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Jean-Baptiste Monnot COURTESY OF THE ARTIST COURTESY Sunday, November 13, 2016 Welcome to the Cleveland PerformingJean-Baptiste Arts Monnot Museum of Art Sunday, November 13, 2016, 2:00 p.m. cma.org/performingartsGartner Auditorium, the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art’s performing arts series #CMAperformingarts brings together thoughtful, fascinating, and beautiful experiences, comprising a concert calendar notable for CIM/CWRU Joint Music Program Emmanuel Arakélian its boundless multiplicity. This year we look forward to Wednesday, October 5, 6:00 Sunday, February 19, 2:00 visits from old friends and new, bringing us music from Fretwork Oberlin Contemporary Music around the globe and spanning many centuries. Here Wednesday,PROGRAM October 12, 7:30 Ensemble Sunday, February 26, 2:00 is the place where performance is intended to explore Vijay Iyer with International connections of cultures, the heart, the human spirit. Contemporary Ensemble CIM/CWRU Joint Music Program Wednesday,Russian October Fireworks 19, 7:30 Wednesday, March 1, 6:00 In the Galleries CIM/CWRU Joint Music Program CIM Organ Studio Dan Graham/Rocks Wednesday,Serge Prokofiev November (1891–1953), 2, 6:00 Sunday, March 12, 2:00 (at Transformer Station, W. 29th St.) Oberlintranscribed Contemporary for organ Music by Jean GuillouQuince Through December 4, 2016 Ensemble Wednesday, March 22, 7:30 Saturday,Toccata November in D Minor 5, 2:00, op. 11, for piano Frode Haltli & Emilia Amper The Ecstasy of St. Kara: Kara Walker, New Work Jean-Baptiste Monnot Wednesday, March 29, 7:30 Through December 31, 2016 Sunday, November 13, 2:00 CIM/CWRU Joint Music Program Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century Oberlin Contemporary Music Wednesday, April 5, 6:00 EnsembleAlexander Scriabin (1872–1915), Through February 5, 2017 Oberlin Contemporary Music Sunday,transcribed December for 4, organ 2:00 by Jean-Baptiste Monnot Myth and Mystique: Cleveland’s Gothic Table Fountain Ensemble CIM/CWRU Joint Music Program Sunday, April 9, 2:00 Through February 26, 2017 Wednesday,Étude in DecemberC-sharp Minor 7, 6:00, op. 2, no. 1 Zakir Hussain & Rahul Sharma Albert Oehlen: Woods near Oehle FrancescoPrélude D’Orazio in A Minor, op. 11, no. 2 Wednesday, April 12, 7:30 December 4–March 12, 2017 Friday, December 9, 7:30 Jeffrey Zeigler Opulent Fashion in the Church CIM/CWRU Joint Music Program Wednesday, April 26, 7:30 Wednesday, January 4, 6:00 Through September 24, 2017 CIM/CWRU Joint Music Program ThePyotr Crossing: Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893),Wednesday, May 3, 6:00 Davidtranscribed Lang’s Lifespan for organ by Jean Guillou Friday–Sunday, January 6–8 Brandee Younger & Courtney Bryan Wednesday, May 10, 7:30 TheScherzo “Qatsi” Trilogyfrom Symphony no. 6 Friday–Sunday, January 27–29 CIM/CWRU Joint Music Program Please turn off all electronic devices before entering Wednesday, February 1, 6:00 the performance hall. Photography and audio/video recording in the performance hall are prohibited. and he received his Bachelor in Music degree (Diplôme Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881), d’études musicales régionales). transcribed for organ by Jean Guillou In 2003 he was awarded the 1st Prize of perfection in Pictures at an Exhibition organ. He gained entrance to the Conservatoire National Promenade Supérieur de Musique de Paris in 2004, at age 20, and 1. Gnomus was awarded the 1st Prize of excellence in organ. Promenade In May 2007 he received his Master’s Degree (Diplôme 2. Old Castle de Formation Supérieure) in organ with first class Promenade honors, in the class of Olivier Latry and Michel Bouvard 3. Tuileries (Dispute d’enfants après jeux) before he improved his skills from Bernhard Haas in the 4. Bydło Stuttgart Hochschule für Musik. Promenade 5. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks He participated several times between 2003 and 2005 6. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle in master classes given by Jean Guillou at the Zürich Promenade Tonhalle and at St. Eustasche Church (Paris) in 2007. 7. The Marketplace at Limoges From 2004 to 2014 he was Jean Guillou’s assistant at St. 8. Catacombæ (Sepulcrum romanum) – Eustasche Church. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua As a soloist, he performs regularly with ensembles 9. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba-Yagá) or orchestras all over the world. He also performed 10. The Great Gate of Kiev during festivals such as La Chaise-Dieu (France), Rouen (St. Ouen Church), Annecy, Paris, Berlin, Naumbourg (Germany), Piacenza (Italy), Rome, New-Orleans, ABOUT THE ARTIST Ostrava (Czech Republic), Vienna (Austria), Sydney, London, etc. Jean-Baptiste Monnot is currently the titular organist of In 2010 he managed the creation of the incidental the Cavaillé-Coll organ at St. Ouen Church in Rouen, with music for Macbeth by Jean Guillou in the framework of Marie-Andrée Morisset-Balier. He is also professor of organ a Japanese tour (Kyoto concert Hall, Nagoya concert at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Départemental de Hall) under the supervision of Masaru Sekine. Soon Mantes-en-Yvelines (Parisian region). after, he was appointed as artist-in-residence in St. Born in 1984 in France, he began studying piano and organ Louis Cathedral, New Orleans. In 2011 he gave a concert at age 12 and started the École Nationale de Musique as a soloist with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra of Dieppe at age 13, then he started the Conservatoire and in 2014, he gave a concert at the Österreichischer National de Région de Rouen at age 15. Rundfunk of Vienna (Austria), broadcast live. In 2002, at age 18, he won the 1st prize awarded unanimously by the jury of the 4th edition of Young Organist Competition presided over by Marie-Claire Alain 4 5 The McMyler Memorial Organ has been heard in The McMyler Memorial Organ The Cleve land Muse um of Art since 1922. The first By Walter Holtkamp, Jr., 1971 instrument (a gift of Mrs. P. J. McMyler and her daughters in memory of their husband and father, GREAT POSITIV Reversible unison built by E. M. Skinner, and dedicated by Archibald T. 16 Quintadena 8 Spitzflöte manual and pedal Davison) has undergone several rebuilds as concepts 8 Principal 8 Copula couplers and of organ design have devel oped. Organ-builder 8 Gemshorn 4 Prestant sforzando (indicator 8 Offenflöte 4 Rohrflöte light) on manual Walter Holtkamp, Sr., and former curator Walter 8 Gedeckt 2 2/3 Nazard pistons and toe studs Blodgett, were responsible for much of this evolution. 4 Octave 2 Principal Gt/Ped Many recitalists, including Arthur Quimby and Melville 4 Spitzflöte 2 Blockflöte Sw/Ped Smith (also former curators), Albert Rie menschneider, 2 2/3 Quinte 1 3/5 Tierce Sw/Ped 4’ Albert Schweitzer, Marcel Dupré, Louis Vierne, 2 Superoctave 1 Sifflöte Pos/Ped Lyn wood Farnam, Fernando Germani, and André 2 Waldflöte Cymbal IV Sw/Gt Marchal, have appeared here. Mixture IV 8 Cromorne Pos/Gt Scharf IV Tremulant Sw/Pos The present organ, built by Walter Holtkamp, Jr., in 16 Dulzian 1971, incorporates a few ranks of pipes from previous 8 Trumpet PEDAL Balanced crescendo pedal (indicator light museum instruments into a three-manual-and- 4 Clairon 32 Subbass and digital display) pedal organ of American classic design. There are 16 Principal SWELL (enclosed) 16 Octave Subbass approximately 4,000 pipes located above and behind Six general pistons 16 Rohrbass 16 Quintadena (Gt.) and six for each the stage of Gartner Auditorium, 79-1/2 ranks, and 62 8 Geigen 16 Rohrbass (Sw.) division (Pedal stops. The stop and key action are electro-pneumatic. 8 Gamba 8 Octave divisionals: toe The organ was refurbished by the Holtkamp 8 Voix Céleste 8 Gemshorn studs only); manual Organ Company under the direction of F. Christian 8 Rohrflöte 8 Gedeckt pistons for general 4 Principal Holtkamp as part of the recent renovation of Gartner 4 Choralbass combinations, 4 Bourdon 4 Rohrpfeife Auditorium and was rededicated on October 1, 2010. Great, and Swell are 2 Flauto 4 Nachthorn duplicated by toe 1 1/3 Larigot 2 Piccolo studs. Dolce Cornet II Rauschbass IV Fourniture V Rauschpfeife II Three hundred 16 Fagott 32 Basun memory levels. 8 Trumpet 16 Posaune Electro-pneumatic 8 Oboe 16 Dulzian (Gt.) stop and key action 8 Vox Humana 8 Trumpet 4 Clairon 8 Krummhorn Both consoles Tremulant 4 Schalmey equipped with solid state logic. Swell to Swell 4 6 7 UPCOMING PERFORMANCES Francesco D’Orazio Friday, December 9, 7:30 p.m. Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble Transformer Station Sunday, December 4, 2:00 p.m. Violinist Francesco D’Orazio (b. Bari, Italy) was awarded Gartner Auditorium the Premio Abbiati as Best Soloist of the year by the The Oberlin CME returns for the second concert this Italian National Music Critics Association in 2010. His season in a performance featuring Haewon Song, solo large repertoire includes works ranging from early piano (Weir). The concert coincides with the annual to classic, romantic and contemporary music. He is Holiday CircleFest in University Circle. a favorite of many composers and premiered violin and orchestra works by Terry Riley, Michael Nyman, Program: Jacob Druckman, Counterpoise (1995); Judith Ivan Fedele, Michele dall’Ongaro, Lorenzo Ferrero, Weir, Piano Concerto (1997); and Augusta Read Thomas, Gilberto Bosco, Raffaele Bellafronte, Marco Betta, Selene (Moon Chariot Rituals) (2014) Nicola Campogrande, Fabian Panisello and Flavio Emilio $10; CMA members and students, free. Scogna. D’Orazio plays a violin by Giuseppe Guarneri, cma.org/OCME “Comte de Cabriac,” Cremona 1711. In his Cleveland debut, he performs works for solo CIM/CWRU Joint Music Program violin and electronics by Luciano Berio, Sequenza VIII Wednesday, December 7, 6:00 p.m. (1976); Curt Cacioppo, Elegy (2015); Salvatore CMA Galleries Sciarrino, Capricci nos. 1 and 4 (1975); Ivan Fedele, Suite Francese II (2010); Nicola Sani, Raw (2005); Luciano The CWRU Collegium Musicum and Early Music Singers Chessa, “Sarabanda” and “Corrente” from the Partita present a program of 14th-century French music by for solo violin (1987–2013); and Michele Dall’Ongaro, La Guillaume de Machaut and his contemporaries in Musica di E.