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Walter Reade Theater Great Performers

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UPCOMING GREAT PERFORMERS EVENTS:

Sunday, April 14 at 3:00 pm in David Geffen Hall London Philharmonic Orchestra Edward Gardner, conductor Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano DEBUSSY: La mer; Ibéria, from Images RAVEL: Piano Concerto; Mother Goose Suite Pre-concert lecture by James Parakilas at 1:45 pm in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

Sunday, May 19 at 11:00 am in the Walter Reade Theater Francesco Piemontesi, piano BACH: Italian Concerto DEBUSSY: Images, Book II RACHMANINOFF: Piano Sonata No. 2

Sunday, May 19 at 3:00 pm in David Geffen Hall Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck, conductor Till Fellner, piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”) MAHLER: Symphony No. 5

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e Rudolf Serkin (1987) BEETHOVEN: Sonata in E major, Op. 109 h

T Claudio Arrau (1977) BEETHOVEN: Sonata in C minor, Op. 111

Wilhelm Backhaus (1967) Vienna Symphony , conducted by Karl Böhm BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

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Walter Reade Theater Great Performers I Notes on the Program

Notes on the Program

m By Christian Labrande a r Although he played many 20th-century masterpieces in concert, Rudolph g Serkin returned to Classical music at the end of his life : to the sonatas of o Schubert and Beethoven. In Vienna in 1987, he gave a memorable recital r where he performed the latter’s final three sonatas. P The number of existing films on Claudio Arrau shows the great popularity e that he enjoyed. Filmed in the studio, Beethoven’s Sonata in C minor,

h Op. 111, shows Arrau’s technique founded on total relaxation, giving an t impression of ease that emanates from all the films about him.

n Wilhelm Backhaus had a particular taste for Beethoven’s Concerto No. 4

o in G major. We know of another film where the great pianist performed the same concerto in concert, conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch. Here,

s he is filmed in the studio with Karl Böhm, who adopts a beat that is dis -

e tinctly more lively than Knappertsbusch’s. Although Backhaus was a few t months from his death, he maintained an inspired and unreserved energy. o

N —Copyright © 2019 by Christian Labrande. Translated from the French by Lucy Powis. Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 3:00 pm m

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e Arthur Rubinstein Plays Chopin (1953) h Vladimir Horowitz T Excerpt from The Last Romantic (dir. Albert and David Maysles, 1985)

Martha Argerich (1970) Orchestre National de L’ORTF , conducted by Franco Mannino CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor

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Walter Reade Theater Great Performers I Notes on the Program

Notes on the Program

m By Christian Labrande a r A virtuosic pianist, but also a great charmer and marvelous speaker, Arthur g Rubinstein aroused cinematic interest. Aware of this asset, he created a

o production company with violinist Jascha Heifetz called World Artists r Company, and participated in a series of films documenting slightly

P scripted recitals. Rubinstein is filmed here in the recording studio perform - ing a series of his favorite Chopin pieces. e

h It was Peter Gelb, then a pianists’ agent at CAMI, who convinced Vladimir

t Horowitz to be filmed in the intimacy of his New York apartment. The

result is a fascinating testimonial where the virtuosic pianist plays with his

n facial expressions and antics seen through the magnifying glass of the

o directors’ camera.

s Five years after her memorable victory in the International Chopin Piano

e Competition, the young Martha Argerich was filmed as part of a series of

t public broadcasts from Salle Pleyel in Paris. This is one of the first filmed

o instances of a pianist who became popular because of the emotional charge that her electric playing could communicate to the public. Here,

N Argerich plays one of her signature pieces, Chopin’s Concerto No. 1.

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h New York Philharmonic , conducted by Leonard Bernstein (1960) BACH: Allegro, from Concerto No. 1 in D minor T

Gould Plays Bach: The Goldberg Variations (dir. Bruno Monsaingeon, 1981)

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Walter Reade Theater Great Performers I Notes on the Program

Notes on the Program

m By Christian Labrande a r On January 31, 1960, as part of the series Ford Presents, Leonard g Bernstein presented a program entitled “The Creative Performer” with

o two distinguished guests who were making their first appearance on r American television: Igor Stravinsky and Glenn Gould. Passionate about all

P the modern means of broadcasting music, the Canadian pianist was a devoted admirer of Bernstein’s television work. Here he plays the first

e movement of Bach’s Concerto No. 1 in D minor. h

t The twilight masterpiece of Bach’s career, the Goldberg Variations , also

frame the career of Glenn Gould, from the famous June 1955 recording in

n New York’s CBS studios to Bruno Monsaingeon’s film, which is a sort of

o spiritual testament to the pianist. The film was made from April to May

1980 in optimal conditions that enabled the filmmaker to convey the pas -

s sionate relationship between Gould and his instrument. It is no longer

e about television, but rather cinema, with all the resources that the medium

t affords to capture the incredible physical choreography of a musician pos -

o sessed by his instrument. N

—Copyright © 2019 by Christian Labrande. Translated from the French by Lucy Powis. Great Performers

Michael Kimmelman

Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic of the New York Times and a bestselling author, was born and grew up in New York City. He teaches at Columbia University and, in his other life, is a pianist.

Lincoln Center’s Great Performers

Initiated in 1965, Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series offers classical and contemporary music performances from the world’s outstanding sym - phony orchestras, vocalists, chamber ensembles, and recitalists. One of the most significant music presentation series in the world, Great Performers runs from October through June with offerings in Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Walter Reade Theater, and other performance spaces around New York City. From symphonic masterworks, lieder recitals, and Sunday morning coffee concerts to films and groundbreaking produc - tions specially commissioned by Lincoln Center, Great Performers offers a rich spectrum of programming throughout the season.

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 pre - senter of more than 3,000 free and ticketed events, performances, tours, and educational activities annually, LCPA offers 15 programs, series, and festi vals including American Songbook, Great Performers, 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 bil - lion campus renovation, completed in October 2012. Great Performers

Lincoln Center Programming Department Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Hanako Yamaguchi, Director, Music Programming Jon Nakagawa, Director, Contemporary Programming Jill Sternheimer, Director, Public Programming Jordana Leigh, Director, David Rubenstein Atrium Charles Cermele, Producer, Contemporary Programming Mauricio Lomelin, Producer, Contemporary Programming Walker Beard, Production Manager Andrew C. Elsesser, Associate Director, Programming Luna Shyr, Senior Editor Regina Grande Rivera, Associate Producer Viviana Benitez, Associate Producer, David Rubenstein Atrium Olivia Fortunato, Associate Producer, Public Programming James Fry, Technical Manager, Contemporary Programming Annie Guo, Production Coordinator Charmaine Marshall, Assistant to the Artistic Director