A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR The Armory strives to provide its audiences with the opportunity to experience masterful and thought-provoking works that are in dialogue with the sweep of the Armory’s unique spaces. And there is no better setting than the Board of Officers Room, with its pristine acoustics and austere elegance, to offer audiences the chance to enjoy the intimacy of recitals and music-making. Now in its fourth year, the recital series showcases more maverick musicians than ever before with an even greater breadth of works spanning more than six centuries. Building on our commitment to the art form that unites song and poetry, we feature the dynamic soprano Lisette Oropesa for an artfully-curated series of Spanish, German, and French art songs and the expressive countertenor Andreas Scholl, who performs a program of English Renaissance and Baroque gems. We take the art form in exciting new directions with the Grammy Award-winning Roomful of Teeth in a performance exploring vocal music of the 21st century, a recital by the JACK Quartet performing the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Roger Reynold’s FLiGHT, and an interpretation of Nina Simone’s iconic voice through the cello of the intriguing Sonia Wieder-Atherton. We also welcome burnished baritone Roderick Williams as well as Andreas Ottensamer, principal clarinettist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, for their thrilling North American recital debuts. Together with a program of Beethoven’s wondrous violin sonatas by Kristof Baráti, a poignant and heartfelt evening of lieder and art song performed by lyric soprano Kate Royal, and our ongoing partnership with the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program that spotlights the next generation of opera greats, this year’s lineup allows even more opportunities than ever before to witness major talent in the most personal of settings. Pierre Audi Artistic Director
2016 RECITAL SERIES IN THE RESTORED BOARD OF OFFICERS ROOM thursday, february 4 at 7:30pm friday, february 5 at 8:00pm
RODERICK WILLIAMS, baritone JENNY AGUTTER, actress SUSIE ALLAN, piano SCHUBERT
Schwanengesang, D.957 (“Swan Song”) Liebesbotschaft Kriegers Ahnung Frühlingssehnsucht Ständchen Aufenthalt In der Ferne Abschied Intermission Der Atlas Ihr Bild Das Fischermädchen Die Stadt Am Meer Der Doppelgänger Taubenpost
Schubert's settings will be juxtaposed with English-language poetry that complements and in some cases confronts the songs. This performance is approximately one hour and thirty minutes in length, performed with intermission. The Recital Series is supported in part by a generous grant from Gwen Norton on behalf of the IKBS, and by The Reed Foundation. The Recital Series is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Support for Park Avenue Armory’s artistic season has been generously provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Booth Ferris Foundation, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, the Marc Haas Foundation, Kaplen Brothers Fund, the Prospect Hill Foundation, the Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation, the Leon Levy Foundation, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, and the Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation.
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM SCHWANENGESANG (“Swan Song,” 1828) by Franz Schubert (Himmelpfortgrund, nr. Vienna [now part of the city], 1797 – Vienna, 1828) The fourteen Schubert songs known collectively as Schwanengesang did not receive their title from the composer, who never intended them as a cycle in this form. The collection was named by the publisher, Tobias Haslinger, when he published the songs a year after Schubert’s death, in 1829. It has even been debated whether the songs Nos. 1-7, on poems by Ludwig Rellstab, or Nos. 8-13, after Heinrich Heine, possess enough internal coherence to be regarded as cycles. And no one seems to have found any justification for Haslinger’s decision to tack Die Taubenpost, on a poem by Johann Gabriel Seidl, at the end of the volume—unless one thinks it reason enough that this song was the very last one Schubert composed before his death. In spite of all this, Schwanengesang has endured as a cycle in concert practice, a fact one cannot simply attribute to the uncritical acceptance of an erroneous tradition, or to a brazen disregard for hard evidence. One has to admit that Schwanengesang, against all odds, somehow “works” as a cycle. Even its two major portions are not as incompatible as most analysts contend. Rellstab was far from Heine’s league as a poet, and although his poems are much longer and more ornate than the Heine pieces which are almost epigrammatically concise. Yet their subject matters are rather similar: both poets depicted heroes who found themselves far from home, and suffered from loneliness and grieving for a loved one. In their vastly different poetic styles, they described similar tragedies—after which the lighthearted happiness of Die Taubenpost arrives as a most welcome relief. And while Schubert’s music matches the stylistic differences between the two poets, there is one harmonic device that appears with remarkable consistency throughout the “cycle:” the use of distant modulations, some of them shockingly novel at the time, to highlight crucial lines in the text. Ludwig Rellstab (1799-1860) was a Berlin-based poet and music critic who visited Vienna in 1825. During his time there, he gave some of his poems to Beethoven, and these eventually reached Schubert, probably via Anton Schindler, Beethoven’s secretary. In the sequence adopted in the published work, the seven songs alternate between idyllic, lyrical pieces and intensely dramatic utterances.
In Liebesbotschaft (“Message of Love”) we once again hear the brook, the wanderer’s friend from the 1823 cycle Die schöne Müllerin (“The Miller’s Beautiful Daughter”). The little stream in the forest receives the amorous confidences of the protagonist, and the thirty-second figures of the accompaniment evoke the rippling of the water. In stark contrast, Kriegers Ahnung (“Soldier’s Foreboding”) is a soldier’s farewell to his sweetheart on the eve of battle. It is the only song in the cycle to consist of multiple sections in different tempos and meters to reflect the changing psychological states of the warrior. In Frühlingssehnsucht (“Longing in Spring”), the depiction of nature in springtime (again, the brook!) serves as backdrop both to the protagonist’s hope and his suffering. The sweet melody of the popular Ständchen (“Serenade”) intensifies at the end of the song where the gentle plea becomes a fervent entreaty. Aufenthalt (“Resting Place”) and In der Ferne (“In the Distance”) are both dark scenes in which the pain felt by a desperately lonely wanderer is conveyed with extraordinary dramatic force. Abschied (“Farewell”) rounds out the Rellstab cycle; on the surface, it is a fast and happy ride, but not without some cloudy moments. Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), one of the greatest poets in the German language, both developed and subtly subverted the Romantic sensibility. Each of the poems set by Schubert revolves around a central point, which is invariably tragic. In the order in which the songs appear in Schwanengesang, the set opens with a cry of despair from the giant Atlas, who has to carry all the pain of the world on his shoulders. This mythological image is followed by a series of brief pieces where the protagonist laments the loss of his love; there is only one happier song, Das Fischermädchen (“The Fisher Girl”) to interrupt the series of tragic vignettes, which culminate in the horrific vision of Der Doppelgänger (“The Ghostly Double”). Relief comes in the seemingly unrelated Taubenpost (“The Courier Pigeon”), on a poem by Seidl (1804-75). In her book Schubert’s Late Lieder, musicologist Susan Youens describes this Austrian poet as “ambitious, pushy, and prolific,” and adds: “His first collection of poetry appeared in 1826 when Seidl was twenty-two years old, and the poet, desirous of musical settings, made sure that the collection found its way into Schubert’s hands immediately.” It was a felicitous choice on Haslinger’s part to include this song in his publication, as Die Taubenpost returns to the subject of the first song, Liebesbotschaft, about a non-human message carrier. The two songs are even in the same key, and their principal melodies are related. In this way, Schwanengesang, this non-cycle, did acquire a measure of cyclic unity after all. —Peter Laki
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS Roderick Williams encompasses a wide repertoire, from baroque to contemporary music, in the opera house, on the concert stage, and in recital. He enjoys relationships with all the major U.K. opera houses and is particularly associated with the baritone roles of Mozart. He has also sung world premieres of operas by, among others, David Sawer, Sally Beamish, Michael van der Aa, Robert Saxton, and Alexander Knaifel. Mr. Williams has sung concert repertoire with all the BBC orchestras, and many other ensembles including the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Philharmonia, London Sinfonietta, Manchester Camerata, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hallé, Britten Sinfonia, Bournemouth Symphony, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Russian National Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Academy of Ancient Music, The Sixteen, Le Concert Spirituel, Rias Kammerchor, and Bach Collegium Japan. His many festival appearances include the BBC Proms, Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Aldeburgh, and Melbourne. Recent and future engagements include Oronte in Charpentier’s Medée, Toby Kramer in Van der Aa’s Sunken Garden, and Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte for English National Opera, the title role in Eugene Onegin for Garsington Opera, Van der Aa’s After Life at Melbourne State Theatre, Van der Aa’s Sunken Garden at Opera de Lyon, the title role in Billy Budd for the Nationale Reisopera, a concert performance of Ned Keene in Peter Grimes with Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the last night of the 2014 BBC Proms, as well as concert performances with many of the world’s leading orchestras and ensembles. He is also an accomplished recital artist who can be heard at venues and festivals including Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, LSO St. Luke’s, the Perth Concert Hall, Oxford Lieder Festival, London Song Festival, the Musikverein in Vienna, and on Radio 3, where he has participated on Iain Burnside’s “Voices” program. His numerous recordings include Vaughan Williams, Berkeley and Britten operas for Chandos, Verdi’s Don Carlos (conducted by Bernard Haitink) for Philips, and an extensive repertoire of English song with pianist Iain Burnside for Naxos. Mr. Williams is also a composer and has had works premiered at the Wigmore and Barbican Halls, the Purcell Room, and live on national radio. He will be the Artistic Director of Leeds Lieder + in April 2016. Jenny Agutter trained at Elmhurst Ballet School, and was discovered by Walt Disney at the age of eleven when she was cast as a young dancer in Disney’s film Ballerina. She first came to the public’s attention in 1970 playing Roberta in The Railway Children, The Girl in Nic Roeg’s Walkabout, and for the BBC the Snow Goose for which Jenny won an Emmy Award. Since then she has had a prolific career in film, television, and theater. Television credits include The Buccaneers, Bramwell, Spooks, The Alan Clark Diaries, New
Tricks, The Invisibles, Monday Monday, and True Love. She has just finished filming series five of the successful BBC series Call the Midwife in which she plays Sister Julienne. Jenny joined the National Theatre at age 21 to play Miranda in The Tempest. She spent a season with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982-83, and in 1985 she returned to the company to play Polya in Stephen Poliakoff’s Breaking the Silence in the West End. In 1995 she went on tour with the RSC in Japan playing the Princess of France in Loves Labours Lost. Ms. Agutter appeared on Broadway in Breaking the Code with Derek Jacobi and played Hester in Equus in the West End with Daniel Radcliffe. It was a return to the play having won a BAFTA for her role as the stable girl in Sidney Lumet’s film of Equus in 1977. Other film credits include Logan’s Run, The Eagle has Landed Riddle of the Sands, King of the Wind, An American Werewolf in London, Sweet William, and Stephen Poliakoff’s Glorious ’39 with recent appearances in Avengers Assemble and Captain America the Winter Soldier. She was awarded an OBE in 2013 for her work in the charitable sector. Susie Allan was educated at Malvern Girls’ College, Worcester College, Oxford, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where she studied Accompaniment under Paul Hamburger, Graham Johnson, Iain Burnside, and Martin Isepp (at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta). She was the recipient of many prizes including the Gerald Moore Award and a Geoffrey Parsons Memorial Award. Post Guildhall, she was a regular accompanist for masterclasses at the Britten-Pears School (founded by Benjamin Britten at Snape Maltings), playing for Elly Ameling, Roger Vignoles, Elisabeth Soderstrom, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, and Hugues Cuenod, amongst others. Ms. Allan has become best-known for her work as a vocal accompanist, and on the concert platform in Britain and Europe she has appeared with many British singers such as William Dazeley, Susan Gritton, the American Thomas Randle, and the Canadian Nathan Berg, as well as Roderick Williams. She is a former Professor of Accompaniment at the Royal College of Music, London, and of the Royal Welsh College of Music, Cardiff, and has given masterclasses for the East Anglian Summer Music School. Other projects include playing a four-handed version of La Traviata for Opera a la Carte at the 2015 Bermuda Festival, and a number of recitals with duet partner Rosalind Jones. Ms. Allan has had a long-standing musical partnership with Roderick Williams, and over the years has appeared with him at many festivals all over Britain, as well as at concerts in France, Austria (Schloss Atzenbrugg- Schubert Museum), and New Haven (Yale). She has also recorded with him both for discs and broadcasts, most recently premiering his own arrangement of “Amazing Grace” for the BBC Proms on radio and television. She will also be performing with Mr. Williams in the UK during 2016.
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TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS Liebesbotschaft Ludwig Rellstab
Message of Love
Rauschendes Bächlein, So silbern und hell, Eilst zur Geliebten So munter und schnell? Ach, trautes Bächlein, Mein Bote sei du; Bringe die Grüße Des Fernen ihr zu.
Rushing brook, So pretty and clear, Will you hurry to my sweetheart So cheerful and quick? Ah, dear little brook, Be my messenger; Bring greetings To her from afar.
All ihre Blumen, Im Garten gepflegt, Die sie so lieblich Am Busen trägt, Und ihre Rosen In purpurner Glut, Bächlein, erquicke Mit kühlender Flut.
All of her flowers, Tended in the garden, That she wears so sweetly On her breast, And her roses, In crimson radiance, Brook, refresh them With your cooling stream.
Wenn sie am Ufer, In Träume versenkt, Meiner gedenkend Das Köpfchen hängt, Tröste die Süße Mit freundlichem Blick, Denn der Geliebte Kehrt bald zurück.
When on the stream bank, lost in dreams, thinking of me, she bows her head, comfort my dearest with your friendly glance, for her beloved is coming back soon.
Neigt sich die Sonne Mit rötlichem Schein, Wiege das Liebchen In Schlummer ein. Rausche sie murmelnd In süße Ruh, Flüstre ihr Träume Der Liebe zu.
When the sun is setting With its red glow, lull my beloved off to sleep. Murmuring, rock her To her sweet rest, And whisper dreams Of love to her.
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Kriegers Ahnung Soldier’s Foreboding Ludwig Rellstabt In tiefer Ruh liegt um mich her Der Waffenbrüder Kreis; Mir ist das Herz so bang und schwer, Von Sehnsucht mir so heiß.
Around me in deep silence Lie my soldier comrades; My heart is so anxious and heavy, So aflame with longing.
Wie hab ich oft so süß geträumt An ihrem Busen warm! Wie freundlich schien des Herdes Glut, Lag sie in meinem Arm!
How often have I dreamed sweetly On her warm breast! How friendly was the stove’s warmth When she lay in my arms!
Hier, wo der Flammen düstrer Schein Ach! nur auf Waffen spielt, Hier fühlt die Brust sich ganz allein, Der Wehmut Träne quillt.
Here, where the brooding glow of flames, Alas, only shines on weapons, Here my heart feels totally alone, And tears of sadness flow.
Herz! Daß der Trost dich nicht verläßt! Es ruft noch manche Schlacht. Bald ruh ich wohl und schlafe fest, Herzliebste—gute Nacht!
Heart! Don’t let solace abandon you! Many a battle is ahead. Soon I’ll rest and sleep soundly, My beloved—good night!
Frühlingssehnsucht Ludwig Rellstab
Longing in Spring
Säuselnde Lüfte wehend so mild Blumiger Düfte atmend erfüllt! Wie haucht ihr mich wonnig begrüßend an! Wie habt ihr dem pochenden Herzen getan? Es möchte euch folgen auf luftiger Bahn! Wohin?
Murmuring breezes flutter so gently Fill me sighing with the scent of flowers! How you greet me with a blissful sigh! What have you done to my pounding heart? It wants to follow your airy trail! Where to?
Bächlein, so munter rauschend zumal, Wollen hinunter silbern ins Tal. Die schwebende Welle, dort eilt sie dahin! Tief spiegeln sich Fluren und Himmel darin. Was ziehst du mich, sehnend verlangender Sinn, Hinab?
Brooks, so cheerfully bubbling as well, Flow sparkling silver down to the glen. The billowing wave hastens downhill! The meadows and sky are reflected deep within. Why do you draw me, urgent, yearning feeling, Down there?
Grüßender Sonne spielendes Gold, Hoffende Wonne bringest du hold! Wie labt mich dein selig begrüßendes Bild! Es lächelt am tiefblauen Himmel so mild Und hat mir das Auge mit Tränen gefüllt! Warum?
Sparkling gold of the greeting sun, You bring me hopeful bliss so sweet! How your joyfully greeting image refreshes me. It smiles so gently in the dark blue sky And has filled my eye with tears! Why?
Grünend umkränzet Wälder und Höh'! Schimmernd erglänzet Blütenschnee! So dränget sich alles zum bräutlichen Licht; Es schwellen die Keime, die Knospe bricht; Sie haben gefunden, was ihnen gebricht: Und du?
The forests and hills are wreathed in green, A snowfall of blossoms sparkles and gleams. Everything surges to the nuptial light; The seeds are burgeoning, the buds are opening, They’ve found what they need to blossom: And you?
Rastloses Sehnen! Wünschendes Herz, Immer nur Tränen, Klage und Schmerz? Auch ich bin mir schwellender Triebe bewußt! Wer stillet mir endlich die drängende Lust? Nur du befreist den Lenz in der Brust, Nur du!
Restless longing, yearning heart, Nothing but tears, complaints, and pain? I too am aware of a growing urge! Who’ll finally quiet my urgent desire? Only you can release the spring in my soul, Only you! Please turn the page quietly.
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Ständchen Serenade Ludwig Rellstab Leise flehen meine Lieder Durch die Nacht zu dir; In den stillen Hain hernieder, Liebchen, komm zu mir!
Softly my songs implore You through the night; Down into the quiet grove, Beloved, come to me!
Flüsternd schlanke Wipfel rauschen In des Mondes Licht; Des Verräters feindlich Lauschen Fürchte, Holde, nicht.
Slender treetops rustle, murmur In the moon’s radiance; Don’t fear the hidden listener’s malice, my dearest.
Hörst die Nachtigallen schlagen? Ach! sie flehen dich, Mit der Töne süßen Klagen Flehen sie für mich.
Do you hear the nightingales singing? Ah, they appeal to you, With their sweet plaintive tones They’re pleading for me.
Sie verstehn des Busens Sehnen, Kennen Liebesschmerz, Rühren mit den Silbertönen Jedes weiche Herz.
They understand the heart’s yearning, They know the pain of love, Touch with their silvery tones Every feeling heart.
Laß auch dir die Brust bewegen, Liebchen, höre mich! Bebend harr' ich dir entgegen! Komm, beglücke mich!
Let them move you, too, My darling, listen to me! Trembling, I await you! Come, dearest, enrapture me.
Aufenthalt Resting Place Ludwig Rellstab Rauschender Strom, Brausender Wald, Starrender Fels Mein Aufenthalt.
Thundering torrent, Roaring forest, Stony crag, My resting place.
Wie sich die Welle An Welle reiht, Fließen die Tränen Mir ewig erneut.
Just as the waves roll One after one, My tears are flowing Eternally new.
Hoch in den Kronen Wogend sich's regt, So unaufhörlich Mein Herze schlägt.
As high in the treetops It billows and seethes, Just as unceasingly Beats my heart.
Und wie des Felsen Uraltes Erz, Ewig derselbe Bleibet mein Schmerz
Und like the mountain’s Ancient core, Ever the same Remains my pain.
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In the Distance In der Ferne Ludwig Rellstab Wehe dem Fliehenden, Welt hinaus ziehenden! Fremde durchmessenden, Heimat vergessenden, Mutterhaus hassenden, Freunde verlassenden Folget kein Segen, ach! Auf ihren Wegen nach!
Woe to the fugitive, Fleeing the world! Roaming foreign places, Forgetting his homeland, Hating his mother’s house, Leaving his friends Alas, no blessing follows Along their ways.
Herze, das sehnende, Auge, das tränende, Sehnsucht, nie endende, Heimwärts sich wendende! Busen, der wallende, Klage, verhallende, Abendstern, blinkender, Hoffnungslos sinkender!
Heart that is yearning, Eye that is weeping Longing that never ends, Turning toward home. Breast that is stirring, Lament that is fading, Evening star twinkling, Hopelessly sinking!
Lüfte, ihr säuselnden, Wellen sanft kräuselnden, Sonnenstrahl, eilender, Nirgend verweilender: Die mir mit Schmerze, ach! Dies treue Herze brach— Grüßt von dem Fliehenden, Welt hinaus ziehenden!
Breezes, you rippling, Waves gently ruffling, Sunbeam hastening Nowhere remaining: She who with agony Broke my loyal heart— Greetings from the fugitive, Fleeing the world!
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Abschied Farewell Ludwig Rellstab Ade! du muntre, du fröhliche Stadt, ade! Schon scharret mein Rößlein mit lustigen Fuß; Jetzt nimm noch den letzten, den scheidenden Gruß. Du hast mich wohl niemals noch traurig gesehn, So kann es auch jetzt nicht beim Abschied geschehn.
Goodbye! You jolly, you cheerful town, goodbye! My horse paws the ground now with light-hearted hoof, Now receive my final, my parting salute You’ve never seen me downcast before, And it can’t happen now at my farewell.
Ade, ihr Bäume, ihr Gärten so grün, ade! Nun reit ich am silbernen Strome entlang. Weit schallend ertönet mein Abschiedsgesang; Nie habt ihr ein trauriges Lied gehört, So wird euch auch keines beim Scheiden beschert!
Goodbye, you trees, you gardens so green, goodbye! Now I’m riding along the silvery stream, My farewell song echoes far and wide, You never heard a sorrowful song from me, And you won’t hear one now at my departure.
Ade, ihr freundlichen Mägdlein dort, ade! Was schaut ihr aus blumenumduftetem Haus Mit schelmischen, lockenden Blicken heraus? Wie sonst, so grüß ich und schaue mich um, Doch nimmer wend ich mein Rößlein um.
Goodbye, you friendly lasses there, goodbye! Why do you look out of your flower-perfumed house With such a flirtatious and alluring glance? As always I greet you and look around But I never turn my horse back.
Ade, liebe Sonne, so gehst du zur Ruh, ade! Nun schimmert der blinkenden Sterne Gold. Wie bin ich euch Sternlein am Himmel so hold; Durchziehn wir die Welt auch weit und breit, Ihr gebt überall uns das treue Geleit.
Goodbye, dear sun, now go to your rest, goodbye! Now the gold of the twinkling stars shimmers. How much do I love you stars in the sky; We travel the world both far and wide, And everywhere you are my loyal guide.
Ade! du schimmerndes Fensterlein hell, ade! Du glänzest so traulich mit dämmerndem Schein Und ladest so freundlich ins Hüttchen uns ein. Vorüber, ach, ritt ich so manches Mal, Und wär es denn heute zum letzten Mal?
Goodbye, you shimmering bright window, goodbye! You sparkle so homelike in the twilight glow And invite us so trustfully into your cottage. Alas, I’ve ridden by here so many times, And is today to be the final time?
Ade, ihr Sterne, verhüllet euch grau! Ade! Des Fensterlein trübes, verschimmerndes Licht Ersetzt ihr unzähligen Sterne mir nicht, Darf ich hier nicht weilen, muß hier vorbei, Was hilft es, folgt ihr mir noch so treu!
Goodbye, you stars, hide yourself in grayness, goodbye! The dark, fading light of the window Can’t be replaced by you countless stars, I can’t linger here, I have to go on, What matter if you follow me so faithfully!
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Atlas Der Atlas Heinrich Heine Ich unglücksel'ger Atlas! Eine Welt, Die ganze Welt der Schmerzen muß ich tragen, Ich trage Unerträgliches, und brechen Will mir das Herz im Leibe.
I, wretched Atlas, a world The whole world of pain I must carry, I bear the unbearable, and my heart Is breaking in my body.
Du stolzes Herz, du hast es ja gewollt! Du wolltest glücklich sein, unendlich glücklich, Oder unendlich elend, stolzes Herz, Und jetzo bist du elend.
You proud heart, you wanted it so! You wanted to be happy, eternally happy, Or eternally miserable, proud heart, And now you are in misery.
Her Portrait Ihr Bild Heinrich Heine Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen und starrte ihr Bildnis an, und das geliebte Antlitz Heimlich zu leben begann.
I stood in dark dreams And stared at her image, And the beloved visage Quietly came to life.
Um ihre Lippen zog sich Ein Lächeln wunderbar, Und wie von Wehmutstränen Erglänzte ihr Augenpaar.
Upon her lips appeared A smile so wonderful, And as if from tears of sadness Her eyes sparkled.
Auch meine Tränen flossen Mir von den Wangen herab Und ach, ich kann's nicht glauben, Daß ich dich verloren hab!
And my tears flowed as well Down from my cheeks— And oh, I just can’t believe, That I have lost you!
The Fisher Girl Das Fischermädchen Heinrich Heine Du schönes Fischermädchen, Treibe den Kahn ans Land; Komm zu mir und setze dich nieder, Wir kosen Hand in Hand.
You lovely fisher girl, Row your boat to shore; Come to me and sit down, We’ll cuddle hand in hand.
Leg an mein Herz dein Köpfchen Und fürchte dich nicht zu sehr; Vertraust du dich doch sorglos Täglich dem wilden Meer.
Lay your head on my breast And don’t be so afraid; You trust yourself without care Daily to the untamed sea.
Mein Herz gleicht ganz dem Meere, Hat Sturm und Ebb' und Flut, Und manche schöne Perle In seiner Tiefe ruht.
My heart is like the ocean, Has storm and ebb and flood, And many a lovely pearl Rests in its depths.
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The Town Die Stadt Heinrich Heine Am fernen Horizonte Erscheint, wie ein Nebelbild, Die Stadt mit ihren Türmen, In Abenddämmrung gehüllt.
On the distant horizon Appears like a cloud-image The town with its spires Shrouded in the gloom of evening.
Ein feuchter Windzug kräuselt Die graue Wasserbahn; Mit traurigem Takte rudert Der Schiffer in meinem Kahn.
A damp breeze ruffles The green surface of the water; In a mournful rhythm rows The boatman in my craft.
Die Sonne hebt sich noch einmal Leuchtend vom Boden empor Und zeigt mir jene Stelle, Wo ich das Liebste verlor.
The sun rises once again Glowing above the earth And shows me that spot Where I lost my beloved.
At the Seashore Am Meer Heinrich Heine Das Meer erglänzte weit hinaus Im letzten Abendscheine; Wir saßen am einsamen Fischerhaus, Wir saßen stumm und alleine.
The sea sparkled far and wide In the last glow of evening; We sat at the lonely fisherman’s hut, We sat silent and alone.
Der Nebel stieg, das Wasser schwoll, Die Möwe flog hin und wieder; Aus deinen Augen liebevoll Fielen die Tränen nieder.
The fog rose, the water surged. The gull flew back and forth; From your lovely eyes The tears dropped.
Ich sah sie fallen auf deine Hand Und bin aufs Knie gesunken; Ich hab von deiner weißen Hand Die Tränen fortgetrunken.
I saw them fall upon your hand And fell on my knees; And from your white hand I drank away the tears.
Seit jener Stunde verzehrt sich mein Leib, Die Seele stirbt vor Sehnen; Mich hat das unglücksel'ge Weib Vergiftet mit ihren Tränen.
Since that time my body pines My soul is dying with yearning; The wretched woman Poisoned me with her tears.
The Ghostly Double Der Doppelgänger Heinrich Heine Still ist die Nacht, es ruhen die Gassen, In diesem Hause wohnte mein Schatz; Sie hat schon längst die Stadt verlassen, Doch steht noch das Haus auf demselben Platz.
The night is quiet, the streets are silent, My beloved lived in this house; She left the town a long time ago, But the house still stands in the same place.
Da steht auch ein Mensch und starrt in die Höhe Und ringt die Hände vor Schmerzensgewalt; Mir graust es, wenn ich sein Antlitz sehe Der Mond zeigt mir meine eigne Gestalt.
A man stands there, too, and stares upward And wrings his hands with the force of his pain; I’m horrified when I see his face— The moon shows me my own likeness.
Du Doppelgänger, du bleicher Geselle! Was äffst du nach mein Liebesleid, Das mich gequält auf dieser Stelle So manche Nacht, in alter Zeit?
You ghostly double, you pallid fellow! Why do you ape my lovesickness, That tormented me here So many nights long ago?
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The Courier Pigeon Taubenpost Johann Gabriel Seidl Ich hab' eine Brieftaub' in meinem Sold, Die ist gar ergeben und treu, Sie nimmt mir nie das Ziel zu kurz Und fliegt auch nie vorbei.
I have a courier pigeon in my employ, It’s very devoted and true. It never stops short of my goal And never flies too far.
Ich sende sie viel tausendmal Auf Kundschaft täglich hinaus, Vorbei an manchem lieben Ort, Bis zu der Liebsten Haus.
I send it out many thousand times With messages every day, Away past many a pretty place, Right to my dearest’s house.
Dort schaut sie zum Fenster heimlich hinein, Belauscht ihren Blick und Schritt, Gibt meine Grüße scherzend ab Und nimmt die ihren mit.
It peeks through the window secretly there And watches for her step and glance, Gives her my greetings playfully And brings hers back to me.
Kein Briefchen brauch ich zu schreiben mehr, Die Träne selbst geb ich ihr, Oh, sie verträgt sie sicher nicht, Gar eifrig dient sie mir.
I don’t need to write notes anymore I send my tears with it instead, I’m sure they will never go astray, It serves me so eagerly.
Bei Tag, bei Nacht, im Wachen, im Traum, Ihr gilt das alles gleich, Wenn sie nur wandern, wandern kann, Dann ist sie überreich!
By night, by day, awake, in dreams, It’s all the same to it, If it can only rove and roam, That is repayment enough.
Sie wird nicht müd, sie wird nicht matt, Der Weg ist stets ihr neu; Sie braucht nicht Lockung, braucht nicht Lohn, Die Taub' ist so mir treu!
It never tires, it never flags, The way is ever new, It needs no lure, it needs no pay, The dove is so loyal to me!
Drum heg ich sie auch so treu an der Brust, Versichert des schönsten Gewinns; Sie heißt - die Sehnsucht! Kennt ihr sie? Die Botin treuen Sinns.
And so I keep it close to my heart Assured of the sweetest reward; Its name is—longing! Do you know it? Enduring love’s messenger.
Texts and translations by Celia Sgroi, from gopera.com/lieder/translations/schubert_957.pdf. Reprinted by kind permission.
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ABOUT THE ARMORY Part American palace, part industrial shed, Park Avenue Armory is dedicated to supporting unconventional works in the visual and performing arts that need non-traditional spaces for their full realization, enabling artists to create and audiences to consume epic and adventurous presentations that can not be mounted elsewhere in New York City. In its first eight years, the Armory opened its doors to visionary artists, directors, and impresarios who provided extraordinary experiences in a range of art forms. Such was its impact that in December 2011, The New York Times noted, “Park Avenue Armory … has arrived as the most important new cultural institution in New York City.” Built between 1877 and 1881, Park Avenue Armory has been hailed as containing “the single most important collection of nineteenth century interiors to survive intact in one building” by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall, with an 80-foot-high barrel vaulted roof, is one of the largest unobstructed spaces in New York City. The Armory’s magnificent reception rooms were designed by leaders of the American Aesthetic Movement, among them Louis Comfort Tiffany, Stanford White, Candace Wheeler, and Herter Brothers. The building is currently undergoing a $210-million renovation designed by Herzog & de Meuron as assisted by Platt Byard Dovell White, as Architects of Record.
PARK AVENUE ARMORY STAFF Rebecca Robertson, President and Executive Producer Pierre Audi, Artistic Director Katrina Berselius, Executive Assistant to the President Liz Bickley, Director of Special Events David Burnhauser, Collection Manager Courtney Caldwell, Venue Events Manager Rebecca Cribbin, Director of Production Leandro Dasso, Porter Khemraj Dat, Accountant Jordana De La Cruz, Special Projects Coordinator Mayra DeLeon, Porter Jay T. Dority, Director of Facilities Marcia Ebaugh-Pallán, Manager of Special Events Melanie Forman, Chief Development Officer Lissa Frenkel, Managing Director Peter Gee, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Pip Gengenbach, Education Coordinator Reginald Hunter, Building Mechanic Antonella Inserra, Office Manager Cassidy Jones, Education Director Chelsea Emelie Kelly, Youth Corps Coordinator Nicole Kidston, Director of Individual Giving Allison Kline, Director of Foundation and Government Relations Nicholas Lazzaro, Associate Technical Director Michael Lonergan, Producing Director Wayne Lowery, Security Director 12
Jason Lujan, Operations Manager Ryan Hugh McWilliams, Digital Marketing Manager Rebecca Mosena, Coordinator, Membership and Development Walter Nin, Security Manager Maxine Petry, Development Coordinator Charmaine Portis, Executive Assistant to the Chief Development Officer Kirsten Reoch, Director of Design and Construction Matthew Rymkiewicz, Tessitura Database Manager William Say, Superintendent Keenya Scott, Production Coordinator Jennifer Smith, Manager of Corporate Relations Tom Trayer, Director of Marketing Brandon Walker, Associate Technical Director Jessica Wasilewski, Producer Monica Weigel, Education Manager Avery Willis Hoffman, Program Director Youth Corps Santiago Budier, Rachel Calabrese, Logan Delgado, Joselin Flores, Lizmarie Garcia, Isatu Jalloh, Sinaia Jones, Terrelle Jones, Destiny Lora, Leidy Dania Carrasco Paulino, Angela Reynoso, Rafael Rosario, Cory Sierra, Keshawn Wallace, Maegan Wright Production Acknowledgments Steinway & Sons
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NEXT IN THE RECITAL SERIES LINDEMANN YOUNG ARTIST CONCERTS march 8–10
With a roster of alumni that includes Stephanie Blythe, Nathan Gunn, and Dawn Upshaw, the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program has solidified its place in the opera world as a leader in nurturing the next generation of operatic superstars. Hear a preview of three of these soon-to-be opera greats from the program—soprano Clarissa Lyons, mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb, and tenor Kang Wang—in intimate evenings of song in the Board of Officers Room.
ROOMFUL OF TEETH march 31–april 1
“Roomful of Teeth is making some of the most rigorously venturesome and thrillingly inventive music being made by any ensemble, vocal or instrumental, today.” —The Nation The Grammy Award-winning Roomful of Teeth is a project dedicated to mining the expressive potential of the human voice, exploring singing traditions and techniques from around the world in an effort to commission new vocal works without borders. Having been heralded as “blazing a new trail” in choral music by The New Yorker, the group performs a program of works that include Elliot Cole’s Hanuman’s Leap and others that redefine vocal music for the 21st century.
KRISTÓF BARÁTI, violin KLÁRA WÜRTZ, piano april 27–28
“Baráti’s performance was, in a word, masterful. Probing, austere, meditative, it rang with a rare sense of authenticity and almost majestic scope.” —The Washington Post There is no doubt that the ten Beethoven sonatas represent the most important body of work for violin and piano, setting the standard to which all other composers aspired for many years to come. Having received rave reviews for their recording of these brilliant works, celebrated duo Kristóf Baráti and Klára Würtz arrive at the Armory to interpret a selection of these wondrous works.
ANDREAS SCHOLL, countertenor TAMAR HALPERIN, harpsichord may 21–22
“It might be a new Golden Age of the countertenor, but few can equal the sheer beauty of tone and dramatic instinct displayed by Andreas Scholl.” —BBC Music Magazine The countertenor voice—a male who sings in the pitch range more typically associated with the alto or mezzo—came to prominence in the mid-17th century before falling from favor not even a century later. It has since enjoyed a powerful resurgence, with many countertenors now commanding praise on the world’s greatest concert and operatic stages. Andreas Scholl, who possesses one of the most beautiful countertenor voices of his generation, comes to the Board of Officers Room with a program that explores the poetry and artistic expression of the English Renaissance and Baroque at the height of the voice type’s original popularity.
ANDREAS OTTENSAMER, clarinet JOSÉ GALLARDO, piano september 7–9
“One of the leading clarinetists working today.” —The Independent (UK) Born into a musical family in Vienna, clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer dabbled with the piano and cello before taking up the clarinet. The young Austrian prodigy has gone on to become principal clarinetist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, capturing audiences and critics alike with his diverse musicality and the singular beauty of tone that he coaxes from the instrument. He makes his North American recital debut in the Board of Officers Room with a program the perfectly showcases what the clarinet can do in a space that highlights the sheer beauty of chamber music.
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NEXT AT THE ARMORY DE MATERIE
CIRCLE MAP
“Epic... an unclassifiable hybrid of theatre, narration, singing, instrumental music and philosophical reflection.” —The Guardian (UK)
“To journey into Saariaho’s music is to be confronted with the darkest and most dazzling dimensions of your subconscious.” —The Guardian (UK)
Visionary director Heiner Goebbels stages this monumental work in a highly-imaginative production that infuses the work's journey through a sequence of non-narrative tableaus with stunning visual imagery to help convey its meaning, with references to Mondrian and Madame Curie as well as floating zeppelins and a flock of sheep. The International Contemporary Ensemble takes on the sonically varied score.
The revered New York Philharmonic returns to the Armory for the New York premiere of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho's Circle Map, a new work for orchestra and electronics that builds out from six stanzas by the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi, and D'om la Vrai Sens. The evening also includes the U.S. premiere of Lumiére et Pesanteur as well as Lonh, a work that combines medieval love poetry sung by rising soprano Jennifer Zetlan with an electronic score that manipulates sounds from nature to evoke a distant, luminous landscape.
march 22–30
october 13–14
MARTIN CREED
june 8–august 7 “Clever, dumb, smart and stupidly gorgeous. Whatever Creed does ...he brings a joyousness, lightness and objectivity to the task.” —The Guardian (UK) Turner Prize-winning, British artist Martin Creed continues his ongoing exploration into rhythm, scale, and order in his largest installation in the U.S. to date, a survey of his work from its most minimal moments to extravagant, larger-thanlife installations. Crossing all media including painting, drawing, music, dance, theater, film, sculpture, fashion, and more unclassifiable items such as runners or lights going on and off, his practice transforms the everyday into surprising meditations on existence and the invisible structures that shape our lives.
ARTISTS STUDIO “A [club]... which gave pleasure to so many... with facilities for playing billiards, chess, checkers and other games, a cold snack and innocuous beverages and cigars.” —The Seventh Regiment Gazette on the Veterans Room in 1910 Join us for a new series of events inspired by the exotic beauty of the newly reopened space and the inventive spirit of the designers who conceived it. Curated by jazz pianist, composer, artist, and MacArthur “Genius” Jason Moran, these performances feature an eclectic mix of contemporary styles in a cabaret setting that feels as relaxed and intimate as the artist's very own living room.
TARYN SIMON
september 13–25 “One of the leading artists to understand our moment in history.” —Interview Magazine Groundbreaking artist Taryn Simon creates an immersive new work unlike any other, in which the subjects themselves become the objects of exhibition. Simon directs and designs both an environment and experience created specifically for the drill hall that defies mediums and the lines between performer and viewer. Experienced after sundown under the cover of darkness, this multifaceted work – at once intensely solitary and somberly communal – blends performance, sound, and architecture. 14
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OTHER HAPPENINGS AT THE ARMORY UNDER CONSTRUCTION SERIES
FAMILY PROGRAMS
“A residency like the Armory’s can be life changing for an artist. With unlimited access to studio space and total creative freedom, even the wildest idea can be attempted.” —The Wall Street Journal Get an inside look into the creative process of the Armory’s artists-in-residence, who set up studios and offer intimate public previews of works-in-progress, including dance, theater, music, and visual art. The Armory’s period rooms provide a unique backdrop for their workshops, serving as both inspiration and as a collaborator in the development of their work. The series is curated by Meiyin Wang. Previous artists-in-residence have included director and designer Julian Crouch, choreographers Faye Driscoll and Wally Cardona, theater artist Taylor Mac, director and designer Andrew Ondrejcak, soprano Lauren Flanigan, artist Ralph Lemon, maverick musician and composer Meredith Monk, post-classical string quartet ETHEL, playwright and director Young Jean Lee, performance artist Okwui Okpokwasili, Shen Wei Dance Arts, singer/songwriter Somi, writer and critic Sasha Frere-Jones, and Trusty Sidekick Theater Company.
ARMORY AFTER HOURS
Park Avenue Armory invites parents and children to participate in interactive art-making workshops in our historic period rooms. Drawing upon the Armory’s castle-like setting and unique artistic offerings, these programs are offered monthly during the school year and designed to spark the imagination of children of all ages.
ARTIST TALKS
Held in our historic period rooms, these insightful dialogues give audiences the opportunity to hear directly from the artists, and explore the inspirations, ideas, and themes behind their work.
MALKIN LECTURE SERIES
Each fall, the popular Malkin Lecture Series presents scholars and experts on topics relating to the Armory and the civic, cultural, and aesthetic life of New York City in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Lecture topics have ranged from history makers like Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt to Gilded Age society’s favorite restaurants and the Hudson River painters.
HISTORIC INTERIORS TOURS
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.
Get an insider’s look at the Armory with a guided walking tour of the building with our staff historian. From the soaring 55,000-square-foot Drill Hall to the extraordinary interiors designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, Stanford White, Herter Brothers, and others, and learn about the design plans by acclaimed architects Herzog & de Meuron.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Co-Chairman Elihu Rose, PhD. Co-Chairman Adam R. Flatto President and Executive Producer Rebecca Robertson
Marina Abramović Harrison M. Bains Wendy Belzberg Emma Bloomberg Carolyn Brody Cora Cahan Peter C. Charrington Hélène Comfort Paul Cronson Sanford B. Ehrenkranz David Fox Marjorie L. Hart Karl Katz Edward G. Klein, Major General NYNG (Ret.) Ken Kuchin Mary T. Kush Pablo Legorreta
Ralph Lemon Heidi McWilliams David S. Moross Gwendolyn Adams Norton Joel I. Picket Joel Press Genie H. Rice Amanda J.T. Riegel Janet C. Ross Jeffrey Silverman Joan Steinberg Emanuel Stern Angela E. Thompson Deborah C. van Eck Founding Chairman, 2000-2009 Wade F.B. Thompson
SUPPORTERS Park Avenue Armory expresses its deep appreciation to the individuals and organizations listed here for their generous support for its annual and capital campaigns. $1,000,000 + Charina Endowment Fund Empire State Local Development Corporation Richard and Ronay Menschel New York City Council and Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick New York City Department of Cultural Affairs The Pershing Square Foundation Susan and Elihu Rose The Arthur Ross Foundation and J & AR Foundation Joan and Joel Smilow The Thompson Family Foundation Wade F.B. Thompson* The Zelnick/Belzberg Charitable Trust Anonymous
$500,000 to $999,999 Citi Almudena and Pablo Legorreta The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Adam R. Rose and Peter R. McQuillan Donna and Marvin Schwartz Liz and Emanuel Stern
$250,000 to $499,999 American Express Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Michael Field and Jeff Arnstein Olivia and Adam Flatto Ken Kuchin and Tyler Morgan The Rockefeller Foundation Marshall Rose Family Foundation
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$100,000 to $249,999 The Achelis and Bodman Foundations R. Mark and Wendy Adams Linda and Earle S. Altman Bloomberg Philanthropies Booth Ferris Foundation Hélène and Stuyvesant Comfort Marjorie and Gurnee Hart Kirkland & Ellis LLP Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin and The Malkin Fund, Inc. David Monn Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse, Jr. National Endowment for the Arts New York State Assembly New York State Council on the Arts Gwen and Peter Norton The Reed Foundation Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Caryn Schacht and David Fox Amy and Jeffrey Silverman Stavros Niarchos Foundation Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Joan and Michael Steinberg Mr. and Mrs. William C. Tomson
$25,000 to $99,999 The Avenue Association Harrison and Leslie Bains Emily and Len Blavatnik Emma Bloomberg and Chris Frissora BMW of Manhattan Carolyn S. Brody Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Buckfire Eileen Campbell and Struan Robertson The Cowles Charitable Trust
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Mary Cronson / Evelyn Sharp Foundation Caroline and Paul Cronson Emme and Jonathan Deland Sandi and Andrew Farkas, Island Capital Group & C III Capital Partners Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Kiendl and John Gordon The Grand Marnier Foundation Agnes Gund Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gundlach Josefin and Paul Hilal Max MF Power Jacobellis Kaplen Brothers Fund Anna Maria & Stephen Kellen Foundation, Inc. and Marina Kellen French Wendy Keys Mary T. Kush Aaron Lieber and Bruce Horten Kamie and Richard Lightburn Christina and Alan MacDonald Marc Haas Foundation Cindy and David Moross National Philanthropic Trust Liz and Frank Newman Joan and Joel I. Picket The Pinkerton Foundation Slobodan Randjelovic and Jon Stryker Katharine and William Rayner Rhodebeck Charitable Trust Genie and Donald Rice Rebecca Robertson and Byron Knief Janet C. Ross The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation The Shubert Foundation Sydney and Stanley S. Shuman Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Peter and Jaar-mel Sloane / Heckscher Foundation
Jill Bokor and Sanford Smith Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Howard Solomon Mr. and Mrs. Eugene E. Stark, Jr. Nanna and Daniel Stern Mr. and Mrs. Barry Sternlicht Michael and Veronica Stubbs Tishman Construction, an AECOM Company Barbara and Donald Tober Deborah van Eck David Wassong and Cynthia Clift Michael Weil Anonymous (2)
$10,000 to $24,999 Gina Addeo American Realty Capital Jody and John Arnhold Arup Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation Abigail Baratta Ginette and Joshua A. Becker Candace and Rick Beinecke Sara and David Berman British Council A. Cary Brown / The W. L. Lyons Brown Jr. Charitable Foundation Janna Bullock Mrs. Daniel Cowin Margaret Crotty and Rory Riggs Crum & Forster The Cultivist Dom PĂŠrignon William F. Draper Peggy and Millard Drexler The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Andra and John Ehrenkranz Mr. and Mrs. Michael Evans Florence Fearrington Ferrari Ella M. Foshay and Michael B. Rothfeld Amandine and Stephen Freidheim Barbara and Peter Georgescu Jeff and Kim Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Martin Gruss Mike and Janet Halvorson Molly Butler Hart and Michael D. Griffin Elizabeth and Dale Hemmerdinger Herzog & de Meuron Daniel Clay Houghton Mr. and Mrs. William Kahane Jennie Kassanoff and Dan Schulman Erin and Alex Klatskin Suzie and Bruce Kovner Leon Levy Foundation Richard H. Levy & Lorraine Gallard Lili Lynton and Michael Ryan Sylvia and Leonard Marx, Jr. Diane and Adam E. Max Renee and David McKee Claire Milonas Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Adriana and Robert Mnuchin Mary Kathryn Navab David P. Nolan Foundation Northern Bay Contractors, Inc. Peter and Beverly Orthwein PBDW Architects Andrea Markezin and Joel Press The Prospect Hill Foundation Charles H. Revson Foundation Mary Jane Robertson and James A. Clark Deborah and Chuck Royce
May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation Fiona and Eric Rudin Lady Susie Sainsbury Mr. and Mrs. William Sandholm Oscar S. Schafer Stacy Schiff and Marc de la Bruyere Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Sculco Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation JLH Simonds Patricia Brown Specter Josh Struzziery and Beth Carney Claudia and Geoffrey Thompson Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Tishman Speyer Properties, LP Robert Vila and Diana Barrett William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Foundation Anonymous (3)
$5,000 to $9,999 Noreen K. Ahmad and Ahmar Ahmad Jamie Atler and Michael Lynton Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Auerbach Mr. and Mrs. Victor Barnett Nicholas Brawer Catherine and Robert Brawer Veronica Bulgari and Stephan Haimo Amanda M. Burden Marian and Russell Burke Mr. and Mrs. David Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Chase Coleman Elizabeth Coleman Sarah and Ronald Collins Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Contiguglia Ellie and Edgar Cullman Joshua Dachs / Fisher Dachs Associates Theatre Planning and Design Diana Davenport and John Bernstein Mary Ellen Dundon East Side House Settlement David and Frances Eberhart Foundation Cheryl and Blair Effron Inger McCabe Elliott Dr. Nancy Eppler-Wolff and Mr. John Wolff Alicia Ernst and John Katzman The Felicia Fund Fisher Marantz Stone, Inc. Teri Friedman Debbi Gibbs Gail Golden and Carl Icahn Susan and Peter Gottsegen Jamee and Peter Gregory Marie-Line Grinda and Ahmed Deek Anne Grissinger Allen and Deborah Grubman Patty and George Grunebaum Claire and Christian Gudefin Anita K. Hersh Sarah and Ronald Collins Nancy Josephson The Rachel and Drew Katz Foundation Phyllis L. Kossoff Mr. and Mrs. Fernand Lamesch The Lauder Foundation / Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund Robert Lehman Foundation Gail and Alan Levenstein Levien & Company, Inc. Heather Lubov Mr. and Mrs. Francois Maisonrouge Mr. and Mrs. Robert Martin Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Mayberry, Jr. Larry and Mary McCaffrey Sergio and Malu Millerman
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Whitney and Andrew Mogavero Barbara and Howard Morse Ali Namvar Ellen Oelsner Kathleen O'Grady David Orentreich, MD / Orentreich Family Foundation Susan Porter Anne and Skip Pratt Preserve New York, a grant program of Preservation League of New York Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pruzan Timothy and Coco Quinlan David J. Remnick and Esther B. Fein Carolyn Risoli and Joseph Silvestri Ida And William Rosenthal Foundation Susan and Jon Rotenstreich Jane Gregory Rubin and Reed Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Ryan Bonnie J. Sacerdote Nathan E. Saint-Amand Caroline Schmidt-Barnett Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Schorsch Sara Lee and Axel Schupf Mr. Barry Schwartz / M&F Worldwide Corp. Lise Scott and D. Ronald Daniel Mr. Leigh Seippel Stephanie and Fred Shuman Alan and Sandy Siegel The Six Four Foundation Margaret Smith Daisy M. Soros Sotheby's Mr. and Mrs. Michael Steinhardt Angeline Straka Elizabeth F. Stribling and Guy Robinson The Jay and Kelly Sugarman Foundation Bill and Ellen Taubman Jane Toll Ambassador and Mrs. William J. vanden Heuvel Anastasia Vournas and J. William Uhrig Susan and Kevin Walsh Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation, Inc. Myra and Frank Weiser, M.D. Katherine Wenning and Michael Dennis Valda Witt and Jay Hatfield Cynthia Young and George Eberstadt Richard and Franny Heller Zorn Anonymous
$2,500 to $4,999 Roswitha and A.J. Agarwal AKF Group LLC Ark Restaurants Corp. Norma Ketay Asnes Aurora Lampworks, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Barefield Cathleen P. Black and Thomas E. Harvey Debra and Leon Black Allison M. Blinken Amy Brown Fay Chang Joyce Chelberg Alexandre and Lori Chemla Neil and Kathleen Chrisman Shirin and Kasper Christoffersen Betsy Cohn Central Park Conservancy Marina Couloucoundis Sasha Cutter and Aaron Hsu Constance and Gregory Dalvito Joan K. Davidson (The J.M. Kaplan Fund) Mary and Maxwell Davidson III
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Elizabeth de Cuevas Gina and James de Givenchy Megan del Valle Jennie L. and Richard K. DeScherer Hester Diamond Krystyna Doerfler Mr. and Mrs. Robert Easton Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Alice and David Elgart Loren Eng and Dinakar Singh Victoria Ferenbach Susan Ferris EdmĂŠe and Nicholas Firth Mr. and Mrs. Brian Fisher Megan Flanigan Claudia and Fleming & George Bitar Foreground Conservation and Decorative Arts Melanie and Robert Forman Susan Freedman and Richard J. Jacobs Bart Friedman and Wendy A. Stein Samantha and John Gellert Mr. and Mrs. Scott Gerber Robert and Joyce Giuffra Kathleen and David Glaymon Gary & Beth Glynn Marjorie and Ellery Gordon Noah and Maria Gottdiener Archie Gottesman and Gary S. DeBode Sarah Gould and David Steinhardt Elizabeth and David Granville-Smith Francine Du Plessix Gray Mindy and Jon Gray Great Performances Mr. Jeff Greene and Ms. Kim Lovejoy The William and Mary Greve Foundation John Hargraves Jane Hartley and Ralph Schlosstein Jay Herman Barbara Hoffman Margaret Hunt istar Financial Inc. Barbara and Donald Jonas Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kanavos Meredith J. Kane Hon. Bruce M. Kaplan and Janet Yaseen Kaplan Karl and Elizabeth Katz Mr. and Mrs. Rene Kern Diana King / The Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation Nancy Kestenbaum and David Klafter Knickerbocker Greys Kimberly Kravis Schulhof Judith Langer The Ronald and Jo Carole Lauder Foundation Chad A. Leat Levien & Company, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Liddell Maria Lilien Shirley Lord Rosenthal The Ludwig Family Foundation / The Honorable Eugene A. Ludwig and Dr. Carol Ludwig Shelly and Tony Malkin Sherry Mandell Lynne and Burt Manning Judith and Michael Margulies Angela Mariani Melissa Meeschaert Joyce F. Menschel Alexandra and Les Meyers Marcia and Richard Mishaan Achim and Colette Moeller Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morse Saleem Muqaddam
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$1,000 to $2,499 Lindsey Adelman Frank Ahimaz and Steven Barr Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Allen Amira Salaam Amro Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson Arthur Applebee* Patrick Baldoni, Femenella & Associates, Inc. Tina and Peter Barnet June and Kent Barwick Norton Belknap Kristine Bell Dale and Max Berger Mark and Randi Berman Tama and Brad Bernstein Nymrata Advani Bickici Hana Bitton Bluestem Prairie Foundation Boehm Family Foundation
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Marianne Boesky Gallery Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Bonovitz Barbara Brandt Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brause Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Brodsky Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Brown Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Butler Judith Byrd Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Campbell Chanda Chapin Jennifer Chen Pamela and J. Michael Cline Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cochran Ranika Cohen Emy Cohenca Struan H. Coleman, MD Courtney Liu Corleto Jennifer Coyne Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Crisses Boykin Curry and Celerie Kemble Carol Lynne Cushman Norris Daniels Virginia L Davies and Willard B Taylor Virginia Louise Davies Suzanne Dawson Sebastien de la Selle Maria Teresa De Mata Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Deane Richard and Barbara Debs Luis y Cora Delgado Anne Bevis Detwiler Diana Diamond and John Alschuler Jacqueline Didier and Noah Schienfeld Mr. and Mrs. Michael Donner Jane Draizen Nancy J. Drosd and Charles Schwartz Karen Eckhoff Jacqueline Elias Amy Grovas Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Alec Ellison Gretchen Englander Mr. and Mrs. Chris Errico Mr. and Mrs. Marc Feigen Richard L. Feigen and Isabelle Harnoncourt-Feigen Frederic Fekkai and Shirin von Wulffen Fig & Olive Restaurant Laura Jane Finn Heather Fullerton Mr. and Mrs. David Getz Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Gibbons Rosalie Y Goldberg Jenny Slayton Green Barbara Grodd and The Ostgrodd Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Groeger Leonard Groopman Jessica Guff Addie J. Guttag Jennifer Hand and Thomas Tierney Elizabeth Harned Steven Harris and Lucien Rees Robertson Stan Harrison Kitty Hawks and Larry Lederman Rolf Heitmeyer Stephanie Hessler Mr. and Mrs. Brian Higgins William T. Hillman Susan Hirschhorn and Arthur Klebanoff May Ho Dr. and Mrs. Richard Hoffman Mary Anne Hunting and Thomas H Remien Invisible North Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson Hilda Jones Patricia S. Joseph
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ABOUT THE BOARD OF OFFICERS ROOM “The restoration of the Park Avenue Armory seems destined to set a new standard, not so much for its scale, but for its level of respect and imagination.” – The New York Times The Board of Officers Room is one of the most important historic rooms in America and one of the few remaining interiors by Herter Brothers. After decades of progressive damage and neglect, the room completed a revitalization in 2013 by the architecture team at Herzog & de Meuron and executive architects Platt Byard Dovell White Architects to transform the space into a state-of-the- art salon for intimate performances and other contemporary art programing. The Board of Officers Room is the third period room at the Armory completed (out of 18) and represents the full range of design tools utilized by the team including the removal of accumulated layers on the surfaces, the addition of contemporary lighting to the 1897 chandeliers, new interpretations of the stencil patterns on areas of loss, the addition of metallic finishes on new materials, new programming infrastructure, and custom designed furniture.
The room’s restoration is part of an ongoing $200-million transformation, which is guided by the understanding that the Armory’s rich history and the patina of time are essential to its character. A defining component of the design process for the period rooms is the close collaboration between architect and artisan. Highly skilled craftspeople working in wood, paint, plaster, and metals were employed in the creation of the building’s original interiors and the expertise – and hand – of similar artisans has been drawn upon for the renovation work throughout.
The renovation of the Board of Officers Room was made possible through the generosity of The Thompson Family Foundation. Cover photo by James Ewing.