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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. For the 2024 Season, the Recital Series focuses on the sheer power and beauty of the human voice, with thoughtfully curated programs of lieder, art song, and contemporary works that take the art form in bold new directions in the hands of some of today’s most exciting musical interpreters. February welcomes Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique to the Armory for a rare New York appearance; joined by pianist Warren Jones, she displays her artistic versatility and endless wealth of color and nuance with a global program of French melodies, American art songs, and folk songs from the Caribbean. One of the most gifted and distinguished lyric tenors of his generation, American tenor Matthew Polenzani comes to the Board of Officers Room in May with pianist Ken Noda for a program of lieder and art songs by Schubert, Finzi, Schumann, and Ives. This fall, soprano Leah Hawkins returns to the Armory to showcase her global journey with a collection of folk songs and proverbs from various cultural and religious traditions, including works by composers and arrangers including Jasmine Barnes, Peter Ashbourne, Robert De Cormier, and a thrilling world premiere. Lebanese American tenor Karim Sulayman brings his inventive programming to the Armory this September; featuring wide ranging works from Monteverdi, Britten, and Purcell to Takemitsu, Layale Chaker, and traditional Sephardic songs, this intimate recital with guitarist Sean Shibe inspects the artists’ own ethnic identities through song that at once was seen to exotify but through playful juxtaposition subverts that narrative into one of celebration. Finally, soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan makes her highly anticipated return to the Board of Officers Room to close out the 2024 Recital Series; she will perform a program of works by Scriabin and Messiaen with pianist Bertrand Chamayou that is sure to captivate Armory audiences once again. Over the past decade of recitals at the Armory, we are proud to have held more than 120 intimate performances by almost 250 internationally renowned musicians, including 16 important North American, US, and New York debuts including the North American recital debuts of pianist Igor Levit and tenor Allan Clayton as well as the US recital debut of soprano Barbara Hannigan. We have also been proud to serve as the locale for 17 premieres by contemporary composers, including works by Michael Hersch, Anna Thorvaldsdóttir, John Zorn, Dai Fujikura, Michael Gordon, Jake Heggie, Chris Cerrone, Viet Cuong, and others. This year’s lineup offers audiences even more chances to enjoy the intimacy of a beautiful range of chamber music experiences performed by artists with a highly distinctive international profile, in one of the only spaces that could provide such a personal encounter—the Board of Officers Room. We hope you join in our excitement for witnessing these magical moments in music. Rebecca Robertson Adam R. Flatto Founding President and Executive Producer Pierre Audi Artistic Director
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2024 RECITAL SERIES IN THE RESTORED BOARD OF OFFICERS ROOM
JEANINE DE BIQUE, soprano WARREN JONES, piano monday, february 12, 2024 at 7:30pm wednesday, february 14, 2024 at 7:30pm
2024 SEASON SPONSORS
PUBLIC SUPPORT
Support for Park Avenue Armory’s artistic season has been generously provided by the Thompson Family Foundation, Charina Endowment Fund, the Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust, The Shubert Foundation, Wescustogo Foundation, 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 Marc Haas Foundation, Mary W. Harriman Foundation, the Reed Foundation, the Leon Levy Foundation, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg, The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation, the Richenthal Foundation, and the Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Armory’s Artistic Council. Public support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. The Recital Series is supported in part by the Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation. Cover photo: James Ewing.
PROGRAM Henry Purcell / Benjamin Britten
“The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation,” Z196
Reynaldo Hahn
Selections from Rondels L’automne Les étoiles Quand je fus pris au pavillon L’air Le printemps
Henry T. Burleigh
Five songs of Laurence Hope Worthwhile The jungle flower Kashmiri song Among the fuchsias Till I wake
Intermission Benjamin Britten
Les Illuminations, op. 18 Fanfare Villes Phrase Antique Royauté Marine Interlude Being beauteous Parade Départ
Caribbean Folk Songs
“Eveningtime” “Rosebud” “Cutie pak” “Morena Osha” “Mangoes”
This program is approximately 100 minutes including a 15-minute intermission.
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM The recital begins with “The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation” by Henry Purcell (1659-1695), with Benjamin Britten’s elaboration of the piano part (1945). The song, originally published in 1693, sounds like an operatic scena even though the subject is sacred. The author of the text, Nahum Tate (1652-1715), who had also penned the libretto for Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, enlarged upon a passage in the second chapter of the Gospel according to St. Luke, in which the twelve-year-old Jesus goes to the temple in Jerusalem with his parents, only to temporarily disappear from their sight (Luke 2:41-50). Tate painted a vivid portrait of the mother who, in her anguish, begins to question the divine prophecy that had foretold such a glorious future for her child, now apparently lost and—at least in Mary’s imagination—in mortal danger. She desperately cries out to the Archangel Gabriel who seems to be far away and not ready to help her in her distress. The recitative is interspersed with two arioso sections where Mary recalls her past happiness and reveals how she is torn between her faith in God and her fears for her child. Reynaldo Hahn, the Venezuelan-born composer-singerpianist-conductor, darling of Parisian high society, and lover of Marcel Proust, had great success with his mélodies that stand as lasting memorials of the belle époque before World War I. His cycle of twelve Rondels, or poems based on a medieval verse form, was published in 1899. Three of the twelve pieces are choruses for four voices. The others are solo songs, some on poems by Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394-1465), one of the most outstanding poets of his time and the father of Louis XII, King of France, and some by the 19th-century poet Théodore de Banville (1823-91), whom his colleague Charles Baudelaire called “the poet of happiness.” Of the five songs from the cycle that will be performed tonight, only the third is from the Renaissance poet, and the style of Hahn’s setting is markedly different from the other songs: the composer made explicit allusions to early music, even if the music is closer to the 18th century than to the 15th. The other four songs are exquisite examples of 19th-century French art song in the tradition of Gabriel Fauré.
style, are among the finest American art songs of their time. They were first performed by the famous Irish tenor John McCormack at Carnegie Hall in 1916. Benjamin Britten wrote his song cycle Les Illuminations in 1939. The work, originally scored for high voice and string orchestra, was based on the revolutionary prose poems by Arthur Rimbaud (1854-91), one of the giants of French poetry. Britten later arranged the songs for voice and piano—a version that is not frequently performed. The main themes of the poems are the theatricality of life, the chaos of the big cities, and the tragic, painful aspect of beauty, all poignantly expressed by Britten. The nine movements are united by the phrase “J’ai seul la clef de cette parade sauvage” (“I alone have the key to this savage parade”—that is, to life itself ). The phrase is repeated three times in the course of the piece, each time recited, for the most part, on a single note. The intervening movements present a colorful set of pictures from that “parade,” ending on a note of resignation as the poet has “seen enough,” “had enough,” and “known enough.” In Britten’s interpretation, the prospect of “new affection and new noise” at the end seems to hold little attraction for the disenchanted traveler. At the end of the recital, Ms. de Bique takes us to the region of her birth, with some popular folksongs from the Caribbean—the island of Jamaica (“Evening Time”) as well as her own native Trinidad. It will be a special treat to hear popular favorites such as “Morena Osha” by the great Trinidadian musician André Tanker (1941-2003) sung by a classically-trained singer who is universally celebrated for her performances of European Baroque music. — Peter Laki
Harry T. Burleigh, who as a young student introduced Antonín Dvořák to Negro spirituals, subsequently achieved fame as a singer and composer, one of the first African Americans to excel in the field of classical music. In addition to his classic arrangements of spirituals, he also wrote some art songs in the European romantic tradition. Laurence Hope was the pseudonym of Adela Florence Nicolson (also known as Violet Nicolson), an English poet (1865-1904) who lived in India. Her erotically charged work was inspired by Indian and Persian poetry; Burleigh’s settings, in a lush post-Romantic armoryonpark.org | @ParkAveArmory
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS JEANINE DE BIQUE, SOPRANO
WARREN JONES, PIANO
Jeanine De Bique has been described as “one of the most exciting sopranos to catch onstage these days. Animated, joyful, and technically flawless, the Trinidadian vocalist with the light, starry voice that soars before landing on audiences’ ears like a musical meteor shower” (Operawire) and a “sheer endless wealth of colour and nuances[…] a radiant, freefloating timbre” (Opernwelt).
WARREN JONES. pianist. born washington DC. lives new york city. former faculty, manhattan school of music, rutgers university, music academy of the west. guest instructor, lindemann young artist program, HGO studio artist program, merola/adler programs. artist in residence new england conservatory, UNC school of the arts. jury member first china international piano competition 2019, montreal international vocal competition 2018, van cliburn piano competition, naumberg awards, metropolitan opera auditions. former principal pianist camerata pacifica. recital partner for blythe griffey owens battle ramey tekanawa brewer bonney morris talvela hampson horne vaness o’neill harrell. musical america collaborative pianist of the year. white house. supreme court. thirty-one recordings. conductor of mozart rossini donizetti mascagni bernstein menotti. interests include history politics cooking music…
Highlights in 2023-24 include her return to Opéra de Paris for the debut in the title role of Massenet’s Cendrillon, her house debut as Donna Anna/Don Giovanni at Staatsoper Berlin, and Micaëla/Carmen at Gran Teatre de Liceu Barcelona. In concert, she will present a new program with Baroque arias and Caribbean folk songs with Holland Baroque on tour throughout the Netherlands and perform with The English Concert, Philadelphia Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic, and B’Rock. The past few seasons saw several important role and house debuts: as Isabel in George Benjamin’s Lessons in Love and Violence at Opernhaus Zurich, Alcina at l’Opéra National de Paris followed by her return as Susanna/Le nozze di Figaro, Poppea with the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Iván Fischer, La Folie/Platée at Theater an der Wien, followed by her return as Nicrotis/Belshazzar. At Houston Grand Opera, she debuted the role of Maria in excerpts from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. Most recently she returned to the Salzburger Festspiele for Purcell’s Indian Queen under the baton of Teodor Currrentzis and to the BBC PROMS for Schumann’s Paradies und die Peri with London Symphony Orchestra and Simon Rattle. Equally sought after in concert, De Bique gave her solo recital debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall; appeared at Lincoln Center at the Mostly Mozart Festival and at the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal’s summer festival; and performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck, the Vienna Philharmonic and Herbert Blomstedt, the Dallas Symphony, New World Symphony Miami, St Louis Symphony Orchestra, and more. Mirrors, De Bique’s first solo-recording with Concerto Köln was released by Berlin Classics in 2021 to outstanding reviews. The album received the 2022 Opus Klassik Award, a Diapason d’Or découverte, the Edison Klassiek award, as well as Editor’s Choice awards in Gramophone, Fono Forum, and Opera Magazines. The program was presented throughout Europe and the US, including Carnegie Hall in New York. 4
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TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695) / BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913 – 1976) “The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation” (1693, realized by Britten in 1945) Text by Nahum Tate (1652-1715) Tell me, some pitying angel tell, quickly say, Where does my soul’s sweet darling stay? In tiger’s, or more cruel Herod’s way? O! rather let his little footsteps press Unregarded through the wilderness, Where milder savages resort: The desert’s safer than a tyrant’s court. Why, fairest object of my love, Why dost thou from my longing eyes remove? Was it a waking dream that did foretell Thy wondrous birth? no vision from above? Where’s Gabriel now that visited my cell? I call Gabriel, he comes not; flatt’ring hopes, farewell. Me Judah’s daughters once caress’d, Call’d me of mothers the most bless’d; Now fatal change of mothers most distress’d. How shall my soul its motions guide, How shall I stem various tide, Whilst faith and doubt my lab’ring thoughts divide? For whilst of thy dear sight beguil’d, I trust the God, but oh! I fear the child.
REYNALDO HAHN (1874 – 1947) Selections from Rondels (1899) L’automne Text by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823-1891) Sois le bienvenu, rouge Automne. Accours dans ton riche appareil, Embrasse le coteau vermeil Que la vigne pare et festonne.
Autumn Translation by Iain Sneddon, 2019 Be welcome, red Autumn. So quickly in your rich clothing, Kiss the hillside that the vine covers and festoons, vermilion.
Père, tu rempliras la tonne Qui nous verse le doux sommeil; Sois le bienvenu, rouge Automne, Accours dans ton riche appareil.
Father, refill the jug Which leads us towards sweet sleep; Be welcome, red Autumn. So quickly in your rich clothing.
Déjà la Nymphe qui s’étonne, Blanche de la nuque à l’orteil, Rit aux chants ivres de soleil Que le gai vendangeur entonne, Sois le bienvenu, rouge Automne.
There a Nymph is surprised, White from the neck to toe, Laughing at the drunken songs the cheerful harvester sings in the sunshine, Be welcome, red Autumn.
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Les étoiles Text by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823-1891) Les cieux resplendissants d’Étoiles Aux radieux frissonnements, Ressemblent à des flots dormants Que sillonnent de blanches voiles.
The Stars Translation by Iain Sneddon, 2019 The heavens are resplendent with stars Radiantly shimmering, Looking like sleeping waves That furrow white sails.
Quand l’azur déchire ses voiles, Nous voyons les bleus firmaments, Les cieux resplendissant d’Étoiles, Aux radieux frissonnements.
When the sky tears up its sails, We see the blue heavens, The heavens are resplendent with stars Radiantly shimmering.
Quel peintre mettra sur ses toiles, O dieu! leurs clairs fourmillements, Ces fournaises de diamants Qu’à nos yeux ravis tu dévoiles, Les cieux resplendissants d’Étoiles?
What painter will put on his canvas, O god! their clear twinkling, These furnaces of diamonds What do you reveal to our delighted eyes, Heavens resplendent with stars?
Quand je fus pris au pavillon Text by Charles, Duc d’Orléans (1394-1465) Quand je fus pris au pavillon De ma dame très gente et belle, Je me brûlai à la chandelle, Ainsi que fait le papillon : Je rougis comme vermillon, A la clarté d’une étincelle, Quand je fus pris au pavillon, De ma dame très gente et belle. Si j’eusse été esmerillon Ou que j’eusse eu aussi bonne aile, Je me fusse gardé de celle Qui me bailla de l’aiguillon Quand je fus pris au pavillon.
When I was held in the pavilion Translation by Iain Sneddon, 2019 When I was held in the pavilion Of my very noble and beautiful lady, I felt myself burnt in the candle’s flame, As the butterfly does: I blushed like vermillion, In the brightness of a spark, When I was held in the pavilion Of my very noble and beautiful lady. If I had been merlin Or had I strong enough wings, I would have guarded myself from she Who struck me with the sting When I was held in the pavilion.
L’air Text by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823-1891) Dans l’air s’en vont les ailes, Par le vent caressées; Mes errantes pensées S’envolent avec elles.
The Air Translation by Iain Sneddon, 2019 In the air wings are flying, Caressed by the wind; My wandering thoughts Fly with them.
Aux cieux pleins d’étincelles, Dans la nue élancées, Dans l’Air s’en vont les ailes Par le vent caressées.
In the sparkling heavens, Soaring in the clouds, In the air wings are flying, Caressed by the wind.
Vers des terres nouvelles, Sur les rayons bercées, Vous fuyez, dispersées, Ô blanches colombelles; Dans l’Air s’en vont les ailes!
Towards new lands, On cradling sunbeams, You flee, scattered, O white doves; In the air wings are flying!
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Le printemps Text by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823-1891) Te voilà, rire du Printemps! Les thyrses des lilas fleurissent. Les amantes, qui te chérissent Délivrent leurs cheveux flottants.
Spring English translation by Emily Ezust, 2016 You are here, you laughing Spring! Bunches of lilacs are blossoming. Lovers who cherish you Free their flowing hair.
Sous les rayons d’or éclatants Les anciens lierres se flétrissent. Te voilà, rire du Printemps! Les thyrses des lilas fleurissent.
Beneath the rays of sparkling gold The ancient ivy withers. You are here, you laughing Spring! Bunches of lilacs are blossoming.
Couchons-nous au bord des étangs, Que nos maux amers se guérissent ! Mille espoirs fabuleux nourrissent Nos cœurs émus et palpitants. Te voilà, rire du Printemps!
Let us lie beside ponds So that our bitter wounds may heal! A thousand fabulous hopes nourish Our stirred and fluttering hearts. You are here, you laughing Spring!
HENRY T. BURLEIGH (1866 – 1949) Five Songs of Laurence Hope (1915) Texts by Laurence Hope (1865-1904) Worthwhile I asked of my desolate shipwrecked soul “Wouldst thou rather never have met The one whom thou lovedst beyond control And whom thou adorest yet?” Back from the senses, the heart, the brain, Came the answer swiftly thrown, “What matter the price? We would pay it again, We have had, we have loved, we have known!” The Jungle Flower Thou art one of the jungle flowers, strange and fierce and fair, Palest amber, perfect lines, and scented with champa flower. Lie back and frame thy face in the gloom of thy loosened hair; Sweet thou art and loved — ay, loved — for an hour. But thought flies far, ah, far, to another breast, Whose whiteness breaks to the rose of a twin pink flower, Where wind the azure veins that my lips caressed When Fate was gentle to me for a too-brief hour. Kashmiri Song Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar, Where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell? Whom do you lead on Rapture’s roadway, far, Before you agonise them in farewell? Oh, pale dispensers of my Joys and Pains, Holding the doors of Heaven and of Hell, How the hot blood rushed wildly through the veins Beneath your touch, until you waved farewell.
Among the Fuchsias Call me not to a secret place When daylight dies away, Tempt me not with thine eager face And words thou shouldst not say. Entice me not with a child of thine, Ah, God, if such might be, For surely a man is half divine Who adds another link to the line Whose last link none may see. Call me not to the Lotus lake That drooping fuchsias hide, What if my latent youth awakes And will not be denied? Ah, tempt me not for I am not strong (Thy mouth is a budded kiss) My days are empty, my nights are long. Ah, why is a thing so sweet so wrong, As thy temptation is? Till I Wake When I am dying, lean over me tenderly, softly… Stoop, as the yellow roses droop In the wind from the south; So I may when I wake – if there be an awakening – Keep what lulled me to sleep – The touch of your lips on my mouth.
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913 – 1976) Les Illuminations, op. 18 (1939) Texts by Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891)
Illuminations Translation and Annotation by Julia Bullock
Fanfare J’ai seul la clef de cette parade sauvage.
Fanfare I alone have the key to this savage parade.
Villes Ce sont des villes! C’est un peuple pour qui se sont montés ces Alleghanys et ces Libans de rêve! [Ce sont des villes!] Des chalets de cristal et de bois se meuvent sur des rails et des poulies invisibles. Les vieux cratères ceints de colosses et de palmiers de cuivre rugissent mélodieusement dans les feux. [––] [Ce sont des villes!] Des cortèges de Mabs en robes rousses, opalines, montent des ravines. Là-haut, les pieds dans la cascade et les ronces, les cerfs tettent Diane. Les Bacchantes des banlieues sanglotent et la lune brûle et hurle. Vénus entre dans les cavernes des forgerons et des ermites. [Ce sont des ––] Des groupes de beffrois chantent les idées des peuples. Des châteaux bâtis en os sort la musique inconnue. [––] [Ce sont des villes! Ce sont des villes!] [––] Le paradis des orages s’effondre. Les sauvages dansent sans cesse la fête de la nuit. [Ce sont des villes!] [––] Quels bons bras, quelle belle heure me rendront cette région d’où viennent mes sommeils et mes moindres mouvements?
Cities These are cities! This is a people for whom arose these Alleghenies1 and Lebanons2 from dreams! [These are cities!] Chalets of crystal and wood move on invisible rails and pulleys. Old craters encircled by colossuses3 and copper palm-trees, roar melodiously in the fires. [––] [These are cities!] Processions of Mabs4 in russet, opaline gowns climb the ravines. Farther up, with their feet in the waterfall and the brambles, stags suckle Diana.5 The Bacchantes6 of the suburbs sob, and the moon burns and howls. Venus7 enters into the caverns of blacksmiths and hermits. [These are ––] Groups of belfries8 sing the ideas of the people. Unknown music pours forth from castles built of bone. [––] [These are cities! These are cities!] [––] The paradise of storms collapses. Savages ceaselessly dance out the festival of the night. [These are cities!] [––] What lovely arms, what beautiful hour will give me back that region from where my sleep and my slightest movements come?
1 Alleghenies: the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia; a part of “New France” colonized by the French in the 1500s; native peoples of that region 2 Lebanons (puts Lebanon in plural for the poem): may refer specifically to the city Byblos, considered one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world circa 5000 BC 3 colossuses (colossi): a person or thing with enormous size, importance, or ability 4 Mab: queen of the fairies, as described in Romeo and Juliet 5 Diane: goddess of the hunt, forests, childbirth 6 Bacchantes: followers of Bacchus, who was the God of wine, fertility, ritual madness, religious ecstasy 7 Venus: goddess of love and beauty, desire, sex, fertility 8 church towers 8
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Phrase J’ai tendu des cordes de clocher à clocher ; des guirlandes de fenêtre à fenêtre ; des chaines d’or d’étoile à étoile, et je danse.
Phrase
Antique Gracieux fils de Pan ! Autour de ton front couronné de fleurettes et de baies, tes yeux, des boules précieuses, remuent. Tachées de lies brunes, tes joues se creusent. Tes crocs luisent. Ta poitrine ressemble à une cithare, des tintements circulent dans tes bras blonds. Ton cœur bat dans ce ventre où dort le double sexe. Promène-toi, la nuit en mouvant doucement cette cuisse, cette seconde cuisse et cette jambe de gauche.
Antique Gracious son of Pan!9 Around your forehead crowned with tiny flowers and berries, your eyes––precious globes––stir. Stained by brown lees10, your cheeks grow gaunt. Your fangs gleam. Your bosom resembles a zither, ringing sounds circulate between your blond arms. Your heart beats in that belly where the double sex sleeps. Walk, the night gently moving that thigh, that second thigh, and that left leg.
Royauté Un beau matin, chez un peuple fort doux, un homme et une femme superbes criaient sur la place publique : « Mes amis, je veux qu’elle soit reine! » « Je veux être reine ! » Elle riait et tremblait. Il parlait aux amis de révélation, d’épreuve terminée. Ils se pâmaient l’un contre l’autre.
Royalty One beautiful morning, in the land of a very gentle people, a superb man and woman cried out in the public square, “Friends, I want her to be queen!” “I want to be queen!” She laughed and trembled. He spoke to his friends of revelation, of hard trials finished. They swooned, one against the other.
En effet ils furent rois toute une matinée où les tentures carminées se relevèrent sur les maisons, et toute l’après-midi, où ils s’avancèrent du côté des jardins de palmes.
In effect, they were kings for a whole morning as crimson hangings were raised on the houses, and all afternoon as they advanced towards the gardens of palms.11
Marine Les chars d’argent et de cuivre – Les proues d’acier et d’argent – Battent l’écume, – Soulèvent les souches des ronces. Les courants de la lande, Et les ornières immenses du reflux, Filent circulairement vers l’est, Vers les piliers de la forêt, – Vers les fûts de la jetée, Dont l’angle est heurté par des tourbillons de lumière.
Marine Scene Chariots of silver and copper – Prows12 of steel and silver – Beat the foam – Heave up the roots of bramble, The currents of the heath, And the immense ruts13 of the ebb-tide, Flowing in circles towards the east, Towards the pillars of the forest, – Towards the posts of the jetty14, Whose angle is struck by the turbulent whirlpool of light.
Interlude J’ai seul la clef de cette parade sauvage.
Interlude I alone have the key to this savage parade.
I stretched some cord from steeple to steeple; some garlands from window to window; some chains of gold from star to star, and I dance.
9 Pan: god of the wild, shepherd, flocks, affiliated with sex 10 lees: sediment of wine in a bottle; most worthless part of something 11 palms: symbolize peace, triumph, eternal life 12 prow: portion of a ship’s bow above water 13 ruts: deep tracks, groove, furrow 14 jetty: a structure extended into a body of water to influence the current, tide, or to protect the land or harbor, a pier Please turn page quietly. armoryonpark.org | @ParkAveArmory
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Being beauteous Devant une neige un Être de Beauté de haute taille. Des sifflements de mort et des cercles de musique sourde font monter, s’élargir et trembler comme un spectre ce corps adoré : des blessures écarlates et noires éclatent dans les chairs superbes. Les couleurs propres de la vie se foncent, dansent, et se dégagent autour de la Vision, sur le chantier. Et les frissons s’élèvent et grondent, et la saveur forcenée de ces effets se chargeant avec les sifflements mortels et les rauques musiques que le monde, loin derrière nous, lance sur notre mère de beauté, – elle recule, elle se dresse. Oh ! nos os sont revêtus d’un nouveau corps amoureux.
Being Beauteous Against snow, a Being of Beauty of heightened size. The hissing of death and circles of muted music make this adored body rise, enlarge and tremble like a specter15: wounds of scarlet and black burst in the superb flesh. The proper colors of life darken, dance, and emerge around the Vision, on the site. And shivers rise and rumble, and the frenetic flavor of these effects, charged with the mortal hissing and raucous music that the world, far behind us, hurls on our mother of beauty, – she recoils, she rises up. Oh! Our bones are dressed once more in a new loving body.
Ô la face cendrée, l’écusson de crin, les bras de cristal ! Le canon sur lequel je dois m’abattre à travers la mêlée des arbres et de l’air léger !
Oh, the ashen face, the shield of horsehair, the arms of crystal! the cannon on which I must strike through the melee of trees and the light air!
Parade Des drôles très solides. Plusieurs ont exploité vos mondes. Sans besoins, et peu pressés de mettre en œuvre leurs brillantes facultés et leur expérience de vos consciences. Quels hommes mûrs! Des yeux hébétés à la façon de la nuit d’été, rouges et noirs, tricolores, d’acier piqué d’étoiles d’or; des faciès déformés, plombés, blêmis, incendiés; des enrouements folâtres! La démarche cruelle des oripeaux!—Il y a quelques jeunes. [––] Ô le plus violent Paradis de la grimace enragée ! [––] Chinois, Hottentots, bohémiens, niais, hyènes, Molochs, vieilles démences, démons sinistres, ils mêlent les tours populaires, maternels, avec les poses et les tendresses bestiales. Ils interpréteraient des pièces nouvelles et des chansons « bonnes filles ». Maîtres jongleurs, ils transforment le lieu et les personnes, et usent de la comédie magnétique.
Parade Some very ‘solid’ jesters. Several have exploited your worlds. Without needs, and in no hurry to put to work their brilliant faculties and their experience of your consciences. What mature men! Eyes dazed, fashioned like a summer night, red and black, tricolored, steel studded with golden stars; features deformed, leaden, pallid, incendiary; hoarse-throated frolickers! The cruel swagger of rags! There are a few young ones. [––] Oh the most violent paradise of the enraged grimace! [––] Chinese, Hottentots16, bohemians, naïve deniers, hyenas, Molochs17, old insanities, sinister demons, they mingle populist, maternal tricks with bestial poses and tenderness. They would interpret new pieces and “nice girl” songs. Master jugglers, they transform places and people and use magnetic comedy…
J’ai seul la clef de cette parade sauvage.
I alone have the key to this wild parade.
Départ Assez vu. La vision s’est rencontrée à tous les airs. Assez eu. Rumeurs des Villes, le soir, et au soleil, et toujours. Assez connu. Les arrêts de la vie. – O Rumeurs et Visions! Départ dans l’affection et le bruit neufs!
Departure Enough seen. The vision has been encountered under all skies. Enough had. Sounds of cities, at evening, in the sun, and always. Enough known. The stopping of life. – Oh Sounds and Visions! Departure into new affection and noise.
15 specter: ghost 16 Hottentots: a word used by white Europeans to describe the Khoikhoi, indigenous peoples of South Africa and Namibia, traditionally nomadic herders and hunter-gatherers, including the Nama people and the ancestors of the Griquas. The term Hottentots derived from the use of clicking sounds in the language but is now considered offensive. 17 Moloch: the biblical name of a Canaanite god associated with child sacrifice. 10
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CARIBBEAN FOLK SONGS Eveningtime
Mangoes
Evening time, wuk is over now it’s evening time We da wuk ’pon mountain, da wuk ’pon mountain, da wuk ’pon mountainside Mek we put d pickle ’pon d fire Mek we eat and sing, dance and play, ring ding ’pon d mountainside Come Miss Claire, tek d baccra from yuh head mih dear Evening breeze a blow, come dis way Miss Flow Come round ya, after yo no beast a burden zah Rest yuh head at ease, feel that evening breeze Catch up d fire Martha, pass me d gonga peas Rub up d flower Sarah Lord feel dat evening breeze
Rosebud
Mango vert, mango Teen Ah wan a penny to buy, mango vert, mango teen Gih meh penny to buy, mango vert, mango teen Mango doudouce, sousalt Matan, Savez vous all for me Mango Rose, mango starch Ah wan a penny to buy, mango Rose, mango Starch Gih meh penny to buy, mango Rose, mango Starch Mango Zabico, Calabash Savez vous all for me Mango Spice, mango Planche Ah wan’ a penny to buy mango Spice, mango Planche Gih meh penny to buy, mango Spice, mango Planche Mango Zabico, Calabash Savez vous all for me.
Call up meh rosebud gimme—Call up my Rosebud for me Call up meh rosebud gimme Call up meh rosebud gimme Tell am me ah go down a river go bade—Tell him I’m going down to the river to bathe, Tell am me ah go down a river go bade Tell am me ah down a sea go bade—Tell him I’m going down to the sea to bathe ’Teamer come me no get letter—The steamer come, I get no letter ’Teamer come me no get letter ’Teamer come me no get letter Gal me go mine yuh pickny no halla—Girl, I’m going to look after your child Gal me go mine yuh pickny no halla Gal me go mine yuh pickny no halla No carry halla mamma no halla—Don’t holler, Mother carries, don’t cry … No carry halla mamma no halla No carry halla mamma no halla Gal me go mine yuh pickny no halla—Girl, I’m going to look after your child, don’t cry Gal me go mine yuh pickny no halla Gal me go mine yuh pickny no halla
Morena Osha There’s a beautiful woman, always dressed in black She just went for water, around a winding track She’s the spirit of beauty, strong yet gentle being She walks on this planet like some kind of queen Big Morena Osha, aye aya She moves like the wind so free, over land and rolling sea Sweet Morena Osha, aye aya Always with the rhythm in the feet, moving down the street Morena Osha, aye aya See the fall of evening, feel that cooling breeze Red and yellow drifting west, a greener world than trees I hear the sound of drummers, cracking through the night Hear them sing a song ferocious, round that fire light armoryonpark.org | @ParkAveArmory
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ABOUT THE RECITAL SERIES Park Avenue Armory presents more intimate performances and programs in its acclaimed Recital Series, which showcases musical talent from across the globe in an intimate salon setting. Since its inception in 2013, the series has held the debuts of many worldclass artists, including: the North American recital debuts of pianist Igor Levit, soprano Sabine Devieilhe, tenors Ilker Arcayürek and Allan Clayton, baritones Benjamin Appl and Roderick Williams, clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer, and cellist István Várdai; the North American solo recital debuts of tenor Michael Spyres and mezzo soprano Emily D’Angelo; the US Recital debuts of sopranos Barbara Hannigan and Anna Lucia Richter and baritone Thomas Oliemans; and the New York debuts of pianist Severin von Eckardstein and the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam. The Recital Series has programmed the world premieres of: Roger Reynolds’ FLiGHT, performed by the JACK Quartet; Michael Hersch’s “…das Rückgrat berstend,” performed by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and cellist Jay Campbell; and Chris Cerrone’s Ode to Joy, performed by Sandbox Percussion and commissioned by the Armory. Actor Charlotte Rampling and cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton gave the US premiere of The Night Dances on the series in 2015, which brought together Benjamin Britten’s suites for solo cello and poetry by Sylvia Plath; Wieder-Atherton returned to the Armory in 2017 for the North American premiere of Little Girl Blue, a program that reimagined the music of Nina Simone. New York premieres include: Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s In the Light of Air and Shades of Silence performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble; Dai Kujikura’s Minina, John Zorn’s Baudelaires, and a new arrangement of Messiaen’s Chants de terre et de ciel, also performed by ICE; Michael Gordon’s Rushes performed by the Rushes Ensemble; Michael Harrison’s Just Constellations performed by Roomful of Teeth; David Lang’s depart, Gabriel Jackson’s Our flags are wafting in hope and grief and Rigwreck, Kile Smith’s “Conversation in the Mountains” from Where Flames A Word, Louis Andriessen’s Ahania Weeping, Suzanne Giraud’s Johannisbaum, David Shapiro’s Sumptuous Planet, Benjamin CS Boyle’s Empire of Crystal, and Ted Hearne’s Animals (commissioned by Park Avenue Armory), all performed by The Crossing under conductor Donald Nally; John Zorn’s Jumalatteret sung by soprano Barbara Hannigan with pianist Stephen Gosling; and Viet Cuong’s Next Week’s Trees, performed by Sandbox Percussion. Additional notable programs include performances by: baritone Christian Gerhaher with pianist Gerold Huber; the Flux Quartet; tenor Ian Bostridge with pianist Wenwen Du; pianist David Fray; soprano Lisette Oropesa with pianist John Churchwell; countertenor Andreas Scholl with harpsichordist Tamar Halperin; soprano Kate Royal with pianist Joseph Middleton; pipa player Wu Man and the Shanghai Quartet; tenor Lawrence Brownlee with pianists Myra Huang and Jason Moran; mezzo soprano Isabel Leonard with pianist Ted Sperling; soprano Nadine Sierra with pianist Brian Wagorn; soprano Rosa Feola with pianist Iain Burnside; cellist Nicolas Altstaedt; tenor Paul Appleby with pianist Conor Hanick; baritone Will Liverman with pianist Myra Huang; mezzo soprano Jamie Barton with pianist and composer Jake Heggie; new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound; French period choir and chamber orchestra Ensemble Correspondances under the direction of harpsichordist and organist Sébastien Daucé; baritone Justin Austin and pianist Howard Watkins; soprano Ying Fang with pianist Ken Noda; baritone Stéphane Degout with pianist Cédric Tiberghien; pianist Pavel Kolesnikov in a two-night residency featuring Bach’s Goldberg Variations and a program entitled Celestial Navigation, inspired by Joseph Cornell’s orrery of the same name; soprano Julia Bullock with pianist John Arida; and mezzo soprano Kate Lindsey with pianist Justina Lee.
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NEXT IN THE RECITAL SERIES MATTHEW POLENZANI & KEN NODA
LEAH HAWKINS & KEVIN MILLER
American tenor Matthew Polenzani comes to the Armory with a program of lieder and art songs that offer audiences the chance to get to know the beauty of his sound, the musicality of his legato, the suppleness of his phrasing, and the clarity of his diction in one of the only spaces that could provide such a personal encounter—the Board of Officers Room.
Soprano Leah Hawkins returns to the Armory recital stage to showcase her global journey with a collection of folk songs and proverbs from various cultural and religious traditions, from American and Yiddish to Jamaican, Swahili, and others. The program features works by composers and arrangers including Jasmine Barnes, Peter Ashbourne, Robert De Cormier, and a thrilling world premiere.
may 20 & 22
september 13 & 15
NEXT AT THE ARMORY ILLINOISE
MAKING SPACE AT THE ARMORY
New York City Premiere, An Armory Commission
RICHARD KENNEDY: GUTTURAL (CONDUCTED CONTACT)
march 2 – 23 Tony Award-winning director-choreographer Justin Peck expands upon Sufjan Stevens’s acclaimed concept album Illinois is a bold new music-theater production featuring virtuosic dancers, singers, and musicians and a narrative crafted with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury.
april 12
ARTISTS STUDIO
As a capstone of the Radical Practice of Black Curation symposium in collaboration with Princeton University, multidisciplinary artist Richard Kennedy presents a musical encapsulation of the African diaspora in the Armory’s historic rooms. Titled Guttural (Conducted Contact), this new work opens a portal of participatory gathering as truth emerges through song, dance, and a series of wordless conversations.
JASPER MARSALIS
SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER
Artist and musician Jasper Marsalis, also known as Slauson Malone or son of the jazz impresario Wynton Marsalis, comes to the Armory to perform a set inspired by the Veterans Room, layering dissonant sounds on top of one another to create a dense and dizzying suite of sonic collages that invite close listening.
World Premiere
march 27 & 28
may 21
The Oxford Bach Soloists under the music direction of Tom Hammond-Davies and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street are joined by countertenor Reginald Mobley, tenor Nick Pritchard, and sheng player Wu Tong to perform a selection of Bach cantatas intermingled with spirituals in a staging by the celebrated director Peter Sellars. This musical call to action, presented in collaboration with the Asia Society, illuminates the undeniable truth that water is life, and that music is a universal language that can unite and inspire.
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ABOUT PARK AVENUE ARMORY Part palace, part industrial shed, Park Avenue Armory supports unconventional works in the performing and visual arts that cannot be fully realized in a traditional proscenium theater, concert hall, or white wall gallery. With its soaring 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall—reminiscent of 19th-century European train stations—and an array of exuberant period rooms, the Armory provides a platform for artists to push the boundaries of their practice, collaborate across disciplines, and create new work in dialogue with the historic building. Across its grand and intimate spaces, the Armory enables a diverse range of artists to create, students to explore, and audiences to experience epic, adventurous, relevant work that cannot be done elsewhere in New York. The Armory both commissions and presents performances and installations in the grand Drill Hall and offers more intimate programming through its acclaimed Recital Series, which showcases musical talent from across the globe within the salon setting of the Board of Officers Room; its Artists Studio series curated by Jason Moran in the restored Veterans Room; Making Space at the Armory, a public programming series that brings together a discipline-spanning group of artists and cultural thought-leaders around the important issues of our time; and the Malkin Lecture Series that features presentations by scholars and writers on topics related to Park Avenue Armory and its history. In addition, the Armory also has a year-round Artists-in-Residence program, providing space and support for artists to create new work and expand their practices. The Armory’s creativity-based arts education programs provide access to the arts to thousands of students from underserved New York City public schools, engaging them with the institution’s artistic programming and outside-the-box creative processes. Through its education initiatives, the Armory provides access to all Drill Hall performances, workshops taught by Master Teaching Artists, and in-depth residencies that support the schools’ curriculum. Youth Corps, the Armory’s year-round paid internship program, begins in high school and continues into the critical post-high school years, providing interns with mentored employment, job training, and skill development, as well as a network of peers and mentors to support their individual college and career goals. The Armory is undergoing a multi-phase renovation and restoration of its historic building led by architects Herzog & de Meuron, with Platt Byard Dovell White as Executive Architects.
PARK AVENUE ARMORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman Emeritus Elihu Rose, PhD Co-Chairs Adam R. Flatto Amanda J.T. Riegel President Rebecca Robertson Vice Presidents David Fox Pablo Legorreta Emanuel Stern
Marina Abramović Abigail Baratta Joyce F. Brown Cora Cahan Hélène Comfort Paul Cronson Jonathan Davis Tina R. Davis Jessie Ding Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Roberta Garza
Kim Greenberg Samhita Jayanti Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Edward G. Klein, Brigadier General NYNG (Ret.) Ralph Lemon Jason Moran Janet C. Ross Stephanie Sharp Joan Steinberg
Avant Garde Chair Adrienne Katz Directors Emeriti Harrison M. Bains, Jr. Angela E. Thompson
Pierre Audi, Artistic Director
Treasurer Emanuel Stern
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Founding Chairman, 2000–2009 Wade F.B. Thompson
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PARK AVENUE ARMORY STAFF Rebecca Robertson Adam R. Flatto Founding President and Executive Producer Pierre Audi Artistic Director
Jason Moran Curator, Artists Studio Tavia Nyong’o Curator, Public Programming
ARTISTIC PLANNING & PROGRAMMING Michael Lonergan Chief Artistic Producer Kevin Condardo General Manager, Programming Rachel Rosado Producer Samantha Cortez Producer Darian Suggs Associate Director, Public Programming Kanako Morita Associate Producer/Company Manager Oscar Peña Programming Coordinator
Oku Okoko Director of IT Jorge Sanchez IT Helpdesk Administrator Natasha Michele Norton Director of House Management Alejandra Ortiz, Clayton McInerney, Dawn Clements, Nancy Gill-Sanchez House Managers Adonai Fletcher-Jones, AJ Jones, Beth Miller, Christina Johns, Christine Lemme, Cody Castro, Eboni Greene, Eileen Rourke, Eliza Goldsteen, Glori Ortiz, Heather Sandler, Jacqueline Babek, Jane DeVoe, Janneurys Colon, Kat Rodriguez, Kathleen White, Kedesia Robinson, Kin Tam, Lana Hankinson, Mariel Mercedes, Melina Jorge, Milen Yimer, MJ Ryerson, Naomi Santos, Naz Black, Neda Yeganeh, Rachel Carmona, Raven Garcia, Regina Pearsall, Sandra Kitt, Sarah Gallick, Sebastian Harris, Tayler Everts, Tess Kondratiev, Yanitza Chan, Yao Adja Ushers
ARTISTIC PRODUCTION Paul King Director of Production Claire Marberg Deputy Director of Production Nicholas Lazzaro Technical Director Lars Nelson Technical Director Aidan Nelson Technical Director Rachel Baumann Assistant Production Manager ARTS EDUCATION Cassidy L. Jones Chief Education Officer Monica Weigel McCarthy Director of Education Aarti Ogirala Associate Director of Education, School Programs Nadia Parfait School Programs Coordinator Ciara Ward Youth Corps Manager Bev Vega Youth Corps Manager Drew Petersen Education Special Projects Manager Emily Bruner, Donna Costello, Alexander Davis, Asma Feyijinmi, Hawley Hussey, Larry Jackson, Drew Petersen, Leigh Poulos, Neil Tyrone Pritchard, Vickie Tanner Teaching Artists Wilson Castro, Shar Galarza, Daniel Gomez, Nancy K. Gomez, Maxim Ibadov, Amo Ortiz Teaching Associates Arabia Elliot Currence, Victoria Fernandez, Sebastian Harris Teaching Assistants Felipe Aguirre, Terry Beaupierre, Jordan Busey, Moon Emigli, Annalisa Fortune, Raven Garcia, Jade Hernandez, Melina Jorge, Yenupaak Konlan, Nephthali Mathieu, Sofia Maza, Alan Munoz, AJ Volkov, Milen Yimer Youth Corps BUILDING & MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS Ashlee Willaman Director of Human Resources Marc Von Braunsberg Director of Operations and Security David Burnhauser Collection Manager Frank Duda Director of Facilities Emma Paton Administrative and Office Coordinator Williams Say Superintendent Olga Cruz, Leandro Dasso, Mayra DeLeon, Mario Esquilin, Jeferson Avila, Jose Campoverde, Branden Fell, Jacob Garrity, Joshua Rosa, Tyrell Shannon Castillo Maintenance Staff
DEVELOPMENT Melanie Forman Chief Development Officer Charmaine Portis Executive Assistant to the Chief Development Officer Indra Davis Director of Individual Giving Chiara Bosco Individual Giving Coordinator Angel Genares Director of Institutional Giving Hans Rasch Manager of Institutional Giving Séverine Kaufman Manager of Special Events Michael Buffer Director of Database Operations Maegan Suzik Development Coordinator EXECUTIVE OFFICE Lori Nelson Executive Assistant to the President Nathalie Etienne Administrative Assistant, President’s Office Simone Elhart Rentals and Project Manager FINANCE Judy Rubin Chief Financial Officer Tejal Patel Controller Khemraj Dat Accounting Manager Zeinebou Dia Junior Accountant MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS & BOX OFFICE Tom Trayer Chief Marketing Officer Nick Yarbrough Assistant Director of Digital Marketing Allison Abbott Senior Press and Editorial Manager Joe Petrowski Director of Ticketing and Customer Relations Monica Diaz Box Office Manager John Hooper Assistant Box Office Manager Meghan Lara Hrinkevich Box Office Lead Victor Daniel Ayala, Fiona Garner, Isabelle Graham, Sarah Jack, Matthew Kamen, Max Komisar, Michelle Meged, Caleb Moreno Box Office Associates Resnicow + Associates, Inc. Press Representatives PRODUCTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Sarah Billinghurst Solomon Artistic Consultant for Vocal Recitals Steinway & Sons
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JOIN THE ARMORY Become a Park Avenue Armory member and join us in our mission to present unconventional works that cannot be fully realized elsewhere in New York City. Members play an important role in helping us push the boundaries of creativity and expression.
FRIEND $100
$64 is tax deductible » 10% discount on tickets to all Armory tours and performances* » 20% discount on member subscription packages* » Invitations to member preview party for visual art installations » Complimentary admission for two to visual art installations » Access to the Membership Hotline for ticket assistance » Discounts at local partnered restaurants
SUPPORTER $250
$194 is tax deductible All benefits of the Friend membership plus: » Fees waived on ticket exchanges* » Two free tickets to Armory Public Tours*** » Invitation to annual Member Event
ASSOCIATE $500
$348 is tax deductible All benefits of the Supporter membership plus: » Complimentary admission for two additional guests (total of four) to visual art installations and member preview party » Two free passes to annual fairs held at the Armory, such as TEFAF, The Art Show, Salon Art + Design, etc.** » Access to the Patron Lounge at select productions
BENEFACTOR $1,000
$824 is tax deductible All benefits of the Associate membership plus: » Recognition in the Armory printed programs » No-wait 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 the Malkin Lecture Series*
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE STARTING AT $2,500 Chairman’s Circle members provide vital support for the Armory’s immersive arts and education programming and the restoration of our landmark building. In grateful appreciation of their support, they are provided unique and exclusive opportunities to experience the Armory and interact with our world-class artists.
AVANT-GARDE STARTING AT $350
The Avant-Garde is a group for adventurous art enthusiasts in their 20s to early 40s. Members enjoy an intimate look at Armory productions, as well as invitations to forward-thinking art events around New York City.
For information on ticketing, or to purchase tickets, please contact the Box Office at (212) 933-5812 or visit us at armoryonpark.org. For more information about membership, please contact the Membership Office at (212) 616-3958 or members@armoryonpark.org.
Each membership applies to one household, and one membership card is mailed upon membership activation. *Subject to ticket availability **Certain restrictions apply ***Reservations required
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ARTISTIC COUNCIL The Artistic Council is a leadership group that champions and supports groundbreaking “only at the Armory” productions.
Co-Chairs Noreen Buckfire Lisa Miller Anonymous (2) Anne-Victoire Auriault/Goldman Sachs Gives Abigail and Joseph Baratta Noreen and Ken Buckfire Hélène and Stuyvesant Comfort Caroline and Paul Cronson Courtney and Jonathan Davis Jessie Ding and Ning Jin Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz The Lehoczky Escobar Family Adam R. Flatto
Roberta Garza Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy Barbara and Peter Georgescu Kim and Jeff Greenberg Lawrence and Sharon Hite Samhita and Ignacio Jayanti Wendy Keys Fernand Lamesch Almudena and Pablo Legorreta Christina and Alan MacDonald Lily O’Boyle Valerie Pels Amanda J.T. and Richard E. Riegel Susan and Elihu Rose Janet C. Ross Caryn Schacht and David Fox
Brian S. Snyder Joan and Michael Steinberg John and Lisa Miller Emanuel Stern Jon Stryker and Slobodan Randjelović Merryl and James Tisch Mary Wallach Saundra Whitney
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 outside-the-box artistic programming, Arts Education Programs, and historic preservation into the future.
Founding Members Angela and Wade F.B. Thompson Co-Chairs Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Marjorie and Gurnee Hart
The Estate of Ginette Becker* Wendy Belzberg and Strauss Zelnick Emme and Jonathan Deland Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Adam R. Flatto Roberta Garza Marjorie and Gurnee Hart Ken Kuchin
Heidi McWilliams Michelle Perr Amanda Riegel Rebecca Robertson and Byron Knief Susan and Elihu Rose Francesca Schwartz Joan and Michael Steinberg Angela and Wade F.B. Thompson
PATRONS 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 Adam R. Flatto Marina Kellen French Barbara and Andrew Gundlach Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, Inc. 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 Smilow and Joel Smilow* The Thompson Family Foundation Wade F.B. Thompson* The Zelnick/Belzberg Charitable Trust Anonymous
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$500,000 to $999,999 Bloomberg Philanthropies Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Almudena and Pablo Legorreta Adam R. Rose and Peter R. McQuillan Donna and Marvin Schwartz Emanuel Stern Anonymous
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$250,000 to $499,999 American Express Abigail and Joseph Baratta Michael Field Roberta Garza Ken Kuchin and Tyler Morgan The Rockefeller Foundation Marshall Rose Family Foundation Mrs. Janet C. Ross
$100,000 to $249,999 The Achelis and Bodman Foundations R. Mark and Wendy Adams Linda and Earle Altman Blavatnik Family Foundation Booth Ferris Foundation Hélène and Stuyvesant Comfort Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Courtney and Jonathan Davis Jessie Ding and Ning Jin Howard Gilman Foundation Kim and Jeff Greenberg Marjorie and Gurnee Hart Samhita and Ignacio Jayanti Kirkland & Ellis LLP Leonard & Judy Lauder Fund Mr. and Mrs. Lester Morse New York State Assembly New York State Council on the Arts Stavros Niarchos Foundation Donald Pels Charitable Trust The Pinkerton Foundation Slobodan Randjelović and Jon Stryker Amanda J.T. and Richard E. Riegel Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Caryn Schacht and David Fox Matthew and Stephanie Sharp Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Joan and Michael Steinberg Mr. William C. Tomson Peter Zhou and Lisa Lee
$25,000 to $99,999 Jody and John Arnhold Anne-Victoire Auriault / Goldman Sachs Gives The Avenue Association Melanie Bouvard and Matthew Bird Noreen and Ken Buckfire Jeanne-Marie Champagne Irene Cohn The Cowles Charitable Trust Caroline and Paul Cronson Maxine and Mark Dalio Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Emme and Jonathan Deland
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Andrew L. Farkas & Island Capital Group LLC Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation Barbara and Peter Georgescu Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Kiendl and John Gordon Mindy and Jon Gray Agnes Gund Janet Halvorson Robert and Monica Hanea The Keith Haring Foundation Anita K. Hersh* The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation Suzie and Bruce Kovner The Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Foundation Fernand Lamesch The Lehoczky Escobar Family Christina and Alan MacDonald Christine and Richard Mack Marc Haas Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Katharine Rayner The Reed Foundation Rhodebeck Charitable Trust Genie and Donald Rice Rebecca Robertson and Byron Knief The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation The Shubert Foundation Sydney and Stanley S. Shuman Amy and Jeffrey Silverman Sanford L. Smith Brian S. Snyder Terra Foundation for American Art TEFAF NY Tishman Speyer Barbara D. Tober Jane Toll Mary Wallach Wescustogo Foundation Winston & Strawn LLP Anonymous (5)
$10,000 to $24,999 AECOM Tishman Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation Gabrielle S. Bacon Foundation Harrison and Leslie Bains Agnieszka Balaban Mercedes Bass Debra and Leon Black The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation Amanda M. Burden Sergey G Butkevich Tim Cameron
Ania Coffey Betsy and Edward Cohen Con Edison Antoinette Delruelle and Joshua L. Steiner Luis y Cora Delgado William F. Draper Andrew and Theresa Fenster Sarah Jane and Trevor Gibbons Harkness Foundation for Dance Lawrence and Sharon Hite Claire King Leon Levy Foundation James Marlas and Marie NugentHead Marlas Danny and Audrey Meyer John and Lisa Miller Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Lily O’Boyle O’Donnell-Green Music And Dance Foundation Michael Peterson Joan and Joel I. Picket Kathryn Ploss Anne and Skip Pratt Fiona and Eric Rudin May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Mrs. William H. Sandholm Stephen and Christine Schwarzman Cynthia and Tom Sculco Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation Jean and Gene Stark Michael and Veronica Stubbs The Polonsky Foundation Merryl and James Tisch Andrew and Purva Tsai Susan Unterberg Deborah C. van Eck Saundra Whitney Maria Wirth Anonymous (5)
$5,000 to $9,999 Amy and David Abrams Donald Allison and Sumiko Ito Fabrizio and Enrica Arengi Bentivoglio Gina Argento Nicholas Brawer Catherine and Robert Brawer Dr. Joyce F. Brown and Mr. H. Carl McCall David Bruson Trevor Buchanan Mary and Brad Burnham Arthur and Linda Carter Orla Coleman and Rikki Tahta Irene Danilovich David L. Klein, Jr. Foundation David Schwartz Foundation, Inc.
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Jennie L. and Richard K. DeScherer Jeanne Donovan Fisher Dr. Nancy Eppler-Wolff and Mr. John Wolff The Felicia Fund Ella M. Foshay and Michael B. Rothfeld Gwen and Austin Fragomen Jill and Michael J. Franco Amandine Freidheim Mary Ann Fribourg Bart Friedman and Wendy A. Stein Buzzy Geduld The Georgetown Company Great Performances George and Patty Grunebaum Ann Kaplan Adrienne Katz The David L. Klein, Jr. Foundation Meghan Klopp Jill and Peter Kraus Sheila and Bill Lambert Gail and Alan Levenstein David and Simone Levinson The Honorable and Mrs. Earle I Mack Joanie Martinez-Rudkovsky Helen Nash James and Margo Nederlander Jesse and Stéphanie Newhouse Elyse and Michael Newhouse Anna Nikolayevsky David Orentreich, MD / Orentreich Family Foundation Susan Porter Preserve New York, a grant program of Preservation League of New York Richenthal Foundation Laura and Gerald Rosberg Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation Valerie Rubsamen and Cedomir Crnkovic Jane Fearer Safer Susan Savitsky Philip Schmerbeck/Herzog & de Meuron USA Nicholas and Shelley Schorsch Sara Lee and Axel Schupf David Schwartz Foundation Inc. PBDW Architects Denise Simon and Paulo Vieira da Cunha Lea Simonds Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Daisy M. Soros Patricia Brown Specter Beatrice Stern Melissa Stewart L.F. Turner
Alyssa Varadhan Bob Vila and Diana Barrett Anastasia Vournas and J. William Uhrig George Wang Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Warshawsky Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation, Inc. Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg Michael Weinstein Gary and Nina Wexler Cynthia Young and George Eberstadt Toni Young Elham Yousefi Samiah Zafar and Minhaj Patel Zubatkin Owner Representation, LLC Anonymous (2)
$2,500 to $4,999 Allen Adler and Frances Beatty Ksenia Anisimova Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Ate Atema BDO United States Tony Bechara Catherine Behrend Jason Berger Marjaleena and Jonathan Berger Stephanie Bernheim Katherine and Marco Birch Allison M. Blinken Clemence Boissonnas Barbara Brandt Jordan and Blythe Brock Stacey Bronfman James Buresh Hugh Burns and Molly Duffy Michael Carlisle and Sally Peterson Alexandre and Lori Chemla Sana Clegg Betsy Cohn Margaret Conklin Connelly McLaughlin & Woloz Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany New York Ellie and Edgar Cullman Joshua Dachs / Fisher Dachs Associates John Charles and Nathalie Danilovich Joan K. Davidson* (The J.M. Kaplan Fund) Peter Droste Susan Dunn and Rob Cunjak Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg Foundation Deborah and Ronald Eisenberg Foundation Megan Flanigan
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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 programming. 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. 3
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Thompson Arts Center at Park Avenue Armory | 643 Park Avenue at 67th Street