MetLiveArts: 2016–17 Season by The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Now, more than ever, it is imperative for us to connect the dots: between past and present, “us” and “them,” what is familiar and what is new to us. In the 2016–17 season of MetLiveArts, we will unleash the power of The Met collection by challenging performing artists to stretch the boundaries of their craft and genre—playing with our preconceived notion of what performance is, what a museum experience can be, and what to expect when we come to The Met. Join us at The Met for performances that are vital and essential. Limor Tomer MetLiveArts

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New Commissions and Premieres Canticles of the Holy Wind

Al-Quds: Jerusalem

New York Premiere Sat Oct 29, 7:30 pm

World Premiere Fri Dec 9, 7 pm

Four choirs surround the audience in this breathtaking new work by John Luther Adams, “one of the most original thinkers of the new century” (New Yorker), staged in The Met’s stunning Medieval Sculpture Hall.

Mohammed Fairouz, composer Andrew Cyr, conductor Naomi Shihab, poetry Metropolis Ensemble Eve Gigliotti, Mezzo-Soprano

Tickets start at $65 The Medieval Sculpture Hall

Jerusalem is often described as a city of three faiths, but that vastly underestimates its multilayered complexity. History records harmonious and dissonant voices of people from many lands, passing in the narrow streets of a city not much larger than Midtown Manhattan. In this world premiere, and in conjunction with The Met’s exhibition Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven, on view Sep 20, 2016–Jan 8, 2017, MetLiveArts has commissioned the celebrated young composer Mohammed Fairouz to translate those many voices—both harmonious and dissonant—into music. Working closely with Met curators, Fairouz has created an oratorio that’s equal parts musical theater, magical realism, and spiritual journey. The Grammynominated Metropolis Ensemble performs. “One of the most talented composers of his generation.” —BBC World News Tickets start at $65 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium A MetLiveArts Commission

MetLiveArts 2016–17 Season

New Commissions and Premieres

This page: Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii (detail), 1853–54; carved 1859, by Randolph Rogers. Gift of James Douglas, 1899 (99.7.2) Opposite page: La Dolce Morte photo by Stephanie Berger

Artist in Residence

The Memory Palace: Nate DiMeo Ancient Greeks and Romans used a mnemonic device called a memory palace to help them remember the complicated and numerous details of their orations. They would visualize the intricacies of the stories by constructing in their minds an elaborate, yet familiar, place: a memory palace.

Throughout the 2016–17 season, the sound artist and master storyteller Nate DiMeo— whose popular podcast, The Memory Palace, paints vivid, poetic pictures of episodes in American history—will animate The Met: interrogating the collection to draw out the revealing secrets and stories of the art. Newly commissioned episodes of The Memory Palace—each one itself a work of art—will focus on the American Wing and the Museum at large. Listen to the first of DiMeo’s Museuminspired podcasts and join us for live Memory Palace events as we bring The Met masterpieces to life through their illuminating stories. metmuseum.org/memorypalace A MetLiveArts Commission

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New Commissions and Premieres

MetLiveArts 2016–17 Season

New Commissions and Premieres

The Museum Workout

Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait

World Premiere Thu–Sun, weekly: Jan 19–22, Jan 26–29, Feb 2–5, Feb 9–12

New York Premiere Fri Mar 17, 7 pm

Choreographed by Monica Bill Barnes Narration and route created by Maira Kalman Goodbye SoulCycle, hello Vermeer and Picasso! You thought just trying to stroll through The Met collection was a workout? Try doing stretches in the shadow of Diana or squats while pondering the shapely poise of John Singer Sargent’s Madame X. Led by choreographer Monica Bill Barnes and dance partner Anna Bass (wearing sequined dresses and tennis shoes), you’ll be off on a journey envisioned and narrated by writer and illustrator Maira Kalman. As your heart rate increases, so will the intensity of your feelings of joy, glee, and wonder. We end in a yoga pose, meditating, as Kalman’s voice asks: “What is art?” You’ll never answer that question the same way again. metmuseum.org/museumworkout Tickets start at $35 Museum-wide A MetLiveArts Commission

This page: Kannapolis Film Stills: H. Lee Waters / Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University Opposite page: The Museum Workout photo by Paula Lobo

Music by Jenny Scheinman Film by Finn Taylor All footage shot by H. Lee Waters between 1936 and 1942 Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait is a kind of time machine that will transport you into the lives of ordinary people living in the South during the Great Depression. Based on the work of nearly forgotten photographer H. Lee Waters, Kannapolis weaves some of the hundreds of short, silent films he shot of daily life in small towns across Virginia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas (including Kannapolis, NC) into a compelling tapestry of a moment in time. Composer/singer/violinist Jenny Scheinman and filmmaker Finn Taylor have shaped Waters’s shorts into a truly “moving” portrait. The original films’ subjects got to see themselves on the silver screen when Waters presented his short films at the local movie house. Today’s audiences will experience a shivery echo of that long-ago thrill. Tickets start at $40 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Commissioned by Duke Performances at Duke University

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Chamber Music Redefined The New Baroque Sat Nov 5, 2 pm The Met Cloisters provides the perfect setting for PUBLIQuartet to reimagine the music of Bach through improvisation and contemporary pairings. Tickets start at $65 The Fuentidueña Chapel at The Met Cloisters

PUBLIQuartet & Friends Fri Dec 23, 7 pm Our Quartet in Residence celebrates the warmth of the holidays with Bach, Britten, and musical collaborators with friends and family. Special guests include violinist Jannina Norpoth’s father, (Detroit jazz guitarist A. Spencer Barefield) and Grammynominated tuba player Bob Stewart (violinist Curtis Stewart’s father!) Tickets start at $65 Vélez Blanco Patio

What Is American? PUBLIQuartet & Orchestra Thu Feb 16, 7 pm

Quartet in Residence

PUBLIQuartet Curtis Stewart, violin Jannina Norpoth, violin Nick Revel, viola Amanda Gookin, cello

What does “American music” really mean? PUBLIQuartet leads a conductorless orchestra in collaboration with the Mannes School of Music, reworking American string quartet pieces for chamber orchestra and using full ensemble improvisation to question the definition and image of “American” music. Featured in this concert are works by living composers, including New Yorker Jessie Montgomery’s daring Banner, based on the national anthems of America’s immigrants and indigenous peoples. It’s Jimi Hendrix meets Bartók! Tickets start at $40 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Close your eyes and envision a traditional string quartet. What you’re picturing probably bears little resemblance to PUBLIQuartet—especially when its musicians take traditional, classical string quartet music, “bend and break” the score with a little improv, and then pair it with emerging music, or one of the prolific ensemble’s own compositions. MetLiveArts 2016–17 Season

Chamber Music Redefined

This page: Vaudeville Act (detail), 1934 and 1937, by Max Beckmann. Oil on canvas. Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967 (67.187.51) © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Opposite page: PUBLIQuartet photo by Paula Lobo

Sight and Sound: Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now Three Sundays at 2 pm Explore the places where musical and visual expression meet. Conductor and music historian Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now pair orchestral works with masterpieces from The Met collection. Each event includes a discussion featuring on-screen artworks and orchestral excerpts, a full performance of the piece of music, and an audience question and answer session. metmuseum.org/sightandsound Tickets start at $30; $75 for the series Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Hindemith & Beckmann: Expressionism and Exile Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler Symphony and the artwork of Max Beckmann Sun Oct 16, 2 pm Hindemith composed this symphony in 1934 during the beginning stages of work on an opera of the same name. It centers on the medieval artist Matthias Grünewald, whose famous altarpiece Max Beckmann admired. Both Hindemith and Beckmann ran afoul of the Nazi regime as artists, and emigrated to the US Presented in conjunction with Max Beckmann in New York, on view Oct 18, 2016–Feb 20, 2017. Brahms, Menzel & Klinger The Canvas of Sound Brahms’s Symphony No. 3 and the artwork of Adolf Menzel and Max Klinger Sun Jan 29, 2 pm Critic Eduard Hanslick called this symphony “artistically the most nearly perfect” of Brahms’s works. The composer was profoundly interested in contemporary painting, and especially admired two living artists of his time: Adolf Menzel and Max Klinger. Symphony No. 3 invites an exploration of the connection between the visual and the musical in Brahms’s world. Ives & Hartley: Landscapes of Modernism Ives’s Three Places in New England and the artwork of Marsden Hartley Sun May 21, 2 pm In this orchestral set, Connecticut-born composer Charles Ives sets out to evoke through music the atmosphere and history of three locations in New England. His contemporary, Maine-born painter Marsden Hartley, was himself deeply attached to music. The artist returned to Maine in his final years and applied his modernist aesthetic to its landscapes. Presented in conjunction with Marsden Hartley’s Maine, on view Mar 14–June 18, 2017.

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Chamber Music Redefined

Morton Feldman: Calder Quartet

Arvo Pärt: Kanon Pokajanen

Sat Nov 12, 11:30 am–4:30 pm

Kanon Pokajanen (Canon of Repentance) is one of Arvo Pärt’s unqualified masterpieces—a work of immense cumulative force born of sacred music and chant. The Estonian composer received a standing ovation when it was first performed at The Met in 2014, singers sitting in a circle, “rendering the work with a power and purity of tone that fully revealed its mystical, serene qualities” (New York Times). Don’t miss the opportunity to experience Pärt’s trademark tintinnabulation in person as the commanding Westminster Williamson Voices of Westminster Choir College perform this a capella work in the contemplative setting of The Temple of Dendur.

Benjamin Jacobson, violin Andrew Bulbrook, violin Jonathan Moerschel, viola Eric Byers, cello Morton Feldman’s milestone String Quartet No. 2 has been described as athletic, a feat of strength, even insane. The composer himself called it a nightmare! Its epic length (five hours) is so daunting, most musicians won’t even attempt it, but the stellar Calder Quartet is taking it on at The Met Cloisters, the perfect location for what the New York Times calls “a medieval torture device for string players.” Intrigued? This pillar of mid-century New York experimentalism—who found inspiration in the art of Alexander Calder, the quartet’s namesake—would be celebrating his 90th birthday if he were alive today. We mark the occasion with this rare, mindaltering concert.

Sat Nov 19, 7 pm

Tickets start at $75 The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing

The Father of Opera and His Jewish Coeval Thu Feb 23, 7 pm They were two giants of Italian music: one Catholic and hugely famous, one Jewish and utterly forgotten. Claudio Monteverdi “invented” opera; Salomone Rossi—Monteverdi’s contemporary in age, education, and stature—revolutionized Jewish concert music with compositions for Hebrew prayers, yet today, few know his name. Enter Profeti della Quinta, a young, male vocal quintet from Galilee, on a mission to change that. Hear the works of these two great Italian composers side by side. Tickets start at $50 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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This page: Kanon Pokajanen in The Temple of Dendur photo by Stephanie Berger Opposite page: Red Priest photo by Graham Flack

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Chamber Music Redefined

Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

Vivaldi: Red Priest

Sat Apr 8, 7 pm

Thu Apr 27, 7 pm

Handel + Haydn Society Harry Christophers, conductor

When contemporaries nicknamed Antonio Vivaldi the “Red Priest” in the early 18th century, they had no idea the moniker would come in so handy 400 years later. This go-for-baroque bunch has clearly earned the right to use the name, thanks to wildly original yet historically informed performances of Vivaldi and his peers, in concerts and recordings that have enthralled audiences and captivated critics all over the world. Think you’ve heard The Four Seasons enough for a lifetime? Think again!

Boston’s famed period instrument ensemble, which was hailed by the New York Times as “superb,” presents Monteverdi’s sublime polyphonic tour de force, staged in the powerful setting of The Met’s Temple of Dendur. This special event features soloists from conductor Harry Christophers’s acclaimed Grammynominated 2015 recording with The Sixteen. Hear why the New York Times calls the H+H chorus “superb…a spontaneity with the text that infused every line with joy.” Tickets start at $65 The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing Presented in collaboration with the Handel + Haydn Society

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Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet: Chiara String Quartet Thu May 11, 7 pm Rebecca Fischer, violin Hyeyung Julie Yoon, violin Jonah Sirota, viola Gregory Beaver, cello Following their dazzling residency at MetLiveArts last season—during which they performed all three of Brahms’s string quartets by heart—the exceptional musicians of the Chiara String Quartet return to The Met by popular demand! For their encore appearance, they’re joined by three-time Grammy-nominated artist Todd Palmer for Brahms’s bittersweet and beautiful Clarinet Quintet. They’ll also premiere a new quartet by the award-winning American composer Pierre Jalbert, “an inspired composer. Everything he writes sounds inevitable” (Philadelphia Inquirer). Tickets start at $50 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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Exhibitions Amplified

Max and Alan Sat Dec 10, 7 pm A tycoon, a trapeze artist, a nightclub owner, a sailor. German Expressionist Max Beckmann saw himself as an actor on the stage of life and often painted himself in disguise. Tony Award–winning Alan Cumming has created this personal musical work drawing on his own experience as an émigré to New York, channeling an artist who fled his native land after he was famously denounced as a “degenerate” by the Nazis. Beckmann died just 14 months after arriving in New York, suffering a fatal heart attack while on his way to The Met. This MetLiveArts commission is inspired by the artist’s all-too-brief time in New York, and is created in conjunction with Max Beckmann in New York, on view Oct 18, 2016–Feb 20, 2017.

The Suspended Harp: Sounds of Faith in Medieval Jerusalem Sun Oct 23, 1 & 3 pm The vocal ensemble Schola Antiqua of Chicago brings “musicality and sound beyond question” (Early Music America) to the sacred repertoire of Jerusalem: Georgian and Armenian hymns; cantorial psalms; Sufic devotional music; and Jewish, Christian, and Muslim calls to prayer. Presented in conjunction with Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven, on view Sep 20, 2016–Jan 8, 2017. Tickets start at $40 The Fuentidueña Chapel at The Met Cloisters

This page: Alan Cumming photo by Trè

Tickets start at $65 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Opposite page: Mulatu Astatke photo © Alexis Maryon

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Masters at The Met Mulatu Astatke Fri Sep 9, 7 pm Known as the father of Ethio jazz, composer and saxophonist Mulatu Astatke leaped to international fame in the ’70s and ’80s with his unique mix of Western and traditional Ethiopian music, and admirers such as Duke Ellington and John Coltrane. Forced off the road for a time due to the political situation in his homeland, he came roaring back in the ’90s, recording and touring as never before. Known for his fearless experimentation, his music begins and ends with improvisation. Experience the sounds, rhythms, and textures of Ethiopia live in The Temple of Dendur. Tickets start at $65 The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing

Judy Collins—A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim

No Greater Love Than This

Fri Feb 24, 7 pm Sat Feb 25, 7 pm The inimitable Judy Collins brings her distinctive vocal style to The Met for two evenings of straight Sondheim. It’s a perfect pairing: her pure, expressive voice; his penetrating, bittersweet lyrics and melodies. From “Send In The Clowns” (a huge hit for Judy, and the only Sondheim song to crack the charts) to the lesser-known corners of his repertoire, Collins will hold your heart in the palm of her hand. Isn’t it rich?

In honor of Veterans Day, the vocal ensemble Cantus presents a powerful and compelling meditation on war that stretches far beyond the battlefield. No Greater Love Than This is a profound collection of works depicting the world as seen through the eyes of the soldier: loss and longing, brotherhood and bravery, camaraderie and common ground. With a message as deep and resonant as their voices, the men of Cantus explore the bonds that define those willing to lay down their lives for others, leaving us, ultimately, with a message of hope.

Tickets start at $75 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Tickets start at $50 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Wed Nov 9, 7 pm

Presented in collaboration with World Music Institute

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Masters at The Met

The Lincoln Family Album

Boubacar Traore

Thu Feb 9, 7 pm

Fri Dec 2, 7 pm

Harold Holzer, historian Actors TBA

In year three of our deep exploration of contemporary Mali, we hear from a legendary Malian superstar, a master singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Boubacar (aka “Kar Kar”) rose to fame in the ’60s with his blend of blues and Malian and Arabic music. Renown did not lead to riches, and following a 1968 coup, Boubacar dropped out of sight. Personal tragedy led him to move to France, where eventually, he was rediscovered. His 1990 album Mariama (his very first!) finally put him back on the international stage. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see this elusive genius.

Explore one of the most misunderstood yet fascinating White House relationships: that of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. They struggled with death, war, and disagreement, and endured civil wars at home and in their fractured country. With words taken entirely from the couple’s writings, noted actors bring their story to life with historian Harold Holzer providing narration, context, and illustrations. This page: Ruins in Carey Street, Richmond, 1865, by Thomas C. Roche, albumen silver print from glass negative. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933 (33.65.228)

Tickets start at $40 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Tickets start at $50 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Presented in collaboration with World Music Institute

Opposite page: Boubacar Traore photo courtesy of World Music Institute

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It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Sat Oct 29, 11 am & 1 pm Have a little faith—just like Linus! Bring the family and get in the Halloween spirit at The Met as we present this Peanuts classic. See the whole film with live music by New York’s own Rob Schwimmer ensemble. Come in costume because if you miss the parade that follows the screening… Good Grief! Children under four will not be admitted. Tickets start at $40 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

The Christmas Story

Apollo’s Fire—Handel’s Messiah

Sat Dec 10, 1 & 3 pm Sun, Dec 11, 1 & 3 pm

Sun Dec 18, 12:30 pm (“pocket” Messiah) Sun Dec 18, 3 pm (full oratorio)

A Met holiday tradition for over 35 years! The Waverly Consort, under the direction of Michael Jaffee, returns to The Met Cloisters with this perennial favorite. Hymns, processionals, antiphons, and Mass compositions from the Middle Ages weave together for a compelling narrative of the biblical story. The 13-member vocal and instrumental ensemble creates a sonic pageantry of exceptional beauty for a deeply immersive experience of Christmastide.

The ultimate holiday tradition, with a twist. Choose Handel’s famous oratorio in its full version, or an hour-long “pocket” Messiah version. The thrilling and charismatic Apollo’s Fire—the Cleveland-based period instrument group that’s been collecting rave reviews since its inception and has performed sold-out concerts at The Met— has a reputation for creating killer programs.

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

“This was a Messiah that will last in my memory for a very long time.” —bachtrack.com Tickets start at $40 (“pocket” Messiah); and $65 (full oratorio) Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Bring the Kids is not valid on these performances: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, The Christmas Story, Apollo’s Fire (12:30 performance), The Snowman

This page: Apollo’s Fire photo by Stephanie Berger Opposite page: Photo © Snowman Enterprises Limited

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Holiday

The Snowman

The Play of Adam

Byzantine Pop-Ups

Sat Dec 17, 11 am & 1 pm

Sat Dec 17, 1 & 3 pm Sun Dec 18, 1 & 3 pm

Fri Dec 9, 4 & 6 pm Fri Dec 16, 4, 6 & 8 pm

This is the first fully staged production of the Old French Play of Adam in a lively new English translation. Adam—the oldest medieval drama in any language—begins in the Garden of Eden and ends with the expectation of Christmas, comically and poignantly updating the story of humanity’s fall and redemption for a secular urban audience. A holiday play for all ages, the work is beautifully framed by the festive floral decorations of the season and accompanied by medieval music.

In these magical and unexpected performances, you’ll hear hymns and carols of the Byzantine Empire. Thrill to these antiphonal works, with the musicians alternating parts in multiple languages (ranging from Russian to Armenian to Greek to Arabic), weaving an evocative sonic tapestry from floor to balcony in the Medieval Sculpture Hall, graced as always in December. by our exquisite Christmas tree. Just come and hear!

The Mannes Orchestra David Hayes, Artistic Director The Snowman is a delightful British holiday tradition: a mesmerizing animated film that tells the story of a little boy who builds a snowman; it comes to life, and the two travel to the North Pole and meet Santa Claus. This Academy Award–nominated classic features a lush score, performed live by the Mannes Orchestra, and a timeless song: “Walking in the Air.” Tickets start at $40 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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Tickets start at $65 The Fuentidueña Chapel at The Met Cloisters

Free with Museum admission The Medieval Sculpture Hall Presented in collaboration with the Axion Estin Foundation

Holiday

American Boychoir Mon Dec 19, 7 pm They’ve performed for every US President since John F. Kennedy. America’s favorite boy singers provide a delightful program of holiday hymns and carols. These matchless choristers embody the pure spirit of Christmas music. This concert is guaranteed to warm your heart! Tickets start at $65 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

The Little Match Girl Passion Tue Dec 20, 7 pm Staging and direction by R. B. Schlather From the haunting Hans Christian Andersen story comes this Pulitzer Prize–winning parable. Composed by David Lang, it’s influenced by Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, and described as “poignant...and consoling” (New York Times). This performance is staged by R. B. Schlather, whose directorial vision was hailed by the New York Times as “intriguing” and “inventive,” in The Met’s magical Medieval Sculpture Hall.

Flemish Holiday with Friends and Family Wed Dec 21, 7 pm Leonora Duarte was one of the most brilliant composers of her time. Yet in spite of her talent and her family’s prominence (friends of Vermeer and possibly Rubens, prominent merchants and art collectors), she received no commissions from church or court due to an insurmountable double whammy: she was both a Jew and a woman. Enter Sonnambula, the ensemble that was hailed by the New Yorker as “superb.” In this holiday program, Sonnambula re-creates a festive evening at the Duarte household with music by Leonora as well as friends and fellow musicians. Tickets start at $65 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Lorelei Ensemble Thu Dec 22 6:30 pm (Members only)* and 8:30 pm Traditionally, the Lorelei was a siren who lured sailors to their doom. These Loreleis will elevate your spirit with their incredibly beautiful, pristine voices. This Bostonbased group presents the best in vocal ensemble singing. They weave a gorgeous tapestry of repertoire spanning the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras, along with newly commissioned gems. The perfect holiday concert! Tickets start at $65 The Medieval Sculpture Hall * The 6:30 pm performance is for Members only. Please call 212-570-3753 for details on becoming a Member.

PUBLIQuartet & Friends Fri Dec 23, 7 pm See page 6.

Tickets start at $65 The Medieval Sculpture Hall

This page: Lorelei Ensemble photo by Allana Taranto Opposite page: Head of Buddha, 5th–6th century, Afghanistan (probably Hadda). stucco with traces of paint. Rogers Fund, 1930 (30.32.5)

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MetSpeaks Masterpiece Dialogues: Great Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tue Sep 27, 11 am Kathryn Calley Galitz, art historian and Associate Museum Educator Five hundred works of art spanning 5,000 years are featured in the new book, Masterpiece Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Celebrate the unparalleled breadth and depth of The Met collection with author Kathryn Calley Galitz. A book signing will follow. Tickets start at $30 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Valentin de Boulogne Two-part series Wednesdays, Oct 19 & 26 at 11 am

Daytime Talks

The Iconography of Magic Wed Sep 28, 11 am

Gandhara: Buddhism and Trade

Kim Benzel, Associate Curator, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Three-part series Wednesdays, Nov 9, 16 & 23 at 11 am

The ancient Near East—encompassing present-day Iraq, Syria, and Iran—is where so many of humankind’s greatest achievements originated over 5,000 years ago: settlements and cities, accounting and writing, law codes and literary epics, scientific systems and empires. Delve into the history and culture of this intensely relevant region of the world.

Kurt Behrendt, Associate Curator, Department of Asian Art

Tickets start at $30 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

In the lush valleys where the Himalayas meet the foothills of Hindu Kush, a great sculptural tradition flourished between the 2nd century B.C. and the 6th century A.D. in the ancient region of Gandhara (today, northwest Pakistan). Imagery drew on forms and ideas moving, with trade, along the Silk Road linking the Mediterranean Sea, India, Central Asia, and China. Travel to this fascinating place and time in this series of talks examining a vibrant and truly cross-cultural body of Buddhist sculpture. Tickets start at $30; $75 for the series Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Keith Christiansen, John Pope-Hennessy Chairman, European Paintings Following the death of Caravaggio in 1610, two artists of genius built on his legacy in ways that profoundly influenced the history of European painting. One was the Spaniard Jusepe de Ribera, the other the Frenchman Valentin de Boulogne. Famous in his own day, and a continuous reference point for French painters down to Courbet and Manet, Valentin was one of the great figures of 17th-century painting. In these talks, hugely charismatic Keith Christiansen will delve into how this marvelous artist explored new ways of engaging the viewer and conveyed his own melancholic response to the human condition. Presented in conjunction with Valentin de Boulogne: Beyond Caravaggio, on view Oct 6, 2016– Jan 16, 2017. Tickets start at $30; $50 for the series Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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MetSpeaks Daytime Talks

The Post-Impressionists Five-part series Kathryn Calley Galitz, art historian and Associate Museum Educator The Post-Impressionists, who came of age in the 1870s and 1880s, rejected Impressionism’s aesthetic of the fleeting moment. From the scientific approach of Georges Seurat and his fellow NeoImpressionists to Paul Cézanne’s quest for “something solid and durable” and Vincent van Gogh’s subjective vision of nature, the work of these artists signaled new directions in art and laid the foundation for the radical innovations that emerged soon after 1900. Tickets start at $30; $125 for the series Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

The Origins of Post-Impressionism Tue Oct 25, 11 am Color and Light: Seurat, Signac, and the Pointillist Experiment Tue Nov 1, 11 am Van Gogh/Gauguin Tue Nov 15, 11 am Paul Cézanne: “Father to Us All” Tue Nov 22, 11 am The Post-Impressionist Legacy Tue Nov 29, 11 am

This page: Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, ca. 1890, by Paul Cézanne, oil on canvas. Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951 (51.112.1) Opposite page: Gala Éluard (detail), 1924, by Max Ernst, oil on canvas. The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2006 (2006.32.15) © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

MetSpeaks Daytime Talks

Life and Times: William Orpen and Max Ernst Two-part series Thursdays, Nov 3 & 10, 11 am Rebecca Rabinow, Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art, Curator in Charge of the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art Each talk in The Met’s dazzling and charismatic curator Rebecca Rabinow’s hugely popular Life and Times series delves into the secret history of one particular masterpiece within The Met collection. Journey through time and space to explore the unique personalities that created, contributed to, and cherished these extraordinary works of art. This season, Rabinow will look at British artist William Orpen’s complex prewar depiction of himself as a young artist in London’s West End, as well as Max Ernst’s striking portrait of his Russian-born lover, Gala Éluard. Tickets start at $30; $50 for the series Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Rediscovering America: The Expanding Horizons of The Met’s American Wing

Thu Oct 6, 11 am Rediscovering the American Wing Sylvia Yount, Lawrence A. Fleischman Curator in Charge of the American Wing

Four-part series

Collecting the Americas Ronda Kasl, Curator of Colonial Latin American Art

Across The Met, there is a fresh spirit of experimentation and collaboration as the Museum undergoes dynamic growth and change. This series focuses on new developments in the venerable American Wing, founded in 1924 as a showcase for historical interiors and decorative arts. Join the American Wing’s curatorial staff for lively discussions of current collecting and exhibition initiatives, which continue to explore American art, life, and identity. Each hour-long talk features two speakers and topics.

Thu Oct 13, 11 am Famous or Infamous? Thayer Tolles, Marica F. Vilcek Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture Bakers, Bathers, and Bootblacks: William P. Chappel’s Street Scenes of 19th-century New York Amy Bogansky, Research Associate

Thu Oct 20, 11 am Streamlined and Sacred: Art of the Shakers at The Met Alyce Perry Englund, Assistant Curator of American Decorative Arts A Gilded Legacy: George A. Schastey Moira Gallagher, Research Assistant Thu Oct 27, 11 am Dance Hall Dance! A Century of American Dance Paintings Jane A. Dini, Associate Curator of Paintings and Sculpture Patchwork: Collecting Quilts at The Met Amelia Peck, Marica F. Vilcek Curator, Department of American Decorative Arts

Tickets start at $30; $100 for the series Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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MetSpeaks

Daytime Eros Two-part series Tickets start at $30; $50 for the series Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

This page: Beauty Revealed, 1828, by Sarah Goodridge, watercolor on ivory. Gift of Gloria Manney, 2006 (2006.235.74)

Pleasure & Paper: A History of the Graphic in the Graphic Arts Thu Nov 17, 11 am

Sarah Goodrich’s Beauty Revealed: Fashioning Her Own Image Wed Nov 30, 11 am

Femke Speelberg, Associate Curator in Ornament and Architectural Prints, Drawings, and Modelbooks, Department of Drawings and Prints

Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, Alice Pratt Brown Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture

No medium lends itself better to subversive subject matter than works on paper. Prints and drawings not only allow for an intimate viewing experience, but their ephemeral nature also make them easy to distribute, buy, and hide, or to discard when in fear of discovery. It is therefore no wonder that erotic imagery has held a steady place in the graphic arts ever since paper became more readily available in the 15th century. See the works on paper from The Met collection that rub up against the bounds of propriety.

Plunge into the private and professional life of Boston miniature portraitist Sarah Goodrich, who painted a stunning image of her breasts for the statesman Daniel Webster in 1828, the year of his first term as a US senator. Her provocative twist on traditional miniatures demonstrates the artist’s command of her chosen medium, and reveals her ability to control her own image—perhaps a lesson for today’s selfie fans!

Opposite page: The Grand Canal above the Rialto, ca. 1760, by Francesco Guardi, oil on canvas. Purchase, 1871 (71.119)

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MetSpeaks Daytime Talks

Celebrating La Serenissima Two-part series In collaboration with Carnegie Hall’s citywide Venice festival, La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic, The Met is proud to present a pair of talks that take a critical look at the most photogenic city in the world. Tickets start at $30; $50 for the series Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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“The Brothell House of Europe”: Venice on the Grand Tour Thu Feb 9, 11 am Kevin Salatino, Director of the Art Collections, The Huntington Library The Grand Tour was both finishing school and rite of passage for the British (male) aristocrat. As Samuel Johnson noted, “a man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.” While Rome was “the great object,” Venice was an essential stop on the way. The floating city’s wondrous novelty, its reputation for license and luxury (it had earned the name “the Brothell House of Europe”), and its much-touted devotion to liberty were compelling attractions for the Grand Tourist. Famous for its courtesans, its masked revelers, its mystery and secrecy, its appeal inevitably swung toward the sensual and the sexual. This talk addresses the British Grand Tourist’s experience of 18th-century Venice in the context of the erotic, through a close examination of that city’s art (with particular reference to objects in The Met collection), as well as texts and cultural artifacts from both sides, Venetian and British.

Venice in the Age of Jacopo Tintoretto Thu Feb 16, 11 am Andrea Bayer, Jayne Wrightsman Curator, Department of European Paintings The audacious Venetian artist Jacopo Robusti, known as Tintoretto, is inextricably associated with his city—it is impossible to consider the arts of Renaissance Venice without visualizing his transformative paintings in churches and palaces on the lagoon. To prepare for his 500th birthday celebration in 2018 or 2019, curator Andrea Bayer looks at his bold and dramatic work, and the extraordinary characters who peopled his world.

MetSpeaks

Evening Talks

Christians, Jews, and Muslims: Art and Identity in Medieval Spain

Feast of Jerusalem

Three-part series

Yotam Ottolenghi, chef, author, and restaurateur Laila El-Haddad, author and journalist Maggie Schmitt, author and educator

Jerrilynn Dodds, Sarah Lawrence College This series explores the rich and dynamic interaction of Spain’s Christians, Jews, and Muslims through the history of art and architecture on the Iberian Peninsula. Tickets start at $30; $75 for the series Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium From the Great Mosque of Cordoba to the Palace of al-Ma’mun Wed Feb 8, 6:30 pm Toledo, Rome and Marrakesh Wed Feb 15, 6:30 pm The “Cantigas de Santa Maria”, The Alhambra, the Alcazar of Seville and the synagogue of Samiel Ha Levi Wed Feb 22, 6:30 pm

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Fri Nov 18, 7 pm Sat Nov 19, 7 pm

An evening of inspired conversation and “Hafla” (family-style feast) with acclaimed chef, food writer, and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi (Jerusalem: A Cookbook) and writers Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt (coauthors, The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey), highlighting the food and culture of Jerusalem. Enjoy a menu jointly conceived by the three hosts, and prepared under the direction of Ottolenghi, each dish telling a piece of the complex, multilayered story of Jerusalem. Presented in conjunction with Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven, on view Sep 20, 2016–Jan 8, 2017.

Imagining Jerusalem: The Golden City in Art, Lore, and Literature Adam Gopnik, Series curator and moderator Jerusalem—both as Holy City and melting pot of hybrid cultures—has inspired and resonated with civilizations throughout the ages. How has Jerusalem, the place and the idea, cast such a spell? The New Yorker critic-at-large Adam Gopnik leads this stimulating series, joined by scholars, historians, and other thought leaders to explore the city’s many images, poetic uses, and spiritual reverberations. Presented in conjunction with Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven, on view Sep 20, 2016–Jan 8, 2017. Check metmuseum.org/gopnik for dates and times.

Tickets start at $125 Petrie Court Café

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This page: Photo by Filip Wolak

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Opposite page: Laila El-Haddad © Photography by Samia

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Calendar September

October

November

December

Fri 9

7 pm

Temple

Mulatu Astatke

pg 11

Tue 27

11 am

GRR

Masterpiece Dialogues

pg 17

Wed 28

11 am

GRR

The Iconography of Magic

pg 17

Thursdays 6, 13, 20, 27

11 am

GRR

Rediscovering America

pg 19

Sun 16

2 pm

GRR

Sight and Sound

pg 7

Wednesdays 19, 26

11 am

GRR

Valentin de Boulogne

pg 17

Sun 23

1 & 3 pm

Cloisters

The Suspended Harp

pg 10

Tue 25

11 am

GRR

The Post-Impressionists

pg 18

Sat 29

11 am & 1 pm

GRR

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

pg 14

Sat 29

7:30 pm

MSH

Canticles of the Holy Wind

pg 2

Tuesdays 1, 15, 22, 29

11 am

GRR

The Post-Impressionists

pg 18

Thursdays 3, 10

11 am

GRR

Life and Times: William Orpen and Max Ernst

pg 19

Sat 5

2 pm

Cloisters

PUBLIQuartet: The New Baroque

pg 6

Wednesdays 9, 16, 23

11 am

GRR

Gandhara: Buddhism and Trade

pg 17

Wed 9

7 pm

GRR

No Greater Love Than This

pg 11

Sat 12

11:30 am–4:30 pm Cloisters

Calder Quartet: Morton Feldman

pg 8

Wednesdays 17, 30

11 am

GRR

Daytime Eros

pg 20

Fri 18, Sat 19

7 pm

Petrie

Feast of Jerusalem

pg 22

Sat 19

7 pm

Temple

Arvo Pärt: Kanon Pokajanen

pg 8

Fri 2

7 pm

GRR

Boubacar Traore

pg 12

Fri 9

7 pm

GRR

Al-Quds: Jerusalem

pg 2

Sat 10

7 pm

GRR

Max and Alan

pg 10

Sat 10, Sun 11

1 & 3 pm

Cloisters

The Christmas Story

pg 14

Fri 9

4 & 6 pm

MSH

Byzantine Pop-Ups

pg 15

Fri 16

4, 6, & 8 pm

MSH

Byzantine Pop-Ups

pg 15

Sat 17

11 am & 1 pm

GRR

The Snowman

pg 15

Sat 17, Sun 18

1 & 3 pm

Cloisters

The Play of Adam

pg 15

Sun 18

12:30 & 3 pm

GRR

Apollo’s Fire (12:30 pm “pocket;” 3 pm full oratorio)

pg 14

Mon 19

7 pm

GRR

American Boychoir

pg 16

Tue 20

7 pm

MSH

The Little Match Girl Passion

pg 16

Wed 21

7 pm

GRR

Flemish Holiday with Friends and Family

pg 16

Thu 22

6:30 & 8:30 pm

MSH

Lorelei Ensemble

pg 16

Fri 23

7 pm

VBP

PUBLIQuartet & Friends

pg 6

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Calendar

January

February

Thu–Sun 19–22, 26–29

8:30 am

The Great Hall The Museum Workout

pg 5

Sun 29

2 pm

GRR

pg 7

Sight and Sound: Brahms, Menzel & Klinger

Thu–Sun Feb 2–5, 9–12 8:30 am

The Great Hall The Museum Workout

pg 5

Wednesdays 8, 15, 22

6:30 pm

GRR

Christians, Jews, and Muslims

pg 22

Thu 9

7 pm

GRR

The Lincoln Family Album

pg 12

Thursdays 9, 16

11 am

GRR

Celebrating La Serenissima

pg 21

Thu 16

7 pm

GRR

PUBLIQuartet: What Is American?

pg 6

Thu 23

7 pm

GRR

The Father of Opera and His Jewish Coeval

pg 8

Fri 24, Sat 25

7 pm

GRR

Judy Collins—A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim

pg 11

March

Fri 17

7 pm

GRR

Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait

pg 5

April

Sat 8

7 pm

Temple

Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

pg 9

Thu 27

7 pm

GRR

Red Priest

pg 9

Thu 11

7 pm

GRR

Chiara String Quartet: Brahms Clarinet Quintet

pg 9

Sun 21

2 pm

GRR

Sight and Sound: Ives & Hartley

pg 7

May

Performance Talk GRR MSH Temple Cloisters VBP Petrie metmuseum.org/tickets

Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Medieval Sculpture Hall The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing The Fuentidueña Chapel at The Met Cloisters Vélez Blanco Patio Petrie Court Café 25

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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 full-price 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! Bring the Kids includes all performances (except as noted). For children ages 7–16. Please note that Bring the Kids tickets are not available for It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! The Snowman, The Christmas Story and Apollo’s Fire “pocket” at 12:30 pm.

30 & Under Rush $15 tickets for audience members 30 years and under on select performances when purchased the day of the event (call 212-570-3750 on the day of the event for availability).

Groups Groups of 15 or more: call 212-570-3750.

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

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.

Assistive listening devices (with headsets or neck loops) are available from an usher at all Met Live Arts programs in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Make checks payable to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. There is a $5 handling fee per ticket. Tickets purchased at the Museum on the day of the event are subject to an additional handling fee. Delivery fees apply. All sales are final. Programs, dates, and artists subject to change. Print at Home tickets are available; if you choose this option, you will receive a separate email and PDF within an hour of your purchase. Print the PDF and it will serve as your entry to the event. Events are initially offered exclusively to Museum Members. To become a Member, call 212-570-3753. Please note: Ticket prices are subject to change. Occasionally, we share our mailing lists with carefully screened organizations whose productions and services may be of interest to you. If you prefer not to receive third-party mailings, or mailings or emails from MetLiveArts, please email MetEventTix@metmuseum.org or call 212-570-3750. See metmuseum.org/information/privacy-policy for our updated Privacy Policy.

MetLiveArts 2016–17 Season

Support Leadership support for MetLiveArts provided by: Adrienne Arsht Brodsky Family Foundation Adrian Cheng Isabel C. Iverson and Walter T. Iverson The Kaplen Brothers Fund 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: Chester Dale Fund Cymaron Foundation Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and Carl Spielvogel 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 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)

Max Beckmann in New York on view October 18, 2016–February 20, 2017 The exhibition is made possible by The Isaacson-Draper Foundation. It is supported by an Indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Marsden Hartley’s Maine on view March 14–June 18, 2017 The exhibition is organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Colby College Museum of Art. Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven on view September 20, 2016–January 8, 2017 The exhibition is made possible by The David Berg Foundation, The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, the William S. Lieberman Fund, Diane Carol Brandt, the Ruddock Foundation for the Arts, and Mary and Michael Jaharis Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Gifts of $10,000 and above, as of 4/1/16

Cover: Alan Cumming photo by Steven Trumon Gray David Dorfman Dance photo by Stephanie Berger

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