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THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARYFOR THE PERFORMING ARTSD O R O T H Y A N D L E W I S B . C U L L M A N C E N T E R

FREE EXHIBITIONS PERFORMANCE CONVERSATIONS BEYOND THE STAGE FILM

SPRINGSUMMER

2016

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DON'T MISS!

Cirque de JonéePAGE 27

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King LearPAGE 37

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DON'T MISS!

Cage Encounters:From the Merce Cunningham Sound ArchivePAGE 35

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Symphony for the City of the DeadPAGE 31

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

6 Exhibitions

20 Performances

30 Conversations

34 Beyond the Stage

36 Film

40 Calendar

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Free Library Programs and ExhibitionsFEBRUARY – AUGUST 2016

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' brochure is published two times a year

by the Performing Arts Administration Department.

Cheryl Raymond, Manager, Programs and Special Events; Evan Leslie, Artistic Producer; David Callahan,

Principal Librarian, Reserve Film and Video Collection; Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Curator of Exhibitions;

and Caitlin Whittington, Graphics and Exhibition Designer

DON'T MISS!

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I am amazed every day by the incredible variety of artists, scholars, and lovers of performing arts that I encounter at our Library. For fifty years the Library for the Performing Arts, nestled in the heart of Lincoln Center, has been the gathering place – the exhilarating intersection, where diverse artist communities, traditions, and histories meet. We are your home too, so please join us for another season of exhibitions, performances, and educational programs that explore the richly varied universe of the arts.

Whether on the stage of our Auditorium or tableside in our sunny café, our programs offer something for everyone this spring. Concerts celebrate the library’s treasured manuscripts of Beethoven and John Cage, plus the archives of legendary jazz producer George Avakian.

Evenings of dance performance and commentary illuminate the work of George Balanchine, Deborah Zall, David Gordon, and the counter culture figure Rumi Missabu. Interactive café salons, listening events, and cabarets will explore 100 years of Irish culture, the Kander and Ebb songbook, and the sound collection of Merce Cunningham, while our auditorium hosts conversations with luminary scholars, authors, and performers.

In our galleries we are commemorating the legacies of two titan artists: William Shakespeare and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 400 years after his death, Shakespeare continues to influence our understanding of human condition. The Library presents two exhibitions exploring Shakespeare's profound impact on our culture. In the Oenslager gallery, we proudly present Magical Designs for Mozart’s Magic Flute, a one of kind display of beautiful and historic scenic drawings and costumes from Mozart's beloved fantasy opera. We also offer a rich series of performances, programs, and films to accompany these exhibitions, including an evening with Julie Taymor, a performance of Romeo and Juliet by the Public Theater’s Mobile Unit, a festival of string quartets from Mozart’s era, and an April Fool's debate – Shakespeare vs. Mozart: Who’s the greatest genius.

All of the projects listed in this brochure are offered for free, thanks to the generous support of the Friends of the Library for the Performing Arts. I hope you will consider becoming a Friend. With your membership, you will enjoy special benefits, such as reserved seats at select programs and invitations to private receptions and tours.

JACQUELINE Z. DAVIS

Barbara G. and Lawrence A. Fleischman Executive Director

JACQUELINE Z. DAVIS

Barbara G. and Lawrence A. Fleischman Executive Director The New York Public Library for the Performing ArtsDorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

From the Executive Director

Become A Member Today!You help us keep the arts alive and accessible...

LPA is open to performing artists, lifelong learners and the general public for FREE! Join a growing community of arts enthusiasts who support our incredible programs, one-of-a-kind collections, and eye-opening exhibitions. By becoming a Friend of LPA, you’ll enjoy member benefits, while supporting a great cause!

There’s a lot in store at LPA this season – exciting new exhibitions, Shakepeare's Star Turn in America and Magical Designs for Mozart's "Magic Flute", our 50th Anniversary, and much more! Your gift of $50 or more will include an incredible array of benefits, such as:

• Invitations to exclusive exhibition previews and private receptions • Behind-the-scenes tour of LPA collections• Reserved seating at popular events

…and more!

To join, please call 212.592.7581 or visit nypl.org/joinLPA

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Jane Alexander, an Artist for LPA

LPA is instrumental in preserving the legacies of performing artists to cultivate the next generation of creators. Thank you for being a part of our creative community!

For Jane Alexander, LPA has been a vehicle to advancing her career: “My love affair with The Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center began when I first came to New York at the age of 21. When I had a few free hours I would spend them pouring over books, photographs and papers related to playing St. Joan, all the Ibsen heroines, and how the great actresses of the past tackled Shakespeare. At that time I had a wish list of about fifteen classical roles I wanted to play and as the years went by, lo and behold, I managed to play most of them, from Shaw's St. Joan to Ibsen's Mrs. Alving to Shakespeare's Rosalind. This would not have happened without the LPA, my own historian, archivist, and secret mentor.”

To mark this momentous occasion, we hosted a gala evening at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.

At this spectacular event, The Library recognized Barbara Fleischman, Lewis Cullman, and the Jerome Robbins Foundation for their enduring support of LPA, as well as honored Mikhail Baryshnikov, Angela Lansbury, and Jessye Norman for their outstanding contribution to the arts. The legendary Hal Prince served as Honorary Chair.

FRIENDS OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS’

Benefit Film Screening and Q&A of Piaf: Her Story… Her SongsFRI, FEB 19, 2016

6:30 PM Cocktail Reception with Raquel Bitton

7:30 PM Screening and Q&A moderated by James Gavin

The award-winning concert documentary film written by and starring Raquel Bitton, French singer and international renowned interpreter of songs by Edith Piaf.

Purchase Tickets at nypl.org/lpatix or 212.592.7581

$50 Patron (includes cocktail reception) $25 General Admission

All proceeds from this event will benefit the Library for the Performing Arts.

MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV

ANGELA LANSBURY

JESSYE NORMAN

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2016The New York Public Library will

celebrate LPA's 50th Anniversary.

ANGELA LANSBURY PHOTO BY STEPHEN PALEY, MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV PHOTO BY PETER HURLEY, JESSYE NORMAN PHOTO BY JAMES ALEXANDER

Executive Producer: Fred Fuchs Producers: George Elder and Gerald Prolman Music Arranger: Bob Holloway Director: George Elder Writer/Artistic Director: Raquel Bitton

US/Canada/France 2003, 94 minutes


Plaza Corridor GalleryShelby Cullom Davis MuseumExhibitions

“What is your favorite Shakespeare play or character? Your least favorite? Your favorite actor or production?” The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts asked these questions of actors, comics, musicians, designers, and songwriters who use our collections. We were really asking them: “How did Shakespeare inspire you?” See their answers paired with artifacts from our collections when you visit The Library this Spring.

The Genius of Geoffrey Holder

NOW – APRIL 1

If you missed the popular photography and design exhibition, you can catch it downtown as part of Lincoln Center Education's Boro-Linc program.

Manny Cantor Center, The Educational Alliance 197 East Broadway, NYC mannycantor.org

Scenery by Ming Cho Lee

APRIL 28 – SEPTEMBER 11

An exhibition of set models and water colors by the esteemed designer and Master Teacher Ming Cho Lee has toured to Taiwan and China.

Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, NYC mocanyc.org

LEFT: DIRECTOR GEOFFREY HOLDER, DEMONSTRATING FOR STEPHANIE MILLS, AS DOROTHY, AND THE MUNCHKIN CHORUS IN THE WIZ, 1975. PHOTOGRAPH BY MARTHA SWOPE. MARTHA SWOPE COLLECTION, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTSRIGHT: 1/2" SCALE MODEL FOR ELECTRA, DESIGNED BY MING CHO LEE FOR THE NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL'S DELACORTE THEATER, 1964.

JANUARY 20 – MAY 14

Artists for LPA Share Shakespeare...a more personal connection...

Traveling ExhibitionsThis season, you will be able to see Library for the Performing Arts exhibitions in venues around the City.

PHOTO CREDITS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: (FIRST ROW) MIKEL ROUSE, CAROL BURNETT, DAVID LANG PHOTO BY PETER SERLING, JANE ALEXANDER PHOTO BY JOAN MARCUS, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA PHOTO BY MATTHEW MURPHY; (SECOND ROW) CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON, DEREK MCLANE, STING PHOTO BY FRANK OCKENFELS, SUSAN STROMAN PHOTO BY PAUL KOLNIK, DAVID LINDSAY ABAIRE; (THIRD ROW) ALAN CUMMING, PATTI LUPONE PHOTO BY AXEL DUPEUX, STEPHEN SONDHEIM PHOTO BY JERRY JACKSON, KATE BURTON PHOTO BY CHERRY ORCHARD HUNTINGTON, MICHAEL FEINSTEIN PHOTO BY AJ MAST

6 Free Programs and Exhibitions


Vincent Astor GalleryShelby Cullom Davis MuseumExhibitions

The multimedia exhibition Shakespeare's Star Turn in America uses artifacts from the Library for the Performing Arts’ unique collection to document the on-going popularity of the Shakespeare plays in North America from the Colonial times to the present.They include broadsides and programs, engravings and photographs, original set and costume designs, set models and costumes, letters detailing tour conditions, and prompt scripts used by Edwin Booth, Orson Welles, Katharine Hepburn, and actors in recent Shakespeare Festival productions.

Visitors will learn which plays were performed when, where and how they served American social history. Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth will be well represented. But so will King John (seldom seen now, but popular just before and after the Revolution), the Roman history plays (frequently performed in the 1930s for their emphasis on individuals’ political responsibility), and the pageant version of The Tempest created for the 1916 Tercentenary. Artifacts and media for Much Ado about Nothing and other comedies will reveal the non-traditional casting and period switches typical of contemporary American Shakespeare festivals.

LEFT: WATER COLOR BY ACTOR E.H. SOTHERN OF HAMLET, HORATIO, AND THE GRAVEDIGGER IN THE GRAVEYARD SCENE, CA. 1900.SOTHERN AND MARLOWE COLLECTIONABOVE:

FEBRUARY 18 – MAY 27

Shakespeare's Star Turn in America

Watching Dancing Henry FiveMON, FEB 8 | 6 PM

The Library for the Performing Arts will screen a 2011 performance of David Gordon’s Dancing Henry Five, based on Henry V by William Shakespeare. Gordon will be joined by cast members including Valda Setterfield and Karen Graham, along with producer Alyce Dissette, original commissioning presenter for Danspace Project Laurie Uprichard, and Jedediah Wheeler, Executive Director of Peak Performances at Montclair State University, where the 2011 performance was recorded.

Reservations at nypl.org/lpa/events & the welcome desk

Shakespeare, Love and SpringTHURS, FEB 11 | 6 PM

Songs of women in love, doomed love, and universal love, presented by Duo MezzoPiano - pianist Zelia Chueke and mezzo-soprano Sophia Chueke.

Shakespeare | For the PublicTHURS, FEB 25 AT 7 PM

For the Public, NYPL’s new monthly collaborative arts series returns to Lincoln Center for a celebration of Shakespeare’s enduring power and relevance. Celebrated NYC poet Miles Hodges curates an evening of contemporary poems and stories about jealousy, interspersed with excerpts of plays and sonnets by Shakespeare on the same theme. Shakespeare’s immortal words share the stage with today’s most imaginative and incisive artists.


The Public Theater Mobile UnitShakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet

Directed by Lear deBessonetWED, MAR 23 | 7 PM

Cafe at LPA

The Public’s Mobile Unit is a reinvention of Joseph Papp’s Mobile Shakespeare, which he began in 1957, evolving into the New York Shakespeare Festival and ultimately becoming The Public Theater. Joseph Papp, whose papers reside at the Library for the Performing Arts, had a simple idea—that Shakespeare belongs to everyone—and this idea remains at the heart of the Public Theater’s work to this day. The Library hosts a special presentation of Romeo and Juliet by the Mobile Shakespeare Unit, along with a pop-exhibition of early Mobile Shakespeare artifacts from the Joseph Papp papers.


Shakespeare vs. Mozart: A Library DebateFRI, APR 1 | 7 PM

For four hundred years, western culture has continuously looked to Shakespeare to share the truth of the human condition. On the other hand, the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart miraculously captures the sublime and expresses the inexpressible. As the Library presents concurrent exhibitions celebrating the work of Shakespeare and of Mozart, the question must be answered - who is the greatest genius? In one corner: Shakespeare experts from The Shakespeare Society and the New Yorker magazine. In the other corner: Mozart defenders from the Mostly Mozart Festival and the Mozart Society of America. Each

Exhibition Programs


side will battle with competing evidence, utilizing live performances and historic materials from The Library’s archives. Q2 Music’s Brothers Balliett moderate this epic clash of titans. One night only. Who will win? This is not a joke!

Presented in collaboration with Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival.

Reservations at nypl.org/lpa/events & the welcome desk.

BBC SHAKESPEARE

FILM As You Like It TUES, APR 5 | 2 PM

Directed by Michael Elliott, Ronald Eyre 140 minutes, 1963 with Vanessa Redgrave

An Evening with Julie Taymor MON, APR 11 | 6 PM

This holiday season, in movie theaters across the country, audiences marveled as The Magic Flute’s three spirits soared upon the back of a glistening, feathered bird puppet. At Theater for a New Audience last season, Shakespeare’s dream world came to life, as Puck and other sprites slid across gravity defying, giant silken sheets. In countless other brilliant projects, with puppetry, mime, light and shadows, Julie Taymor, award- winning director of theater and film, has made magic and myth seem real. As the Library celebrates both Shakespeare and Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Taymor sits down with SITI Artistic Director Anne Bogart for a fascinating conversation about designing and directing theater, opera, and film. (Date subject to change)


BBC SHAKESPEARE

FILM King Lear TUES, APR 12 | 2 PM

Directed by Ronald Eyre 150 minutes, 1998 with Ian Holm

As You Like It: A Brothers Balliett Shakespeare PartyTUES, APR 19 | 7 PM

Cafe at LPA

The Brothers Balliett and a lively troupe of some of New York’s most adventurous musicians come to the library to lead an interactive group reading of As You Like It. Sit among a circle of instrumentalists and singers, and take a turn reading a scene from Shakespeare’s beloved pastoral comedy, with an original soundtrack provided by Brad and Doug Balliett.


BBC SHAKESPEARE

FILM Taming of the Shrew TUES, APR 26 | 2 PM

Directed by David Richards 90 minutes, 2005 with Shirley Henderson

part of Shakespeare Retold series

BBC SHAKESPEARE

FILM Simon Schama - Shakespeare and UsTUES, MAY 3 | 2 PM

100 minutes, 2012

with historian Simon Schama

Presented in conjunction with Shakespeare's Star Turn in America



MARCH 31 – AUGUST 27

Magical Designs for Mozart's Magic Flute

DESIGNS FOR PAPAPGENO IN THE MAGIC FLUTETOP LEFT: RICHARD RYCHTARIK FOR THE METROPOLITAN OPERA, 1941.RICHARD RYCHTARIK DESIGNS, MUSIC DIVISION, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.TOP RIGHT: JEAN PIERRE PONNELLE FOR THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL, 1978, COURTESY OF THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL.LOWER LEFT: JUN KANEKO FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO OPERA, 2013, COURTESY OF THE JUN KANEKO STUDIO.LOWER RIGHT: GERALD SCARFE FOR THE LOS ANGELES OPERA, 1993, COURTESY OF GERALD SCARFE.

Donald and Mary Oenslager GalleryShelby Cullom Davis MuseumExhibitions

“Magical Designs for Mozart’s Magic Flute” is an exhibition that compares scenic and costume designs from a select group of 19th, 20th, and 21st century productions extolled for their remarkable visual achievement. Included are rare renderings from historic productions in the holdings of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Conceived and curated by acclaimed theatrical designer Judy Levin and organized by the Kent State University Museum in partnership with the Library, it will include designs, set models, properties, and costumes.

Premiered in 1791, the Magic Flute has inspired countless teams of directors and designers to create imaginative productions beguiling audiences of all ages. This is the tale of Prince Tamino and his efforts to rescue Pamina, the abducted daughter of the Queen of the Night. He is armed with a magic flute, accompanied by the Queen’s bird catcher, Papageno, with magic bells, and guided by three young boys. Tamino finds Pamina, and after enduring tests and trials, finds enlightenment. The struggle between the Queen of the Night and Sarastro, the high priest of Isis and Osiris, representing the forces of light, and the eventual triumph of reason and virtue, set to Mozart’s sublime music, have delighted audiences worldwide for over two centuries.

The group of productions to be featured will include those emphasizing the masonic themes, replete with Egyptian and exotic motifs, as well as re-envisioned and more abstract versions that set the scene in later times and places. Costumes from the Metropolitan Opera’s 1967 production designed by Marc Chagall and their 2004 production designed by Julie Taymor; from the Salzburg Festival, including productions designed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Achim Freyer, and Karel Appel are included in the exhibition. Stage designs by Joseph Hoffmann, Richard Rychtarik, David Hockney, Maurice Sendak, Gerald Scarfe, Philip Prowse, Julie Taymor, William Kentridge, John Conklin, and Jun Kaneko will be featured among others. This unique exhibition will provide an unparalleled opportunity to examine the varying visual interpretations of this singular opera by exceptional theatre artists.

The exhibition is organized by the Kent State University Museum in partnership with the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and is supported by a Sustainability Grant from the Ohio Arts Council. The Kent State University Museum gratefully acknowledges generous support from Moshe Amitay, Noach and Joan Amitay, Edna Erez, Thrive Integrated Physical Therapy, Anitra B. Webster.

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For four hundred years, western culture has continuously looked to Shakespeare to share the truth of the human condition. On the other hand, the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart miraculously captures the sublime and expresses the inexpressible. As the Library presents concurrent exhibitions celebrating the work of Shakespeare and of Mozart, the question must be answered - who is the greatest genius? In one corner: Shakespeare experts from The Shakespeare Society and the New Yorker magazine. In the other corner: Mozart defenders from the Mostly Mozart Festival and the Mozart Society of America. Each side will battle with competing evidence, utilizing live performances and historic materials

from The Library’s archives. Q2 Music’s Brothers Balliett moderate this epic clash of titans. One night only. Who will win? This is not a joke!



The Magic Flute in ConcertSAT, APR 2 | 2:30 PM

As a preview of their upcoming presentation of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, the Juilliard School’s Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts offers a concert of highlight arias and scenes. Pulling from the Library’s extensive collection of scenic and costume designs, Juilliard students will perform in front of a changing digital backdrop of beautiful images from rarely seen historic productions,

Exhibition Programs


including the The Metropolitan Opera’s premier version from 1900. Enjoy the talents of opera’s future stars and see a collage Magic Flute visions from two centuries of designers.


This holiday season, in movie theaters across the country, audiences marveled as The Magic Flute’s three spirits soared upon the back of a glistening, feathered bird puppet. At Theater for a New Audience last season, Shakespeare’s dream world came to life, as Puck and other sprites slid across gravity defying, giant silken sheets. In countless other brilliant projects, with puppetry, mime, light and shadows, Julie Taymor, award-winning director of theater and film, has made magic and myth seem real. As the Library celebrates both Shakespeare and Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Taymor sits down with SITI Artistic Director Anne Bogart for a fascinating conversation about designing and directing theater, opera, and film. (Date subject to change)


NOT MOZART QUARTET FEST: STRING QUARTETS IN THE TIME OF MOZART

Diderot Quartet: Haydn and His Students IISAT, APR 23 | 2:30 PM

Diderot Quartet proudly presents the second installment of its 'Haydn and his Students' series. This program includes music by Haydn (naturally) and by Anton Ferdinand Titz, who likely studied with Haydn before embarking

upon an illustrious musical career in St. Petersburg and crafting some of his own extraordinary string quartets. The program closes with the deservedly famous 'Harp' quartet by Haydn's most renowned student, Beethoven. Have the disciples out-composed their mentor? You be the judge!

NOT MOZART QUARTET FEST: STRING QUARTETS IN THE TIME OF MOZART

Emergence Quartet: Opera by FourSAT, APR 30 | 2:30 PM

In Mozart’s time the otherworldly sounds of The Magic Flute universe were created by violins with sheep gut strings and snakewood bows. The acclaimed Boston based period instrument ensemble, the Emergence Quartet, comes to the Library to perform music by composers of Mozart’s era on instruments Mozart would have recognized. Join us for a concert of works by Haydn and Richter, plus a fascinating compilation of Magic Flute arias, arranged to be played for home entertainment in 1800.

FILM The Magic FluteMON, MAY 16 | 6 PM

Directed by Ingmar Bergman

135 minutes, 1975In Swedish with English subtitles

An Afternoon of Opera and SongsSAT, MAY 21 | 2:30 PM

Presented by the Manhattan Opera Association featuring selections from Mozart's The Magic Flute.

Presented in conjunction with Magical Designs for Mozart's Magic Flute


JOSEPH HOFFMANN DESIGN FOR THE MAGIC FLUTE, 1865. MUSIC DIVISION, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Plaza Corridor GalleryShelby Cullom Davis Museum


Exhibitions

LEFT: FOR DECADES, FESTIVAL BUTTONS WERE A FAVORITE AUDIENCE COLLECTIBLE. PHOTO BY KARISSA KRENZ.

Lincoln Center launched America’s first indoor summer music festival as “Midsummer Serenades: A Mozart Festival” in August 1966, while portions of New York City’s new performing arts campus were still under construction. The four-week-long experiment filled a hole, not only in the schedule of the recently opened Philharmonic Hall (now David Geffen Hall), but also in the traditionally empty summertime cultural calendar. Everyone was encouraged to dress casually, and $3 tickets gave affordable access to the pleasure of Mozart—then an infrequently performed composer—presented in the novelty of air-conditioned comfort. The idea was a success from the start, and by 1970 the festival had transformed into Mostly Mozart.

The maverick spirit of the festival led to many innovations over the decades, from the creation of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra to the introduction of a wide array of composers related to Mozart, and now a strong commitment to contemporary music. The inauguration of the orchestral music director position with Gerard Schwarz’s appointment in 1982 ushered in a period of artistic growth that continues today under the inspired leadership of Renée and Robert Belfer Music Director Louis Langrée and Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Jane Moss, who has brought late-night recitals, staged operas, dance, film, free performances, and a dramatic annual David Geffen Hall stage reconfiguration to the festival.

Mozart Forever: Fifty Years of the Mostly Mozart Festival celebrates a festival that revolutionized New York City’s summertime music scene and renewed the world’s appreciation for one of Western music’s greatest creative minds. Through artwork, photographs, memorabilia, interviews, concert excerpts, and more, the exhibition traces Mostly Mozart’s history, illuminating the path from its all-Mozart roots to its current ambitious, visionary place in the cultural landscape.

The exhibition is part of the 50th anniversary celebration of Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival. Visit MostlyMozart.org for more information and a calendar of events.

Special support for the 50th anniversary of Mostly Mozart is generously provided by Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Howard Solomon, and Rita E. and Gustave M. Hauser. Additional support provided by The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund and The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation.

MAY 24 – AUGUST 27

Mozart ForeverFifty Years of the Mostly Mozart Festival


Vincent Astor GalleryShelby Cullom Davis MuseumExhibitions

Contemporary American music of the mid-20th century enjoyed a somewhat golden age. Multiple generations of jazz masters, such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, and Sonny Rollins, were popular and active simultaneously, expanding the music's horizons while still producing older styles. At the same time, a new coterie of modern composers, including John Cage, Lou Harrison, Frank Wigglesworth, Alan Hovhaness, and Ben Weber, had emerged and were pushing the boundaries of what music could be.

These two streams of musical modernism met in the marriage of the record producer George Avakian and the violinist Anahid Ajemian. Active for over 60 years, Avakian in many ways helped redefine the record industry of his era and ushered to the world an enormous variety of popular and artistic music, often both at the same time. Anahid Ajemian, as well as her sister, pianist Maro Ajemian, dedicated her artistic life to nurturing and performing contemporary music, from Cage and Henry Cowell to Weber and, later in her career, Elliott Carter. This exhibition is derived largely from George Avakian's and Anahid Ajemian's personal archives of photographs, recordings, memorabilia, oral histories, writings, letters, and other papers. It explores both of their careers and, through them, some of the most important musicians of all time. It also provides a unique way of viewing the important musical developments of their era through the lens of both artistic and commercial recording considerations, as well the development of the recording industry as a whole.

LEFT: VIOLINIST ANAHID AJEMIAN AND HER HUSBAND, PRODUCER GEORGE AVAKIAN, DURING THE FIRST TOUR OF EUROPE BY ANAHID AND HER SISTER, THE PIANIST MARO AJEMIAN, IN 1949.

JUNE 21 – SEPTEMBER 24

“Music for Moderns”The Partnership of George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian

Beethoven Encounters: Archduke TrioSAT, FEB 6 | 2:30 PM

New York Classical Players and The Library for the Performing Arts offer another afternoon of Beethoven chamber music and conversation. In addition to a rare performance of Beethoven’s own trio arrangement of his Second Symphony, this final Beethoven Encounters program focuses on the monumental Piano Trio in B flat major, Op. 97 - the “Archduke.” See the Library’s treasured manuscript for this Beethoven masterwork. Hear virtuosic and thoughtfully prepared performances from some of New York’s most gifted young musicians, and learn how performers make choices as an ensemble, enliven music that is centuries old, and, using horsehair, steel, and wood, create sounds that invigorate and move us.

Shakespeare, Love and SpringTHURS, FEB 11 | 6 PM

Songs of Women in love, doomed love, and universal love, presented by Duo MezzoPiano - pianist Zelia Chueke and mezzo-soprano Sophia Chueke.

Ms. OrientalSAT, FEB 13 | 2:30 PM

In a time where diversity seems to be a heated issue everywhere and especially in the performing arts community, how do we embrace the conversation on representation and identity? We put it in a play. Ms. Oriental is a new American play by Asian American writer Marisa Marquez. When an Asian American

actress finds herself among some of the most influential women in Asian history, she takes a magical theatrical journey that forces her to question her own identity. When she awakens to the reality of a hospital bed, she finds the road to self discovery blocked by her own despair. Join us for a reading of Ms. Oriental, followed by a dialogue between the performers, playwright, and the audience.

Louis, Benny, the Duke, and George: Sammy Miller and The Congregation Celebrates George Avakian THURS, FEB 18 | 6 PM

Music producer, artist manager, writer, and educator George Avakian has profoundly impacted the history of American music, especially jazz. He practically invented the 78rpm jazz album, and as a senior producer at Columbia, RCA, and other companies, he collaborated with and championed such diverse artists as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, John Cage, Alan Hovhaness, Keith Jarrett, and Sonny Rollins. In celebration of Avakian’s outstanding contributions to jazz and

the recent acquisition of Avakian archive, The Library for the Performing Arts presents an evening of conversation and music. Avakian shares his memories with rising star drummer and band leader Sammy Miller. Miller will also perform with his band, The Congregation, tunes by Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, and Duke Ellington, all artists championed by Avakian.


Bruno Walter Auditorium111 Amsterdam AvenuePerformances

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Spend your lunch break listening to The Gotham Jazzmen, and find yourself transported to a simpler time, where the melodies swing and using your "library voice" does not apply.

FEATURING

Pete Sokolow, Piano; Lee Lorenz, Cornet; James Lincoln Collier, Trombone; Ernie Lumer, Clarinet; Ed Bonoff, Drums; Skip Muller, Bass.

Please enter by 111 Amsterdam Avenue. Doors open at 11:45 AM.

TUESDAYS | 12 PMFEB 2, 9, 16, 23 MAR 1, 8, 15, 22, 29APR 5, 12, 19, 26 MAY 3, 10, 17, 24, 31JUNE 7, 14, 21, 28

Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen

Join us for our monthly series where we introduce you to new music by an emerging Broadway composer/lyricist with performances by Broadway vocalists.

Presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul.Directed by John Znidarsic.

SELECT MONDAYS | 6 PMFEB 29, MAR 28, APR 25, MAY 23

Songbook: Broadway's Future

FEB 6

Beethoven Encounters

FEB 18

Sammy Miller

Beethoven and a Bouquet of French GemsSAT, FEB 20 | 2:30 PM

Critically acclaimed concert pianist Raj Bhimani performs throughout the world. He’s especially noted for his masterful interpretations of modern French music. Bhimani shares a program of Beethoven masterworks, paired with French gems.

Tomoya Plays...MON, FEB 22 | 6 PM

Internationally renowned Tomoya Aomori is a multi-talented musician, featured on stages across the globe as a pianist, composer, bassist, and percussionist. Through his vast knowledge and experience of both jazz and classical music, Tomoya strives to integrate the two traditions in an individualistic, innovative approach, breaking the boundaries of musical genres. Join us for a truly unique and unpredictable evening with one of the world’s most creative and talented musical chameleons.


Shakespeare | For the PublicTHURS, FEB 25 | 7 PM

For the Public, NYPL’s new monthly collaborative arts series returns to Lincoln Center for a celebration of Shakespeare’s enduring power and relevance. Celebrated NYC poet Miles Hodges curates an evening of contemporary poems and stories about jealousy, interspersed with excerpts of plays and sonnets by Shakespeare on the same theme. Shakespeare’s immortal words share the stage with today’s most imaginative and and incisive artists.


She Walks in Beauty: Songs by Women ComposersSAT, MAR 5 | 2:30 PM

Versatile tenor Aram Tchobanian deftly champions composers from all eras, singing comfortably in over 25 languages. In celebration of Women’s History Month

Tchobanian offers a recital of songs by women composers from around the globe and across music history. Enjoy rarely heard a cappella chants by the the 9th century Byzantine nun Kassia, music by Queen Anne Boleyn, Romantic gems by Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn, plus more contemporary works by women from France, Scotland, Armenia, and America, including a world premier performance of a song cycle by Alma Hamilton.

What Do the Great Composers Bach, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff Have in Common? THURS, MAR 10 | 6 PM

Bach, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff - today, their music is among the most loved of their respective eras: Baroque, Classical and Romantic. All three were performers of the keyboard at the highest level. Classical guitarist Enrique Orengo and pianist Sayuri Iida present an exciting tour through music history.

Pictures at an ExhibitionSAT, MAR 19 | 2:30 PM

The Mexican-born pianist/composer Max Lifchitz performs Mussorgsky's ever-popular Pictures at an Exhibition, as well as his own Piano Silhouettes, inspired by pictures by artist Elisabeth Condon.

Letters by Women: The Edward T. Cone Foundation Composers ConcertSAT, MAR 26 | 2:30 PM

Joy in Singing presents a recital of art song settings, by such noteworthy composers as Dominick Argento, Libby Larsen, Juliana Hall, and Daron Hagen, both historic and contemporary, of

women’s correspondence. Hear song settings of letters by Edna St. Vincent Millay, letters between Calamity Jane and her daughter Janie, plus letters of women during the Civil War.

Magic in a New York State of MindTHURS, MAR 31 | 6 PM

Amazing and confounding miracles will be performed by conjurors from the local Assembly of the Society of American Magicians. Founded in 1902, the Assembly’s members have included many magical greats, including Harry Houdini, Howard Thurston, and David Copperfield. The show will include performances from long-time veterans as well as up and coming magicians who are at the forefront of the art. In addition to an evening of great magic, the event will celebrate the remarkable history of magic in New York and the contributions of local magicians to the worldwide magical community.

The Magic Flute in ConcertSAT, APR 2 | 2:30 PM

As a preview of their upcoming presentation of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, the Juilliard School’s Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts offers a concert of highlight arias and scenes. Pulling from the Library’s extensive collection of scenic and costume designs, Juilliard students will perform in front of a changing digital backdrop of beautiful images from rarely seen historic productions, including The Metropolitan Opera’s premier version from 1900. Enjoy the talents of opera’s future stars and see a collage of Magic Flute visions from two centuries of designers.



FEB 22

Tomoya Plays...

MAR 31

Magic In a New York State of Mind

HARRY HANDCUFF HOUDINI: THE JAIL BREAKER POSTER, 1900-1906. BILLY ROSE THEATRE DIVISION, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.

an original Cockette, San Francisco's gender-bending, psychedelic early 70s performance troupe, Rumi has continued to provoke and enchant audiences with legendary performances on stage and screen around the world. Help us commemorate a historic artistic career, moderated by NYU professor and noted drag historian Joe E. Jeffreys.


Diderot Quartet: Haydn and His Students IISAT, APR 23 | 2:30 PM

Diderot Quartet proudly presents the second installment of its 'Haydn and his Students' series. This program includes music by Haydn (naturally) and by Anton Ferdinand Titz, who likely studied with Haydn before embarking upon an illustrious musical career in St. Petersburg and crafting some of his own extraordinary string quartets. The

program closes with the deservedly famous 'Harp' quartet by Haydn's most renowned student, Beethoven. Have the disciples out-composed their mentor? You be the judge!

David Gordon: Live Archiveography IIITHURS, APR 28 | 6 PM

David Gordon returns to The Library for the Performing Arts for a third installment of Live Archiveography. In the process of compiling and organizing an archive chronicling his five decade career in movement and theater art, Gordon offers a third evening of scripted storytelling, movement, and conversation. Mixed media projections provide further perspective on the artist’s life and work. Experience an artist examining, interpreting, and questioning his own creative process and taking questions from the audience.


The Disc Jockey Was A LadyTHURS, APR 14 | 6 PM

The story of lady disc jockeys during World War II... this play with music features musical theater veteran Ross Hewitt, who, with Dolly Ellen, portrays multiple characters in the show (with some vocals thrown in from Broadway accompanist and musical director, Phil Hall). The score features heartwarming songs of the forties from

such songwriters as Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Rodgers and Hart, as well as toe-tapping trios in classic Andrews Sisters’ style.

Broadway ShowstoppersSAT, APR 16 | 2:30 PM

Vocalist Jenny Lynn Stewart performs an afternoon of showstoppers from Broadway musicals of the ‘40s and ‘50s by such composers as Richard Rodgers, Leonard Bernstein, Irving Berlin, and more.

A Cocktail of Glamour and Anarchy: The Rumi Missabu PapersTHURS, APR 21 | 6 PM

Celebrating the Library's recent acquisition of his archive, the infamous, elusive, and seminal counterculture figure Rumi Missabu returns to the Bruno Walter Auditorium for an evening of pageantry, dance, film, music, and memories, including a gaggle of special guests, surprises, and the world premiere of The Last Days Of Pompeii, a new short dance and theatre attraction, conceived, directed, and narrated by Missabu. Since his days as



APR 21

A Cocktail of Glamour and Anarchy

JAN 21 AND 28

David Gordon

APR 23

Diderot Quartet

PHOTO BY DANIEL NICOLETTA

An Afternoon of Opera and SongsSAT, MAY 21 | 2:30 PM

Presented by the Manhattan Opera Association featuring selections from Mozart's The Magic Flute.

Cage Encounters: Percussion and TapeSAT, JUNE 4 | 2:30 PM

The Library for the Performing Arts presents another immersive concert exploring the imaginative and innovative works of John Cage. Join us for a dynamic program of percussion works, plus a recreation of a historic 1989 performance of the tape-piece “Rozart,” which featured Lou Reed, Steven Severin, Bobby Short, Todd Rundgren, and David Byrne. See a pop-up exhibition of Cage’s colorful and precisely drafted manuscripts, and participate in an in-concert conversation between the performers and Library artistic producer Evan Leslie.

Xerxes (Serse) by George Frideric HändelSAT, JUNE 18 | 1:30 PM

The New York Opera Forum presents a concert version of Xerxes, directed by Richard Nechamkin.

Cirque de JonéeMON, JUNE 20 | 2:30 PM AND 6 PM

Jacqueline Jonée, the world's première concert pianist drag diva, and the JouJou Jacquettes Philharmonic Orchestra, return to the stage to dazzle audiences with a high wire, three ring circus presentation, along with special guests Mary Ellen Buckwold and Laura Holmes. Enjoy the spectacle and laughs, plus music by Mozart, Liszt, Chaplin, Sondheim, and Bernstein.

Piano Masterworks on a Saturday AfternoonSAT, JUNE 25 | 2:30 PM

Pianist Charles Jones performs works by Beethoven, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, and Brahms. The Beethoven Sonata Op.81a in E Flat Major, is programmatic with three movements titled Farewell, Absence and Return. The program continues with Debussy’s evocative set of character pieces, Pour le Piano, two Short Rachmaninoff pieces, and concludes with Brahms's monumental Sonata in f minor.

Emergence Quartet: Opera by FourSAT, APR 30 | 2:30 PM

In Mozart’s time the otherworldly sounds of The Magic Flute universe were created by violins with sheep gut strings and snakewood bows. The acclaimed Boston based period instrument ensemble, the Emergence Quartet, comes to the Library to perform music by composers of Mozart’s era on instruments Mozart would have recognized. Join us for a concert of works by Haydn and Richter, plus a fascinating compilation of Magic Flute arias, arranged to be played for home entertainment in 1800.

Cage Encounters: Adam Tendler on John Cage’s Piano Works SAT, MAY 7 | 2:30 PM

The Library for the Performing Arts presents an immersive exploration of one of America’s most inventive,

courageous, spiritual, and iconoclastic artists, John Cage. For this first Cage Encounters event, the critically celebrated Cage champion Adam Tendler offers a recital that showcases the range and imagination of Cage’s piano music. See a pop-up exhibition of Cage’s colorful and precisely drafted manuscripts, and join Tendler and Library artistic producer Evan Leslie in a conversation that promises to illuminate and enhance your listening experience.

The Deborah Zall Project: In the Company of Women MON, MAY 9 | 6 PM

Dancer, choreographer, and teacher Deborah Zall remains one of the few active artists who received the work of Martha Graham directly from Graham. She is internationally known for her dramatic solo portrayals of women. For this very special evening, Zall and Kenneth Topping discuss the process of re-staging her work, illustrated by film footage from the Library’s archive, juxtaposed with live performances by current and former Graham company dancers.


Celebrate BroadwayTHURS, MAY 26 | 6 PM

A concert of selections from favorite musicals, presented by Harwood Management Vocal Artists.



MAY 7

Cage Encounters

APR 30

Emergence Quartet

Salon Éire 100: Poetry IrelandFRI, MAY 13 | 7 PM

Join us on a journey through one hundred years of Irish poetry read by performers, actors, and poets, hosted by Professor Clair Wills, Irish literature and culture expert. Featuring the 2016 chosen participant of Poetry Ireland's program "Introductions - Introducing Poets to the Craft of Poetry, to the Public," along with many classic and newly minted Irish poems Irish poems.

In the Café at LPA


Salon Éire 100: Out of the Ashes Conor Linehan in RecitalTHURS, MAY 19 | 6 PM

Conor Linehan, acclaimed pianist and composer of the Abbey Theatre-Ireland’s National Theatre, offers a musical exploration of Irish history. In this informal concert, Conor performs music from the period of the 1916 Easter Rising, when Ireland began their revolution against British rule, up to contemporary music from Ireland in 2016. Conor will play and discuss music by early twentieth and twenty first century Irish and Irish related composers, such as Victor Herbert and Arnold Bax, along with excerpts from Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, which commemorates friends of the composer who lost their lives in World War I. In addition Conor will perform his

own contemporary compositions and improvisations on Irish songs of 1916, and will discuss the material played and the cultural and political context in which the music was created. This concert promises to be an entertaining, moving, and informative musical account of 100 years of Irish history

In the Bruno Walter Auditorium


No Country for Old Men: 21st Century Irish Writers on Transformations Personal & Public FRI MAY 27 | 7 PM

Ireland is a microcosm of our planet's social and political upheavals from World War One to the present--religion, gender, sexuality, tribe, class, national and transitional and transnational identity. From colony to Celtic tiger, writers have chronicled and critiqued the conventional wisdoms, inner and outer, that characterize the nation and the state of Ireland, continually poised between the old and the new. Join this wide ranging conversation, hosted by publishing icon Richard Nash, with the next generation of Irish writers including Liz Nugent and Danielle McLaughlin, sorting out what it means to be Irish, to be a writer.

In the Café at LPA


Celebrating 100 years of Irish Arts and CultureSalon Éire 100


MAY 19

Conor Linehan

SalonEire100.com

Supported by Culture Ireland as part of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme.

Salon Éire 100 is an exhilarating and engaging line up of performances and exhibits by contemporary Irish artists, created to reflect on and celebrate one hundred years of Irish culture.

A May 2016 city-wide festival produced by Alison McKenna, Salon Éire 100 features multi-disciplinary presentations of art, photography, literature, music, and poetry, in venues across New York City, including The Library for the Performing Arts, the Irish Consulate, and The American Irish Historical Society.

Watching Dancing Henry FiveMON, FEB 8 | 6 PM

The Library for the Performing Arts will screen a 2011 performance of David Gordon’s Dancing Henry Five, based on Henry V by William Shakespeare. Gordon will be joined by cast members including Valda Setterfield and Karen Graham, along with producer Alyce Dissette, original commissioning presenter for Danspace Project Laurie Uprichard, and Jedediah Wheeler, Executive Director of Peak Performances at Montclair State University, where the 2011 performance was recorded.


LIFE UPON THE WICKED STAGE: NEW BOOKS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS

Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of LeningradMON, MAR 7 | 6 PM

In his new book, National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson delivers a brilliant and riveting account of the Siege of Leningrad and the role played by Russian composer Shostakovich and his “Leningrad” Symphony. Learn the true story of a city under siege; the triumph of bravery and defiance in the face of terrifying odds; and the power—and layered meaning—of music in beleaguered lives.

Gingold Theatrical Group’s annual Shaw SymposiumMON, MAR 14 | 6 PM

Join GTG’s artistic director David Staller and an international team of actors, directors, and Shaw scholars to examine

some of the provocative themes most redolent in the production of George Bernard Shaw’s Widowers’ Houses that will have just opened the night before at The Beckett Theatre on Theatre Row. The play challenges our moral compass with issues of sex, greed, and real estate.


Balanchine’s Serenade: An Evening of Films, Commentary, and Memories THURS, MAR 24 | 6 PM

In 1934, George Balanchine completed his first original ballet in America, “Serenade." Today, “Serenade" continues to be a beloved signature work in New York City Ballet’s repertory, and is danced by companies across this and many other nations. In August, Alastair Macaulay, chief dance critic of

Bruno Walter Auditorium111 Amsterdam AvenueConversations


FEB 8

Dancing Henry Five

MAR 7

The New York Times, and Robert Greskovic, who writes about dance for the Wall Street Journal, chaired a seminar with Balanchine dancers and scholars. Join them now for an evening of rarely seen historic and noteworthy films, photographs, and expert commentary in which they share their findings.



For four hundred years, western culture has continuously looked to Shakespeare to share the truth of the human condition. On the other hand, the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart miraculously captures the sublime and expresses the inexpressible. As the Library presents concurrent exhibitions celebrating the work of Shakespeare and of Mozart, the question must be answered - who is the greatest genius? In one corner: Shakespeare experts

from The Shakespeare Society and the New Yorker magazine. In the other corner: Mozart defenders from the Mostly Mozart Festival and the Mozart Society of America. Each side will battle with competing evidence, utilizing live performances and historic materials from The Library’s archives. Q2 Music’s Brothers Balliett moderate this epic clash of titans. One night only. Who will win? This is not a joke!



An Evening with Oskar Eustis and Neil MurrayMON, APR 4 | 6 PM

Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director of The Public Theater, engages a trans-Atlantic conversation about theater, culture, and community focused arts presentation with Neil Murray, Executive Producer of the National Theater of Scotland.



This holiday season, in movie theaters across the country, audiences marveled as The Magic Flute’s three spirits soared upon the back of a glistening, feathered bird puppet. At Theater for a New Audience last season, Shakespeare’s dream world came to life, as Puck and other sprites slid across gravity defying, giant silken sheets. In countless other brilliant projects, with puppetry, mime,

light and shadows, Julie Taymor, award-winning director of theater and film, has made magic and myth seem real. As the Library celebrates both Shakespeare and Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Taymor sits down with SITI Artistic Director Anne Bogart for a fascinating conversation about designing and directing theater, opera, and film. (Date subject to change)


League of Professional Theatre Women: Oral History ProjectMON, JUN 27 | 6 PM

A conversation with prominent women in theatre, as part of the League’s ongoing series which chronicles and documents the contributions of significant women in theatre.

Emanuel Ax’s Listen ListJUNE 30 | 6 PM

What would internationally acclaimed concert pianist Emanuel Ax listen to while taking a relaxing walk through Central Park? What’s on his dinner party playlist? What recording changed his life? What’s his favorite Mozart moment? Get to know one of the music world’s most thoughtful and admired artists through the recordings he loves. Join us for a conversation with Emanuel Ax, and listen to the recordings that have influenced and inspired him throughout his career, including rarely heard historic performances found in the Library’s vast recorded sound archive.



Bruno Walter Auditorium111 Amsterdam AvenueConversations


MAR 24

Emanuel AxPHOTO BY LISA MARIE MAZZUCCO

NEW YORK CITY BALLET PRODUCTION OF SERENADE WITH PATRICIA MCBRIDE AND NICHOLAS MAGALLANES, ON FLOOR ARE MIMI PAUL AND ALLEGRA KENT, CHOREOGRAPHY BY GEORGE BALANCHINE. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.

MAR 24

Balanchine's Serenade

Kander and Ebb Sing Along Show and TellWED, MAY 11 | 7 PM

The Library’s popular sing along series returns to celebrate the incomparable song writing team John Kander and Fred Ebb, on the 20th anniversary year of their Broadway hit Chicago. The Library for the Performing Arts’ collection includes many one-of-kind artifacts related to the creation of Chicago, plus correspondence, costume designs, music manuscripts, and other materials from their many hits, including “Ring Them Bells,” “Cabaret,” and “Theme from New York, New York.” Come see these rare materials and sing along to live performances of your favorite Kander and Ebb numbers.


Victor Herbert: Irish-American HeroSAT, MAY 14 | 7 PM

Professor Marion Casey of New York University's Glucksman Ireland House leads a coffee chat about Irish-American composer Victor Herbert's role in the 1916 Easter Rebellion.


NYPL LGBT Pride Trivia Concert Hosted by Isle of Klezbos Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater TUES, JUNE 7 | 7 PM

The Library continues its Triva Concert series with a LGBT Pride month celebration, featuring the incredible

Isle of Klezbos. Show off your pride and your knowledge of gay icons, queer artists, and gender-non-conforming heroes in this one-of-a-kind interactive event, featuring NYC’s powerhouse, fun loving all-women klezmer sextet. Come celebrate Pride, Library style, with questions inspired by the Library’s vast archives of LGBT activists, pioneers, and artists.

Joe’s Pub Cover charges apply. Tickets available at nypl.org/lpa/events

Cage Encounters: From the Merce Cunningham Sound ArchiveTUES, JUL 12 | 7 PM

Enjoy listening to a rarely heard interviews, lectures, and performances from the treasure trove of the recently processed sound recordings from the Merce Cunningham Collection. Cunningham experts will guide the listening experience.

Café at LPA1st Floor

The Public Theater Mobile UnitShakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet

Directed by Lear deBessonetWED, MAR 23 | 7 PM

The Public’s Mobile Unit is a reinvention of Joseph Papp’s Mobile Shakespeare, which he began in 1957, evolving into the New York Shakespeare Festival and ultimately becoming The Public Theater. Joseph Papp, whose papers reside at the Library for the Performing Arts, had a simple idea—that Shakespeare belongs to everyone—and this idea remains at the heart of the Public Theater’s work to this day. The Library hosts a special presentation of Romeo and Juliet by the Mobile Shakespeare Unit, along with a pop-exhibition of early Mobile Shakespeare artifacts from Joseph Papp papers.


As You Like It: A Brothers Balliett Shakespeare PartyTUES, APR 19 | 7 PM

The Brothers Balliett and a lively troupe of some of New York’s most adventurous musicians come to the library to lead an interactive group reading of As You Like It. Sit among a circle of instrumentalists and singers, and take a turn reading a scene from Shakespeare’s beloved pastoral comedy, with an original soundtrack provided by Brad and Doug Balliett.


Beyond the Stage


Programs that build community and involve you in the artistic process

Art Song Master Classes with Paul Sperry

Joy In Singing FinalsWED, APR 13 | 1 PM

A competition for emerging singers of art-song

Bruno Walter Auditorium

WEDNESDAYS | 2:30 PMFEB 3, 10, 17, 24 MAR 9, 16, 23

Joy In Singing

JUN 7

Isle of Klezbos

As You Like It APR 5

Directed by Michael Elliott, Ronald Eyre

140 minutes, 1963

with Vanessa Redgrave

King Lear APR 12

Directed by Ronald Eyre

150 minutes, 1998

with Ian Holm

Taming of the Shrew APR 26

Directed by David Richards

90 minutes, 2005

with Shirley Henderson

part of Shakespeare Retold series

Simon Schama - Shakespeare and UsMAY 3

100 minutes, 2012

with historian Simon Schama

Bruno Walter Auditorium111 Amsterdam AvenueFilm

BBC ShakespeareTUESDAYS | 2 PMAPR 5, 12, 26, MAY 3

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Shakespeare's Star Turn in America

Selections from the 33rd Montreal International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA)

APR 12

King Lear

Katharine Hepburn: The Great KateFEB 2

Directed by Rieke Brendel, Andrew Davies

76 minutes, 2014

Design Is One: Lella and Massimo VignelliFEB 16

Directed by Kathy Brew, Roberto Guerra

79 minutes, 2013

A History of Dance on ScreenFEB 23

Directed by Reiner E. Moritz

58 minutes, 2013

SCREENING WITH

Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes

Directed by Carroll Moore

30 minutes, 2013

AND

Globe Trot

Directed by Mitchell Rose

4.5 minutes, 2014

I’m a Creative AnimalMAR 1

Directed by Barbara Seiler 52 minutes, 2014

SCREENING WITH

Jonas Kaufman - Berlin 1930

In German with English subtitles

Directed by Thomas Voigt, Wolfgang Wunderlich

52 minutes, 2014

Bill Viola – Experience of InfinityTHURS, FEB 25 | 6 PM

Directed by Jean-Paul Fargier

54 minutes, 2013

Third Floor Screening Room

Arts on ScreenTUESDAYS | 2:30 PMFEB 2, 16, 23 MAR 1

Series presented in in collaboration with MUSE Film and Television and with the support of the Quebec Delegation in New York. All films in series courtesy of BBC North America.


APR 26

Taming of the ShrewMAY 3

Shakespeare and Us

FEB 23

Globe Trot

3rd Floor Screening RoomBruno Walter Auditorium111 Amsterdam AvenueFilm

Silent Clowns Film SeriesSATURDAYS | 2:30 PMFEB 27, MAR 12, APR 9, MAY 14

Live piano accompaniment for all films by Ben Model

Genius on the Wrong CoastTHURS, MAR 17 | 6 PM

Produced and directed by Lelia Goldoni

92 minutes,1993

Screening introduced by filmmaker


SPECIAL FILM SCREENING

Robert Shaw - Man of Many VoicesTHURS, MAY 5 | 6 PM

Directed by Peter Miller and Pamela Roberts

60 minutes, 2016

New York Premiere!


The Magic FluteMON, MAY 16 | 6 PM

Directed by Ingmar Bergman

135 minutes, 1975

In Swedish with English subtitles

Special ScreeningsTHURSDAYS AND MONDAYS | 6 PMMAR 17, MAY 5, 16


MAY 5

Robert Shaw

Ashton’s Monotones FEB 24 | 1 PM

David Vaughan will introduce and screen rare Royal Ballet films of Frederick Ashton's Monotones.

Choreography by Trisha Brown MAR 30 | 1 PM

David Vaughan will introduce and screen works by Trisha Brown.

Massine's Choreartium APR 27 | 1 PM

David Vaughan will introduce and screen films of Leonide Massine's Choreartium.

Cunningham's Points in Space MAY 25 | 1 PM

David Vaughan will introduce and screen Merce Cunningham's Points in Space. Filmmaker Elliot Caplan will be on hand to introduce.

Films by and with Sara Rudner JUNE 29 | 1 PM

David Vaughan will introduce and screen films by and with Sara Rudner.

David Vaughan, archivist of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and author of Merce Cunningham/65 Years and Frederick Ashton and His Ballets, will be available on Wednesday afternoons in the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center for conversations with dance researchers.

On the last Wednesday of the month, Mr. Vaughan will host film and video screenings at 1 PM in the Third Floor Screening Room, so he will not be available for research appointments on that Wednesday. Doors open at 12:30 PM. SEATING IS LIMITED.

LAST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH | 1 PM

The Dance Historian Is In with David Vaughan

The Dance Historian Is In is presented by the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

ABOVE: THE ROYAL BALLET IN MONOTONES, CHOREOGRAPHY BY FREDERICK ASHTON

MAR 17

Genius on the Wrong Coast

Calendar

8 TUES | 12 PMDixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen

9 WED | 2:30 PMJoy In Singing

10 THURS | 6 PMWhat Do the Great Composers Bach, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff Have in Common?

12 SAT | 2:30 PMSilent Clowns Film Series

14 MON | 6 PMGingold Theatrical Group’s annual Shaw Symposium



17 THURS | 6 PMGenius on the Wrong Coast

19 SAT | 2:30 PMPictures at an Exhibition



23 WED | 7 PMThe Public Theater Mobile Unit Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet

24 THURS | 6 PMBalanchine’s Serenade: An Evening of Films, Commentary, and Memories

26 SAT | 2:30 PM Letters by Women: The Edward T. Cone Foundation Composers Concert

28 MON | 6 PMSongbook: Broadway's Future


30 WED | 1 PMThe Dance Historian Is In: Choreography by Trisha Brown

31 THURS | 6 PMMagic in a New York State of Mind

THROUGH MAY 14 Artists for LPA Share Shakespeare: ...a more personal connection...

THROUGH MAY 14 Shakespeare's Star Turn in America

THROUGH AUG 27 Magical Designs for Mozart's Magic Flute

1 FRI | 7 PMShakespeare vs. Mozart: A Library Debate

2 SAT | 2:30 PMThe Magic Flute in Concert

4 MON | 6 PMAn Evening with Oskar Eustis and Neil Murray


5 TUES | 2 PMBBC Shakespeare:As You Like it


11 MON | 6 PMAn Evening with Julie Taymor


12 TUES | 2 PMBBC Shakespeare:King Lear

13 WED | 1 PMJoy In Singing Finals

14 THURS | 6 PMThe Disc Jockey Was A Lady

16 SAT | 2:30 PMBroadway Showstoppers


18 THROUGH MAY 14 Shakespeare's Star Turn in America


2 TUES | 2:30 PMArts on Screen:Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate


6 SAT | 2:30 PMBeethoven Encounters: Archduke Trio

8 MON | 6 PMREWIND - David Gordon’s Dancing Henry Five



11 THURS | 6 PMShakespeare, Love and Spring

13 SAT | 2:30 PMMs. Oriental


16 TUES | 2:30 PMArts on Screen:Design Is One: Lella and Massimo Vignelli


18 THURS | 6 PM Louis, Benny, the Duke, and George: Sammy Miller and The Congregation Celebrates George Avakian

20 SAT | 2:30 PMBeethoven and a Bouquet of French Gems

22 MON | 6 PMTomoya Plays...


23 TUES | 2:30 PMArts on Screen:A History of Dance on Screen


24 WED | 1 PMThe Dance Historian Is In: Ashton’s Monotones

25 THURS | 6 PM Bill Viola – Experience of Infinity

25 THURS | 7 PMShakespeare | For the Public





31 THROUGH AUG 27 Magical Designs for Mozart's Magic Flute


1 TUES | 2:30 PMArts on Screen:I’m a Creative Animal

5 SAT | 2:30 PMShe Walks in Beauty: Songs by Women Composers

7 MON | 6 PMLife Upon the Wicked Stage: Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad

FEBRUARY

MARCH

FEBRUARY through AUGUST 2016

EXHIBITIONS PERFORMANCE CONVERSATIONS BEYOND THE STAGE FILMEXHIBITIONS PERFORMANCE CONVERSATIONS BEYOND THE STAGE FILM


APRIL


19 TUES | 7 PMAs You Like it: A Brothers Balliett Shakespeare Party

21 THURS | 6 PMA Cocktail of Glamour and Anarchy: The Rumi Missabu Papers

23 SAT | 2:30 PMDiderot Quartet: Haydn and His Students II



26 TUES | 2 PMBBC Shakespeare:Taming of the Shrew

27 WED | 1 PMThe Dance Historian Is In: Massine's Choreartium

28 THURS | 6 PMDavid Gordon: Live Archiveography III

30 SAT | 2:30 PMEmergence Quartet: Opera by Four




24 THROUGH AUG 27 Mozart Forever:Fifty Years of the Mostly Mozart Festival


3 TUES | 2 PMBBC Shakespeare: Simon Schama - Shakespeare and Us

5 THURS | 6 PMRobert Shaw - Man of Many Voices

7 SAT | 2:30 PMCage Encounters: Adam Tendler on John Cage’s Piano Works

9 MON | 6 PMThe Deborah Zall Project: In the Company of Women


11 WED | 7 PM Kander and Ebb Sing Along Show and Tell

13 FRI | 7 PMSalon Éire 100: Poetry Ireland


14 SAT | 7 PMVictor Herbert: Irish-American Hero

16 MON | 6 PMThe Magic Flute


19 THURS | 6 PMSalon Éire 100: Conor Linehan in Recital

21 SAT | 2:30 PM Manhattan Opera Association



25 WED | 1 PMThe Dance Historian Is In: Cunningham's Points in Space

26 THURS | 6 PMCelebrate Broadway

27 FRI | 7 PMNo Country for Old Men: 21st Century Irish Writers on Transformations Personal & Public



THROUGH AUG 27 Mozart Forever:Fifty Years of the Mostly Mozart Festival

21 THROUGH SEPT 24 “Music for Moderns:”The Partnership of George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian

4 SAT | 2:30 PMCage Encounters: Percussion and Tape


7 TUES | 7 PMNYPL LGBT Pride Trivia Concert Hosted by Isle of Klezbos at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater


18 SAT | 1:30 PMXerxes (Serse) by George Frideric Händel

20 MON | 2:30 & 6 PMCirque de Jonée


25 SAT | 2:30 PMPiano Masterworks on a Saturday Afternoon

27 MON | 6 PMLeague of Professional Theatre Women: Oral History Project


29 WED | 1 PMThe Dance Historian Is In: Films by and with Sara Rudner

30 DAY | 6 PMEmanuel Ax’s Listen List



THROUGH SEPT 24 “Music for Moderns:”The Partnership of George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian

12 TUES | 7 PMCage Encounters: From the Merce Cunningham Sound Archive



THROUGH SEPT 24 “Music for Moderns:”The Partnership of George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian

FEBRUARY through AUGUST 2016

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

EXHIBITIONS PERFORMANCE CONVERSATIONS BEYOND THE STAGE FILM


CalendarEXHIBITIONS PERFORMANCE CONVERSATIONS BEYOND THE STAGE FILM

MAY

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for the Performing Arts. For more information,

call 212.870.1698.

ReproductionsVisit the Library’s online Digital Gallery

(digitalgallery.nypl.org) to view more than

800,000 images from the collections available for

purchase as decorative prints framed, unframed,

or as TIFF files for editorial or commerical use.

For further information, visit nypl.org/express.

For Students and TeachersThe New York Public Library offers many

programs for students and teachers. Visit

teachandlearn.nypl.org to learn more. To arrange

an exhibition tour, a students' research workshop,

or a professional development opportunity at The

Library for the Performing Arts, call 212.870.1605.

LPA is proud to offer free admission to programs on

a first come, first served basis. Admission lines form

one hour prior to each program. For select programs,

you may reserve your seat in advance online or at the

welcome desk at our Lincoln Center Plaza entrance.

Visit us online at nypl.org/events/programs/lpa or

call 212.642.0142 for more detailed information.

All programs are subject to change or cancellation.

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

is deeply grateful to the participants who donate their

time to the Library’s series. The Library gratefully

acknowledges the leadership support of Dorothy and

Lewis B. Cullman. Additional support for exhibitions has

been provided by Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg and

the Miriam and Harold Steinberg Foundation.

40 Lincoln Center Plazanypl.org/LPA

LIBRARY HOURS: Monday, Thursday10:30 AM - 8 PM

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday10:30 AM - 6 PM

SundayClosed

BUILDING TOURS: Group tours are available by appointment. Call 212.870.1605

EXHIBITION INFO: 212.870.1630

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