 7 pm The exhilarating and award-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, and percussionist Glenn Kotche perform a live score to a singular film narrated by stage legend Mark Rylance. For five million years, the Colorado River has carved some of the most majestic landscapes on the planet, but the modernday demands of agriculture and climate change have put the once-mighty river’s future in peril. With extraordinary imagery of the Colorado River Basin, from the peaks of the Rockies to the red cliffs of the Grand Canyon, through Hoover Dam to drought-plagued California, this piece inspires a call to action and combines original music, stunning cinematography, and an urgent message. Tickets start at $40 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Produced by VisionIntoArt in association with New Amsterdam Presents, The Colorado is a collaboration among composers John Luther Adams, William Brittelle, Paola Prestini, Glenn Kotche, and Shara Worden; filmmakers Sylvestre Campe, David Sarno, and Murat Eyuboglu; and education advisor, historian, and conservationist William deBuys.

Suzanne Farrin: La Dolce Morte World Premiere Fri Apr 1, 7 pm & Sat Apr 2, 2 pm & 7 pm Commissioned by MetLiveArts specifically for our exquisite 16th-century Vélez Blanco Patio, La Dolce Morte is the most perfect expression of live arts at the Museum. In this intimate and evocative space, La Dolce Morte resurrects the spirit of Michelangelo, who was not only a painter, sculptor, and architect, but also a poet. The master’s love poetry, written to Tommaso de’ Cavalieri, a young nobleman and intimate friend of Michelangelo, forms the libretto for this visceral work by Suzanne Farrin in deep collaboration with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), the world’s most celebrated new music ensemble. The sizzling countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo is the voice of Michelangelo, whose words are as physically intense and heartbreakingly beautiful as any of his sculpture. Tickets start at $95 Vélez Blanco Patio

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Vijay Iyer: A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke World Premiere Wed Mar 30, 7 pm & Thu Mar 31, 7 pm See page 12 for full description. Tickets start at $45 The Met Breuer

Karlheinz Stockhausen: KLANG US Premiere Fri Mar 25–Sat Mar 26 See page 12 for full description. Free with Museum Admission The Met Fifth Avenue + The Met Breuer + The Met Cloisters metmuseum.org/klang Front Cover: Third Coast Percussion © Saverio Truglia Colorado River Delta, Baja California, Mexico. Photo by Murat Eyuboglu La Celestina © ERRATICA Karlheinz Stockhausen photo by Erich Boehm used with permission of the Stockhausen-Verlag

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Exhibitions Amplified Schastey’s Steinway: Music of the Gilded Age George A. Schastey, one of the Gilded Age’s most celebrated cabinetmakers and decorators, created interiors and objects for some of the nation’s wealthiest individuals. His only known signed work is a magnificent art case for an 1882 Steinway, which will be at the center of three dazzling salon performances featuring the popular salon and parlor music of the day. These concerts are presented in conjunction with Artistic Furniture of the Gilded Age: George A. Schastey, on view through May 1, 2016. Single tickets start at $75 / Series: $195 The Erving and Joyce Wolf Gallery, Gallery 746

Something Strange: The American Parlor Meets the French Avant-Garde Fri Feb 5, 7 pm Pianist Michael Brown and guests perform works by French innovators Fauré, Debussy, Saint-Saëns, and Franck on George Schastey’s exquisite 1882 Steinway. With Nicholas Canellakis (cello), Jerome Lowenthal (piano), and Rihab Chaieb (mezzo-soprano).

A Bird in a Gilded Cage Sat Apr 16, 7 pm Arias, art songs, operetta hits, and popular songs lived happily side by side in the Gilded Age salon. The Irish mezzo-soprano Naomi O’Connell brings the salon to life in an intimate and entertaining program.

Songs and Stories from the American Parlor Fri Mar 4, 7 pm Pianist John Davis performs music by some of the Gilded Age’s busiest, most celebrated and widely performed pianist/ composers. These American Roots music pioneers greatly influenced the development of jazz, rhythm & blues, and rock ‘n’ roll. Music by Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Blind Tom, Blind Boone, Jelly Roll Morton, and others.

Model B grand piano from the William Clark House, Newark, New Jersey, 1882. Maker: case by George A. Schastey, 1839–1894; Maker: Steinway & Sons. Rosewood, satinwood, purpleheart, brass, and silver. 60 × 84 × 40 in. (152.4 × 213.4 × 101.6 cm); 72 in. H with top open. Collection of Paul Manganaro

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In the Salon of Vigée Le Brun Fri Apr 8, 7 pm Fortepianist Jory Vinikour, soprano Jolle Greenleaf, and violinist Robert Mealy perform works evoking the world of painter Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, the most important woman artist of her time. This concert highlights Vigée Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary France, on view February 15–May 15, 2016. Tickets start at $65 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Pergamon: The Romantic Obsession Fri Apr 15, 7 pm Pianist and program curator Brian Zeger is joined by soprano Susanna Phillips and bass-baritone Shenyang for an allSchubert evening exploring the romantic obsession with ancient Greece. Historian Christopher Gibbs rounds out the evening. This concert is presented in conjunction with Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World, on view April 18–July 10, 2016. Tickets start at $50 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Jolle Greenleaf © Stephanie Berger Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale (detail). Roman, Late Republican, ca. 50–40 B.C. Overall: 69 x 76in. (175.3 x 193cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1903 (03.14.6)

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Sight and Sound

Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now Conductor and music historian Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now explore the places where musical and visual expression meet, pairing orchestral works with masterpieces from the Metropolitan Museum’s collection. Botstein discusses the works, conducts a performance of the music, and answers your questions. View the paintings before the concerts! All tickets include all-day admission to the Museum.

Strauss, Watteau, and Nostalgia

Strauss’s Le bourgeois gentilhomme and Watteau’s The French Comedians

Mendelssohn, Turner, and Romantic Imagination Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 and J.M.W. Turner’s Whalers

Sun Feb 7, 2 pm

Sun May 22, 2 pm

Old-fashioned characters take the stage in Watteau’s circa-1720 painting of a theater scene. Strauss, who was obsessed with the past, wrote music for a 1912 update of Molière’s play Le bourgeois gentilhomme, which he later formed into an orchestral suite.

The work of legendary British artist J. M. W. Turner, who was portrayed in the Oscar-nominated film Mr. Turner (2014), could easily have inspired the composer Mendelssohn, who began work on his “Scottish” Symphony after an 1829 trip to Britain.

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Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775– 1851). Whalers (detail), ca. 1845. Oil on canvas; 36 1/8 x 48 1/4 in. (91.8 x 122.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1896 (96.29)

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The Talking Drums of Mali featuring Baye Kouyaté and Les Tougarakes (The Nomads) Fri Mar 11, 6 & 7:30 pm In Mali, the jeli, or griot, is an honored member of society—an advisor, historian, and storyteller charged with preserving the ancient stories and the nation’s history. Percussionist and old soul Baye Kouyaté comes from this lineage and, with his calabash and “talking drum,” is a walking history book, bubbling over with natural enthusiasm and creative energy. He’s joined by a high-spirited crew of musicians, all masters of traditional instruments. Tickets start at $30 The Petrie Court Café Presented in collaboration with the Malian Cultural Center.

Acoustic Africa: Habib Koité and Vusi Mahlasela Wed Apr 13, 7 pm “...the rhythm of my feet and my heartbeat say Africa, say Africa, say Africa.” —From Vusi Mahlasela’s Say Africa Two world-renowned artists celebrate the ties that bind them through their shared African roots. Rolling Stone calls Habib Koité “Mali’s biggest pop star;” full of wit and wisdom, the composer and guitarist is a modern troubadour. Vusi Mahlasela— known in South Africa simply  as “The Voice”—is a singer-songwriter, poet, and activist who performed at Nelson Mandela’s inauguration. Together, they recall rich traditions of voice and song.

Amjad Ali Khan Sat Apr 2, 3 pm “There is no essential difference between classical and popular music,” says Amjad Ali Khan. “Music is music. I want to communicate with the listener who finds Indian classical music remote.” From the city of Gwalior in central India to the BBC Proms to Carnegie Hall, this Indian celebrity has been turning people on to the spellbinding sound of his sarod (lute-like fretted string instrument) and enthralling longtime fans with his virtuosity. Khan performs with his sons, Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan, the family’s seventh generation of sarod players and “worthy heirs to their father’s crown” (Songlines). Tickets start at $45 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Presented in collaboration with World Music Institute.

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Baye Kouyaté photo courtesy of the artist

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Chamber Music Surface Tension Wed Feb 10, 7 pm The Met is both setting and springboard for this concert. The “magnificently energetic” (New York Times) Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy has created Surface Tension, a new work written for and inspired by the Museum’s percussion collection. A vital and vibrant evening of superb music. Tickets start at $30 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Quartet for the End of Time Sun Mar 13, 2 pm Alan Gilbert, violin Carter Brey, cello Anthony McGill, clarinet Inon Barnatan, piano The Met’s Temple of Dendur provides the solemn setting for the work the New Yorker calls “the most ethereally beautiful music of the twentieth century.” Tickets start at $65 The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing

Quartet in Residence: Chiara String Quartet

Presented in collaboration with the New York Philharmonic.

Full of great ideas, the energetic musicians of the “truly breathtaking” (Washington Post) Chiara String Quartet—one of the most powerful and passionate practitioners of the string quartet genre—bring their passion and unusually keen intellect to bear on Bartók, Frank, Schubert, and Beethoven.

Bartók and Frank

Death and the Maiden

Fri Mar 18, 7 pm

Fri May 6, 7 pm

Composer Gabriela Lena Frank draws on her Peruvian roots for Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout, written for Chiara. The group pairs the piece with works by Bartók (Quartet No. 4 and piano transcriptions arranged for string quartet by Frank), who greatly influenced Frank in her passion for ethnomusicology.

Two very different meditations on death by two great masters: Schubert grappled with his own mortality in the haunting and dramatic String Quartet No. 14, Death and the Maiden; Beethoven composed his String Quartet No. 12—the first of his groundbreaking “late” quartets—when he was utterly deaf and near the end of his life.

Chiara String Quartet © Lisa-Marie Mazzucco

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György Ligeti © H.J. Kropp

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Jay Campbell © Beowulf Sheehan

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Ligeti Forward Conceived and programmed by Jay Campbell

The seminal composer György Ligeti said he saw colors when he heard sounds. Just imagine what you’ll “see” when, on the tenth anniversary of the composer’s death, MetLiveArts teams with Alan Gilbert and the Ensemble of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI for an all-star, three-concert mini-marathon of the music of Ligeti and the successors he influenced. A Co-Presentation of the New York Philharmonic, LUCERNE FESTIVAL, and MetLiveArts.

Alan Gilbert, conductor Ensemble of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI Tickets start at $50 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Fri June 3, 7 pm Alexandre Lunsqui Kinetic Study #2 Unsuk Chin Fantaisie mécanique Ligeti Piano Concerto Conor Hanick, piano

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Sat June 4, 7 pm Marc-André Dalbavie Axiom Dai Fujikura ice Ligeti Cello Concerto Jay Campbell, cello Sun June 5, 2 pm Gérard Grisey Talea John Zorn Remedy of Fortune Ligeti Violin Concerto Pekka Kuusisto, violin

Renaissance and Baroque Masters Shakespeare and Cervantes: Juilliard415 with Jordi Savall

Transcendental Taverner: Clarion at The Met

Semper Dowland: Parthenia Viol Consort featuring Paul O’Dette

Fri Apr 29, 7:30 pm

Sat May 7, 3 & 7 pm

Sat Jan 30, 7 pm

The astonishing voices of Clarion return to The Met to perform some of the most powerful compositions of the Renaissance, including John Taverner’s Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas and his expansive motet for Easter, Dum transisset Sabbatum.

One poet claimed, “Dowland’s heavenly touch upon the lute doth ravish human sense!” The master English lutenist and composer John Dowland died in 1626, but the viol consort Parthenia with Paul O’Dette and Christel Thielmann do him exquisite justice in their transporting rendition of the composer’s most famous work, the Lachrimae of 1604. The work has entranced interpreters through the ages, from Julian Bream, to Christopher Hogwood, to Sting (yes, that Sting!) .

A program commemorating the fourhundredth anniversary of the deaths of William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes. Jordi Savall leads Juilliard415 with special guests Bruce Dickey (cornetto), Stephen Stubbs (guitar), and Lluis Vilamajo (tenor). Tickets start at $75 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Tickets start at $75 The Medieval Sculpture Hall

Tickets start at $70 Vélez Blanco Patio

Venice Baroque Orchestra Performs Vivaldi Sat Apr 9, 7 pm The brilliant Venice Baroque Orchestra performs music by Antonio Vivaldi and his student and close collaborator, the Dresden-based Johann Georg Pisendel. Tickets start at $65 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Photo courtesy of Venice Baroque Orchestra

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Jordi Savall © Stephanie Berger

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: A Tale of Two Wolves Sat Mar 5, 1, 3:30 & 6 pm Straight from Europe’s musical mecca, the Salzburg Marionette Theatre presents two thrilling premieres: a new production of Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf (1936) plus Little Red Riding Hood. Tickets start at $40 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Peter and the Wolf photo courtesy Salzburg Marionette Theatre

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The Met Breuer In March 2016, The Met kicks off its inaugural season in The Met Breuer: Marcel Breuer’s brutalist architectural masterpiece on 75th Street and Madison Avenue. We welcome The Met Breuer with new commissions and premieres from three highly original yet very different composers who, through their unique vision and creativity, unite The Met’s three iconic buildings.

Vijay Iyer at The Met Breuer

Karlheinz Stockhausen: KLANG

John Luther Adams: Soundwalk 9:09

March 18–30, Museum hours Resident Artist Vijay Iyer will occupy The Met Breuer’s Lobby Gallery in March, inhabiting the space creatively and bringing his encyclopedic breadth of artistic practice to a residency, redefined. Iyer will highlight his full body of work with performances that will run continuously throughout Museum hours. He will perform solo, with other musicians and performers, and will also curate performances by fellow performers. Additionally Iyer will create sound installations specifically for the gallery, resulting in full-day performance experiences. Guest artists will include: Wadada Leo Smith, Miranda Cuckson, Okkyung Lee, Michelle Boulé, Tyshawn Sorey, Rajna and Anjna Swaminathan, and Jen Shyu.

US Premiere Fri Mar 25–Sat Mar 26 check metmuseum.org/klang for times and locations

World Premiere Commissioned by MetLiveArts to celebrate the opening of our new building, The Met Breuer, Soundwalk 9:09 takes its title from the time it takes to walk between The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Breuer: nine minutes and nine seconds. The composition will be released to the public as a free download via The Met website and the WQXR app on March 1, 2016. Download to your device and listen to this powerful new composition by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams who, for his first New York City composition, has ingeniously turned an eight-block stretch of city grid into a magic polyphonic, antiphonic personal musical adventure.

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Vijay Iyer: A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke

Karlheinz Stockhausen’s fiercely original KLANG (meaning “sound” in German) is an acoustic and electronic work so massive that it requires all day and all three of The Met’s iconic buildings to stage. Steeped in spirituality and mysticism, this twenty-onepart composition was originally envisioned by Stockhausen as consisting of twentyfour individual compositions (one for each hour of the day), but the work was left unfinished at the time of his death. This performance will mark the US premiere of KLANG in its entirety; it will be performed at The Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Breuer, and The Met Cloisters. Presented in collaboration with Analog Arts.

Free download at metmuseum.org and Q2music.org metmuseum.org/soundwalk

Free with Museum admission The Met Fifth Avenue + The Met Breuer + The Met Cloisters

World Premiere Wed Mar 30, 7 pm & Thu Mar 31, 7 pm Resident Artist Vijay Iyer premieres a new work commissioned by MetLiveArts for an exhibition dedicated to Indian modernist Nasreen Mohamedi. This concert is presented in conjunction with Nasreen Mohamedi, on view March 18–June 5, 2016. Tickets start at $45 The Met Breuer

Vijay Iyer © Paula Lobo

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Vijay Iyer Artist in Residence “There’s probably no frame wide enough to encompass the creative output of the pianist Vijay Iyer.” —New York Times

MetSpeaks Daytime Talks The Secrets of Belle’s Boudoir : A Lioness, her Pearls, and her Museums 3 Thursdays at 11 am: Feb 11, 18 & 25 Anne Higonnet, Professor of Art History, Barnard College, Columbia University In 1881, Belle Worsham commissioned a magic space from leading New York City decorator George Schastey. With erotic symbols on all its surfaces, this room—now part of The Met’s collection—launched the most successful sexual career of the Gilded Age. Belle turned herself into one of the richest women in America, and a magnificent collector. At last, her whole scandalous story can be told. These programs are presented in conjunction with Artistic Furniture of the Gilded Age: Worsham-Rockefeller Dressing Room, on permanent view. Thu Feb 11: A Lioness Belle arrives in New York with nothing but her brains and beauty. Decode the signs hidden in her most intimate room, including the lioness and her lion. This talk concludes with Belle on the brink of marriage to a vast robber-baron fortune. Thu Feb 18: Her Pearls Belle’s plan unfolds. Learn how Belle saves her illegitimate son, loses a husband, and acquires sumptuous jewels, masterpiece paintings by Vermeer and Rembrandt, royal furniture, and a French château. Thu Feb 25: Her Museums Belle reaches her apotheosis. A second husband (technically, her nephew) restores the missing half of her fortune, whisks her to California, and immortalizes her in a Temple of Love. In the end, Belle’s best treasures are reunited at The Met. Tickets start at $30 / Series: $75 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Alexandre Cabanel, (French, 1823–1889). Arabella Worsham (detail), 1882. Oil on canvas, 85 1/4 x 50 1/2 in. (216.5 x 128.3 cm). Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Gift of Archer M. Huntington, 40.3.11

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Dreams, Magic, and Desire 2 Thursdays at 11 am: Mar 10 & 17 Alison Hokanson, Assistant Curator, Department of European Paintings, The Met Met curator Alison Hokanson opens a door into Symbolism, an international artistic movement that celebrated fantasy, myth, and the realm of the spirit. Mar 10: Mystical and Mysterious: The World of Fernand Khnopff Explore the life and work of a consummate Symbolist, Belgian artist Fernand Khnopff, whose painting Hortensia (1884) is newly acquired by The Met: his enigmatic and unsettling portrayals of women; his brilliantly eccentric public persona, which included dabbling in the occult; and his wide-ranging influences, from Gustav Klimt to Alfred Hitchcock. Mar 17: The British Invasion Taking as a starting point The Met’s masterpiece The Love Song (1868–77) by Edward Burne-Jones, this talk highlights the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites on the Symbolist generation in Northern Europe. From Brussels to Munich to Vienna, artists drew on British models to develop modern styles that differed radically from the French trends that dominated the art world. Tickets start at $30 / Series: $50 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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Simple by Design: Arts & Crafts Silver and Jewelry

Preston Bailey: Flowers and the Old Masters

2 Tuesdays at 11 am: Apr 5 & 19

Tue May 24, 2:30 pm

Beth Carver Wees, Ruth Bigelow Wriston Curator of American Decorative Arts, The Met

Preston Bailey, botanical designer

Examine the effects of the pioneering Arts & Crafts Movement on the work of silversmiths and jewelers. Apr 5: Joy in Labor: 19th-Century Craft Revival Beginning in Victorian Britain, cradle of the Industrial Revolution, we will explore the roots of the movement and the role of figures such as John Ruskin and William Morris in reviving handcraftsmanship after a century of economic and social upheaval. Apr 19: National Identities: Arts & Crafts in Europe and America Examine the effects of the pioneering Arts & Crafts Movement on the work of silversmiths and jewelers in Europe and America. As the craft revival spread from Britain to the Continent and overseas to America, national identity and a nostalgia for the preindustrial past became defining characteristics. Tickets start at $30 / Series: $50 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Preston Bailey, gifted master florist and extravagant botanical designer, reveals how his early exposure to Old Master paintings inspired and shaped his aesthetic. Tickets start at $30 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Fernand Khnopff (Belgian, 1858–1921). The Offering (detail), 1891. Pastel, graphite, and chalk on paper. 13 3/4 x 29 1/2 in. (34.9 x 74.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005 (2007.49.651)

MetSpeaks Evening Talks

Gotham’s Garden of Eden Thu Mar 24, 6:30 pm

Lincoln’s Favorite Shakespeare

Barry Lewis, architectural historian

Thu Feb 11, 6:30 pm

New York City is unimaginable without Central Park, but how did it become the city’s own Garden of Eden? In a captivating talk, learn how the park civilized New York, giving all residents, no matter what their class, their own “private country estate,” enabling them to escape the less desirable side of urban living and commune with nature. The parks’ brilliant designers, Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted, used all their enormous talents to create a completely artificial yet stunningly naturalistic place we all share.

Harold Holzer, historian

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“I think nothing equals Macbeth,” wrote Abraham Lincoln. Growing up on the prairie, Lincoln memorized Shakespeare to learn reading, writing, and oratory. Decades later, serving as President during the bloodiest war in American history, Lincoln turned to Shakespeare repeatedly—in both books and at the theater—for solace and inspiration. Soliloquies from the works that once comforted Lincoln, including his own perennial favorite, Macbeth, will be performed. Historian Harold Holzer adds to the drama with anecdotes about Lincoln’s love of actors, stabs at theatrical criticism, and impromptu Shakespearian recitation. Tickets start at $45 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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Central Park (Summer) (detail), 1865. Lithographed by Julius Bien (American (born Germany), 1826–1909). After John Bachmann (American (born Germany or Switzerland), active New York 1849–1885). Lithograph, printed in colors. Image: 11 3/4 x 17 11/16 in. (29.9 x 45 cm) sheet: 16 5/8 x 23 1/4 in. (42.3 x 59 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947 (47.53.9)

Wordplay: Matthias Buchinger’s Drawings from the Collection of Ricky Jay Thu Jan 21, 6:30 pm Ricky Jay, illusionist, actor, and writer Michael Kimmelman, New York Times architecture critic Standing only twenty-nine inches high and born without hands or feet, German artist, magician, and musician Matthias Buchinger was a great curiosity in the early 18th century. He performed for emperors and kings and was equally celebrated as a calligrapher and micrographer. Ricky Jay has spent a lifetime captivated by Buchinger’s life and remarkably delicate drawings. New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman joins Jay for a look at the fascinating “Little Man of Nuremberg.” This event is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Wordplay: Matthias Buchinger’s Drawings from the Collection of Ricky Jay, on view January 8– April 11, 2016. Tickets start at $30 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Directors in Dialogue Thu Apr 14, 6:30 pm Metropolitan Museum Director and CEO Tom Campbell is joined by Adam Weinberg, Alice Pratt Brown Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, to discuss the landmark collaboration between the two museums: Marcel Breuer’s architectural masterpiece, which was conceived as a home for the Whitney Museum and is now The Met Breuer. Moderated by Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem. Tickets start at $40 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Anonymous. Portrait of Matthias Buchinger (1674–1739), 1705. Etching with inscription by Buchinger in pen and red ink. Collection of Ricky Jay

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The Met Cloisters Musical Games, Puzzles, and Riddles of the Renaissance

The Food of Love: Songs, Dances, and Fancies for Shakespeare

Sun Feb 21, 1 & 3 pm

Sun Apr 17, 1 & 3 pm

Playing cards from the late Medieval and early Renaissance periods recall a courtly society that prized games, puzzles, and riddles. Composers of the period likewise wrote music that manipulated the rules of notation, sometimes taking a cue from verbal puns. The renowned a cappella vocal ensemble Pomerium presents Renaissance works that exhibit compositional gamesmanship in their structure or notated appearance.

The Baltimore Consort, a “rambunctious sextet” (Washington Post) known for their lively renditions of Renaissance tunes, presents a program featuring music of the Elizabethan era, along with songs and consort music from Shakespeare’s plays.

Tickets start at $40 The Fuentidueña Chapel at The Met Cloisters

Passion and Resurrection Motets of the Renaissance Sat Mar 19, 1 & 3 pm

Carmina! Vocal and Instrumental Song at the Dawn of the Renaissance Sun Mar 6, 1 & 3 pm Just as the aristocracy and royalty whiled away leisure-time playing cards and other games, their musicians enjoyed toying with musical composition and improvisation. Music of Josquin, Ockeghem, and more will be performed by Galileo’s Daughters and The Cat’s Paw, including Sarah Pillow (soprano); Ronn McFarlane (lute); and Mary Anne Ballard, John Mark Rozendaal, and James Waldo (viols). Tickets start at $40 The Fuentidueña Chapel at The Met Cloisters

The two performances above are presented in conjunction with the special exhibition, The World in Play: Luxury Cards, 1430– 1540, on view January 20–April 17, 2016.

Playing Card, ca. 1470–80. South Netherlandish. Pasteboard with pen and ink, tempera, applied gold and silver; 5 3/16 × 2 3/4 in. (13.2 x 7 cm). The Cloisters Collection, 1983 (1983.515.15) Playing Card, ca. 1470–80. South Netherlandish. Pasteboard with pen and ink, tempera, applied gold and silver; 5 3/16 × 2 3/4 in. (13.2 x 7 cm). The Cloisters Collection, 1983 (1983.515.20)

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Pomerium performs its exploration of the great Renaissance choral music of Passiontide and Easter. The program proceeds from Palm Sunday to Easter Day with an emphasis on music for Holy Thursday and Good Friday. Music by Du Fay, Monteverdi, Gesualdo, Orlande de Lassus and more. Tickets start at $40 The Fuentidueña Chapel at The Met Cloisters

Audible Cloisters: Guitar Marathon Sat May 14, 10 am–4 pm MetLiveArts teams up with the New York Guitar Festival for an unprecedented 6-hour exploration of the unique sonic possibilities of The Met Cloisters. Described as “an epic event” by the Wall Street Journal, and “a veritable guitar orgy” by Jazz Times magazine, this year’s monster guitarcentric marathon will feature more than a dozen of today’s most distinctive and influential artists, including classical and electric guitarists, lutenists, and virtuoso performers on the guitar’s ancestors such as the Chinese pipa and Middle Eastern oud. Hosted by WNYC’s John Schaefer, and presented in collaboration with the New York Guitar Festival. Free with Museum admission The Met Cloisters

MetCreates & MetStudies Studio Workshops Workshops meet in The Met’s galleries and studios. Participants must be 18 or older. Space is limited. Each workshop is sold as one unit, and individual dates cannot be purchased. Registration ends at noon on the Tuesday before the first day of the course. Register at metmuseum.org/artmaking. Limited student discounts are available. For more information, email studioprograms@ metmuseum.org. Price includes Museum admission and materials.

Textile Design with Ink and Thread 3 Sundays: Jan 10, 17, 24, 1–5 pm with the Textile Arts Center Inspired by the special exhibition Fashion and Virtue: Textile Patterns and the Print Revolution, 1520–1620, create unique textile art and explore a range of textile decoration, from printing to embroidery. Design a beautiful contemporary piece step by step. $215 Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education

Drawing Marathon

Printmaking: Drypoint and Lithography 3 Sundays: Mar 6, 13, 20, 1–5 pm with Deborah Chaney Learn to draw with ink by exploring two techniques that have been used by artists for centuries. Visit the exhibition The Power of Prints: The Legacy of William M. Ivins and A. Hyatt Mayor for inspiration. On the final day, pull your own full edition of prints. $215 Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education

Digital Sculpting Sat Jun 4, 10:30 am–4:30 pm with Jeff Hesser

Short Course This three-session course is sold as one unit and individual dates cannot be purchased. Registration ends at noon on the day before the first session. Register at metmuseum.org/events/programs/ met-studies/short-courses. Price includes Museum admission.

Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries 3 Thursdays: May 5, 12, 19, 2–4 pm Kelly Baum, Curator, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Met Deborah Goldberg, educator Eva Reifert, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow, Department of European Paintings, The Met Julie Reiss, educator

Sculpt and scan in virtual space using iPad apps such as 123D Sculpt and 123D Catch. Create your own digital model, and visit The Met’s MediaLab to see examples of how the Museum is using digital printing technology. Finish the day by uploading your creation to the cloud, and learn about ways to print it out in real life.

Join a curator, a fellow, and museum educators for in-gallery conversations focusing on the styles and movements of modern and contemporary art. Look closely at works of art in the collection and visit the exhibition Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible at The Met Breuer.

$95

Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education

$150

Fri May 6, 6:30–8:30 pm Sat May 7, 10:30 am–4:30 pm with Peter Hristoff, Artist in Residence, Education Department and Department of Islamic Art, The Met Draw until you drop with one of The Met’s 2016 Artists in Residence. Take part in a process Hristoff has developed that involves live models, props, costumes, and experimentation. Come with an open mind and lots of energy, and leave The Met with drawings that could be made nowhere else. $140 Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education

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Calendar January

Sun Jan 10

1 pm

URIS

Textile Design with Ink and Thread

page 19

Sun Jan 17

1 pm

URIS

Textile Design with Ink and Thread

Thu Jan 21

6:30 pm

GRR

Wordplay: Ricky Jay with Michael Kimmelman

Sun Jan 24

1 pm

URIS

Textile Design with Ink and Thread

Sat Jan 30

7 pm

GRR

Jordi Savall and Julliard 415

Fri Feb 5 Sun Feb 7 Wed Feb 10 Thu Feb 11

7 pm 2 pm 7 pm 11 am

746 GRR GRR GRR

Schastey’s Steinway: Something Strange Sight and Sound: Strauss, Watteau and Nostalgia Surface Tension: Third Coast Percussion The Secrets of Belle’s Boudoir

4 6 8 14

Thu Feb 11 Thu Feb 18

6:30 pm 11 am

GRR GRR

Lincoln’s Favorite Shakespeare (Harold Holzer) The Secrets of Belle’s Boudoir

16 14

Sun Feb 21 Sun Feb 21 Thu Feb 25

1 pm 3 pm 11 am

MC MC GRR

Pomerium Pomerium The Secrets of Belle’s Boudoir

18 18 14

Tue Mar 1 Fri Mar 4 Sat Mar 5 Sat Mar 5 Sat Mar 5 Sun Mar 6

7 pm 7 pm 1 pm 3:30 pm 6 pm 1 pm

GRR 746 GRR GRR GRR URIS

Scott Johnson: Mind Out of Matter Schastey’s Steinway: Songs and Stories Salzburg Marionettes Salzburg Marionettes Salzburg Marionettes Printmaking: Drypoint and Lithography

2 4 11 11 11 19

Sun Mar 6 Sun Mar 6 Thu Mar 10

1 pm 3 pm 11 am

MC MC GRR

Galileo’s Daughters and The Cat’s Paw Galileo’s Daughters and The Cat’s Paw Dreams, Magic, and Desire

18 18 15

Fri Mar 11 Fri Mar 11 Sun Mar 13

6 pm 7:30 pm 1 pm

PCC PCC URIS

Baye Kouyaté: The Talking Drums of Mali Baye Kouyaté: The Talking Drums of Mali Printmaking: Drypoint and Lithography

7 7 19

Sun Mar 13 Thu Mar 17

2 pm 11 am

TD GRR

Quartet for the End of Time Dreams, Magic, and Desire

8 15

Fri Mar 18 Mar 18–30 Sat Mar 19 Sat Mar 19 Sun Mar 20

7 pm Museum Hours 1 pm 3 pm 1 pm

GRR MB MC MC URIS

Chiara String Quartet: Bartók and Frank Vijay Iyer Residency Pomerium Pomerium Printmaking: Drypoint and Lithography

8 12 18 18 19

Thu Mar 24

6:30 pm

GRR

Barry Lewis: Gotham’s Garden of Eden

Fri Mar 25–Sat Mar 26 Wed Mar 30 7 pm Thu Mar 31 7 pm

All 3 buildings MB MB

Karlheinz Stockhausen: KLANG Vijay Iyer: A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke Vijay Iyer: A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke

12 12 12

February

March

MetLiveArts Spring 2016

April

Fri Apr 1 Sat Apr 2 Sat Apr 2 Sat Apr 2 Tue Apr 5

7 pm 2 pm 3 pm 7 pm 11 am

VBP VBP GRR VBP GRR

Suzanne Farrin: La Dolce Morte Suzanne Farrin: La Dolce Morte Amjad Ali Khan Suzanne Farrin: La Dolce Morte Simple By Design: Arts & Crafts Silver and Jewelry

2 2 7 2 15

Fri Apr 8 Sat Apr 9 Wed Apr 13 Thu Apr 14

7 pm 7 pm 7 pm 6:30 pm

GRR GRR GRR GRR

In the Salon of Vigée Le Brun Venice Baroque Orchestra Performs Vivaldi Acoustic Africa Directors in Dialogue

5 10 7 17

Fri Apr 15 Sat Apr 16 Sun Apr 17 Sun Apr 17 Tue Apr 19

7 pm 7 pm 1 pm 3 pm 11 am

GRR 746 MC MC GRR

Pergamon: The Romantic Obsession Schastey’s Steinway: Bird in a Gilded Cage The Baltimore Consort The Baltimore Consort Simple By Design: Arts & Crafts Silver and Jewelry

5 4 18 18 15

Fri Apr 29

7:30 pm

MSH

Transcendental Taverner: Clarion at The Met

May

Thu May 5

2 pm

URIS

Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries

Fri May 6

6:30 pm

URIS

Drawing Marathon

Fri May 6 Sat May 7

7 pm 10:30 am

GRR URIS

Chiara String Quartet: Death and the Maiden Drawing Marathon

8 19

Sat May 7 Sat May 7 Thu May 12

3 pm 7 pm 2 pm

VBP VBP URIS

Semper Dowland: Parthenia Viol Consort Semper Dowland: Parthenia Viol Consort Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries

10 10 19

Sat May 14 Wed May 18 Thu May 19

10 am 7 pm 2 pm

MC GRR URIS

Audible Cloisters: Guitar Marathon The Colorado Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries

18 2 19

Sun May 22 Tue May 24

2 pm 2:30 pm

GRR GRR

Sight and Sound: Mendelssohn and Turner Preston Bailey: Flowers and the Old Masters

6 15

Fri June 3 Sat June 4

7 pm 10:30 am

GRR URIS

Ligeti Forward: Concert 1 Digital Sculpting

9 19

Sat June 4 Sun June 5

7 pm 2 pm

GRR GRR

Ligeti Forward: Concert 2 Ligeti Forward: Concert 3

9 9

June

performance

talk

746 The Erving and Joyce Wolf Gallery, Gallery 746 GRR The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium MB The Met Breuer MC The Met Cloisters MSH Medieval Sculpture Hall PCC The Petrie Court Cafe

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TD The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing URIS Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education VBP Vélez Blanco Patio

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Now in its third year, The Met’s wildly successful and much imitated Bring the Kids program encourages families to attend performances together by allowing you to purchase up to three kids tickets for $1 each with one fullprice adult ticket. Turn your kids on to the power and passion of the live arts: music, theater, and opera. You will give your child the gift of a lifelong passion for and curiosity about the arts. And with $1 tickets, it’s cheaper than leaving them home!

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Bring the Kids includes all performances (except as noted).

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For children ages 7–16. Please note that Bring the Kids tickets are not available for the Salzburg Marionette Theatre or MetSpeaks.

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MetLiveArts Spring 2016

Auditorium Bar Enjoy a pre-performance drink in The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at select evening performances. Wine, prosecco, and water will be available for purchase. Doors will open approximately one hour prior to the event and you may purchase a drink and relax in your seat prior to the show.

Balcony Bar On Friday and Saturday evenings, appetizers and cocktails from our full bar are available, accompanied by live music from the string quartet ETHEL (hailed by Pitchfork as “a necessary jet of cold water in the contemporary classical scene”) and guest artists. Expect familiar and new classics, performed with ETHEL’s signature lyrical and dynamic style.

Support Leadership support for MetLiveArts provided by: Adrienne Arsht Brodsky Family Foundation Adrian Cheng Isabel C. Iverson and Walter T. Iverson Mrs. Joseph H. King Fund Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Fund Stavros Niarchos Foundation Mrs. Donald Oenslager Fund Grace Jarcho Ross and Daniel G. Ross Concert Fund The Giorgio S. Sacerdote Fund Estate of Kathryn Walter Stein Xerox Foundation Dirk and Natasha Ziff Additional major supporters: Augustine Foundation Bebe and Douglas Broadwater Chester Dale Fund Cymaron Foundation Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art The Isaacson-Draper Foundation Firebird Circle The Arthur Gillender Fund The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation Saroj Jhaveri Foundation, sponsored by R.&S. Nanavati Charitable Trust No.2 The Kaplen Brothers Fund Lavori Sterling Foundation, Inc. Tom and Leslie Maheras New York State Council on the Arts Samuel White Patterson Lecture Fund Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky The Jerome Robbins Foundation The Evelyn Sharp Foundation The C.F. Roe Slade Foundation Sarah Billinghurst Solomon Doris & Stanley Tananbaum Foundation in memory of Doris Tananbaum Nicki and Harold Tanner Ann G. Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Ulrich Beth and Leonard Wilf Anonymous (2)

Fashion and Virtue: Textile Patterns and the Print Revolution, 1520–1620 on view through January 10, 2016 Made possible by the Placido Arango Fund and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. Artistic Furniture of the Gilded Age: George A. Schastey on view through May 1, 2016 Made possible by the Enterprise Holdings Endowment and The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation. Additional support provided by Karen H. Bechtel. The Power of Prints: The Legacy of William M. Ivins and A. Hyatt Mayor on view January 26–May 22, 2016 Made possible by The Schiff Foundation. Vigée Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary France on view February 15–May 15, 2016 Made possible by the Gail and Parker Gilbert Fund, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, and the Diane W. and James E. Burke Fund. Corporate support provided by Bank of America. Additional support provided by gifts made in memory of Parker Gilbert. Organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Réunion des Musées Nationaux – Grand Palais, and the National Gallery of Canada, with the exceptional participation of the Château de Versailles.

Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible on view March 18–September 4, 2016 Made possible by Leonard A. Lauder. Additional support provided by the Jane and Robert Carroll Fund, Howard I. Hoffen & Sandra Hoffen, Kenneth and Rosalind Landis, Ann M. Spruill and Daniel H. Cantwell, and Northern Trust. Supported by an Indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Nasreen Mohamedi on view March 18–June 5, 2016 Organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía with the collaboration of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World on view April 18–July 10, 2016 Made possible by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Betsy and Edward Cohen / Areté Foundation. Additional support provided by Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman, Renée Belfer, Diane Carol Brandt, Gilbert and Ildiko Butler, Mary and Michael Jaharis, and The Vlachos Family Fund. Supported by an Indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. The Peter Hristoff Artist Residency Made possible by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.

Gifts of $10,000 and above, as of 11/5/15

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