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Sunday, December 4, 2016, 3pm Zellerbach Hall Joyce DiDonato, mezzo- Il Pomo d’Oro

In War & Peace: Harmony Through Music

Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano and executive producer Il Pomo d’oro maxim emelyanychev, director and harpsichord manuel Palazzo, choreographer and dancer ralf Pleger, stage director Henning Blum, lighting designer Yousef Iskandar, video designer

tour management by Askonas Holt Greeting cards by Hallmark Gowns for Joyce DiDonato: Vivienne Westwood Costume for manuel Palazzo: lasha rostabaia makeup by m.A.C.

Joyce DiDonato would like to thank The Pure Land Foundation for its generous support.

She would also like to thank Five Arts Foundation as recommended by Helen Berggruen, Susan and John Singer, Helen and Peter Bing, The Howard and Sarah D. Foundation, and Marnie and Kern Wildenthal for their additional support.

This performance is made possible, in part, by Patron Sponsor Bernice Greene.

 PROGRAM

WAR

George Frideric HAnDel (1685–1759) Scenes of horror, scenes of woe (Storgè) Jeptha (1752)

leonardo leo (1694–1744) Prendi quel ferro, o barbaro! (Andromaca) Andromaca (1742)

emilio De CAVAleIrI (1550–1602) rappresentatione di anima e di corpo (instrumental)

Henry PurCell (1659–1695) Ciaconna in sol min for 3 violins and basso (instrumental)

PurCell Dido’s lament (Dido) Dido and Aeneas (1689)

HAnDel Pensieri, voi mi tormentate () Agrippina (1709)

Carlo GeSuAlDo (1566–1613) tristis est animam mea (instrumental)

HAnDel lascia ch’io pianga (Almirena) (1711)

INTERMISSION

PEACE

PurCell they tell us that you mighty powers (orazia) The Indian Queen (1695)

HAnDel Crystal streams in murmurs flowing () Susanna (1749)

HAnDel Da tempeste il legno infranto (Cleopatra) (1724)

Arvo PÄrt (b. 1935) Da pacem, Domine (instrumental)

HAnDel Augelletti, che cantata (Almirena) Rinaldo (1711)

niccolò JommellI (1714–1774) Par che di giubilo (Attilia) Attilio Regolo (1753)

 PLAYBILL ABOUT THE ARTISTS

In War & Peace: Harmony Through Music ence in the arts. those who know her repertoire the pendulum of human history has continu- are in awe of her gifts, and those who know ously swung between despair and hope, horror nothing of it are instantly engaged. Joyce sings and bliss, chaos and tranquility. We are a restless and the world is suddenly brighter. She compels bunch, prone to desperation, separation, and us to listen actively, to hear things anew.” fear in some moments, and yet, mercifully, to —Jake Heggie, Gramophone optimism, aspiration, and generosity in others. As a citizen of the world in 2016 the tempta- Grammy Award winner of the 2016 Best Classi - tion to spiral down into the turmoil and pes- cal Solo Vocal Album (Joyce & Tony: Live at simism that seemingly permeates all corners of Wigmore Hall) and the 2012 Best Classical our lives can overwhelm me at times, and the Vocal Solo, Kansas-born Joyce DiDonato en- temptation to simply give in to the dispiriting trances audiences across the globe, and has din of upheaval can devastate the spirit. And been proclaimed “perhaps the most potent yet, I’m a belligerent, proud, willing optimist. female singer of her generation” by The New And so I ask myself: Is it possible to find a Yorker. With a voice “nothing less than 24-carat sincere and lasting peace within such deafen- gold,” according to the Times (london), Di - ing chaos? And if so, how do I access it? Is it Donato has soared to the top of the industry conceivable that there exists an alternative to both as a performer and a fierce advocate for simply surrendering to the inevitable noise and the arts, gaining international prominence to our base fears, and instead to bravely choose in by Handel and mozart, as well as serenity, audaciously silencing those fears? through her wide-ranging, acclaimed discogra- Creators of great art have been depicting phy. She is also widely praised for the bel canto atrocity and pandemonium side-by-side with roles of rossini and Donizetti, the Financial tranquility and equanimity for centuries, boldly Times judging her recent performances as elena showing us both our brutal nature and our in rossini’s as “simply the best elevated humanity. Art unifies, transcends bor- singing I’ve heard in years.” ders, connects the disconnected, eliminates much in demand on the concert and recital status, soothes turmoil, threatens power and the stage. she has recently held residencies at status-quo, and gloriously exalts the spirit. Art Carne gie Hall and london’s ; is a valiant path to peace. toured extensively in South America, , With the help of Handel and Purcell, among and Asia; and appeared as guest soloist at the other masterful artists, I respectfully invite BBC’s last night of the Proms. recent high- you look at the interwoven worlds of external lights in have included her first Charlotte conflict and serenity, of internal war and peace, in massenet’s Werther for and to contemplate where you wish to reside under Sir ; the title role in within yourself. Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda at the metropolitan ultimately and unquestionably the power to opera, for the royal opera, and at the bravely tip the scales towards peace lies firmly in Barcelona; the title role in Handel’s within every single one of us. on tour with the english Concert and Harry And so I ask you: In the midst of chaos, how Bicket; and marguerite in Berlioz’s La damna- do you find peace? tion de with the Berlin Philhar monic —Joyce DiDonato under Sir . DiDonato opened her 2016/17 season in a Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano gala concert with the Seattle Symphony orch - “the staggering, joyful artistry of Joyce Di - estra under ludovic morlot; she will also give Donato reminds us that in any generation there concerts this season with the Chicago Sym - are a few giants. Joyce is not only a great, brave, phony orchestra under and the and inspiring artist—one of the finest singers of Berlin Philharmonic under Yannick nézet- our time—but she is also a transformative pres- Séguin, as well as a recital with Philippe Jordan

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS in Paris. on the opera stage, she makes her bining stylistic knowledge with the highest much-anticipated debut in the title role in technical skills and artistic enthusiasm. the rossini’s Semiramide in a new production at group’s collaboration with violinist and con- the Bavarian State opera under michele mari - ductor riccardo minasi led to an award- otti; performs the title role in Handel’s Ario - winning first recording (Vivaldi, L’imperatore). dante on tour with the english Concert and the second recording, Vivaldi Per Pisendel vi- ; and appears as Dido (Berlioz/Les olin concertos with as soloist Troyens) under John nelsons in Strasbourg, and and conductor, received a Diapason d’or. In as Sesto (mozart/La Clemenza di Tito) under 2012, Il Pomo d’oro also recorded three solo nézet-Séguin in Baden-Baden. DiDonato CDs with three —max emanuel makes her off-Broadway debut in White Rabbit Cencic (Venezia), xavier Sabata (Bad Guys), Red Rabbit, the internationally acclaimed play and (Arias for Caffarelli), under by nassim Soleimanpour. riccardo minasi’s direction. the album Arias Joyce DiDonato is an exclusive recording ar - for Caffarelli was awarded the Choc de l’année tist with erato/Warner Classics, and her record- 2013 by the French magazine Classica. A fur- ing of In War & Peace: Harmony Through Music ther contribution to the naive-Vivaldi-edition was released last month; the recording is ac- was a recording of the Concertos for two companied by a 20-city international tour that Violins, played and directed by riccardo minasi poses the question: In the midst of chaos, how and Dmitry Sinkovsky, released in october do you find peace? 2013. In conjunction with a book project about DiDonato’s recording Joyce & Tony Live at the Venetian gondola by American writer Wigmore Hall was selected as “le choix de Donna leon, Il Pomo d’oro recorded a collec- France musique.” other recordings include tion of ancient Venetian barcarolles, sung by Stella di Napoli, a bel canto selection including Vincenzo Capezzuto. A recital of various Agrip - little-known gems alongside music by Bellini, pina arias—most of them world premieres on rossini, and Donizetti. Her Grammy Award- CD—with the Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann winning recording Diva Divo collects arias by Hallenberg, directed by riccardo minasi, was male and female characters, celebrating the rich released in 2015 and presented in various con- dramatic world of the mezzo-soprano. the next certs in Germany, Italy, and Spain. Also the recording, Drama Queens, was exceptionally new album with max emanuel Cencic, Arie well received on disc and led to several interna- Napole tane (directed by maxim emelyanychev, tional tours. A retrospective of her first 10 years released last month), includes many world pre- of recordings entitled ReJoyce! was released last miere recordings. year. other honors include the Gramophone Il Pomo d’oro has recorded three operas: Artist of the Year and recital of the Year awards, Handel’s , Vinci’s Catone in Utica, three German awards as Female and Handel’s , all directed by ric - Singer of the Year, and an induction into the car do minasi. Partenope was released in Gramophone Hall of Fame. December 2015. Joyce DiDonato is represented by Askonas Further instrumental recordings include Holt. Haydn concertos for harpsichord and violin, co-directed by maxim emelyanychev as harp- Il Pomo d’Oro was founded in 2012 with a spe- sichord soloist and riccardo minasi as violin cial focus on opera, but equally committed to soloist, and a violoncello recital with edgar instrumental performance in various forma- moreau including works by Haydn, Boccherini, tions. the musicians of the ensemble are among Platti, Graziani, and Vivaldi. the best to be found worldwide and are re - Il Pomo d’oro performs in all of the impor- nowned for their authentic and vivid interpre- tant european venues and festivals, including: tations on period instruments. together, they Paris (théâtre des Champs elysées), Versailles form an ensemble of outstanding quality, com- (théâ tre royal), london (Wigmore Hall),

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Vienna (), madrid, last seaosn, emelyanychev’s projects with Barc elona, St. Petersburg, Geneva, St. moritz, Il Pomo d’oro included performances of Tamer - Copen hagen, Potsdam, Hamburg, Schwetz - lano at the Concertgebouw (Amster dam) and ingen, Beaune, Cologne, Göttingen, , and the Barbican (london), as well as a worldwide Gstaad). In 2015 the ensemble accompagnied tour with max emanuel Cencic. In addition, he Joyce DiDonato on her tour in Asia and pre- collaborated with such renowned artists as ric - sented the new album Arie Napoletane with max cardo minasi, xavier Sabata, , emanuel Cencic on tour in the united States. Sophie Karthäuser, Franco Fagioli, Dmitry Sin - the current season includes tours of the kovsky, Alexei lubimov, theodor Currentzis, Handel operas Partenope and Rinaldo, and con- and Joyce Di Donato. certs with edgar moreau, the labeque sisters, emelyanychev’s career with symphonic or- Love Duets with emöke Barath and Valer chestras includes appearances with a number of Saba dus, Gondola with Vincenzo Capezzuto russian orchestras—the national Philhar monic and Donna leon, Arie Napoletane with max of , Soloists of nizhny novgorod, nizhny emanuel Cencic, and the current tour with novgorod Philharmonic, to name a few—the Joyce DiDonato. Sinfonietta Sofia, the , and Further recordings this year include the real orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla, which by Handel and a new recital of Venetian music invited him to conduct a production of Don with Ann Hallenberg. Gio vanni at teatro de la maestranza. on January 1, 2016, the russian conductor last season, emelyanychev conducted the maxim emelyanychev was appointed principal orquesta nacional de españa, the real Filar - conductor of Il Pomo d’oro. In the future, the monica de Galicia, and the real orquesta Sin - orchestra will also work with the conductors fonica de Sevilla, which invited him to return Stefano montanari and . following his . He will also be heard in Paris, with Il Pomo d’oro, at théâtre Maxim Emelyanychev is one of the most des Champs-elysées, leading a Haydn/mozart promising members of the new generation of concert with Katia and marielle labèque. conductors. Born in 1988 to a family of musi- emelyanychev received the highest russian cians, emelyanychev first studied theater award, the Golden mask, as harp si- at the nizhny novgorod music School and chordist in a production of mozart’s Le Nozze then continued his education by studying con- di Figaro with Perm opera theatre (recording ducting with Gennady rozhdestvensky at the by Sony Classics). recent recordings include mos cow State tchaikovsky Conservatory and Arie Napole tane with Il Pomo d’oro and max forte piano and harpsichord with maria uspen - emanuel Cencic (Decca), followed by a Haydn skaya. He is a prize winner of numerous inter- double album, both as conductor and harpsi- national competitions, among them the Hans chordist, with riccardo minasi and Il Pomo von Bülow Piano Competition (mei nin gen, d’oro (erato) and a recording of Baroque arias 2012), musica Antica Harpsichord Com pe - with Il Pomo d’oro and Joyce DiDonato tition (Brugge, 2010), and the Volkon sky Harp - (Warner). sichord Competition (, 2010). emelyanychev made his conducting debut at Manuel Palazzo (choreographer and dancer) the age of 12 and has since led both Baroque and studied classical ballet from an early age at the symphonic orchestras. In the field of Baroque teatro Colon in his native Argentina, and has music, he leads novosibirsk musica Aeterna traveled the globe participating in both mod- and Il Pomo d’oro. last season, he conducted ern and classical dance, opera, theater, film, and Il Pomo d’oro in a concert perfor mance of television. A regular at the , Handel’s Tamerlano at Versailles, Ham burg, as well as a featured dancer at the teatro liceu Vienne, and Cologne. He is also the foun der (Barcelona) and teatro real (madrid), he has and leader of the Veritas chamber orchestra. collaborated with directors Sir David mcVicar,

Opposite: Photo by Brooke Shaden  ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Harold Prince, laurent Pelly and robert le - faceted singer and lighting designer Henning page. Dance credits include participation with Blum he developed a concept that is based on a Carcalla Dance theater (Beirut), Belgrade na - suggestive light design and enhances the con- tional theater (Serbia), lanonima Imperial cert program with a contemporary, non-literal, Dance Company (Barcelona), the French Cul - yet cohesive narrative. tural Center (Kinshhasa), and teatro Colon (Buenos Aires). Film and television credits in- Henning Blum (lighting designer) is a freelance clude Blood Ties (directed by Guillaume Canet) gaffer and lighting designer residing both and Boardwalk Empire (martin Scorsese). in Berlin and Hamburg. over 17 years, he has worked on more than 70 films, including Ralf Pleger (director) comes from a musical and feature films for all German networks and theatrical background and has been acclaimed with companies including uFA Fiction, net - internationally for the musicality, suggestive work movie, Constantin Film, and the oscar- imagery, and unorthodox narrative styles of winning Wiedemann & Berg. his award-winning film work. Honors include He has created the lighting for several films, the Public Award of the World Film Festival working twice with Fatih Akin, winner at the montreal and the eCHo Klassik Award. His Cannes Film Festival, and international pho- film The Wagner Files received a nomination for tography directors Sonja rom and ngo the the International emmy Award. Chau. He has also lighted 120 commercials and Pleger’s latest film,The Florence Foster Jenkins 30 music videos. Story (2016), stars Joyce DiDonato in the title Blum’s latest movie, The Florence Foster Jen - role. the film tells the remarkable story of the kins Story, stars Joyce DiDonato. He was also re- “worst singer of all time” in a flamboyant mix of sponsible for the lighting design of the artistic drama and documentary. tableaus vivantes. Pleger studied musicology, art history, and Henning Blum studied at the HAW (uni - Italian in Berlin and milan. Freelancing as a dra- versity of Applied Sciences) in Hamburg and maturg he has contributed to various interna- is a member of the BVB, the union of lighting tional opera productions, including those of the tech in Germany. Berlin State opera, unter den linden, and the Innsbrucker Festwochen. He simultaneously Yousef Iskandar (video designer) was born in worked as an author and director for various lebanon in 1983 and is a visual artist working film productions and television broadcasts. with video, photography, performance, and art As a film director Pleger has worked with installations. He has ten years of experience in renowned artists from a variety of fields in- the art department of Yehya Saade’s over Beirut cluding , Plácido Domin go, production house, and he designs and gives Anne-Sophie mutter, Cameron Carpenter, workshops across europe. Iskandar is based in Vivi enne Westwood, and Donna leon. Berlin and Barcelona, where he continues to His staging of In War & Peace adds a new experiment and play with his multidisciplinary dimension to his ongoing artistic relationship artistic expression, stretching borders and de- with Joyce DiDonato. together with the multi- fying categories and restrictions.

 PLAYBILL TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS

WAR

George Frideric Handel Scenes of horror, scenes of woe Jeptha (1752) [Thomas Morell]

Storgè Some dire event hangs o’er our heads, some woeful song we have to sing in misery extreme. o never, never was my foreboding mind disturbed before with such incessant pains.

Scenes of horror, scenes of woe, rising from the shades below, add new terror to the night.

While in never-ceasing pain, that attends the servile chain, joyless flow the hours of light.

Leonardo Leo Prendi quel ferro, o barbaro! Andromaca (1742) [Antonio Salvi, after Racine]

Andromaca Andromache Prendi quel ferro, o barbaro! take the sword, you monster; quest’innocente svena. shed the blood of this innocent child. Figlio, ben mio, perdonami. my son, my love, forgive me. ma tu mi guardi, o caro! But now you look at me, my darling! Ahi, che momento amaro! Alas, how painful this moment! Sento spezzarsi il cor. I feel my heart is breaking. Ah, barbaro! Ah, tormento! Ah, you monster! Ah, what torment! Se non ti basta il sangue If you are not sated by del figlio mio infelice, s the blood of my unhappy son, vena la genitrice, then murder his mother; bevi il mio sangue ancor. drink my blood too.

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Henry Purcell Dido’s Lament Dido and Aeneas (1689) [Nahum Tate]

Dido thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me. on thy bosom let me rest; more I would, but Death invades me; Death is now a welcome guest.

When I am laid in earth, may my wrongs create no trouble in thy breast; remember me, but ah! forget my fate.

Handel Pensieri, voi mi tormentate Agrippina (1709) []

Agrippina Agrippina Pensieri, o thoughts, pensieri, voi mi tormentate. thoughts, you persecute me.

Ciel, soccorri a’ miei disegni! Heaven, assist my plans! Il mio figlio fa che regni, Grant that my son become emperor, e voi numi il secondate! and you, gods, support his cause!

Quel ch’oprai è soggetto a gran periglio. my plans are now at great risk. Creduto Claudio estinto, Believing dead a narciso, e a Pallante I confided too much fidai troppo me stessa. in narcissus and . ottone ha merto, ed ha Poppea coraggio, Should my deception be revealed, s’è scoperto l’inganno, has the heart and Poppaea the courage di riparar l’oltraggio; to exact revenge. ma fra tanti nemici I am surrounded by enemies; a voi, frodi, or è tempo; lies, your time has come, deh, non m’abbandonate! ah, do not abandon me!

Pensieri, o thoughts, pensieri, voi mi tormentate! thoughts, you persecute me!

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Handel Lascia ch’io pianga Rinaldo (1711) [Giacomo Rossi]

Almirena Almirena lascia ch’io pianga Allow me to weep mia cruda sorte, for my cruel fate, e che sospiri and to mourn la libertà. my lost freedom.

Il duolo infranga may my sorrow break queste ritorte, these chains, de’ miei martiri if only out of pity sol per pietà. for my suffering.

PEACE

Purcell They tell us that you mighty powers The Indian Queen (1695) [John Dryden and Sir Robert Howard]

Orazia they tell us that you mighty powers above make perfect your joys and your blessings by love. Ah! why do you suffer the blessing that’s there to give a poor lover such sad torments here? Yet though for my passion such grief I endure, my love shall like yours still be constant and pure.

to suffer for him gives an ease to my pains, there’s joy in my grief, and there’s freedom in chains. If I were divine, he could love me no more, and I in return my adorer adore. oh! let his dear life then, kind gods, be your care, for I in your blessings have no other share.

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Handel Crystal streams in murmurs flowing Susanna (1749) [attrib. Moses Mendes]

Susanna lead me, oh lead me to some cool retreat, my spirits faint beneath the burning heat.

Crystal streams in murmurs flowing, balmy breezes gently blowing, rob of sweets the jasmine bower.

Bow the pines that shade yon mountain, curl the softly trickling fountain, cool the noontide’s raging power.

Handel Da tempeste il legno infranto Giulio Cesare (1724) [Nicola Francesco Haym]

Cleopatra Cleopatra Da tempeste il legno infranto, When the ship battered by a tempest se poi salvo giunge in porto, finally sails safely into port, non sa più che desiar. it can wish for nothing else.

Così il cor tra pene e pianto, thus when a heart finds solace, or che trova il suo conforto, having endured pain and sorrow, torna l’anima a bear. happiness is restored to the soul.

BerkeleyRADICAL INCLUSION, INNOVATION, AND IMMERSION is performance by Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d’Oro is part of the 2016/17 Berkeley rADICAl Immersion strand, a selection of concerts and related activities that dive deeply into a single genre or follow the trajectory of an artist’s work, allowing fresh, new perspectives to emerge. Cal Performances’ next vocal Immersion programs feature the continuation of our ongoing choral festival with a performance of Handel’s with the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra (Dec 10), and concerts with the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (mar 24) and Cappella SF (Apr 22). For complete details of all performances and related activities, please visit calperformances.org.

 PLAYBILL TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS

Handel Augelletti, che cantata Rinaldo (1711) [Giacomo Rossi]

Almirena Almirena Augelletti che cantate, little birds, you who sing, zefiretti che spirate little zephyrs, you who breathe aure dolci intorno a me, sweet airs around me, il mio ben dite dov’è! tell me where my beloved is!

Niccolò Jommelli Par che di giubilo Attilio Regolo (1753) []

Attilia Attilia Par che di giubilo my soul seems l’alma deliri: delirious with joy: par che mi manchino my breath seems quasi i respiri, almost to fail me, che fuor del petto my heart to leap mi balzi il cor. from my breast. Quanto è più facile How much easier it is che un gran diletto to be killed giunga ad uccidere by great elation che un gran dolor! than by great sorrow!

Il Pomo d’Oro Maxim Emelyanychev, director and harpsichord Violins I Cellos Oboe edson Scheid,concertmaster Federico toffano magdalena Karolak Fotini Vovoni Cristina Vidoni Crazzolara Basson laura Corolla Viola da Gamba Anna Flumiani ludovico minasi Violins II Flutes Jonas Zschenderlein DoubleBass Daphna mor Barbara Altobello Davide nava magdalena Karolak Anna Fusek Anna Flumiani Daniela nuzzoli Archlute Simone Vallerotonda Violas Giulio D’Alessio Daniela nuzzoli

 In the midst of chaos, chaos and find our peace in being models of brokenness made strong in the darkness and how do you find peace? the burning light. —Joe Wilson, When the rhetoric of division has become currently incarcerated at an acceptable currency, we must more ur- Sing Sing Correctional Facility gently than before turn to the arts to provide a haven for beauty, for open thought, and By keeping in the front of my mind words for ideas that can challenge us to be better penned by unitarian minister theodore members of our society. We must always Parker (1810–1860), and used to great remember that in music opposing ideas co- effect by martin luther King: “the arc of exist harmoniously, and that the arts give the moral universe is long but it bends to- voice to ideas that words alone cannot. ward justice.” —matías tarnopolsky, —ruth Bader Ginsburg, executive and Artistic Director, united States Supreme Court Justice Cal Performances Describing peace as “found” is apt: It is a In the torah, the story teller says, “God said, place always available, a state born of know- ‘let there be light.’ ” one would then have to ing my place in this existence, and trusting reason that God Himself was dwelling in an invested God. Chaos and confusion the darkness. light’s speed is inescapable but are distractions. When we mindfully and also necessary. When the need catches up to patiently observe circumstances and events us, it is blinding and painful. Yet, after sev- with an eye toward the people involved, and eral moments, our vision steadies through with confidence that love is triumphant, we blinking… returning to the darkness. realize that what seems like disorder is actu- the light reveals what is in the dark. We ally the manifestation of a pattern so intri- are standing in pitch black corners in char- cate that we can’t discern its design. Peace coal skin, cloaked in murky sack cloth. We comes as confidence in spite of chaos. are bleeding. We are swollen. We do not —Kenyatta Hughes, speak. Blood flows slowly, tickling and trick- currently incarcerated at ling down our brokenness. Inflamed skin Sing Sing Correctional Facility stands tall, as swollen as battered ruben - esque models. our cry is loud. As loud as Peace is found in a walk in solitude upon a hip hop braille against the finger tips of shore, listening to the breaths of the ocean, chain mail-gloved hands. feeling the shifting sands underfoot, looking In this chaos, this light, we are fully ex- at the sun setting, and with it the end of a posed. We can see the concentric circles of day, knowing that with the blessing of Allah, the darkness do-si-do around our eyes. tomorrow will be a better day. true peace is Perhaps our hands were too slow to guard the peace within. the eye. Perhaps our head was too slow to —Dr. Fahad AlKindi, evade the blow. like electric flashes the im- geophysicist for petroleum pact hits us, enlightening us to our faults. development in oman this fallibility teaches us to put our hands up. As our hands rise, so do we. As our Find a way to overpower our criminal gov- hands rise, so do our expectations. As our ernment. that’s what our movement Intel - hands rise, we view unprotected people in lectuals unite (Iou—We owe you a world)

 is trying to do. We want to stop the chaos I find PeACe because I believe in the posi- and wrecking, and find peace. tive creative power of PeACe. By giving —Vivienne Westwood, PeACe you receive PeACe. fashion designer, icon, activist —Axel Vervoordt, designer, founder of Inspiratum I find peace the same way I did in combat: I turn my fears into action for my brother. If By living in the arts: according to nietzsche, he makes it through the day then my mis- the only vindication for our existence and sion is accomplished, and I make it out, too. this world is aesthetic. And by enjoying the I serve my fellow man, with the gifts that love of my beloved, and returning it. I possess to the best of my ability; and only —, pianist then has my day been worth living and worth being proud of. However, it is not I imagine a small globe of light growing only peace that I find, but love as well. larger from my center until I am surrounded —richard Gibson, by light and peace. operation Iraqi Freedom —Debra Scott, combat veteran, member of the Dallas Street Choir for the Homeless I find peace and hope in a rainy city where refugee people find the warmth and strength music, a book, a painting, a friend, an ocean— to paint sunflowers. anything that rescues me from thinking —Sita, eight years old, back or looking forward gives me peace. refugee, painter —David Hyde Pierce, actor, director

First I think about the chaotic city with gun- We musicians bring Harmony, Beauty, and fire, a lot of noise around and fire trucks Peace to the world. the ancient Greeks used and I think about the bird perched on the to say that everything that evokes Beauty is window sill of a building at peace, resting also Good and Just, and vice versa. through after doing what God created him to do— music, we must find these elements to feed and I find my peace. humanity around the world—to bring Har - —Daniell James, mony and Peace to people through love: member of the Dallas Street Choir love that, as Dante says, “moves the Sun and for the Homeless the other stars.” —riccardo muti, conductor In the midst of chaos, it is the contemplation of the perfection of nature that brings me I find peace by making music. And love. All peace. nature has had hundreds of millions day Sunday. of years to get things right, and it has. man - —ronnie, Streetwise opera kind has made a mess, but nature will make performer for the homeless in london things right again. It might take another hundred million years, but nature has got I find peace by moving from my head to lots of time. my heart. —Donna leon, writer —richard, Streetwise opera performer for the homeless in london

 PLAYBILL In the midst of chaos I find peace by being For me the most desirable peace is that a Quaker. which embraces me at my home in the —Dame Judi Dench, actor english country side; landscape, birdsong, trees, children’s laughter, water, the of I pray and I work. I pray and I work. Some - the red tailed Kites that have nested high times I fail. Sometimes I don’t. But this is in a large tree. what I do—I pray and I work. —Sir Patrick Stewart, actor —Sr. Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph In the midst of battle the smoke will always clear, the gunfire always stops, and the skies By hugging trees and kissing donkeys. Cows always clear. All we can do is mentally can do the job as well: they have very soft lips. prepare for the next wave and hope it never —michaël Borremans, comes. painter, filmmaker —Corporal Aaron Bono uSmC (Iraq 2003, Afghanistan 2004) When surrounded by chaos, I see people in need and then I find myself amongst the I spend time with friends, family, and loved most fortunate, blessed people. this brings ones, as love is the reason of life and life is me peace. the reason of love. they are the ones who —Sonu, will turn your chaos into peace. student from one of —Victor Palazzo, 11-year old, Beirut India’s leprosy colonies revolt against all forms of injustice, but For outer peace each one of us has to find her without anger. or his inner peace. Silence is the beginning —Frans Goetghebeur, and the end of all music and we have to treas- former chairman of the ure that in this very noisy world of ours. european Buddhist union —András Schiff, pianist the singer, when properly prepared, expe- In the midst of chaos, “surrender” can sound riences living in the present moment; it is a like a dirty word. But, paradoxically, it can wonderful feeling of “now” and of being be the magic key that unlocks the door to fully alive, yet in deep peace as each bar sublime peace and transcendent power. I of music unfolds. these moments can also don’t mean surrender in the sense of giving happen under any circumstances, not only in to others’ demands or a stuck situation. in performance. When one is conscious of rather, surrender in the sense of utterly say- them and can fully accept whatever life has ing yes to the present moment; yes to the in store for us “now,” the same sense of breath and the body; yes to the heart-beat living to the fullest in the deep peace which and heart-friends; yes to this life and the love is our birth-right is possible for us all. that animates it. to find peace in the midst —Dame , mezzo-soprano of chaos, I surrender. —Justin talbot-Zorn, public policy consultant and meditation teacher

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