2014–15 Season

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Dear friends,

Welcome to the 2014–15 season of Met Museum

Presents. This is my third season here at the

Met, and one of the nice things about having two

seasons under my belt is that we’ve been able to

establish a “new normal”: a solid track record for

dazzling site-specific, gallery-based performances;

thought-leaders who place the Met at the center

of relevant contemporary issues; and, of course,

world-class performers creating unique programs

specific to the Met.

I’m particularly excited about the unprecedented

residence by the Civilians. Theater is about

storytelling and meaning-making, and both are

vital aspects of the Metropolitan Museum. The

Civilians’ documentary approach to theatrical work

is uniquely suited to teasing out the narratives

that are embedded within the Met’s galleries

and collections.

This season, we continue our exploration of opera

for the 21st century with composer JacobTV, who

takes on the news media, and Opera Erratica, which

creates a digital opera for the Met’s Vélez Blanco

Patio, animating a 16th-century Spanish play.

We also delve into the Met’s enviable intellectual

and physical treasure trove: fast-paced talks with

curators and thought-leaders and innovative

performances will illuminate the Met’s unparalleled

collections and galleries.

This season also offers a plethora of free-with-

museum-admission performances: from Byzantine

pop up concerts to the astonishing Indian dance

troupe Nrityagram. And don’t forget to bring

the kids for $1! Our Bring the Kids program (see

page 17) is thriving!

With gratitude,

Limor Tomer

General Manager

Concerts & Lectures

Limor Tomer © Stephanie Berger

Artist Residency:The Civilians

“They’re excellent guerrilla journalists, getting extraordinary candor from deceptively ordinary interviewees.” —NEW YORK MAGAZINE

The Civilians is a New York–based theater company that creates original work derived from investigations into the world beyond the theater. During the 2014–15 season, the group will explore the Museum and—through the alchemy of stagecraft and songs—create original works of theater inspired by the stories uncovered through its investigation into the objects, ideas, and people that inhabit the Met. This is an unprecedented creative collaboration between a forward-thinking theater company and a global museum.

Let Me Ascertain YouAn evening of songs and stories from The Civilians’ repertoire of topics, this work delves into love, beauty, conflict, and the human condition.Friday, September 12 at 7 pmSaturday, September 13 at 7 pmTickets start at $25 (includes one cocktail)The Petrie Court Café Unreserved seating

The End and the BeginningA magical romp through dying, death, and the afterlife, this performance is staged in the incomparable Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing.Friday, March 6 at 7 pmTickets start at $25The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing Unreserved seating

The Way They LiveA new work, commissioned by Met Museum Presents, The Way They Live is a theatrical treatment of the Met’s American Wing, embracing the immense complexity of what it means to be an American.Friday, May 15 at 7 pmSaturday, May 16 at 7 pmTickets start at $25 (includes one cocktail)The Charles Engelhard Court Unreserved seating

The Civilians © Sheldon Noland

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Opera+Music Theater at the MetThe News (New York Premiere)

“[A] multimedia experience that splashes political hot potatoes across the stage yet refuses to be cynical or polemical. It leaves the audience puzzled and delighted at the same time.” — PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE

The News is a multimedia reality opera that transforms current events, political rhetoric, and the media into operatic hyper-drama. Crafted from news broadcasts and set to music by the brilliant composer Jacob Ter Veldhuis (JacobTV), the opera receives its New York premiere with Fulcrum Point Ensemble, featuring vocalists Nora Fischer and Loire.Friday, April 17 at 7 pmSaturday, April 18 at 7 pmTickets start at $50 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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John Zorn’s Sacred Visions“Eerie harmonic layers were built upon the wordless syllables, an austere medieval aesthetic punctuated with colorful contemporary twists...[‘The Holy Visions’] segued from plainchant to more complex polyphony, sounding along the way, sweet, simple and crazed.” — THE NEW YORK TIMES

Returning to the Metropolitan Museum after a triumphant daylong concert, the edgy and continually inventive composer and MacArthur Fellow John Zorn creates a performance specifically for the Fuentidueña Chapel at The Cloisters. The program features the world premiere of The Remedy of Fortune, composed specifically for The Cloisters; the New York premiere of Pandora’s Box, featuring acclaimed vocalist Tony Arnold with JACK Quartet; and The Holy Visions, performed by Jane Sheldon, Sarah Brailey, Mellissa Hughes, Abigail Fischer, and Kirsten Sollek.Saturday, May 30 at 1:30 pm and 3:30 pmTickets start at $50BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

The Fuentidueña Chapel at The Cloisters

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JacobTV © Mark van VugtJohn Zorn © Eileen Travell, The Photograph Studio, MMA

The News by Marco Borggreve © Nederlandse Reisopera

Opera+Music Theater at the MetRyoji Ikeda’s Superposition (US Premiere)

“Superposition throws the historical work of Galileo, Hooke, Jenny and Chladni through a highly technical modern prism, raising philosophical questions around human existence through our modern understanding of the universe at atomic level—with what feels like a fearful outcome.” — FUTURESEQUENCE

A multimedia music, visual, and theater work at the intersection of art and science, Superposition, inspired by the subatomic world, mines the notion that it is not possible to fully describe the behavior of a single particle except in terms of probabilities. The work is an immersive experience, an orchestrated journey through sound, language, physical phenomena, mathematical concepts, human behavior, and randomness, all simultaneously arranged and rearranged in a theatrical arc that obliterates the boundaries between music, visual arts, and performance.Friday, October 17 at 7 pmSaturday, October 18 at 7 pmTickets start at $35BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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This program is presented in collaboration with the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), as part of FIAF’s Crossing the Line Festival 2014.

The Toy BoxSalzburg Marionette Theatre

“Debussy may have intended ‘The Toy Box’ for children, but the score is sophisticated.... The puppetry was wonderful, from Pulcinella’s spidery extending arms to the delicacy of the doll’s on-point ballet dance....” —THE NEW YORK TIMES

A masterpiece of magic and whimsy, Debussy’s La boîte à joujoux (“The Toy Box”) is beautifully reimagined by the Salzburg Marionette Theatre. The brilliant American pianist Orion Weiss performs Debussy’s score live onstage alongside four puppeteers.Saturday, November 8 at 1 pm and 3 pm (abridged version)Tickets start at $30; children’s tickets start at $20Saturday, November 8 at 7 pm (full length)Tickets start at $45The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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Photo courtesy Salzburg Marionette Theatre

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La Celestina (US Premiere)Opera Erratica

“[Opera Erratica’s] oeuvre is a mystical mash-up of contrasting eras, languages and musical genres, and—surprisingly—it works.” —EYE WEEKLY

At the center of one of the great masterpieces of Spanish literature is La Celestina: a witch, a healer, a meddler, a prostitute, and, perhaps, a “conversa.” Published in 1499, the work popularly known as La Celestina catapulted Spanish literature out of the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance.

Commissioned for the Met’s extraordinary 16th-century Vélez Blanco Patio, La Celestina is now a site-specific video opera that tells the story of a nobleman; his beloved; his dishonest, scheming servants; and the local prostitute/witch. Using a multichannel audio and video installation, Opera Erratica transforms this unique architectural space into an immersive dramatic-musical experience in which the characters each tell their own version of the story, Rashomon-style. Full of ribald jokes, outrageous circumstances, and scathing social criticism, the story takes a very dark turn and ends in unfathomable tragedy.

The music combines Spanish villancicos (polyphonic vocal music) with Judeo-Spanish as well as Arabic and Andalusian folk music.

Friday, March 20– Sunday, March 29 during Museum hoursFree with Museum admissionVélez Blanco Patio

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La Celestina rendering courtesy Opera ErraticaBackground: Superposition © Kazuo Fukunaga, Kyoto Experiment in Kyoto Art Theater, Shunjuza

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Il Hebreo Mantovani (The Mantuan Jew)Profeti della Quinta

“[G]raciously sophisticated yet subtly mischievous...exquisite intonation and refinement” —THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

In the late Renaissance, at the height of Mantua’s artistic splendor, a young Jewish violinist burst through the barriers of discrimination and became one of the most renowned composers and performers at the court of the Gonzaga dukes. And in 1622, this musician revolutionized Jewish music with his Songs of Solomon, the first collection ever of originally-composed music for Hebrew psalms and prayers. Yet very little is known about the personal and creative life of Salomone Rossi Hebreo—Salomone Rossi the Jew. Enter Profeti della Quinta, a young male vocal quintet originally hailing from the Galilee, who has been championing the work of Rossi to great critical acclaim.Saturday, October 25 at 7 pmTickets start at $50BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Clarion Society Performs Victoria’s Requiem“[A]n inspired interpretation....the choir’s voices blended beautifully, with alluring details of phrasing and dynamics....The choir sounded radiant...singing with a hushed, intense intimacy that bloomed into a full-blooded, gorgeous sheen.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES

Praised by The New York Times as “alluring,” “pensive,” “mystical,” and “radiant,” the choir of New York’s first period instrument performance ensemble presents the hauntingly beautiful Requiem of Tomás Luis de Victoria, the most famous composer of 16th-century Spain, presented in the Met’s unmatched Vélez Blanco Patio.Saturday, March 28 at 7 pmTickets start at $75BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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CONTACT!“Contact! programs seem like must-hear adventures with provocative, enticing contemporary music.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES

The New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Museum join forces once again for a new season of CONTACT!, the Philharmonic’s acclaimed new-music series conceived by Music Director Alan Gilbert. The series features world premieres, US premieres, and New York Philharmonic–commissioned works.

Saturday, March 7 at 7 pmAlan Gilbert and assistant conductor Courtney Lewis conduct an all-Nordic program including works by Per Nørgård, Đuro Živković, and Kalevi Aho as well as the US premiere of the string orchestra version of Kaija Saariaho’s Terra Memoria.

Friday, June 5 at 7 pmJeffrey Milarsky, one of the leading conductors of contemporary music today, conducts a Japan-focused program with works by Takemitsu, Messiaen, and Dai Fujikura, as well as the US premiere of Misato Mochizuki’s Si blue, si calme.

Single tickets start at $25 / Series: $40BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Above: Alan Gilbert © Chris LeeOpposite: Profeti della Quinta © Susanna DrescherBackground: Clarion Society © Kim Fox

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Attacca Quartet at the MetMet Museum Presents is proud to welcome the Attacca Quartet as the 2014–15 Quartet in Residence for a season of inventive and unforgettable performances, including a gallery concert, a dance commission, and a music/video collaboration. Praised by The New York Times as a “fiery young ensemble” that plays “music with fierce dedication,” the group will delight audiences by drawing inspiration and influence from the treasures of the Met’s galleries and collections.

“Stunning...a demonstration of a musical maturity far beyond its members’ years...” —THE STRAD

Attacca Plays HaydnHaydn: String Quartet No. 17 in F major, Op. 17, No. 2Haydn: String Quartet No. 31 in B minor, Op. 33, No. 1Haydn: String Quartet No. 61 in D minor, Op. 76, No. 1, “Fifths”

Attacca is immersed in an ambitious multi-year performance project called “The 68”: a cycle of all 68 Haydn string quartets. The quartet presents Concert 16 of their ongoing series in the Met’s extraordinary Vélez Blanco Patio.Friday, October 10 at 7 pmTickets start at $65 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Quartet for the Festive TimePoulenc: Christmas Carol Selections (arranged by Attacca) Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, “American”Mozart: String Quartet in G major, K. 387

Attacca celebrates the holidays with a program that features Christmas carols by Francis Poulenc (arranged by Attacca) and quartets by Mozart and Dvořák.Wednesday, December 17 at 7 pmTickets start at $65 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Obsession Leoš Janáček: Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata”Pärt: Fratres Leoš Janáček: Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters”

Drawing inspiration from an exhibition that examines Paul Cézanne’s lifelong—some would say obsessive—artistic dialogue with his wife, muse and model, Hortense Fiquet, Attacca mines a similar relationship: that of Czech composer Leoš Janáček and the married woman 37 years his junior, Kamila Stösslová, with whom he exchanged more than 700 letters, and who inspired his quartets. Friday, February 6 at 7 pmTickets start at $45 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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This program is in conjunction with the exhibition Madame Cézanne, on view November 18, 2014–March 15, 2015.

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John Adams: “Confirmed” DancesJohn Adams: John’s Book of Alleged Dances

Since its inception, Attacca has championed the music of John Adams (“the most vital and eloquent composer in America” —The New York Times) and now joyfully takes up John’s Book of Alleged Dances (1994), composed for the Kronos Quartet. According to Adams, the dances were “alleged” because “the steps for them had yet to be invented.” Attacca has invited the charismatic choreographer and former William Forsythe dancer Francesca Harper to set the dances for this concert.Tuesday, March 24 at 7 pm Tickets start at $45 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Seven Words“Seven Words was an ambitious and thoughtful project.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES

Returning to the Met after a critically acclaimed premiere in 2013, Seven Words is a music-video work that enfolds Haydn’s transformative Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross with a compelling and evocative video environment by Ofri Cnaani. For this performance, which takes place during Holy Week, Attacca performs the string quartet arrangement of the piece, and collaborates with Cnaani on its staging and direction.Thursday, April 2 at 7 pmTickets start at $45 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Background: Frances Harper Dance Project (pictured, Eriko Iisaku) © Breton Tyner-Bryant

Attacca Quartet © Lisa Marie Mazzucco

Video still courtesy Ofri Cnaani

Opposite: Paul Cézanne (French, 1839–1906). Madame Cézanne in the Conservatory, (detail), 1891. Oil on canvas; 36 1/4 x 28 3/4 in. (92.1 x 73 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960 (61.101.2)

Holiday Concerts

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Apollo’s Fire © Val KozlenkoSimone Dinnerstein © Lisa Marie Mazzucco

WindSync © Richie Hawley

Background: Christmas tree with Neapolitan crèche, 18th–19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Loretta Hines Howard, 1964 (64.164.1–.167)

Celtic Christmas Vespers: Apollo’s Fire“These excellent young musicians...bring across their music with an exuberant physicality, like wind through a forest.” —THE BOSTON GLOBE

Known for its “flair and drama” (The Globe and Mail, Toronto), Apollo’s Fire invites audiences to celebrate colorful Celtic artistic traditions.Friday, December 5 at 7 pmTickets start at $65BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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A Pocket NutcrackerDelighting children and adults alike, the five-piece “rebel chamber ensemble” (Winnipeg Free Press) WindSync presents renditions of traditional holiday songs in an interactive and unforgettable performance, including an utterly unique version of The Nutcracker in costume!Sunday, December 14 at 3 pmTickets start at $30The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Simone Dinnerstein for the HolidaysThe acclaimed pianist returns to the Met for a festive holiday performance with a program including Poulenc’s Suite française, Debussy’s Suite bergamasque, Crumb’s A Little Suite for Christmas, and Schubert’s Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960.Saturday, December 20 at 7 pmTickets start at $65BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Holiday ConcertsQuartet for the Festive TimeAttacca celebrates the holidays with a program that features Christmas carols by Francis Poulenc (arranged by Attacca) and festive quartets by Mozart and Dvořák. See page 10 for full description.Wednesday, December 17 at 7 pmTickets start at $65BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Byzantine Pop-UpsOn select Fridays in December, enhance your visit to the Met with a stop in the Medieval Sculpture Hall, where you can experience a pop-up concert featuring hauntingly beautiful hymns and carols from the Byzantine Empire. Performing antiphonally, the musicians masterfully alternate parts in multiple languages, including Greek, Arabic, Armenian, and Russian. Fridays, December 5, 12, and 19 at 2 pm, 4 pm, and 6 pmFree with Museum admissionMedieval Sculpture Hall

Presented in collaboration with the Axion Estin Foundation.

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Attacca Quartet © Lisa Marie MazzuccoCapella de Ministrers © Ivo Rovira Ana Ponce

El Greco’s Toledo: Capella de MinistrersCommemorating the 400th anniversary of the death of El Greco, this remarkable Spanish ensemble presents a unique program using music to journey through the life of the infamous painter. The intimate program includes the most iconic music from his birthplace of Crete as well as his time in Venice and Rome, and concludes with music from the Spanish city of Toledo. Friday, December 12 at 7 pmSaturday, December 13 at 7 pmTickets start at $70BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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This program is in conjunction with the exhibition El Greco in New York, on view November 4, 2014–February 1, 2015.

Holiday Concerts All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914

“[Cantus] can transport audiences to parts of the heart rarely explored...” —ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS

Hailed by Fanfare as “the premier men’s vocal ensemble in the United States,” Cantus presents the heartwarming true story of a truce held during World War I on Christmas night in 1914, exactly 100 years ago. Using actual quotes and letters from soldiers, Cantus shares one of the greatest displays of true Christmas spirit in a dramatic retelling of this special event.Tuesday, December 23 at 6 pmTickets start at $65BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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The World Celebrates Christmas in New YorkFounded in 1937, the American Boychoir has long been recognized as one of the finest musical ensembles in the world. In this concert, they present Christmas and holiday music from different cultures around the world, including Great Britain, Germany, Spain and Latin America, as well as American carols from Appalachia.Tuesday, December 16 at 7 pmTickets start at $65BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Little Match Girl Passion“A haunting tale, perfect for Christmas” —The New York Times

Kent Tritle leads the Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir in David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Little Match Girl Passion, based on Hans Christian Andersen’s powerful story of a young girl struggling in the face of apathy on New Year’s Eve. The program also features seasonal motets.Wednesday, December 3 at 7 pmTickets start at $65BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Cantus © Curtis Johnson

Background: Christmas tree with Neapolitan crèche, 18th–19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Loretta Hines Howard, 1964 (64.164.1–.167)

Holiday Concerts

Songs of the Season: The Choristers of the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divinewith Malcolm Merriweather, conductor

The renowned Choristers make their Met debut with a lively and seasonal program of music by Benjamin Britten, John Rutter, and Robert Sirota. With soloists Melissa Hughes and Nadia Sirota.Friday, December 19 at 7 pmTickets start at $65BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Vivaldi’s Four Seasons:Sejong with Cho-Liang Lin Bringing together talented musicians from all over the world, the conductor-less string orchestra Sejong performs Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with renowned violinist Cho-Liang Lin as soloist.Thursday, December 18 at 7 pmTickets start at $65BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Follower of Jan Joest of Kalkar (Netherlandish, active ca. 1515). The Adoration of the Christ Child (detail). Oil on wood; Overall 41 x 28 1/4 in. (104.1 x 71.8 cm); painted surface 41 x 27 5/8 in. (104.1 x 70.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982 (1982.60.22)

Sejong Soloists courtesy of Sejong

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Drone Mass (World Premiere)Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, instrumental group American Contemporary Music Ensemble, and the 2014 Grammy Award–winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth join to perform Drone Mass, a new composition inspired by and created for the Met’s magnificent Temple of Dendur. Using texts based on the Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians, this contemporary oratorio fuses the diverse sounds of string quartet, electronics, and vocals to create a memorable experience.Wednesday, March 17 at 7 pmTickets start at $40 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing

The Grand Tour“Here too, the portraits seemed to stop and listen...joyous.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES

Hailed by The New York Times as “perhaps the most perfect realization yet of the mission of Met Museum Presents,” The Grand Tour, which sold out both performances last season, returns with music from the British Isles for solo harp in the Met’s English galleries; Dutch songs and dances played on the recorders, shawms, bagpipes, and lute seen in the paintings of Bruegel, Vermeer, and Rembrandt; music from 16th-century Spain in the El Greco gallery; and, honoring the Met’s 17th-century Italian galleries, music composed for Concerto delle donne, the group of professional female singers who revolutionized the role of women in music during the late Renaissance under Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara.Wednesday, January 21 at 8 pmThursday, January 22 at 8 pmTickets start at $125 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

European Paintings Galleries

In the Galleries

Background and above: The Grand Tour © Stephanie BergerPhoto courtesy Jóhann Jóhannsson

Bring the KidsSpend the evening with your children, give the babysitter a night off, and introduce your kids to the extraordinary world of live performance.

With the Met’s Bring the Kids initiative, one full-price adult ticket allows you to purchase up to three kids tickets for $1 each. Available programs range from classical and contemporary music to opera and multimedia performances.

Studies show that early—and repeated—exposure to classical music has a positive effect on children: they’re more likely to seek out live performance, to become passionate about classical music, and to become regular audience members.

Bring the Kids can give your children the gift of a lifelong love and appreciation for the performing arts while keeping it affordable for you. And with three kids tickets per adult ticket, they can bring friends! For children ages 7–16.

Salif Keita (19)Marty Stuart & the Fabulous Superlatives (20)Attacca Plays Haydn (10)Ryoji Ikeda’s Superposition (6)Il Hebreo Mantovani (The Mantuan Jew) (8)Bassekou Kouyate (19)Prague Philharmonic Choir (20)Master of Indian Music (22)The Goldberg Variations (23)Little Match Girl Passion (14)Celtic Christmas Vespers: Apollo’s Fire (12)Capella de Ministrers (13)Christmas in New York (14)Quartet for the Festive Time (10)Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (15)Songs of the Season (15)

All is Calm: The Chirstmas Truce of 1914 (14)Simone Dinnerstein for the Holidays (12)The Grand Tour (16)Ensemble Caprice (20)The Unknown Lincoln-Douglass Debate (29)Attacca: Obsession (10)Musical Tribute to Thomas Hart Benton (21)CONTACT! (9)Drone Mass (16)Looking East from Byzantium (21)John Adams: “Confirmed” Dances (11)Victoria’s Requiem (8)Seven Words (11)JacobTV: The News (4)John Zorn’s Sacred Visions (4)

Bring the Kids ProgramsProgram title is followed by its page number

Photo © Stephanie Berger

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Cécile McLorin at the Met“Ms. Salvant has it all: perfect pitch and enunciation, a playful sense of humor, a rich and varied tonal palette, a supple sense of swing, exquisite taste in songs and phrasing, and a deep connection

to lyrics.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES

One of the most celebrated young jazz vocalists, Cécile McLorin Salvant is the winner of the 2010 Thelonious Monk International Vocals Competition. She performs some of her most dynamic and theatrical songs on this unforgettable evening.Friday, October 24 at 7 pmTickets start at $50The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

A Valentine from Rosanne Cash Following her sold-out performance in 2014, singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash returns to the Met with a special program for Valentine’s Day.*Saturday, February 14 at 7 pmTickets start at $75The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Judy Collins: A Birthday CelebrationOne of folk music’s most beloved icons, Judy Collins celebrates her 75th birthday at the Met.Friday, May 1 at 7 pmTickets start at $75The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

*Wine & Dine on Valentine’s Day

Ticket holders are invited to the Members Dining Room to enjoy a two-course Perfect Pairs Dinner featuring classic food and wine pairings for $75 per person. Wine flights may be added for $38 per person. The Members Dining Room has pre- and post-concert dinner seatings available. Reservations are suggested; please call 212-570-3975.

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Cécile McLorin Salvant © John AbbottRosanne Cash © Rebecca GreenfieldJudy Collins © Kat Villacorta

A look at contemporary Malian music, culture, and politics

Salif Keita“[Salif Keita is the] Golden Voice of Africa” —THE GUARDIAN

Salif Keita, longtime ambassador of Malian music, performs a rare acoustic set featuring a small ensemble of master Malian musicians performing on traditional instruments. Friday, September 19 at 7 pmTickets start at $50BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Contemporary Mali with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. In this three-part series, Dr. Gates explores the issues and history of contemporary Mali, and what the future holds for the cultural, architectural, and intellectual treasures of West Africa. See page 28 for full description.3 Thursdays at 6 pm: September 18, and October 9 and 23Single tickets start at $30 / Series: $75The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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Salif Keita © Richard DumasHenry Louis Gates, Jr. © Jeffrey DunnBassekou Kouyate photo courtesy of World Music Institute

Background: Wrapper (Bogolanfini), 20th century. Mali, Bamana peoples. Cotton; width

43 1/2 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of John B. Elliott through the

Mercer Trust, 2000 (2000.160.60)

Bassekou Kouyate “Through technique, technology and open ears, Mr. Kouyate hurls the ngoni into the 21st century.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES

One of Africa’s greatest instrumentalists, Bassekou Kouyate is joined by his band Ngoni Ba for an acoustic program that reveals the softer sounds of Malian music. Bassekou is a virtuoso picker and is renowned for his mastery of the ngoni, an ancient traditional “spike lute” and an ancestor of the banjo.Thursday, October 30 at 7 pmTickets start at $35BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Exhibitions Amplified

Prague Philharmonic ChoirHailing from the artistic hotbed of Prague, this ensemble gives a rare New York performance that captures Bartholomeus Spranger’s zeitgeist in a colorful program of secular and religious music, from the artist’s native home in the Netherlands, to Paris, Rome, Vienna, and, finally, the court of Rudolf II in Prague.Saturday, November 1 at 7 pmTickets start at $65BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Ensemble Caprice: Turning Music into Gold

“[A]n immensely thoughtful and progressive force on the musical scene.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES

In this dazzling concert on period instruments, the acclaimed Ensemble Caprice spotlights the rich and fascinating culture of the court of Rudolf II in Prague—the most interesting European city of its time—where scientists, artists, musicians, and alchemists mixed and mingled to outrageous and resplendent results.Thursday, January 29 at 7 pmTickets start at $65BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Erotic GoldThese programs are in conjunction with the exhibition Bartholomeus Spranger: Splendor and Eroticism in Imperial Prague, on view November 4, 2014–February 1, 2015.

Ensemble Caprice © Tobias HaynesBackground: Prague Philharmonic Choir © Petra Hajska

Bartholomeus Spranger (Netherlandish, 1546-1611). Jupiter and Antiope, ca. 1596. Oil on canvas, 47 1/4 × 35 1/16 in. (120 × 89 cm).

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Exhibitions Amplified

Looking East from Byzantium Celebrating the Metropolitan Museum’s recent acquisition of four Byzantine icons, this performance traces the trajectory of music east from Byzantium. It also demonstrates the interconnectedness between Byzantine and Islamic chant and improvisation traditions through the remarkable playing of Mehmet Ali Sanlikol and master chanter Eleftherios Eleftheriadis.Saturday, March 14 at 7 pmTickets start at $40BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Presented in collaboration with the Axion Estin Foundation.

A Musical Tribute to Thomas Hart Bentonwith Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band

In 1930, Thomas Hart Benton was commissioned to create a mural for the boardroom of The New School on West 12th Street in New York. His ten-panel work, America Today, offers a moving narrative of early twentieth-century America—and inspires this evening of dance music from Harlem’s heyday. Jazz pianist Orrin Evans leads his Captain Black Big Band in a sizzling rendition of Harlem’s golden musical age.Friday, February 20 at 7 pmTickets start at $35BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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This program is in conjunction with the exhibition Thomas Hart Benton’s America Today Mural Rediscovered, on view September 30, 2014–April 19, 2015.

Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975), City Activities with Dance Hall from America Today, (detail), 1930-31. Mural cycle consisting of ten panels. Egg tempera with oil glazing over Permalba on a gesso ground on linen mounted to wood panels with a honeycomb interior; Dimensions: (b) 92 x 134 1/2 in. (233.7 x 341.6 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of AXA Equitable, 2012 (2012.478a-j2012)

Icon from a Pair of Doors (Panels, possibly part of a Polyptych: Saint Nicholas), early 15th century. Byzantine. Tempera and gold on wood; overall 10 13/16 × 7 3/8 × 5/16 in. (27.4 × 18.8 × 0.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Mary and Michael Jaharis Gift, 2013 (2013.980d)

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Exhibitions AmplifiedMasters of IndiaThese programs are in conjunction with the exhibition Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al‑Thani Collection, on view October 28, 2014–January 25, 2015.

Masters of Indian Dance: NrityagramWith its sculptural forms, sinuous movements, and emotional intensity, Odissi—one of the oldest dance traditions in the world—speaks of love and union with the divine. Surupa Sen and Bijayini Satpathy, the principal dancers of India’s world-renowned Nrityagram dance troupe, transport viewers to enchanted worlds of magic and spirituality with their grace and power. This performance is the New York debut of Samyoga (“conjunction of two heavenly bodies”), a program of solos and duets set to an original live score composed by Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi.Saturday, January 10 at 5 pm and 7 pmFree with Museum admissionThe Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing

Master of Indian Music: Kaushiki Chakrabarty“[T]he next big thing in Hindustani classical music” —TEHELKA MAGAZINE

In a rare New York appearance, virtuosic Indian vocalist Kaushiki Chakrabarty brings her extraordinary displays of South and North Indian vocal traditions. Her gorgeously lyrical sounds have won international praise and recognition “among the front-ranking new-generation vocalists, with her impeccable technique and musicality” (The Hindi).Friday, November 14 at 7 pmTickets start at $40 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Nrityagram © Rupert LorhaldarKaushiki Chakrabarty © Kaushiki Arts Pvt LtdBackground: Nrityagram © Nan Melville

Exhibitions AmplifiedCelebrating Musical Instruments at the MetThese programs are in conjunction with the 125th anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum’s Department of Musical Instruments.

Cory Arcangel and d’Eon in ConcertCanadian keyboardist and composer Chris d’Eon performs Cory Arcangel’s Dances For The Electric Piano, as well as his own suite of his compositions inspired by Baroque dance suites. Based on house and techno riffs that were prevalent in the ’80s and ’90s, Dances For The Electric Piano are written for the iconic Korg M1 synthesizer, one of the 20th century’s most influential original instruments.Saturday, November 22 at 7 pmTickets start at $25The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

The Goldberg Variations: The Double Manual ExperienceChristopher TaylorWhen J. S. Bach wrote The Goldberg Variations, he specified that they were to be played on an instrument with two manuals, or keyboards. The Metropolitan Museum’s Musical Instruments collection is home to one of only 60 double manual pianos ever made. The brilliant Christopher Taylor has actively promoted the rediscovery of this unique instrument, and performs Bach’s most ambitious work in its entirety, on a 1940 Bösendorfer double manual—as Bach had intended.Friday, November 21 at 7 pmTickets start at $50BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Marty Stuart and The Fabulous Superlativeswith special guests Steve Miller and Laurence Juber Country/bluegrass legend Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives join rock legend Steve Miller, and two-time Grammy Award-winning guitar virtuoso Laurence Juber of Paul McCartney and Wings fame. This performance explores country, rock, blues, jazz and instrumental fingerstyle guitar.Monday, October 6 at 7 pmTickets start at $65BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Chris d’Eon © Alexander GitmanChristopher Taylor © Katrin Talbot

Marty Stuart © Anthony Scarlati

Daytime Lectures

Rule, Britannia! British Painting from Hogarth to the Pre-RaphaelitesKathryn Calley Galitz, Associate Museum Educator, MMA

This series charts the development of British painting from William Hogarth’s scenes of mid-18th-century London to the medievalizing tendencies of the Pre-Raphaelites and their followers during the Victorian era.

March 18 Hogarth à la Mode and the Taste for English ArtMarch 25 Reynolds/Gainsborough: Portrait of a RivalryApril 1 Americans in London: History in the MakingApril 8 John Constable and the Rise of the English LandscapeApril 15 J.M.W. TurnerApril 22 Past Perfect: The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood6 Wednesdays at 11 am: March 18 and 25; April 1, 8, 15, and 22Single tickets start at $30 / Series: $162The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Gods and GoddessesKurt Behrendt, Assistant Curator, Asian Art, MMA

The multifaceted deities of the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain religious faiths are at the foundation of one of the world’s great sculptural traditions. Images created in stone and bronze gave lasting form to a vast pantheon of deities, and were the focus of devotion across the Indian subcontinent since at least the third century B.C. This three-part lecture series addresses the historic and religious history of South Asia, focusing on the great periods of artistic production.

September 16 The Early Buddhist Imagery of South AsiaSeptember 23 Hindu Gods and GoddessesSeptember 30 Jainism and Tantra3 Tuesdays at 11 am: September 16, 23, and 30Single tickets start at $30 / Series: $75The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Stories in Silver: Uncovering the Narrative in the ObjectsBeth Carver Wees, Curator of American Decorative Arts, MMA

This two-part series explores some of the Metropolitan Museum’s most treasured 17th- and 18th-century American silver, highlighting the narratives these objects tell about people, places, and social customs. Deeply personal and human, this singular art form was and remains the ideal choice for honoring personal, civic, and professional accomplishments. The objects’ individual stories simply await our investigation.2 Mondays at 11 am: October 20 and 27Single tickets start at $30 / Series: $50The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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Dancing Celestial Deity (Devata) (detail), early 12th century. India (Uttar Pradesh). Sandstone; H. 33 1/2 in. (85.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Promised Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving (L.1993.88.2)

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Daytime Lectures

Life & TimesRebecca Rabinow, Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art, Curator in Charge of

the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art, MMA

Each lecture in this ongoing series sheds special light on a different aspect of the Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection, one of the foremost collections of Cubist art in the world.

December 2: Cubist ConfettiConfetti—those insidious little paper circles and squares—was ardently embraced in early 20th-century Paris, and figured in the Cubists’ visual vocabulary. Both Picasso and Braque were fully capable of understanding confetti showers as a phenomenon of optical mixing within three-dimensional space. This talk considers the Cubists’ colorful stippling during the prewar years as a sophisticated means of introducing formal qualities of texture and light into their art, while referencing popular culture and artistic movements such as Pointillism.

December 9: Games Cubists Play In the early 1910s, both art lovers and critics repeatedly voiced concern that Cubism was a hoax, that the public was being gamed. There is no denying that Cubism, while serious art, has a playful side; puns, inside jokes, and games such as chess, cards, and dice were all enthusiastically welcomed as subject matter. This talk explores the stylistic shifts and slights of hand that are often found in prewar Cubist art.

2 Tuesdays at 11 am: December 2 and 9Single tickets start at $30 / Series: $50The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

These programs are in conjunction with the exhibition Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection, on view October 20, 2014–February 16, 2015.

Opposite: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890), Oleanders, 1888. Oil on canvas; 23 3/4 x 29 in. (60.3 x 73.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of

Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Loeb, 1962 (62.24)

John Singer Sargent, (American, 1856–1925), The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy, 1907. Oil on

canvas; 28 1/8 x 22 1/4 in. (71.4 x 56.5 cm). Friends of American Art Collection, 1914.57, Photography

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Above: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973). Student Reading a Newspaper (L’étudiant au journal), Winter 1913-14. Oil and sand on canvas; 28 3/4 × 23 1/2 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Promised Gift from the Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Trust © 2014 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Background: The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium © Anja Hitzenberger

Daytime LecturesVan Gogh in BloomRemco van Vliet, third generation

Dutch Master Florist

The Met’s Great Hall floral designer Remco van Vliet re-creates iconic Van Gogh scenes in a stunning demonstration.Wednesday, May 13 at 2:30 pmTickets start at $30The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

This demonstration is in conjunction with the exhibition Van Gogh: Roses and Irises—Reunited, on view May 11–August 6, 2015.

Sargent’s Circle of FriendsElizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, Alice Pratt Brown

Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, The American Wing, MMA

Stephanie L. Herdrich, Research Associate, The American Wing, MMA

Throughout his career, John Singer Sargent created portraits of the most influential artists, writers, actors, dancers, and musicians of the era, many of whom were close friends. Brilliant works of art and penetrating character studies, these portraits—often highly charged, intimate, witty, idiosyncratic, and experimental—are also records of relationships, influences, aspirations, and allegiances. These lectures explore the underlying friendships between Sargent and his artistic sitters, and consider their significance for his life and art.May 27 Actors and ArtistsJune 10 Performers and Patrons2 Wednesdays at 11 amSingle tickets start at $30 / Series: $50The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

This program is in conjunction with the exhibition Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends on view June 30, 2015–October 4, 2015.

The Clark Brothers of CooperstownMarlene Strauss, art historian

Brothers Sterling and Stephen Clark, heirs to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune, grew up in Cooperstown, New York. They amassed two of the most important collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and early Modern painting. While both brothers shared a love of great art, their individual preferences and collecting habits varied a great deal. The siblings, close in their young years, quarreled over the disposition of their inheritance—and their relationship was severed forever. Each of the brothers, however, would go on to build a great, individual art collection. Wednesday, October 8 at 2:30 pmTickets start at $40The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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Evening Talks

Contemporary Mali with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. In 1999, on his PBS series Wonders of the African World , Dr. Gates brought for the first time to wide attention the Timbuktu manuscripts, a priceless trove of documents covering a wide range of human endeavor, including the teachings of Islam, law, medicine, mathematics, and astronomy. In the ensuing 15 years, these manuscripts have been imperiled by Mali’s civil upheaval. In this series, Dr. Gates explores contemporary Mali, and what the future holds for the cultural, architectural, and intellectual treasures of West Africa.

September 18 Timbuktu Past and Present: Dr. Gates in conversation with Jon Lee Anderson

October 9 Music, Culture and Conflict: Dr. Gates in conversation with writer and filmmaker Manthia Diawara.

October 23 Defining Mali through Women’s Voices: Dr. Gates in conversation with Ousseina Alidou and others

3 Thursdays at 6 pm: September 18; October 9 and 23Single tickets start at $30 / Series: $75The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

A Conversation on Willem de Kooning Judith Zilczer, author and curator emerita,

Hirshorn MuseumMarla Prather, Curator, Modern and

Contemporary Art, MMAGeorge Condo, visual artist

Judith Zilczer is joined by Met curator Marla Prather and artist George Condo to discuss the lasting influence and inspiration of Willem de Kooning, one of the most important and prolific artists of the 20th century.Wednesday, September 17 at 6 pmTickets start at $30The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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Willem de Kooning (American, born The Netherlands 1904–1997), Woman, 1950. Oil, cut and pasted paper on cardboard; 14 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. (37.5 x 29.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New

York. From the Collection of Thomas B. Hess, Gift of the heirs of Thomas B. Hess, 1984 (1984.613.6)

© 2014 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Malick Sidibé (Malian, born 1936), Vues de Dos, 2001. Gelatin silver print, paint, glass, tape, cardboard,

string; Overall: 8 3/8 x 6 in. (21.3 x 15.2 cm). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase,

James J. Ross Gift, 2003 (2003.123).

Evening Talks

Orientalism and New YorkBarry Lewis, architectural historian

In the 19th century, Europeans and Americans saw the Middle East as a veritable Shangri-La where they could find refreshingly different cultural ideals. This was the beginning of “Orientalism,” a century-long infatuation with everything Middle Eastern. In terms of architecture, the new vogue provided Westerners a way to free themselves from rigid, established formulas. Middle East–inspired designs opened up cluttered interiors and created a new “metallic style” to better suit emerging iron and glass structures. Perusing the New York area, this talk uncovers a fine collection of buildings with roots in Oriental design.Tuesday, September 30 at 6 pmTickets start at $40The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Masterworks at the Met: Mannerism’s Perverse BeautyJerrilynn Dodds, Dean,

Sarah Lawrence College

Mannerism transformed late Renaissance art with a new energy and a sense of the unexpected: jarring, dramatic transformations that could range from an exquisite, exaggerated elegance to dramatic scenarios, which some contemporaries called “terribilità” in painting. This series explores Mannerism in Italy; featured in the discussions are masterworks from the Metropolitan’s extraordinary collections, including 16th-century work by Michelangelo, Bronzino and Tintoretto.3 Wednesdays at 6 pm: October 29; November 5 and 12Single tickets start at $30 / Series: $75The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

The Unknown “Lincoln-Douglass” DebateHarold Holzer, historianFeaturing Norm Lewis

Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass never publicly debated. But using words from their correspondence and commentary, illustrated by period images, historian Harold Holzer brings the two great figures face-to-face. Featuring Tony Award-Nominated actor and singer Norm Lewis (Porgy and Bess, Phantom of the Opera, ABC’s Scandal)Friday, February 13 at 6 pmTickets start at $40BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 17)

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Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564), Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan

Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso) (detail), ca. 1510-1511. Red chalk, with small accents

of white chalk on the left shoulder of the figure in the main study (recto); soft black chalk, or less probably

charcoal (verso); sheet: 11 3/8 x 8 7/16 in. (28.9 x 21.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1924 (24.197.2)Background: New York City Center

Evening Talks The Atelier with Alina ChoAlina Cho, fashion journalist and editor‑at‑large,

Ballantine Bantam Dell

Alina Cho discusses the fashion industry —at the intersection of art and ideas—with icons Anna Wintour and Donatella Versace.

Wednesday, October 22 at 6 pm Alina Cho and Anna Wintour

Thursday, April 30 at 6 pm Alina Cho and Donatella Versace

Tickets start at $45The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Anna Wintour © Timothy Greenfield Sanders

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, 1540/41–1614). View of Toledo.

Oil on canvas; 47 3/4 x 42 3/4 in. (121.3 x 108.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum

of Art, New York. H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O.

Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.6)

Background: Miya Ando, Gold Kimono, 2013, hand-dyed anodized aluminum,

22 karat gold leaf, 52 x 40 inches. Sundaram Tagore Gallery.

El Greco at the Met Keith Christiansen, John Pope‑Hennessy Chairman, European Paintings, MMAWalter Liedtke, Curator, European Paintings, MMA

In celebration of the Met’s unprecedented display of El Greco’s works and in honor of the 400th anniversary of the artist’s death, please join us for three fascinating discussions on the life and paintings of El Greco.

November 13 and 20: El Greco: Spirit and ParadoxKeith ChristiansenThis two-part lecture explores the notion of El Greco as a precursor to Modernism, the artist’s failed attempt at success in Italy, and the anachronistically sublime painter he became in Spain.

December 4: El Greco and the MetWalter LiedtkeThe Metropolitan Museum’s European paintings collection is rich in works by El Greco, ranging from the artist’s early years in Venice to his last projects in Toledo. This lecture considers all of the Museum’s El Grecos, including famous works such as View of Toledo and The Vision of St. John, with particular attention to new research.3 Thursdays at 6 pm: November 13, 20; December 4Tickets start at $30 / Series: $75The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

These programs are in conjunction with the exhibition El Greco in New York, on view November 4, 2014–February 1, 2015.

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Evening Talks SPARK: A Conversation SeriesThis fast-paced cabaret-style series explores vital cultural issues through the lens of the Met. Each program gathers artists and thought leaders to engage in unscripted, surprising, and engaging conversation. SPARK is hosted by Julie Burstein, author and Peabody Award–winning creator of public radio’s Studio 360.

Single tickets start at $30 / Series: $50

Dressed to KillArms and Armor from Medieval Knights to Game of ThronesMichele Clapton, costume designer for

Game of ThronesMiya Ando, artistPierre Terjanian, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Curator in

Charge, Arms and Armor, MMA

Over the centuries, people have tried to protect their all-too-vulnerable flesh in flashy carapaces of metal and wood. In this wide-ranging conversation about arms and armor, Game of Thrones costume designer Michele Clapton reveals the pleasures and challenges of reimagining armor for the Starks and Lannisters; artist Miya Ando describes the influence of her sword-making ancestors on her 21st-century stainless steel kimono; and Met curator Pierre Terjanian offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the Museum’s popular Arms and Armor galleries.Tuesday, December 2 at 6 pmThe Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Ideas That Spread, Art That MonetizesElizabeth A. H. Cleland, Curator, European

Sculpture and Decorative Arts, MMASeth Godin, bestselling author

The glamorous tapestries of Flemish artist Pieter Coecke van Aelst were sought by the most discerning rulers in 16th-century Europe, from Henry VIII to the Hapsburgs and Medicis. As his ideas spread throughout his world through paintings and books, his creations became hot commodities. In this SPARK conversation, Julie Burstein talks with Seth Godin and Met curator Elizabeth A. H. Cleland about what it takes to be an artist and entrepreneur, in both the 16th and 21st centuries.Monday, December 1 at 6 pmThe Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

This program is in conjunction with the exhibition Grand Design: Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Renaissance Tapestry, on view October 7, 2014–January 11, 2015.

Jan (Johannes) Wierix (Netherlandish, 1549–1615). Pieter Coecke van Aelst.

Publisher: Theodoor Galle (Netherlandish, 1571–1633). Engraving; Plate: 8 1/8 × 4 3/4 in.

(20.6 × 12 cm) Sheet: 12 3/8 × 7 7/8 in. (31.5 × 20 cm). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New

York. A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 1983 (1983.1115.5)

Bronze helmet of Corinthian type, ca. 600–575 B.C. Greek. Archaic. Bronze;

overall: 8 7/8 x 7 1/4 in. (22.6 x 18.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Dodge Fund, 1955 (55.11.10)

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Leadership support for Met Museum Presents provided by:

Adrienne ArshtBrodsky Family FoundationIsabel C. Iverson and Walter T. IversonMrs. Joseph H. King FundMuriel Kallis Steinberg Newman FundStavros Niarchos FoundationMrs. Donald Oenslager FundGrace Jarcho Ross and Daniel G. Ross

Concert FundThe Giorgio S. Sacerdote FundEstate of Kathryn Walter SteinXerox FoundationDirk and Natasha Ziff

Additional major supporters:

Chester Dale FundDoris Duke Foundation for Islamic ArtFriends of Concerts & LecturesThe Arthur Gillender FundThe Horace W. Goldsmith FoundationThe Kaplen FoundationLavori Sterling Foundation, Inc.New York State Council on the ArtsSamuel White Patterson Lecture FundAnn G. Tenenbaum and

Thomas H. LeeAnonymous (2)

Gifts of $10,000 and above,

as of April 20, 2014

Support for

Early American Guitars: The Instruments of C. F. Martinon view January 14–December 7, 2014

The exhibition is made possible by The Martin Guitar Company.

Madame Cézanneon view November 18, 2014–March 15, 2015

The exhibition is made possible by The Florence Gould Foundation.

Thomas Hart Benton’s America Today Mural Rediscoveredon view September 30, 2014–April 19, 2015

The exhibition is made possible by AXA.

Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al‑Thani Collectionon view October 28, 2014–January 25, 2015

The exhibition is made possible by Cartier.

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SEPTEMBER

Fri, Sept 12 7 pm PCC The Civilians: Let Me Ascertain You 3Sat, Sept 13 7 pm PCC The Civilians: Let Me Ascertain You 3Tue, Sept 16 11 am GRR Gods and Goddesses (Behrendt) 24Wed, Sept 17 6 pm GRR Willem de Kooning (Zilczer/Prather/Condo) 28Thu, Sept 18 6 pm GRR Contemporary Mali with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 28Fri, Sept 19 7 pm GRR Salif Keita 19Tue, Sept 23 11 am GRR Gods and Goddesses (Behrendt) 24Tue, Sept 30 11 am GRR Gods and Goddesses (Behrendt) 24Tue, Sept 30 6 pm GRR Orientalism and New York (Lewis) 29

OCTOBER

Mon, Oct 6 7 pm GRR Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives 23Wed, Oct 8 2:30 pm GRR The Clark Brothers of Cooperstown (Strauss) 27Thu, Oct 9 6 pm GRR Contemporary Mali with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 28Fri, Oct 10 7 pm VBP Attacca Plays Haydn 10Fri, Oct 17 7 pm GRR Ryoji Ikeda’s Superposition 6Sat, Oct 18 7 pm GRR Ryoji Ikeda’s Superposition 6Mon, Oct 20 11 am GRR Stories in Silver (Wees) 24Wed, Oct 22 6 pm GRR The Atelier with Alina Cho (Wintour) 30Thu, Oct 23 6 pm GRR Contemporary Mali with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 28Fri, Oct 24 7 pm GRR Cécile McLorin Salvant 18Sat, Oct 25 7 pm GRR Il Hebreo Mantovani 8Mon, Oct 27 11 am GRR Stories in Silver (Wees) 24Wed, Oct 29 6 pm GRR Mannerism’s Perverse Beauty (Dodds) 29Thu, Oct 30 7 pm GRR Bassekou Kouyate 19

NOVEMBER

Sat, Nov 1 7 pm GRR Prague Philharmonic Choir 20Wed, Nov 5 6 pm GRR Mannerism’s Perverse Beauty (Dodds) 29Sat, Nov 8 1, 3 & 7 pm GRR Salzburg Marionette Theatre 6Wed, Nov 12 6 pm GRR Mannerism’s Perverse Beauty (Dodds) 29Thu, Nov 13 6 pm GRR El Greco at the Met (Christiansen) 30Fri, Nov 14 7 pm GRR Master of Indian Music: Kaushiki Chakrabarty 22Thu, Nov 20 6 pm GRR El Greco at the Met (Christiansen) 30Fri, Nov 21 7 pm GRR Christopher Taylor: The Goldberg Variations 23Sat, Nov 22 7 pm GRR Cory Arcangel and Chris d’Eon: 24 Dances 23

DECEMBER

Mon, Dec 1 6 pm GRR SPARK: Ideas That Spread, Art That Monetizes 31Tue, Dec 2 11 am GRR Life & Times: Cubism (Rabinow) 26Tue, Dec 2 6 pm GRR SPARK: Dressed to Kill 31Wed, Dec 3 7 pm GRR Little Match Girl Passion 14Thu, Dec 4 6 pm GRR El Greco at the Met (Liedtke) 30 Fri, Dec 5 2, 4 & 6 pm MSH Byzantine Pop-Ups 13Fri, Dec 5 7 pm GRR Apollo’s Fire: Celtic Christmas Vespers 12Tue, Dec 9 11 am GRR Life & Times: Cubism (Rabinow) 26Fri, Dec 12 2, 4 & 6 pm MSH Byzantine Pop-Ups 13Fri, Dec 12 7 pm VBP Capella de Ministrers: El Greco’s Toledo 13Sat, Dec 13 7 pm VBP Capella de Ministrers: El Greco’s Toledo 13Sun, Dec 14 3 pm GRR A Pocket Nutcracker 12Tue, Dec 16 7 pm GRR The World Celebrates Christmas in New York 14Wed, Dec 17 7 pm GRR Attacca: Quartet for the Festive Time 10Thu, Dec 18 7 pm GRR Vivaldi’s Four Seasons 15Fri, Dec 19 2, 4 & 6 pm MSH Byzantine Pop-Ups 13

2014–15 Season

performance talk

CEC The Charles Engelhard CourtEPG European Paintings GalleriesFCC The Fuentidueña Chapel at The CloistersGRR The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

MSH The Medieval Sculpture HallPCC Petrie Court CaféVBP Vélez Blanco PatioTD The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing

Fri, Dec 19 7 pm GRR Songs of the Season 15Sat, Dec 20 7 pm GRR Simone Dinnerstein for the Holidays 12Tue, Dec 23 6 pm GRR All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 14

JANUARY

Sat, Jan 10 5 & 7 pm TD Masters of Indian Dance: Nrityagram 22Wed, Jan 21 7 pm EPG The Grand Tour 16Thu, Jan 22 7 pm EPG The Grand Tour 16Thu, Jan 29 7 pm GRR Ensemble Caprice: Turning Music into Gold 20

FEBRUARY

Fri, Feb 6 7 pm GRR Attacca: Obsession 10Fri, Feb 13 6 pm GRR The Unknown “Lincoln-Douglass” Debate 29Sat, Feb 14 7 pm GRR A Valentine from Rosanne Cash 18Fri, Feb 20 7 pm GRR A Musical Tribute to Thomas Hart Benton 21

MARCH

Fri, Mar 6 7 pm TD The Civilians: The End and the Beginning 3Sat, Mar 7 7 pm GRR CONTACT! 9Sat, Mar 14 7 pm GRR Looking East from Byzantium 21Wed, Mar 17 7 pm TD Drone Mass 16Wed, Mar 18 11 am GRR Rule, Britannia! British Painting (Galitz) 24Mar 20–29, Museum Hours VBP Opera Erratica: La Celestina 7Tue, Mar 24 7 pm GRR Attacca: John Adams “Confirmed” Dances 11Wed, Mar 25 11 am GRR Rule, Britannia! British Painting (Galitz) 24Sat, Mar 28 7 pm VBP Clarion Society: Victoria’s Requiem 8

APRIL

Wed, Apr 1 11 am GRR Rule, Britannia! British Painting (Galitz) 24Thu, Apr 2 7 pm GRR Attacca: Seven Words 11Wed, Apr 8 11 am GRR Rule, Britannia! British Painting (Galitz) 24Wed, Apr 15 11 am GRR Rule, Britannia! British Painting (Galitz) 24Fri, Apr 17 7 pm GRR JacobTV: The News 4Sat, Apr 18 7 pm GRR JacobTV: The News 4Wed, Apr 22 11 am GRR Rule, Britannia! British Painting (Galitz) 24Wed, Apr 30 6 pm GRR The Atelier with Alina Cho (Versace) 30

MAY

Fri, May 1 7 pm GRR Judy Collins: A Birthday Celebration 18Wed, May 13 2:30 pm GRR Van Gogh in Bloom (van Vliet) 27Fri, May 15 7 pm CEC The Civilians: The Way They Live 3Sat, May 16 7 pm CEC The Civilians: The Way They Live 3Wed, May 27 11 am GRR Sargent’s Friends (Kornhauser/Herdrich) 27Sat, May 30 1:30/3:30 pm FCC John Zorn’s Sacred Visions 4

JUNE

Fri, June 5 7 pm GRR CONTACT! 9Wed, June 10 11 am GRR Sargent’s Friends (Kornhauser/Herdrich) 27