Lincoln Center Presents Announces November 2012 Programming
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The third season of Lincoln Center's White Light Festival continues in November with "The Spirit of the Body," a work by dancer/choreographer Malavika Sarukkai showcasing her exquisite interpretations of South India's classical dance, Bharatanatyam. Accompanied by four musicians from Madras, India, the performances are presented in the intimate setting of the Baryshnikov Arts Center. Thursday, November 1 The Spirit of the Body Yatra-Seeking: Malavika Sarukkai, choreographer and dancer Chitrambari Krishnakumar, vocals Srilatha Shamshuddin, nattuvangam Balaji Azhwar, mridangam Sai Shravanam Ramani, tabla Srilakshmi Venkataramani, violin Venkatesh Krishnan, lighting and sound Co-presented with Baryshnikov Arts Center Baryshnikov Arts Center at 8:30 (450 W. 37th St.) White Light Lounges at the Baryshnikov Arts Center This presentation of The Spirit of the Body is made possible in part by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc. *** The first Target® Free Thursday in November presents all-round entertainer, pianist, rapper, and Guinness World Record-holder (for the longest concert by a solo artist), Chilly Gonzales playing the U.S. premiere of his Piano Concert No. 1, a new musical work for a 10-piece orchestra, commissioned by Lincoln Center. Two FREE performances. Thursday, November 1 Target Free Thursdays Chilly Gonzales: Piano Concerto No. 1 (U.S. premiere) David Rubenstein Atrium at 7:30 & 9:30 PM (61 W. 62nd St.) *** Saturday, November 3 Meet the Artist Saturdays Sasha Papernik, I Speak Music: Songs of a First Generation Russian-American David Rubenstein Atrium at 11 AM (61 W. 62nd St.) Meet the Artist Saturdays, sponsored by Neuberger Berman. Endowment support is provided by The Walt Disney Company. *** Conductor Matthias Pintscher will lead pianist Emanuel Ax, musicians from the New York Philharmonic, mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford, and tenor Russell Thomas in a chamber orchestra arrangement of Mahler's wrenching Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), a musical setting of poems about the transience of life. Although he completed the score in 1908, the composer did not live to hear it performed. Sunday, November 4 Emanuel Ax, piano Song of the Earth Matthias Pintscher, conductor Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano Russell Thomas, tenor Musicians of the New York Philharmonic Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in E-flat minor BWV853, from the Well-tempered Clavier, Book I Schoenberg: Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19 Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (chamber orchestra version) Co-presented by Lincoln Center's White Light Festival and the New York Philharmonic Emanuel Ax is the New York Philharmonic's Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence. Rose Theater at 5 PM (Broadway at 60th St.) White Light Lounge at the David Rubenstein Atrium (61 W. 62nd St.) *** Lincoln Center Dialogue, the breakfast series that provides an opportunity to hear key leaders discuss significant issues facing American society today, will round out its second season in the David Rubenstein Atrium with a conversation focusing on the issues facing public policy leadership. Moderated by Lincoln Center President Reynold Levy, the session will be aired by WNET, WLIW, and NJ Network. Wednesday, November 7 Lincoln Center Dialogue Richard Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations Nan Keohane, Laurence S. Rockefeller Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Affairs Reynold Levy, President, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, moderator Topic: Public policy leadership David Rubenstein Atrium at 7:30 AM (61 W. 62nd St.) *** November marks the launch of Poet-Linc, a fast-paced new poetry slam series in the Atrium featuring high school students from all five boroughs performing their original poetry to the theme "I have a voice." The kick-off on November 8th will introduce the judges of the poetry slams and five competing partner organizations. For the next five Wednesdays, the Atrium will be jam packed with poetry slam contests featuring students from our partner organizations as well as professional special guest poets. Three rounds of competitions will be judged by appointed members of the audience as well as by three selected judges. A Grand Slam performance on Target Free Thursdays' December 13th will determine the first-ever Lincoln Center Poet-Linc Grand Slam Champion. The series culminates with the publication of all the participants work in the chat book, Write Speak Art. Poet-Linc is presented in Collaboration with Curtis High School, El Puente, Girls Write Now, Global Writes and SAYA! Thursday, November 8 Target Free Thursdays Poet-Linc Opening Night Performance This special performance features poets Darian Dauchan, Erik Maldonado, and Shanelle Gabriel performing new original work. David Rubenstein Atrium at 7:30 PM (61 W. 62nd St.) Poetry Slam Competition Rounds Wednesdays on November 14, 21, and 28 David Rubenstein Atrium at 6:30 PM *** Described as "one of the most highly original dance theatre companies in the world," Ireland's Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre will make its New York debut with the U.S. premiere of Rian. Named after musical director Liam Ó Maonlai's 2005 album, Rian is an exuberant evening-length work combining narrative, theater, contemporary dance, and traditional Irish music in a piece that suggests a communal pub gathering. Thursday, November 8 Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre (New York debut) Rian (U.S. premiere) Michael Keegan-Dolan, director and choreographer Liam Ó Maonlaí, music director Adam Silverman, lighting design Sabine Dargent, set design Doey Lüthi, costume design Denis Clohessy, sound design Philip Feeney, assistant music director Co-produced by Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre and Sadler's Wells, London The international touring of Rian by Fabulous Beast is supported by Culture Ireland. Gerald W. Lynch Theater at 7:30 PM (John Jay College, 524 W. 59th St.) White Light Lounges on November 9 and 10 at the David Rubenstein Atrium (61 W. 62nd St.) Rian is made possible in part by endowment support from the American Express Cultural Preservation Fund. Additional support provided by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc. *** Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov's "unusually broad range of specialties" (The New York Times) will be on display in a program titled "The Unanswered Journey," featuring works from Liszt to Pärt and Chopin to Ustvolskaya. Thursday, November 8 Alexei Lubimov, piano The Unanswered Journey Liszt: Schlaflos, Frage und Antwort, S.203 Chopin: Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 45 Arvo Pärt: Partita, Op. 2 Liszt: Nuages gris, S.199 Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 5 Mozart: Adagio in C major, K.617a Mahler (arr. Singer): Trauermarsch, from Symphony No. 5 Liszt: Sursum corda, from Années de pèlerinage, troisième année Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at 10:30 PM (165 W, 65th St., 10th floor) *** Irish folk/rock musician Liam Ó Maonlaí steps away from his post as music director for the Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre's production of Rian to perform a solo concert with friends. Hailed by U2's lead singer Bono as "the best white boy soul singer on the planet," Ó Maonlaí is best known as the lead singer/pianist for the Celtic band Hothouse Flowers. Friday, November 9 Céilí: Liam Ó Maonlaí and Friends Liam Ó Maonlaí, piano and vocals Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at 10:30 PM (165 W, 65th St., 10th floor) *** French master pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet returns to the Great Performers series for his first solo recital in nearly 15 years. Long regarded as one of the premiere interpreters of French piano repertoire, Thibaudet will perform an all-Debussy program to mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. Saturday, November 10 Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano All-Debussy program Préludes, Book 2 Suite bergamasque Estampes Alice Tully Hall at 7:30 PM (Broadway at 65th St.) *** "I've rarely seen anything that melds music, staging, texts, and performance so perfectly into a meditation on humanity's 20th (and 21st) century blues," said The Times (London) about the 2008 premiere of Heiner Goebbels' music/theater work I went to the house but did not enter at the Edinburgh Festival. Incorporating four works by T.S. Eliot, Maurice Blanchot, Franz Kafka, and Samuel Beckett, composer and director Goebbels explores the disappointment and melancholy of aging. Tuesday, November 13 The Hilliard Ensemble I went to the house but did not enter Heiner Goebbels, conception, music, and director Florence von Gerkan, costume design Willi Bopp, sound design Texts by T.S. Eliot, Maurice Blanchot, Franz Kafka, and Samuel Beckett Heiner Goebbels: I went to the house but did not enter Originally produced by Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne Rose Theater at 7:30 PM (Broadway at 60th St.) White Light Lounge on November 13 at the David Rubenstein Atrium (61 W. 62nd St.) White Light Lounge on November 14 in American Table Café and Bar by Marcus Samuelsson (Broadway at 65th St.) This presentation of I went to the house but did not enter is made possible in part by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc. *** In a special concert bridging both Great Performers' Art of the Song series and the White Light Festival, the acclaimed Argentinian mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink will give a rare U.S. recital of works by Schumann, Mahler, and Dvo?ák with pianist Anthony Spiri. Wednesday, November 14 Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano Anthony Spiri, piano Earthly and Heavenly Life Schumann: Sechs Gedichte von N. Lenau und Requiem, Op. 90 Mahler: Frühlingsmorgen Mahler: Das irdische Leben Mahler: Das himmlische Leben Dvo?ák: Oblak a mrákota jest vukol Neho ("Clouds and Darkness"), from Biblické písne Dvo?ák: Slyš, ó Bože, slyš modlitbu mou ("Give ear to my prayer"), from Biblické písne Dvo?ák: Hospodin jest muj pastýr ("The Lord is my shepherd"), from Biblické písne Dvo?ák: Pri rekách babylonských ("By the rivers of Babylon"), from Biblické písne Dvo?ák: Zpívejte Hospodinu písen novou ("O sing unto the Lord a new song"), from Biblické písne Mahler: Ich atmet' einen linden Duft, from Rückert-Lieder Mahler: Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder, from Rückert-Lieder Mahler: Liebst du um Schönheit, from Rückert-Lieder Mahler: Um Mitternacht, from Rückert-Lieder Mahler: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, from Rückert-Lieder Alice Tully Hall at 7:30 PM (Broadway at 65th St.) White Light Lounge in American Table Café and Bar by Marcus Samuelsson *** Thursday, November 15 Jogja Hip Hop Foundation Friday, November 16 Latvian Radio Choir (U.S. debut) Baltic Voices Sigvards K?ava, conductor (U.S. debut) Knut Nystedt: Immortal Bach Lasse Thoresen: Ombres et images Anders Hillborg: muo:aa:yiy::oum ?riks Ešenvalds: Légende de la femme emmurée Ligeti: Lux aeterna Arvo Pärt: …which was the son of… P?teris Vasks: Ziles zina ("Message of a Bird") Church of St. Mary the Virgin at 7:30 PM (145 W. 46th St.) White Light Lounge at Church of St. Mary the Virgin Saturday, November 17 Latvian Radio Choir Sinfonietta Riga Adam's Lament Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor All-Arvo Pärt program Berliner Messe Te Deum Trisagion Adam's Lament Alice Tully Hall at 7:30 PM (Broadway at 65th St.) White Light Lounge in American Table Café and Bar by Marcus Samuelsson *** John Schaefer, host of WNYC's Soundcheck, hosts a pair of FREE weekend discussions with leading artists, authors, and thinkers surveying the physical and metaphysical aspects of the self. Limited seated is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Saturday, November 17 Panel: The Body and the Self John Schaefer, moderator Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse from 4:30 to 6 PM (165 W, 65th St., 10th floor) Sunday, November 18 Panel: The Self and Music John Schaefer, moderator Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse from 3 to 4:30 PM (165 W, 65th St., 10th floor) *** Esa-Pekka Salonen will conduct the Philharmonia Orchestra in Mahler's moving expression of the struggle between life and death for the closing concert of the White Light Festival. Written during a time of personal tragedy that included the death of his daughter and the discovery of a heart defect, the composer never heard his Ninth Symphony performed. The maestro will lead the Orchestra in a second concert on the Great Performers series the following night: Alban Berg's Wozzeck, an opera-in-concert with one of the work's widely-acclaimed masters in the title role, tenor Simon Keenlyside. Sunday, November 18 Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor On Departing Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major Avery Fisher Hall at 5 PM (Broadway at 65th St.) Monday, November 19 Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Simon Keenlyside, Wozzeck Angela Denoke, Marie Hubert Francis, Drum Major Joshua Ellicott, Andres Peter Hoare, Captain Tijl Faveyts, Doctor Henry Waddington, First Apprentice Eddie Wade, Second Apprentice Harry Nicoll, Idiot Anna Burford, Margret Westminster Choir Joe Miller, director The American Boychoir Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, music director Members of the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra David Milnes, director Avery Fisher Hall at 8 PM (Broadway at 65th St.) Pre-concert lecture by Robert Marx at 6:45 PM These programs are supported by the Leon Levy Fund for Symphonic Masters. Symphonic Masters is made possible in part by endowment support from UBS. This presentation is made possible in part by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc. *** Composer, conductor, and commentator Rob Kapilow begins his 16th season of What Makes It Great? with an exploration of the first of Mendelssohn's two Piano Trios, the Piano Trio in D minor. It will be performed by the winners of the inaugural Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award, the Claremont Trio, the only trio ever to win the Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Monday, November 19 What Makes It Great? Rob Kapilow, commentator Claremont Trio Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 Walter Reade Theater at 7:30 PM (165 W. 65th St.) *** Tuesday, November 20 Exceptional dancers from one of the most prestigious performing arts and education partnerships in the country perform an exciting repertoire of works from emerging and established choreographers. |
