LINCOLN CENTER

David Geffen Hall
New York Philharmonic

Paavo Järvi - Conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes - Piano

Esa-Pekka Salonen - Gambit (New York Premiere)
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 4
Sibelius - Symphony No. 5

"The Philharmonic performs Sibelius’s late-Romantic Fifth Symphony, with a finale inspired by a silver-ribbon-like flight of 16 swans and, after exultant washes of sound, ending gloriously and affirmatively with six remarkable hammered chords. Leif Ove Andsnes (“a pianist of magisterial elegance, power, and insight”– The New York Times) makes his debut as Artist-in-Residence, performing Rachmaninoff’s brilliant Piano Concerto No. 4."

LINCOLN CENTER

Dizzy's Club
Jazz at Lincoln Center

T.S. Monk Sextet

With drummer T.S. Monk, pianist Theo Hill, bassist Chris Berger, tenor saxophonist Willie Williams, alto saxophonist/flutist Patience Higgins, and trumpeter Randall Haywood

On what would have been Thelonious Monk’s 100th birthday, we celebrate Monk’s legacy with his son, T.S Monk. Much like his father, drummer T.S. Monk has made invaluable contributions to jazz, including founding the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, which has educated and helped launch the careers of some of our best musicians. T.S. first performed with his father’s group in the early 1970s, but for the last few decades he has been an excellent band leader with a reputation for highlighting obscure compositions deserving of larger audiences. We’re celebrating the Monk centennial all week at Dizzy’s, and there’s no better place to be on his 100th birthday than in the club with his son!

LINCOLN CENTER

David Koch Theater
New York City Ballet

20TH CENTURY VIOLIN CONCERTOS

An instrument of marvelous versatility, the violin has stimulated choreographers for centuries, including NYCB’s three artistic leaders who contribute their interpretations of three world-famous violin concertos to this program. Inspired by the instrument’s immense range, these works convey moments of reflection, poignancy, and brilliance.

The Red Violin

• Music by: John Corigliano
• Choreography by: Peter Martins
• Principal Casting: 
  OCT 10, 11: Unity Phelan, Megan LeCrone, Lauren King, Emilie Gerrity, Taylor Stanley, Zachary Catazaro, Harrison Coll, Joseph Gordon
  

Set to music arranged as a Concerto for Violin and Orchestra from the 1998 film by the same name, The Red Violin complements a score that is at turns faint or frenzied with languid duets punctuated by impassioned moments.

In Memory Of...

• Music by: Alban Berg
• Choreography by: Jerome Robbins
• Principal Casting: 
  OCT 10, 11: Tiler Peck*, Jared Angle, Zachary Catazaro (*first time in role)
  

Intertwining Berg’s poignant melodies with heart-stirring choreography, In Memory Of... is a serene and elegiac work recalling innocence and loss.

Stravinsky Violin Concerto

• Music by: Igor Stravinsky
• Choreography by: George Balanchine
• Principal Casting: 
  OCT 10, 11: Maria Kowroski, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Lauren Lovette, Chase Finlay
  

The outer sections of Stravinsky Violin Concerto are carefully-woven masterpieces of symmetry that peel away to reveal two of Balanchine’s most ingenious and unique pas de deux.

LECTURE

One Day University
The Nature of Genius

JUST ANNOUNCED:

 A special display in the lobby of a six page manuscript actually composed by Mozart (valued at more than one million dollars) Also four letters written and signed by Albert Einstein). Really! 

The Nature of Genius: From Leonardo Da Vinci and mozart to Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs

Craig Wright / Yale University

"About 1 in 400 people have an IQ considered genius (140 to 145) and anything above 165 is considered high genius. After a score of 200, genius is said to be immeasurable. Galileo would have hit about 185, with Descartes coming in close behind at an IQ of 180. Mozart had an IQ around 165 and Rembrandt 155. How do we account for the genius of Jefferson, Einstein, Newton, Leonardo, Joyce, Picasso, and others? What is genius? How do we define it? Can we all become geniuses if we just practice diligently for 10,000 hours over a 10 year period, as some recent books suggest? This never-before-offered class taught by Yale Professor Craig Wright will test our definition by evaluating luminaries past and present.




"Professor Craig Wright is the Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Music at Yale. Professor Wright's courses include his perennially popular introductory course "Listening to Music," his selective seminar "Exploring the Nature of Genius" and other specialized courses ranging from ancient Greek music theory to the music of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, Bach and Mozart. He was awarded the International Musicological Society's Edward J. Dent Medal and the American Musicological Society's Alfred Einstein Prize and Otto Kinkeldey Award - making him one of the few individuals to hold all three honors."

LECTURE

Socrates in the City
Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World

"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas comes a brilliant and inspiring biography of the most influential man in modern history, MARTIN LUTHER, in time for the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.

Historically, Luther is often painted as a rebel. The two iconic moments in his life—the Ninety-Five Theses and the Diet of Worms, where he bravely stated that he feared God’s judgment more than that of his representatives on earth, including the Holy Roman Emperor and the Pope—seem to point to a man who was bold, defiant, and eager to watch the Catholic Church crumble under the weight of its own sins. But in his searing biography, Metaxas brings to life a much more complicated and fascinating figure. Luther was in fact a vigorous champion of the church and wanted nothing more than for Rome to avoid the fate it eventually succumbed to—the fate that, ironically, he helped bring about.

In MARTIN LUTHER, Metaxas dispels popular myths about the legendary figure, while tracing his life and influences, including the fateful lightning storm that caused him to give up his studies and become a monk, his scandalous marriage to a nun, and his clashes with scholars like Erasmus. In many ways, Luther was the first celebrity of modern culture—the quirky genius of Wittenberg, a hero to the common man, willing to speak truth to the highest seats of power. His decision to publish in German rather than in Latin was an unprecedented move that allowed him to communicate his ideas to ordinary citizens, inviting them into important discussions about the world in which they lived and the institutions that shaped their lives.

Luther’s writings and actions didn’t just spark a religious movement; they fundamentally altered the landscape of the modern world, by giving voice to ideas like the individual, personal responsibility, pluralism, religious liberty, and self-government. We take these values for granted now, but they all entered history through the door that Luther opened to the future. Written in riveting prose and impeccably researched, MARTIN LUTHER is the story of the man whose monumental faith and courage cracked the edifice of Western Christendom and gave birth to the ideals that lie at the heart of all modern life."

LINCOLN CENTER

Jazz at Lincoln Center
Dizzy's Club

Juilliard Jazz Ensembles: The Music of Booker Little and Lee Morgan

"The Juilliard School has been a destination for world-class music education since it was founded, and these incredible young musicians will exemplify that legacy in this performance. The Juilliard School Jazz Ensemble features some of the world’s most talented emerging jazz artists, many of whom are already professional musicians. No stranger to Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, the ensemble has also performed at noted venues such as the Blue Note and Alice Tully Hall. These gifted young musicians are proof of jazz’s bright future."

CONCERT

Merkin Hall
Tuesday Matinées

Manhattan Chamber Players

Strauss - Sextet from Capriccio, Op. 85
Shostakovich - Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70

“Absolutely stunning performances – luminous, probing, deeply personal” — Washington Post

"Back by popular demand! Manhattan Chamber Players is a collective of top Prize Winners at the Banff, Concert Artists Guild, Fischoff, Melbourne, Naumburg, Osaka, Primrose, Queen Elisabeth, Rubenstein, Tchaikovsky, Tertis and Young Concert Artists Competitions. Formed by Artistic Director Luke Fleming, MCP is comprised of an impressive roster of musicians who all come from the tradition of great music making at the Marlboro Music Festival, Steans Institute at Ravinia, Music@Menlo, Yellow Barn and Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festivals and Perlman Music Program, and are former students of the Curtis Institute, The Juilliard School, Colburn School, New England Conservatory, and Yale School of Music."

 Watch the Manhattan Chamber Players perform.