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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 vast sweep of the Armory’s unconventional spaces, whether it is the soaring Wade Thompson Drill Hall or the intimate period rooms. And with its pristine acoustic 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 2019 season marks the seventh 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 are thrilled to introduce to North American audiences the esteemed baritone Benjamin Appl, who makes his North American recital debut with a unique residency exploring the extraordinary emotional depths of the human psyche found in the three published song cycles of Franz Schubert. And before making his U.S. operatic debut at Santa Fe Opera in summer 2019, Austrian tenor Ilker Arcayürek makes his North American recital debut with a program of Schubert lieder after emerging as one of the most exciting and versatile vocal artists in recent years following impressive debuts on opera and recital stages throughout Europe. Paired with our ongoing partnership with the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, the series will be featuring exciting new voices not seen elsewhere in New York. Also new to New York concert-goers is the esteemed Dudok Quartet Amsterdam, who make their New York debut with programs focusing on works by Haydn and Ligeti that artfully showcase the superb musicianship of one of the most wide-ranging string quartets of our time. We continue to explore new directions with soprano Barbara Hannigan, who follows her whirlwind U.S. recital debut at the Armory in 2017 with an artfully curated residency showcasing her versatility and musical curiosity with programs that includes the New York premiere of John Zorn’s “Jumalatteret” performed with pianist Stephen Gosling and Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 2 featuring the famed Emerson String Quartet. Violin virtuoso and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Leila Josefowicz curates an inventive program of modern music paired with pieces by 20th-century masters that have never sounded so contemporary in performances that will be breathtaking in their daring and excitement. 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 will join in our excitement for witnessing these magical moments in music. Rebecca Robertson Founding President & Executive Producer Pierre Audi Marina Kellen French Artistic Director
2019 RECITAL SERIES IN THE RESTORED VETERANS ROOM and BOARD OF OFFICERS ROOM BARBARA HANNIGAN, soprano tuesday, october 15 at 7:30pm
ALL JOHN ZORN PROGRAM with
JACK QUARTET SAE HASHIMOTO, vibraphonist STEPHEN GOSLING, piano thursday, october 17 at 7:30pm with
EMERSON STRING QUARTET Thompson Arts Center at Park Avenue Armory
The Recital Series is supported in part by The Reed Foundation. 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.
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OCTOBER 15 PROGRAM John Zorn JUMALATTARET (2018) Barbara Hannigan, voice Proem—opening invocation Stephen Gosling, piano Päivätär (sun goddess) Vedenemo (mother of waters) Akka (queen of the ancient magic) Louhi (hostess of the underworld) Mielikki (the huntress) Kuu (moon goddess) Tellervo (forest spirit) Ilmatar (air spirit) Vellamo (goddess of the sea) Postlude
Rμν-½gμνR=8πΤμν Sae Hashimoto, vibraphone (thought experiments for string quartet Christopher Otto, violin and vibraphone) (2018) Austin Wulliman, violin John Pickford Richards, viola Jay Campbell, cello ENCOMIA (2018) Stephen Gosling, piano Speculum Penumbra Stretta Occultation Arborescence PANDORA’S BOX (2013) Barbara Hannigan, voice Christopher Otto, violin Austin Wulliman, violin John Pickford Richards, viola Jay Campbell, cello
This performance is approximately one hour performed with no intermission.
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15
When John and I first started talking about working together, in summer of 2015, he mentioned his piece Jumalattaret to me, for soprano and piano, and sent me the score. The piece had not yet been performed. I was game! I could tell from first glance that this was a piece to be reckoned with, and was very excited to finally work with this hero of mine whose music I’d been listening to since I was a student at university. Steve Gosling and I started rehearsing on the piece in New York in November 2017. John sat in the room with the score —I was still reliant on a keyboard beside me on an extra music stand, as the musical language was not yet incorporated in me. I was thrilled to work with Steve—I hadn’t worked with him before, and he had an incredible combination of powerhouse virtuosity and delicate lyricism. We had the intention to record Jumalatteret that month, but realized quickly, especially for me, that we needed more time and less pressure, so we postponed the recording and just rehearsed. We set a date 9 months later to premiere Jumalatteret at the Jazz im Agosto festival in Lisbon. 9 months=plenty of time! My summer vacation in Nova Scotia therefore followed the pattern of practicing Zorn until 2 or 3pm every day before allowing myself to take a vacation from my problems, (as Bill Murray said in the film What about Bob). Instead of fighting off bugs with my Dad in his garden, checking on the tomatoes, digging for carrots and picking cucumbers for canning, I was faced with a problem. After all these years of performing some of the most difficult rep on the classical music planet, I was in a pickle. (Understatement of the season). My sister, also a musician, and her boyfriend, a composer and sound engineer, were home for the vacation as well and saw my mounting fear and apprehension. I’m always working on something during vacation time but this time it was different. They took a look at the score and their jaws dropped. Barbara had met her Waterloo. Normally I work quite quickly: learning music is pretty easy for me. Any music. I just plow away like the Taurus that I am, and trust that the inevitable will happen: the piece will become part of me. Sometimes it takes a bit longer than at other times, but it always happens. It wasn’t happening. The sun was shining and I was indoors, dividing Jumalatteret into smaller and smaller sections to try and master one, just ONE phrase. Even just a part of a phrase. Then news came in from Steve Gosling: while on his vacation he was downed by an ocean wave and fractured his collarbone. He was to undergo immediate surgery and was not sure he’d be able to do our concert in a few weeks. I figured it was a sign. Two days later, post-surgery, Steve wrote back to John and me to say he expected to recover in time. Also a sign. Back to work…
I wrote to John. Tried to give him a kind of heads up as to how I was progressing. (Subtext of the mail was: Barbara begging for a little wiggle room regarding accuracy). He completely understood where I was coming from - it was as if he read my mind. He sensed that I was in turmoil (yes!). He feared perhaps I didn’t like the piece (no!). He didn’t want me to do the piece if it wasn’t bringing me pleasure (hmmm). But he said that accuracy in the problematic passages was indeed essential. If I read between the lines, in the state I was in, he meant, with love and belief in me: Either get back to work or give up, Barbara. Your call. We exchanged a few more mails, and John was incredibly deep in his response to what I was sharing with him. I’d never experienced anything like this kind of support with a composer. He was not offended. He was really with me in the struggle. John wrote the following: one cannot transcend anything by staying on safe ground and it is in these intense moments that we can find deeper truths, bring mind and heart together - and begin to understand the soul and its workings in that courageous moment of letting go and going for it, the music will become alive in a special and heroic way - a way that is beyond just the notes on paper I felt overcome with a warrior spirit. I was going to hit the piece hard! I dug into work and drew on all my courage, I leapt and tumbled and crashed and soared through my practice sessions after that. We gathered in Lisbon a few days before the concert. Steve and I rehearsed. John joined us, cheering us on, giving us criticism and suggestions where needed. Everything he did was supportive. There was one phrase near the opening of the piece which I had hoped to sing in one breath. So far I hadn’t managed it. It was LONG. We set up the stage in Lisbon opening the curtains to show the glass wall of the Gulbenkian concert hall behind us. We were performing at dusk and the trees, pond and birds flying in and out of our landscape. It was a full house. John was in the front row, right in front of me. He was with us. The performance was a triumph: a joyous, powerful, triumphant, intimate communion between composer, performers, and audience. And that LONG phrase near the opening of the piece? I sang it in one breath.
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—Barbara Hannigan
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TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS JUMALATTARET Sacred texts from the Kalevala compiled by John Zorn proem Mieleni minun tekevi, aivoni ajattelevi lähteäni laulamahan, saa'ani sanelemahan, sukuvirttä suoltamahan, lajivirttä laulamahan. Sanat suussani sulavat, puhe'et putoelevat, kielelleni kerkiävät, hampahilleni hajoovat. ylistykseksi jumalattaret!
opening invocation mastered by impulsive desire, by a mighty inward urging, i am now ready for singing, ready to begin the chanting in praise of the goddesses!
akka Viel' on muitaki sanoja, ongelmoita oppimia:
there are other words of magic, incantations i have learned
louhi siitti siivet sulkinensa kuuhuen käsin tavoitti
made a pair of feathered wings, with her bare hands by her magic
tellervo Keksi piirtämän kivessä, valeviivan kalliossa.
secret sign drawn on the rock
ilmatar Parempi olisi ollut ilman impenä elää,
better had it been for me to have stayed the airy virgin
postlude Ellös täältä ilman pääskö, nousko, kuu, kumottamahan, pääskö, päivä, paistamahan, kun en käyne päästämähän, itse tulle noutamahan yheksän orihin kanssa, yhen tamman kantamalla!"
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Moon of gold and Sun of silver, Hide your faces in the caverns Of Pohyola's dismal mountain; Shine no more to gladden Northland, Till I come to give ye freedom, Drawn by coursers nine in number, Sable coursers of one mother!
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PANDORA'S BOX Original German text and English translation by John Zorn I eine Frage der Träume Trotz nächtliche Verrätereien Eulen Sterngesinnt, erschrocken ein Spiegelspiel mit teuflischen Sonnenstrahlen Atmende Strände Tauschimmer Alchemistische Widersprüche Lust, Verzauberung und ein ätherischer Seelenschatten II eine unerschöpfliche Spur von erhabenen Übeln Visionen des höchsten Geheimnisses ein bläuliches Destillat Salz und Asche magische Verwandlung Licht aus der Dunkelheit ein fein gesponnener Schleier von Perlen leer, vernarbt Bedenken die geliebte unbelebte III schräg ein Diebstahl von Zeit zu stillen Schloss-steinen dunkles Tor und verlorene Wiegen hingerissen IV Stürme Talismane blauäugige Dämonen Engelsordnungen Wurzelmundsplitter Nervenzellen umkreisend die Stricke der Ewigkeit V Buch des Bösen verloren ewig dürstend Hexenfluch ein zerbrochener Krug Engel schaut auf! flüchtige Schatten Sorget euch nicht Herzweisheiten erschreckende Neugier und nur Hoffnung bleibt
I a question of dreams defiance nocturnal betrayals owls star inclined, frightened a mirror-game with devilish sunbeams breathing strands dew shimmer alchemical contradictions desire, enchantment and an aetherial soul-shadow II an inexhaustable trace of lofty evils visions from the highest Arcana a bluish distillate salt and ash magical transformation light from the darkness a fine-spun veil of pearls empty, scarred apprehension the beloved inanimate III aslant a theft of time to silence castle stones dark gate and lost cradles enraptured IV storms talismans blue-eyed demons angelic orders root-mouth splinters nerve cells orbiting the ropes of eternity V book of evil lost eternal thirsting witch's curse a broken pitcher Angels look up! volatile shadows care not Heart-beings terrifying curiosity and only hope remains armoryonpark.org | @ParkAveArmory
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OCTOBER 17 PROGRAM Luigi Nono Djamila Boupacha Barbara Hannigan, voice from Canti di vita e d'amore (1962) Augusta Read Thomas
Incantation (1995)
John Cage Experiences No. 2 (1948)
Eugene Drucker, violin
Barbara Hannigan, voice
Huw Watkins
Prelude for Solo Cello (2007)
Paul Watkins, cello
John Harbison
Serenade for Solo Violin (2018)
Philip Setzer, violin
John Harbison's “Serenade for Solo Violin” was written for the 25th Anniversary of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, which took place in June, 2018. Philip played the world premiere on June 15, 2018. Luciano Berio Sequenza 3 (1965) Barbara Hannigan, voice
Intermission Schoenberg String Quartet No. 2 Op. 10 Barbara Hannigan, voice Mäßig (Moderate), F# minor Eugene Drucker, violin Sehr rasch (Very brisk), D minor Philip Setzer, violin "Litanei", langsam ("Litany", slow), Lawrence Dutton, viola E♭ minor Paul Watkins, cello "Entrückung", sehr langsam ("Rapture", very slow), No key
This performance is approximately one hour and twenty minutes including one fifteen intermission.
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TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS NONO Djamila Boupacha Text by Jesus Lopez Pacheco
Translation by Roger Clement
Esta noche Quitadme de los ojos esta niebla de siglos. Quiero mirar las cosas como un nino. Es triste amanecer y ver todo lo mismo. Esta noche de sangre, este fango infinito. Ha de venír un déa distinto. Ha de venír la luz, creedme lo ques os digo.
Tonight Remove this centuries-old fog from my eyes. I want to look at things like a child. It is sad to wake up and see everything just as before. This bloody night this endless morass. There will have to be a day that is different. There will have to be light. Believe what I am telling you.
CAGE Experiences No. 2 Lyrics from Tulips and Chimneys by E.E. Cummings It is at moments after I have dreamed of the rare entertainment of your eyes, when (being fool to fancy) I have deemed with your peculiar mouth my heart made wise; at moments when the glassy darkness holds the genuine apparition of your smile (it was through tears always) and silence molds such strangeness as was mine a little while; moments when my once more illustrious arms are filled with fascination, when my breast wears the intolerant brightness of your charms: one pierced moment whiter than the rest
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BERIO Sequenza 3 Text by Markus Kutter give me a few words for a woman to sing a truth allowing us to build a house without worrying before night comes
SCHOENBERG String Quartet No. 2 Op. 10 Litanei Text by Stefan George
Litany Translation by Richard Stokes*
Tief ist die trauer die mich umdüstert, Ein tret ich wieder Herr! in dein haus … Lang war die reise, matt sind die glieder, Leer sind die schreine, voll nur die qual. Durstende zunge darbt nach dem weine. Hart war gestritten, starr ist mein arm. Gönne die ruhe schwankenden schritten, Hungrigem gaume bröckle dein brot! Schwach ist mein atem rufend dem trauma, Hohl sind die hände, fiebernd der mund . . Leih deine kühle, lösche die brände, Tilge das hoffen, sende das licht! Gluten im herzen lodern noch offen, Innerst im grunde wacht noch ein schrei . . Töte das sehnen, schliesse die wunde! Nimm mir die liebe, gieb mir dein glück!
Deep is the sorrow that darkens around me, Once more I enter, Lord! thy house… Long was the journey, weary now the limbs. Empty the altars, full only the torment. The parched tongue longs for the wine. Hard was the struggle, numb is my arm. Grant sweet repose to faltering footsteps, For hungry mouths crumble your bread! Weak is my breath calling forth the dream, Hands are empty, feverish the mouth . . Lend thy coolness, quench the conflagration, Cancel all hope, vouchsafe the light! Fires in the heart still glow openly, Deep within me a cry is still awake . . Kill all longing, close the wound! Take love from me. give me thy joy!
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Entrückung Text by Stefan George
Transcendence Translation by Richard Stokes*
Ich fühle luft von anderem planeten. Mir blassen durch das dunkel die gesichter Die freundlich eben noch sich zu mir drehten. Und bäum und wege die ich liebte fahlen Dass ich sie kaum mehr kenne und du lichter Geliebter schatten—rufer meiner qualen-Bist nun erloschen ganz in tiefern gluten Um nach dem taumel streitenden getobes Mit einem frommen schauer anzumuten. Ich löse mich in tönen, kreisend, webend, Ungründigen danks und unbenamten lobes Dem grossen atem wunschlos mich ergebend. Mich überfährt ein ungestümes wehen Im rausch der weihe wo inbrünstige schreie In staub geworfner beterinnen flehen: Dann seh ich wie sich duftige nebel lüpfen In einer sonnerfüllten klaren freie Die nur umfängt auf fernsten bergesschlüpfen. Der boden schüffert weiss und weich wie molke. Ich steige über schluchten ungeheuer. Ich fühle wie ich über letzter wolke In einem meer kristallnen glanzes schwimme-Ich bin ein funke nur vom heiligen feuer Ich bin ein dröhnen nur der heiligen stimme.
I feel air from another planet. The faces that once turned to me in friendship Pale in the darkness before me. And trees and paths I loved grow wan So that I hardly know them, and your light, Beloved shadow – summoner of my torment – Is now extinguished quite in deeper burning flames, In order, after the frenzy of warring confusion, To appear in holy awe and yearning. I dissolve into tones, circling, weaving, In groundless thanks and nameless praise, Surrendering without a wish to the mighty breathing. A tempestuous wind overwhelms me In sacred rapture where the fervent cries Of praying women in the dust implore: Then I behold how misty clouds disperse In the sun-suffused clear skies That only embrace on the farthest mountain retreats. The ground shudders white and soft as whey . . I climb across vast chasms, I feel myself floating above the furthest cloud In a sea of crystal radiance – I am but a spark of holy fire, I am but a thundering echo of the holy voice.
*Copyright Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder, published by Faber, provided courtesy of Oxford Lieder (www.oxfordlieder.co.uk)
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS BARBARA HANNIGAN
Embodying music with an unparalleled dramatic sensibility, soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is an artist at the forefront of creation. Her artistic colleagues include Christoph Marthaler, Simon Rattle, Sasha Waltz, Kent Nagano, Vladimir Jurowski, John Zorn, Andreas Kriegenburg, Andris Nelsons, Reinbert de Leeuw, David Zinman, Antonio Pappano, Katie Mitchell, Kirill Petrenko, and Krszysztof Warlikowski. As a singer and conductor, the Canadian musician has shown a profound commitment to the music of our time and has given the world première performances of over 85 new creations. Hannigan has collaborated extensively with composers including Boulez, Zorn, Dutilleux, Ligeti, Stockhausen, Sciarrino, Barry, Dusapin, Dean, Benjamin and Abrahamsen. Barbara Hannigan’s 2019/2020 season marks the beginning of her Principal Guest conductor role at Gothenburg Symphony. She also has engagements with London Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Münchner Philharmoniker, Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra, and will be artist in residence at Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. Hannigan will première the role of Gerda in Bayerische Staatsoper’s production of Hans Abrahamsen’s The Snow Queen and will reprise the role of Lulu at Hamburgische Staatsoper. She also continues her acclaimed work with Equilibrium Young Artists mentoring initiative, which she launched in 2017.
STEPHEN GOSLING
Stephen Gosling earned his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees at The Juilliard School, where he was awarded the Mennin Prize and the Sony Elevated Standards Fellowship. He is a member of the New York New Music Ensemble and Talea Ensemble, as well as a pianist at the New York City Ballet. He has performed with the New York Philharmonic (as soloist in Messiaen’s Sept Haïkaï), the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Orpheus, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Eighth Blackbird, American Composers Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra of Europe, among many others, and at the Lincoln Center, Mostly Mozart, June in Buffalo, and Santa Fe Chamber Music festivals. He has made over 80 recordings and garnered consistent critical acclaim, including a New York Times profile. Recent programs include the world premiere of John Zorn’s “18 Studies from the later sketchbooks of JMW Turner (1841-1845)” at Miller Theater, and several programs at the Ojai Festival of music by Zorn, Knussen, Debussy, Ravel and Messiaen. Upcoming projects include the world premiere of Steve Reich’s Music for Ensemble and Orchestra with the New York Philharmonic, a performance of Schumann’s Piano Quartet and Harold Meltzer’s Kreisleriana at the Library of Congress with violinist Miranda Cuckson and others, and a new ballet by Benjamin Ratmansky set to music of Peter Ablinger, to be presented several times this winter along with Christopher Wheeldon’s Polyphonia, set to solo piano works of Ligeti (including the notorious etude Désordre).
Hannigan’s first album as both singer and conductor, Crazy Girl Crazy (2017), won the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal album. Other recent albums include Vienna: fin de siècle, and Satie’s Socrate, both with pianist Reinbert de Leeuw. In 2020 she will release her next anticipated album on Alpha Classics. April 2020 will see Hannigan awarded the prestigious Léonie Sonning Music Prize.
JOHN ZORN
Born and raised in New York City, John Zorn is a universalist, a composer, performer, artist, cultural manager, and aesthetic philosopher who has forged an independent path through stylistic domains that range from the classical avant-garde to countless popular idioms. His work is remarkably diverse and draws inspiration from Art, Literature, Film, Theatre, Philosophy, Alchemy and Mysticism as well as Music.
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JACK QUARTET
Hailed by The New York Times as the “nation’s most important quartet”, the JACK Quartet is one of the most acclaimed groups performing today. Over the past season, they have been selected as Musical America’s 2018 “Ensemble of the Year”, named to WQXR’s “19 for 19 Artists to Watch”, and awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant. Through intimate relationships with today’s most creative voices, JACK embraces close collaboration with the composers they perform, leading to a radical embodiment of the technical, musical, and emotional aspects of their work. JACK recently announced JACK Studio, an all-access initiative to commission six artists each year, who will receive money, workshop time, mentorship, and resources to develop new work to be performed and recorded by the quartet. The Boston Globe calls them “superheroes of the new music world”, the Washington Post heralds them as “the go-to quartet for contemporary music, tying impeccable musicianship to intellectual ferocity and a take-no-prisoners sense of commitment", and NPR states “no one today has the command of [contemporary] music like the young JACK quartet.” Their concept album Imaginist with the Le Boeuf Brothers was nominated for a GRAMMY award in 2018, and their complete Xenakis: String Quartets was named one of TimeOut New York’s “Top Recordings of the Year.” Comprising violinists Christopher Otto and Austin Wulliman, violist John Pickford Richards, and cellist Jay Campbell, JACK operates as a nonprofit organization dedicated to education, performance, commissioning, and appreciation of new string quartet music.
SAE HASHIMOTO
Originally from Osaka, Japan, Sae Hashimoto is an exhilarating percussionist in New York City. Active in the orchestral field and a rising luminary in the avant-garde scene, her unique performances have been described as “seductive yet sharp” by the The New York Times and “remarkably dynamic” in New York Classical Review. She has served as guest timpanist with the New York Philharmonic and New York City Ballet Orchestra. She currently serves as the principal timpanist of New Jersey-based orchestra Symphony in C. Since September of 2018, she has been a member of Ensemble Connect, a program based at Carnegie Hall that combines musical excellence with education, advocacy and entrepreneurship. As a passionate advocate for contemporary music, she has premiered eight works by John Zorn, two of which are recorded in a CD titled Interpretation of Dreams under Tzadik label. She has performed his music at venues throughout New York and beyond, such as National Sawdust, the Village Vanguard, the Frick Collection, the Guggenheim Museum, the Miller Theatre, Boston’s Gardiner Museum, the Chapel in San Francisco, and the Art Institute of Chicago. She was a recipient of the Kovner Fellowship at the Juilliard School where she received her BM and MM degrees.
EMERSON STRING QUARTET
The Emerson String Quartet has maintained its status as one of the world’s premier chamber music ensembles for more than four decades. “With musicians like this,” wrote a reviewer for The Times (London), “there must be some hope for humanity.” The Quartet has made more than 30 acclaimed recordings, and has been honored with nine GRAMMYs® (including two for Best Classical Album), three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, and Musical America’s “Ensemble of the Year” award. The Quartet collaborates with some of today’s most esteemed composers to premiere new works, keeping the string quartet form alive and relevant. The group has partnered in performance with such stellar soloists as Reneé Fleming, Barbara Hannigan, Evgeny Kissin, Emanuel Ax, and Yefim Bronfman, to name a few. Formed in 1976 and based in New York City, the Emerson String Quartet was one of the first quartets to have its violinists alternate in the first chair position. The Quartet, which takes its name from the American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, balances busy performing careers with a commitment to teaching, and serves as Quartet-in-Residence at Stony Brook University. In 2013, cellist Paul Watkins—a distinguished soloist, award-wining conductor, and devoted chamber musician—joined the original members of the Quartet to form today’s group.
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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 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 The New Yorker said that “The Armory programming is essential to New York life.” 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; Flexn and Flexn Evolution, electrifying programs by the DREAM dancer/activists led by Regg Roc and Peter Sellars; an acclaimed The Hairy Ape, directed by Richard Jones and starring Bobby Cannavale; Simon Stone’s award-winning Yerma, starring Billie Piper; Nick Cave’s The Let Go, a an immersive, multi-sensory dance-based town hall; William Kentridge’s devastating The Head and The Load; Sam Mendes’ The Lehman Trilogy; and Hito Steyerl’s Drill. 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. The Artists Studio series curated by the extraordinary artist/ jazz phenom Jason Moran in the newly restored Veterans Room, which features outsidethe-box artists including Raashad Newsome, Ryuchi Sakamoto, Miya Masaoka and Roscoe Mitchell that reflect the bold improvisational approach of the young group of original designers led by Louis Comfort Tiffany and Stanford White at the early in their careers. The Armory also offers a conversations/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 feature 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. Extraordinary artistsin-residence in a variety of artistic disciplines include: two-time Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage (playwright) developing her new commission for the Armory and other projects; Obie winner and Pulitzer short listed playwright Branden Jacob-Jenkins in collaboration with Carmelita Tropicana (playwright/performance artist); Reggie Gray and the D.R.E.A.M. Ring (dancer/ choreographer); Guggenheim Fellow Tania Bruguera (installation/performance); Tony-winning set designer and director Christine Jones and Steven Hoggett; and Malik Gaines/Alexandro Segade (multi-media/performance); and the newest Artist-in-Residence, set designer Mimi Lien. 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 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 $210-million renovation designed by Herzog & de Meuron with Platt Byard Dovell White Architects. The Armory has restored 4 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.” 14
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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 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, Deputy Director of Development Allison Kline, Director of Institutional Giving Rachel Cappy Risso-Gill, Director of Individual Giving Anthony Merced, Database and Website Development Manager Kaitlin Overton, Manager of Institutional Giving Jennifer Ramon, Manager of Individual Giving Melissa Stone, Manager of Special Events 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 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 Rich Vartigian, Director of Facilities Joseph Sanders, Facility Manager Marc Von Braunsberg, Security Manager Darrell Thimoleon, Office Manager William Say, Superintendent Reginald Hunter, Chief Engineer Chris Sperry, Assistant Building Engineer Leandro Dasso, Mayra DeLeon, Mario Esquilin, Olga Cruz, Cristina Moreira, Carlos Goris, Wayne Gillyard, Robert Rodriguez, Ruben Morales, Ron Schrouder Porters Finance Alexander Frenkel, 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 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, Box Office Supervisor Turna Mete, Box Office Supervisor Stephanie Mesquita, Rentals Associate Jonatan Amaya, Terrelle Jones and Daniel George, House Managers Production Acknowledgments
Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Matthew Epstein, Artistic Consultants for Vocal Recitals Steinway & Sons
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NEXT AT THE ARMORY JUDGMENT DAY
INTERROGATIONS OF FORM
After dazzling Armory audiences in 2017, visionary director Richard Jones returns with a new adaptation of Ödön von Horváth's seldom-performed, penultimate play by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie Award-winning playwright Christopher Shinn, which explores the tension between responsibility, conscience, and guilt.
“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
december 5, 2019–january 11, 2020
RECITAL SERIES “Since its restoration and reopening in 2013, the Armory's spectacular yet intimate Board of Officers room has become one of the city's most essential recital venues” —New York Magazine Hear thrilling North American and New York debuts and artists that are bridging the gap between classic and contemporary musical works in the chamber canon in the austerely elegant Board of Officers Room, with the pristine acoustics and intimate scale originally intended by many composers while invoking the salon culture of the Gilded Age. UPCOMING RECITALS:
LEILA JOSEFOWICZ & JOHN NOVACEK
november 21 & 22, 2019
“[A] violinist extraordinaire…the model musical citizen, doing her part to help the art form evolve.” —The Washington Post
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 EVENTS:
ARTIST TALK: JUDGMENT DAY
thursday, december 12, 2019 at 6:00pm
Director Richard Jones and his fellow creative team members discuss adapting Ödön von Horváth’s play for the stage and mounting it in an unconventional space.
SUNDAY SALON: DANCE
sunday, december 15, 2019 at 3:00pm
With ballet at a crossroads, a new generation of pioneering artistic directors gather for an afternoon salon to explore what 21st-century beauty looks like in a field that has often looked backward for inspiration. The salon includes conversations, a demonstration, and the seeds of future collaborations. This salon is presented in partnership with Dance Theatre of Harlem.
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OTHER HAPPENINGS AT THE ARMORY 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.
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 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.
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 playwright and screenwriter Lynn Nottage; vocalist and composer Sara Serpa; set designer Mimi Lien; set designer and director Christine Jones & choreographer Steven Hoggett; playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins & performance artist Carmelita Tropicana; social practice artist Theaster Gates; and choreographer and Flexn dance pioneer Reggie “Regg Roc” Gray. Previous Armory artists-in-residence have included inventive theatre company 600 Highwaymen; theatre artists Taylor Mac and Machine Dazzle; writer, director, and production designer Andrew Ondrejcak; vocalist, composer, and cultural worker Imani Uzuri; dancer and choreographer Wally Cardona; visual artist and choreographer Jason Akira Somma; soprano Lauren Flanigan; writer Sasha Frere-Jones; Trusty Sidekick Theatre Company; vocalist-songwriter Somi; multidisciplinary performer Okwui Okpokwasili; choreographer Faye Driscoll; artist Ralph Lemon; visual artist Alex Dolan; Musician Meredith Monk; sound artist Marina Rosenfeld; string quartet ETHEL; playwright and director Young Jean Lee; and Shen Wei Dance arts, among others.
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JOIN THE ARMORY FRIEND $100
$70 is tax deductible »» Invitation to the opening night preview for visual art installations »» Free admission for you and a guest to visual art installations »» Discounts at local restaurants and hotels »» 10% discount on merchandise sales »» Discount on Armory Guided Tours »» Members only pre-sale or preferred access for performance tickets. »» 20% discount on Members Subscription
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*
$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**
$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*
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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 30s 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, viewings, talks, and VIP events.
EDUCATION COMMITTEE STARTING AT $5,000
ASSOCIATE $500
BENEFACTOR $1,000
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE STARTING AT $2,500
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.
ARTISTIC COUNCIL
The Artistic Council is a leadership group to champion and support 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.
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
***Reservations required
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PARK AVENUE ARMORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman Emeritus Elihu Rose, PhD Co-Chairs Adam R. Flatto Amanda J.T. Riegel President Rebecca Robertson Vice Chair Wendy Belzberg
Vice Presidents Ken Kuchin Pablo Legorreta Emanuel Stern Secretary Gwendolyn Adams Norton Treasurer Harrison M. Bains
Founding Chairman, 2000–2009 Wade F.B. Thompson
Marina Abramović Abigail Baratta Emma Bloomberg 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
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
Director Emerita Angela E. Thompson
PARK AVENUE ARMORY ARTISTIC COUNCIL Co-Chairs Noreen Buckfire Michael Field Caryn Schacht and David Fox Heidi and Tom McWilliams
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
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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 Sanford B. Ehrenkranz 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 Adam R. Flatto Ford Foundation The Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Foundation Ken Kuchin and Tyler Morgan Leonard and Judy Lauder Fund The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation Marshall Rose Family Foundation
$100,000 to $249,999 TThe 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 Hélène and Stuyvesant Comfort Emme and Jonathan Deland Leslie and Tom DeRosa Howard Gilman Foundation Barbara and Andrew Gundlach Marjorie and Gurnee Hart Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, Inc. Kirkland & Ellis LLP Mary T. Kush Mr. and Mrs. Lester Morse New York State Assembly New York State Council on the Arts Stavros Niarchos Foundation
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Gwendolyn Adams Norton and Peter Norton Donald Pels Charitable Trust Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Mrs. Arthur Ross The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Caryn Schacht and David Fox Stacy Schiff and Marc de La Bruyère Hope and Robert F. Smith Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Joan and Michael Steinberg 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 Arthur R. and Alice E. Adams Foundation AECOM Tishman Benigno Aguilar and Gerald Erickson Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Jamie Alter and Michael Lynton The Avenue Association Harrison and Leslie Bains Ginette Becker Emma Bloomberg The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Aryeh Bourkoff Brunello Cucinelli Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Buckfire Cartier Betsy and Edward Cohen The Cowles Charitable Trust Paul and Caroline Cronson Krystyna Doerfler 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 Deborah and Allen Grubman Janet Halvorson Anita K. Hersh Karen Herskovitz Janine and J. Tomilson Hill Hospital For Special Surgery JS Capital Management LLC Jennie A. Kassanoff and Daniel H. Schulman The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation Lili Lynton and Michael Ryan The Lynton Foundation Christine and Richard Mack Marc Haas Foundation Moncler National Endowment for the Arts Pershing Square Capital Management, LP Rhodebeck Charitable Trust Genie and Donald Rice Amanda J.T. and Richard E. Riegel Rebecca Robertson and Byron Knief Sana H. Sabbagh Paul Schnell Showtime The Shubert Foundation Sydney and Stanley S. Shuman Amy and Jeffrey Silverman
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Diane and Tom Smith Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation Debbie and Jeffrey Stevenson Jon Stryker and Slobodan Randjelovic´ TEFAF NY Barbara and Donald Tober Robert and Jane Toll Toyota Mary Wallach David and Cynthia Wassong Yanghyun Foundation Anonymous (2)
$10,000 to $24,999 BDO Canada LLP Allen Adler and Frances Beatty Bennett Jones Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brosens Marian and Russell Burke The Jacques and Emy Cohenca Foundation Elizabeth Coleman Con Edison Mary Cronson / Evelyn Sharp Foundation Jennie L. and Richard K. DeScherer William F. Draper Peggy and Millard Drexler Cheryl and Blair Effron Caryl S. Englander Gail Flatto Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Flug Amandine Freidheim Mary Ann Fribourg / The Fribourg Family Barbara and Peter Georgescu Kiendl and John Gordon Kim and Jeff Greenberg Leo M. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hite Rachel and Mike Jacobellis Kekst Suzie and Bruce Kovner Leon Levy Foundation Christina and Alan MacDonald The Honorable and Mrs. Earle I Mack Kim Manocherian Sylvia and Leonard Marx, Jr. Abby and Howard P. Milstein Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Achim and Colette Moeller Morgan Stanley Nardello & Co. Beth and Joshua Nash Lily O'Boyle PBDW Architects Gabriela Peréz Rocchiette Michael Peterson Joan and Joel I. Picket Mr. and Mrs. Richard Plepler Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Poses Anne and Skip Pratt Andrea Markezin Press and Joel Press Katharine Rayner Aby and Samantha Rosen Deborah and Chuck Royce Fiona and Eric Rudin May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Ryan
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Jane Fearer Safer Mr. and Mrs. William H. Sandholm Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Sculco Sidley Austin LLP Brian S. Snyder Jonathan Sobel Sotheby's Dr. and Mrs. Eugene E. Stark, Jr. Judy and Michael Steinhardt Dorothy Strelsin Foundation / Enid Nemy Michael and Veronica Stubbs Tishman Speyer Bob Vila and Diana Barrett Andrew E. Vogel and Véronique Mazard Anastasia Vournas and J. William Uhrig Diane Wege Brian and Jane Williams Anonymous (5)
$5,000 to $9,999 Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ainslie Mr. and Mrs. Fabrizio Arengi Bentivoglio Sarah Arison Jody and John Arnhold Laurel Beebe Barrack Candace and Rick Beinecke Renée and Robert Belfer Franklin and Marsha Berger Amy Bermingham and Charles Wilson Katherine and Marco Birch Mr. and Mrs. Robert Birnbaum Debra and Leon Black Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bloom Nicholas Brawer Catherine and Robert Brawer Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Amanda M. Burden Canard, Inc. Janine Carendi MacMurray CBRE Tia Chapman The Chilton Foundation Michele and Marty Cohen Betsy Cohn Virginia Coleman Eugenia Comini Connelly McLaughlin & Woloz Sophie Coumantaros Joyce B. Cowin Judith Cox Mr. and Mrs. David Dangoor Diana Davenport and John Bernstein Jeanne Donovan Fisher Beth Dozoretz David and Frances Eberhart Foundation Ehrenkranz & Ehrenkranz LLP Andra and John Ehrenkranz Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg Foundation Dr. Nancy Eppler-Wolff and Mr. John Wolff The Lehoczky Escobar Family Lise and Michael Evans The Felicia Fund Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fenster Edmée and Nicholas Firth Fisher Marantz Stone Melanie and Robert Forman Ella M. Foshay and Michael B. Rothfeld Bart Friedman and Wendy A. Stein Teri Friedman and Babak Yaghmaie Gagosian The Georgetown Company Debbi Gibbs Maarit and Tom Glocer Beth and Gary Glynn Sylvia Golden
Mr. and Mrs. David Golub Agnes Gund Molly Butler Hart and Michael D. Griffin Sharon Jacob Adrienne Katz Richard Katzman Cynthia and Stephen Ketchum Mr. and Ms. Douglas Krupp Mr. and Mrs. Fernand Lamesch William Lauder and Lori Tritsch Lazard Chad A. Leat Mr. and Mrs. Richard LeFrak Gail and Alan Levenstein Mr. and Mrs. David Levinson Daniel Lewis David and Janette Liptak Linda Macklowe Shelly and Tony Malkin Charles and Georgette Mallory Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mandel Marian Goodman Gallery Nina B. Matis Diane and Adam E. Max Rick and Dee Mayberry Raymond J. McGuire Mr. and Mrs. Prakash Melwani Joyce F. Menschel Danny and Audrey Meyer Sue Morris The Donald R. Mullen Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Newhouse Mr. and Mrs. Michael Newhouse Marie Nugent-Head and James Marlas Liz and Jeff Peek Marnie Pillsbury Daniel and Susan Pollack Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Preserve New York, a grant program of Preservation League of New York Helaine and Michael Pruzan Tracey and Robert Pruzan David Remnick and Esther Fein Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Kalliope Rena Michael D. Rhea Richenthal Foundation Renee Rockefeller Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation Valerie Rubsamen and Cedomir Crnkovic Saks Fifth Avenue Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sambuco Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Sammell Erica Samuels Nancy and Larry Sanitsky Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sarnoff Susan and Charles Sawyers Victoria Schorsch Steve Schroko and Frank Webb Sara Lee and Axel Schupf Lise Scott and D. Ronald Daniel James Seger Claude Shaw and Lara Meiland-Shaw The Shubert Organization, Inc. Stephanie and Fred Shuman Patricia Brown Specter Lisa and Gavin Steinberg Beatrice Stern The Jay and Kelly Sugarman Foundation Agnes Hsu-Tang and Oscar Tang Sharzad and Michael Targoff Alexander and Bara Tisch Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Michael Tuch Foundation Jordan Turkewitz L.F. Turner Olivia Tyson
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Mr. and Mrs. Alexander von Perfall Lulu C. Wang Mati Weiderpass and Nikolas Chen Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation, Inc. Michael Weinstein Mr. and Mrs. Gary Wexler Francis H. Williams and Keris A. Salmon Maria Wirth Lisa and David Wolf Cynthia Young and George Eberstadt Zubatkin Owner Representation, LLC Anonymous (4)
$2,500 to $4,999 Abigail Kirsch Catering Katie Adams Schaeffer Nancy and Elliott Alchek Susan Heller Anderson Cristiana Andrews Cohen and David Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bacon Susan Baker and Michael Lynch Femenella & Associates Peter Balis Candy Barasch Mr. and Mrs. Richard Beattie Tony Bechara Stephen Berger and Cynthia Wainwright Judy and Howard Berkowitz Donald and Vera Blinken Cynthia and Steven Brill Carolyn S. Brody Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Brokaw Amy and Kevin Brown Veronica Bulgari and Stephan Haimo Mary and Brad Burnham Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Carter Avna Cassinelli Hilary Cecil-Jordan Melanie Charlton Sommer Chatwin Alexandre and Lori Chemla Anthony P. Coles Curtis Cravens and Martha Berry Margaret Crotty and Rory Riggs Ellie and Edgar Cullman The Cultivist Joshua Dachs / Fisher Dachs Associates Jeffrey De Flavio Anne Delaney Anna Denton Mr. and Mrs. John Downer Christopher A. Duda Luis Felipe P Dutra Leite Karen Eckhoff Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Frederic Fekkai and Shirin von Wulffen Jared Feldman / Anchin Private Client Haiki and Ziel Feldman Michael Finkelstein and Sue-Ann Friedman Megan Flanigan Mr. and Mrs. Michael Franco Hugh Freund Julie Geden Buzzy Geduld Mr. and Mrs. Martin Geller Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Georges Alberta Gerschel and Peter Wasserman Sarah Jane and Trevor Gibbons Glickenhaus Foundation Elizabeth and David Granville-Smith Great Performances Robert Haddock and Ann Stanton Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hayden Gillian Hearst Shaw Daisy Helman
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Herrick Feinstein LLP Mr. and Mrs. Ian Highet Susanna Hong Lauran Paten Hughes Phyllis Hyde Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Iscol Jeanne Kanders Meredith J. Kane and Richard T. Sharp Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation Herbert Kasper Nancy Kestenbaum and David Klafter Julia Flesher Koch Phyllis L. Kossoff John Lambert and Ramona Boston Barbara and Richard Lane Nancy L. Lane Lazarus Charitable Trust Julia Ledda Dorothy Lee Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and Joe Neubauer Sahra T. Lese Phyllis Levin Francis Levy and Hallie Cohen Gina Giumarra MacArthur Mehdi Mahmud Ann Maloney Mr. and Dr. Alan Mantell Ruth H. Marcon Iris Z Marden Judith and Michael Margulies Joanie Martinez-Rudkovsky Bonnie Maslin Mr. and Mrs. Peter May Constance and H. Roemer McPhee Gregor and Beatrix Medinger Mr. and Mrs. William Michaelcheck Mr. and Mrs. Robert Millard Martha and Garfield Miller Sandra Earl Mintz Cindy and David Moross Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morse Saleem and Jane Muqaddam Nancy Newcomb and John Hargraves Stephen Novick and Glenn Rice Mrs. and Mr. Susan Numeroff Mr. and Mrs. Christian Oberbeck Nancy and Morris W. Offit Gerry Ohrstrom David Orentreich, MD / Orentreich Family Foundation Peter and Beverly Orthwein Meredith Palmer Dr. and Mrs. Prashant Parikh Mr. and Mrs. Lee Parks Elizabeth Peyton Elese Reid Diana and Charles Revson Heidi Rieger Eric Roberts and Robbianne Mackin Rose Brand Jonathan F.P. and Diana Rose Robert Rosen and Dr. Dale Atkins Rosen Marjorie P. Rosenthal Spencer Ross and James Delavan Susan and Jon Rotenstreich Hope Rothschild Pierre Rougier Reed Rubin and Jane Gregory Rubin Anne Beane Rudman Jeffrey Sagansky and Christy Welker Dr. and Ms. Nathan Saint-Amand Fuad Sawaya Sofie Scheerlinck Sabina and Wilfred Schlumberger Caroline Schmidt-Barnett Nicholas and Shelley Schorsch
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Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Schwartz Seaboard Weatherproofing and Restoration Marshall Sebring and Pepper Binkley Jonathan Sheffer Peggy Siegal Alan Siegel* and Sandy Siegel Douglas Sills Denise Simon and Paulo Vieiradacunha Laura Skoler Stephanie and Dick Solar Mr. and Mrs. David Sonenberg Daisy M. Soros Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Spahn Melissa Stewart Leila Maw Straus Bonnie and Tom Strauss Tastings NYC Ellen and Bill Taubman Stephen Trevor and Stephanie Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tuft Patrick van Maris Ambassador and Mrs. William J. vanden Heuvel Wendy vanden Heuvel Dini Von Mueffling Rosemary Vrablic Felicity Waley-Cohen Susan and Kevin Walsh Ian Wardropper David Reed Weinreb Katherine Wenning and Michael Dennis Mindy White Shelby White Mr. and Mrs. W. Weldon Wilson Valda Witt and Jay Hatfield Claire and Matthew Wittman Amy Yenkin and Robert Usdan Neda Young Judy Francis Zankel Donald Zilkha Richard and Franny Heller Zorn Anonymous (4)
$1,000 to $2,499 Marina Abramović Catherine Adler Eric Altmann Diane Archer and Stephen Presser Mr. and Mrs. John Argenti Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation Sarah Azad-Bowman Hugo Barreca and Wendy Schlemm Nina Beattie and Michael Eberstadt Norton Belknap Mr. Alan Bell and Mr. David Ziff Claudia and George Bitar Hana and Michael Bitton Arlo Blocher Charles and Ellen Bock Dr. Suzy and Mr. Lincoln Boehm Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Bonovitz Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brause Mark and Anne Brennan Marc Brodherson and Sarah Ryan Elizabeth Brooks Karen Brooks Spencer Brownstone David Bruson Vineet Budhraja and Rebecca Bagdonas Martin Indyk and Gahl Hodges Burt Cora Cahan and Bernard Gersten Marissa Cascarilla Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Casdin Anna Chapman and Ronald Perelman Shirin and Kasper Christoffersen Bradley I. Collins
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ABOUT THE VETERANS ROOM “...the Armory, a once-crumbling landmark, has transformed itself into one of the world’s most sought-after venues for performance, music, and supersized art projects. And in a sense, the Veterans Room, of all the Armory’s opulent reception rooms, has the deepest spiritual kinship with a work of contemporary art, the feel of an installation by a young collective whose members were reacting to one another and making it all up as they went along.” – The New York Times The Veterans Room is among the most significant surviving interiors of the American Aesthetic Movement, and the most significant remaining intact interior in the world by Louis C. Tiffany and Co., Associated Artists. This newly formed collective led by Tiffany included some of the most significant American designers of the 19th century at early stages of their very distinguished careers: Stanford White, Samuel Colman, and Candace Wheeler among them. The design of the room by these artisans was exotic, eclectic, and full of experimentation, as noted by Decorator and Furnisher in 1885 that “the prepondering styles appear to be the Greek, Moresque and Celtic, with a dash of Egyptian, the Persian and the Japanese in the appropriate places.” A monument of late 19th-century decorative arts, the Veterans Room is the fourth period room at the Armory completed (out of 18). The revitalization of the room responds to the original exuberant vision for the room’s design, bringing into dialogue some of the most talented designers of the 19th and 21st centuries – Associated Artists with Herzog & de Meuron, Platt Byard Dovell White Architects, and a team of world-renowned artisans and experts in Tiffany glass, fine woodworking, and decorative arts.
The revitalization of the Veterans Room follows Herzog & de Meuron’s design approach for the Armory building, which seeks to highlight the distinct qualities and existing character of each individual room while interweaving contemporary elements to improve its function. Even more so than in other rooms at the Armory, Herzog & de Meuron’s approach to the Veterans Room is to amplify the beauty of the room’s original vision through adding contemporary reconstructions of lost historic material and subtle additions with the same ethos and creative passion as the original artisans to infuse a modern energy into a harmonious, holistic design. The room’s restoration is part of an ongoing $210-million transformation, which is guided by the understanding that the Armory’s rich history and the patina of time are essential to its character, with a design process for the period rooms that emphasizes close collaboration between architect and artisan.
The restoration and renovation of the Veterans Room was made possible by The Thompson Family Foundation, Inc., Susan and Elihu Rose, Charina Endowment Fund, Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz, Almudena and Pablo Legorreta, Assemblymember Dan Quart and the New York State Assembly, Liz and Emanuel Stern, Olivia and Adam Flatto, Kenneth S. Kuchin, R. Mark and Wendy Adams, American Express, Rebecca Robertson and Byron Knief, Amy and Jeffrey Silverman, the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and Anonymous (2).