Recital Series: Isabel Leonard

A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Park Avenue Armory strives to engage audiences with eclectic, immersive, and thought-provoking works that are in direct dialogue with the vast sweep of the Armory’s unique spaces, whether it is the soaring Wade Thompson Drill Hall or the intimate period rooms. And with its pristine acoustic and austere elegance, the Board of Officers Room is like no other in offering the chance to enjoy the art of the recital and music-making in the most personal of settings.

The 2018 season marks the sixth year for the recital series, which continues to showcase both classical and contemporary repertoire performed by world class artists at the height of their craft. We are thrilled to introduce to New York pianist Severin von Eckardstein, who showcases his superb technique and emotional depth with a unique residency at the Armory with programs that explore the fantastical elements connecting Schumann and a range of other composers. And having performed at major opera houses and festivals throughout Europe, baritone Thomas Oliemans makes his U.S. recital debut with an artfully curated program of German lieder and French arts songs from the late Romantic period.

Paired with our ongoing partnership with the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, the series will be featuring exciting new voices not seen elsewhere in New York.

We continue to explore new directions with the acclaimed choral group The Crossing, who perform an ambulatory concert that utilizes the corridors and historic rooms in New York premieres of thrilling new works, including one co-commissioned by the Armory, that continues the Armory’s commitment of nurturing cutting edge contemporary composers.

We are also thrilled to welcome to the Armory for the first time two dynamic young singers taking the opera world by storm. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard brings her impeccable technique and vocal artistry to a program of beloved favorites and lessen known gems of Leonard Bernstein in a program celebrating the legacy of the influential composer in honor of the centenary of his birth. Soprano Nadine Sierra performs a wide ranging program of art songs from Schumann and Strauss to Barber and Bernstein that offers audiences the chance to get to know the seamless technique, abundant musicality, and vocal beauty of this star on the rise in one of the only spaces that could provide such a personal encounter—the Board of Officers Room This year’s lineup offers audiences even more chances to enjoy the intimacy of a beautiful range of chamber music experiences performed by artists with a highly distinctive international profile. I hope you will join in my excitement for witnessing these magical moments in music.

Pierre Audi Marina Kellen French Artistic Director

2018 RECITAL SERIES IN THE RESTORED BOARD OF OFFICERS ROOM

friday, january 5 at 8:00pm sunday, january 7 at 3:00pm Thompson Arts Center at Park Avenue Armory

ISABEL LEONARD, mezzo-soprano TED SPERLING, piano All-Bernstein Program

The Recital Series is supported in part by The Reed Foundation. The Recital Series is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Support for Park Avenue Armory’s artistic season has been generously provided by the Charina Endowment Fund, the Altman Foundation, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the Achelis and Bodman Foundation, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation, the Marc Haas Foundation, The Kaplen Brothers Fund, the Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation, the Leon Levy Foundation, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, and the Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation.

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PROGRAM Leonard Bernstein

“A Little Bit in Love” from Wonderful Town “My House” from Peter Pan “I Feel Pretty” from West Side Story “Greeting” from Arias and Barcarolles “I’m a person, too” (from I Hate Music: A Cycle of Five Kids Songs) “So Pretty” (1968 anti-war song first performed by Barbra Streisand) “Peter, Peter” from Peter Pan “Carried Away” from On the Town “Something’s Coming” from West Side Story

Intermission Leonard Bernstein

“What a Movie!” from Trouble in Tahiti “Maria” from West Side Story “There Is a Garden” from Trouble in Tahiti “Piccola Serenata” (1979 song for Karl Böhm’s 85th birthday) “My Twelve-Tone Melody” (written for Irving Berlin’s 100th birthday) “Lonely Town” from On the Town “To What You Said” from Songfest “Take Care of This House” from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue “Some Other Time” from On the Town

This performance is approximately one hour and forty five minutes in length, performed with intermission.

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ABOUT THE PROGRAM Anyone who has seen Leonard Bernstein conduct even once, or heard a single one of his legendary TV broadcasts, will forever remain under the spell of one of the greatest musicians in recent times. Bernstein, born 100 years ago this year, was equally at home in the world of Broadway musicals and classical opera; American jazz was second nature to him just like Beethoven or his great idol Mahler. As a composer, he brought these different worlds together, always striving to create works that aspired to the highest musical standards while being perfectly accessible and quintessentially American.

An evening of Bernstein songs is an invitation to the musical theater, to which “Lenny” devoted so much time, energy and, above all, love. He cultivated the musical as a kind of American Singspiel, and felt that it could fulfill a similar function in modern America to what Mozart's Magic Flute had represented in 18th-century Vienna. What Bernstein had learned from the classical model was that sophisticated writing was not at all incompatible with popular appeal: irregular rhythms, remote modulations, and virtuosic demands on the voice can be thoroughly enjoyed by listeners who think they only like simple tunes.

Ms. Leonard and Mr. Sperling will sample such classics as On the Town, Wonderful Town, and West Side Story as well as the lesser-known Peter Pan. We will also hear excerpts from Trouble in Tahiti, which Bernstein called an opera rather than a musical. From Bernstein's non-theatrical works, the program includes a song from Bernstein's delightful early cycle I Hate Music!, his celebration of the American bicentennial (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue) as well as his ambitious late cycles Songfest and Arias and Barcarolles will be represented as well.

Several of his shorter pièces d'occasion round out the program that presents a comprehensive cross-section of Bernstein's output as a songwriter.

Not only do the songs span almost forty years in Bernstein's career as a composer; they also run a wide gamut in terms of their subject matter and their mood: some songs look at the world through the eyes of a child, others portray romantic love at its most magically romantic—and of course there is that grandiose scena from Trouble in Tahiti with the frustrated housewife watching TV that is in a class all by itself. Two little birthday greetings in song, a textless “happy birthday” to the great Austrian conductor Karl Böhm on his 85th, and another for the 100th of the legendary songwriter Irving Berlin show Bernstein's humorous side. The latter is deliciously incongruous since it inflicts, of all things, a twelve-tone row on the author of White Christmas who reportedly never learned to read music. And, in So Pretty, we will see how the seemingly

innocuous musical-comedy style can become the vehicle for a powerful protest against the Vietnam War.

A few words about the authors of the lyrics is on order, when it wasn't Bernstein himself—after all, the witty texts, clever rhymes and ingenious wordplays of his collaborators contribute a great deal to the charm of these songs. The professional collaboration between Betty Comden (19172006) and Arthur Green (1914-2002), personal friends of Bernstein, lasted for more than half a century, during which time they produced lyrics for countless Broadway and Hollywood shows, winning many awards. On the Town (1944) was a first show for them as it was to Bernstein, who reunited with the lyricists in Wonderful Town nine years later. (They also wrote the script and the lyrics for Singin' in the Rain, among others.)

Comden and Green were otherwise occupied and therefore unavailable for West Side Story (1957), so Bernstein turned to the young Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930), who was then at the beginning of his stellar career. It remained the only collaboration between these two giants of musical theater, since in later years Sondheim wrote both the music and the lyrics for most of his shows.

Alan Jay Lerner (1914-1986), who together with Frederick Loewe created such masterpieces as Brigadoon, Camelot, and My Fair Lady, joined forces with Bernstein only once: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, which opened on Broadway in 1976, was considered a flop, though a few of its songs, including “Take Care of This House,” have enjoyed great success, and have been performed and recorded separately.

As a man of the theater, Bernstein usually worked in close collaboration with lyricists who strictly tailored their work to his needs—and, as noted, he often wrote his own texts as well.

It was unusual for him to set to music poems by authors from the past. Therefore, his Songfest, whose twelve poems are based on twelve different American poets from the 17th century to the 20th, was an exceptional project for him. It is in this context that he paid homage to Walt Whitman (1819-1892), choosing a then-recently discovered unpublished poem, one of the poet's most explicit expressions of his homosexuality.

And we might remember that this song was written in 1977, by which time Bernstein's own homosexuality was no longer a secret.

—Peter Laki

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS Highly acclaimed for her “passionate intensity and remarkable vocal beauty,” the multiple Grammy Award-winning Isabel Leonard continues to thrill audiences both in the opera house and on the concert stage. Ms. Leonard celebrates the life and legacy of Leonard Bernstein during the 2017-2018 season with all-Bernstein recitals in New York, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, and many others. On his 100th birthday, she will sing excerpts from West Side Story at the Tanglewood Music Festival with the Boston Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, a Bernstein protégé with whom she has performed Claire in On the Town and Arias and Barcarolles, both with the San Francisco Symphony. Ms. Leonard also performs Songfest with the BSO, Maria in West Side Story with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and tours the U.S. in an all-Bernstein orchestra program with John Mauceri, another Bernstein protégé.

Ms. Leonard has graced the stages of the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, Paris Opera, Salzburg Festival, Bavarian State Opera, Carnegie Hall, Glyndebourne Festival, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and San Francisco Opera as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Angelina in La Cenerentola, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte, Charlotte in Werther, Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, Costanza in Griselda, the title roles in La Périchole and Der Rosenkavalier, as well as Sesto in both Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito and Handel’s Giulio Cesare.

She has appeared with some of the foremost conductors of her time: James Levine, Valery Gergiev, Charles Dutoit, Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Yannick Nézét-Seguin, Franz Welser-Möst, Plácido Domingo, Edward Gardner, Edo de Waart, James Conlon, Michele Mariotti, Harry Bicket, Andris Nelsons, and Michael Tilson Thomas with the Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Vienna Philharmonic, and San Francisco Symphony, among others.

Ms. Leonard is in constant demand as a recitalist and is on the Board of Trustees at Carnegie Hall. She is a multiple Grammy Award winner, most recently for Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with Seiji Ozawa on Decca and The Tempest from the Metropolitan Opera on Deutsche Grammophon, both for Best Opera Recording. Ms. Leonard is the recipient of the Richard Tucker Award and joined the supporters of the Prostate Cancer Foundation to lend her voice in honor of her father who died from the disease when she was in college.

Ted Sperling has maintained an active and successful career in the theater and concert worlds for over thirty years. A multi-faceted artist, he is a director, music director, conductor, orchestrator, singer, pianist, violinist and violist. He is the Artistic Director of MasterVoices (formerly the Collegiate Chorale,) and Principal Conductor of the Westchester Philharmonic.

Mr. Sperling won the 2005 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his orchestrations of The Light in the Piazza, for which he was also music director. Other Broadway credits as music director/ conductor/pianist include the rapturously received revivals of Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I and South Pacific; Guys and Dolls, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Angels in America, My Favorite Year, Falsettos, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Les Misérables, Roza, and Sunday in the Park with George. Mr. Sperling was also an original cast member of the Broadway musical Titanic, playing bandleader Wallace Hartley. Off- Broadway credits as music director include A Man of No Importance, Wise Guys, A New Brain, Saturn Returns, Floyd Collins, Falsettoland, and Romance in Hard Times.

Mr. Sperling’s work as a stage director includes the world premieres of five musicals: Red Eye of Love, The Other Josh Cohen, See What I Wanna See, Charlotte: Life? Or Theater? and Striking 12, as well as a revival of Lady in the Dark. He has conducted the scores for the films The Manchurian Candidate and Everything Is Illuminated, and directed the short film, Love Mom, starring Tonya Pinkins, which has been shown in five international festivals. Recent gala concerts that Mr. Sperling has directed include: Show Boat, starring Vanessa Williams, Julian Ovenden, Lauren Worsham, Norm Lewis and the NY Philharmonic: One Singular Sensation, featuring Jane Lynch, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Zachary Quinto and the original cast of A Chorus Line; The Pirates of Penzance with Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, Jonathan Groff, Anika Noni Rose, Martin Short and Eric Idle; Cabaret with Anne Hathaway, Harvey Feierstein, Linda Lavin, Raul Esparza and Eddie Redmayne; Song of Norway with Judy Kaye, Santino Fontana, Jason Danieley and Alexandra Silber; and The Mikado with Victoria Clark, Kelli O’Hara, Jonathan Freeman, Steve Rosen, Lauren Worsham, Jason Danieley and Christopher Fitzgerald.

Isabel Leonard is appearing courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera.

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Mr. Sperling has an active concert career, working with many major symphony orchestras, and singers Audra McDonald, Victoria Clark, Patti LuPone, Kelli O’Hara, Nathan Gunn, Idina Menzel, Paulo Szot and Deborah Voigt. He has conducted multiple concerts with the New York Philharmonic, for Live at Lincoln Center, the American Songbook Series at Lincoln Center and the Lyrics and Lyricists series at the 92nd Street Y. Recent performances at Carnegie Hall include the NY premieres of Not the Messiah starring Eric Idle; Kurt Weill's The Road of Promise starring Anthony Dean Griffey; and Ricky Ian Gordon’s opera, The Grapes of Wrath, starring Nathan Gunn, Elizabeth Futral, Christine Ebersole and Victoria Clark.

Mr. Sperling conducted Audra McDonald in a double bill of La Voix Humaine and the world premiere of at the Houston Grand Opera. Mr. Sperling’s television appearances include many Live from Lincoln Center broadcasts, as well as a Saturday Night Live Christmas show with Michael Bublé.

Mr. Sperling received the 2006 Ted Shen Family Foundation Award for leadership in the musical theater, is a consultant to the Public Theater, and is Creative Director of the 24- Hour Musicals.

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TEXTS ALL-BERNSTEIN PROGRAM A Little Bit in Love (Wonderful Town) Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green I'm a little bit in love, Never felt this way before.

Just a little bit in love, Or perhaps a little more.

When he looks at me, everything's hazy and all out of focus.

When he touches me, I'm in the spell of a strange hocus-pocus.

It's so—I don't know, I'm so—I don't know.

I don't know, but I know if it's love, then it's lovely!

It's so nice to be alive When you meet someone who bewitches you.

Will he be my all, or did I just fall a little bit in love!

My House (Peter Pan) Lyrics: Leonard Bernstein Will you build me a house?

A house that really will be mine?

Then let me give you my design— A simple scheme of The house I dream of.

Build my house of wood, Build my house of stone, Build my house of brick and mortar: Make the ceiling strong, Strong against the storm, Shelter when the days grow shorter: But build my house of love, And paint my house with trusting, And warm it with the warmth of your heart: Make the floor of faith, Make the walls of truth, Put a roof of peace above: Only build my house of love.

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I Feel Pretty (West Side Story) Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim I feel pretty, oh so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and bright, And I pity Any girls who isn't me tonight.

I feel charming, oh so charming, It's alarming how charming I feel, And so pretty That I hardly can believe I'm real.

See the pretty girl in that mirror there: Who can that attractive girl be?

Such a pretty face, such a pretty dress, Such a pretty smile, such a pretty me!

I feel stunning, and entrancing, Feel the running and dancing for joy, For I'm loved by a pretty wonderful boy!

I feel pretty, oh so pretty, That the city should give me its key.

A committee Should be organized to honor me.

I feel dizzy, I feel sunny, I feel fizzy and funny and fine, And so pretty, Miss America can just resign!

Greeting (Arias and Barcarolles) Lyrics: Leonard Bernstein When a boy is born, the world is born again, And takes its first breath with him.

When a girl is born, the world stops turning round, And keeps a moment's hushed wonder.

Every time a child is born, For the space of that brief instant, the world is pure.

I'm a person, too (from I Hate Music: A Cycle of Five Kids Songs) Lyrics: Leonard Bernstein I just found out today that I'm a person too, like you: I like balloons, lots of people like balloons.

But everyone says, “Isn't she cute? She likes balloons!”

I'm a person too, like you!

I like things that everyone likes: I like soft things and movies and horses and warm things and red things: Don't you?

I have lots of thoughts, Like what's behind the sky; And what's behind what's behind the sky:

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But everyone says, “Isn't she sweet? She wants to know everything!”

Don't you?

Of course I'm very young to be saying all these things In front of so many people like you, but I'm a person too!

Though I'm only ten years old, I'm a person too, like you!

So Pretty Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green We were learning in our school today All about a country far away, Full of lovely temples painted gold, Modern cities, jungles ages old, And the people are so pretty there, Shining smiles and shiny eyes and hair...

Then I had to ask my teacher why War was making all those people die.

They're so pretty, so pretty.

Then my teacher said, and took my hand, “They must die for peace, you understand.”

But they're so pretty, so pretty.

I don't understand.

Carried Away (On the Town) Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green I try hard to stay controlled But I get carried away, Try to act aloof and cold, But I get carried away.

Carried away, carried away, I get carried, just carried away!

When I sit and listen to a symphony Why can't I just say the music's grand?

Why must I leap upon the stage hysterically?

They're playing pizzicato, And everything goes blotto, I grab the maestro's stick and start in leading the band!

Carried away, carried away, I get carried, just carried away!

And when I go to see a moving picture show, And I'm watching actors in a scene, I start to think what's happening is really so.

The girl, I must protect her.

The villain don't respect her.

I leap to her defense and knock a hole right through the screen!

Carried away, carried away, I get carried, just carried away!

Peter, Peter (Peter Pan) Lyrics: Leonard Bernstein Peter, Peter, you've got a smudge on your face: Allow me, Peter, Peter, to wipe it away: I know it's just an old excuse to feel your touch, Well, I want to feel your touch!

Peter, Peter, your hair is all out of place: Allow me, Peter, Peter, to fix it, I pray: I have to touch you to make sure you're really real, And I love the way you feel.

The touch of you I'd cherish, I long for it night and day, Without your touch I'll perish, So I've got to find some way: Let's see! It's really true!

Believe me, Peter, Peter, You've got a mosquito on you!

Of course, it's just a poor excuse to feel your touch, But I want to feel your touch, And I love you very much!

I try hard to keep detached, But I get carried away.

Try to act less booby-hatched, But I get carried away.

Carried away, carried away, I get carried, just carried away!

When shopping I'm a sucker for a bargain sale.

If something is marked down upon a shelf, My sense of what is practical begins to fail; I buy one, then another, Another, then another, I buy the whole store out and I'm in business for myself!

Carried away, carried away, I get carried, just carried away!

And when I go to see my friends off on a train, Golly, how I hate to see them go.

For then my love of travelling I can't restrain.

The time has come for parting, The train's already starting, I hop a freight and in a flash I'm off to Buffalo!

We get carried, just carried a - way!

Carried away, carried away, We get carried, just carried a - way!

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Something's Coming (West Side Story) Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Could be! Who knows?

There's something due any day: I will know right away, Soon as it shows.

It may come cannonballing down the sky, Gleam in its eye, Bright as a rose! Who knows?

It's only just out of reach, Down the block, on a beach, Under a tree, I got a feeling there's a miracle due, Gonna come true, coming to me!

Could it be? Yes it could.

Something's coming, something good, If I can wait!

Something's coming, I don't know what it is, But it is gonna be great!

With a click, with a shock, Phone'll jingle, door'll knock Open the latch!

Something's coming, don't know when, but it's soon, catch the moon, one-handed catch!

Around the corner or whistling down the river, Come on, deliver to me.

Will it be? Yes, it will.

Maybe just by holding still, It'll be there!

Come on, something, come on in, Don't be shy, meet a guy, Pull up a chair!

The air is humming, And something great is coming!

Who knows?

It's only just out of reach, Down the block on a beach, Maybe tonight!

What a Movie! (Trouble in Tahiti) Lyrics: Leonard Bernstein What a movie!! What a terrible, awful movie!

It's a crime what they put on the screen!

I can hardly believe what I've seen!

Do they think we're a lot of children?

It would bore any four-year-old!

What drivel! What nonsense!

What escapist Technicolor twaddle!

“Trouble in Tahiti,” indeed!

“Trouble in Tahiti,” imagine!

There is she in her inch or two of sarong, floating, floating, floating, all among the floating flowers...

Then she sees him, the handsome American, (I must say he's really a man: Six feet tall, and each foot just incredible!)

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But there's trouble ahead: There's a legend: “If a princess marry white man, and rain fall that day, Then the white man shall be sacrifice without delay.”

Sure enough, on the night of their wedding day, There's a storm like nothing on earth, Tidal waves and siroccos and hurricanes; And to top it all off, the volcano erupts As the natives sing: “Ah! Olé!”

They go crazy with the drumming And the chanting and ritual dance, While the lovers sing a ballad Of South Sea romance.

It's so lovely, I wish I could think of it: Da da dee da da dee da da.

It was called “Island Magic,” I think it was.

Oh, a beautiful song!

I remember it now: “ISLAND MAGIC, Where the midnight breezes caress us, And the stars above seem to bless us, That's ISLAND MAGIC,” Well, in any case, the hero is tied to a tree (Did I tell you he's a flyer who got lost at sea?)

Anyway, all the natives are crazy now, Running wild with lances and knives, Then they pile up the wood for the sacrifice, And the witch doctor comes, And he sets it on fire, As the natives sing: “Ah! Olé!”

But at this point Comes the good old U.S. Navy, A-singin' a song, They come swarming down in parachutes, A thousand strong!

Everything now is cleared up and wonderful, Everyone is happy as pie, And they all do a great Rhumba version of “Island Magic” of course!

It's a dazzling sight, With the sleek brown native women Dancing with the U.S. Navy boys, And a hundred-piece symphony orchestra: “ISLAND MAGIC! Where the palm trees whisper together, And it's always midsummer weather, That's ISLAND MAGIC! With the one I love very near, ISLAND MAGIC, whispering native words in my ear.

ISLAND MAGIC, Only you, my darling, could weave it, And I never ever will leave it, And I simply cannot believe it really is mine!

ISLAND MAGIC! ISLAND MA—” What a terrible, awful movie!

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Maria (West Side Story) Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim

My Twelve-Tone Melody Lyrics: Leonard Bernstein

The most beautiful sound I ever heard: Maria, All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word: Maria!

I just met a girl named Maria, And suddenly that name Will never be the same To me.

Maria!

I just kissed a girl named Maria, And suddenly I've found How wonderful a sound Can be!

Maria!

Say it loud and there's music playing, Say it soft and it's almost like praying.

Maria!

I'll never stop saying Maria!

Irving Berlin, I'm sorry.

Irving Berlin, forgive me...

Each night you'll hear me croon this twelve-tone lullaby, this dreadful little tune, when baby starts to cry.

(Irving Berlin, forgive me.)

I only want to celebrate you, without having to imitate you, and certainly not to irritate you--You see, I did set that rhyme, after all.

So please accept this dodecaphony, This nasty little waltz, this plaintive piece of schmaltz, my twelve-tone melody.

(Irving Berlin, I'm sorry.)

Not a simple scale, Not a major third, NOT ANOTHER WORD, but ALWAYS.

There Is a Garden (Trouble in Tahiti) Lyrics: Leonard Bernstein I was standing in a garden, A garden gone to seed, Choked with every kind of weed.

There were twisted trees around me, All black against the sky, Black and bare and dead and dry.

My father called: “Come out of this place.”

I wanted to go, but there was no way: No sign, no path, to show me the way: Then another voice was calling, It barely could be heard.

I remember every word: “There is a garden. Come with me: A shining garden, come and see: There love will teach us harmony and grace.

Then love will lead us to a quiet place.”

Then I ran to find the singer; I longed to see his face.

He could free me from this place.

Every step I took was terror; The ground beneath me burned, Stones were everywhere I turned.

And worst of all, there was the noise, Angry shouts, furious cries, And a roar like the roar of millions of flies!

Through it all his voice was calling, But now it seemed quite near: Soft and warm and strong and clear: “There is a garden, come with me...”

Lonely Town (On the Town) Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green New York, New York, Or a village in Ioway: The only difference is the name.

If you're alone, whether on Main Street or on Broadway, If you're alone, they are both the same.

A town's a lonely town, When you pass through And there is no one waiting there for you, Then it's a lonely town, You wander up and down, The crowds rush by, A million faces pass before your eye, Still it's a lonely town.

Unless there's love, A love that's shining like a harbor light, You're lost in the night, Unless there's love.

The world's an empty place And every town's a lonely town.

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To What You Said (Songfest) Walt Whitman To what you said, passionately clasping my hand, this is my answer: Though you have strayed hither, for my sake, you can never belong to me, nor I to you.

Behold the customary loves and friendships—the cold guards, I am that rough and simple person I am he who kisses his comrade lightly on the lips at parting, and I am one who is kissed in return.

I introduce that new American salute Behold love choked, correct, polite, always suspicious Behold the received models of the parlors—What are they to me?

What to these young men that travel with me?

Take Care of This House (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue) Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner Take care of this house, keep it from harm, If bandits break in, sound the alarm.

Care for this house, shine it by hand and keep it so clean the glow can be seen all over the land.

Be careful at night, check all the doors, If someone makes off with a dream, the dream will be yours.

Take care of this house, be always on call, for this house is the hope of us all.

Some Other Time (On the Town) Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green Twenty-four hours can go so fast, You look around, the day has passed.

When you're in love, time is precious stuff, Even a lifetime isn't enough.

Where has the time all gone to?

Haven't done half the things we want to.

Oh well, we'll catch up some other time.

This day was just a token, Too many words are still unspoken.

Oh well, we'll catch up some other time.

Just when the fun is starting, Comes the time for parting, But let's be glad for what we've had And what's to come, There's so much more embracing Still to be done, but time is racing.

Oh well, we'll catch up some other time.

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Since its first production in September 2007, the Armory has organized and commissioned immersive performances, installations, and cross-disciplinary collaborations by visionary artists, directors, and impresarios in its vast Wade Thompson Drill Hall that defy traditional categorization and to push the boundaries of their practice. In its historic period rooms, the Armory presents small-scale performances and programs, including its acclaimed Recital Series in the intimate salon setting of the Board of Officers Room and the Artists Studio series in the newly restored Veterans Room. The Armory also offers robust arts education programs at no cost to underserved New York City public school students, engaging them with the institution’s artistic programming and the building’s history and architecture.

Built between 1877 and 1881, Park Avenue Armory has been hailed as containing “the single most important collection of nineteenth century interiors to survive intact in one building” by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall, with an 80-foot-high barrel vaulted roof, is one of the largest unobstructed spaces in New York City. The Armory’s magnificent reception rooms were designed by leaders of the American Aesthetic Movement, among them Louis Comfort Tiffany, Stanford White, Candace Wheeler, and Herter Brothers. The building is currently undergoing a $215-million renovation designed by Herzog & de Meuron and Platt Byard Dovell White Architects as Executive Architects.

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PARK AVENUE ARMORY STAFF Rebecca Robertson, President and Executive Producer Pierre Audi, Marina Kellen French Artistic Director Matthew Bird, Deputy Director of Development Jenni Bowman, Producer Hanna Brody, Special Events Coordinator David Burnhauser, Collection Manager Courtney F. Caldwell, Venue Events Manager Samantha Cortez, Production Coordinator Leandro Dasso, Porter Khemraj Dat, Accountant Jordana De La Cruz, Program Manager Mayra DeLeon, Porter Wednesday Derrico, Production Assistant Sam DeRubeis, Building Engineer Melanie Forman, Chief Development Officer Rafael Flores, Associate Director of Corporate Relations Alexander Frenkel, Controller Lissa Frenkel, Managing Director Sharlyn Galarza, Education Assistant Pip Gengenbach, Education Coordinator Kirsten Harvey, Production Assistant Reginald Hunter, Building Mechanic Cassidy Jones, Education Director Myles Kehoe, Director of Facilities Chelsea Emelie Kelly, Youth Corps Manager Paul King, Director of Production Allison Kline, Director of Foundation and Government Relations Nicholas Lazzaro, Technical Director Jennifer Levine, Director of Special Events Michael Lonergan, Producing Director Wayne Lowery, Director of External Operations Claire Marberg, Production Manager Aidan Nelson, Production Assistant

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Lars Nelson, Technical Director Lori Nelson, Executive Assistant to the President Timothy Nim, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Isabel Orbon, Associate Director of Major Gifts Drew Petersen, Education Special Projects Manager Anna Pillow, Office Manager Charmaine Portis, Executive Assistant to the Chief Development Officer Morgan Powell, Individual Giving Coordinator Kirsten Reoch, Director of Design and Construction Rachel Risso-Gill, Associate Director of Individual Giving Matthew Rymkiewicz, Tessitura Database Manager William Say, Superintendent Melissa Stone, Manager of Special Events Natalie Schwich, Press and Editorial Manager Tom Trayer, Director of Marketing JosuĂŠ Morales Urbina, Associate Director of Ticketing and Customer Service Brandon Walker, Technical Director Jessica Wasilewski, Producer Monica Weigel McCarthy, Associate Director of Education Avery Willis Hoffman, Program Director Nick Yarbrough, Digital Marketing Manager Olga Cruz, Mario Esquilin, Carlos Goris, Victor Lora, Josthen Noboa, Candice Rushin, Antonio Sanders, Porters Coral Cohen, House Manager Kara Kaufman, Erik Olson, Box Office Managers Production Acklowledgements Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Matthew Epstein,

Artistic Consultants for Vocal Recitals Steinway & Sons

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NEXT IN THE RECITAL SERIES NADINE SIERRA, soprano BRYAN WAGORN, piano

SEVERIN VON ECKARDSTEIN, piano november 13 & 14

february 16 & 18

“In the rarefied world of opera, 27-year-old soprano wunderkind Nadine Sierra is bringing audiences to their feet and breaking age-old traditions.”—Nylon The youngest winner ever of both the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the Marilyn Horne Foundation Vocal Competition, Nadine Sierra is being hailed as one of the most promising new talents in opera today, with impressive recent debuts at the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Paris Opera, and San Francisco Opera. She performs a program of art songs and arias that offers audiences the chance to get to know the seamless technique, abundant musicality, and vocal beauty of this star on the rise in one of the only spaces that could provide such a personal encounter.

LINDEMANN YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT march 6 & 7

With notable alumni including Stephanie Blythe, Christine Goerke, Nathan Gunn, Mariusz Kwiecien, Sondra Radvanovsky, and Dawn Upshaw, The Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artists Program is considered one of the most prestigious programs for artists through training and performance opportunities on the Metropolitan Opera stage.

Hear some of the next generation of opera greats from the program – mezzo soprano Emily D’Angelo, bass David Leigh, and pianists Valeria Polunina and Nate Raskin – in an evening of song in the Board of Officers Room.

THE CROSSING DONALD NALLY, conductor

“a young pianist who combined a first rate technique, a probing intellect, an instinctive grasp for the feel of the music, and taste.” —Huffington Post Few other pieces showcase Schumann’s creative expression and unrestricted imagination than his fantasy works, written both early and late in his career. Making his New York recital debut, pianist Severin von Eckardstein captures the subtle variety of this dreamy music in two distinct programs that showcase his superb technique and emotional depth. He opens his residency exploring the connection between Schumann and Russian composer Nikolai Medtner through their exploration of fantastical elements, and then turns to darker myths in a program that pairs the composer’s works with those of Wagner and Liszt.

THOMAS OLIEMANS, baritone MALCOLM MARTINEAU, piano december 17 & 19

“Thomas Oliemans was vocally impressive, full of zing and swagger, and with pin-sharp enunciation.”—Opera Today Hailed as “one of the most renowned Dutch singers” (Volkskrant), Thomas Oliemans has been taking the opera world by storm with his dynamic vocal color and communicative singing style at major opera houses and festivals throughout Europe, including Dutch National Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro Real, and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and Salzburg Festival. He brings his burnished baritone across the Atlantic to make his U.S. recital debut in an artfully curated program of lieder and arts songs from the late Romantic period.

september 19 & 20

“… a chamber choir that manages to generate the power, range, blend, and accuracy of a symphony orchestra.”

—WQXR The Crossing comes to the Armory to perform an ambulatory concert that utilizes the corridors and historic rooms to create a unique kind of seamless music with fluidity of movement from room to room. The program includes world and New York premieres by David Lang, Louis Andriessen, and a new work by Ted Hearne, co-commissioned by the Armory.

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NEXT AT THE ARMORY YERMA

THE LET GO: NICK CAVE

“A shatteringly powerful reinvention of a familiar classic” —The Independent (UK)

“one of the most popular contemporary artists [who] turns his serious ideas into buoyant aesthetic concepts” —The New York Times

march 23–april 21

june 7–july 1

Federico García Lorca’s 1934 devastating drama is radically reimagined into a parable of modern life by Australian director in his long-awaited New York directorial debut. His highly unusual staging serves as a strikingly effective visual metaphor to imitate life under a microscope and lived online while heightening our sense of voyeurism. Having won 2017 Olivier Awards for Best Revival and Best Actress for Billie Piper when staged at the Young Vic in London, this fullblooded production is transported to the Armory for its highly anticipated North American premiere.

MYRIAD ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER

Interdisciplinary artist Nick Cave creates a dance-based town hall to which the community of New York is invited to “let go” and speak their minds through movement. This ambitious new work—a hybrid installation, performance, gathering and dancing environment—reimagines the Wade Thompson Drill Hall with a massive, multi-colored mylar curtain, a series of live performances and soundtracks curated by some of New York’s best DJs, and dance-based encounters. Also on display in the Armory’s historic rooms are a collection of Cave’s “Up Right” soundsuits, wearable sculptures that create a second skin to conceal race, gender, and class to force the viewer to observe without judgment.

may 22-24

ARTISTS STUDIO

“As Oneohtrix Point Never, New York-based electronic composer Daniel Lopatin has often focused on the grotesque and unplaceable [with] a tendency to displace the listener—to envelop them in a world that looks a lot like the one they’re used to, but threatens to fall apart at the slightest touch.” —Pitchfork

Curated by jazz pianist, composer, and MacArthur fellow Jason Moran, this series adds to the exuberance of the newly restored Veterans Room with interventions by some of today’s most creative voices who have a distinct relationship to sound with a visual aesthetic that blurs the boundaries between installation and performance.

Musician, composer, and Mercury Prize nominated-producer Oneohtrix Point Never’s world-building approach to creating works spans across the mediums of film, poetry, and visual art.

He comes to the Armory to create a hyperstitial concertscape imagined from the perspective of an alien intelligence. The project places the audience inside the architecture of the music itself, using the scale of the Wade Thompson Drill Hall to explore disorienting relationships between space and sound while mutating forms of live musical performance. The world premiere of myRiad is presented as a four-part epochal song cycle by the Park Avenue Armory and the Red Bull Music Festival New York City.

Upcoming Events:

ALVIN CURRAN

march 14

MATANA ROBERTS

april 24

CHARLEMAGNE PALESTINE

september 14

JULIANA HUXTABLE

october 10

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OTHER HAPPENINGS AT THE ARMORY ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE

INTERROGATIONS OF FORM: CONVERSATION SERIES

Held in our historic period rooms, these insightful conversations throughout the year feature artists, scholars, cultural leaders, and social trailblazers who gather to offer new points of view and unique perspectives on Armory productions, explore a range of themes and relevant topics, and encourage audiences to think beyond conventional interpretations and perspectives of art.

MALKIN LECTURE SERIES

Each fall, the popular Malkin Lecture Series presents scholars and experts on topics relating to the Armory and the civic, cultural, and aesthetic life of New York City in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Lecture topics have ranged from history makers like Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt to Gilded Age society’s favorite restaurants and the Hudson River painters.

ARMORY AFTER HOURS

Salon culture has enlivened art since the 19th century, when friends gathered in elegant chambers to hear intimate performances and share artistic insights. Join us following select performances for libations with fellow attendees as we revive this tradition in our historic period rooms. You may also get to talk with the evening’s artists, who often greet friends and audience members following their performances.

HISTORIC INTERIORS TOURS

Get an insider’s look at the Armory with a guided walking tour of the building with our staff historian. From the soaring 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall to the extraordinary interiors designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, Stanford White, Herter Brothers, and others, and learn about the design plans by acclaimed architects Herzog & de Meuron.

Launched in 2010, the Armory’s artist-in-residence program supports artists across genres in the creation and development of new work. Each artist sets up a studio in one of the Armory’s period rooms, providing a unique backdrop that can serve as both inspiration and as a collaborator in their project development. Residencies also include participation in the Armory’s arts education program. Current artists-inresidence include installation and performance artist Tania Bruguera; performance artists Malik Gaines and Alexandro Segade; choreographer and flexn dance pioneer Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray and his company the D.R.E.A.M. Ring; playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and performance artist Carmelita Tropicana; set designer and director Christine Jones and choreographer Steven Hoggett; playwright and screenwriter Lynn Nottage; composer and guitarist Marvin Sewell; and photographer and visual artist Carrie Mae Weems. The Artistin-Residence Program is made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Previous Armory artists-in-residence have included inventive theater company 600 Highwaymen; theater artists Taylor Mac and Machine Dazzle; writer, director, and production designer Andrew Ondrejcak; vocalist, composer, and cultural worker Imani Uzuri; dancer and choreographer Wally Cardona; visual artist and choreographer Jason Akira Somma; soprano Lauren Flanigan; writer Sasha Frere-Jones; Trusty Sidekick Theater Company; vocalist-songwriter Somi; multidisciplinary performer Okwui Okpokwasili; choreographer Faye Driscoll; artist Ralph Lemon; visual artist Alex Dolan; musician Meredith Monk; sound artist Marina Rosenfeld; string quartet ETHEL; playwright and director Young Jean Lee; vocalist and artist Helga Davis; director, designer, and musician Julian Crouch; performance artist John Kelly; and Shen Wei Dance Arts; among others.

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JOIN THE ARMORY JOIN OR RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP Support Park Avenue Armory as a member and enjoy insider access to what The New York Times has called “the most important new cultural institution in New York City.”

For more information about membership, please email members@armoryonpark.org or call (212) 616-3958. We are pleased to recognize the generous support of our members with these special benefits, updated as of April 25, 2016:

FRIEND $100

BENEFACTOR $1,000 $780 is tax deductible

All benefits of the Associate membership plus: »» Recognition in Armory printed programs »» No wait, no line ticket pick up at the patron desk »» Handling fees waived on ticket purchases* »» Invitation to a private Chairman’s Circle event for you and a guest »» Two complimentary tickets to the Under Construction Series, Recital Series, or Artists Studio*

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE STARTING AT $2,500

$70 is tax deductible

»» Members only pre-sale access for Armory performances »» Invitation to the opening night preview for visual art installations »» Free admission for you and a guest to Armory visual arts installations »» Discounts at local partnered restaurants and hotels »» 10% discount on merchandise sold during Armory performances

SUPPORTER $250 $200 is tax deductible

All benefits of the Friend membership plus: »» Fees waived on ticket exchanges* »» Free admission for you and a guest to guided tours of the Armory*** »» Discount on tickets to the Malkin Lecture Series* »» Discount on tickets to Artist Talks and Public Programs*

ASSOCIATE $500 $370 is tax deductible

All benefits of the Supporter membership plus: »» Members concierge ticket service »» Free admission for two additional guests to visual art installations »» Two complimentary passes to an art fair**

Members of this exclusive group are offered unique and intimate opportunities to experience the Armory, including invitations to private tours and VIP receptions with world-class artists, access to priority seating and the Armory’s concierge ticket service.

AVANT-GARDE STARTING AT $350

The Avant-Garde is a forward-thinking group of Park Avenue Armory supporters in their 20s to 30s that offers a deeper, more intimate connection to the unique and creative concepts behind the Armory’s mission. Members receive exclusive benefits throughout the year, including priority ticketing, special receptions, viewings, talks, and VIP events.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE STARTING AT $5,000

The Armory’s arts education program reaches thousands of public school students each year, immersing them in the creative process of exceptional visual and performing artists and teaching them to explore their own creative instincts.

Education Committee members are invited to special events, meetings, and workshops that allow them to witness the students’ progress and contribute to the growth of the program.

For more information about membership, please call (212) 616-3958 e-mail members@armoryonpark.org.

For information on ticketing, or to purchase tickets, please call the Box Office at (212) 933-5812 *Subject to ticket availability **Certain restrictions apply ***Reservations required

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Thompson Arts Center at Park Avenue Armory | 643 Park Avenue at 67th Street

PARK AVENUE ARMORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Co-Chairman Elihu Rose, PhD. Co-Chairman Adam R. Flatto President Rebecca Robertson

Marina Abramović Harrison M. Bains Wendy Belzberg Emma Bloomberg Martin Brand Cora Cahan Peter C. Charrington Hélène Comfort Paul Cronson Emme Levin Deland Sanford B. Ehrenkranz David Fox Marjorie L. Hart Edward G. Klein, Major General NYNG (Ret.) Ken Kuchin Mary T. Kush

Pablo Legorreta Ralph Lemon Heidi McWilliams David S. Moross Gwendolyn Adams Norton Joel Press Genie H. Rice Amanda J.T. Riegel Janet C. Ross Joan Steinberg Emanuel Stern Mimi Klein Sternlicht Angela E. Thompson Deborah C. van Eck Founding Chairman, 2000-2009 Wade F.B. Thompson

PARK AVENUE ARMORY ARTISTIC COUNCIL Co-Chairs Noreen Buckfire Michael Field Caryn Schacht and David Fox Heidi and Tom McWilliams

Benigno Aguilar and Gerald Erickson Wendy Belzberg and Strauss Zelnick Sonja and Martin J. Brand A. Cary Brown and Steven Epstein Elizabeth Coleman Hélène and Stuyvesant Comfort Emme and Jonathan Deland Krystyna Doerfler Adam R. Flatto Olivia Tournay Flatto Janet Halvorson Anita K. Hersh Wendy Keys Ken Kuchin and Tyler Morgan Mary T. Kush Almudena and Pablo Legorreta Aaron Lieber and Bruce Horten

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Christina and Alan MacDonald Elizabeth and Frank Newman Janet and David P. Nolan Gwen and Peter Norton Lily O'Boyle Slobodan Randjelović and Jon Stryker Michael D. Rhea Richard and Amanda J.T. Riegel Susan and Elihu Rose Janet C. Ross Susan Rudin Joan and Michael Steinberg Liz and Emanuel Stern Mimi Klein Sternlicht Deborah C. van Eck Robert Vila and Diana Barrett Mary Wallach

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SUPPORTERS Park Avenue Armory expresses its deep appreciation to the individuals and organizations listed here for their generous support for its annual and capital campaigns. $1,000,000 + Charina Endowment Fund Empire State Local Development Corporation Richard and Ronay Menschel New York City Council and Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick New York City Department of Cultural Affairs The Pershing Square Foundation Susan and Elihu Rose The Arthur Ross Foundation and J & AR Foundation Joan and Joel Smilow The Thompson Family Foundation Wade F.B. Thompson* The Zelnick/Belzberg Charitable Trust Anonymous

$500,000 to $999,999 Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Marina Kellen French Ken Kuchin and Tyler Morgan Almudena and Pablo Legorreta The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Assemblymember Dan Quart and the New York State Assembly Adam R. Rose and Peter R. McQuillan Donna and Marvin Schwartz Liz and Emanuel Stern

$250,000 to $499,999 American Express Citi Michael Field Adam R. Flatto Olivia Tournay Flatto The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Amanda J.T. and Richard E. Riegel The Rockefeller Foundation Marshall Rose Family Foundation

$100,000 to $249,999 The Achelis and Bodman Foundations R. Mark Adams Linda and Earle Altman Bloomberg Philanthropies Booth Ferris Foundation Sonja and Martin J. Brand The W. L. Lyons Brown Jr. Charitable Foundation Hélène and Stuyvesant Comfort Caroline and Paul Cronson Emme and Jonathan Deland Marjorie and Gurnee Hart Anna Maria & Stephen Kellen Foundation, Inc. Kirkland & Ellis LLP Mary T. Kush Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin and The Malkin Fund, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse, Jr. New York State Assembly

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Gwen and Peter Norton Rebecca Robertson and Byron Knief Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Janet C. Ross Caryn Schacht and David Fox / Event Sponsor: Kirkland & Ellis Amy and Jeffrey Silverman Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Joan and Michael Steinberg M K Reichert Sternlicht Foundation Mr. William C. Tomson Deborah C. van Eck

$25,000 to $99,999 Art Dealers Association of America AECOM Tishman Benigno Aguilar and Gerald Erickson The Avenue Association Harrison and Leslie Bains Ginette Becker Emma Bloomberg Carolyn S. Brody Janna Bullock Eileen Campbell and Struan Robertson The Cowles Charitable Trust Mary Cronson / Evelyn Sharp Foundation Ellie and Edgar Cullman Gina and James de Givenchy The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation Andrew L. Farkas, Island Capital Group & C-III Capital Partners Lorraine Gallard and Richard H. Levy Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation Howard Gilman Foundation Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Deborah and Allen Grubman Anita K. Hersh Josefin and Paul Hilal Daniel Clay Houghton Kaplen Brothers Fund The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation Chad A. Leat Christina and Alan MacDonald Christine & Richard Mack Marc Haas Foundation National Endowment for the Arts New York State Council on the Arts Frank and Elizabeth Newman Stavros Niarchos Foundation David P. Nolan Foundation Slobodan Randjelović and Jon Stryker The Reed Foundation Michael D. Rhea Rhodebeck Charitable Trust Genie and Donald Rice Mary Jane Robertson and Jock Clark The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Nicholas and Shelley Schorsch The Shubert Foundation Sydney and Stanley S. Shuman Peter and Jaar-mel Sloane / Heckscher Foundation Sanford L. Smith

Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia Sharzad and Michael Targoff TEFAF NY, Jeff Rabin and Michael Plummer Tishman Speyer Properties, LP Barbara and Donald Tober Robert Vila and Diana Barrett Anonymous (3)

$10,000 to $24,999 Jamie Alter and Michael Lynton AR Global Investments, LLC Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation Helaine and Victor Barnett Noreen and Ken Buckfire Marco Cafuzzi Elizabeth Coleman Joyce B. Cowin Jennie L. and Richard K. DeScherer Beth Rudin DeWoody Krystyna Doerfler Jeanne Donovan Fisher William F. Draper Peggy and Millard Drexler Andra and John Ehrenkranz Dr. Nancy Eppler-Wolff and Mr. John Wolff Florence Fearrington Ella M. Foshay and Michael B. Rothfeld Barbara and Peter Georgescu Kiendl and John Gordon Jeff and Kim Greenberg Janet Halvorson Rachel and Mike Jacobellis William and Elizabeth Kahane Jennie Kassanoff and Dan Schulman Suzie and Bruce Kovner Jill and Peter Kraus Leonard and Judy Lauder Fund Leon Levy Foundation Aaron Lieber and Bruce Horten Kamie and Richard Lightburn George S. Loening Andrea Markezin Press and Joel Press May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Patty Newburger and Bradley Wechsler Lily O'Boyle PBDW Architects Liz and Jeff Peek Joan and Joel I. Picket David Remnick and Esther Fein Kimberly and Scott Resnick Roberto Cavalli Deborah and Chuck Royce Mr. and Mrs. William Sandholm Susan and Charles Sawyers Stacy Schiff and Marc de la Bruyère Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Sculco Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Sotheby's Patricia Brown Specter Dr. and Mrs. Eugene E. Stark, Jr.

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Michael and Veronica Stubbs Mr. and Mrs. Dave Thomas Jane and Robert Toll Christopher Tsai and André Stockamp / Tsai Capital Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ulrich Mary Wallach David Wassong and Cynthia Clift Diana Wege Mike Weil and Shirley Madhere-Weil WME Anonymous (2)

$5,000 to $9,999 Jody and John Arnhold Abigail Baratta Tony Bechara Debra and Leon Black Allison M. Blinken Leslie Bluhm and David Helfand Nicholas Brawer Catherine and Robert Brawer Amanda M. Burden Marian and Russell Burke CBRE Margaret Crotty and Rory Riggs Constance and Gregory Dalvito Diana Davenport and John Bernstein Christopher A. Duda Mary Ellen Dundon Eagle Capital Management, L.L.C. David and Frances Eberhart Foundation Ehrenkranz & Ehrenkranz LLP Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Alicia Ernst and John Katzman EverGreene Architectural Arts The Felicia Fund Fisher Marantz Stone, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Amandine Freidheim Cultural Services of the French Embassy Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Bart Friedman and Wendy A. Stein Teri Friedman and Babak Yaghmaie Inger McCabe Elliott The Georgetown Company Sarah Jane and Trevor Gibbons Mr. and Mrs. David Golub Sarah Gould and David Steinhardt Jamee and Peter Gregory Agnes Gund Molly Butler Hart and Michael D. Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hite Ionian Management Nancy Josephson Sonny and Michelle Kalsi Hon. Bruce M. Kaplan and Janet Yaseen Kaplan Adrienne Katz Erin and Alex Klatskin Phyllis L. Kossoff Mr. and Mrs. Fernand Lamesch Lazard Chad Leat Gail and Alan Levenstein Lili Lynton and Michael Ryan The Honorable and Mrs. Earle I Mack Diane and Adam E. Max Rick and Dee Mayberry Renee and David McKee Constance and H. Roemer McPhee

Joyce F. Menschel Sergio and Malu Millerman Claire Milonas Adriana and Robert Mnuchin Christine Moog and Benoit Helluy Sue Morris Beth and Joshua Nash Mary Kathryn Navab Mr. and Mrs. Michael Newhouse Nancy and Morris W. Offit Kathleen O'Grady David Orentreich, MD / Orentreich Family Foundation Peter and Beverly Orthwein Paddle8, Inc. Madison J Papp Ron Perelman and Anna Chapman Susan Porter Anne and Skip Pratt Preserve New York, a grant program of Preservation League of New York Tracey and Robert Pruzan Katharine and William Rayner Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation Chuck and Stacy Rosenzweig Valerie Rubsamen and Cedomir Crnkovic H. Onno and Renée Ruding Sana H. Sabbagh Bonnie J. Sacerdote Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Sackler Dr. and Ms. Nathan Saint-Amand Oscar S. Schafer Sara Lee and Axel Schupf Lise Scott and D. Ronald Daniel Claude Shaw and Lara Meiland-Shaw Stephanie and Fred Shuman Alan and Sandy Siegel Lea Simonds Daisy M. Soros Jennifer and Jonathan Allen Soros Debbie and Jeffrey Stevenson Elizabeth Stribling and Guy Robinson The Jay and Kelly Sugarman Foundation Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Michael Tuch Foundation L.F. Turner Liliana Vaamonde and Richard Pretsfelder Jan and Cynthia van Eck Ambassador and Mrs. William J. vanden Heuvel Anastasia Vournas and J. William Uhrig Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Weingarten Michael Weinstein and Millen Magese Jacqueline Weld Drake Lynne Wheat David Wolf and Lisa Bjornson Wolf Cynthia Young and George Eberstadt Richard and Franny Heller Zorn Anonymous (2)

$2,500 to $4,999 Vanessa Ana Barboni Mr. and Ms. Jonathan Berger Mr. and Mrs. Robert Birnbaum Hana and Michael Bitton Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bloom John Bonanno / Phoenix Interior Contracting Marc Brodherson and Sarah Ryan Stacey Bronfman Amy and Kevin Brown

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Veronica Bulgari and Stephan Haimo Cartier S.A. Alexandre and Lori Chemla Mr. and Mrs. David Cohen Emy Cohenca Betsy Cohn Mr. and Mrs. Tony Coles Creative Artists Agency The Cultivist Joshua Dachs / Fisher Dachs Associates Theatre Planning and Design Joan K. Davidson (The J.M. Kaplan Fund) Virginia Davies and Willard Taylor Luis y Cora Delgado Ms. Elizabeth Diller and Mr. Richard Scofidio Francesca and Michael Donner Karen Eckhoff Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg Foundation Alice and David Elgart Michael Finkel Edmée and Nicholas Firth Claudia and George Bitar Teri Friedman and Babak Yaghmaie Elizabeth and David Granville-Smith Great Performances Marieline Grinda and Ahmad Deek Mr. and Mrs. George Grunebaum Susan Gutfreund John Hargraves Daisy Helman Robert Jaffe and Natasha Silver Bell Mr. and Mrs. Morton Janklow Nancy Kestenbaum and David Klafter Diana King / The Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation Elizabeth Kivlan Knickerbocker Greys Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Krevlin Justin Kush Lagunitas Brewing Co. Sahra T. Lese Phyllis Levin Lisson Gallery Liz Lubnina and Tom Sternfeldt Heather Lubov Billy and Julie Macklowe Judith and Michael Margulies Angela Mariani James C. Marlas and Marie Nugent-Head Marlas Nina B. Matis H. Roemer and Constance McPhee Mr. and Mrs. Prakash Melwani Sally Minard and Norton Garfinkle Allen Model and Dr. Roberta Gausas Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morse Mr. and Mrs. Saleem Muqaddam Stéphanie Newhouse Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Numeroff Mario Palumbo George Petrides Joseph Piacentile Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Heidi Rieger Jonathan F.P. and Diana Rose Susan and Jon Rotenstreich Jane Fearer Safer Nathan and Cynthia Saint-Amand Mr. and Mrs. William H. Sandholm Paul H. Scarbrough / Akustiks, LLC. Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred N. Schlumberger Caroline Schmidt-Barnett

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Victoria Schorsch Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schueller Kimberly Kravis and Jonathan Schulhof Lee Shull and Arthur Pober Denise Simon and Paulo Vieiradacunha Gillian Hearst Shaw Laura Skoler Stephanie and Dick Solar Sara Solomon Sonnier & Castle Gayfryd Steinberg and Michael Shnayerson Doug Steiner Diane and Sam Stewart Angeline Straka Tom Strauss Bill and Ellen Taubman John Usdan Peter Van Ingen and Alexandra Oelsner Susan and Kevin Walsh Mati Weiderpass David Reed Weinreb Katherine Wenning and Michael Dennis Kate R. Whitney and Franklin A. Thomas Brian and Jame Williams Amy Yenkin and Robert Usdan Judy Zankel Zubatkin Owner Representation, LLC Anonymous (3)

$1,000 to $2,499 Marina Abramović Travis Acquavella Mr. and Mrs. John Argenti David Bach and Alatia Bradley Bach Rebecca Lynn Bagdonas Steve Bakunas Femenella & Associates Laura Zambelli Barket Joslyn Barnes and Anita Nayar Julia Bator and Charles Duggan Norton Belknap Kristine Bell Dale and Max Berger Elaine S. Bernstein Katherine Birch Bluestem Prairie Foundation Dr. Suzy and Mr. Lincoln Boehm Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Bonovitz Barbara Brandt Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brause Diane Britz Lotti Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Brokaw Gabby Bronfman Matthew Bronfman Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Butler Cora Cahan and Bernard Gersten Chanda Chapin Sommer Chatwin Shirin and Kasper Christoffersen Alexander Cooper Jessica and David Cosloy Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Crisses Austen and Ernesto Cruz Boykin Curry Sasha Cutter and Aaron Hsu Lynn Dale and Frank Wisneski Mr. and Mrs. Charles Daniels Suzanne Dawson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas de Neufville Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Deane Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Debs

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Thompson Arts Center at Park Avenue Armory | 643 Park Avenue at 67th Street

ABOUT THE BOARD OF OFFICERS ROOM “The restoration of the Park Avenue Armory seems destined to set a new standard, not so much for its scale, but for its level of respect and imagination.”

– The New York Times The Board of Officers Room is one of the most important historic rooms in America and one of the few remaining interiors by Herter Brothers. After decades of progressive damage and neglect, the room completed a revitalization in 2013 by the architecture team at Herzog & de Meuron and executive architects Platt Byard Dovell White Architects to transform the space into a state-of-the-art salon for intimate performances and other contemporary art programing.

The Board of Officers Room is the third period room at the Armory completed (out of 18) and represents the full range of design tools utilized by the team including the removal of accumulated layers on the surfaces, the addition of contemporary lighting to the 1897 chandeliers, new interpretations of the stencil patterns on areas of loss, the addition of metallic finishes on new materials, new programming infrastructure, and custom designed furniture.

The room’s restoration is part of an ongoing $210-million transformation, which is guided by the understanding that the Armory’s rich history and the patina of time are essential to its character. A defining component of the design process for the period rooms is the close collaboration between architect and artisan. Highly skilled craftspeople working in wood, paint, plaster, and metals were employed in the creation of the building’s original interiors and the expertise – and hand – of similar artisans has been drawn upon for the renovation work throughout.

The renovation of the Board of Officers Room was made possible through the generosity of The Thompson Family Foundation.

Cover photo by James Ewing.