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 tuesday–wednesday, march 10–11 at 7:30pm friday–saturday, march 13–14 at 8:00pm
ALINA IBRAGIMOVA, violin Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 Adagio Fuga: Allegro Siciliana Presto Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 Allemanda – Double Corrente – Double: Presto Sarabande – Double Tempo di borea – Double Intermission Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 Grave Fuga Andante Allegro Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 Allemanda Corrente Sarabanda Giga Ciaccona This performance is approximately two hours in length, including intermission.
The Recital Series is supported in part by a generous grant from Gwen Norton on behalf of the IKBS and The Reed Foundation. The 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 Leon Levy Foundation, and the Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation.
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 by Johann Sebastian Bach (Eisenach, 1685 – Leipzig, 1750) Johann Sebastian Bach was not the first composer to write unaccompanied works for violin. For example, Johann Paul von Westhoff (1656-1705) had composed a suite for violon seul sans basse, published in 1696. But no one ever gave the genre the same amount of attention that Bach lavished on it in the three sonatas and three partitas completed at Köthen around 1720. The six works were copied into one of the most beautiful Bach autograph manuscripts known today (there are several facsimile editions available). These compositions were so unusual in their own time that it took a long time for their exceptional richness to be fully appreciated. Yet for well over a hundred years now, they have been firmly established as the pinnacle of the violin repertory and the body of work with which every violinist must grapple, often for an entire lifetime. At tonight’s recital, we shall hear the first two sonatas and the first two partitas. Although best known in his own day as a virtuoso organist, Bach was also a professional-level violin player. His first job—for a few months in 1703, when he was 18 years old— was as a violinist in Weimar (where he had a chance to meet Westhoff). Bach was intimately familiar with the technique of the instrument, and in his unaccompanied violin works he demonstrated that knowledge by offering a true encyclopedia of Baroque violin playing. The greatest challenge in writing for an unaccompanied violin is, of course, to accommodate both the melodic line and the supporting harmonies with only four strings, since polyphonic playing is possible on a string instrument only within certain well-defined limits. The three sonatas follow the four-movement structure (slow-fast-slow-fast) of the Baroque sonata da chiesa (“church sonata”). The opening movements are essentially preludes, not unlike those in the Well-tempered Clavier. The elaborate ornamentation of the preludes and their frequently modulating harmonies serve as introductions to the fugues that follow in each case. To write a fugue for unaccompanied violin represents a special virtuoso feat as the violin has to play all the voices and countersubjects at the same time. The third movements of the sonatas are lyrical statements (“Siciliana,” “Andante”): each is an instrumental aria in two sections. Finally, the last movements consist mainly of perpetual motion in rapid sixteenth-notes, serving as vehicles for harmonic and structural intricacies and requiring a very high level of virtuosity. 2
The partitas are sets of dance movements which are highly “stylized,” that is, meant for listening rather than for dancing; yet the character of the original dances is clearly recognizable in each case. (Bach used the terms suite and partita interchangeably in his dance music; he actually spelled the latter partia in the autograph of the violin works.) Bach’s suites and partitas (including those for keyboard) are usually built around the standard sequence Allemande—Courante— Sarabande—Gigue; however, among the violin partitas, this sequence is found only in the D-minor work, where the four dances are followed by the celebrated Chaconne. In the first partita (in B minor), a Bourrée (another popular Baroque dance) is substituted for the final Gigue; this work has the added peculiarity that each dance is repeated in a richly ornamented version, called the Double. Each movement in the sonatas and partitas contains something special not found in the others. If we have to single out just one movement that stands apart from all the rest, it has to be the Chaconne at the end of the D-minor partita. Some of the rhythmic features (as well as the multiple stops) of this movement are foreshadowed in the Sarabande from the same partita, yet the Chaconne as a whole is without parallel in Bach’s entire output. Often performed by itself, it is Bach’s single longest instrumental movement. The word chaconne refers to a set of variations over a descending bass line, a genre that was popular during the Baroque era though never developed on such a grandiose scale or with such a wide expressive range as here. The four-note descending line is repeated no fewer than 64 times. The variations are arranged in a large three-part structure with an extended major-key area as a contrasting middle section. Bach used a wide array of special violin techniques to individualize the variations, creating a composition of whose technical difficulties were unparallelled during the Baroque era. Passages of primarily rhythmical and primarily melodic interest alternate throughout; at the end of the piece, the eight-bar theme returns in its majestic original form. © 2015 by Peter Laki
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ABOUT THE ARTIST Performing music from baroque to new commissions on both modern and period instruments, Alina Ibragimova has appeared with orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, Orquestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Philharmonia, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Hallé, and all the BBC orchestras. Conductors with whom Ms. Ibragimova has worked include Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Valery Gergiev, Paavo Järvi, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Vladimir Jurowski, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Mark Elder, Philippe Herreweghe, Osmo Vänskä, Hannu Lintu, Sakari Oramo, Ilan Volkov, Tugan Sokhiev, Jakub Hrusa, Ludovic Morlot, Edward Gardner, and Gianandrea Noseda.
Born in Russia in 1985, Ms. Ibragimova studied at the Moscow Gnesin School before moving with her family to the U.K. in 1995 where she studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and Royal College of Music. She was also a member of the Kronberg Academy Masters program. Her teachers have included Natasha Boyarsky, Gordan Nikolitch and Christian Tetzlaff. Ms. Ibragivoma has been the recipient of awards including the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award 2010, the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award 2008, and the Classical BRIT Young Performer of the Year Award 2009. She was a member of the BBC New Generation Artists Scheme 2005-2007. She records for Hyperion Records and performs on a c.1775 Anselmo Bellosio violin kindly provided by Georg von Opel.
Future highlights include return engagements with the London Symphony Orchestra (Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 with Bernard Haitink), Bergen Philharmonic (Berg with Edward Gardner), and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (Tchaikovsky), as well as debuts with the Philadelphia Orchestra (Mozart Violin Concerto No.4 with Vladimir Jurowski), Cleveland Orchestra (Sibelius with Juanjo Mena), Montreal Symphony (Beethoven with Kent Nagano), Hungarian National Philharmonic (Bartok Violin Concerto No.2 with Zoltan Kocsis), Bamberger Symphoniker (Ravel with Robin Ticciati), and Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Schumann with Robin Ticciati), in addition to a tour in Australia with the Sibelius Violin Concerto. As a soloist and director, Ms. Ibragimova has toured with the Kremerata Baltica, Britten Sinfonia, Academy of Ancient Music, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra. With regular recital partner Cédric Tiberghien and in solo and chamber music, Ms. Ibragivoma has appeared at venues including Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw, Mozarteum, Musikverein, Carnegie Hall, Palais des Beaux Arts, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Vancouver Recital Series, San Francisco Performances, and at festivals including Salzburg, Verbier, MDR Musiksommer, Manchester International, Lockenhaus, and Aldeburgh. The next two season’s recital highlights include a complete Mozart sonata cycle at Wigmore Hall and at the Oji Hall in Tokyo, a Lucerne Festival debut, and solo Bach recitals at Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon, Barcelona Auditorium, and Tokyo’s Oji Hall.
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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 4
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NEXT IN THE RECITAL SERIES LINDEMANN YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT
DAVID FRAY, piano
The Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program nurtures the most talented young artists through training and performance opportunities, with alumni of the program that have gone on to become stars of the opera stage, including Stephanie Blythe, Anthony Dean Griffey, Nathan Gunn, Heidi Grant Murphy, and Dawn Upshaw. See three of the next generation of opera greats from the program—soprano Layla Claire, tenor Andrew Stenson, and bass-baritone Brandon Cedel—in an intimate evening of song in the Board of Officers Room.
“Fray has a brilliant technique and a serious and thoughtful regard for the music.” —The Chicago Tribune
IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor WENWEN DU, piano
RUSHES ENSEMBLE
march 19
october 6–9
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.
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.
“[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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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
march 25–april 4
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. 6
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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.
Go to armoryonpark.org for more information on all of these programs.
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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 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 Burt Manning Heidi McWilliams David S. Moross Gwendolyn Adams Norton Joel I. Picket Joel Press Genie H. Rice Janet C. Ross Jeffrey Silverman 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
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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.