White Light Festival, Free Thursdays, Dialogues and More Set for Lincoln Center, Oct 2012
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Scroll down for a listing of Lincoln Center's October 2012 events! Lincoln Center Dialogues Wednesday, October 3 and Wednesday, October 10 Lincoln Center Dialogue, the breakfast series that provides an opportunity to hear key leaders discuss significant issues facing American society today, returns for its second season in the David Rubenstein Atrium. Three conversations moderated by Lincoln Center president Reynold Levy will focus on leadership, in the university, museum, and public policy areas. Each Dialogue session will be aired by WNET, WLIW, and NJ Network. Proceeds from these events will support the more than 400 performances produced and presented each year by Lincoln Center, as well as Lincoln Center’s audience development and accessibility initiatives. Tickets: visit aboutlincolncenter.org/dialogue. Seating is limited in this intimate venue. Wednesday, October 3 Lincoln Center Dialogue Wednesday, October 10 Lincoln Center Dialogue Michael Govan, CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Thomas P. Campbell, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Museum of Art Reynold Levy, President, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, moderator Issue faced in running museums. David Rubenstein Atrium at 7:30 am (breakfast); 8 to 9 am (discussion), 61 W. 62nd St. The final 2012 Lincoln Center Dialogue will take place on November 7. Lincoln Center Dialogue Fall 2012 is sponsored by American Express. Thursday, October 4; Saturday, October 6; Thursday, October 11 Target®Free Thursdays takes place every Thursday night at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center. Meet the Artist Saturdays is an outgrowth of Lincoln Center’s long-running Meet the Artists School Series and takes place on the first Saturday of each month at 11 am and includes opportunities for questions and answers; most involve audience participation. The free series gives young audiences and their families the opportunity to experience the arts firsthand with world-class performers. ADMISSION IS FREE. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. The David Rubenstein Atrium is located on Manhattan’s Upper Westside at Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets. The ‘wichcraft cafe, serving food and drinks, is open. For more information, visit www.LincolnCenter.org/Atrium. Thursday, October 4 Saturday, October 6 Thursday, October 11 Thursday, October 18 The third White Light Festival, the multi-disciplinary festival which focuses on music’s unmatched capacity to illuminate the many dimensions of our interior lives, begins with a FREE EVENT featuring Indian vocalist Kiran Ahluwalia in a program of ghazal—sensual poetry about unrequited love and passion—and Punjabi folk songs. Combining classical Indian music with such cultural styles as Portuguese fado and African blues, her music expresses the evolution of an artist who embraces both Indian tradition and global influence. Thursday, October 18 FREE* Kiran Ahluwalia, vocals Rez Abbasi, acoustic and electric guitar Nikku Nayar, electric bass Nitin Mitta, tabla Rob Curto, accordion David Rubenstein Atrium at 8:30 pm (61 W. 62nd St.) *Target®Free Thursdays event Friday, October 19 Les Arts Florissants+, led by William Christie (harpsichordist, conductor, musicologist, teacher, and founder of the renowned early music ensemble), will return to Alice Tully Hall with a program offering three of Charpentier’s rarely-performed and richly textured sacred motets. Friday, October 19 Les Arts Florissants William Christie, conductor Élodie Fonnard, Rachel Redmond, Virginie Thomas, sopranos Violaine Lucas, mezzo-soprano Marcio Soares Holanda, Reinoud Van Mechelen, high tenors Benjamin Alunni, Thibaut Lenaerts, tenors Pierre Bessière, Geoffroy Buffière, bass All-Charpentier program: Caecilia virgo et martyr, H.413 (“Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr”) Motet pour les trépassés à 8: Plainte des âmes du purgatoire, H.311 (“Miseremini mei”) Filius prodigus, H.399 (“The Prodigal Son”) Pre-concert lecture by Benjamin Sosland at 6:15 pm in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse (165 W, 65th St., 10th floor) Alice Tully Hall at 7:30 pm (Broadway at 65th St.) White Light Lounge in the American Table Café and Bar by Marcus Samuelsson +White Light Festival / Great Performers event Saturday, October 20 English pianist Paul Lewis+performs the final installment of his two year project surveying Franz Schubert’s mature piano works. The Guardian (London) wrote, “Paul Lewis’ exploration of Schubert’s late piano music and song cycles is one of the most compelling concert series of the moment.” His latest Schubert CD was chosen as Gramophone’s Recording of the Month for February 2012. Lewis will play the composer’s final three sonatas for his Lincoln Center recital. Saturday, October 20 Poet of the Piano Paul Lewis, piano All-Schubert program: Sonata in C minor, D.958 Sonata in A major, D.959 Sonata in B-flat major, D.960 Alice Tully Hall at 7:30 pm (Broadway at 65th St.) White Light Lounge in the American Table Café and Bar by Marcus Samuelsson +White Light Festival/Great Performers Monday, October 22 and Wednesday, October 24 The Symphonic Masters series opens with London Symphony Orchestra. Principal Conductor Valery Gergiev returns to Avery Fisher Hall for two Great Performers concerts with the acclaimed Orchestra for two all-Brahms concerts that spotlight two distinguished soloists. Grammy Award-winning Canadian violinist James Ehnes plays the Brahms Violin Concerto for the opening program on October 22, and Tchaikovsky Competition First Prize winner Denis Matsuev, whose “…technique begins where others end” (Gramophone), follows with a performance of Piano Concerto No. 1 on October 24. Monday, October 22 Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 Pre-concert lecture by Christopher H. Gibbs at 6:45 at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse (165 W. 65th St., 10th floor) Avery Fisher Hall at 8 pm (Broadway at 65th St.) Wednesday, October 24 London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev, conductor Denis Matsuev, piano All-Brahms program: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 Avery Fisher Hall at 8 pm (Broadway at 65th St.) Tuesday, October 23, and Wednesday, October 24 White Light Festival continues with the New York premiere of British choreographer Akram Khan’s Vertical Road brings together performers from Asia, Europe, and the Middle East for a dance piece of “rare intelligence and artistry” (Financial Times). Winner of the U.K.’s 12th Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for Best Modern Choreography, Vertical Road is set against a commissioned score by long-time collaborator Nitin Sawhney, and inspired by the works of Persian philosopher Rumi and Sufi traditions. Vertical Road (New York premiere) Akram Khan Company Akram Khan, artistic director and choreographer Nitin Sawhney, composer Jesper Kongshaug, lighting design Kimie Nakano, costume design Farooq Chaudhry, producer Fabiana Piccioli, technical director Set conceived by Akram Khan, Kimie Nakano, and Jesper Kongshaug Rose Theater at 7:30 pm (Broadway at 60th St.) White Light Lounges at the David Rubenstein Atrium (61 W, 62nd St.) This presentation of Vertical Road is made possible in part by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc. Thursday, October 25 Recently appointed the inaugural Associate Artists of London’s Wigmore Hall, the Takács Quartet comes back to Lincoln Center after two remarkable concerts at Mostly Mozart Festival 2011, including a sold-out Little Night Music recital in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse. The Quartet appears twice on this year’s Great Performers series, starting with an evening that features the distinguished virtuoso Marc-André Hamelin in Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet. The Takács returns on March 20, 2013 with Garrick Ohlsson for the Brahms Piano Quintet in a program that also includes works by Haydn and Brahms. Thursday, October 25 Takács Quartet Marc-André Hamelin, piano Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op. 76, No. 5 Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36 Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 Alice Tully Hall at 7:30 pm (Broadway at 65th St.) Thursday, October 25 White Light Festival continues with an artist who hails from Tsingtao, China, a coastal city on the Yellow Sea: Wang Li, a virtuoso of the jaw harp, thought to be one of the oldest instruments in the world. The New York Times wrote of a recent performance, “The rhythms of sharply pinging, clicking notes sometimes suggested electronic dance music; ghostly overtone melodies signed up above. It was deeply solitary music, quietly spellbinding.” Thursday, October 25 Higher Vibrations Wang Li, jaw harps and calabash flute The Allen Room at 8pm (Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th St.) White Light Lounge at the Atrium, Jazz at Lincoln Center Friday, October 26 Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter offers an evening of songs from her latest album, Ashes and Roses, for this White Light Festival show in Alice Tully Hall. A follow-up to her Grammy-nominated album the Age of Miracles, and blending pop, folk, and country, the concert reunites Carpenter with her frequent collaborator, pianist/producer Matt Rollings. Friday, October 26 Ashes and Roses Mary Chapin Carpenter Alice Tully Hall at 7:30 pm (Broadway at 65th St.) White Light Lounge in the American Table Café and Bar by Marcus Samuelsson Saturday, October 27 Imeruli Mkhedruli Chona Adila Khokhbis Kelivit Lamazi Cheka Ramsa Guruli perkhuli Shen Khar Venakhi Kvertkhi Ieses Dzirisagan Angelosi Ghaghadebs Ganatldi, Ganatldi Ghirs Ars Cheshmaritad Gvtismshobelo Kaltsulo Dagatsatu Nebsit Tvisit Shen Gigalobt Odoia Khasanbegura Chela Chakrulo Naduri, Shemokmedura Church of St. Mary the Virgin, at 7:30 pm (145 W. 46th St.) Sunday, October 28 Armenian pianist Nareh Arghamanyan kicks off Great Performers’ Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts, a series that brings rising young artists from around the world to the stage of the Walter Reade Theater. Described as “…a major, major talent” by American Record Guide. Ms. Arghamanyan debuted with the Vienna Symphony and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra last season, and her first CD—of Rachmaninoff solo works—was released in November 2011. All one-hour Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts are followed by a reception where the audience can mingle with the artists. Sunday, October 28 Nareh Arghamanyan, piano Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 Rachmaninoff: Selections from Études-tableaux, Op. 33 Walter Reade Theater at 11 am (165 W. 65th St.) Sunday, October 28 In an unusual departure for an artist known for eclectic program choices that push the boundaries of organ repertoire, keyboard prodigy Cameron Carpenter will give an all-Bach concert offering some of the great composer’s seminal works as well as selections from the Well-tempered Clavier as part of the White Light Festival. A Juilliard School graduate, Carpenter’s outrageous fashion sensibilities alongside exceptional virtuosity have brought him unprecedented acclaim for an organist. He is the first to ever be nominated for a solo album Grammy Award. Sunday, October 28 Immortal Bach Cameron Carpenter, organ Bach: Toccata in F major, BWV 540 Bach (arr. Carpenter): Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 Bach/Busoni (arr. Carpenter): Chorale Prelude “Nun freut euch, lieben Christen,” BWV 734 Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G major, BWV 860, from the Well-tempered Clavier, Book I Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D major, BWV 874, from the Well-tempered Clavier, Book II Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 536 Bach/Carpenter: Free Ramble on the Bourrée from Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 Bach/Busoni (arr. Carpenter): Chaconne, BWV 1004 Alice Tully Hall at 5 pm (Broadway at 65th St.) White Light Lounge in the American Table Café and Bar by Marcus Samuelsson Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Analog Arts, a collective of artists living on three continents and engaged in a wide range of 20th century and new music projects,will close out the White Light schedule for month of October with a live performance/sound installation that explores the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen. Friday Greeting is the opening from Stockhausen’s opera Freitag aus Licht; Heaven’s Door is the fourth hour from the composer’s Sound cycle, written for the 24 hours in a day; and Cosmic Pulses is the 13th hour, the last piece of completely electronic music that Stockhausen wrote. Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Stockhausen: Friday Greeting (New York premiere) – begins at 6:45 in the Alice Tully Hall lobby and concludes there post-concert Alice Tully Hall Lobby at 6:45 (Broadway at 65th St.) Cosmic Pulses Analog Arts Stuart Gerber, percussion Joe Drew, sound projection All-Stockhausen program: Heaven’s Door (New York premiere) Cosmic Pulses Alice Tully Hall at 7:30 pm White Light Lounge in the American Table Café and Bar by Marcus Samuelsson Tickets for Great Performers and White Light performances are available online at www.LCGreatPerformers.org and www.WhiteLightFestival.org, by phone via CenterCharge, 212-721-6500, or in person at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office and Avery Fisher Hall Box Office65th Street and Broadway. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (LCPA) serves three primary roles: presenter of artistic programming, national leader in arts and education and community relations, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. A presenter of more than 5,000 free and ticketed events, performances, tours, and educational activities annually, LCPA’s series include American Songbook, Great Performers, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer Night Swing, Mostly Mozart Festival, White Light Festival, and the Emmy Award-winning Live From Lincoln Center. As manager of the Lincoln Center campus, LCPA provides support and services for the Lincoln Center complex and the 10 resident organizations. In addition, LCPA is leading a series of major capital projects, now nearly complete, on behalf of the resident organizations across the campus.
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