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WELCOME Park Avenue Armory strives to engage audiences with eclectic, immersive, and thought-provoking works that are in direct dialogue with the Armory’s unconventional spaces, whether it is the soaring Wade Thompson Drill Hall or the intimate period rooms. And with its pristine acoustics and austere elegance, the Board of Officers Room is like no other in offering the chance to enjoy the art of the recital and music-making in the most personal of settings. The 2020 season marks the eighth year for the Recital Series, which continues to showcase both classical and contemporary repertoire performed by world-class artists at the height of their craft. We open the season with this program, with Italian soprano Rosa Feola, who made her Metropolitan Opera debut in spring 2019 as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto, partnering with pianist Iain Burnside in January for a program of works by Martucci, Liszt, Respighi, Rossini, Ponchielli, and Pinsuti. Soprano Gabriella Reyes and mezzo-soprano Megan Esther Grey will be featured on the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Concert with accompanist Nate Raskin, slated for February 18 and 20. On March 11 and 12, Nicolas Altstaedt, “one of the cello realm’s most brilliant young princes” (HuffPost), will perform all of J.S. Bach’s suites for solo cello. Tenor Allan Clayton will make his North American recital debut at the Armory, with an all-English-language program on April 27 and 29. Named a “leader of a new generation of opera stars” by The New York Times, charismatic American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton will appear on the Recital Series on May 15 and 17, paying special attention to female composers to create a gender-balanced program. Barton—described by The Guardian as “a great artist, no question, with an imperturbable steadiness of tone, and a nobility of utterance that invites comparison not so much with her contemporaries as with mid-20th century greats such as Kirsten Flagstad”—endeavors to use her voice and programming choices to lift up women, queer people, and other marginalized communities. New music ensemble Alarm Will Sound will give the New York premiere of Grammy- and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams’ Ten Thousand Birds, August 21 and 22. Continuing in the tradition of inviting engaging ensembles to use the Armory in unusual ways, this premiere will take over the Armory’s historic rooms as well as the Wade Thompson Drill Hall. Rounding out the 2020 Recital Series will be Austrian bass Günther Groissböck, most recently named “a revelation” by The New York Times for his performance as Baron Ochs in the Metropolitan Opera’s December 2019 production of Der Rosenkavalier. His recitals on November 8 and 9 will showcase his unique artistry and dynamic voice in a program featuring Brahms, Schubert, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky. This year’s program offers a beautiful range of chamber music experiences in one of the only spaces that could provide such a personal encounter. We hope you will join us for these magical moments in music. Rebecca Robertson Founding President & Executive Producer Pierre Audi Marina Kellen French Artistic Director
2020 RECITAL SERIES IN THE RESTORED BOARD OF OFFICERS ROOM
ROSA FEOLA, soprano IAIN BURNSIDE, piano monday, january 13 at 7:30pm wednesday, january 15 at 7:30pm
SEASON SPONSORS
Support for Park Avenue Armory's artistic season has been generously provided by the Charina Endowment Fund, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation, the Marc Haas Foundation, the Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation, the Leon Levy Foundation, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, the Richenthal Foundation, and the Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation. The artistic season is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Additional support has been provided by the Armory's Artistic Council. The Recital Series is supported in part by The Reed Foundation.
PROGRAM Giuseppe Martucci
Ottorino Respighi
Gioacchino Rossini
TRE PEZZI, Op. 84 (1906) Maggiolata Pianto antico Nevicata QUATTRO RISPETTI TOSCANI, P. 103 (1915) I. Quando nasceste voi II. Venitelo a veder ‘l mi’ piccino III. Viene di là, lontan lontano IV. Razzolan, sopra l’aja, le galline LA REGATA VENEZIANA (1857) Anzoleta avanti la regata Anzoleta co passa la regata Anzoleta dopo la regata
Intermission Franz Liszt
TRE SONETTI DEL PETRARCA, S. 270 (1846) Pace non trovo (Sonetto 104 di Petrarca) Benedetto sia ‘l giorno (Sonetto 47 di Petrarca) I’ vidi in terra angelici costume (Sonetto 123 di Petrarca)
This performance is approximately 70 minutes including a 15-minute intermission.
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM The art of song is as old as humankind, but the art song is a quintessentially Romantic phenomenon. Art songs treat their lyrics as independent literary texts to which they seek to make an important contribution, expressing and interpreting the ideas and feelings they contain. Almost always scored for voice and piano, art songs make the singer and the pianist equal partners; in other words, the art song is truly a form of chamber music. These novel aspects of the art song first appeared in the German-speaking lands, but it wasn't long before other countries adopted them. As the birthplace of opera, Italy had one of the richest vocal traditions in the world. When Italians started to cultivate the art song as a literary form of chamber music, a unique repertoire was created that is fascinating, challenging, and extremely beautiful (though still relatively little known outside Italy). One distinguishing feature of Italian art song is the influence of folk music and regional idioms. Among the works heard at tonight's recital, Rossini's La regata veneziana is written in the Venetian dialect, while the lyrics of Respighi's rispetti are inspired by folk poems from Tuscany. The recital begins with two works from the early 20th century, featuring poems by authors who were the composers' contemporaries. Giuseppe Martucci (1856-1909) was mostly active as an instrumental composer—a rarity in Italy at the time. He wrote only a few art songs; the present set is among the last compositions he completed before his untimely death. The poems are by Giosuè Carducci (1835-1907), who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1906. Highly elegant and refined, each of these three poems takes a classical model and makes it intensely personal. The “Maggiolata” (“May Song”) is a traditional song celebrating the joys of springtime, but in this case there is a tragic turn at the end. The “Pianto antico” (“Ancient Lament”) contrasts the flowering of the tree with the death of the one who planted it, while “Nevicata” (“Snowfall”), written in the classical form of a distich, is tragic all the way through. With an almost impressionistic treatment of the piano part and some languid fin-de-siècle harmonies, Martucci renders the unsettling mood of these seemingly straightforward poems.
Martucci's erstwhile student Ottorino Respighi (18791936) is, like his teacher, best known for his orchestral music, although he was also active as an opera composer. His four Tuscan rispetti, or traditional songs in eight-line stanzas, set poems by Arturo Birga (1871-1959), who published many books in his native Pisan dialect. Birga clothed simple themes—the celebration of young beauty, a newborn baby, pure love, a shy lover—in rich poetic images, to which Respighi gave a luscious musical treatment with soaring melodies and elaborate piano parts. Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) wrote most of his chamber compositions after his retirement from the operatic stage in 1829. In his three-movement La regata veneziana (1857), the most celebrated opera composer of his generation wrote a veritable scena for a young woman who urges her hesitant boyfriend to compete in the famous Venetian boat race, the regata, then watches him excitedly as the race begins. When he wins first prize, she has another very special prize ready for him. The words are by Francesco Maria Piave (1810-76), one of Verdi's main librettists, born on the island of Murano near Venice. The Hungarian Franz Liszt (1811-86), a native German speaker and a longtime resident of France, was one of the first composers to apply the northern aesthetic of the romantic art song to Italian texts. Inspired by three love sonnets by Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch, 1304-74), Liszt composed these settings in 1842 and revised them several times over the years, creating versions for solo piano as well. In the late 1830s, Liszt had spent long periods in Italy with his companion, the French countess Marie d'Agoult. Thus the literary influences are filtered through personal experience, which explains the red-hot passion of the music. Liszt capitalizes on the extreme contrasts in the poems, such as “ice and fire” or “blessed wounds;” and finds ecstatic sounds for the transcendent vision of heaven on earth in the last sonnet. — Peter Laki
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS ROSA FEOLA
Italian soprano Rosa Feola came to international attention after winning multiple awards including Second Prize, the Audience Prize, and the Zarzeula Prize at the Plácido Domingo World Opera Competition (2010). A pupil of Mara Naddei, she regularly attends master classes at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia by Renata Scotto, Anna Vandi, and Cesare Scarton. Her operatic roles include Gilda in Rigoletto at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opernhaus Zurich, the Ravenna Festival, and the Teatro Regio Torino; Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi at the Bayerische Staatsoper; Norina in Don Pasquale at Teatro alla Scala; Nannetta in Falstaff in Bari; Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro at the NCPA in Beijing; Zerlina in Don Giovanni at the Teatro Regio Torino; Musetta in La bohème; Ines in I due Figaro at the Teatro Real Madrid and Salzburg Festival; Micaëla in Carmen at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Guangzhou Opera House; Adina in L’elisir d’amore at the Opera di Roma; Leila in Les Pêcheurs de Perles and Corinna in Il viaggio a Reims with the Opernhaus Zurich; Elvira in I Puritani for Welsh National Opera; Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro at Glyndebourne to great critical acclaim; and her debut at Teatro alla Scala as Ninetta La gazza ladra, under Maestro Chailly. As a versatile lyric soprano, Feola continues to establish herself on the concert platform. She has had the pleasure of working with many significant conductors, including Yannick NézetSéguin, Daniel Oren, Bertrand de Billy, Nicola Luisotti, Giampaolo Bisanti, Bruno Campanella, Louis Langrée, Kent Nagano, and Riccardo Muti, who she continues to collaborate with regularly, most recently for Mahler’s Symphony No.4 and Nanetta in Falstaff with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She also made her US solo recital debut in 2016 in San Francisco and ended the 2015-16 season with gleaming reviews of her BBC Proms debut. She closed the 17-18 season with her debut at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival under Christian Zacharias singing Mozart concert arias with the Prague Symphony Orchestra. The 2018-19 season saw Feola returning to her signature role of Gilda in Rigoletto in a highly acclaimed debut at the Metropolitan Opera. She made her Lucia di Lammermoor debut in the title role at Theater Basel, performed as Amina in La Sonnambula with NCPA Beijing, and returned to the Bayerische Staatsoper for Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi and Il trittico and as Musetta in La bohème. Feola also returned to Opernhaus Zurich for Rigoletto and La Finta Giardiniera. To close the 2018-19 season, she made a critically acclaimed Salzburg Festival debut as Dircée in Cherubini’s Medea. 4
In the 2019-20 season, Feola returns to the role of Adina in L’elisir d’amore at Opernhaus Zurich, La Scala, Wiener Staatsoper (debut,) and Hamburg Staatsoper (debut). She performs Donna Fiorilla in Il turco in Italia at La Scala and Opernhaus Zurich, returns to the Deutsche Oper Berlin for La Sonnambula, and to the Munich Opera Festival for Rigoletto. Later, Feola will make her Royal Opera House and Liceu Barcelona debuts, and will return to Metropolitan Opera. Feola is also a very active recitalist and continues to perform at venues around the world. This season sees her recital debut in New York City and at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC with pianist Iain Burnside. Feola released her debut solo disc in 2015 Musica e Poesia (Opus Arte) accompanied by Iain Burnisde, featuring music by Respighi, Martucci, Ponchielli, Pinsuti, and Liszt.
IAIN BURNSIDE
Iain Burnside is a pianist who has appeared in recital with many of the world’s leading singers (“pretty much ideal” BBC Music Magazine). He is also an insightful programmer with an instinct for the telling juxtaposition. His recordings straddle an exuberantly eclectic repertoire ranging from Beethoven and Schubert to the cutting edge, as in the Gramophone Award-winning NMC Songbook. Recent recordings include the complete Rachmaninov songs (Delphian) with seven outstanding Russian artists (“the results are electrifying” Daily Telegraph). Burnside’s passion for English Song is reflected in acclaimed CDs of Britten, Finzi, Ireland, Butterworth, and Vaughan Williams, many with baritone Roderick Williams. Away from the piano Burnside is active as a writer and broadcaster. As presenter of BBC R3’s Voices he won a Sony Radio Award. And for the Guildhall School of Music & Drama he has devised a number of singular theater pieces: A Soldier and a Maker, based on the life of Ivor Gurney, was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Armistice day and performed at the Barbican Centre and Cheltenham Festival; his more recent project Swansong played at the Kilkenny Festival and London’s Milton Court. He recently performed the three Schubert song cycles with Roderick Williams at Wigmore Hall, where he appears this season in a major series of Russian Song. Projects elsewhere feature Ailish Tynan, Rosa Feola, Andrew Watts, Robin Tritschler, and Benjamin Appl. Iain Burnside is Artistic Director of the Ludlow English Song Weekend and Artistic Consultant to Grange Park Opera.
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TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS MARTUCCI Tre Pezzi, Op. 84 Text by Giosuè Carducci Maggiolata
May Song
Maggio risveglia i nidi, Maggio risveglia i cuori, porta le ortiche e i fiori, i serpi e l’usignol.
May awakens the nests, May awakens our hearts; it brings both nettles and flowers, serpents and the nightingale.
Schiamazzano i fanciulli, in terra, e in ciel li augelli: le donne han ne i capelli rose, ne gli occhi il sol.
The children chirp and chatter on earth as do the birds in the sky: the women have roses in their hair and sunlight in their eyes.
Tra colli prati e monti di fior tutto è una trama: canta germoglia ed ama l’acqua, la terra, il ciel.
Hills, meadows and mountains are carpeted in flowers: water, earth, and heaven sing, blossom and love.
E a me germoglia in cuore di spine un bel boschetto; tre vipere ho nel petto e un gufo entro il cervel.
But in my heart there blossoms A fine thicket of thorns; I have three vipers in my breast And in my brain an owl.
Pianto antico
An ancient lament
L’albero a cui tendevi La pargoletta mano, il verde melograno da’ bei vermigli for
The tree to which my darling would point in childish wonder, the green pomegranate yonder with crimson blossoms light
nel muto orto solingo rinverdì tutto or ora, e giugno lo ristora di luce e di calor.
lone in the silent garden the young green mantled o’er it, e’en now doth June restore it in summer warmth and light.
Tu fior de la mia pianta percossa e inaridita, tu de l’inutil vita estremo unico fior,
Thou of my stem the blossom, this withered stem so stricken, thou who my days didst quicken, my one, my last delight,
sei ne la terra fredda, sei ne la terra negra; né il sol più ti rallegra né ti risveglia amor.
in the cold earth though liest, in the black earth for ever; sunshine and love can never for thee break winter’s night
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Nevicata
A snow storm
Lenta fiocca la neve pel cielo cinerëo: gridi, suoni di vita non salgono de la città
Large, slow snowflakes fall from an ashen heaven: the noisy hum and hubbub of life no more go up from the town.
non d’erbaiola il grido o orrente rumore di carro, non d’amore la conazon ilare e di gioventù.
Hushed is the cry of the vendor of herbs, the rumble of wagons, hushed are the voices that sang blithely of youth and of love.
Da la torre di piazza roche per l’aëre le ore germon, sospir d’un mondo lontano dal dì.
Harsh thro’ the throbbing air the chimes from the tower o’er the market moan, like the sign of a world far from the daylight withdrawn.
Picchiano uccelli ramnghi a’ vetri appannati: gli amici spiriti reduci son, guardano e chiamano a me.
Tap on the frosted panes, birdlike, forlorn, the beloved ghosts of old friends who return, calling on me to depart.
In breve, o cari, in breve – tu càlmati, indomito cuore – giù al silenzio verrò, giù l’ombra riposerò.
Soon, dear ones, very soon – O strong heart, calm thyself – I too shall to the silence descend, lay me to rest in the gloom.
RESPIGHI Quattro rispetti toscani, P. 103 Text by Arturo Birga Quando nasceste voi…
When you were born
Quando nasceste voi, disse la rosa: "Vo' dare alle tue gote il mio colore," e 'l giglio: "Anch'io vo' darti qualcosa: ti darò la purezza e 'l mio candore..."
When you were born, the rose said: “I want to give my colour to your cheeks.” And the lily said: “I too want to give you something: I shall give you purity and my whiteness of hue.”
La colomba li udì così parlare e smise tutt'a un tratto di volare... "Oh, voglio darti qualche cosa anch'io: Ti darò la mitezza del cor mio!"
The dove heard them talking thus and suddenly paused its flight… “Oh, I want to give you something too: I shall give you the mildness of my heart!”
Sentirono, di sù dal ciel, le stelle e dissero anche loro tutte 'n coro: "Noi daremo alle tue pupille belle la nostra luce..." E 'l sole: "Io darò l'oro
High in the heavens the stars heard this and they too spoke from their hearts: “We shall give your beautiful eyes our light…” And the sun added: “I shall give
Del mio colore a tuoi biondi capelli..." E l'usignolo primo tra li augelli: "Darò alle tue parole l'armonia Del canto ch'esce dalla gola mia!"
my colour to your fair hair…” And, first among the birds, the nightingale said: “I shall give your voice the tunefulness of the song that flows from my throat!”
Venitelo a vedere ‘l mi’ piccino
Come and see my little one
Venitelo a vedere 'l mi' piccino or che nella culla è addormentato: venitelo a veder com'è carino, pare un angiol di Dio dal ciel calato!...
Come and see my little one now that he’s sleeping in his crib: come and see how adorable he is, like one of God’s angels fallen from heaven!...
Angioletti del ciel, venite in coro, a sorridere al dolce mi' tesoro. Venite... Zitto! Ha mosso 'l labbro al riso... Sognando, ora è con voi, su 'n Paradiso!
Little angels on high, flock together and come and smile upon my sweet treasure. Come… Hush! His lips are parted in laughter… In his dreams he’s with you now, in Paradise above!
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Viene di là, lontan
The breeze is blowing
Viene di là, lontan, lontano 'l vento e me lo manda qui 'l mi' dolce amore perché mi dica, nel suo strano accento, tante belle parole in fondo al core...
The breeze is blowing from that far-distant place, Sent here to me by my sweet beloved to utter, in its foreign tones, such fine words as to pierce my heart…
O vento lene, o lene venticello, ritorna dal mi damo, dal mi' bello: ritorna dal mi' damo, o vento lene, e digli che gli voglio tanto bene!
O gentle breeze, o gentle little breeze, go back to my man, to my handsome love: go back to my man, o gentle breeze, and tell him how much I love him!
E digli che gli voglio bene tanto, e che dal giorno ch'è partito via ho sempre gli occhi rossi pel gran pianto e 'l core gonfio di malinconia...
And tell him how much I love him, and that ever since the day he went away my eyes have been red with weeping and my heart has been filled with sadness…
Diglielo, o venticello profumato, in quali condizioni m'hai lasciato... digli del core mio tutti gli affanni e che ritorni presto e non m'inganni!
Tell him, o perfumed little breeze, what sorrow he’s reduced me to… Tell him how my heart is breaking, to come home soon and not deceive me!
Razzolan, sopra l'aja, le galline
The chickens scratch about the farmyard
Razzolan, sopra l'aja, le galline, beccando i chicchi sparsi del frumento. Lungo la viale brune contadine passando, coi capelli sciolti al vento...
The chickens scratch about the farmyard, pecking at the scattered grains of corn. Dark-haired peasant girls walk along the path, their loose hair caught by the wind…
Razzolan, sopra l'aja, le galline, mentre dal pozzo la bella massaia tira su l'acqua e canta uno stornello a Gigi che la guarda dal cancello!
The chickens scratch about the farmyard, while the pretty country girl draws water from the well and sings a folk song to Luigi who watches her from the gate!
A Gigi che la guarda stralunato con quell'occhietti pieni di passione... povero Gigi è tanto innamorato che si strugge com'un cero in processione!
To Luigi who watches her in confusion, his eyes full of passion… Poor Luigi is so in love he's burning up like a processional candle!
Glielo vorrebbe confessar l'amore, ma quando l'è vicino non ha core... Instanto la massaia indugia apposta, ma lui da qual cancello non si scosta!
He’d like to confess his love to her, but when he’s near her he hasn’t the courage… She deliberately takes her time at the well, but he doesn’t move from that gate!
Ma lui rimane lì fermo, impalato, e lei prende 'l su' secchio e s'allontana... Quand'è distante dall'innamorato canta con rabbia aprendo la gargana:
He stands there stock-still, as if transfixed, so she takes her pail and walks away… When she’s far from her admirer, she sings in angry tones:
"Fiore di siepe, fiore d'amaranto... Biondino mio non mi guardate tanto: se Dio ci ha fatto gli occhi per guardare, ci ha fatto anche la bocca per parlare!"
“Hedge flower, Amaranthus blossom… My handsome blond, don’t just stare at me: God gave us eyes to see with, but he also gave us mouths to speak with!”
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ROSSINI La regata veneziana Text by Francesco Maria Piave Anzoleta avanti la regata
Angelina before the regatta
Là su la machina xe la bandiera varda, la vedistu, vala a ciapar. Co quela tornime in qua sta sera, o pur a sconderte ti pol andar. In pope, Momolo, no te incantar. Va, voga d’anema la gondoleta nè el primo premio te pol mancar, va là, recordite la to Anzoleta che da sto pergolo te sta a vardar. In pope, Momolo, no te incantar, cori a svolar.
Over there on the machine the flag is flying, Look, you can see it, now go for it. Bring it back to me this evening, Or else run away and hide. Once in the boat, Momolo, don’t gawp. Row the gondola with heart and soul, Then you cannot help but be first. Go on, think of your Angelina Watching you from this balcony. Once in the boat, Momolo, don’t gawp. Once in the boat, Momolo, fly like the wind.
Anzoleta co passa la regata
Angelina during the regatta
I xe qua, vardeli, povereti i ghe da drento, ah contrario tira el vento, i gha l’acqua in so favor. El mio Momolo dov’elo? Ah lo vedo, el xe secondo. Ah! che smania! mi confondo, a tremar me sento el cuor. Su coragio, voga, prima d’esser al paleto se ti voghi, ghe scometo, tutti indrio ti lassarà. Caro, par che ei svola, el li magna tutti quanti, meza barca l’è andà avanti, ah capisso, el m’a vardà.
Here they come, here they come, look at them, The poor things, they’re nearly done in, Ah, the wind is against them, But the tide’s in their favor. My Momolo, where is he? Ah, I see him, in second place. Ah! the excitement’s too much for me, I can feel my heart racing. Come on, keep it up, row, row, You must be first to the finish, If you keep rowing, I’ll lay a bet You’ll leave all the others behind. Dear boy, it’s as if he’s flying, And he’s beating the lot of them, He’s gone half a length ahead, Ah! Now I understand – he’s seen me.
Anzoleta dopo la regata
Angelina after the regatta
Ciapa un baso, un altro ancora, caro Momolo, de cuor; qua destrachite che xe ora de sugarte sto sudor. Ah t’ho visto co passando su mi l’ocio ti a butà e godito respitrando: un bel premio el ciaparà… Sì un bel premio in sta bandiera che xe rossa de color; gha parlà Venezia intiera, la t’a dito vincitor. Ciapa un baso, benedeto a vogar nissun te pol, de casada de tragheto ti xe el megio barcarol.
Take a kiss, another, dear Momolo, from my heart; here at your right hand is it time to dry your sweat. Ah I have seen you in passing by throwing my glance toward you and enjoyed whispering: he will catch a beautiful prize… Yes this flag is a nice prize, it is red; of which all of Venice will talk, you are called the winner. Take a kiss, no rower is more blessed than you, yours is the best name among rowers of ferryboats.
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LISZT Tre Sonetti del Petrarca, S. 270 Text by Francesco Petrarca Pace non trovo (Sonetto 104 di Petrarca)
I find no peace
Pace non trovo, et non ò da far guerra; e temo, et spero; et ardo, et son un ghiaccio; et volo sopra 'l cielo, et giaccio in terra; et nulla stringo, et tutto 'l mondo abbraccio.
I find no peace, but for war am not inclined. I fear, yet home, I burn, yet am turned to ice. I soar in the heavens, but lie upon the ground. I hold nothing, though I embrace the whole world.
Tal m'à in pregion, che non m'apre né serra, né per suo mi riten né scioglie il laccio; et non m'ancide Amore, et non mi sferra, né mi vuol vivo, né mi trae d'impaccio.
Love has me in a prison which he neither opens nor shuts fast. He neither slays nor unshackles me; he neither claims me for his own nor loosens my halter; he would not have me live, yet leaves me with my torment.
Veggio senza occhi, et non ò lingua et grido; et bramo di perir, et cheggio aita; et ò in odio me stesso, et amo altrui.
Eyeless I gaze and tongueless I cry out; I long to perish, yet plead for succour; I hate myself, but love another.
Pascomi di dolor, piangendo rido; egualmente mi spiace morte et vita: in questo stato son, donna, per voi.
I feed on grief, yet weeping, laugh; death and life alike repel me: to this state I am come, my lady, because of you.
Benedetto sia ‘l giorno (Sonetto 47 di Petrarca)
Blessed be the day
Benedetto sia 'l giorno, e 'l mese, e l'anno, E la stagione, e 'l tempo, e l'ora, e 'l punto E 'l bel paese e 'l loco, ov'io fui giunto Da'duo begli occhi che legato m'ànno;
Blessed be the day, the month, the year, the season, the hour, the moment, the lovely scene, and the place where I was enslaved by two lovely eyes which bind me fast.
E benedetto il primo dolce affanno Ch'i' ebbi ad esser con Amor congiunto, E l'arco e la saette ond' i' fui punto, E le piaghe, ch'infino al cor mi vanno.
And blessed be the first sweet pang I suffered when Love overwhelmed me, the bows and arrows which stung me, and the wounds which pierce to my heart.
Benedette le voci tante, ch'io Chiamando il nome di Laura ho sparte, E i sospiri e le lagrime e 'l desio.
Blessed be the many voices which have echoed when I have called Laura’s name, the sighs and tears, and the longing.
E benedette sian tutte le carte Ov'io fama le acquisto, e il pensier mio, Ch'è sol di lei, si ch'altra non v'ha parte.
And blessed be all those writings in which I have spread her fame, and my thoughts, which stem from her and center on her alone.
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I’ vidi in terra angelici costume (Sonetto 123 di Petrarca)
I beheld on earth angelic graces
I' vidi in terra angelici costumi, E celesti bellezze al mondo sole; Tal che di rimembrar mi giova, e dole: Che quant'io miro, par sogni, ombre, e fumi.
I beheld on earth angelic graces, and heavenly beauty unmatched in this world, it brings me joy and pain to remember it, for the more I look the more it seems a dream, shadows and mists
E vidi lagrimar que' duo bei lumi, Ch'han fatto mille volte invidia al sole; Ed udĂŹ' sospirando dir parole Che farian gir i monti, e stare i fiumi.
And I beheld tears spring from those two lovely eyes, which a thousand times have put the sun to shame, and sighing, I heard words whispered which would move mountains and halt rivers.
Amor! senno! valor, pietate, e doglia Facean piangendo un piĂš dolce concento D'ogni altro, che nel mondo udir si soglia.
Love, wisdom, excellence, pity and grief made in that lament a sweeter concert than any other to be heard on earth.
Ed era 'l cielo all'armonia s'intento Che non si vedea in ramo mover foglia. Tanta dolcezza avea pien l'aer e 'l vento.
And heaven on that harmony was so intent that not a leaf upon the bough was seen to stir, such sweetness had filled the air and winds.
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ABOUT THE ARMORY Part American palace, part industrial shed, Park Avenue Armory supports unconventional works in the visual and performing arts that need non-traditional spaces for their full realization, enabling artists to create, students to experience, and audiences to see productions that cannot be done elsewhere in New York City. Since its first production in September 2007, the Armory has presented and commissioned immersive performances, installations, and cross-disciplinary collaborations in its vast Wade Thompson Drill Hall that defy traditional categorization and challenge artists to push the boundaries of their practice. Such has been its impact that recently TIME Magazine said that “Park Avenue Armory has turned into New York’s undisputed main stage for presenting cutting-edge, visually inventive theater.” Programmatic highlights from the Armory’s first 12 years include Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s harrowing Die Soldaten, in which the audience moved “through the music;” Ernesto Neto’s sprawling and gauzy anthropodino; the event of a thread, a site-specific installation by Ann Hamilton; the final performances of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company across three separate stages; WS by Paul McCarthy, a monumental installation of fantasy, excess, and dystopia; an immersive Macbeth set in a Scottish heath with Kenneth Branagh; Bach’s St. Matthew Passion staged by Peter Sellars and performed by Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker; Heiner Goebbels’ De Materie with floating zeppelins and a flock of 100 sheep; an acclaimed The Hairy Ape, directed by Richard Jones and starring Bobby Cannavale; Pierre Boulez’s masterwork Répons, performed by Ensemble intercontemporain under the baton of Matthias Pinscher; Simon Stone’s award-winning Yerma, starring Billie Piper; Nick Cave’s The Let Go, an immersive, multi-sensory dance-based town hall; Ivo van Hove’s adaptation of Visconti’s The Damned, starring Comédie-Française; William Kentridge’s devastating The Head & The Load; Sam Mendes’ The Lehman Trilogy; and Satoshi Miyagi’s brilliant production of Antigone. In its historic period rooms, the Armory offers more intimate performances and programs, including its acclaimed Recital Series, which showcases musical talent from across the globe within the restored Board of Officers Room. Among the performers have been Christian Gerhaher, Nadine Sierra, Igor Levitt, Barbara Hannigan, and Lawrence Brownlee. Curated by jazz pianist and MacArthur Fellow Jason Moran, the Artists Studio series of interventions in the Veterans Room includes a diverse mix of artists and musicians, including Raashad Newsome, Ryuchi Sakamoto, Miya Masaoka, and Roscoe Mitchell, whose practices defy categorization and expressly mirror the innovative spirit of the exceptional young artists present at the room’s inception. The Armory also offers a conversation/performance series called Interrogations of Form that explores, often in day-long sessions, a range of themes and relevant topics on the state of culture in America today and features artists, scholars, cultural leaders, and social trailblazers such as Carrie Mae Weems, Theaster Gates, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Toshi Reagon, Lil’ Buck, Mira Nair, Elizabeth Alexander, Damian Woetzel, Lynne Nottage, Hank Willis Thomas, George Bearskin, Beedoskah Stonefish, and Tony Kushner. The Armory’s Artist-in-Residence Program supports artists across genres in the creation and development of new work and is an important pipeline for future commissions for the Wade Thompson Drill Hall and the historic rooms. Current artists-inresidence in a variety of artistic disciplines include: two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter Lynn Nottage; vocalist and composer Sara Serpa; Tony Award-winning set designer Mimi Lien; Tony-Award-winning set designer and director Christine Jones and choreographer Steven Hoggett; Obie winner and Pulitzer-short-listed playwright Branden Jacob-Jenkins and performance artist Carmelita Tropicana; social practice artist Theaster Gates; and choreographer and FLEXN dance pioneer Reggie “Regg Roc” Gray. Park Avenue Armory was built between 1877 and 1881 by the Seventh Regiment, a volunteer unit of the National Guard that included the economic leaders of New York. It has been hailed as containing “the single most important collection of 19th-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, which has 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 $210-million renovation designed by Herzog & de Meuron with Platt Byard Dovell White Architects. The Armory has restored four historic rooms including the Veterans Room and the Board of Officers Room, causing Roberta Smith of The New York Times to write: “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.”
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PARK AVENUE ARMORY STAFF Rebecca Robertson, Founding President and Executive Producer Pierre Audi, Marina Kellen French Artistic Director Lissa Frenkel, Managing Director Susan Neiman, Chief Financial and Administration Officer Artistic Planning and Programming Michael Lonergan, Producing Director Avery Willis Hoffman, Program Director Seth Shepsle, General Manager, Programming Darian Suggs, Associate Director, Public Programs Jessica Wasilewski, Senior Producer Jenni Bowman, Producer Andreas Yung-Chih Huang, Production Coordinator Cory Sierra, Programming Intern Design and Collections Kirsten Reoch, Director of Design and Construction David Burnhauser, Collection Manager Development Melanie Forman, Chief Development Officer Charmaine Portis, Executive Assistant to the Chief Development Officer Matthew Bird, Senior Director of Development Allison Kline, Director of Institutional Giving Rachel Cappy Risso-Gill, Director of Individual Giving Melissa Stone, Associate Director of Special Events Kaitlin Overton, Manager of Institutional Giving Jennifer Ramon, Manager of Individual Giving Surina Gangwani, Senior Coordinator Special Events Katie Burke, Individual Giving Coordinator Education Cassidy L. Jones, Chief Education Officer Monica Weigel McCarthy, Director of Education Aarti Ogirala, Associate Director of Education Chelsea Emelie Kelly, Associate Director of Youth Corps Pip Gengenbach, Education Manager Drew Petersen, Education Special Projects Manager Sharlyn Galarza, Education Coordinator Nancy Gomez and Rabia Kahn, Arts Education Interns Kate Bell, Donna Costello, Alexander Davis, Asma Feyijimni, Hawley Hussey, Larry Jackson, Hector Morales, Peter Musante, Drew Petersen, Vickie Tanner, Teaching Artists Emily Bruner, Nancy Gomez, Ashley Ortiz, Leigh Poulos, Neil Tyrone Pritchard, Catherine Talton, Teaching Associates Stephanie Mesquita, Paola Ocampo, Biviana Sanchez, Naomi Santiago, Teaching Assistants Mohamed Adesumbo, Yao Adja, Terry Beaupierre, Niche Bryant, Shaun Cromwell, Isayya Dail, Fatoumata Diallo, Amalineda Jean Francois, Mackenzie Hamilton, Maver Mendez Garabito, Iliana Pichardo, Francisco Robles, Silas Rodriguez, Dorsen Sween, Brianna Trivino, Youth Corps 12
Executive Office Lori Nelson, Executive Assistant to the President Nathalie Etienne, Administrative Assistant, President’s Office Facilities and Operations Wayne Lowery, Director of External Operations Joseph Sanders, Facilities Manager Marc Von Braunsberg, Security Manager Darrell Thimoleon, Office Manager William Say, Superintendent Reginald Hunter, Chief Engineer Chris Sperry, Assistant Building Engineer Jonathan Alaba, Benny Arroyo, Leandro Dasso, Mayra DeLeon, Mario Esquilin, Olga Cruz, Kariema Levy, Fabian Meusa, Cristina Moreira, Dyquell Roberson, Robert Rodriguez, Kyron Schrouder Porters Finance Christy Kidd, Controller Khemraj Dat, Accountant Information Technology Dion Bullock, Chief Information Officer Oku Okoko, Network Engineer Marketing and Communications Lesley Alpert-Schuldenfrei, Director of Marketing Nick Yarbrough, Digital Marketing Manager Allison Abbott, Press & Editorial Manager Production Paul King, Director of Production Claire Marberg, Production Manager Nicholas Lazzaro, Technical Director Lars Nelson, Technical Director Brandon Walker, Technical Director Ticketing and Event Management Cheyanne Clarke, Box Office Manager Monica Diaz, Assistant Box Office Manager Turna Mete, Box Office Supervisor Stephanie Mesquita, Rentals Associate Terrelle Jones, Jonatan Amaya and Daniel George, House Managers Naomi Santiago, Anai Ortiz, Milen Yimer, Rochelle Smith, and Alliyah Melendez, Front of House Interns Production Acknowledgments Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Matthew Epstein, Artistic Consultants for Vocal Recitals Steinway & Sons Nicole Brancato, Page Turner
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NEXT AT THE ARMORY MONTEVERDI’S MARIA VESPERS saturday, march 21– sunday, march 29, 2020
The magnificent Marian Vespers are one of Claudio Monteverdi’s greatest musical achievements. Monteverdi, the first composer to develop opera to its full dramatic and musical potential, breathed new life into the religious music of his day, combining traditional composition style with a modern, free way of setting words to music that led to the creation of musical theater. This monumental work written in 1610 will be performed in the Wade Thompson Drill Hall, directed by the Armory’s Marina Kellen French Artistic Director, Pierre Audi, in a fresh visual and spatial interpretation, first presented by the Dutch National Opera at the Holland Festival in 2017. The production was developed in collaboration with Belgian artist Berlinde de Bruyckere with her massive, haunting Cripplewood sculpture that suggests vulnerability and fragility of man, as the central visual element. Conductor Raphaël Pichon leads the world-renowned orchestra and choral ensemble, Pygmalion as it performs this ambitious and inspiring tour de force, using period instruments, to create a sonic kaleidoscope set in a spellbinding ritualistic gathering. A Park Avenue Armory, Dutch National Opera, and Holland Festival Production.
ARTISTS STUDIO
“…it was a block of music that made you think as the room does: Take note. Listen deeply. The rest of the world is not like this…that sublime and exclusive room, almost too opulent for this world.” —The New York Times
INTERROGATIONS OF FORM
“The Park Avenue Armory has two consistent modes: The first is to overwhelm; the second is to inspire a quiet conviction that you’re missing something amazing in another part of the building. Both struck with full force… filling the gilded, schizo-baroque rooms and halls with a dazzling mix of artists, thinkers, and impresarios” —Artforum Held in our historic period rooms, these insightful conversations throughout the year feature artists, scholars, cultural leaders, and social trailblazers who gather to offer new points of view and unique perspectives on Armory productions, explore a range of themes and relevant topics, and encourage audiences to think beyond conventional interpretations and perspectives of art. UPCOMING EVENT:
SYMPOSIUM: CULTURE IN A CHANGING AMERICA
saturday, february 15, 2020 at 12pm, 4pm, and 8pm
Artistic and scholarly responses to the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to vote.
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit armoryonpark.org.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCE:
KRENCY GARCIA: EL PRODIGIO
tuesday, march 3, 2020 at 7pm and 9pm
Dominican accordionist El Prodigio brings his syncopated merengue playing to the Armory in an explosion of sound and joy. He and fellow band members introduce us to the multiple styles of merengue playing found in the Dominican Republic. El Prodigio, known for his contemporary and improvisational compositions, will travel through some of the rich musical styles of accordion merengue from the “güira” and the “tabura” and to the “perico ripiao.” Joined by his ensemble band, El Prodigio delivers an updated contemporary sound with harmonic and rhythmic colors resulting in an updating of this infectious musical form.
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NEXT IN THE RECITAL SERIES METROPOLITAN OPERA’S LINDEMANN YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT
GABRIELLA REYES, SOPRANO MEGAN ESTHER GREY, MEZZO-SOPRANO NATE RASKIN, PIANO
tuesday, february 18 & thursday, february 20, 2020
The Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program was established to nurture and develop extraordinarily talented young artists in the realm of opera. The program has trained a new generation of celebrated American and international opera singers. Notable alumni include Dawn Upshaw, Nathan Gunn, Stephanie Blythe, Christine Goerke, Mariusz Kwiecień, and Sondra Radvanovsky. In this program, soprano Gabriella Reyes and mezzo-soprano Megan Esther Grey will perform selections from Mahler, Rossini, and more. Nate Raskin returns as accompanist.
NICOLAS ALTSTAEDT, CELLO wednesday, march 11 & thursday, march 12, 2020
As one of the most versatile and sought after performers today, German-French cellist Nicolas Altstaedt makes his Armory debut performing Johann Sebastian Bach’s iconic Six Suites for Cello. The Six Suites for Cello are considered the Baroque composer’s most recognizable set of chamber music and are noted for their rich texture and emotional resonance. Experience Altstaedt as he performs this marathon set in the intimate setting of the Board of Officers Room.
OTHER HAPPENINGS AT THE ARMORY HISTORIC INTERIORS TOURS
Get an insider’s look at the Armory with a guided walking tour of the building with our staff historian. Explore from the soaring 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson 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.
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.
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ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE
Launched in 2010, the Armory’s artist-in-residence program supports artists across genres in the creation and development of new work. Each artist sets up a studio in one of the Armory’s period rooms, providing a unique backdrop that can serve as both inspiration and as a collaborator in their project development. Residencies also include participation in the Armory’s arts education program with artists working closely with the Armory’s Youth Corps interns. Current artists-inresidence include two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter Lynn Nottage; vocalist and composer Sara Serpa; Tony Award-winning set designer Mimi Lien; Tony Award-winning set designer and director Christine Jones and choreographer Steven Hoggett; playwright Branden JacobsJenkins and performance artist Carmelita Tropicana; social practice artist Theaster Gates; and choreographer and FLEXN dance pioneer Reggie “Regg Roc” Gray.
Thompson Arts Center at Park Avenue Armory | 643 Park Avenue at East 67th Street
JOIN THE ARMORY FRIEND $100
$70 is tax deductible » Members only pre-sale or preferred access for performance tickets » Free admission for you and a guest to visual art installations » Invitation to the opening night preview for visual art installations » Discount on Armory Guided Tours » 20% Discount on Members Subscription Packages » Discounts on local restaurants
SUPPORTER $250
$200 is tax deductible All benefits of the Friend membership plus: » Fees waived on ticket exchanges* » Two free tickets to guided tours *** » Discount on tickets to the Malkin Lecture Series, Artists Talks, and Public Programs*
Members of this exclusive group are offered unique and intimate opportunities to experience the Armory, including invitations to private tours and VIP receptions with world-class artists and access to priority seating.
AVANT-GARDE STARTING AT $350
Sponsored by SHOWTIME®, The Avant-Garde is a forwardthinking group of Park Avenue Armory supporters in their 20s to 40s that offers a deeper, more intimate connection to the unique and creative concepts behind the Armory’s mission. Members receive exclusive benefits throughout the year, including priority ticketing, special receptions, talks, and VIP events.
EDUCATION COMMITTEE STARTING AT $5,000
The Armory’s arts education program reaches thousands of public school students each year, immersing them in the creative process of exceptional visual and performing artists and teaching them to explore their own creative instincts. Education Committee members are invited to special events, meetings, and workshops that allow them to witness the students’ progress and contribute to the growth of the program.
ASSOCIATE $500
$370 is tax deductible All benefits of the Supporter membership plus: » Members concierge ticket service » Free admission for two additional guests (a party of four) to Armory visual art installations » Two complimentary passes to an art fair**
ARTISTIC COUNCIL
BENEFACTOR $1,000
$780 is tax deductible All benefits of the Associate membership plus: » Recognition in printed programs » No wait, no line ticket pick up at the patron desk » Handling fees waived on ticket purchases* » Invitation for you and a guest to a private Chairman’s Circle event » Two complimentary tickets to select programs in our historic period rooms* For more information about membership, please call (212) 616-3958 or e-mail members@armoryonpark.org. For information on ticketing, or to purchase tickets, please call the Box Office at (212) 933-5812.
*Subject to ticket availability **Certain restrictions apply
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE STARTING AT $2,500
The Artistic Council is a leadership group that champions and supports groundbreaking “only at the Armory” productions with the world’s most sought-after artists. Members receive the closest look behind the scenes at how works are brought to life through monthly events that include intimate discussions with artists, private performances, and special travel opportunities. This group is by invitation only and is generously supported by Cartier.
LEGACY CIRCLE
The Armory’s Legacy Circle is a group of individuals who support Park Avenue Armory through a vitally important source of future funding, a planned gift. These gifts will help support the Armory’s out-of-the-box artistic programming, Education Programs, and historical preservation into the future. Members of the Legacy Circle are invited to special behind-the-scenes events and intimate receptions to enrich their Armory experiences.
***Reservations required
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PARK AVENUE ARMORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman Emeritus Elihu Rose, PhD
Vice Presidents Ken Kuchin Pablo Legorreta Emanuel Stern
Co-Chairs Adam R. Flatto Amanda J.T. Riegel
Marina Abramović Abigail Baratta Martin Brand Cora Cahan Hélène Comfort Paul Cronson Tina R. Davis Marc de La Bruyère Emme Levin Deland Thomas J. DeRosa Sanford B. Ehrenkranz David Fox Andrew Gundlach Marjorie L. Hart
Edward G. Klein, Major General NYNG (Ret.) Mary T. Kush Ralph Lemon Heidi McWilliams Joel Press Genie H. Rice Janet C. Ross Joan Steinberg Mimi Klein Sternlicht Deborah C. van Eck Peter Zhou
Benigno Aguilar and Gerald Erickson Abigail and Joseph Baratta Wendy Belzberg and Strauss Zelnick Sonja and Martin J. Brand Emy Cohenca Elizabeth Coleman Hélène and Stuyvesant Comfort Mary Cronson Emme and Jonathan Deland Leslie and Thomas DeRosa Jennie L. and Richard K. DeScherer Krystyna Doerfler Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Caryl S. Englander
Adam R. Flatto Kim and Jeff Greenberg Barbara and Andrew Gundlach Janet Halvorson Anita K. Hersh Wendy Keys Ken Kuchin and Tyler Morgan Mary T. Kush Almudena and Pablo Legorreta Christina and Alan MacDonald Jennifer Manocherian Kim Manocherian Gwen and Peter Norton Lily O’Boyle Slobodan Randjelović and Jon Stryker
Amanda J.T. and Richard E. Riegel Susan and Elihu Rose Janet C. Ross Sana H. Sabbagh Stacy Schiff and Marc de La Bruyère Diane and Tom Smith Sanford L. Smith Brian S. Snyder Joan and Michael Steinberg Emanuel Stern Mimi Klein Sternlicht Deborah C. van Eck Robert Vila and Diana Barrett Mary Wallach Peter Zhou and Lisa Lee
Co-Chairs Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Marjorie and Gurnee Hart
Wendy Belzberg and Strauss Zelnick Emme and Jonathan Deland Adam Flatto Ken Kuchin Heidi McWilliams
Gwen Norton Amanda Thompson Riegel Rebecca Robertson and Byron Knief Susan and Elihu Rose Joan and Michael Steinberg
Secretary Gwendolyn Adams Norton
President Rebecca Robertson
Treasurer Harrison M. Bains
Vice Chair Wendy Belzberg Founding Chairman, 2000–2009 Wade F.B. Thompson
Director Emerita Angela E. Thompson
PARK AVENUE ARMORY ARTISTIC COUNCIL Co-Chairs Noreen Buckfire Michael Field and Doug Hamilton Caryn Schacht and David Fox Heidi and Tom McWilliams
LEGACY CIRCLE Founding Members Angela & Wade F.B. Thompson
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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 Citi Empire State Local Development Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin and The Malkin Fund, Inc. Richard and Ronay Menschel New York City Council and Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick New York City Department of Cultural Affairs New York State Assemblymember Dan Quart and the New York State Assembly 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 Bloomberg Philanthropies Lisa and Sandy Ehrenkranz Adam R. Flatto Marina Kellen French Almudena and Pablo Legorreta The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Adam R. Rose and Peter R. McQuillan Donna and Marvin Schwartz Emanuel Stern
$250,000 to $499,999 American Express Michael Field and Doug Hamilton Ford Foundation Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, Inc. The Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Foundation Ken Kuchin and Tyler Morgan Leonard & Judy Lauder Fund The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation Marshall Rose Family Foundation Mrs. Arthur Ross
$100,000 to $249,999 The Achelis and Bodman Foundations R. Mark Adams Linda and Earle Altman Abigail and Joseph Baratta Lisa Belzberg Booth Ferris Foundation Sonja and Martin J. Brand The W. L. Lyons Brown Jr. Charitable Foundation Hélène and Stuyvesant Comfort Leslie and Tom DeRosa Howard Gilman Foundation Barbara and Andrew Gundlach Marjorie and Gurnee Hart Mary T. Kush Mr. and Mrs. Lester Morse New York State Council on the Arts Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gwendolyn Adams Norton and Peter Norton Donald Pels Charitable Trust Daniel and Joanna S. Rose
Caryn Schacht and David Fox Stacy Schiff and Marc de La Bruyère Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust M K Reichert Sternlicht Foundation Mr. William C. Tomson Deborah C. van Eck Edward Jay Wohlgemuth Peter Zhou and Lisa Lee
$25,000 to $99,999 Benigno Aguilar and Gerald Erickson Jamie Alter and Michael Lynton The Avenue Association Ginette Becker Emma Bloomberg The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation Elana and Aryeh Bourkoff Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Buckfire Cartier Betsy and Edward Cohen Elizabeth Coleman Joyce B. Cowin The Cowles Charitable Trust Caroline and Paul Cronson Mary Cronson / Evelyn Sharp Foundation Emme and Jonathan Deland Jennie L. and Richard K. DeScherer IAC Krystyna Doerfler Peggy and Millard Drexler Family Foundation Andrew L. Farkas, Island Capital Group & C-III Capital Partners Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy The Garcia Family Foundation Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation Givenchy Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Allen and Deborah Grubman Gucci Janet Halvorson Anita K. Hersh Karen Herskovitz Jennie A. Kassanoff and Daniel H. Schulman Kirkland & Ellis LLP The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation Lili Lynton and Michael Ryan Christine and Richard Mack Scott D. Malkin Marc Haas Foundation Moncler Cindy and David Moross National Endowment for the Arts Lily O'Boyle Andrea Markezin Press and Joel Press Rhodebeck Charitable Trust Genie and Donald Rice Amanda J.T. and Richard E. Riegel Rebecca Robertson and Byron Knief Sana H. Sabbagh The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Stephen M. Sangillo Paul Schnell Shizuoka Prefecture Showtime The Shubert Foundation Sydney and Stanley S. Shuman Amy and Jeffrey Silverman Sanford L. Smith Diane and Tom Smith Joan and Michael Steinberg
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Debbie and Jeffrey Stevenson Jon Stryker and Slobodan Randjelović TEFAF NY The Lynton Foundation Tishman Speyer Barbara and Donald Tober Robert and Jane Toll Toyota Bob Vila and Diana Barrett Mary Wallach David and Cynthia Wassong Welltower Inc. Yanghyun Foundation Anonymous (4)
$10,000 to $24,999 AECOM Tishman Harrison and Leslie Bains BDO Canada LLP Bennett Jones Boston Consulting Group Frank and Deenie Brosens Foundation Marian and Russell Burke Colin and Elizabeth Callender Xin Li and Lyor Cohen The Jacques and Emy Cohenca Foundation Dr. Tony Coles and Robyn Coles Con Edison Jim Daras and Mary Quick Jeanne Donovan Fisher William F. Draper Cheryl and Blair Effron Ehrenkranz & Ehrenkranz LLP Caryl S. Englander The Lehoczky Escobar Family Seymour and Renee Flug Teri Friedman and Babak Yaghmaie Barbara and Peter Georgescu The Georgetown Company Kiendl and John Gordon Kim and Jeff Greenberg Leo and Jacklyn Greenberg Cecilia Greene and Paul Verbinnen Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Gregory Agnes Gund Lawrence and Sharon Hite Bobby and Carola Jain Kekst Suzie and Bruce Kovner Leon Levy Foundation Christina and Alan MacDonald Kim Manocherian Sylvia and Leonard Marx, Jr. Prakash and Anjali Melwani Danny and Audrey Meyer Abby and Howard P. Milstein Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Achim and Colette Moeller Ms. Helen Low Beth and Joshua Nash Nardello & Co. Enid Nemy, Dorothy Strelsin Foundation Patty Newburger and Bradley Wechsler Michael and Elyse Newhouse Marie Nugent-Head Marlas and James Marlas PBDW Architects Gabriela Peréz Rocchiette Michael Peterson Joan and Joel I. Picket
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Richard and Lisa Plepler Frederick and Nancy Poses Anne and Skip Pratt Tracey and Robert Pruzan Shari Redstone Deborah Rose Aby and Samantha Rosen Fiona and Eric Rudin May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Kevin and Pascaline Ryan Mr. and Mrs. William H. Sandholm Nancy and Larry Sanitsky Stephen and Christine Schwarzman Lise Scott and D. Ronald Daniel Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Sculco Claude Shaw and Lara Meiland-Shaw Bob and Eva Shaye Stephanie and Fred Shuman Sidley Austin Brown and Wood, LLP Sidley Austin LLP Lea Simonds Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Brian S. Snyder Jonathan Sobel Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation Sotheby's Dr. and Mrs. Eugene E. Stark, Jr. Barry Sternlicht Michael and Veronica Stubbs Merryl and James Tisch Anastasia Vournas and J. William Uhrig Diane Wege Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation, Inc. Brian and Jane Williams Maria Wirth Lisa and David Wolf Anonymous (4)
$5,000 to $9,999 Lee and Elizabeth Ainslie Fabrizio and Enrica Arengi Bentivoglio Mary Ann and Frank Arisman Sarah Arison Arne and Bonnie Arnesen Jody and John Arnhold Helaine and Victor Barnett Allen Adler and Frances Beatty Tony Bechara Candace and Rick Beinecke Franklin and Marsha Berger Amy Bermingham and Charles Wilson Katherine and Marco Birch Debra and Leon Black Patricia Blanchet Sara and Mark Bloom Nick and Jaime Botta Nicholas Brawer Catherine and Robert Brawer Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Cliff and Amanda Brokaw Amy and Kevin Brown Amanda M. Burden Canard, Inc. Janine Carendi MacMurray Valentino D. Carlotti Chris and Christina Combe Michele and Marty Cohen Betsy Cohn Connelly McLaughlin & Woloz Sophie Coumantaros Judith Cox Joshua Dachs/Fisher Dachs Associates David and Ide Dangoor Diana Davenport and John Bernstein Jason and Mary Dillow Jessie Ding
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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 $215-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 James Ewing.