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Program Notes - White Light Festival
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Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings, October 7–8, 2014, at 7:00
St. Matthew Passion
(U.S. premiere production)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Simon Rattle, Conductor
Peter Sellars, Director
Mark Padmore, Evangelist
Christian Gerhaher, Jesus
Camilla Tilling, Soprano
Magdalena Kožená, Mezzo-soprano
Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor
Eric Owens, Bass-baritone
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Simon Halsey, Chorus Master
Boy Choristers of St. Thomas Church
John Scott, Chorus Master
This performance is approximately three hours and 40 minutes long, including
intermission.
Co-presented by Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival and Park Avenue Armory
(Program continued)
The White Light Festival is sponsored by Time Warner Inc.
These performances are supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Additional support provided by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc. and members of
the Producers Circle.
These performances are made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center.
Wade Thompson Drill Hall,
Park Avenue Armory
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Lincoln Center and Park Avenue Armory would
like to thank Carnegie Hall for its collaboration in
making possible these Berliner Philharmoniker
performances.
The Berliner Philharmoniker residency in New York
City is made possible by a leadership gift from the
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, and
Marina Kellen French.
Deutsche Bank is proud to support the Berliner
Philharmoniker.
Upcoming White Light Festival Events:
Thursday–Saturday Evenings, October 9–11,
at 8:00 in Baryshnikov Arts Center,
Jerome Robbins Theater
Chalk and Soot (New York premiere)
Dance Heginbotham
Brooklyn Rider
Co-presented with Baryshnikov Arts Center
Friday Evening, October 10, at 7:30
in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Vespers
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Simon Halsey, Conductor
RACHMANINOFF: All-Night Vigil
Saturday Evening, October 11, at 7:30
in the New York Society for Ethical Culture
Ecstatic Journeys
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali
Pre-concert lecture at 6:15
Wednesday–Friday Evenings, October 15–17,
at 7:30, and Saturday, October 18, at 2:00
and 7:30 in the Rose Theater
The Rite of Spring (New York premiere)
Basil Twist, Director and Designer
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Jayce Ogren, Conductor
ALL-STRAVINSKY PROGRAM
Fireworks; Pulcinella Suite; The Rite of Spring
Pre-concert discussion with Basil Twist and Jane
Moss on Friday, October 17, at 6:15 at the Irene
Diamond Education Center
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BACH St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (1727)
First Part
Chorus: Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen
Chorale: O Lamm Gottes unschuldig
Recitative: Da Jesus diese Rede vollendet hatte
Chorale: Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen
Recitative: Da versammleten sich die Hohenpriester
Chorus: Ja nicht auf das Fest
Recitative: Da nun Jesus war zu Bethanien
Chorus: Wozu dienet dieser Unrat
Recitative: Da das Jesus merkete
Recitative: Du lieber Heiland du
Aria: Buß und Reu
Recitative: Da ging hin der Zwölfen einer
Aria: Blute nur, du liebes Herz
Recitative: Aber am ersten Tage der süßen Brot
Chorus: Wo willst du, daß wir dir bereiten
Recitative: Er sprach: Gehet hin in die Stadt
Recitative: Und sie wurden sehr betrübt
Chorus: Herr, bin ich’s
Chorale: Ich bin’s, ich sollte büßen
Recitative: Er antwortete und sprach
Recitative: Wiewohl mein Herz in Tränen schwimmt
Aria: Ich will dir mein Herze schenken
Recitative: Und da sie den Lobgesang gesprochen hatten
Chorale: Erkenne mich, mein Hüter
Recitative: Petrus aber antwortete und sprach zu ihm
Chorale: Ich will hier bei dir stehen
Recitative: Da kam Jesus mit ihnen zu einem Hofe
Recitative: O Schmerz! Hier zittert das gequälte Herz
Chorus: Was ist die Ursach’ aller solcher Plagen
Aria: Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen
Chorus: So schlafen unsre Sünden ein
Recitative: Und ging hin ein wenig
Recitative: Der Heiland fällt vor seinem Vater nieder
Aria: Gerne will ich mich bequemen
Recitative: Und er kam zu seinen Jüngern
Chorale: Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh’ allzeit
Recitative: Und er kam und fand sie aber schlafend
Aria: So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen
Chorus: Laßt ihn! Haltet! Bindet nicht
Chorus: Sind Blitze, sind Donner in Wolken verschwunden
Recitative: Und siehe, einer aus denen
Chorale: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß
Intermission
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Second Part
Aria: Ach! nun ist mein Jesus hin
Chorus: Wo ist denn dein Freund hingegangen
Recitative: Die aber Jesum gegriffen hatten
Chorale: Mir hat die Welt trüglich gericht’
Recitative: Und wiewohl viel falsche Zeugen herzutraten
Recitative: Mein Jesus schweigt zu falschen Lügen stille
Aria: Geduld, geduld
Recitative: Und der Hohepriester antwortete
Chorus: Er ist des Todes schuldig
Recitative: Da speieten sie aus in sein Angesicht
Chorale: Wer hat dich so geschlagen
Recitative: Petrus aber saß draußen im Palast
Chorus: Wahrlich, du bist auch einer von denen
Recitative: Da hub er an, sich zu verfluchen
Aria: Erbarme dich
Chorale: Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen
Recitative: Des Morgens aber hielten alle Hohepriester
Chorus: Was gehet uns das an
Recitative: Und er warf die Silberlinge in den Tempel
Aria: Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder
Recitative: Sie hielten aber einen Rat
Chorale: Befiehl du deine Wege
Recitative: Auf das Fest aber hatte der Landpfleger Gewohnheit
Chorus: Laß ihn kreuzigen
Chorale: Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe
Recitative: Der Landpfleger sagte
Recitative: Er hat uns allen wohlgetan
Aria: Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben
Recitative: Sie schrieen aber noch mehr
Chorus: Laß ihn kreuzigen
Recitative: Da aber Pilatus sahe
Chorus: Sein Blut komme über unsre Kinder
Recitative: Da gab er ihnen Barrabam los
Recitative: Erbarm es Gott
Aria: Können Tränen meiner Wangen
Recitative: Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte
Chorus: Gegrüßet seist du, Jüdenkönig
Recitative: Und speieten ihn an
Chorale: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
Recitative: Und da sie ihn verspottet hatten
Recitative: Ja freilich will in uns das Fleisch und Blut
Aria: Komm, süßes Kreuz, so will ich sagen
Recitative: Und da sie an die Stätte kamen
Chorus: Der du den Tempel Gottes zerbrichst
Recitative: Desgleichen auch die Hohepriester
Chorus: Andern hat er geholfen
Recitative: Desgleichen schmäheten ihn auch die Mörder
Recitative: Ach, Golgatha, unsel’ges Golgatha
Aria: Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand
Recitative: Und von der sechsten Stunde an
Chorus: Der rufet dem Elias
Recitative: Und bald lief einer unter ihnen
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Chorus: Halt! laß sehen
Recitative: Aber Jesus schriee abermal laut
Chorale: Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden
Recitative: Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriß
Chorus: Wahrlich, dieser ist Gottes Sohn gewesen
Recitative: Und es waren viel Weiber da
Recitative: Am Abend, da es kühle war
Aria: Mache dich, mein Herze, rein
Recitative: Und Joseph nahm den Leib
Chorus: Herr, wir haben gedacht
Recitative: Pilatus sprach zu ihnen
Recitative: Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht
Chorus: Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder
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Note from the Director
by Peter Sellars
Imagine the first followers, broken and bereft the night after the Crucifixion. After a triumphal entry into Jerusalem, their leader was executed in public following a sham trial
by a discredited government. How could everything have gone so wrong?
Bach wrote the St. Matthew Passion not as a concert work and not as a work of theater,
but as a transformative ritual reaching across time and space, uniting disparate and dispirited communities. His achievement is one of the most powerful acts of remembrance in
human history. In the St. Matthew Passion, there are no spectators, only participants. We
are all present as witnesses, all called upon to testify. Our own internal conflicts are
exposed as the larger contradictions of the world, and our gradually expanding levels of
personal and collective recognition lead to an expanded sense of personal and collective
responsibility. The sheer scale of the work tests our endurance and becomes an overwhelming exercise in compassion.
My ritual “staging” is primarily focused on Bach’s spatial imagination and the moral energies that his dialogues and juxtapositions release. Bach’s musical images are often vividly
pictorial, but they also move beyond the visual, passing through the tactile, to find their
redemptive and healing power in the act of making music itself, which is its own kind of
spiritual path of concentration, shared attention, and transcendent achievement.
—Copyright © 2014 by Peter Sellars
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Note on the Production
by Tobias Möller
We can only speculate on Bach’s reasons for never contemplating writing an opera.
Perhaps he had no interest in the medium, but perhaps he simply lacked the opportunity
to appear in public with a piece of music theater. After all, writing operas was never one
of Bach’s professional duties. But it is clear from his Passions that he was fascinated by
the whole idea of dramatic expression. Here Christ’s Passion is not simply retold in the
form of a narrative whose events took place in the past but is depicted with a directness
that allows us to experience it first hand and to feel for ourselves the extreme emotions
triggered by the events that the work describes.
It comes as no surprise, therefore, to learn that the St. Matthew Passion in particular has
prompted directors and choreographers to stage it in the theater. The semi-staged performances that Peter Sellars mounted in the spring of 2010, both at the Salzburg Easter
Festival and in the Berlin Philharmonie with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Simon
Rattle, may be seen as an attempt to take these experimental stagings a step further—or
not, as the case may be. For although Sellars, together with the vocal soloists and the
members of the Rundfunkchor Berlin (Berlin Radio Chorus), presented audiences with a
series of unforgettable and powerful images, dramatic effectiveness was by no means
central to their concerns. “It’s not theater,” says Sellars about the St. Matthew Passion. “It
is a prayer, it is a meditation.” The aim of this performance, therefore, was to allow the
audience to experience this aspect for themselves.
The project began with Sellars’s first encounter with the Berlin Philharmonie in 2006, when
he was so enthusiastic about the whole layout of the auditorium, in which the central
podium is surrounded by rows of seats for the audience, that he felt it an ideal space in
which to perform the St. Matthew Passion. After all, Bach himself had placed his choirs
and instrumentalists on two separate galleries when performing the work in St. Thomas’s
Church in Leipzig. This spatialization of the music underscores the work’s numerous dialogues. But the attempt to reconstruct this spatial element in the Philharmonie was not an
end in itself, and certainly not an acoustic special effect. By placing the musicians facing
each other and inviting them to engage in a dialogue in this way, the director was able to
draw the audience into the very heart and center of the action. The boundaries between
the podium and the audience were blurred, and a sense of community ensued.
For Peter Sellars, this musical dialogue is Bach’s central means of presenting the idea of a
metaphysical search, and it is manifest not only in the way the musicians are positioned,
facing each other, but also in the inner struggles that beset the principal characters. Above
all, the vocal soloists have to complete their arduous journeys through the most varied
worlds of emotion. But they are not alone. At their side are instrumentalists—notably the
oboe in “Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen” and the violin in “Gebt mir meinen Jesum
wieder.” In this ritualized approach to the score, they are visible companions who suffer
along with the singers. Perhaps this is the most immediate and graphic illustration of
Sellars’s view of the work. Although the St. Matthew Passion is the “Mount Everest” of
music, in the present interpretation this monument is not meant to be “admired from a distance.” Quite the opposite: we are invited “to open it and go inside.”
—Translated from the German by Stewart Spencer. Reprinted with permission.
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Note on the Music
by Michael Marissen
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (1727)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Born March 21, 1685, in Eisenach, Germany
Died July 28, 1750, in Leipzig
Approximate length of First Part:
1 hour, 20 minutes
Approximate length of Second Part:
1 hour, 50 minutes
Bach’s Passions were expected to be heard
but not seen. He wrote them for the liturgy
of Leipzig’s Lutheran churches, where his
ensembles made music from the raised galleries at the rear, behind or to the side of
most listeners, essentially out of view.
In the case of the St. Matthew Passion,
what one heard was an elaborate threehour meditation on the First Gospel’s story
of the death of Jesus. Invisible to the
audience, single singers took on multiple
roles, but this wasn’t confusing, because
the Passion’s language shifted from group
to group.
The narrative itself was in the somewhat
archaic prose of Martin Luther’s wellknown translation of the Gospel. The
soloist commentary was in the modern
rhymed and accented poetry of Bach’s
Leipzig librettist Christian Friedrich Henrici
(who went by “Picander”). And the choral
commentary was mostly in the slightly
antiquated rhymed and accented poetry of
well-known Lutheran hymns.
Bach’s music complemented these verbal
differences. A tenor Evangelist chanted
the gospel narrative in simple recitative, a
type of solo singing that imitates speech
rhythms and inflections, accompanied by
intermittent chords from the organ, its
bass line doubled by cello. The direct
speech of individual biblical characters,
though similarly accompanied, prompted
vocal lines decidedly more melodic in character. The words of Jesus were the most
striking of all, since they were accompanied by long-held chords from the strings.
These chords have traditionally been
understood as the musical equivalent of
the haloes in paintings of Jesus.
Soloistic reflection on the story mostly
took the form of arias, consisting of virtuoso vocal episodes accompanied by obbligato instruments, and punctuated by
instrumental refrains called ritornellos.
Other solo commentary found expression
as accompanied recitative, marked by
more active textures, featuring obbligato
instruments like flutes, oboes, or violins.
Musically Bach distinguished the choirs’
contributions in a likewise straightforward
way. He devised the opening and closing
commentary choruses as arias. Turbae
(biblical crowds), by contrast, moved along
more deliberately, in four or eight voices,
without orchestral interludes. Chorales
brought the entire ensemble together,
delivering animated four-part harmonizations of commentary hymn stanzas, instruments doubling the vocal lines.
For all of that, Bach’s Passions technically
were not dramatic, representational
works. His vocalists, even when portraying
direct speech, simply proclaimed biblical
verses, before going on to reflect upon
them. He and his listeners certainly did not
associate individual singers with single
characters, as one would in an opera, for
example. And so, although Bach did borrow verbal and musical styles from opera
(namely, recitative and aria), his St.
Matthew Passion was not, at base, theatrical in conception.
The stipulated aim of Bach’s cantata and
Passion performances, as we know from
his Leipzig job contract, was to provide
“music [that] should thus be created so
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as not to appear opera-centered, but,
much more, to incite the listeners to
[Lutheran] devotion.”
Of paramount devotional importance was
receiving comfort in the face of Original
Sin, the teaching (in Lutheran understanding) that through Adam’s Fall human nature
is in its essence wholly corrupted. Because
of the Fall, humanity incurred an infinitely
crushing debt/guilt. (The German word
Schuld, employed saliently in Picander’s
libretto, carries both meanings.) Only God,
then, has the power to reconcile humans
to God, and it was for this purpose that
Jesus, the Son of God, died sacrificially, on
the cross. In the world of Bach’s liturgical
music, the personal shortcomings and sinful acts of humans are, emphatically, the
mere byproducts of a root problem, sin.
In their staging of the Passion, Peter Sellars
and Simon Rattle re-divide Bach’s solo vocal
material such that 12 discrete biblical
soloists, ten of whom also sing in the
choirs, are fully separated from four discrete commentary soloists, none of whom
sings in the choirs. (Bach, however, had
used for the gospel’s 12 characters only
seven singers, four of whom also sang in
the choirs and performed various solo commentary roles; for his range of commentary
solos, Bach drew on three additional
singers—that is to say he used, all told, not
four but seven commentary soloists.)
This recasting of Bach’s work is the most
striking in the case of Sellars and Rattle’s
alto commentary soloist. Sellars presents
her as a Mary Magdalene figure, increasingly plagued by remorse for her sins and
increasingly alarmed and disturbed by the
Romans’ harsh treatment of Jesus. At cen-
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ter stage, she clasps and consoles the
Evangelist, who, in pained demeanor,
appears as an avatar of Jesus, all the while
the “real” Jesus, the Incarnation of God,
stands exalted, over at the side, to deliver
his nimbused discourses.
In Bach’s performances, two different male
altos would have sung this newfound
female figure’s material, and both would,
furthermore, have additionally sung in the
choirs. Alto 1 performed several numbers in
the role of an anonymous commenter and
several numbers in a second role, labeled
Zion in Picander’s libretto (who is always
presented in dialogue with choir 2, the
Believers). Alto 2 performed several further
numbers in the role of a separate anonymous commenter and yet another number
in a fourth role, the gospel’s Testifier 1.
For modern audiences desiring greater dramatic realism, Sellars and Rattle’s specific
conflation of several of Bach’s differentiated soloistic roles for two unseen male
altos into a unified role for a visually arresting female, along with their various other
reconfigurations of Bach’s ensemble, will
surely help bring a much keener emotional
experience of the Passion.
Michael Marissen, professor emeritus of
music at Swarthmore College, lives in New
York City. His books include The Social and
Religious Designs of Bach’s Brandenburg
Concertos (Princeton, 1995), Lutheranism,
anti-Judaism and Bach’s St. John Passion
(Oxford, 1998), Bach’s Oratorios (Oxford,
2008), and Tainted Glory in Handel’s
Messiah (Yale, 2014).
—Copyright © 2014 by Lincoln Center for the
Performing Arts, Inc.
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Illumination
For the Anniversary of
My Death
by W.S. Merwin
Every year without knowing it I have passed the day
When the last fires will wave to me
And the silence will set out
Tireless traveler
Like the beam of a lightless star
Then I will no longer
Find myself in life as in a strange garment
Surprised at the earth
And the love of one woman
And the shamelessness of men
As today writing after three days of rain
Hearing the wren sing and the falling cease
And bowing not knowing to what
—“For the Anniversary of My Death” by W.S. Merwin. Originally published
in The Lice and currently collected in The Second Four Book of Poems.
Copyright © 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1993 by W.S. Merwin,
used by permission of The Wylie Agency LLC.
For poetry comments and suggestions, please write
to [email protected].
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Simon Rattle
Sir Simon Rattle has been chief conductor
of the Berliner Philharmoniker and artistic
director of the Berlin Philharmonie since
September 2002. His repertoire as a concert and opera conductor ranges from
Baroque to contemporary music. He is a
principal artist of the Orchestra of the Age
of Enlightenment and works with leading
orchestras in Europe and the U.S. Before
becoming chief conductor, Sir Simon had
worked regularly with the Berliner Philharmoniker for more than 15 years.
He was born in Liverpool, England, in 1955,
and studied at the Royal Academy of Music
in London. From 1980 to 1998 he
worked—first as principal conductor and
artistic advisor, then as music director—
with the City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra and led it to the international
forefront. Of particular interest is bringing
the work of the Berliner Philharmoniker and
its music within reach of young people
from different social and cultural backgrounds. To this end, Sir Simon created the
highly successful education program of the
Berliner Philharmoniker, with which the
orchestra has broken new ground in the
field of music education. For this commitment, as well as for his artistic work, Sir
Simon has won many awards, including a
knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II (1994),
the Spanish Premio Don Juan de Borbón
de la Música, and the Order of Merit of the
Federal Republic of Germany (2009). In
2010 he was inducted into the Order of
Knights of the French Legion of Honor. In
2013 he was awarded the Léonie Sonning
Music Prize from the Danish Léonie
Sonning Music Foundation in Copenhagen,
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and later that year appointed Member of
the Order of Merit by Queen Elizabeth II.
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Meet the Artists
Peter Sellars
Opera, theater, and festival director Peter
Sellars is renowned for his innovative and
pioneering productions and collaborations
with an extraordinary range of artists.
Whether staging Bach, Mozart, Handel, or
Stravinsky or working with 21st-century
composers like John Adams and Kaija
Saariaho, Mr. Sellars strikes a universal chord
with audiences, engaging and illuminating
contemporary social and political issues.
Mr. Sellars has staged operas at the
Glyndebourne Festival, Lyric Opera of
Chicago, Netherlands Opera, Paris National
Opera, Salzburg Festival, and the San
Francisco and Santa Fe Operas, among
others. Projects in recent years have
included critically acclaimed concert stagings of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and St.
John Passion with the Berliner Philharmoniker in Berlin, Salzburg, and BadenBaden, and John Adams’s The Gospel
According to the Other Mary with the Los
Angeles Philharmonic. A production of The
Indian Queen, combining Purcell’s music,
new text, and dance, had its premiere at
the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre and
was presented subsequently by Madrid’s
Teatro Real. The latter two will be seen at
English National Opera later this fall and in
early 2015.
Mr. Sellars has led several major arts festivals, including the 1990 and 1993 Los
Angeles Festivals, 2002 Adelaide Arts
Festival, 2003 Venice Biennale International
Festival of Theater, and in 2006 New
Crowned Hope, a month-long festival in
Vienna for which he invited international
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has repeated them at Theater an der Wien
and Paris’s Salle Gaveau with Till Fellner.
Composers who have written for Mr.
Padmore include Mark-Anthony Turnage,
Alec Roth, Sally Beamish, Thomas Larcher,
and Huw Watkins. Regular collaborators
include Paul Lewis, Till Fellner, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Julius Drake, Roger Vignoles,
Simon Lepper, Andrew West, Imogen
Cooper, and Steven Isserlis.
Mr. Padmore is artistic director of the St.
Endellion Summer Music Festival in
Cornwall, England. His extensive discography includes a recording of Handel arias,
As Steals the Morn, with the English
Concert; Schubert’s Winterreise with Paul
Lewis; and Britten’s Serenade and
Nocturne and Finzi’s Dies Natalis with the
Britten Sinfonia.
Mark Padmore
Mark Padmore (tenor, Evangelist) has
established a flourishing career in opera,
concert, and recital, with his performances
in Bach’s Passions receiving high acclaim.
In opera he has worked with directors
Peter Brook, Katie Mitchell, Mark Morris,
and Deborah Warner. Recent work
includes Captain Vere in Britten’s Billy
Budd and the Evangelist in a staged St.
Matthew Passion for Glyndebourne
Festival Opera; Harrison Birtwistle’s The
Corridor at the Aldeburgh and Bregenz
Festivals and Southbank Centre, London;
Tom Rakewell in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s
Progress at La Monnaie, Brussels; and
Handel’s Jephtha at the Welsh National
Opera and English National Opera. Mr.
Padmore has also sung Peter Quint in a
BBC TV production of Britten’s The Turn of
the Screw and recorded the title role in La
clemenza di Tito with René Jacobs.
Mr. Padmore has performed with the
Munich Radio Orchestra; the Berlin, Vienna,
and New York philharmonics; London
Philharmonic and London Symphony
Orchestras; Royal Concertgebouw; and
Boston Symphony Orchestra. He makes
regular appearances with the Orchestra of
the Age of Enlightenment. At London’s
Wigmore Hall, he first sang all three
Schubert song cycles in May 2008, and he
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artists from diverse cultural backgrounds to
create new work. Mr. Sellars is a professor
in the department of world arts and cultures at UCLA. He is the recipient of the
MacArthur Fellowship, the Erasmus Prize,
and the Gish Prize, and is a member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He has also been honored by the American
Academy in Rome, and this year was
awarded the prestigious Polar Music Prize.
Christian Gerhaher
While completing his medical studies,
Christian Gerhaher (baritone, Jesus) took
private singing lessons with Raimund
Grumbach and Paul Kuen, and attended
master classes given by Dietrich FischerDieskau and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
Partnering with piano accompanist Gerold
Huber, Mr. Gerhaher performs exemplary
lied interpretations to great critical acclaim.
In 2006 the Schubert album Abendbilder
received the Gramophone Award. In 2009,
for the Schumann album Mélancholie, Mr.
Gerhaher was awarded an Echo Klassik as
Singer of the Year and also received the
BBC Music Award.
Mr. Gerhaher also performs on the opera
stage. His Vienna and Munich performances in the title role of Henze’s Der
Prinz von Homburg and as Wolfram in
Wagner’s Tannhäuser earned critical praise
in 2010, and the following year he received
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und Gretel ), and most recently as Susanna
(Le nozze di Figaro). At the Metropolitan
Opera she has appeared as both Zerlina (Don
Giovanni) and Nannetta (Falstaff ). With the
vocal flexibility to embrace a diverse repertoire, Ms. Tilling has also enjoyed success as
the Governess (The Turn of the Screw) at the
Glyndebourne Festival, as l’Ange (Saint
François d’Assise) at the Netherlands Opera,
and as Donna Clara (Der Zwerg) at the
Bavarian State Opera.
MATS WIDÉN
the prestigious Laurence Olivier Award.
In 2013 he was awarded the famous
German theater accolade Der Faust for his
powerful performance of Pelléas in
Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande in
Frankfurt. Mr. Gerhaher frequently sings
with world-renowned conductors and
orchestras, including the Bavarian Radio
Symphony Orchestra and the Berliner
Philharmoniker. Both orchestras, as well as
the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in
Vienna and London’s Wigmore Hall, chose
the baritone as their artist-in-residence.
Mr. Gerhaher’s CDs are issued by Sony
Classical, with whom he has an exclusive
partnership.
A highly regarded concert performer, Ms.
Tilling is a regular guest of the Berliner
Philharmoniker, Orchestre de Paris, Bavarian
Radio and NDR Symphony Orchestras, and
the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Her many
recordings include two recital discs dedicated to the songs of Strauss and Schubert,
and Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor with
Paul McCreesh. The most recent addition,
released in July 2014, is Die Schöpfung with
the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
under Bernard Haitink.
Camilla Tilling’s (soprano) mix of beautiful
voice, musicality, and winning stage personality has propelled her into the world’s most
prominent opera houses and concert halls.
In the current season, she appears on stage
as Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) with Paris
National Opera, makes a house debut at
Semperoper Dresden as Mélisande (Pelléas
et Mélisande), and sings her first Contessa
(Le nozze di Figaro) at Drottningholms
Palace Theatre in Stockholm. In concert she
performs Handel’s La resurrezione with the
Berliner Philharmoniker under Emmanuelle
Haïm, Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with both
the Orchestre National de France and the
Vienna Philharmonic, and Handel’s Messiah
in her debut with the New York Philharmonic.
A graduate of the University of Gothenburg
and London’s Royal College of Music, Ms.
Tilling made an early debut at the Royal
Opera House–Covent Garden as Sophie (Der
Rosenkavalier). She has returned there as
Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Dorinda (Orlando),
Oscar (Un ballo in maschera), Gretel (Hänsel
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DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
Camilla Tilling
Magdalena
Kožená
Born in the Czech city of Brno, Magdalena
Kožená (mezzo-soprano) received critical
plaudits for her profound musicianship at a
young age. She signed a recording contract
with Deutsche Grammophon in 1999 and
has since matured to become one of the
foremost singers of her generation. Ms.
Kožená studied voice and piano at the Brno
Conservatory and later enrolled at
Bratislava’s Academy of Performing Arts to
study singing with Eva Bláhová. She made
her breakthrough as winner of the Sixth
International Mozart Competition in
Salzburg, joined the Vienna Volksoper
ensemble the following year, and launched
partnerships with pianist Graham Johnson
and conductor Marc Minkowski in 1998.
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Haïm, René Jacobs, Vladimir Jurowski,
Riccardo Muti, Christophe Rousset, Simon
Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and JeanChristophe Spinosi. He has also worked
with such directors as Christopher Alden,
John Cox, Claus Guth, Dominique Hervieu,
Nicholas Hytner, Yannis Kokkos, Christof
Loy, José Montalvo, Laurent Pelly, and
Peter Sellars.
Ms. Kožená established her reputation as a
world-class opera singer through her debut
at the Salzburg Festival in 2002 as Zerlina in
Don Giovanni, as well as her performances
as Idamante at the Glyndebourne and
Salzburg Easter Festivals. She made her
Metropolitan Opera debut in 2003 as
Cherubino in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro,
and has been a regular guest at the Met ever
since. Her credits also include Angelina in
Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Octavian in
Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, and the title
role in Bizet’s Carmen.
Topi Lehtipuu
Born in Australia to Finnish parents, Topi
Lehtipuu (tenor) studied at the Sibelius
Academy and made his debuts at the
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Vantaa
Opera, and the Savonlinna Opera Festival
before taking residence in Paris. Artistic
director of the Turku Music Festival since
2010, he has gained international reputation for his interpretation of contemporary
as well as early music, including the major
Mozart tenor roles. He often sings under
the batons of Ivor Bolton, Emmanuelle
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MONIKA RITTERSHAUS
In addition to Prayer, her latest album on
Deutsche Grammophon, she has released
Songs My Mother Taught Me, an anthology of Czech songs; Mahler’s Des Knaben
Wunderhorn with the Cleveland Orchestra
and Pierre Boulez; and Love and Longing, a
program of orchestral songs with the
Berliner Philharmoniker and Simon Rattle.
She was named Artist of the Year by
Gramophone in 2004 and has won numerous other awards since, including the Echo
Award, Record Academy Prize (Tokyo), and
Diapason d’or. Ms. Kožená was appointed
a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des
Lettres by the French government in 2003.
Mr. Lehtipuu has appeared in Japan, the
U.S., and all over Europe, including Berlin,
Brussels, Helsinki, London, Paris, Salzburg,
Madrid, and Vienna. Besides several concerts and recordings, projects until 2016
include Don Giovanni at La Monnaie Opera
in Brussels, Paisiello’s Il barbiere di Siviglia
in Vienna, and Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride
at the Salzburg Festival. Mr. Lehtipuu’s
recordings include The Rake’s Progress
(2012 Grammy Award nominee), Die
Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Glyndebourne
Opera), Così fan tutte (Salzburg Festival),
Gluck’s Ezio under Alan Curtis (Virgin
Classics, 2012 Echo Award), Vivaldi’s
Catone in Utica (Naïve), and Arie per Tenore
under Diego Fasolis (Naïve), among others.
Eric Owens
Eric Owens (bass-baritone) has a reputation
as an esteemed interpreter of classic
works and a champion of new music.
Equally at home in orchestral, recital, and
opera performances, Mr. Owens began the
2014–15 season by rejoining Simon Rattle
and the Berliner Philharmoniker for performances of St. Matthew Passion at the
Lucerne Festival and the BBC Proms. He
returns to Lyric Opera of Chicago for
Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess directed by
Francesca Zambello, after which he will
debut in Der fliegende Holländer with the
Washington National Opera conducted by
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Philippe Auguin. Additional role debuts this
season include King Philip II in Verdi’s Don
Carlo at Opera Philadelphia, Scarpia in
Puccini’s Tosca with Leonard Slatkin and
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the
title role in Verdi’s Macbeth at the
Glimmerglass Festival, where he returns as
an artist-in-residence.
Mr. Owens’s operatic highlights include his
San Francisco Opera debut in Otello; his
Royal Opera debut in Norma; Rigoletto, Il
trovatore, and La bohème at Los Angeles
Opera; Die Zauberflöte for his Paris Opera
debut; and Ariodante and L’incoronazione
di Poppea at the English National Opera.
His honors include the 2003 Marian
Anderson Award, a 1999 ARIA Award, second prize in the Plácido Domingo Operalia
Competition, and the Luciano Pavarotti
International Voice Competition.
A native of Philadelphia, Mr. Owens began
his musical training as a pianist at age six,
followed by formal oboe study at age 11.
He studied voice as an undergraduate at
Temple University, and then as a graduate
student at the Curtis Institute of Music. He
currently studies with Armen Boyajian.
performing style that made the Philharmoniker famous all over the world. Claudio
Abbado, chief conductor from 1989 to 2002,
devised a new type of programming, with
increased emphasis on contemporary
works, expanded chamber recital series,
and performances of operas in concert.
When Simon Rattle took the orchestra’s
helm in 2002, the education program was
initiated to ensure that the Berliner
Philharmoniker reach a wider and younger
audience. In 2007 he and the orchestra were
appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors,
the first artistic ensemble ever to represent
the international children’s organization.
The Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation is
generously supported by its principal sponsor, Deutsche Bank, a commitment that
enabled the orchestra to launch its innovative Digital Concert Hall, which broadcasts
the orchestra’s concerts live over the
Internet. In May 2014 the Philharmoniker
released one of the most important musical projects in recent years on its newly
launched label, Berliner Philharmoniker
Recordings: the complete symphonies of
Schumann, conducted by Sir Simon.
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Berliner Philharmoniker
Founded in 1882 as a self-governing body,
the Berliner Philharmoniker has long been
esteemed as one of the world’s greatest
orchestras. In 2007 the ensemble celebrated the 125th anniversary of its founding, and its 2013–14 season was dedicated
to the 50th anniversary of the Berlin
Philharmonie, designed for the orchestra
by the architect Hans Scharoun.
Hans von Bülow, Arthur Nikisch, and
Wilhelm Furtwängler were the principal conductors who left their distinctive marks in
the Berliner Philharmoniker’s early decades. In 1955 Herbert von Karajan became
the orchestra’s artistic director and, in the
ensuing years, worked with the musicians
to develop a unique tonal quality and
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Winner of Grammy Awards in 2008,
2009, and 2011, Rundfunkchor Berlin is a
regular guest at all the major festivals and
the chosen partner of international
orchestras and conductors such as Simon
Rattle, Christian Thielemann, and Daniel
Barenboim. It is the permanent partner of
the Berliner Philharmoniker, Deutsches
Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, and Radio
Symphony Orchestra Berlin. The exceptional breadth of its repertoire, stylistic versatility, absolute precision, delight in experimentation, stunning responsiveness, and
warm, richly nuanced sound all contribute
to making it one of the world’s outstanding
choral ensembles.
Rundfunkchor Berlin’s experimental series,
Broadening the Scope of Choral Music, has
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attracted worldwide attention. In collaboration with artists from diverse disciplines,
the chorus is breaking down the classical
concert format and creating new modes
of choral music for a new audience. Some
prime examples include Rodion Shchedrin’s
The Sealed Angel, a work featuring five
dancers; an all-night performance of John
Tavener’s The Veil of the Temple in Berlin’s
museum for contemporary art that was
visually enhanced and filmed by Boomtown
Media; and an interactive scenic version
of Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem,
staged by Jochen Sandig and Sasha
Waltz & Guests.
Founded in 1925 and shaped by conductors
including Helmut Koch, Dietrich Knothe,
and Robin Gritton, Rundfunkchor Berlin has
been directed since 2001 by Simon Halsey.
The ensemble invites people of all ages and
walks of life to become immersed in the
world of professional choral music. The
choir hosts numerous annual activities for
various target groups, including the big
Sing-along Concert and the Festival of
Cultures in the Berlin Philharmonie, the
Berlin LeaderChor for managers, and the
Liederbörse (Song Exchange) and education program, SING!, for children and young
people. In September 2014, Rundfunkchor
Berlin hosted the third Berlin International
Masterclass for young professional choral
conductors from all over the world.
Simon Halsey
Simon Halsey (chorus master) has been
principal conductor of Rundfunkchor Berlin
since 2001. His enthusiasm, wit, and passionate pedagogical dedication have made
him one of the most sought-after choral
conductors in the world. A London native,
Mr. Halsey was appointed director of music
at the University of Warwick at age 22. Two
years later, Simon Rattle designated him
as director of the City of Birmingham
Symphony Orchestra Chorus, a position he
still holds. Between 1997 and 2008 he was
engaged as guest conductor, and then
principal conductor, of the Netherlands
Radio Chorus in Hilversum. He also
directed the Chorus of Royal Northern
Sinfonia at Sage Gateshead. In 2012 Mr.
Halsey was appointed artistic director of
Vokalhelden, the new youth choral program
of the Berliner Philharmoniker, and later
that year, he became the director of both
the London Symphony Chorus and the BBC
Proms Youth Choir.
In addition to his work as a conductor and
choral trainer, Mr. Halsey is in demand as a
pedagogue. He has taken on positions at
the University of Birmingham and the
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
in Cardiff, as well as guest lectureships
at Yale University, among numerous other
institutions. With Rundfunkchor Berlin
he established the Berlin International
Masterclass, which took place for the third
time in September. For his outstanding
contributions to choral music in Germany,
Mr. Halsey was awarded the Order of
Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
in 2010.
Boy Choristers of St. Thomas
Church
The Boy Choristers of St. Thomas Church,
also called the Saint Thomas Choir of Men
and Boys, is considered by many to be the
leading ensemble in the Anglican choral
tradition in the U.S. Directed since 2004 by
John Scott, former organist and director of
music at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London,
the choir performs regularly with periodinstrument ensembles, Concert Royal,
Sinfonia New York, and the Orchestra of
St. Luke’s as part of its own concert series.
Its primary mission, however, is to provide
music for five choral services each week.
The Saint Thomas Choir is the only
Anglican choral foundation in the world
today which broadcasts all of its choral services live on the web.
The choir has toured throughout the U.S. and
Europe with performances at Westminster
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Abbey and St. Paul’s Cathedral in London;
King’s College, Cambridge; Windsor,
Edinburgh; St. Albans; and the Aldeburgh
Festival. In 2004, the choir toured Italy and
performed for a Papal Mass at the Vatican.
During 2007, the choir performed Bach’s
St. Matthew Passion for the opening concert of the Mexico Festival in Mexico City.
More recent concerts have included the
Bach’s Mass in B minor and St. John
Passion, Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, a
Henry Purcell anniversary concert, Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, the U.S. premiere of
John Tavener’s Mass, Richter’s Missa
Hyemalis, and the world premiere of Scott
Eyerly’s Spires. In 2012 the ensemble traveled to Dresden for the premiere of Lera
Auerbach’s Dresden Requiem, and toured
in Germany and Denmark.
All the boys attend Saint Thomas Choir
School. Founded in 1919, it is the only
church-related boarding choir school in the
U.S., and one of only a few choir schools
remaining in the world. The Choir School is
committed to training and educating talented musicians without regard to religious, economic, or social background.
John Scott
John Scott (chorus master) received his
earliest musical training as a chorister at
England’s Wakefield Cathedral and gained
diplomas from the Royal College of
Organists while still at school. In 1974 he
became the organ scholar of St. John’s
College, Cambridge, where he acted as
assistant to George Guest. He studied the
organ with Jonathan Bielby, Ralph
Downes, and Gillian Weir, and was the
youngest organist to appear in the Proms
when he made his debut playing Reubke’s
Sonata on the 94th Psalm in the 1977
Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert
Hall. He served as assistant organist at St.
Paul’s and Southwark Cathedrals, and in
1990 became organist and director of
music at St. Paul’s Cathedral.
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In 2004, after a 26-year association with St.
Paul’s, Mr. Scott took up the post of organist and director of music at St. Thomas
Church in New York, where he directs the
renowned Choir of Men and Boys. In
recognition of his work at St. Paul’s, he
was awarded the Lieutenant of the Royal
Victorian Order from Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II. Recent engagements have
included concerts in Symphony Hall,
Birmingham, Notre Dame, St. Thomas
Church in Leipzig, Cologne Cathedral,
Disney Hall, London’s Royal Albert Hall,
and King’s College, Cambridge. In March
2014 he took part in the festivities to celebrate the restoration of the organ in
London’s Royal Festival Hall, London, playing the first solo recital on the refurbished
instrument. In June he gave the premiere
of Nico Muhly’s Patterns at the National
Convention of the American Guild of
Organists in Boston.
Park Avenue Armory
Part palace, part industrial shed, Park
Avenue Armory has transformed itself from
the former home of the Seventh Regiment
into a groundbreaking cultural institution that
fills a critical void in the cultural ecology of
New York by enabling artists to create and
audiences to experience unconventional
work that cannot be mounted in traditional
performance halls and museums. Since
2007 the Armory has organized a series of
immersive performances and installations
that have drawn critical acclaim and popular
attention working independently or collaborating with other cultural institutions.
In 2010 the Armory instituted its artist-inresidence program that provides artists
with dedicated space in the building’s historic period rooms within which they can
research, create, and develop new works
across an array of disciplines. Park Avenue
Armory’s arts education programming
engages students and families with the
Armory’s artistic programming, as well as
the building’s history and architecture.
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Built between 1877 and 1881, Park Avenue
Armory has been hailed as containing “the
single most important collection of 19th-century interiors to survive intact in one building” by the New York City Landmarks
Preservation Commission. The 55,000square-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 $200 million renovation designed by Pritzker Prize–
winning architects Herzog & de Meuron.
White Light Festival
I could compare my music to white light,
which contains all colors. Only a prism can
divide the colors and make them appear;
this prism could be the spirit of the listener.
—Arvo Pärt. Celebrating its fifth anniversary, the White Light Festival is Lincoln
Center’s annual exploration of music
and art’s power to reveal the many dimensions of our interior lives. International in
scope, the multidisciplinary Festival offers
a broad spectrum of the world’s leading
instrumentalists, vocalists, ensembles,
choreographers, dance companies, and
directors complemented by conversations
with artists and scholars and post-performance White Light Lounges.
Lincoln Center for the Performing
Arts, Inc.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
(LCPA) serves three primary roles: presenter of artistic programming, national leader
in arts and education and community relations, and manager of the Lincoln Center
campus. A presenter of more than 3,000
free and ticketed events, performances,
tours, and educational activities annually,
LCPA offers 15 programs, series, and festivals, including American Songbook, Great
Performers, Lincoln Center Festival,
Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer
Night Swing, the Mostly Mozart Festival,
and the White Light Festival, as well as the
Emmy Award–winning Live From Lincoln
Center, which airs nationally on PBS. As
manager of the Lincoln Center campus,
LCPA provides support and services for
the Lincoln Center complex and the 11 resident organizations. In addition, LCPA led a
$1.2 billion campus renovation, completed
in October 2012.
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Berliner Philharmoniker
Simon Rattle, Chief Conductor
Violin I
Noah Bendix-Balgley,
First Concertmaster
Daishin Kashimoto,
First Concertmaster
Daniel Stabrawa,
First Concertmaster
Andreas Buschatz,
Concertmaster
Zoltán Almási
Maja Avramović
Simon Bernardini
Peter Brem
Alessandro Cappone
Madeleine Carruzzo
Aline Champion
Felicitas Clamor-Hofmeister
Luiz Felipe Coelho
Laurentius Dinca
Sebastian Heesch
Aleksandar Ivić
Rüdiger Liebermann
Kotowa Machida
Alvaro Parra
Krzysztof Polonek
Bastian Schäfer
Rainer Sonne
Dorian Xhoxhi
Raimar Orlovsky
Simon Roturier
Bettina Sartorius
Rachel Schmidt
Armin Schubert
Stephan Schulze
Christoph Streuli
Eva-Maria Tomasi
Romano Tommasini
Violin II
Christian Stadelmann,
First Principal
Thomas Timm,
First Principal
Christophe Horak,
Principal
Helena Madoka Berg
Holm Birkholz
Philipp Bohnen
Stanley Dodds
Cornelia Gartemann
Amadeus Heutling
Marlene Ito
Christoph von der Nahmer
Cello
Bruno Delepelaire,
First Principal
Ludwig Quandt,
First Principal
Martin Löhr, Principal
Olaf Maninger, Principal
Richard Duven
Rachel Helleur
Christoph Igelbrink
Solène Kermarrec
Stephan Koncz
Martin Menking
David Riniker
Nikolaus Römisch
Dietmar Schwalke
Knut Weber
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Viola
Amihai Grosz,
First Principal
Máté Szücs,
First Principal
Naoko Shimizu, Principal
Micha Afkham
Julia Gartemann
Matthew Hunter
Ulrich Knörzer
Sebastian Krunnies
Walter Küssner
Ignacy Miecznikowski
Martin von der Nahmer
Neithard Resa
Joaquín Riquelme García
Martin Stegner
Wolfgang Talirz
Bass
Matthew McDonald,
First Principal
Janne Saksala,
First Principal
Esko Laine, Principal
Martin Heinze
Michael Karg
Stanisław Pajak
Peter Riegelbauer
Edicson Ruiz
Gunars Upatnieks
Janusz Widzyk
Ulrich Wolff
Flute
Andreas Blau, Principal
Emmanuel Pahud,
Principal
Prof. Michael Hasel
Jelka Weber
Egor Egorkin, Piccolo
Oboe
Jonathan Kelly, Principal
Albrecht Mayer, Principal
Christoph Hartmann
Andreas Wittmann
Dominik Wollenweber,
English Horn
Clarinet
Wenzel Fuchs, Principal
Andreas Ottensamer,
Principal
Alexander Bader
Walter Seyfarth
Manfred Preis,
Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
Daniele Damiano,
Principal
Stefan Schweigert,
Principal
Mor Biron
Markus Weidmann
Sophie Dartigalongue,
Contrabassoon
Horn
Stefan Dohr, Principal
Stefan de Leval Jezierski
Fergus McWilliam
Georg Schreckenberger
Klaus Wallendorf
Sarah Willis
Andrej Žust
Trumpet
Gábor Tarkövi, Principal
Tamás Velenczei,
Principal
Guillaume Jehl
Martin Kretzer
Florian Pichler
Trombone
Prof. Christhard Gössling,
Principal
Olaf Ott, Principal
Thomas Leyendecker
Jesper Busk Sørensen
Prof. Stefan Schulz,
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Alexander von Puttkamer
Timpani
Rainer Seegers
Wieland Welzel
Percussion
Raphael Haeger
Simon Rössler
Franz Schindlbeck
Jan Schlichte
Harp
Marie-Pierre Langlamet
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Berliner Philharmoniker
Basso Continuo
Martin Löhr, Cello
Lynda Sayce, Lute
Raphael Alpermann, Organ
Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Organ
Matthew McDonald, Bass
Media Chairmen
Stanley Dodds
Olaf Maninger
Orchestra Committee
Peter Brem
Nikolaus Römisch
Stephan Schulze
Christian Stadelmann
Martin Stegner
MATTHIAS HEYDE
Soloists
Daniel Stabrawa, Violin
Daishin Kashimoto, Violin
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute
Michael Hasel, Flute
Albrecht Mayer, Oboe/Oboe d’amore
Andreas Wittmann, Oboe d’amore
Dominik Wollenweber, Oboe da caccia
Christoph Hartmann, Oboe da caccia
Stefan Schweigert, Bassoon
Markus Weidmann, Bassoon
Ulrich Wolff, Viola da gamba
Chairmen
Ulrich Knörzer
Peter Riegelbauer
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Simon Halsey, Chorus Master
Soprano
Nora von Billerbeck
Christina Bischoff
Anne Bretschneider
Daniela Drechsler
Judith Engel
Katrin Fischer
Catherine Hense
Cosima Henseler
Barbara Kind
Petra Leipert
Gesine Nowakowski
Melinda Parsons
Heike Peetz
Sabine Puhlmann
Sylke Schwab
Uta Schwarze
Anett Taube
Beate Thiemann
Ricarda Vollprecht
Isabelle Vosskühler
Gabriele Willert
Alto
Roksolana Chraniuk
Sabine Eyer
Katharina Heiligtag
Annerose Hummel
Zsuzsanna Kausz-Oláh
Christine Lichtenberg
Ingrid Lizzio
Judith Löser
Kristiina Mäkimattila
Bettina Pieck
Judith Simonis
Tatjana Sotin
Anne-Kristin Zschunke
Doris Zucker
Tenor
Peter Ewald
Robert Franke
Friedemann Hecht
Jens Horenburg
Johannes Klügling
Thomas Kober
Christoph Leonhardt
Ulrich Löns
Holger Marks
Seongju Oh
Norbert Sänger
Hartmut Schröder
Joo-hoon Shin
Johannes Spranger
George Taube
Bass
Sören von Billerbeck
Wolfgang Dersch
Joachim Fiedler
Oliver Gawlik
Young Wook Kim
Ruslan Novik
Thomas Pfützner
Axel Scheidig
Jörg Schneider
Rainer Schnös
Martin Schubach
David Stingl
Wolfram Tessmer
Michael Timm
René Vosskühler
Georg Witt
Soloists
Jörg Schneider, Judas
Sören von Billerbeck,
Petrus
Axel Scheidig, Pilatus
Christine Lichtenberg,
Testis I
Holger Marks, Testis II
David Stingl, Pontifex I
Thomas Pfützner,
Pontifex II
Isabelle Vosskühler,
Ancilla I
Christina Bischoff,
Ancilla II
Barbara Kind, Uxor Pilati
Boy Choristers of St. Thomas Church
John Scott, Chorus Master
Luca Nicholas Cantone
Adrian Alexander
Castellanos
Darin Seung Joo Choi
Dylan Roy Cranston
Carl Francis Erickson
Soren Marcus Francey
Conor Henry Frost
Samuel Hamin Jin
Sehjin Jo
Kidron James Kollin
John Dominick Mignardi
Ian Robert Osborne
Jeystan Ovando
Nathan Minhyuk Park
Leif Christian Pedersen
Anders Gyldenvalde
Pedersen
Nicholas Paul Rhodes
Robert Joseph Rubin
Elyot Segger
Augustine Manalili Segger
Lincoln Center Programming Department
Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director
Hanako Yamaguchi, Director, Music Programming
Jon Nakagawa, Director, Contemporary Programming
Jill Sternheimer, Acting Director, Public Programming
Lisa Takemoto, Production Manager
Charles Cermele, Producer, Contemporary Programming
Kate Monaghan, Associate Director, Programming
Mauricio Lomelin, Associate Producer, Contemporary Programming
Julia Lin, Associate Producer
Nicole Cotton, Production Coordinator
Regina Grande, Assistant to the Artistic Director
Luna Shyr, Programming Publications Editor
Nasrene Haj, House Seat Coordinator
Utsuki Otsuka, Production Assistant
Reshena Liao, House Program Intern
For the St. Matthew Passion
Global Scenic Services, Staging
Mitchell Kurtz, Installation Designer
Seth Reiser, Lighting Designer
Mark Grey, Sound Designer
Randall Etheredge, Production Manager
Robert Mahon, Associate Production Manager
Sarah Thiboutot, Production Electrician
Hans-Georg Lenhart, Assistant to Peter Sellars
Betsy Ayer, Stage Manager
Pam Sallings, Assistant Stage Manager
Celeste Montemarano, Surtitles
Lisa Jablow, Surtitles
WhiteLightFestival.org
Filip Vasylevich Sentypal
Issac Shin
Daniel Sung-min William
Suter
Noah Alan Yow
John Robert Zahorsky
Raymond Louis Zelada
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Lincoln Center gratefully acknowledges the support of the members of the Producers Circle
that made possible the White Light Festival presentation of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.
Producers Circle
M. Beverly and Robert G. Bartner
Dinny & Aashish Devitre
Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz
William E. Ford
Bart Friedman and Wendy A. Stein
Efraim & Ellen Grinberg
The Lucy Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Miller
Sarah W. Buxton-Smith & Stephen J.S. Smith
Joe and Clara Tsai
Anonymous (2)
Supporters Circle
Page Ashley
Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer
Janet and John Canning
Ivan Carbajal
Douglas S. Cramer and Hubert Bush
Chris and Bruce Crawford
Alberto Cribiore
Michael David and Lauren Mitchell
Krystyna Doerfler
Jean-Marie and Elizabeth Eveillard
Ms. Judith M. Hoffman
Robert E. Howard
Jill & Ken Iscol
Alan Jones and Ashley Garrett
Florence and Robert Kaufman
Hanni and Peter Kaufmann
Edward N. Krapels
The Honorable and Mrs. Earle I. Mack
Richard J. Massey Foundation for Arts and Sciences
Marie & Joe Melone
Peter & Mary K. Muncie
David and Melanie Niemiec
John Pirovano
Anna and Martin Rabinowitz
Jonathan A. Schaffzin and Melissa E. Benzuly
David Schlapbach
Gerhard Schulmeyer
Mr. and Mrs. David Sgorbati
Leroy Sharer and Michael Merenda
John Silberman and Elliot Carlen
Eileen Silvers and Richard Bronstein
Dr. Eugene and Mrs. Jean Stark
Catharine R. Stimpson and Elizabeth Wood
Mau Hoi Tung
Gayle Welling
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Hewitt Wiener
Anonymous (3)
10-07 WL St Matthew_GP 9/24/14 12:00 PM Page 23
Park Avenue Armory
Board of Directors
Elihu Rose, PhD., Co-Chairman
Adam R. Flatto, Co-Chairman
Rebecca Robertson, President and Executive Producer
Marina Abramović
Harrison M. Bains
Kent L. Barwick
Wendy Belzberg
Emma Bloomberg
Carolyn Brody
Cora Cahan
Peter Clive Charrington
Hélène Comfort
Sanford B. Ehrenkranz
Michael Field
David Fox
Marjorie L. Hart
Karl Katz
Edward G. Klein
Ken Kuchin
Pablo Legorreta
Ralph Lemon
Burt Manning
Heidi McWilliams
David S. Moross
Gwendolyn Adams Norton
Joel I. Picket
Joel Press
Genie H. Rice
Janet C. Ross
Jeffrey Silverman
Emanuel Stern
Angela E. Thompson
Deborah C. van Eck
Founding Chairman, 2000–2009
Wade F.B. Thompson
Park Avenue Armory Staff
Rebecca Robertson, President and Executive Producer
Alex Poots, Artistic Director
Elizabeth Bennett, Manager of Institutional
Giving
Katrina Berselius, Executive Assistant to the
President
Liz Bickley, Director of Special Events
David Burnhauser, Collection Manager
David Crouse, Associate Technical Director
Olga Cruz, Porter
Leandro Dasso, Porter
Khemraj Dat, Accountant
Mayra DeLeon, Porter
Jay T. Dority, Director of Facilities
Lissa Frenkel, Managing Director
Peter Gee, Chief Financial and Administrative
Officer
Hugh Giron, Porter
Mary Greene, Development Events Coordinator
Reginald Hunter, Building Mechanic
Antonella Inserra, Office Manager
Cassidy Jones, Education Director
Benjamin Kimitch, Production Coordinator
Allison Kline, Project Coordinator
Jill Turner Lloyd, Major Gifts Officer
Michael Lonergan, Producing Director
Wayne Lowery, Security Director
Heather Lubov, Chief Development Officer and
Vice President of Planning
Jason Lujan, Operations Manager
WhiteLightFestival.org
Abel Martinez, Porter
Ryan Hugh McWilliams, Digital Marketing
Manager
Rebecca Mosena, Development Assistant
Maxine Petry, Development Coordinator
Charmaine Portis, Executive Assistant to the
Chief Development Officer
Christian Ramirez, Porter
Kirsten Reoch, Director of Design and
Construction
Candice Rushin, Porter
Matthew Rymkiewicz, Tessitura Database
Manager
Antonio Sanders, Porter
William Say, Superintendent
Jennifer Smith, Manager of Corporate Relations
Heather Thompson, Director of Membership
and Events
Tom Trayer, Director of Marketing
Ted Vasquez, Finance Director
Libby Vieira da Cunha, Youth Corps Coordinator
Monica Weigel, Education Manager
For the St. Matthew Passion
Jeremy Lydic, Technical Associate
Courtney F. Caldwell, House Manager
Rachel Cappy, Assistant House Manager
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PARK AVENUE ARMORY
SPONSORS
Citi and Bloomberg Philanthropies are the Armory’s 2014 season sponsors.
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, Inc.
Empire State Local
Development
Corporation
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
Citi
Lisa and Sandy
Ehrenkranz
Almudena and Pablo
Legorreta
The Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation
Adam R. Rose and Peter
R. McQuillan
Donna and Marvin
Schwartz
Liz and Emanuel Stern
$250,000 to $499,999
Michael Field and Jeff
Arnstein
Olivia and Adam Flatto
Ken Kuchin and Tyler
Morgan
New York State Council
on the Arts
The Rockefeller
Foundation
Marshall Rose Family
Foundation
$100,000 to $249,999
The Achelis and
Bodman Foundations
Linda and Earle S.
Altman
American Express Historic
Preservation Fund
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Booth Ferris Foundation
Marjorie and Gurnee
Hart
Mr. and Mrs. Peter L.
Malkin and The Malkin
Fund, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
McWilliams
Mr. and Mrs. Lester S.
Morse, Jr.
National Endowment for
the Arts
New York State Assembly
Gwen and Peter Norton
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose
Stavros Niarchos
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. William C.
Tomson
$25,000 to $99,999
The Avenue Association
Harrison and Leslie Bains
Emily and Len Blavatnik
Emma Bloomberg and
Chris Frissora
Carolyn S. Brody
Burberry
Paul Chan and Don
Toumey
Chanel, Inc.
C-III Capital Partners LLC
Hélène and Stuyvesant
Comfort
The Cowles Charitable
Trust
Crum & Forster
Emme and Jonathan
Deland
Sandi and Andrew
Farkas / Island Capital
Group
Florence Fearrington
Ella M. Foshay and
Michael B. Rothfeld
Elizabeth Morse Genius
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Gundlach
Roger and Susan Hertog
Josefin and Paul Hilal
Anna Maria & Stephen
Kellen Foundation, Inc.
and Marina Kellen
French
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Christina and Alan
MacDonald
Lynne and Burt Manning
Cindy and David Moross
Lizabeth and Frank
Newman
Joan and Joel I. Picket
The Pinkerton
Foundation
Slobodan Randjelovic
and Jon Stryker
The Reed Foundation
Rhodebeck Charitable
Trust
Genie and Donald Rice
Rebecca Robertson and
Byron Knief
Janet C. Ross
Fiona and Eric Rudin
The Fan Fox & Leslie R.
Samuels Foundation
Caryn Schacht and
David Fox
Stacy Schiff and Marc
de la Bruyere
The Shubert Foundation
Amy and Jeffrey
Silverman
Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP
Mr. and Ms. Thomas
Smith
Sarah Billinghurst
Solomon and Howard
Solomon
Harold and Mimi
Steinberg Charitable
Trust
Nanna and Daniel Stern
Deborah Van Eck
Anonymous (3)
$10,000 to $24,999
Lindsey Adelman
Tishman Construction,
an AECOM Company
Adrienne Arsht
Lily Auchincloss
Foundation, Inc.
Abigail Baratta
Kelly Behun and Jay
Sugarman
Catherine and Robert
Brawer
Nicholas Brawer
British Council
Brown Harris Stevens
Eileen Campbell and
Struan Robertson
Pamela and J. Michael
Cline
Mrs. Daniel Cowin
Mary, Paul and Caroline
Cronson
William F. Draper
Peggy and Millard
Drexler
Andra and John
Ehrenkranz
EverGreene
The Felicia Fund
Joseph Frank
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fuld
Lorraine Gallard and
Richard H. Levy
Barbara and Peter
Georgescu
John and Kiendl Gordon
Susan and Peter
Gottsegen
Agnes Gund
Ida And William
Rosenthal Foundation
Brenda King
Suzie and Bruce Kovner
Mary Kush
The Lauder Foundation /
Leonard and Evelyn
Lauder Fund
Thomas H. Lee and
Ann Tenenbaum
Gail and Alan Levenstein
Leon Levy Foundation
Kamie and Richard
Lightburn
Lili Lynton and Michael
Ryan
Marc Haas Foundation
Nancy A. Marks
Larry and Mary
McCaffrey
Sandy and Ed Meyer
Cynthia Woods Mitchell
Fund of the National
Trust for Historic
Preservation
Northern Bay
Contractors, Inc.
GDO Contracting Corp
& Phoenix Contracting
Susan Patterson and
Leigh Seippel
Betsy and Rob Pitts
Platt Byard Dovell White
Architects LLP
Andrea Markezin Press
and Joel Press
Diana and Charles Revson
Mary Jane Robertson
and James A. Clark
Jonathan F.P. and Diana
Rose
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Charles and Deborah
Royce
Lady Susie Sainsbury
William H. and Patricia
Sandholm
Carl Saphier
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P.
Sculco
Sydney and Stanley S.
Shuman
Juliet Lea Hillman
Simonds Foundation
Jill Bokor and Sanford
Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan
Soros
Mr. and Mrs. A. Taubman
Tishman Speyer
Properties, LP
William Morris Endeavor
Entertainment
Foundation
World of Deco
Mr. and Mrs. William
Zeckendorf
Anonymous (2)
$5,000 to $9,999
Akustiks, LLC
Melissa Arana
Jody and John Arnhold
Martin Atkin and Reid
Balthaser
Milton and Sally Avery
Arts Foundation
Hilary Ballon
Diana Barrett and
Robert Vila
Sara and David Berman
Allison M. Blinken
Noreen and Kenneth
Buckfire
Janna Bullock
Lyor Cohen
Elizabeth Coleman
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Collins
Paula Cooper
Marina Couloucoundis
Carlos Couturier
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar de la
Renta
Kathy Deane
Decorating with Fabric, Inc.
Antoinette Delruelle and
Joshua L. Steiner
Luis y Cora Delgado
Jennie L. and Richard K.
DeScherer
Jacqueline Marie Didier
Mary Ellen Dundon
David and Frances
Eberhart Foundation
Cheryl Cohen Effron and
Blair W. Effron
Alice and David Elgart
Inger McCabe Elliott
Anna May Feige
Edmée and Nicholas Firth
WhiteLightFestival.org
Caitlin Fisher
Mindy Papp
Bart Friedman and
Wendy A. Stein
Samantha and John
Gellert
Mr. and Mrs. George J.
Gillespie, III
Andrea Gluck
Gail Golden and Carl Icahn
Valerie Gordon Johnson
Marjorie and Ellery Gordon
John Gore
Sarah Gould and David
Steinhardt
Mr. and Mrs. Guenther
Greiner
Allen and Deborah
Grubman
Jessica Stedman Guff
Molly Butler Hart and
Michael D. Griffin
Liliane and Christian Haub
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Heimbinder
Elizabeth and Dale
Hemmerdinger
Sarah Humphreys and
Ronald Collins
Mike and Rachel
Jacobellis
Beth Jacobs
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Jarecki
Nadine Johnson
Nancy Josephson
Nina and Bill Judson
Jennie Kassanoff and
Dan Schulman
Florence and Robert
Kaufman
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Keegan
Christian K. Keesee
Lola Kirke
Justin Kush
Mr. and Mrs. Fernand
Lamesch
Stephen S. and Wendy
Lehman Lash
The Ronald and Jo Carole
Lauder Foundation
Levien & Company, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Liddell
Aaron Lieber / Bruce
Horten
Ambassador and Mrs.
John L. Loeb Jr.
Margaret and Daniel S.
Loeb / Third Point
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill
Magowan
Shelly and Tony Malkin
Diane and Adam E. Max
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E.
Mayberry, Jr.
Rebekah McCabe
Thomas McGrath
Ms. and Mr. Anne
McInerney
Deborah Miller Zabel
and William D. Zabel
Antonia and Spiro Milonas
Achim and Colette Moeller
Whitney and Andrew
Mogavero
Sue and Alan Morris
The Donald R. Mullen
Family Foundation, Inc.
National Philanthropic
Trust
Patty Newburger and
Bradley Wechsler
Georgiana and Eric Noll
Mary Ellen and Richard
Oldenburg
David Orentreich, MD /
Orentreich Family
Foundation
Beverly and Peter
Orthwein
Katharina Otto-Bernstein
and Nathan Bernstein
Oxley Gin
Cynthia Hazen Polsky
and Leon B. Polsky
Anne and Skip Pratt
Preserve New York, a
grant program of
Preservation League
of New York
Eileen and Tom Pulling
David J. Remnick and
Esther B. Fein
David C Rich
Richenthal Foundation
Ellen Robinson and
Reuben Gutoff
Isabel Rose and Jeffrey
Fagen
Liz Rosen
Merle Rubine and Elliot
M. Glass
Kathe A. Sackler
Edmond Safra
Nicholas and Shelley
Schorsch
Sara Lee and Axel Schupf
Stephanie and Fred
Shuman
JLH Simonds
David S Smith
Margaret Smith
Ted Snowdon
Jay T. Snyder
Sotheby’s
Patricia Brown Specter
Gayfryd Steinberg
Joan and Michael
Steinberg
Diane and Sam Stewart
Elizabeth F. Stribling and
Guy Robinson
Michael and Veronica
Stubbs
Laurie M. Tisch
Merryl H. and James S.
Tisch
Universal Builders
Supply, Inc. (UBS) /
Kevin O’Callaghan President
Universal Services
Group, Ltd.
Ambassador and Mrs.
William J. vanden
Heuvel
Amanda and John
Waldron
Susan and Kevin Walsh
Isak and Rose Weinman
Foundation, Inc.
Patricia Wexler
Marcia Whitaker
Beth Windsor
Valda Witt and Jay
Hatfield
Zubatkin Owner
Representation, LLC
Anonymous
$2,500 to $4,999
ABSOLUT
R. Mark Adams, William
Ritt, Joan Sussman
Affinia Gardens &
The Surrey
Ghiora Aharoni and
Christopher Noey
Olga Aidinian
Helen and Robert Appel
Ark Restaurants Corp.
Frances Beatty
Ginette and Joshua A.
Becker
Judy and Howard
Berkowitz
Stephanie Bernheim
Debra and Leon Black
Torrence Boone and Ted
Chapin
Cynthia Brill
Melva Bucksbaum and
Raymond Learsy
Sandra Buergi and Carol
Flaton
Veronica Bulgari and
Stephan Haimo
Marian and Russell Burke
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Burnett
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton
Cabot
Ellen Sue Cantrowitz
Carroll M. Carpenter
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Cohn
Bonnie Comley and
Stewart Lane
Margaret Crotty and
Rory Riggs
Bernadette Cruz
Karon and Rick Meyer
Ellie and Edgar Cullman
Lewis B. Cullman and
Louise Kerz Hirschfeld
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Joshua Dachs / Fisher
Dachs Associates
Theatre Planning and
Design
Barbara and Ray Dalio
Joan K. Davidson (The
J.M. Kaplan Fund)
Mr. and Mrs.
Christopher Davis
Gina and James de
Givenchy
Richard and Barbara Debs
Jane and Michael
DeFlorio
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Hester Diamond
Dior
The East Pole
Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz
Leland and Jane
Englebardt
Dr. Nancy Eppler-Wolff
and Mr. John Wolff
Mr. & Mrs. Robin S.
Esterson
Susan Ferris
Michael Finkelstein
Fisher Marantz Stone
Foreground Conservation
and Decorative Arts
Amandine and Stephen
Freidheim
Ashley Garrett and Alan
K. Jones
Sallie Giordano
Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Goettler
Mindy and Jon Gray
Great Performances
Jeff and Kim Greenberg
Jeff Greene
Paula S. Greenman
Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Gregory
The William and Mary
Greve Foundation
Robert S. Grimes
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Guest
Sarah and Geoffrey Gund
Amy Guttman
Mike & Janet Halvorson
Jane Hartley and Ralph
Schlosstein
Nancy Hutson and Ian
Williams
Frederick Iseman
Carola Jain
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jeffe
Barbara and Donald Jonas
Carol-Jeanette
Jorgensen
Jerri Kallam
Floy and Amos Kaminski
Meredith J. Kane
Hon. Bruce M. Kaplan
and Janet Yaseen
Kaplan
Karl and Elizabeth Katz
Wendy Keys and Donald
Pels
Mr. and Mrs. William
Kistler
Phyllis L. Kossoff
Rok Kvaternik
Nina Lesevoy
The Liman Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Marcel
Lindenbaum
John Lippert and Dawn
D’Aluisio
Heather Lubov
The Ludwig Family
Foundation / The
Honorable Eugene A.
Ludwig and Dr. Carol
Ludwig
Gina Giumarra MacArthur
Benjamin and Hillary
Macklowe
Pat and Michael Magdol
Melissa Meeschaert
Joyce F. Menschel
Alexandra and Les Meyers
Malu and Sergio Millerman
Abby and Howard
Milstein
Adriana and Robert
Mnuchin
Nina and Frank Moore
Lauren and Don Morel
Barbara and Howard
Morse
Sara Muqaddam
Mary Kathryn Navab
Ilona Nemeth and Alan
Quasha
Nancy Newcomb and
John Hargraves
Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Newhouse
Anne and Chuck Niemeth
Peter and Susan Nitze
Marie Nugent-Head and
James C. Marlas
Francesca and Dick Nye
Nancy and Morris W.
Offit
Kathleen O’Grady
Susan Ollila
Rebecca Pietri
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Pruzan
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Quinlan
Mr. and Mrs. William P.
Rayner
Carolyn Risoli and
Joseph Silvestri
Hal and Linda Ritch
Mrs. Frederick P. Rose
Stacy and Chuck
Rosenzweig
Susan and Jon
Rotenstreich
Ms. and Mr. Carmina
Roth
Terez Rowley
Bonnie J. Sacerdote
Nathan E. Saint-Amand
MD
Roberta Schneiderman
Mr. Barry Schwartz /
M&F Worldwide Corp.
Lise Scott and D. Ronald
Daniel
Alan and Sandy Siegel
Mr. and Mrs. David Simon
Barbara Slifka
Nanette Sloan
Carolyn Megan Sofka
Stephanie and Dick
Solar
Sonnier & Castle Food
Melissa Schiff Soros
and Robert Soros
Daisy Soros
Stanley Stairs
Kathryn Steinberg
Angeline Straka
Leila Straus
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tanico
Sharzad and Michael
Targoff
Mr. and Mrs. William
Taubman
Barbara and Donald Tober
Tony’s DiNapoli
Michael Tuch
Foundation
R.T. Vanderbilt Trust /
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B.
Vanderbilt, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William
Von Mueffling
Anastasia Vournas and
J. William Uhrig
David Wassong
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Wheeler
Kate R. Whitney and
Franklin A. Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm
H. Wiener
Shannon Wu
Amy Yenkin and Robert
Usdan
Judy Francis Zankel
Richard and Franny
Heller Zorn
$1,000 to $2,499
Carrie and Leigh
Abramson
Eleanor M. Alger
Amsterdam Hospitality
Apothic Wines
Aurora Lampworks, Inc.
Inma Barrero
June and Kent Barwick
Peace Hill Press &
Susan Wise Bauer
Candace and Rick
Beinecke
Norton Belknap
Mr. and Mrs. Joel
Benenson
Jayne Bentzen and
Benedict Silverman
Deborah Berke and
Peter McCann
Robert D. Bielecki
Friederieke and Jeremy
Biggs
Jill Baker and Jeffrey
Bishop
Jody Black
Bluestem Prairie
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Dixon
Boardman
Boehm Family Foundation
Marianne Boesky Gallery
Paige Boller Malik
Oskar and Adrienne
Brecher
Tom and Meredith
Brokaw
Dr. and Mrs. Stafford
Broumand
Cary Brown and Steven
Epstein
George and Jane Bunn
Amanda M. Burden
Butterfield Market
The Carlyle, A
Rosewood Hotel
Carmona Design +
Events LLC
Beth Carney and Josh
Struzziery
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Chelberg
Alexandre and Lori
Chemla
Jim Chervenak
Sheri P. Chromow
Joan Hardy Clark
CleanTech
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Cochran
Mr. and Mrs. Yoron
Cohen
Ranika Cohen
Emy Cohenca
Melanie Cook and
Woody Woods /
Ziffren Brittenham LLP
Douglas S. Cramer and
Hugh Bush
Abby and Andrew Crisses
George Cumbler
Boykin Curry and Celerie
Kemble
Myrna and John Daniels
Mr. and Mrs. Munir
Dauhajre
Christina R. Davis
Suzanne Dawson
Elisabeth de Kergorlay
Scott M. Delman
Francesca and Michael
Donner
Frederick Eberstadt
Loren Eng and Dinakar
Singh
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Katherine Ernest
The Lehoczky Escobar
Family
Robert Fakeley
Michael Fazio
Femenella & Associates,
Inc.
Victoria Ferenbach
Fig & Olive Uptown
Lori B. Finkel and
Andrew B. Cogan
Molly O’Neil Frank
Teri Friedman and Babak
Yaghmaie
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison
Jay Goldin
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Gollust
Margery Gottesman
RJ and Anne Grissinger
Barbara Grodd and The
Ostgrodd Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Gruss
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Guffey
Harvey and Kathleen
Guion
Kitty Hawks and Larry
Lederman
William T. Hillman
Carola Hinojosa
Susan Hirschhorn and
Arthur Klebanoff
Barbara Hoffman
Susanna Hong
Caron and Geoffrey
Johnson
JoJo Restaurant
The Kandell Fund /
Donald J. Gordon
Jeanne Kanders
Daniel and Renee Kaplan
Drs. Sylvia and Byram
Karasu
Kate Karet
Gene Kaufman
Mr. and Mrs. George
Kaufman
Margot Kenly and Bill
Cumming
Younghee Kim-Wait and
Jarett Wait
Jana and Gerold Klauer
Kathleen and Reha
Kocatas
Mr. and Mrs. David Koch
Eileen O’Kane Kornreich
Kate Krauss
Mary Helen Krueger
Michael Krusell
Nanette L. Laitman
Karen W. Landau and
Rodney W. Nichols
Loeber and Barbara
Landau
Andrew Landesman
Sahra T. Lese
WhiteLightFestival.org
Ken Levien and Levien
& Company, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley
Lippman
Joseph Lomangino
Andrew J. Malik
Manhattan Parking Group
Judith and Michael
Margulies
Christine L. Mattsson
and John F. McHale
Polly McCaffrey
Stephanie and Carter
McClelland
Sarah McGee
John McGinn
Taylor McKenzie-Jackson
Shawn McLaughlin
Emily McLellan
Dede McMahon
Constance and H.
Roemer McPhee
Mr. and Ms. Gregor
Medinger
Sibel Mesta
Julie and Jason Miller
Claire Milonas
Mr. and Ms. Nicolas
Mirzayantz
Claudia and Douglas
Morse
Alexis Moses
David P. Nolan Foundation
Addison O’Dea
Ellen Oelsner
Catherine Alison
Orentreich
Barrie and John Overend
Alex Papachristidis and
Scott Nelson
Mr. and Ms. Michael
Patterson
Judith Stern Peck
Michèle and Steve Pesner
Sally Peterson and
Michael Carlisle
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Pfeifler
Anthony Podesta
Jonelle Procope and
Fred Terrell
Samuel F. Pryor, IV
Elissa Querze
Mrs. and Mr. Courtney
Quinlan
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffry Quinn
Anna Rabinowitz
Red Bull North America,
Inc.
Thomas J.F. Regan III
Brad Roaman
Fadwa Robb
Allison Rockefeller
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. David
Rogath
Jim Rosenfield and
Charlotte Rosenblatt
Dr. and Mrs. Richard
Rubens
May and Samuel Rudin
Family Foundation, Inc.
Nina Runsdorf and Omer
Tuncata
Katie Ryser
Mrs. Arthur M. Sackler
Mr. and Mrs. David
Saltzman
Brenda Sanchez
Ann and Mel Schaffer
David Schlapbach
Sabina and Wilfred
Schlumberger
Caroline Schmidt-Barnett
Libby Schnee
Isabel Sen and Emily
Sen, Julia Gordon and
Bridget Sen
Tatiana Serafin
Virginia Wattiker Sheerin
Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Shuman
Denise Simon and Paulo
Vieiradacunha
Nancy Sipp
Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Sloan
Dawn and John Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Solow
Robert and Yohanna
Sowler
Squadron A Foundation
Jean and Eugene Stark
Douglas C. Steiner
Mr. and Mrs. George
Stephenson
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Stillman
John Strasswimmer
Dorothy Strelsin
Foundation / Enid Nemy
Kerstin M.M. Strohlein
and Francisco Bachiller
Mary Delle Stelzer and
Karen Capanelli
Margot Takian
Ira Titunik
Mr. and Mrs. Remy
Trafelet
Helen Tucker, The
Gramercy Park
Foundation
Gil Turchin & Indigo
Two E Bar/Lounge at
The Pierre, a Taj Hotel,
New York
Arline Vogel and Harry
Precourt
Mr. and Mrs. John
Vogelstein
Mr. and Mrs. Carl von
Bernuth
Monina von Opel
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
von Perfall
Christine WachterCampbell and William
I. Campbell
Kathryn F. Wagner
Walter B. Melvin
Architects, LLC
In Memory of Arthur
Warner
Paula Weinstein
Mr. and Ms. Anthony
Weldon
Michaela Williams
Jody Wolfe
Barbara and David
Zalaznick
Anonymous (3)
$500 to $999
Megan F. Abell
Noreen and Ahmar
Ahmad
Matthew Ailey
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan
Allan Soros
Amy Christine Allen
Gregory Alsip and
Joseph Guevara
Eric Altmann
Cristi Andrews Cohen
Mrs. and Mr. Krista
Annenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Apgar
Natalie N. Appel
Lisa Applebaum and
George Haddad
Louise L. Arias
Louis Aronne
Allison Aronne
Deborah Aruta
Page Ashley
Mr. and Mrs. Steven
Atkins
Josephine A Auerback
James F. Baer
Baked By Melissa
Diana Balmori
Mitchell Banchik
Peter and Tina Barnet
Clay H. Barr
George Beane and
Patricia Begley
Erich Bechtel
Janet Dewart Bell
Molly Bell
Lorraine Bell and M.
Weisdorf
David Benattar
Dr. and Mrs. and Mrs.
Ralph Bennett
Veronica Ann and Bruce
Campbell Bennett
Judy Locker Berger
Alison & Barry Berke
William A. Bermont
Elaine S. Bernstein
Isabella Bertoletti and
Brett Phares
Ana Bilski
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William Biondolino and
Patrick Folan
Amelia Black
Jonathan W Bonesteel
Deborah Harper Bono
Arabella Bowen and
Tyler Cole
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Braddock
Dr. and Mrs. Richard
Brockman
Bronx Brewery
Celeste Brown
Amy Brown
Ciara Burnham
Dr. Steven Butensky and
Di Petroff Butensky
Cora Cahan and Bernard
Gersten
Chris Cahill
Cathy Caplan
Pilar Castro Kiltz
Ronni and Ronald Casty
Sommer Chatwin
Meryl and Mel Cherney
Neil and Kathleen
Chrisman
Shirin and Kasper
Christoffersen
Oya Christopher
Michaela Clary
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony
Coles
Mrs. George Colettis
Jack Cooney
Alexander Cooper
Amelia & Steven Usdan
Danza Did It!
L. Jay and Devon Cross
Jon and Jenny Crumiller
Adam Cunningham
Jaime M Cupertino
James Danner
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
Deane
John T. DeBell
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
Dellosso
Michele Denby and
Joseph Nazitto
Mr. and Mrs. Roland
DeSilva
Renee Domingo
Robert and Susan Doran
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W.
Downes
Mr. and Mrs. John Dunn
Christine and Renaud
Dutreil
Lonti Ebers
Lauren Eckhart Smith
Michael Ellis
Philipp Engelhorn &
Cameron Yates
Mrs. John W. Espy
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Fabricant
Claudia Fabrizio
Mallory Factor II
Patricia & Alexander
Farman-Farmaian
Antonio Farnos
Joan and William Felder
Felice Wine Bar and
Restaurant
Jodie and Andrew Fink
Stacey & Eric Flatt
Barbara G. Fleischman
Martha J. Fleischman
Annabelle Fowlkes
Susan Freedman and
Richard J. Jacobs
Mark Galvan
Gisela Gamper
Shana Gary
The Georgetown
Company
Olga Geroulanos-Votis
and George Votis
Mrs. and Mr. Sarah Jane
Gibbons
Nelsa L. Gidney and
Jordan Ringel
Mr. and Ms. Matthew
Giffuni
Peter Ginn
Lynn Goldberg and J
Robert Moskin
Rosalie Y Goldberg
Jane and Budd Goldman
Barbara Goldsmith
Mr. and Mr. James Green
Gail Gregg
Jennifer Griffin and
Christophe Demaison
Susan Griffith and David
Neill
Robert H. Haines
Mrs. and Mrs. Peter
Halstead
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hamilton
Donna Harkavy and
Jonathan Price
Cassandra Harris
Sylvia Hassenfeld
Marian S. Heiskell
Rolf Heitmeyer
Darren Henault
Anita K. Hersh
Stephanie Hessler
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ho
Augusta Hoffman
Lily and Joel Hoffman
Pamela Hoiles
Jean Huber
Mr. and Mrs. James Hunt
Severa Hurlock
Fern Hurst and Peter
Rubin
Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Jacobellis
Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey
Brown
Joseph Johnson and
Karen Diaz
Hilda Jones
Patricia S. Joseph
Richard Kidd
Hadley C. King
Major General Edward
G. Klein, NYNG (Ret.)
Knickerbocker Greys
Beth Kojima
Leah Kremer
Lagunitas Brewing Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Sascha
Lainovic
Paul C. Lambert
Judith Langer and
Arthur Applebee
Jan Larsen
Xia and Richard Leder
Hyun-sook Lee
H. Kate Lee
Phyllis Levin
Brenda Levin
Lieta and Helene
Ken Lindley and Clay
Schudel
Angelina M-D. Lippert
Jane K. Lombard
Michael Lonergan and
William Beauchamp
Donna and Wayne
Lowery
Joyce Lowinson
Joan L. Lynton
Nancy Mack and Chad
Smith
Elizabeth MacNeill
Lara Marcon
Mr. and Mrs. John
Marino
Richard J. Massey
Match 65 Brasserie
Nina Mazar Ph.D
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick
McBrien
Erin Harkness McKinnon
Richard Meier
Mr. and Mrs. J. K.
Menoudakos
Mark Menting and
Laura Wilson
Eugene Mercy, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Brett
Miller
Mr. and Mrs. T. Kelley
Millet
Sally Minard and Norton
Garfinkle
Chantelle Mowbray
Mr. and Mrs. Arsen
Mrakovcic
Kathryn Murdoch
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Naporano
Mr. and Mrs. William
Nareski
Nicholson & Galloway,
Inc.
Catherine and Guy
Nordenson
Oberdier Ressmeyer LLP
John Orberg
Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Ostroff
William Palley
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Palley
Madison J Papp
Katherine Park
Anne Pasternak
Anthony Piccillo
Mr. and Mrs. Lyon Polk
Pook Diemont & Ohl, Inc.
Kathryn Pruess
Mr. and Mrs. Bruno
Quinson
Daphne Recanati Kaplan
and Thomas S. Kaplan
Tara K Reddi
Mr. and Mrs. Tony
Roberts
Sheila and Daniel
Rosenblum
Joel Rosenkranz
Marjorie P. Rosenthal
Herbert and Ernestine
Ruben
Valerie Rubsamen and
Cedomir Crnkovic
Rudin Management Co.,
Inc.
Russian Standard Vodka
Deborah Sale and Ted
Striggles
Manuel de Santaren
Claire-Marine Sarner
Dr. Ulysses H. Scarpidis
Lisa and Gregg
Schenker
Pat Schoenfeld
Zachary Schoenhut, The
Schoenhut Family
Foundation
Barbara A. Schwartz
Nancy Schwartz
Sternoff
Alessandro Servadei
Kimia Setoodeh
Daniel S. Shapiro
Daniel Shuchman and
Lori Lesser
Lindy Shuttleworth
Lisa Simonsen and Ian
Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. Brett Singer
Laura Skoler
Suzanne Slesin and
Michael Steinberg
Salwa Smith
Eileen Solomon
Martha S. Sproule
Christian Steiner and
Frank Heller
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome
Stern
Miriam and Howard N.
Stern
Mr. and Mrs. Barry
Sternlicht
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Stephanie Stokes
Allison & Stephen Sullens
Cedric Suming and
Derek Calibre
Summit Security
Services, Inc.
Aleksandra
Szczepanowska and
Gordon Shearer
Brian Keith Tanz DDS
Jennie Tarr Coyne
Carolee Thea
Rabbi Malcolm Thomson
Tracy Thorne
John R Torell IV
WhiteLightFestival.org
Lee Traub
Mr. and Mrs. John Troiano
Ms. Patricia L. Truscelli
and Mr. E.N. Ellis
Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Turgeon
Zachary Kress Turner
Alex Vlack and Julia von
Eichel
Mr. and Mrs. Max von
Zuben
V. Vorres Fine Art
Gallery, LLC
Karen Wagner
Justine Walsh
Ric Wanetik and David
Hagans
Ryan Wangner
Mr. and Mrs. Saul
Waring
Michael Weil
Mr. and Mrs. Yakov
Weinstein
Lisa and Kayla Weisdorf
Vincent and Sally Wilt
Gisela Winkelhofer
Daniel Clay Houghton
Ashley Wotiz
Ken Wyse
Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Young
Michael Young and
Debra Raskin
Yulia Yudelevich
Dawn Zappetti and
Patrick Sullivan
Katharine Zarrella
Nina Zolt and Miles
Gilburne
Anonymous (7)
List as of
September 16, 2014
* Deceased