The Performing Arts Center's 2014-2015 Sneak Peek brochure

PATTI LUPONE © Rahav Segev BRANFORD MARSALIS © Eric Ryan Anderson

KEITH LOCKHART (BBC ORCHESTRA) © Stu Rosner

experience. something. real.

PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY © Paul B Goode

2014•2015

MIDORI © Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

SNEAK

PEEK Isn’t it great to be at the front of the line?

Actually, we don’t stand in line that often any more. Banking is mostly done online or at machines. One can print postage on a computer. Even DAVID SEDARIS © Hugh Hamrick

groceries can be purchased online and delivered directly to your door.

But there is one place people still do stand in line, and frequently at that — our Box Office. We are happy to report that in recent seasons we’ve seen longer lines and more and more sold-out performances.

As a subscriber, you need not concern yourself with those lines. You’re among the most loyal members of our audience, so we want you to be the first to hear about, and obtain tickets for, our wonderfully diverse and dynamic 37th season at The Performing Arts Center.

Yes, it’s great to be at the front of the line.

We thank you for being there.

See you in the lobby!

—Harry McFadden, Director

NATALIE MERCHANT © Mark Seliger

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The Czech Philharmonic © Daniel Havel

Ji ří Bêlohlávek, chief conductor / Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Saturday, November 15 • 8pm • Concert Hall “We live music!” proclaim the musicians of The Czech Philharmonic, and you will be living it, too, when this sea of musicians takes the stage. On opening night in 1896 the orchestra was conducted by Antonín Dvořák, an auspicious beginning to more than a century of tradition, innovation, and acclaim. This rare visit to U.S. soil is an opportunity to experience one of Europe’s finest orchestras at the height of its artistic power.

Cameron Carpenter © Heiko Laschitzki

ORCHESTRAS

THE CZECH PHILHARMONIC

JANÁČEK Taras Bulba LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S.125 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”

ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Jennifer Koh, violin Sunday, November 30 • 3pm • Concert Hall Twenty years after winning the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Jennifer Koh is more in demand than ever. Each year she has her pick of some of the world’s finest orchestras and conductors. How lucky for us that she chose Orpheus! Now entering its 42nd year, and always without a conductor, PAC audience favorite Orpheus continues to redefine the notion of classical music partnership and collaboration.

CORELLI Concerto Grosso in G Minor, “Christmas Concerto” HANDEL Water Music, Suite in D Major BACH Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, BWV 1041 ANNA CLYNE Rest These Hands (World Premiere) MOZART Symphony No. 31 in D Major, “Paris”

THE KNIGHTS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WITH BÉLA FLECK Saturday, January 31 • 8pm • Concert Hall The Knights are a young, innovative chamber orchestra based in New York City. Their open-minded spirit of camaraderie has taken them on musical journeys with sopranos and cellists, fiddlers and tenors.

Similarly, virtuoso banjo player Béla Fleck is known for his innovative programs with musicians of every genre, from all corners of the globe.

Together, Fleck and The Knights promise to deliver a thrilling evening of bold musical explorations unlike any other.

ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS Jeremy Denk, piano Thursday, March 26 • 8pm • Concert Hall Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II annually grants an “Award of Export” to a British company that excels at international trade or innovation.

Manufacturers and software companies tend to dominate the list, but the Academy of St Martin in the Fields has made the cut. Britain’s finest and most famous chamber orchestra is, indeed, one of the country’s best-known “exports.” The Academy will be joined by one of America’s most thought-provoking, multi-faceted, and compelling artists, awardwinning pianist Jeremy Denk.

STRAVINSKY Concerto in D Major “Basel Concerto” BACH Keyboard Concerto No.1 in D Minor BACH Keyboard Concerto No.5 in F Minor STRAVINSKY Apollon Musagète

BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Keith Lockhart, principal conductor | Charlie Albright, piano Saturday, April 25 • 8pm • Concert Hall As the British Broadcasting Company’s “house band,” the BBC Concert Orchestra may be the most-heard classical ensemble in all of the United Kingdom. It prides itself on being a populist ensemble, playing a mix of classical, light classical, and popular music. Conducted by Poughkeepsie-born Keith Lockhart, also the conductor of the Boston Pops, the orchestra will be joined by 26-year-old pianist Charlie Albright, recipient of the 2014 Avery Fisher Career Grant.

GREAT PERFORMERS EDGAR MEYER, double bass Sunday, December 14 • 3pm • Recital Hall Unique. Compelling. Brilliant. Unique because it’s not every day you hear a full-length solo concert by a classical double-bass player. In fact, The New Yorker hailed him as “…the most remarkable virtuoso in the relatively unchronicled history of his instrument.” Compelling, because his unparalleled technique and musicianship have won him a huge following; he plays before sold-out halls throughout the world.

And brilliant? Just ask the MacArthur Fellowship people: they gave him a “genius” grant in 2002. You’ll never look at a bass the same way again.

CAMERON CARPENTER, organ Saturday, January 24 • 8pm • Concert Hall Audiences at this performance will experience a rare double treat: a master organist who smashes stereotypes, playing a one-of-its-kind instrument. Carpenter is an incredible talent and unabashed showman who just debuted his International Touring Organ — a monumental, yet portable, digital organ of his own design — at Lincoln Center this year.

According to The New York Times, “With its multiple manuals, pedals and side boards of stops, it looked like a hipper version of what you’d see in a cathedral. So how does it sound? Quite terrific.”

MIDORI, violin Saturday, February 14 • 8pm • Concert Hall It’s been more than 30 years since Midori took the classical music world by storm as an 11-year-old, last-minute violin replacement in a New York Philharmonic concert devoted to young performers. Three years later a front-page headline in The New York Times proclaimed, “Girl, 14, Conquers Tanglewood With 3 Violins.” It’s a great story, especially the part where Leonard Bernstein kneels before her in awe (Google it!). Audiences throughout the world share the great maestro’s sense of awe, but instead of kneeling they leap to their feet with thunderous standing ovations.

Martha Clarke’s Chéri . Signature Theatre 2013 © Joan Marcus

Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music

FAMILY

THEATRE

BLACK VIOLIN

MARTHA CLARKE’S CHÉRI

Sunday, October 19 • 3pm • PepsiCo Theatre

Sunday, September 28 • 3pm • PepsiCo Theatre

Will B and Kev Marcus speak for themselves about their brilliant performances on violin and viola: “It’s something everyone can enjoy, whether you’re an 80-year-old grandmother or a kid in kindergarten. It’s classical, hip-hop, rock, R&B, pop…just good music.” These guys first started playing together in high school, received the best classical training, and now travel the country strutting stages like the huge stars they plan to be, introducing new generations to “just good music” along the way.

This tragic tale of forbidden love in 1920s Paris premiered at New York City’s Signature Theatre this winter. Chéri is a fusion of theatre, live music, and dance, featuring Academy and Golden Globe Award nominee and Obie Award winner Amy Irving and dramatic text by playwright Tina Howe, the Tony Award-winning writer of Painting Churches and Coastal Disturbances.

COMPAGNIE KÄFIG

BASETRACK

Saturday, March 21 • 8pm • PepsiCo Theatre

Saturday, November 22 • 8pm • PepsiCo Theatre

Dance that blends hip-hop, bossa nova, samba, and capoeira with electronic music will impress even the most jaded teen. Artistic Director Mourad Merzouki’s encounter with these dancers from Rio de Janeiro inspired him to create two heart-stopping works that showcase the dancers’ dazzling virtuosity: Correria, which plunges us into the hectic race of our daily lives, and Agwa, all about water, the most vital component of the human body.

(Also available as part of the DANCE SERIES)

Storytelling is as old as time, and great theatre is storytelling at its best.

Basetrack is a gripping performance piece drawing on the power of individual stories to examine the collective experience of those who have served in America’s longest war. This multi-disciplinary work, adapted

by Jason Grote from a wildly popular Facebook page and website of photos and videos taken in Afghanistan by embedded journalist Teru Kuwayama, is at the intersection of theatre, music, new media, journalism, and technology.

SING-A-LONG-A SOUND OF MUSIC

DAVID MAMET’S A LIFE IN THE THEATRE

Sunday, April 19 • 3pm • PepsiCo Theatre

Tuesday, February 3 • 8pm • PepsiCo Theatre

Singing and costume fun for the family! Put on your warm woolen mittens, take down those drapes and re-purpose them as lederhosen for the kids, or just wrap yourselves in brown paper tied up with string.

This screening of the classic movie musical invites you to do what you’ve been doing in the privacy of your home every time you watch it: sing along! Come in costume if you’re up to it. And yes, grown-ups: you can be 16 going on 17 all over again.

The title says it all! A Life in the Theatre, produced by the Walnut Street Theatre Company on Tour, is David Mamet’s loving and laugh-filled behind-the-scenes look at backstage ego trips, feuds, fears, and acting tips, as an older, experienced actor shares a dressing room with a newcomer. The New Yorker declared, “Mr. Mamet has written – in gentle ridicule; in jokes, broad and tiny; and in comedy, high and low – a love letter to the theatre. It is quite a feat, and he has pulled it off.”

harlan jacobson’s

TALK CINEMA

(Also available as part of the DANCE SERIES)

Tuesdays • 7pm • PepsiCo Theatre Don’t wait for the release date — see it here first in this series of exclusive pre-release screenings of the best independent and foreign films. Handpicked from leading festivals by film critic Harlan Jacobson, the selection may be an indie comedy, a provocative documentary, or the next breakout hit. Each screening features a guest speaker — you’ll rub elbows with critics, scholars, and filmmakers during the post-film discussions.

September 16 • October 21 • November 25 • December 16 • January 27 February 24 • April 14 • May 12

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center © Tristan Cook

DANCE MARTHA CLARKE’S CHÉRI Sunday, September 28 • 3pm • PepsiCo Theatre The reviews were ecstatic when this tragic tale of forbidden love in 1920s Paris premiered at New York City’s Signature Theatre this winter. “Entrancingly luminous and gorgeous dance,” proclaimed The New York Times. “A voluptuous dream,” wrote the Star Ledger critic.

“A whirl of sensuality and grace,” cheered the Daily News. Martha Clarke’s fusion of theatre, live music, and dance features American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Herman Cornejo and prima ballerina assoluta Alessandra Ferri.

(also available as part of the THEATRE SERIES)

THE SUZANNE FARRELL BALLET Sunday, December 7 • 3pm • Concert Hall Astonishing the dance world, this ballet company started as a small educational program at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and in just a decade has become one of the most highly lauded ballet companies in the country. Suzanne Farrell was one of George Balanchine’s most celebrated muses, and she continues to this day as a keeper of the flame for Balanchine’s legendary dances, staging his works throughout the world; the program on the 7th will include his enchanting one-act classic, Swan Lake.

PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY Saturday, February 28 • 8pm • Concert Hall A visit from Paul Taylor and his extraordinary dancers is like a visit from an old friend or beloved relative. They’ve been on our stage so many times that they really are family. Sometimes they’ve been here with performances of Taylor’s classic works. Occasionally they’ll throw in a rarely performed piece. In 2011 our Concert Hall stage was the site of the world premiere of his acclaimed Gossamer Gallants. You never know. This is a visiting friend/relative who always comes bearing delightful surprises.

COMPAGNIE KÄFIG Saturday, March 21 • 8pm • PepsiCo Theatre Energy, sizzle, and 11 sexy Brazilian guys. Dance that blends bossa nova, samba, capoeira, and hip-hop. Artistic Director Mourad Merzouki’s encounter with these dancers from Rio de Janeiro inspired him to create two heart-stopping works that showcase the dancers’ dazzling virtuosity: Correria, which plunges us into the hectic race of our daily lives, and Agwa, all about water, the most vital component of the human body.

CHAMBER MUSIC

The Suzanne Farrell Ballet. Natalia Magnicaballi and Michael Cook in Agon. © Rosalie O’Connor

THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER As the nation’s premier repertory company for chamber music, CMS is committed to bringing audiences the finest performances of an extra-ordinary body of repertoire. Artistic Directors Wu Han and David Finckel have planned more than 100 concerts and events for CMS’s 45th Anniversary Season; three of them will take place in our Recital Hall.

We are thrilled that this is the first year of a three-year residency for CMS at Purchase. Help us make them feel welcome!

CMS PRESENTS: FAURÉ AND YSAŸE Saturday, October 25 • 5pm • Recital Hall Program includes Fauré’s Dolly Suite, Sicilienne, Papillon, and Piano Quartet No. 1, and Ysaÿe’s Rêve d’enfant and Sonata in A Minor for Two Violins.

CMS PRESENTS: MOZART AND CURRIER Saturday, November 22 • 5pm • Recital Hall Program includes Mozart’s Quintet in A Major for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, K. 581, Quartet in A Major for Flute, Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 298, and Duo No. 2 in B-flat Major for Violin and Viola, K. 424, and A Sebastian Currier’s Parallel Worlds for Flute, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello.

CMS PRESENTS: THE FOUR SEASONS Saturday, December 6 • 5pm • Recital Hall On the program: Vivaldi’s masterpiece as well as Baroque works by Albinoni, Geminiani, and Telemann.

DECODA Sunday, February 15 • 3pm • Recital Hall They’re back for season number three…making them a Performing Arts Center tradition! Decoda were introduced at The PAC in 2012 as The Declassified. A smashing success, this chamber music society of accomplished young musicians returns, bringing a matchless fervor and edginess to their playing, whether it’s a work from the tried-and-true classical music canon or a new work destined for posterity.

JACK QUARTET Sunday, April 12 • 3pm • Recital Hall “The string quartet may be a 250-year-old contraption,” noted The Washington Post, “but young, brilliant groups like the JACK Quartet are keeping it thrillingly vital.” Founded at the Eastman School of Music and drawing on the letters of their first names (John, Ari, Chris, and Kevin), JACK focuses almost solely on new and recent works. Of course they’re acclaimed for their astounding technique and fearless performances. They wouldn’t be on our schedule otherwise. But JACK adds a fresh element to chamber music…these guys are just plain fun.

CONSERVATORY CHAMBER PLAYERS: MUSIC FROM THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT Sunday, May 10 • 3pm • Recital Hall

RIOULT DANCE NY Sunday, May 3 • 3pm • PepsiCo Theatre Celebrating its 20th year, RIOULT Dance NY has established its place in modern dance, creating and presenting the sensual and articulate works of choreographer and company founder Pascal Rioult. Born into the modern dance tradition, Rioult is creating his own legacy of contemporary dance that speaks to the mind and heart, acclaimed by Anna Kisselgoff in The New York Times as having “met the challenge of comparison with George Balanchine….”

Why do classical music students come to Purchase College? Because they get to study with the best, like the members of this new ensemble of faculty members from Purchase College’s Conservatory of Music.

Close your eyes and enjoy a selection of best-loved pieces by Bach, Handel, Purcell, and Vivaldi. Whoever said that “those that can’t do, teach” never witnessed a performance like this!

Preservatiion Hall Jazz Band © Shannon Brinkman

NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF THE USA Sunday, July 20 • 3pm • Concert Hall Be the first to meet and applaud America’s newest National Youth Orchestra, 120 of the best and brightest young musicians, before they embark on their coast-to-coast tour. A project of Carnegie Hall, the 2014 NYO-USA tour will be preceded by a residency at Purchase College, culminating in the premiere performance right here in the Concert Hall. The orchestra will perform under the baton of David Robertson, with guest soloist Gil Shaham. Please note that this performance cannot be purchased as part of a CYO package.

BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story BRITTEN Violin Concerto, Op. 15 SAMUEL CARL ADAMS New Work (commissioned by Carnegie Hall) MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

BRANFORD MARSALIS Saturday, September 27 • 8pm • Concert Hall Kicking off our season, one of the greats. Having gained initial acclaim through his work with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and his own brother Wynton’s quintet, saxophonist Branford Marsalis has long been considered a star in his own right — an NEA Jazz Master, Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee.

One of the most revered instrumentalists of our time, his music plays homage to the jazz giants with whom he’s worked, a veritable “who’s who” of jazz including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, and Sonny Rollins.

MIKE BIRBIGLIA: THANK GOD FOR JOKES Thursday, October 2 • 8pm • PepsiCo Theatre Perhaps you’ve heard him on Public Radio International’s This American Life, where he’s been one of Ira Glass’s most popular contributors for the past several years. Or maybe you’ve seen one of his many appearances on Letterman, Kimmel, Conan, or Fallon. The award-winning comedian, author, and filmmaker returns to the stage with more painfully awkward stories in a show about jokes and how they can get you in trouble. Join Birbiglia as he visits Cats-a-chusetts, argues with a stranger about her nut allergy, hosts an awards show for angry celebrities, and learns that Fozzie Bear is a tough act to follow. (Rated PG-13)

AN AFTERNOON WITH DAVID SEDARIS Sunday, October 12 • 3pm • Concert Hall The NPR humorist and bestselling author of Naked, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls brings his sardonic wit and penetrating social observations to the Concert Hall. You’ll find yourself nodding in agreement and laughing out loud as he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness with skill and precision. Bring your books; he’ll be signing them after the show.

SELECTED

SINGLES

PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND WITH ALLEN TOUSSAINT Friday, October 24 • 8pm • PepsiCo Theatre Deriving its name from Preservation Hall, the venerable music venue located in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter, the “best jazz band in the land” brings a bit of the joyful, timeless spirit of the Big Easy with them wherever they go. They’ll be joined by “The Southern Knight” himself, Mr. Allen Toussaint, known for his distinctively deft and funky feel on the piano. His career has already spanned five decades, and he shows no signs of slowing down. Do not miss the chance to see these two icons of jazz and R&B together on one stage!

SUZANNE VEGA Friday, November 7 • 8pm • PepsiCo Theatre New York’s Greenwich Village, early 1980s. The scene is a basement club. The singer, sultry-voiced, with no drama, but chock full of emotion, sings “My name is Luca…” She’s Suzanne Vega and she’s soon to be regarded as one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation, a leading figure of the folk music revival. Vega seamlessly merges her poetry with contemporary folk song, a sound that is utterly unique and identifiable to her alone; she recently released her first album of new songs in seven years, Tales From the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles.

DANÚ Saturday, March 7 • 8pm • PepsiCo Theatre This is the real deal. Flute, tin whistle, fiddle, button accordion. Throw in a bouzouki for good measure, vocals in Irish and English, and you have Danú, one of today’s leading traditional Irish ensembles. Hailing from County Waterford, their concerts are true events featuring high-energy performances and a glorious mix of ancient Irish music and new repertoire. The 2014-2015 season marks this extraordinary ensemble’s 20th anniversary, and they just keep getting better.

NATALIE MERCHANT AND THE PSO Friday, March 20 • 8pm • Concert Hall Singer, songwriter, star (her Leave Your Sleep debuted at #17 on the Billboard chart), Natalie Merchant’s 30-year career has propelled her to a distinguished place among America’s most respected recording artists. Having achieved great acclaim and fame first as the lead singer for 10,000 Maniacs and then as a solo artist, she is now embarking on a new artistic path: creating songs to be performed with orchestras. The “PSO” she’ll be performing with is none other than the Purchase Symphony Orchestra, made up entirely of students from our Conservatory of Music: a coup for them, for us, and for our audiences.

THE KLEZMATICS Sunday, March 22 • 3pm • PepsiCo Theatre Often called a “Jewish roots band,” the Klezmatics have been playing — and celebrating — the heritage of Eastern European Jewish music and Yiddish culture for more than 25 years. Although tradition is at the core of what they do, the Klezmatics have developed a unique musical hybrid, rooted in the klezmer genre but very much of the modern world. Not familiar with klezmer? No worries. Previous experience is not required in order to be transported by the Klezmatics to another place and time.

‘TIS THE SEASON! MUSICA SACRA: HANDEL’S MESSIAH Kent Tritle, Music Director Saturday, December 20 • 2pm • Concert Hall No need to go all the way to Carnegie Hall − this holiday season, our Concert Hall will once again reverberate with the sound of the “Hallelujah Chorus.”

Musica Sacra marks their 50th anniversary this year; acclaimed for their performances of the great choral masters as well as the contemporary vocal repertoire, they set the standard by which all other Messiahs are judged.

Their soaring voices will be led by renowned conductor Kent Tritle.

ROB MATHES HOLIDAY CONCERT Friday, December 19 • 8pm • PepsiCo Theatre Saturday, December 20 • 8pm • PepsiCo Theatre Now entering his third decade as a PAC holiday tradition, Rob and his band of New York City All-Star musicians are back for this annual celebration. It’s a heart-warming evening that features original tunes, holiday classics, and Mathes favorites to put you in the spirit of the season. Emmy Award-winning and Grammy-nominated Rob Mathes has worked with virtually every big name in the music industry, arranging, producing, directing, recording, and performing with the likes of Bono, Bennett, Sting, and Springsteen. Despite his busy schedule, he always finds time to bring his unique musical magic home for the holidays, and we are thrilled to have him here!

SING-A-LONG-A SOUND OF MUSIC Saturday, April 18 • 8pm • PepsiCo Theatre Open your von Trapp and sing! You can be 16 going on 17 once again. Find that dusty old habit in the back of your closet (do you actually have one?), take down those drapes and re-purpose them as lederhosen, put on your warm woolen mittens, or just wrap yourself in brown paper and tie it up with string.

This screening of the classic movie musical invites you to do what you’ve been doing in the privacy of your home every time you watch it: sing along! Come in costume if you’re up to it and experience this cross between Sing Along With Mitch and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

PATTI LUPONE THE LADY WITH THE TORCH Saturday, May 2 • 8pm • Concert Hall Her name is Patti LuPone, but, really, no last name is needed. With breathless enthusiasm people refer to her only by her first name. The Broadway, concert and cabaret star returns in all of her larger-than-life glory for a one-nightonly concert of torch songs by such composers and lyricists as Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz, Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn, Billy Barnes, Harold Arlen, George and Ira Gershwin, and Cole Porter, sure to delight Patti finds and aficionados of the American songbook alike.

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Mike Birbiglia: Thank God for Jokes • Thursday, October 2 • 8pm

An Afternoon with David Sedaris • Sunday, October 12 • 3pm Black Violin • Sunday, October 19 • 3pm Preservation Hall Jazz Band • Friday, October 24 • 8pm The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Fauré and Ysaÿe • Saturday, October 25 • 5pm

NOVEMBER 2014 Suzanne Vega• Friday, November 7 • 8pm The Czech Philharmonic • Saturday, November 15 • 8pm The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Mozart and Currier • Saturday, November 22 • 5pm

Basetrack • Saturday, November 22 • 8pm Orpheus Chamber Orchestra • Sunday, November 30 • 3pm

DECEMBER 2014 The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: The Four Seasons • Saturday, December 6 • 5pm The Suzanne Farrell Ballet • Sunday, December 7 • 3pm Edgar Meyer, double bass • Sunday, December 14 • 3pm

3 WAYS TO SAVE 1. FIXED SERIES SUBSCRIPTION Dance – Chamber Music – Orchestras – Great Performers Family – Theatre. Secure your seats. Fixed series subscribers get the same seats for every performance within the series*, PLUS priority seating, exchange privileges, and 20% off the regular ticket price.

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3. CREATE YOUR OWN 5 OR MORE The most performances, the most savings. Select 5 or more, sit in the best available seats, and save 20% off the regular ticket price. * Dance & Great Performers series subscribers: Please note that these series are made up of events that take place in two different theatres. Select your seats in the Concert Hall, and we will find you comparable seats in our PepsiCo Theatre / Recital Hall.

Rob Mathes Holiday Concert Friday, December 19 & Saturday, December 20• 8pm

Musica Sacra: Handel’s Messiah • Saturday, December 20 • 2pm

JANUARY 2015 Cameron Carpenter, organ • Saturday, January 24 • 8pm

THANK YOU

The Knights with Béla Fleck • Saturday, January 31• 8pm

TO OUR MAJOR FUNDERS

FEBRUARY 2015

Major sponsorship for the season is provided by

Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre • Tuesday, February 3 • 8pm

The Vivian and Seymour Milstein Endowed Fund.

Midori, violin • Saturday, February 14 • 8pm Decoda • Sunday, February 15 • 3pm Paul Taylor Dance Company • Saturday, February 28 • 8pm

MARCH 2015 Danú• Saturday, March 7 • 8pm Natalie Merchant and the PSO • Friday, March 20 • 8pm

The Orchestras and Chamber Music Series are made possible by generous support from the Tanaka Memorial Foundation.

Special projects supported by ArtsWestchester.

We gratefully acknowledge our corporate sponsors, Steinway & Sons and Pernod Ricard USA.

Compagnie Käfig • Saturday, March 21 • 8pm The Klezmatics • Sunday, March 22 • 3pm Academy of St Martin in the Fields •Thursday, March 26 • 8pm

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