Lincoln Center Announces Updates to 2013 GREAT PERFORMERS and WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL

By: BWW News Desk Jul. 31, 2013

A number of program changes and additions have been made to the performances, screenings, and events presented by Great Performers and the White Light Festival at Lincoln Center this season. Below is a final schedule of events for both series through June 4, 2013.

Tickets for Great Performers and the White Light Festival are available at www.LCGreatPerformers.org and www.WhiteLightFestival.org, by phone via CenterCharge, 212-721-6500, or at the Avery Fisher or Alice Tully Hall Box Offices, 65th Street and Broadway.

Great Performers/White Light Festival (Combined Chronology) - October 20, 2013-June 4, 2014:

GREAT PERFORMERS

Sunday, October 20, 2013 at 3 pm

Avery Fisher Hall

Pre-concert lecture by Simon Morrison at 1:45 PM, Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

London Symphony Orchestra

Bernard Haitink, conductor

Emanuel Ax, piano

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K.271 ("Jeunehomme")

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43

GREAT PERFORMERS

Monday, October 21, 2013 at 8 pm

Avery Fisher Hall

London Symphony Orchestra

Bernard Haitink, conductor

Emanuel Ax, piano

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K.595

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141

WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL

Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 7:30 pm FREE

David Rubenstein Atrium

The Campbell Brothers

GREAT PERFORMERS/WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL

Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Alice Tully Hall

White Light Lounge, Alice Tully Hall Outer Lobby

Le Concert d'Astrée

Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor

Sonya Yoncheva, Aci

Delphine Galou, Galatea (U.S. debut)

Laurent Naouri, Polifemo

Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72

Le Concert d'Astrée is made possible in part by endowment support from the American Express Cultural Preservation Fund

GREAT PERFORMERS

Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 10:30 am

Walter Reade Theater

Dublin Guitar Quartet (New York debut)

Philip Glass (arr. Bolger): Movement III, from String Quartet No. 4 "Buczak"

Leo Brouwer: Cuban Landscape with Rain

Arvo Pärt (arr. Bolger): Cantate Domino canticum novum

Arvo Pärt (arr. Bolger): Summa

Philip Glass (arr. Bolger): String Quartet No. 2 "Company"

David Flynn: Chimurenga

Ligeti (arr. Bolger): Six Bagatelles

WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL

Monday, October 28, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom

White Light Lounge, Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom

Post-performance discussion with Michel van der Aa and John Schaefer, Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom

Up-close

Kaori Yamagami, cello

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Musicians from the International Contemporary Ensemble

David Bowlin, violin

Michael Nicolas, cello

Jacob Greenberg, piano

All-Michel van der Aa program

Memo

Oog

Transit

Up-close (U.S. premiere)

The work Up-close is performed by special arrangement with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL

Thursday, October 31, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Friday, November 1, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Rose Theater

White Light Lounges

Post-performance discussion on Friday, November 1, with Roysten Abel and John Schaefer, Rose Theater

The Manganiyar Seduction

Roysten Abel, concept and director

Daevo Khan, conductor

with Manganiyar musicians

WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL

Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 5 pm

Alice Tully Hall

Post-performance discussion with Jordi Savall and Ara Guzelimian, Alice Tully Hall

White Light Lounge, Alice Tully Hall Outer Lobby

The Cycles of Life: A Musical Exploration of the Balkans (New York premiere)

Jordi Savall, vielle, rebec, and music director

Hespèrion XXI

GREAT PERFORMERS/WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL

Monday, November 4, 2013 at 8 pm

Avery Fisher Hall

The Cleveland Orchestra

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Joela Jones, piano

Cynthia Millar, ondes martenot

Luba Orgonášová, soprano

Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano

Herbert Lippert, tenor

Ruben Drole, bass-baritone

Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

Robert Porco, director

Beethoven: Grosse Fuge in B-flat major for string orchestra, Op. 133

Messiaen: Trois petites liturgies de la Présence Divine

Beethoven: Mass in C major, Op. 86

WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL

Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Thursday, November 7, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Rose Theater

White Light Lounges

Post-performance discussion on Wednesday, November 6 with Akram Khan, Rose Theater

DESH (U.S. premiere)

Akram Khan, director, choreographer, and performer

Tim Yip, visual design

Jocelyn Pook, composer

Michael Hulls, lighting design

DESH is sponsored by COLAS. Co-produced by MC2: Grenoble, Curve Leicester, Sadler's Wells London,Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, and Concertgebouw Brugge

WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL

Saturday, November 9, 2013 from 4:30 to 6 pm

Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center

White Light Conversation

John Schaefer, moderator, with Alan Lightman, Sylvia Boorstein, and others to be announced

WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL

Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 6:30 pm

Walter Reade Theater

White Light Lounge, Furman Gallery

Post-screening discussion with Peter Mettler and Kent Jones, Walter Reade Theater

The End of Time (New York premiere)

Peter Mettler, director

2012. 109 minutes.

Presented in association with the Film Society of Lincoln Center

GREAT PERFORMERS

Sunday, November 10, 2013 at 10:30 am

Walter Reade Theater

Caroline Goulding, violin

Michael Brown, piano

Bach: Sonata No. 3 in E major, BWV 1016

Bartók: Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano, BB 84

WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL

Sunday, November 10, 2013 at 1:30 pm

Walter Reade Theater

White Light Lounge, Furman Gallery

Post-screening discussion with Philip Gröning and Kent Jones, Walter Reade Theater

Into Great Silence

Philip Gröning, director

2005. 160 minutes.

Presented in association with the Film Society of Lincoln Center

GREAT PERFORMERS/WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL

Sunday, November 10, 2013 at 5 pm

Avery Fisher Hall

Pre-concert lecture by Andrew Shenton at 3:45, Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

Word Made Flesh

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Neeme Järvi, conductor

Veljo Tormis: Overture No. 2

Arvo Pärt: In principio (New York premiere)

Arvo Pärt: Da pacem Domine

Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K.618

Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82

GREAT PERFORMERS

Monday, November 11, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Walter Reade Theater

What Makes It Great?

Rob Kapilow, commentator and conductor

Manhattan School of Music Chamber Sinfonia

Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550

WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL

Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Church of St. Mary the Virgin

White Light Lounge, Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Gloria

St. Thomas Boys Choir of Leipzig

Georg Christoph Biller, Thomaskantor and conductor

Leipzig Baroque Orchestra

Bach: Der Herr denket an uns, Cantata BWV 196

Bach: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, Cantata BWV 150

Vivaldi: Gloria in D major, RV 589

Vivaldi: Magnificat in G minor, RV 610

WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Rose Theater

White Light Lounge on November 14

Era la Notte (U.S. premiere)

Anna Caterina Antonacci, soprano

Soloists of the orchestra Les Siècles

Juliette Deschamps, concept and director

Dominique Bruguière, lighting design

Cécile Degos, set design

Christian Lacroix, costume design

Marini: Passacalio a terzo e a quattro, Op. 22

Giramo: Chi non mi conosce dirà

Marini: Sinfonia sesto tuono, Op. 22

Monteverdi: Lamento d'Arianna: Lasciatemi morire, SV 22

Marini: Sinfonia primo tuono, Op. 22

Strozzi: Lagrime mie, a che vi trattenete, from Diporti di Euterpe, overo Cantate e ariette a voce sola, Op. 7

Marini: Sinfonia terzo tuono, Op. 22

Marini: Balletto secondo a terzo e a quattro, Op. 22

Monteverdi: Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, SV 153

Marini: Zarabanda terza, Op. 22

Originally produced by Instant Pluriel

WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL

Friday, November 15, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Rose Theater

Pre-concert lecture by Banning Eyre at 6:15, Jazz @ Lincoln Center Large Rehearsal Room

White Light Lounge

Beautiful Africa

Rokia Traoré

WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL

Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Alice Tully Hall

White Light Lounge, Alice Tully Hall Outer Lobby

Transcending Time

Tallis Scholars

Peter Phillips, director

Taverner: Kyrie "Leroy"

Taverner: Gloria, from Missa "Gloria tibi Trinitas"

Tallis: Audivi vocem

Taverner: Credo, from Missa "Gloria tibi Trinitas"

5-minute pause

Taverner: Sanctus, from Missa "Gloria tibi Trinitas"

Nico Muhly: Recordare, domine (New York premiere)

Arvo Pärt: ...which was the son of...

Taverner: Agnus Dei, from Missa "Gloria tibi Trinitas"

Recordare, domine is commissioned by the Tallis Scholars, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and Lafayette College

WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Clark Studio Theater

White Light Lounge, Samuels Studio

Post-performance discussion with Georg Friedrich Haas, the JACK Quartet, and John Schaefer, Clark Studio Theater

In the Dark

JACK Quartet

Georg Friedrich Haas: In iij. Noct., String Quartet No. 3

GREAT PERFORMERS

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Alice Tully Hall

Nelson Freire, piano

Beethoven: Andante in F major ("Andante favori")

Debussy: Estampes

Chopin: Berceuse in D-flat major, Op. 57

Chopin: Ballade in F minor, Op. 52

WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL (Closing Performances)

Thursday, November 21, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Friday, November 22, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Saturday, November 23, 2013 at 7:30 pm

David Koch Theater

White Light Lounges, David Rubenstein Atrium

Pre-concert discussion on Friday, November 22 with Mark Morris

and Ara Guzelimian at 6:15, David Rubenstein Atrium

Mark Morris Dance Group

Mark Morris, choreographer

MMDG Music Ensemble

Nicholas McGegan, conductor

Dominique Labelle, soprano

Yulia Van Doren, soprano

John McVeigh, tenor

Douglas Williams, bass-baritone

Riverside Choral Society Chamber Singers

PatRick Gardner, director

Adrianne Lobel, set design

Christine Van Loon, costume design

James F. Ingalls, lighting design

Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato

GREAT PERFORMERS

Monday, December 9, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Walter Reade Theater

What Makes It Great?

Rob Kapilow, commentator

Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Dianne Berkun, conductor

Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28

Sunday, December 15, 2013 at 10:30 am

Walter Reade Theater

Alessio Bax, piano

Lucille Chung, piano

Stravinsky: Petrushka

Piazzolla (arr. Bax and Chung): Three Tangos

Sunday, January 26, 2014 at 10:30 am

Walter Reade Theater

Calefax Reed Quintet

Bach (arr. Hekkema): Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 7:30 pm

Alice Tully Hall

Pre-concert lecture by Michael Marissen at 6:15, Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Gottfried von der Goltz, violin and director

Petra Müllejans, violin and director

All-Bach program

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049

Sponsored by Bank of China

Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 5 pm

Alice Tully Hall

Pre-concert lecture by Gerard McBurney at 3:45, Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

Emerson String Quartet

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122

Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major, Op. 133

Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at 8 pm

Avery Fisher Hall

Joshua Bell, director and violin

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 ("Eroica")

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 7:30 pm

Alice Tully Hall

Pre-concert lecture by Benjamin Sosland at 6:15, Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

Les Arts Florissants

William Christie, conductor

Marcel Beekman, Platée

Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Jupiter

Marc Mauillon, Cithéron

Cyril Auvity, Mercure and Thespis

Simone Kermes, La Folie

Emmanuelle de Negri, L'Amour and Clarine

Virginie Thomas, Thalie

João Fernandes, Momus

Rameau: Platée

Concert version based on the production of the Theater an der Wien (Vienna) and the Opéra Comique (Paris)

Monday, April 7, 2014 at 7:30 pm

Walter Reade Theater

What Makes It Great?

Rob Kapilow, commentator and piano

Sally Wilfert, soprano

Michael Winther, tenor

Over the Rainbow: The Songs of Harold Arlen

Sunday, April 13, 2014 at 5 pm

Alice Tully Hall

Stephen Hough, piano

Schoenberg: Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19 ("Six Little Piano Pieces")

Strauss: Träumerei, from Stimmungsbilder, Op. 9

Wagner: In das Album der Fürstin M in C major, WWV 94 ("Albumblatt")

Bruckner: Erinnerung in A-flat major, WAB 117

Brahms: Fantasien, Op. 116

Chopin: Ballade in G minor, Op. 23

Chopin: Ballade in F major, Op. 38

Chopin: Ballade in A-flat major, Op. 47

Chopin: Ballade in F minor, Op. 52

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 7:30 pm

Alice Tully Hall

Emerson String Quartet

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 138

Britten: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp major, Op. 142

Sunday, April 27, 2014 at 10:30 am

Walter Reade Theater

Bertrand Chamayou, piano

All-Schubert program

Ländler No. 12, D.366

Three Klavierstücke, D.946

Allegretto in C minor, D.915

Fantasy in C major, D.760 ("Wandererfantasie")

Sunday, May 4, 2014 at 5 pm

Alice Tully Hall

Emerson String Quartet

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144

Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, D.810 ("Der Tod und das Mädchen")

Sunday, June 1, 2014 at 3 pm

Avery Fisher Hall

Pre-concert lecture by Michael Beckerman at 1:45,Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Iván Fischer, conductor

Garrick Ohlsson, piano

All-Dvorák program

Slavonic Dance, Op. 72, No. 2

Slavonic Dance, Op. 72, No. 1

Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33

Legend, Op. 59, No. 6

Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

Monday, June 2, 2014 at 8 pm

Avery Fisher Hall

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Iván Fischer, conductor

Daniel Müller-Schott, cello

All-Dvorák program

Slavonic Dance, Op. 72, No. 6

Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Legend, Op. 59, No. 10

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ("From the New World")

Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at 9:30 pm

Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

Liszt Inspections

Marino Formenti, piano

Liszt: Hungarian Folksong No. 5 in F minor, S.245

Friedrich Cerha: Knabenschwermut, from Slowakische Erinnerungen aus der Kindheit, No. 20

Liszt: Klavierstück No. 2 in A-flat major, S.192

György Kurtág: ...waiting for Susan, from Játékok VI

Liszt: Bagatelle ohne Tonart, S.216a

Ligeti: Étude No. 3: Touches bloquées

Gérard Pesson: Speech of clouds, from Vexierbilder II

Wolfgang Rihm: Klavierstück No. 6 ("Bagatellen")

Wolfgang Rihm: Klavierstück No. 7

Liszt: Michael Mosonyi, from Historische ungarische Bildnisse, S.205

Liszt: Funérailles, from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S.173

Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 6

Liszt: Le lac de Wallenstadt, from Album d'un voyageur, S.156, No. 2

Berio: Wasserklavier

John Adams: China Gates

Liszt: Wiegenlied, S.198

Feldman: Piano Piece (1964)

Liszt: Resignazione, S.263

Presented in association with the NY PHIL BIENNIAL

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Venue info:

Alice Tully Hall, Broadway at 65th Street

Avery Fisher Hall, Broadway at 65th Street

Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 145 W. 46th Street

Clark Studio Theater, Rose Building, 165 W. 65th Street, 7th Floor

David H. Koch Theater, Broadway at 63rd Street

David Rubenstein Atrium, Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets

Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom, 311 W. 34th Street

Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th Street (Time Warner Center)

Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th Street

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Great Performers and the White Light Festival are presentations of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) which 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 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, the 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 its 10 other resident organizations. In addition, LCPA led a $1.2 billion campus renovation, completed in October 2012.

Programs, artists and prices are subject to change.

Lincoln Center is committed to providing and improving accessibility for people with disabilities. For information, call the Department of Programs and Services for People with Disabilities at (212) 875-5375.

Pictured: Bernard Haitink, conductor. Photo Credit: Todd Rosenberg

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