Lincoln Center Presents Inaugural Tully Scope Festival 2/22-3/18

Following the critical acclaim of last fall's inaugurAl White Light Festival, Lincoln Center is poised to launch White Light's sister festival, Tully Scope, February 22 through March 18. All tickets will be priced at $20 for those who have purchased an initial ticket at full price. In its debut season, the Tully Scope Festival offers a dynamic spectrum of distinctive musical presentations spanning centuries, cultures, and genres through unique and multi-faceted performances demonstrating Alice Tully Hall's new adaptability as a venue.

The Tully Scope Festival kicks off with a free opening event by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) of the world premiere of Nathan Davis's Bells in Alice Tully Hall's grand foyer, featuring sweeping views of the Broadway streetscape. Bells is followed by the first of two programs celebrating the life and work of Morton Feldman, one of the most intriguing American composers of the 20th century. For Morton Feldman opens on February 22 with a concert by ICE of works by Webern, Xenakis, Cage, and Feldman's final composition dedicated to his friend, For Samuel Beckett. It continues on February 24 with Juilliard's dynamic student music group Axiom led by Jeffrey Milarsky, in an 85th birthday tribute to György Kurtág and Feldman.

Tully Lounges, Lectures, and Demonstrations: In addition to the performances in the concert hall itself, the at65 café and public spaces will be the scene of a number of events, including a free opening event, pre- and post-concert lectures and discussions (featuring noted musical scholars and many of the Festival's participating artists), as well as receptions and gatherings for the artists and audience members after each performance. Details about these events and program descriptions follow later in this release.

Major highlights of the three-week Festival include two unusual performances by the remarkable Les Percussions de Strasbourg led by Jean-Paul Bernard, featuring the New York premiere of Gérard Grisey's Le noir de l'étoile on March 4 and an all-Xenakis program on March 5. Described by the composer as the "musical, visual, and theatrical confrontation of imperturbable cosmic clocks with a spatialized form of music," Le noir de l'étoile positions all six percussionists with speakers around the audience in Alice Tully Hall. On March 7, Tyondai Braxton, from the experimental rock group Battles, joins the Wordless Music Orchestra in selections from his latest album, Central Market, a tumultuous mix of acoustic and electronic sounds, in a wide-ranging concert that also pairs his new music with works by John Adams and Louis Andriessen. On March 9, Persian kamancheh master Kayhan Kalhor and the exciting young string quartet Brooklyn Rider will blend arrangements and improvisations of traditional Iranian songs with new music, including a New York premiere work by violinist Colin Jacobsen and the anticipated world premiere of Philip Glass's Suite for String Quartet from Bent.

Originally built for chamber music and widely considered an exceptional venue for the presentation of baroque instrumentation, Alice Tully Hall will host several of the world's most acclaimed period music ensembles in the first Tully Scope Festival. Les Arts Florissants led by the incomparable William Christie returns to Tully on March 11-12 in two concert versions of Rameau's beloved ballet suites, Anacréon and Pigmalion. Creating a musical dialogue between Old Spain, the Mexican Baroque, and the living Jarocho and Huasteca traditions, Jordi Savall presents the New York premiere of The Route of the New World: From Spain to Mexico on March 14. The Festival closes on March 18 with the New York premiere of Heiner Goebbels's staged production of Songs of Wars I Have Seen, which combines texts from Gertrude Stein's memoir recounting life during World War II with a dramatic score featuring samples of Baroque cantorial songs performed by the London Sinfonietta and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Other noted artists and ensembles who will participate in the Festival are: Emanuel Ax in two all-Schubert concerts, one of solo piano works on February 26 and one with baritone Simon Keenlyside on March 13 featuring the composer's beloved art songs; Louis Lortie in a marathon performance of Liszt's masterwork Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) on March 10; and Sir Roger Norrington conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performing the music of C.P.E. Bach on March 16.

Tickets
Tickets for the Tully Scope Festival are on sale and are available online at LincolnCenter.org, by calling CenterCharge at 212-721-6500, or at the Avery Fisher or Alice Tully Hall box offices, Broadway and 65th Street. Those who purchase one full-price ticket to any Tully Scope event, will receive a code to buy tickets to all other Tully Scope events for just $20.

Tully Scope Festival 2011
Chronology

Tuesday, February 22 at 6 pm in the Alice Tully Hall outer lobby
International Contemporary Ensemble
Nathan Davis: Bells (world premiere)
FREE

For Morton Feldman
Tuesday, February 22 at 7:30 pm
Chance Encounters
International Contemporary Ensemble
Steven Schick, conductor and percussion
Feldman: The King of Denmark for solo percussion
Webern: Concerto for nine instruments
Xenakis: Jalons for chamber orchestra
Cage: Imaginary Landscape No. 4 for 12 radios
Feldman: For Samuel Beckett for chamber orchestra
Tickets: $25/40/50

For Morton Feldman
Thursday, February 24 at 7:30 pm
Axiom
Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor
Lauren Snouffer, soprano
The Clarion Choir
Steven Fox, artistic director
Kurtág: Hommage à R. Sch., Op. 15d
Feldman: Rothko Chapel
Feldman: Bass Clarinet and Percussion
Kurtág: Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova, Op. 17
Tickets: $25/40/50

Saturday, February 26 at 7:30 pm
Emanuel Ax, piano
All-Schubert program
Four Impromptus, D.935
Sonata in A major, D.664
Sonata in B-flat major, D.960
Tickets: $45/60/75

Friday, March 4 at 7:30 pm
Les Percussions de Strasbourg
Jean-Paul Bernard, artistic director
Grisey: Le noir de l'étoile (New York premiere)
Post-performance discussion with Jean-Paul Bernard, Olaf Tzschoppe, and John Schaefer
Tickets: $35/45

Saturday, March 5 at 7:30 pm
Les Percussions de Strasbourg
Jean-Paul Bernard, artistic director
All-Xenakis program
Pléïades
Persephassa
Tickets: $35/45

Monday, March 7 at 7:30 pm
Tyondai Braxton
with the Wordless Music Orchestra
Caleb Burhans, conductor
John Adams: Road Movies
Caleb Burhans: In a Distant Place
Louis Andriessen: Workers Union
Tyondai Braxton: Selections from Central Market and new compositions
Post-performance discussion with Tyondai Braxton, Ronen Givony, and John Schaefer
Co-presented by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Wordless Music
Tickets: $25/40/50

Wednesday, March 9 at 7:30 pm
Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh
Brooklyn Rider
Shawn Conley, bass
Shane Shanahan, percussion
Sollima: Federico II, from Viaggio in Italia
Phillip Glass: Suite for String Quartet from Bent (world premiere)
Colin Jacobsen: Beloved, do not let me be discouraged
Kayhan Kalhor: Solo improvisation
Colin Jacobsen: New Work for string quartet and kamancheh (New York premiere)
Traditional (arr. Jacobsen/Aghaei): Ascending Bird
Tickets: $35/45/50
Sponsored by Logicworks.

Thursday, March 10 at 7 pm (note time)
Louis Lortie, piano
Liszt's complete Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage)
Années de pèlerinage, première année-Suisse, S.160
Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année-Italie, S.161
Années de pèlerinage, troisième année, S.163
Post-concert discussion with Louis Lortie and Alan Walker
Tickets: $45/60/75

Friday, March 11 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, March 12 at 7:30 pm
Pre-concert discussion on Saturday, March 12 with William Christie and Ara Guzelimian at 6:15 pm
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie, conductor
Emmanuelle de Negri, soprano
Hanna Bayodi-Hirt, soprano
Ed Lyon, tenor
Alain Buet, bass
All-Rameau program
Anacréon
Pigmalion
Tickets: $45/60/75

Sunday, March 13 at 5 pm
Pre-concert lecture by Christopher H. Gibbs at 3:45 pm in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Simon Keenlyside, baritone
Emanuel Ax, piano
All-Schubert program
Lied des Orpheus, D.474
Der Tod und das Mädchen, D.531
Auf der Donau, D.553
Dass sie hier gewesen, D.775
An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht, D.614

Piano Sonata in A minor, D.845
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Der Wanderer, D.489
Der Einsame, D.800
Vom Mitleiden Mariä
Pensa, che questo istante, D.76
Prometheus, D.674
Ganymed, D.544
Gondelfahrer, D.808
An mein Klavier, D.342
Im Walde, D.708
Tickets: $45/60/75

Monday, March 14 at 7:30 pm

The Route of the New World: From Spain to Mexico (New York premiere)

The musical dialogue of Old Spain, the Mexican Baroque, and the living Husteca and Jarocho Traditions
Jordi Savall, vielle and music director
Tembembe Ensamble Continuo

Montserrat Figueras, soprano

La Calpella Reial de Catalunya

Hespèrion XXI

Post-performance discussion with Jordi Savall

Tickets: $45/60/75

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Pre-concert discussion with Sir Roger Norrington at 6:15 pm in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Roger Norrington, conductor
Steven Devine, harpsichord
Richard Lester, cello
All-Bach, C.P.E. program
Symphony in G major, Wq 182/1
Harpsichord Concerto in C major, Wq 20

Symphony in G major, Wq 173
--
Symphony in E major, Wq 182/6
Cello Concerto in A major, Wq 172
Symphony in E-flat major, Wq 179
Tickets: $45/60/75

Friday, March 18, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Pre-concert discussion with Heiner Goebbels and John Schaefer at 6:15 pm in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
London Sinfonietta
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Anu Tali, conductor
Sound Intermedia, sound projection
Heiner Goebbels, conception, music, and director
All-Heiner Goebbels program
Sampler Suite, from Surrogate Cities
Songs of Wars I Have Seen (New York premiere)
Tickets: $45/60/75

Support for Great Performers and the Tully Scope Festival is provided by Rita E. and Gustave M. Hauser, The Florence Gould Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., The Shubert Foundation, Logicworks, Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Great Performers Circle, Chairman's Council, and Friends of Lincoln Center.

Public support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts.

Corporate support is provided by BNY Mellon.

Endowment support for Symphonic Masters is provided by the Leon Levy Foundation.

Endowment support is provided by UBS.

Movado is an Official Sponsor of Lincoln Center, Inc.

WABC is the Official Broadcast Partner of Lincoln Center, Inc.

Continental Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Center, Inc.

First Republic Bank is the Official Sponsor of the Fashion Lincoln Center Online Experience.

MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center, Inc.

The Tully Scope Festival is a presentation of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (LCPA), which serves three primary roles: presenter of superb artistic programming, national leader in arts and education, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. As a presenter of more than 400 events annually, LCPA's programs include American Songbook, Great Performers, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer Night Swing, the Mostly Mozart Festival, and Live From Lincoln Center. In addition, LCPA is leading a series of major capital projects on behalf of the resident organizations across the campus.

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