A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR It has been such a pleasure programming our recital series in the Board of Officers Room, with exquisite recitalists and performers that could not have been more positive about this newly reopened space and its excellent acoustics. Now in its third season, we introduce the timeless tradition of recitation to the series, with Charlotte Rampling performing the confessional poetry of Sylvia Plath in counterpoint to Benjamin Britten's solo cello works performed by Sonia Wieder-Atherton. Building on our commitment to the art form that unites song and poetry, we welcome the supremely expressive tenor Ian Bostridge exploring themes of the Great War and a return visit from today's foremost interpreter of Lieder, the great Christian Gerhaher, who inaugurated the reopening of the space. I first came across the formidable musicianship of Alina Ibragimova at the 2009 Manchester International Festival. She is one of the great interpreters of the most cherished works for violin, J.S. Bach's solo works. Together with an all-Schumann program by the gifted pianist David Fray, the New York premiere of Rushes composed by New York's very own alchemist Michael Gordon, and our partnership with the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, I hope you appreciate our exploration into the many facets of what the recital can offer. Alex Poots Artistic Director, Park Avenue Armory
2015 RECITAL SERIES IN THE NEWLY RESTORED BOARD OF OFFICERS ROOM
monday, march 16 at 7:30pm thursday, march 19 at 7:30pm
LINDEMANN YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT LAYLA CLAIRE, SOPRANO ANDREW STENSON, TENOR BRANDON CEDEL, BASS-BARITONE DIMITRI DOVER, PIANIST SOPHIA MUÑOZ, PIANIST
The Metropolitan Opera Young Artist Recital Series is made possible by the Anthony B. and Judith W. Evnin Endowment Fund, in honor of Sarah Billinghurst. Park Avenue Armory’s Recital Series is supported in part by a generous grant from Gwen Norton on behalf of the IKBS and by The Reed Foundation. The Armory’s Recital Series is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Support for Park Avenue Armory’s artistic season has been generously provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Booth Ferris Foundation, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, The Shubert Foundation, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, The Marc Haas Foundation, The Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation, The Leon Levy Foundation, and the Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation.
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PROGRAM Beethoven (1770-1827)
Adelaide, Op. 46
Andrew Stenson
Brahms (1833-1897)
Minnelied, Op. 71, no. 5 O kühler Wald, Op. 72, no. 3 Ach, wende diesen Blick, Op. 57, no. 4
Brandon Cedel
Debussy (1862-1918) Ariettes oubliées Layla Claire C’est l’extase langoureuse Il pleure dans mon coeur L’ombre des arbres Chevaux de bois Green Spleen Britten (1913-1976) Folk songs Brandon Cedel O Waly, Waly The last rose of summer The Miller of Dee Oliver Cromwell Intermission Quilter (1877-1953) Four Songs Andrew Stenson Fair House of Joy Drink to me only with thine eyes O mistress mine Go lovely rose Ibert (1890-1962) Don Quichotte Brandon Cedel Chanson du départ de Don Quichotte Chanson à Dulcinée Chanson du Duc Chanson de la mort de Don Quichotte Liszt (1811-1866) Pace non trovo (Petrarch Sonnet S 270, no. 1) Andrew Stenson Gounod (1818-1893) O, ma belle rebelle Andrew Stenson Sérénade Layla Claire L’absent Andrew Stenson Viens, les gazons sont verts Layla Claire This performance is approximately one hour and forty-five minutes in length, including intermission. The piano for this recital has been generously provided by Yamaha.
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM Those of us that love song repertoire often decry the large, impersonal halls these songs are performed in. Most of the great 19th-century literature that we treasure was created for private concerts, intimate settings like the exquisite room that we are in tonight. The inaugural concerts of the Board of Officers Room with baritone Christian Gerhaher and pianist Gerold Huber introduced a great new space for song in New York City. It is an honor to bring the young artists of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program to perform here.
We end tonight’s program with four gentle, intimate songs of Charles Gounod, a composer better known for his operas than his songs. Many of his songs can seem small-scaled and slight in a large concert hall. They were created for a warm, elegant ambience like the one we are enjoying tonight. —Brian Zeger Executive Director, Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program
The program is a varied one, created to feature the wideranging talents of three singers and two pianists. We begin with a reminder that Beethoven’s Vienna was gripped by a craze for Italian vocal music. His “Adelaide” features lines with a bel canto shapeliness, albeit in the German language. Brahms’s ripe and full-bodied songs take us further into the 19th century, providing both singer and pianist with challenging and rich music. Debussy’s delicate “Ariettes Oubliées” comprise six settings of Paul Verlaine’s sensitive and highly charged poetry. The songs alternate between scenes of love, both happy and unhappy, and landscape paintings from a rainy urban afternoon to a raucous country fair. The last two songs provide the strongest contrast from the dewy young love of “Green” to the anxious death-throes of a love affair in the bitter “Spleen.” Benjamin Britten’s masterful folk song settings round out the first half of the concert. After intermission we remain in England for four delightful songs by Roger Quilter, one of the composers well known to song enthusiasts but little known to the general public. Jacques Ibert’s “Quatre Chansons de Don Quichotte” manage to capture the fantastical and ultimately tragic fate of Cervantes’s Don Quixote in four short musical vignettes. Written for the great Russian bass, Feodor Chaliapin, they bring Cervantes’s Spanish landscape to life with music derived from Spanish dance, a favorite inspiration for French composers from Bizet to Ravel. Franz Lizst, who composed songs in four languages, must have been drawn to the ardor and powerful rhetoric of the Italian Renaissance poet, Francesco Petrarca, though their dates spanned six centuries. We’ll hear one of the three sonnets of Petrarca which Lizst set, in which the singer and pianist both rise to real virtuosity to portray the impassioned lover.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS Bass-baritone Brandon Cedel, from Charleston, South Carolina, is in his second year of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera. This fall he appeared at the Met in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and will sing in Don Carlo later this month; he also performed the role of Calchas in the Met and Juilliard production of Iphigénie in Aulide earlier this year. Last summer he sang both Masetto and Leporello in Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne. Mr. Cedel made his Metropolitan Opera stage debut during the 2013-2014 season as The Watchman in Die Frau ohne Schatten, having made his Met debut the previous summer performing in the The Met’s Summer Recital Series. He also sang Balducci in Act I, Scene I of Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini in the Met and Juilliard scenes program conducted by James Levine. Mr. Cedel has appeared as Colline in the Royal Opera House of Oman’s production of La Bohème, William Dale in Opera Philadelphia’s production of Silent Night, Nerbulone in Eliogabalo with Gotham Chamber Opera, Antonio in Le Nozze di Figaro with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pirro in I Lombardi with the Opera Orchestra of New York, and Lord Sidney in Il Viaggio a Reims with Wolf Trap Opera Company. He has been heard in recital and concert with Washington D.C.’s Vocal Arts Society, Chicago’s Music in the Loft, the William Walton Estate in Ischia, The Castleton Festival, Tri Counties Association, Longwood Gardens, the Richard Tucker Foundation, the Cleveland Men’s Chorus, the Haverford Singers, and the Over the Rainbow Foundation. In the 2012–2013 season, Mr. Cedel was a winner of The Metropolitan Opera National Council Grand Finals Concert, the 2012 winner at the George London Awards, the Sullivan Award winner from The Sullivan Foundation and recipient of the Sarah Tucker Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation. In 2011, he was the Grand Prize Winner at the Gerda Lissner Vocal Competition and has also received awards from the Liederkranz Competition, Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation, Loren L. Zachary Competition, Opera Index, Letters and Arts Foundation, and the Mario Lanza Competition. Brandon Cedel is sponsored by Annette Merle-Smith. Canadian soprano Layla Claire is a 2012 graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program. Ms. Claire’s 2014-2015 season opened with her debut with Opernhaus Zürich as the Governess in a new production of Britten’s The Turn of the Screw. She also makes her company and role debut with Washington National Opera as Blanche 4
de la Force in Poulenc’s Les Dialogues des Carmelites directed by Francesca Zambello, followed by her return to the Metropolitan Opera under James Levine as Anne Trulove in Stravinsky’s The Rakes Progress. In concert, Ms. Claire appears with L’Orchestre Métropolitain conducted by Yannick NézetSéguin in Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, and concludes her season with the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence as Helena in Robert Carsen’s celebrated production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Highlights of Ms. Claire’s 2013-2014 season included debuts with Pittsburgh and Minnesota Operas as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, her debut with the Canadian Opera Company as Fiordiligi in a new production of Così fan tutte, and her return to the Glyndebourne Festival as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada. While a member of the Lindemann Program, Ms. Claire created the role of Helena in the Met’s star-studded Baroque pastiche The Enchanted Island conducted by William Christie (now available on Virgin Classics DVD). She performed Giannetta in L’Elisir d’amore opposite Juan Diego Florez and Diana Damrau. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Tebaldo in Nicholas Hytner’s new production of Verdi’s Don Carlo conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and she also sang Marenka in The Bartered Bride in a Stephen Wadsworth production conducted by Maestro Levine at the Juilliard School. In recital, Ms. Claire has appeared at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall, with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and in the Metropolitan Opera’s Summer Recital Series. Most recently, she appeared in recital with mezzo-soprano Susan Graham at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2010, Layla Claire became the first recipient of The Hildegard Behrens Foundation Award. She is also a winner of the Prix des amis d’Aix-en-Provence for best Mozart performance, a recipient of J. Desmarais Foundation Bursaries, and a proud recipient of a Canada Council Grant and the 2013 Virginia Parker Prize winner. Pianist Dimitri Dover is in his first year of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera. He has performed at New York’s Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, New York City Center, Symphony Space, and the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, as well as Warner Theater in Washington, Zipper Hall in Los Angeles, and throughout the U.S., Canada, and Austria. Recent appearances in the New York area
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include the Chelsea Music Festival, concerts of contemporary works with Cutting Edge and Composers Concordance, chamber music with North Shore Pro Musica, and numerous instrumental and vocal recitals. Mr. Dover has performed in the composer’s presence the works of Valerie Coleman, Dan Cooper, George Crumb, Jake Heggie, Libby Larsen, the late Nicholas Maw, John Musto, Ben Moore, André Previn, Gene Pritsker, Morton Subotnick, and Chris Theofanidis, among many others. He has participated in masterclasses with many of the world’s leading solo and collaborative artists, including Elly Ameling, Julius Drake, Leon Fleisher, Richard Goode, Rudolf Jansen, Graham Johnson, Martin Katz, and Roger Vignoles. Since 2011, Mr. Dover has held a C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellowship in Collaborative Piano at The Juilliard School, where he has served as teaching assistant to Jonathan Feldman, chair of Collaborative Piano, as well as staff pianist for Juilliard Vocal Arts and teaching fellow in Keyboard Skills. He was awarded full fellowships to Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Summer Music Festival, and Songfest at Colburn, where he returned as staff pianist in 2014. He has also attended the Franz-Schubert-Institut in Baden, Austria. Mr. Dover received his M.M. and Graduate Performance Diploma in Piano Performance from the Peabody Conservatory, where he was twice honored with performances at commencement and awarded multiple conservatory prizes in accompanying. He holds a B.A. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University, where he performed extensively as concerto soloist, including the Schumann Piano Concerto at Sanders Theatre, as well as recitalist and chamber musician. Pianist Sophia Muñoz, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, is in her first year of the Lindemann Young Aritist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera. Recently, Ms. Muñoz was the rehearsal pianist and harpsichordist in Il Viaggio a Reims, and rehearsal and orchestral pianist in the New York premiere of Daniel Catán’s Il Postino, both with Mannes Opera under the baton of Joseph Colaneri. She has performed in concerts with the Mannes Festival including performances at Weill Recital Hall and Steinway Hall. Ms. Muñoz was the also the pianist and repetiteur for Internationale Meistersinger Akademie (2013) and Opera on the Avalon (2014). She is an alumna of the YoungARTS program, performing in the Gala under the direction of Bill T. Jones; and alumna facilitator and performer in “Salutes to the Presidential Scholars in the Arts” at the Kennedy Center. Ms. Munoz has also participated in masterclasses with artists such
as Richard Goode, Ken Noda, Wolfram Rieger, John Fisher, Margo Garrett, Kayo Iwama, Vera Calabria, Vitaly Margulis, Eteri Anjerperidze, and Andrzej Jasinski. She received her Master of Music and Bachelor of Music from the Mannes College, the New School for Music. Tenor Andrew Stenson, from Rochester, Minnesota, is in his third year of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera. This season he sang the role of Achilles in the Met and Juilliard production of Iphigénie en Aulide, and will sing Beppe in Pagliacci at the Met next month, and then the title role in Candide at the Glimmerglass Festival this summer. Last year, Mr. Stenson sang the Mozart Requiem with the Hartford Symphony, Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Utah Opera, and the title role of Danny Chen in the world premiere of An American Soldier with Washington National Opera. In the 2013-2014 season, Mr. Stenson sang Demetrius in the return of The Enchanted Island at the Met, and in the Met and Juilliard scenes program conducted by James Levine he sang Belmonte in Act I of Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail. He also returned to the Seattle Opera to sing Tonio in La fille du régiment and performed Handel’s Messiah with the Seattle Symphony. In the 20122013 season, he sang the Third Esquire in Parsifal at the Met. Further career highlights include his debut with the San Francisco Symphony in Handel’s Messiah and Brighella in a new production of Ariadne auf Naxos with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. As a member of the Seattle Opera Young Artist Program, Mr. Stenson performed Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, the title role in Werther, and Ernesto in Don Pasquale. On the Seattle Opera mainstage, he performed Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Remendado in Carmen, and Orphée in Orphée et Euridice. He has also sung Cassio in Knoxville Opera’s production of Otello, Man with Old Luggage in Argento’s Postcard from Morocco in San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program, and Martin in The Tender Land with The Glimmerglass Opera. In the summer of 2013, Mr. Stenson was awarded 2nd place in the Queen Sonja International Music Competition. He was a Regional Finalist in the 2010 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the recipient of a 2011 Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation. Andrew Stenson is sponsored by the Kern Family, in memory of Ralph W. Kern.
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TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS BEETHOVEN Adelaide Adelaide Text by Friedrich von Matthisson Translated by Richard Stokes Einsam wandelt dein Freund im Frühlingsgarten, Mild vom lieblichen Zauberlicht umflossen, Das durch wankende Blütenzweige zittert, Adelaide!
Lonely your friend wanders the spring garden lapped in the magical sweet light, that quivers through swaying blossomed boughs, Adelaide!
In der spiegelnden Flut, im Schnee der Alpen, In des sinkenden Tages Goldgewölke, Im Gefilde der Sterne strahlt dein Bildnis, Adelaide! Abendlüftchen im zarten Laube flüstern, Silberglöckchen des Mais im Grase säuseln, Wellen rauschen und Nachtigallen flöten: Adelaide!
In the mirroring waves, in the Alpine snows, in the gold cloud masses of departing day, in the region of stars your image shines, Adelaide! Evening breezes whisper in the tender foliage, the silvery bells of May stir in the grass; waves splash and nightingales sing: Adelaide!
Einst, o Wunder! Entblüht auf meinem Grabe Eine Blume der Asche meines Herzens; Deutlich schimmert auf jedem Purpurblättchen: Adelaide!
One day, O miracle, upon my grave shall bloom, a flower from the ashes of my heart; clearly shall shimmer on every purple leaf: Adelaide!
BRAHMS Minnelied Love Song Text by Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty Translated by Richard Stokes Holder klingt der Vogelsang, Wenn die Engelreine, Die mein [Jünglingsherz]1 bezwang Wandelt durch die Haine.
Sweeter sounds the song of birds, when that pure angel who’s captured my young heart walks through the woods.
Röter blühen Tal und Au, Grüner wird der Wasen, [Wo die Finger meiner Frau Maienblumen lasen.]2
Redder blossom vale and meadow, greener grows the grass, where my lady’s hands have gathered lilies of the valley.
Ohne sie ist alles tot, Welk sind Blüt’ und Kräuter; Und kein Frühlingsabendrot Dünkt mir schön und heiter.
Without her all is dead. Blossoms and leaves withered; and no spring sunset seems fair and cheering.
Traute, minnigliche Frau, Wollest nimmer fliehen; Daß mein Herz, gleich dieser Au, Mög’ in Wonne blühen!
Dear, lovely lady, pray flee no more, that my heart like this meadow, may blossom in bliss.
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O kühler Wald Cool Wooder Text by Charles Brentano Translated by Richard Stokes O kühler Wald, wo rauschest du, In dem mein Liebchen geht? O Widerhall,wo lauschest du, Der gern mein Lied versteht?
Where do you whisper, cool wood, In which my beloved walks? Where do you listen, echo, Who likes to understand my song?
Im Herzen tief, da rauscht der Wald, In dem mein Liebchen geht, In Schmerzen schlief der Widerhall, Die Lieder sind verweht.
Deep in my heart whispers the wood, In which my beloved walks, The echo has slept in sorrow, The songs are all blown away.
Ach, wende diesen Blick Text by Georg Friedrich Daumer
Ah, turn away this Gaze Translated by Robert Cowart
Ach, wende diesen Blick, wende dies Angesicht! Das Inn’re mir mit ewig neuer Glut, Mit ewig neuem Harm erfülle nicht!
Ah, turn away this gaze, this countenance! Do not fill my inner self With ever new fire, and new grief!
Wenn einmal die gequälte Seele ruht, Und mit so fieberischer Wilde nicht In meinen Adern rollt das heiße Blut -
Whenever my tormented soul finds rest, And with such feverish anguish the hot blood No longer courses in my veins –
Ein Strahl, ein flüchtiger, von deinem Licht, Er wecket auf des Wehs gesamte Wut, Das schlangengleich mich in das Herze sticht.
One fleeting beam of your light Awakens the fury of my pain, Which like a serpent bites into my heart.
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DEBUSSY Ariettes Oubliées Forgotten Airs Text by Paul Verlaine Translated by Richard Stokes C’est l’extase langoureuse C’est l’extase langoureuse, C’est la fatigue amoureuse. C’est tous les frissons des bois Parmi l’étreinte des brises, C’est, vers les ramures grises, Le choeur des petites voix.
It is languorous rapture It is languorous rapture, It is amorous fatigue. It is all the tremors of the forest In the breezes’ embrace, It is, around the grey branches, The choir of tiny voices.
O le frêle et frais murmure, Cela gazouille et susurre, Cela ressemble au cri doux Que l’herbe agitée expire… Tu dirais, sous l’eau qui vire, Le roulis sourd des cailloux.
O the delicate, fresh murmuring! The warbling and whispering, It is like the soft cry The ruffled grass gives out … You might take it for the muffled sound Of pebbles in the swirling stream.
Cette âme qui se lamente En cette plainte dormante C’est la nôtre, n’est-ce pas? La mienne, dis, et la tienne, Dont s’exhale l’humble antienne Par ce tiède soir, tout bas?
This soul which grieves In this subdued lamet, It is ours, is it not? Mine, and yours too, Breathing out our humble hymn On this warm evening, soft and low?
Il pleure dans mon coeur Il pleure dans mon coeur Comme il pleut sur la ville; Quelle est cette langueur Qui pénètre mon coeur?
Tears fall in my heart Tears falls in my heart As rain falls on the town; What is this torpor Pervading my heart?
O bruit doux de la pluie, Par terre et sur les toits! Pour un cœur qui s’ennuie, O le bruit de la pluie!
Ah, the soft sound of rain, On the ground and on the roofs! For a listless heart, Ah, the sound of the rain!
Il pleure sans raison Dans ce coeur qui s’écoeure. Quoi! nulle trahison?... Ce deuil est sans raison.
Tears fall without reason In this disheartened heart. What! Was there no treason? … This grief is without reason.
C’est bien la pire peine, De ne savoir pourquoi, Sans amour et sans haine, Mon coeur a tant de peine.
And the worst pain of all Must be not to know why Without love and without hate My heart feels such pain.
L’ombre des arbres L’ombre des arbres dans la rivière embrumée Meurt comme de la fumée, Tandis qu’en l’air, parmi les ramures réelles, Se plaignent les tourterelles.
The shadow of trees The shadow of trees in the misty stream Dies like smoke, While up above, in the real branches, The turtledoves lament.
Combien, ô voyageur, ce paysage blême Te mira blême toi-même, Et que tristes pleuraient dans les hautes feuillées, Tes espérances noyées.
How this faded landscapre, O traveler, Watched you yourself fade, And how sadly in the lofty leaves Your drowned hope were weeping!
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Chevaux de bois Tournez, tournez, bon chevaux de bois, Tournez cent tours, tournez mille tours. Tournez souvent et tournez toujours, Tournez, tournez au son des hautbois.
Merry-Go-Round Turn, turn, you fine wooden horses, Turn a hundred, turn a thousand times, Turn often and turn for evermore Turn and turn to the oboes’ sound.
L’enfant tout rouge et la mère blanche, Le gars en noir et la fille en rose, L’une à la chose et l’autre à la pose, Chacun se paie un sou de dimanche.
The red-faced child and the pale mother, The lad in black and the girl in pink, One down-to-earth, the other showing off, Each buying a treat with his Sunday sou.
Tournez, tournez, chevaux de leur cœur, Tandis qu’autour de tous vos tournois Clignote l’oeil du filou sournois. Tournez au son du piston vainqueur!
Turn, turn, horses of their hearts, While the furtive pickpocket’s eye is flashing As you whirl about and whirl around, Turn to the sound of the conquering cornet!
C’est étonnant comme ça vous soûle, D’aller ainsi dans ce cirque bête: Rien dans le ventre et mal dans la tête, Du mal en masse et du bien en foule.
Astonishing how drunk it makes you, Riding like this in this foolish fair: With an empty stomach and an aching head, Discomfort in plenty and masses of fun!
Tournez, dadas, sans qu’il soit besoin D’user jamais de nuls éperons Pour commander à vos galops ronds: Tournez, tournez, sans espoir de foin.
Gee-gees, turn, you’ll never need The help of any spur To make your horses gallop round: Turn, turn, without hope of hay.
Et dépêchez, chevaux de leur âme, Déjà voici que sonne à la soupe La nuit qui tombe et chasse la troupe De gais buveurs que leur soif affame.
And hurry on, horses of their souls: Nightfall already calls them to supper And disperses the crowd of happy revelers, Ravenous with thirst.
Tournez, tournez! Le ciel en velours D’astres en or se vêt lentement, L’eglise tinte un glas tristement. Tournez au son joyeux des tambours!
Turn, turn! The velvet sky Is slowly decked with golden stars. The church bell tolls a mournful knell – Turn to the joyful sound of drums!
Green Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des feuilles et des branches Et puis voici mon coeur qui ne bat que pour vous. Ne le déchirez pas avec vos deux mains blanches, Et qu’à vos yeux si beaux l’humble présent soit doux.
Green Here are flowers, branches, fruit and fronds, And here to is my heart, which beats just for you. Do not tear it with your two white hands, And may the humble gift please your lovely eyes.
J’arrive tout couvert encore de rosée, Que le vent du matin vient glacer à mon front, Souffrez que ma fatigue à vos pieds reposée, Rêve des chers instants qui la délasseront.
I come all covered still with the dew, Frozen to my brow by the morning breeze. Let my fatigue, finding rest at your feet, Dream of dear moments that will soothe it.
Sur votre jeune sein, laissez rouler ma tête Toute sonore encore de vos derniers baisers; Laissez-la s’apaiser de la bonne tempête, Et que je dorme un peu puisque vous reposez.
On your young breast let me cradle my head, Still ringing with your recent kisses; After love’s sweet tumult grant it peace, And let me sleep a little since you rest.
Spleen Les roses étaient toutes rouges, Et les lierres étaient tout noirs.
Spleen All the roses were red And the ivy was all black.
Chère, pour peu que tu te bouges, Renaissent tous mes désespoirs.
Dear, at your slightest move, All my despair revives.
Le ciel était trop bleu, trop tendre, La mer trop verte et l’air trop doux.
The sky was too blue, too tender, The sea too green and the air too mild.
Je crains toujours, - ce qu’est d’attendre!Quelque fuite atroce de vous.
I always fear – oh to wait and wonder!One of your agonizing departures.
Du houx à la feuille vernie Et du luisant buis je suis las,
I am weary of the glossy holly, Of the gleaming box-tree too,
Et de la campagne infinie, Et de tout, fors de vous, hélas!
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BRITTEN Folk Songs O Waly, Waly From Somerset, text by Cecil Sharp
The Miller of Dee
The water is wide I cannot get o’er, And neither have I wings to fly. Give me a boat that will carry two, And both shall row, my love and I.
There was a jolly miller once lived on the river Dee; He worked and sung from morn till night, no lark more blithe than he. And this the burden of his song for ever used to be: “I care for nobody, no, not I, since nobody cares for me.
O, down in the meadows the other day, Agath’ring flowers both fine and gay, Agath’ring flowers both red and blue, I little thought what love can do. I leaned my back up against some oak Thinking that he was a trusty tree; But first he bended and then he broke; And so did my false love to me. A ship there is, and she sails the sea, She’s loaded deep as deep can be, But not so deep as the love I’m in: I know not if I sink or swim. O, love is handsome and love is fine, And love’s a jewel while it is new, But when it is old, it groweth cold, And fades away like morning dew. The last rose of summer From Thomas Moore’s Irish Melodies ’Tis the last rose of summer, left blooming alone; All her lovely companions are faded and gone; No flow’r of her kindred, no rosebud is nigh To reflect back her blushes or give sigh for sigh. I’ll not leave thee, thou lone one, to pine on the stem; Since the lovely are sleeping, go sleep thou with them; Thus kindly I scatter thy leaves o’er the bed Where thy mates of the garden lie senseless and dead.
“I love my mill, she is to me like parent, child and wife, I would not change my station for any other in life. Then push, push, push the bowl, my boys, and pass it round to me, The longer we sit here and drink, the merrier we shall be.” So sang the jolly miller who lived on the river Dee; He worked and sung from morn till night, no lark more blithe than he. And this the burden of his song for ever used to be: “I care for nobody, no, not I, since nobody cares for me.” Oliver Cromwell Nursery rhyme from Suffolk Oliver Cromwell lay buried and dead, heehaw buried and dead, There grew an old apple tree over his head, heehaw over his head. The apples were ripe and ready to fall; heehaw ready to fall; There came an old woman to gather them all, heehaw gather them all. Oliver rose and gave her a drop, heehaw gave her a drop, Which made the old woman go hippety hop, heehaw hippety hop. The saddle and bridle, they lie on the shelf, heehaw lie on the shelf, If you want any more you can sing it yourself heehaw sing it yourself.
So soon may I follow, when friendships decay, And from love’s shining circle the gems drop away! When true hearts lie withered and fond ones are flown, Oh! Who would inhabit this bleak world alone?
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QUILTER Four Songs Fair House of Joy Text Anonymous
O mistress mine Text by William Shakespeare from Twelfth Night
Fain would I change that note To which fond Love hath charm’d me Long, long to sing by rote, Fancying that that harm’d me: Yet when this thought doth come ‘Love is the perfect sum Of all delight!’ I have no other choice Either for pen or voice To sing or write.
O mistress mine, where are you roaming? O stay and hear, your true love’s coming That can sing both high and low.
O Love! they wrong thee much That say thy sweet is bitter, When thy rich fruit is such As nothing can be sweeter. Fair house of joy and bliss, Where truest pleasure is, I do adore thee: I know thee what thou art, I serve thee with my heart, And fall before thee. Drink to me only with thine eyes Text by Ben Jonson Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss within the cup, And I’ll not ask for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove’s nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe And sent’st it back to me: Since when it grows, and smells, I swear Not of itself, but thee.
Trip no further, pretty sweeting; Journeys end in lovers’ meeting, Ev’ry wise man’s son doth know. What is love? ‘Tis not hereafter; Present mirth hath present laughter; What’s to come is still unsure: In delay there lies no plenty; Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty; Youth’s a stuff will not endure. Go lovely rose Text by Edmund Waller Go, lovely Rose! -Tell her, that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that’s young, And shuns to have her graces spied That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired; Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die! -- that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee: How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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IBERT Chansons de Don Quichotte
Songs of Don Quixote
Chanson du départ de Don Quichotte Text by Pierre de Ronsard
Don Quixote’s Song of Departure Translated by Richard Stokes
Ce château neuf, ce nouvel édifice Tout enrichi de marbre et de porphyre Qu’amour bâtit château de son empire où tout le ciel a mis son artifice, Est un rempart, un fort contre le vice, Où la vertu maîtresse se retire, Que l’oeil regarde et que l’esprit admire Forçant les coeurs à lui faire service.
This new castle, this new edifice, Enriched with marble and porphyry That Love built to guard his empire, To which all heaven has lent its skill, Is a rampart, a stronghold against evil, Where Mistress Virtue can take refuge, Whom the eye observes and the spirit admires, Compelling hearts to pay her homage.
C’est un château, fait de telle sorte Que nul ne peut approcher de la porte Si des grands rois il n’a sauvé sa race Victorieux, vaillant et amoureux. Nul chevalier tant soit aventureux Sans être tel ne peut gagner la place.
This castle is fashioned in such a way That no one can approach its gate, Unless he is descended from great Kings, With victory, valour, and love. No knight, however bold, Without such merit, can enter here.
Chanson à Dulcinée Text by Alexandre Arnoux
Song to Dulcinea Translated by Richard Stokes
Un an me dure la journée Si je ne vois ma Dulcinée.
A day seems like a year If I do not see my Dulcinea.
Mais, amour a peint son visage, Afin d’adoucir ma langueur, Dans la fontaine et le nuage, Dans chaque aurore et chaque fleur.
But to sweeten my languishing, Love has painted her face In fountains and clouds, In every dawn and every flower.
Un an me dure la journée Si je ne vois ma Dulcinée.
A day seems like a year If I do not see my Dulcinea.
Toujours proche et toujours lointaine, Étoile de mes longs chemins, Le vent m’apporte son haleine Quand il passé sur les jasmines.
Ever near and ever far, Star of my weary journeying, Her breath is brought me on the breeze, As it passes over jasmine flowers.
Un an me dure la journée Si je ne vois ma Dulcinée.
A day seems like a year If I do not see my Dulcinea.
Chanson du Duc Text by Alexandre Arnoux
The Duke’s song Translated by Richard Stokes
Je veux chanter ici la dame de mes songes Qui mQui m’exalte au-dessus de ce siécle de boue. Son Coeur de diamant est vierge de mensonges, La rose s’obscurcit au regard de sa joue. Pour elle j’ai tenté les hautes aventures: Mon bras a déliveré la princesse en servage, J’ai vaincu l’enchanteur, confondu les parjures Et ployé l’univers à lui rendre l’hommage. Dame par qui je vais, seul dessus cette terre, Qui ne soit prisonnier de la fausse apparence, Je soutiens contre tout chevalier téméraire Votre éclat non pareil et votre précellence.
I wish now to praise the Lady of my dreams, Who lifts me above this squalid age. Her diamond heart is devoid of deceit, The rose grows dim beside her cheeks. For her I’ve embarked on great adventures: Princesses in thrall I’ve freed with my arm, I’ve vanquished sorcerers, confounded perjurers, And compelled the universe to pay her homage. Lady, for whom I travel this earth alone, Who is not deceived by false pretences, Against any rash knight I shall uphold Your peerless beauty and perfection.
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Chanson de la mort de Don Quichotte Text by Alexandre Arnoux
Song of the death of Don Quixote Translated by Richard Stokes
Ne pleure pas, Sancho, Ne pleure pas, mon bon, Ton maître n’est pas mort, Il n’est pas loin de toi, Il vit dans une île heureuse Où tout est pur et sans mensonge, Dans l’île enfin trouvée Où tu viendras un jour, Dans l’île désirée, Ô mon ami Sancho.
Weep not, Sancho, Weep not, good fellow, Your master is not dead, He is not far from you, He lives on a happy isle, Where all is pure and truthful, On this isle that he has finally found, Where you shall also come one day, On this longed-for isle, O Sancho, my friend.
Les livres sont brûlés Et font un tas de cendres, Si tous les livres m’ont tué, Il suffit d’un pour que je vive; Fantôme dans la vie Et réel dans la mortTel est l’étrange sort Du pauvre Don Quichotte. Ah!
Books have been burnt To a heap of ashes. If all those books have caused my death, It will take but one to make me live; A phantom in life And real in death. Such is the strange fate Of poor Don Quixote. Ah!
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LISZT I Find No Peace Pace non trovo (from Tre sonetti di Petrarca) Translated by Robert Cowart Text by Francesco Petrarca Pace non trovo, e non ho da far guerra, E temo, e spero, ed ardo, e son un ghiaccio; E volo sopra ‘l cielo, e giaccio in terra; E nulla stringo, e tutto ‘l mondo abbraccio.
I find no peace, yet cannot make war, I fear, yet hope; I burn, yet am made of ice; I fly above the heavens, yet lie upon the ground; I hold nothing, yet embrace the whole world.
Tal m’ha in prigion, che non m’apre, né serra, Né per suo mi ritien, né scioglie il laccio, E non m’ancide Amor, e non mi sferra; Né mi vuol vivo, né mi trahe d’impaccio.
Love holds me in a prison, which he neither opens nor shuts, He neither claims me as his own nor loosens my bonds, He neither slays me, nor unlocks my shackles; He neither wants me alive nor releases me from pain.
Veggio senz’ occhi; e non ho lingua e grido; E bramo di perir, e cheggio aita, Ed ho in odio me stesso, ed amo altrui:
I see without eyes, and without a tongue I cry out; I yearn to perish, yet I plead for help, I despise myself, yet love another.
Pascomi di dolor; piangendo rido; Egualmente mi spiace morte e vita. In questo stato son, donna, per voi, In questo stato son per voi, O Laura per voi.
I feed upon pain, and weeping, I laugh. I am equally repelled by death and life. I am in this state, my lady, because of you. I am in this state because of you, O Laura, because of you.
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GOUNOD O, ma belle rebelle Text by Jean-Antoine de Baïf
O, my rebellious belle Translated by Richard Stokes
O ma belle rebelle! Las! que tu m’es cruelle, Ou quand d’une doux souris, Larron de mes esprits, Ou quand d’une parole, Mignardètement molle, Ou quand d’une regard d’yeux Fièrement gracieux, Ou quand d’un petit geste, Tout divin, tout céleste, En amoureuse ardeur Tu plonges tout mon coeur!
O my rebellious belle, Alas, how cruel you are, When witih a sweet smile You steal my soul, Or with a soft seductive word, Or with a proud And winning glance, Or with a little gesture, So heavenly and divine, You plunge my heart Into ardent rapture.
O ma belle rebelle! Las! que tu m’est cruelle, Quand la cuisant ardeur Qui me brule le coeur Fait que je te demande, A sa brûlure grande, Un rafraichissement D’un baiser seulement. O! ma belle rebelle! Las, que tu m’es cruelle, Quand d’un petit baiser Tu ne veux m’apaiser. Me puisse-je un jour, dure! Venger de ton injure; Mon petit maître amour Te puisse outrer un jour, Et pour moi langoureuse Il te fasse amoureuse Comme il m’a langoureux De toi fait amoureux. Alors, par ma vengeance Tu auras connaissance Quel mal fait du baiser Un amant refuser.
O my rebellious belle, Alas, how cruel you are, When the burning desire That consumes my heart Compels me to beg of you A single kiss To quench Its conflagration! O my rebellious belle! Alas, how cruel you are, When with a little kiss You will not soothe me. May I one day, O callous one, Return the harm you caused me, May my little master, Cupid, Pierce your heart one day And make you Pine for me, As he made me pine With love for you! By my revenge You then shall know The harm you cause In refusing a lover a kiss.
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Sérénade Text by Victor Hugo
Serenade Translated by Richard Stokes
Quand tu chantes, bercée Le soir entre mes bras, Entends-tu ma pensée Qui te répond tout bas? Ton doux chant me rappelle Les plus beaux de mes jours… Ah! chantez, ma belle, Chantez toujours!
When you sing, cradled In my arms at evening, Do you hear my thoughts Softly answering you? Your sweet song recalls The loveliest days of my life … Ah! Sing, my fair one, Sing on!
Quand tu ris, sur ta bouche L’amour s’épanouit, Et soudain le farouche Soupçon s’évanouit. Ah! le rire fidèle Prouve un coeur sans détours… Ah! riez, ma belle, Riez toujours!
When you laugh, your lips Blossom with love, And instantly, wild Suspicion vanishes. Ah! That faithful laughter Shows a sincere heart … Ah! Laugh, my fair one, Laugh on!
Quand tu dors, calme et pure, Dans l’ombre, sous mes yeux, Ton haleine murmure Des mots harmonieux. Ton beau corps se révèle Sans voile et sans atours... Ah! dormez, ma belle, Dormez toujours!
When you sleep, calm and pure, In the shade beneath my gaze, Your breath murmurs Melodious words. Your body is revealed in its beauty Without veil or finery … Ah! Sleep, my fair one, Sleep on!
L’absent Text by Charles Gounod
The absent one Translated by Richard Stokes
Ô silence des nuits dont la voix seule est douce, Quand je n’ai plus sa voix, Mystérieux rayons, qui glissez sur la mousse Dans l’ombre de ses bois,
O silence of the nights, whose voice alone is sweet, When I hear her voice no more, Mysterious rays, that glide across the moss In the shade of her woods -
Dites-moi si ses yeux, à l’heure où tout sommeille Se rouvrent doucement Et si ma bien-aimée, alors quemoi je veille, Se souvient de l’absent.
Tell me if her eyes, at the hour when all are sleeping, Once more gently open, And if, as I lie awake, my beloved Remembers the absent one.
Quand la lune est aux cieux, baignant de sa lumière Les grands bois et l’azur; Quand des cloches du soir qui tintent la prière Vibre l’écho si pur,
When the moon is in heaven, bathing in its light The great woods and the sky, When vesper bells, tolling for prayer, Awaken so pure an echo –
Dites-moi si son âme, un instant recueillie, S’élève avec leur chant, Et si de leurs accords la paisible harmonie Lui rappelle l’absent!
Tell me if her soul, musing for a moment, Quickens with their song, And if the serene harmony of their strains Reminds her of the absent one!
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Viens, les gazons sont verts Text by Jules Barbier, after Longfellow
Come, the lawns are green Translated by Richard Stokes
Si tu dors, jeune fille, Debout, debout! voici le soleil! Chasse de tes yeux l’indolent sommeil! C’est l’heure du réveil!
If you sleeping, my girl, Rise up, rise up, the sun is here! Brush idle sleep from your eyes, It is time to awake!
Suis moi, vive et gentille! Pieds nus, viens! Les gazons sont verts! Les ruisseaux jaseurs par les bois déserts Promènent leurs flots clairs!
Follow me quickly and sweetly, Barefoot, come, the lawns are green! The babbling brooks in the empty woods Flow with limpid water!
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ABOUT THE ARMORY Part American palace, part industrial shed, Park Avenue Armory is dedicated to supporting unconventional works in the visual and performing arts that need non-traditional spaces for their full realization, enabling artists to create and audiences to consume epic and adventurous presentations that can not be mounted elsewhere in New York City. In its first eight years, the Armory opened its doors to visionary artists, directors, and impresarios who provided extraordinary experiences in a range of art forms. Such was its impact that in December 2011, The New York Times noted, “Park Avenue Armory… has arrived as the most important new cultural institution in New York City.” Built between 1877 and 1881, Park Avenue Armory has been hailed as containing “the single most important collection of nineteenth century interiors to survive intact in one building” by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall, with an 80-foot-high barrel vaulted roof, is one of the largest unobstructed spaces in New York City. The Armory’s magnificent reception rooms were designed by leaders of the American Aesthetic Movement, among them Louis Comfort Tiffany, Stanford White, Candace Wheeler, and Herter Brothers. The building is currently undergoing a $200-million renovation designed by Herzog & de Meuron.
PARK AVENUE ARMORY STAFF Rebecca Robertson, President and Executive Producer Alex Poots, Artistic Director Katrina Berselius, Executive Assistant to the President Liz Bickley, Director of Special Events David Burnhauser, Collection Manager David Crouse, Associate Technical Director Olga Cruz, Porter Leandro Dasso, Porter Khemraj Dat, Accountant Mayra DeLeon, Porter Jay T. Dority, Director of Facilities Melanie Forman, Chief Development Officer Lissa Frenkel, Managing Director Peter Gee, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Mary Greene, Development Events Coordinator Antonella Inserra, Office Manager Cassidy Jones, Education Director Kara Kaufman, Box Office Manager Benjamin Kimitch, Production Coordinator Allison Kline, Project Coordinator Michael Lonergan, Producing Director Wayne Lowery, Security Director Jason Lujan, Operations Manager Abel Martinez, Porter Ryan Hugh McWilliams, Digital Marketing Manager 18
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NEXT IN THE RECITAL SERIES IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor WENWEN DU, piano
RUSHES ENSEMBLE october 23
april 17
“Bostridge sings as if from inside the music, as if he has found a way to produce pure, disembodied emotion.” —Los Angeles Times Celebrated for the remarkable passion, drama, and directness of his elegant performances, British tenor Ian Bostridge is widely admired as one of the world’s most perceptive and accomplished musicians. A supremely expressive storyteller of song, Bostridge is joined by the eminent pianist Wenwen Du to present an artfully curated program of songs exploring the music and poetry of the Great War. The program ranges from songs by soldier composer George Butterworth to Britten’s setting of poems about children in wartime.
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING, voice SONIA WIEDER-ATHERTON, cello
“Even within the classical-music world… an ensemble of seven bassoons is a conspicuous novelty. [Rushes] makes one wonder what took so long.” —The Boston Globe With one of the most unorthodox ensembles imaginable, New York City-based Michael Gordon, composer and founder of the iconic Bang on a Can collective, offers Rushes, a sonic meditation for seven bassoons in its New York City premiere. Best known for music driven by rhythmic intensity and power, Gordon explores interweaving textures and the timbre of a surplus of double reeds to form a steadily pulsating, unbroken wall of woodwind sound.
CHRISTIAN GERHAHER, baritone GEROLD HUBER, piano november 10
april 22–26
Explore the subtleties of Benjamin Britten’s suites for solo cello through the lens of the American poet Sylvia Plath, considered one of the leading cultivators of confessional poetry. Acclaimed actor Charlotte Rampling and renowned cellist Sonia WiederAtherton bring together Plath’s haunting poetry and Britten’s powerful music for the U.S. premiere of The Night Dances, an intimate melding of these celebrated artistic voices.setting of poems about children in wartime.
DAVID FRAY, piano
“[Gerhaher’s recent recitals] have been nothing short of sublime… prov[ing] once again that he ranks as today’s peerless singer of lieder.” —The Telegraph (UK) While he has triumphed in international opera and oratorio appearances, Christian Gerhaher is also today’s foremost interpreter of Lieder, with his vocal artistry profoundly conveying the poetry and emotional seed of each song. After inaugurating the reopening of the Board of Officers Room in 2013, the burnished baritone returns with his longstanding recital partner Gerold Huber for a program that highlights the Viennese peak of the art song tradition.
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“Fray has a brilliant technique and a serious and thoughtful regard for the music.” —The Chicago Tribune Franz Schubert had a tragically short but extremely productive life. While known for composing over 600 songs and song cycles, his works for piano are perhaps some of the most beautiful pieces of chamber music ever composed. French pianist David Fray harnesses the delicacy and richness of color in his playing to interpret three of these expressive works in the Board of Officers Room.
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NEXT AT THE ARMORY FLEXN
LANGUAGE OF THE FUTURE: THE LINE
REGGIE (REGG ROC) GRAY, PETER SELLARS
LAURIE ANDERSON
“…at first amazes and then glides into the mystical… It was jaw-dropping.” —The New York Times
“Anderson continues to imbue her work with a singular perspective that is both haunting and timeless.” —The New Yorker
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october 2–4
This electrifying phenomenon is showcased in a new project that features a crew of 21 dancers from the very neighborhoods in Brooklyn where the flex movement first took shape. Staged by visionary director Peter Sellars and flex pioneer Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray, this dynamic production confronts issues of social injustice. Performing both as individuals and in groups to choreography created by the ensemble itself, the dancers utilize their breathtakingly beautiful movement to tell deeply human and sometimes heart-wrenching stories that address these troubling issues of our time.
Iconic storyteller Laurie Anderson examines the contrast between an event and the memory of that moment in her latest multimedia artwork, harnessing events from anthropology and history to form a series of songs in visual form that are experiences in a site-specific environment in which audiences confront their perceptions of these opposing ideas, situations, and images in a processional of consciousness.
GOLDBERG
IGOR LEVIT, MARINA ABRAMOVIC´
PHILIPPE PARRENO
december 7–19
june 10–august 2
“From spectacle to bafflement, moments of melancholy to visceral excitement... it is not so much an immersive exhibition as one that engulfs you.” —The Guardian (UK) In his largest installation in the U.S. to date, Philippe Parreno reshapes the very notion of what it means to experience art by exploring an exhibition as a singular, coherent object rather than as a collection of individual works. This dramatic composition combines remastered existing works and new projects to guide and manipulate the viewer’s experience and perception by utilizing sound, film, light, and memory.
“We always project into the future or reflect in the past, but we are so little in the present.” —Marina Abramović Igor Levit, who made his impressive North American recital debut at the Armory in 2014, interprets Bach’s towering keyboard masterpiece Goldberg Variations in an installation created by seminal artist Marina Abramović. Having redefined what performance art is for nearly 40 years, she now reimagines the concert-going experience by creating a concentrated durational work that reflects upon music, time, space, emptiness, and luminosity, with the audience becoming a part of the work to connect with themselves and with the present — the elusive moment of the here and now.
TREE OF CODES WAYNE MCGREGOR, OLAFUR ELIASSON, JAMIE XX
september 14–21
“[Wayne McGregor is] doing some of the most exciting work on the planet.” —The New York Times Award-winning choreographer Wayne McGregor, artist Olafur Eliasson, and Mercury Prize-winning producer/composer Jamie xx create a new ballet triggered by the book Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer, an artwork in the form of a book which was in turn inspired by Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz. This new, evening-length work features a company of soloists and dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet alongside Wayne McGregor | Random Dance. 20
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OTHER HAPPENINGS AT THE ARMORY UNDER CONSTRUCTION SERIES
FAMILY PROGRAMS
“A residency like the Armory’s can be life changing for an artist. With unlimited access to studio space and total creative freedom, even the wildest idea can be attempted.” —The Wall Street Journal Get an inside look into the creative process of the Armory’s artists-in-residence, who set up studios and offer intimate public previews of works-in-progress, including dance, theater, music, and visual art. The Armory’s period rooms provide a unique backdrop for their workshops, serving as both inspiration and as a collaborator in the development of their work. Previous artists-in-residence have included director and designer Julian Crouch, choreographers Faye Driscoll and Wally Cardona, soprano Lauren Flanigan, artist Ralph Lemon, maverick musician and composer Meredith Monk, postclassical string quartet ETHEL, writer and critic Sasha FrereJones, playwright and director Young Jean Lee, performance artist Okwui Okpokwasili, Trusty Sidekick Theater Company, and Shen Wei Dance Arts.
ARMORY AFTER HOURS
Salon culture has enlivened art since the 19th century, when friends gathered in elegant chambers to hear intimate performances and share artistic insights. Join us following select performances for libations with fellow attendees as we revive this tradition in our historic period rooms. You may also get to talk with the evening’s artists, who often greet friends and audience members following their performances.
Park Avenue Armory invites parents and children to participate in interactive art-making workshops in our historic period rooms. Drawing upon the Armory’s castle-like setting and unique artistic offerings, these programs are offered monthly during the school year and designed to spark the imagination of children of all ages.
ARTIST TALKS
Held in our historic period rooms, these insightful dialogues give audiences the opportunity to hear directly from the artists, and explore the inspirations, ideas, and themes behind their work.
MALKIN LECTURE SERIES
Each fall, the popular Malkin Lecture Series presents scholars and experts on topics relating to the Armory and the civic, cultural, and aesthetic life of New York City in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Lecture topics have ranged from history makers like Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt to Gilded Age society’s favorite restaurants and the Hudson River painters.
HISTORIC INTERIORS TOURS
Get an insider’s look at the Armory with a guided walking tour of the building with our staff historian. From the soaring 55,000-square-foot Drill Hall to the extraordinary interiors designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, Stanford White, Herter Brothers, and others, and learn about the design plans by acclaimed architects Herzog & de Meuron.
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PARK AVENUE ARMORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Co-Chairman Elihu Rose, PhD. Co-Chairman Adam R. Flatto President and Executive Producer Rebecca Robertson
Marina Abramović Harrison M. Bains Kent L. Barwick Wendy Belzberg Emma Bloomberg Carolyn Brody Cora Cahan Peter Clive Charrington Hélene Comfort Paul Cronson Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Michael Field David Fox Marjorie L. Hart Karl Katz Edward G. Klein, Major General NYNG (Ret.)
Ken Kuchin Pablo Legorreta Ralph Lemon Heidi McWilliams David S. Moross Gwendolyn Adams Norton Joel I. Picket Joel Press Genie H. Rice Janet C. Ross Jeffrey Silverman Joan Steinberg Emanuel Stern Angela E. Thompson Deborah C. van Eck Founding Chairman, 2000-2009 Wade F.B. Thompson
SUPPORTERS Park Avenue Armory expresses its deep appreciation to the individuals and organizations listed here for their generous support for its annual and capital campaigns. $1,000,000 + Charina Endowment Fund, Inc. Empire State Local Development Corporation New York City Council and Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick New York City Department of Cultural Affairs The Pershing Square Foundation Susan and Elihu Rose The Arthur Ross Foundation and J & AR Foundation Joan and Joel Smilow The Thompson Family Foundation Wade F.B. Thompson* The Zelnick/Belzberg Charitable Trust Anonymous $500,000 to $999,999 Citi Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Almudena and Pablo Legorreta The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Adam R. Rose and Peter R. McQuillan Donna and Marvin Schwartz Liz and Emanuel Stern $250,000 to $499,999 American Express Michael Field and Jeff Arnstein Olivia and Adam Flatto Ken Kuchin and Tyler Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McWilliams New York State Council on the Arts The Rockefeller Foundation Marshall Rose Family Foundation
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$100,000 to $249,999 The Achelis and Bodman Foundations Linda and Earle S. Altman Bloomberg Philanthropies Booth Ferris Foundation Marjorie and Gurnee Hart Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin and The Malkin Fund, Inc. David Monn Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse, Jr. National Endowment for the Arts New York State Assembly Gwen and Peter Norton Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Janet C. Ross Amy and Jeffrey Silverman Stavros Niarchos Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William C. Tomson Deborah van Eck $25,000 to $99,999 The Avenue Association Harrison and Leslie Bains Emily and Len Blavatnik Emma Bloomberg and Chris Frissora Carolyn S. Brody Burberry Paul Chan and Don Toumey Chanel, Inc. Hélène and Stuyvesant Comfort The Cowles Charitable Trust Sandi and Andrew Farkas, Island Capital Group & C III Capital Partners Florence Fearrington Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation
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METROPOLITAN OPERA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman Ann Ziff President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin W. Kennedy Vice Chairman Mercedes T. Bass Secretary Judith-Ann Corrente Treasurer Betsy Cohen Chairman of the Executive Committee William C. Morris Vice President Frayda B. Lindemann Honorary Chairman Christine F. Hunter Honorary Chairman James W. Kinnear President Emeritus Paul M. Montrone Vice Chairman Emerita Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha
Managing Directors Mrs. Veronica Atkins Mercedes T. Bass Frank A. Bennack, Jr. Susan S. Braddock Alexa Bator Chae Betsy Cohen Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. Judith-Ann Corrente Rena De Sisto Jerry del Missier Mrs. Paul Desmarais Sr Misook Doolittle Stephanie T. Foster Marina Kellen French Joan Granlund Eugene P. Grisanti Ekkehart Hassels-Weiler Rolf Heitmeyer Marlene Hess Agnes Hsu-Tang, PhD Christine F. Hunter Frederick Iseman Kevin W. Kennedy James W. Kinnear Bruce Kovner Camille D. LaBarre Mrs. Walter J. Laughery, Jr. Harry T. Lee Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Frayda B. Lindemann Dafna Meitar-Nechmad Mrs. Corbin R. Miller William R. Miller William C. Morris Elena A. Prokupets Laura J. Sloate Howard Solomon Hon. David A. Straz, Jr. Ambassador Nicholas F. Taubman Mrs. Wilmer J. Thomas, Jr. Robert I. Toll Robert L. Turner Ann Ziff
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Honorary Directors Bruce Crawford Edgar Foster Daniels Emily Fisher Landau Mrs. Alexander M. Laughlin Laurence D. Lovett James S. Marcus Paul M. Montrone Dr. M Lee Pearce Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha Advisory Directors Josef Ackermann M. Beverly Bartner Ellen S. Berelson Stanley M. Bergman Glen W. Bowersock Jacques E. Brand Ms. Angela Chao Nabil N. Chartouni Christoper H. Cheever Daniel C. Cochran Alberto Cribiore Gary B. Flom Gordon P. Getty Nancy A. Green Ephraim Greenwall Beth A. Grosshans H. Alexandra Kauka Hamill William A. Haseltine Thomas J. Hubbard Linda E. Johnson Tod Johnson Klaus Kleinfeld Dr. Herbert G. Kloiber Dr. David G. Knott Meyer G. Koplow Theodore A. Kurz Dominique Laffont Mitchell L. Lathrop Dr. Coco Lazaroff Marguerite L. Lee Helen Y. Little Andrew J. Martin-Weber
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Dr. Richard J. Massey Anne Welsh McNulty Harvey R. Miller Richard J. Miller, Jr. Vivian Milstein Linda Mirels Ellen F. Oelsner Katharina Otto-Bernstein Joseph R. Perella Miss Leontyne Price Winthrop Rutherfurd, Jr. Sana H. Sabbagh Jacqui Smith Daisy M. Soros Richard S. Tedlow John J. Veronis Arete S. Warren Members Mahmoud M. Abdallah Tonio Arcaini R. Joseph Barnett Jane Beasley Mrs. Thomas S. Brush Eleanor N. Caulkins Dr. Patrizia A. Cavazzoni Robert J. Cubitto
Mrs. Bryant Reeve Dunn Brian Duperreault Robert G. Edge Beatrice Esteve Sanford H. Fisher Eugene M. Grant G. Morris Gurley Mrs. Randolph H. Guthrie O. Delton Harrison, Jr. Erik Hartmann Henry H. Hoyt, Jr. Mattiwilda Dobbs Janzon Mrs. Martin S. Kimmel Mrs. Joan C. Long Sandra Ourusoff Massey John L. McGraw Mrs. Peter H. Nicholas Dr. Steve Prystowsky Hartley R. Rogers Joan C. Schwartz Cynthia D. Sculco Mrs. William F. Sondericker Jackson Tai Barry Tucker Mrs. Robert Wagenfeld and all of the Directors
Young Associate Directors Agnieszka R. Balaban Diego De Giorgi Heather H. Georges Matthew G. Hurd Vikas Kapoor Yung Hee Kim Joshua Kindler Melissa Ko Amy H. Lee So-Chung Shinn Lee Helen Lee-Warren Pedro Magalhães Julie Warner McAskin Kathleen Kimiko Phillips Evelyn M. M. Popp Itai Shoffman Kevin M. Tagami Langdon Van Norden, Jr. Rebecca Wui Satoko Yahata Simon Yates
LINDEMANN YOUNG ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SUPPORTERS The Metropolitan Opera is grateful to the following donors for their generous support of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. $500,000 + Frayda and George Lindemann* Estate of Anne Tallman
$250,000 to $499,999 The Starr Foundation** Estate of Claire Swan
$100,000 to $249,999 Alcoa Foundation Estate of Charles E. Carter William Randolph Hearst Foundation** Max Kade Foundation, Inc. Annette Merle-Smith
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The Hildegard Behrens Foundation Estate of Matilda Cascio Eleanor N. Caulkins The Chervenak-Nunnallé Foundation Jephson Educational Trusts Daniel and Janet Mordecai Foundation, Inc. Estate of Ella Upsher
$10,000 to $24,999 Susan A. Babson Opera Fund for Emerging Artists Louise G. Chapman Ms. Susan Petersen Kennedy Jeannette and H. Peter Kriendler Charitable Trust Margaret Mellon Hitchcock Foundation The Nancy Peery Marriott Foundation Nichols Foundation, Inc., in memory of C. Walter Nichols and Adelaide B. Nichols Edward John Noble Foundation, Inc.** C. F. Roe Slade Foundation Mrs. Walter Taussig, in memory of Maestro Walter Taussig Hans J. Heinz and Tatiana Troyanos Memorial Fund** Anonymous Donor
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ABOUT THE BOARD OF OFFICERS ROOM “The restoration of the Park Avenue Armory seems destined to set a new standard, not so much for its scale, but for its level of respect and imagination.” – The New York Times The Board of Officers Room is one of the most important historic rooms in America and one of the few remaining interiors by Herter Brothers. After decades of progressive damage and neglect, the room completed a revitalization in 2013 by the architecture team at Herzog & de Meuron and executive architects Platt Byard Dovell White Architects to transform the space into a state-of-the-art salon for intimate performances and other contemporary art programing. The Board of Officers Room is the third period room at the Armory completed (out of 18) and represents the full range of design tools utilized by the team including the removal of accumulated layers on the surfaces, the addition of contemporary lighting to the 1897 chandeliers, new interpretations of the stencil patterns on areas of loss, the addition of metallic finishes on new materials, new programming infrastructure, and custom designed furniture.
The room’s restoration is part of an ongoing $200-million transformation, which is guided by the understanding that the Armory’s rich history and the patina of time are essential to its character. A defining component of the design process for the period rooms is the close collaboration between architect and artisan. Highly skilled craftspeople working in wood, paint, plaster, and metals were employed in the creation of the building’s original interiors and the expertise – and hand – of similar artisans has been drawn upon for the renovation work throughout.
The renovation of the Board of Officers Room was made possible through the generosity of The Thompson Family Foundation. Cover photo by Mark Adams.