Duke Performances 20011/12 Brochure

DUKE PERFORMANCES

IN DURHAM, AT DUKE,THE WORLD AWAITS

MUSIC, THEATER, DANCE & MORE.2011/12 SEASON

THE WORLD AWAITSTHE WORLD AWAITS

In 2010/11, while Duke Performances explored the American tradition of reinvention in music and art, social upheavals were redrawing old lines of power around the world. In response, I am proud to present a 2011/12 season that reaches into every habitable continent to take the measure of these transformative times.

There is bachata music from the Dominican Republics Joan Soriano and Afrobeat from Nigerias Seun Kuti. There is dance from Australias Chunky Move and choral music from Schola Cantorum de Venezuela. There are stops in the United Kingdom, Israel, Iran, Mali, India, Serbia, France, Germany, Spain, Hungary, and Argentina, composing an open-ended map with many routes but no fixed borders or destinations. And of course, there are plenty of domestic lines San Diego, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, Georgia, Brooklyn, Cleveland, and Nashville all converging in Durham.

The abundant connections embedded in our programming are yours to discover and define. My goal is to sustain Dukes campus and the community of Durham with year-round opportunities for insight and reflection through the performing arts. I hope that you will choose to survey both the familiar and the unknown this year, charting your own course through these willfully eclectic offerings.

In an effort to encourage your sustained engagement, we are upping the discount on our Pick-Four program: simultaneously buying tickets for any four shows earns you a 25% discount on them all. It also earns you the opportunity to apply the same discount to individual shows at DPAC and the Carolina Theatre, which are excluded from the core deal. Combined with our artist residencies and our blog, The Thread, Pick-Four represents our commitment to making the performing arts accessible for the entire community.

In Durham, at Duke, the world awaits.

Aaron GreenwaldDirector, Duke Performances

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The Duke of Bachata opens our 2011/12 season at Motorco Music Hall, a gorgeous new nightclub near the Durham Athletic Park that is perfect for dancing which this festive music readily inspires or relaxing with a beverage. However you choose, Joan Sorianos brilliant steel-string guitar work and mellifluous Spanish vocals are an intoxicating combination.

Soriano hails from the rural Dominican Republic, where bachata a blend of rustic guitar syncopation and bittersweet lyrics evolved from the Cuban bolero a century ago. An instant star in Santo Domingo, he continues to take the world by storm in this first-ever North Carolina concert.

Joan Soriano is a co-presentation of Duke Performances and Motorco Music Hall.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 8 PMMOTORCO MUSIC HALL (723 RIGSBEE AVE. AT GEER ST.)TICKETS: $15 GENERAL $5 DUKE STUDENTS

TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGHMOTORCO MUSIC HALL AND

DUKE PERFORMANCES WEBSITE,DUKEPERFORMANCES.ORG.

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BASSEKOU KOUYATE& NGONI BA

LIZZ WRIGHTZAKIR HUSSAIN& RAKESH CHAURASIA

In this unforgettable concert of intricately melodious music for tabla and flute, two great dynasties of Indian classical music converge.

Worldwide percussion icon Zakir Hussain is the son of legendary tabla player Alla Rakha and returns to Page after a stunning concert there two years ago. Rakesh Chaurasia is the nephew and pupil of bansuri flute maestro Hariprasad Chaurasia. The bansuri is a simple tube of bamboo that is difficult to master and transcendent in tone.

Pairing fluent rhythm and melody, these virtuosi tap into South Asian traditions to forge a sound where modernity and myth intertwine.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 8 PM PAGE AUDITORIUMTICKETS: $38 $30 $20 $5 DUKE STUDENTS

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BASSEKOU KOUYATE& NGONI BA

LIZZ WRIGHTZAKIR HUSSAIN& RAKESH CHAURASIA Born in rural Georgia but now based outside of

Asheville, NC, Lizz Wright grew up in a household where gospel music reigned supreme. While she turned out to be a phenomenal jazz, blues, and soul singer, she remains committed to the sacred music of her childhood. Revelatory when singing the classics, she nevertheless defies categorization with a personal canon where Stevie Wonder and MeShell Ndegocello are as welcome as Ella Fitzgerald. With a sultry grain and impeccable control, Wrights voice captivates. Bask in the commanding presence of an awesome talent (NY Times) who has hidden herself away in North Carolina.

Fierce technique and untrammeled vision make the Malian fingerpicker Bassekou Kouyats name inseparable from the ngoni, an ancient West African lute that produces a fleet and percussive music similar to the banjo. Kouyats band combines four modified ngonis with extra strings for added kick to create a sweetly explosive sound that infuses African rhythms with the bite of American blues. A BBC3 Best African Act award in 2008 elevated Kouyats prestige to rival Malian titan Ali Farka Tour. With spirited vocals courtesy of Amy Sacko, Kouyats wife and the Tina Turner of Mali (MOJO), this band is simply a joy.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 8 PMREYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATERTICKETS: $34 $26 $5 DUKE STUDENTS


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GORAN BREGOVIC& HIS WEDDING ANDFUNERAL ORCHESTRA

In a four-decade career that has weathered war in Yugoslavia and exile in Paris, pan-Balkan bandleader and composer Goran Bregovic has become legendary for his flamboyant performances and evocative film scores particularly for Emir Kusturicas Time of the Gypsies and Underground.Rapturous and mournful, the colossal Wedding and Funeral Orchestra once sparked a rambunctious dance party in Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.

With Bregovic and his core ensemble flanked by a Bulgarian choir and a Gypsy brass band, the music is as large-hearted and miscellaneous as the Balkans themselves. This is an exclusive Southeastern concert by the icon that indie-pop star Beirut dubbed his favorite musician ever.

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RINGMASTER FOR A MUSICAL SPECTACLEUNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE ON NORTH AMERICAN STAGES. _SF CHRONICLE

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 8 PM PAGE AUDITORIUMTICKETS: $42 $34 $22 $5 DUKE STUDENTS

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RANDY WESTONRANDY WESTON

GORAN BREGOVIC& HIS WEDDING ANDFUNERAL ORCHESTRA

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 8 PMNELSON MUSIC ROOM

TICKETS: $26 GENERAL $5 DUKE STUDENTS

The author of a 2010 autobiography from Duke University Press visits the acoustically ideal Nelson

Music Room for an intimate solo concert. Praised by Stanley Crouch for having the biggest sound of any

jazz pianist since Ellington and Monk, Randy Weston rose to be-bop stardom in the mid-20th century, writing

indelible standards like Hi-Fly and Little Niles. In the 1960s, a stint living in Morocco changed Westons

music and arguably jazz itself forever. His sophisticated integration of African and Caribbean

rhythms has been an invaluable contribution to the genre. More than four decades later, he continues to

refine the music with energy and grace.

Randy Weston is presented, in part, with support from Duke Press, the African and African-American Studies Department, and the

Center for African and African-American Research.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 8 PMREYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATERTICKETS: $28 $22 $5 DUKE STUDENTS

European troubadour Alexi Murdoch, a kindred spirit to the intricate folk of Nick Drake (NPR), studied with Reynolds Price at Duke before self-releasing the gorgeous album Time Without Consequences, which supplied all the music for Sam Mendes film Away We Go. At Reynolds Theater, Murdoch showcases long-awaited new material from Towards the Sun.

Durhams Mount Moriah is equally self-sufficient, touring with the Indigo Girls before self-releasing its potent debut. A rare stage presence, singer Heather McEntire brings a punk edge to the lineage of Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton. Both acts are united by their stellar songwriting, independent nerve, and ties to Durham.

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Film by BILL MORRISONMusic by BILL FRISELLwith Tony Scherr, Ron Miles

& Kenny Wolleson

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Founded by choreographer Gideon Obarzanek in 1995, the acclaimed Australian dance company Chunky Move creates beautiful, ambitious work with new media. Connected, Obarzaneks final piece for the ensemble, is the crowning achievement to date of a breathtakingly innovative career.

Connected is a collaboration with the pioneering California artist Reuben Margolin, whose kinetic sculptures mimic waveforms through elegant systems of humble objects. Beginning with hundreds of small parts wood, plastic, paper, and steel dancers build a suspended Margolin creation, weaving themselves into the undulating mass with increasingly complex movements. A visual marvel of choreographed theater, Connected treads a razors edge between dance and sculpture.

CHUNKY MOVECONNECTED

SCHOLA CANTORUM DE VENEZUELACONDUCTED BY MARA GUINAND

Funded, in part, by the New England Foundation for the Arts National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation, and the Boeing Company Charitable Trust.


ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCEOCTOBER 23 THROUGH 28.

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Film by BILL MORRISONMusic by BILL FRISELLwith Tony Scherr, Ron Miles

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THE GREAT FLOOD

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 8 PMREYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATER

TICKETS: $34 $26 $5 DUKE STUDENTS

Rock, country, jazz, blues, experimental music, and collaborations with everyone from Pat Metheny to Brian Eno: over the last three decades, guitar genius Bill Frisell has done

it all. This new partnership with experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison (Decasia) is based on the Mississippi River flood

of 1927, which sparked the Great Migration of blues musicians from the rural South to the urban North. Haunting

archival footage edited by Morrison looms large behind the musicians as they perform 75 minutes of prismatic roots

music. The Great Flood is an enchanting meditation led by one of Americas most technically subtle,

quietly dazzling musicians.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 8 PM DUKE CHAPELTICKETS: $26 GENERAL $5 ALL STUDENTS

SCHOLA CANTORUM DE VENEZUELACONDUCTED BY MARA GUINAND

Schola Contrum full description and programunder Essential Classics on page 28.

Venezuelas foremost choral society visits Duke Chapel for an invigorating survey of 20th century milestones with an emphasis on Latin America. With 45 divine voices singing a mix of religious, secular, antique, and contemporary songs from the luminously sanguine music of Eric Whitacre to the tango-inspired confections of Astor Piazzolla Schola Cantorums joyful sound will be a treat in the majestic Duke Chapel.

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Mandolinist Chris Thile, a charismatic prodigy who contains multitudes (NY Times), is best-known for the mainstream success of his audacious string bands Nickel Creek and the Punch Brothers. With Bach in one ear and Radiohead in the other, Thile is positioned to steward bold new directions in bluegrass. In this solo performance, he showcases sparkling original tunes alongside Bach Partitas that he transcribed for mandolin, galvanizing them all with a famously deft touch. At the historic Carolina Theatre, hear the mandolin as you have never heard it before.

CHRIS THILEMANDOLIN

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 8 PMCAROLINA THEATRE OF DURHAM(309 WEST MORGAN ST.)TICKETS: $38 $30 $5 DUKE STUDENTS

In its flagship series, Eccentric Soul, the Numero Group of Chicago illuminates neglected soul gems through archival recordings and curated performances with legends of the genre. This spectacular revue reprises a storied American music tradition: three vintage acts combine with one smoking band for a night of sweat-

soaked entertainment.

The 1960s hit-maker Syl Johnson is enjoying a massive renaissance thanks to the Complete Mythology box set and a

string of fantastic headlining performances. Curtis Mayfield protgs The Notations are a Temptations-style quartet with

a rich four decade career, and Renaldo Domino is a best-kept-secret with a voice like spun sugar. With

vocal harmonies and backing by the Sweet Divines and their band, the authoritative grit of authentic Chicago soul is revived at the Carolina Theatre.

UMERO GROUPSECCENTRIC SOUL REVUE: DURHAM, NCSYL JOHNSON, THE NOTATIONS, RENALDO DOMINO, THE SWEET DIVINES & THE DIVINE SOUL RHYTHM BAND

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 8 PMCAROLINA THEATRE OF DURHAM(309 WEST MORGAN ST.)TICKETS: $25 $5 DUKE STUDENTS

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TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CAROLINA THEATRE BOX OFFICE AND DUKE PERFORMANCES WEBSITE, DUKEPERFORMANCES.ORG.

25% discount code available for Duke Performances' Pick-Four buyers.

Eccentric Soul Revue is a co-presentation of Duke Performances and the Carolina Theatre of Durham.

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CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS+ LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 8 PM PAGE AUDITORIUMTICKETS: $52 $42 $24 $5 DUKE STUDENTS

After winning a Grammy for Genuine Negro Jig, Durhams Carolina Chocolate Drops take a victory lap at Page. With the departure of Justin Robinson and the addition of a mouth percussionist and a guitarist, things have changed for the Drops, but their jubilant string-band music sounds sharper than ever. With openers Luminescent Orchestrii a raucous gypsy-punk outfit that channels Romania by way of New York and with whom the Drops collaborated on a recent Nonesuch EP get ready to clap your hands and stomp your feet for the high-energy showmanship of two singular but equally explosive bands.

UMERO GROUPSECCENTRIC SOUL REVUE: DURHAM, NCSYL JOHNSON, THE NOTATIONS, RENALDO DOMINO, THE SWEET DIVINES & THE DIVINE SOUL RHYTHM BAND

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25% discount code available forDuke Performances' Pick-Four buyers.

Chris Thile is a co-presentation ofDuke Performances and theCarolina Theatre of Durham.

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Three-time Grammy winner and Durham resident Branford Marsalis is among the most important jazz artists working today. Born in New Orleans, the saxophonist cut his teeth with Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers before forming his superb Branford Marsalis Quartet, including pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis, and 20-year-old drumming prodigy Justin Faulkner.

Assertive and precise, with a timeless yet daring sensibility, Marsalis is the heir apparent of John Coltrane, and led a pacesetting live recording of Coltrane's legendary composition A Love Supreme in 2003. In this home date, the quartet stretches out for two nights of refreshed standards and classic originals, helmed by the most trustworthy arbiter of the state of the art.

TWO-NIGHT STANDBRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTETFRIDAY & SATURDAY, JANUARY 13 & 14 8 PM REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATERTICKETS: $52 $44 $5 DUKE & NCCU STUDENTS

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FIASCO THEATERCYMBELINE BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARETHURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 THROUGH 4 8 PMREYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATERTICKETS: $28 $22 $5 DUKE STUDENTS

Founded in 2007, this six-person company is already renowned for its dynamic, actor-focused style and lapidary productions of Shakespeare, whose elaborate romance Cymbeline sings out clearly in

Fiascos hands. During a swift-moving 150 minutes of witty music and dynamic action, the lucid, modest performances let the comedy, poignancy, and unlikely magic surface (NY Times).

Cymbeline is just the beginning of Fiascos three-week residency with Duke Performances, where they also develop Shakespeares Measure for Measure at Sheafer Lab Theater before giving two workshop readings in

that intimate black-box space.

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Fiasco Theater Company is a co-presentation of Duke Performances andDuke Theater Studies.

Fiasco Theater Companys residency is made possible, in part, by aVisiting ArtistGrant from theCouncil for the Arts, Office of the Provost,Duke University.

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCEJANUARY 31 THROUGH FEBRUARY 18.

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FLAMENCO VIVO CARLOTA SANTANAWith a dual vocation of exhilarating performance and community outreach, Flamenco Vivo is the nations most accomplished flamenco dance company. Founded in New York, it established a Durham branch in 1996 to serve the Triangles growing Latin-American community. Led by the redoubtable choreographer Carlota Santana, the company performs traditional flamenco alongside original work: an extravagant display of whirling garments, dramatic narratives, and expert live musicians that earns rave reviews wherever its feet stomp down. Santana wants to bring the flamenco language into the mainstream of dance, says the News & Observer, with offerings like this, she is bound to succeed.

FLAMENCO VIVO CARLOTA SANTANASATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 8 PM PAGE AUDITORIUMTICKETS: $32 $26 $18 $10 YOUTH* (17 & UNDER) $5 DUKE STUDENTS

*Limit one youth admission per adult companion ticket.

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santanais presented, in part,with support from the Duke Dance Program.

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FRIDAY & SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24 & 25 8 PMREYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATER


If any artist has defined the decade, raves the London Times, its Wayne McGregor. With his company Random Dance, the choreographer has developed a signature style

blending contemporary ballet and modern dance with cutting-edge technology. In the stunning new hour-long piece, FAR, a gorgeous duet set to Vivaldi spins out into rigorous

movements of mounting dramatic intensity for the whole company. Exquisite high-contrast lighting and austere Ben Frost music frame a blazing, mysterious dance" (Observer (UK)).

FAR is a landmark work for ten athletic performers by a choreographer who always translates intellectual brilliance into persuasive movement.

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Whether playing classical music with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor or Americana with Chris Thile and

Bla Fleck, the inimitable Edgar Meyer is the undisputed master of the double bass the

best alive, says San Diego Magazine. A MacArthur Fellow and Avery Fisher

Prize winner (a first for a bassist), he creates impeccable new classical

music and ingenious transcriptions of Bachs cello suites for double bass,

full of fiendishly difficult effects rendered with deceptive ease. Bringing a

lively suite of this material to a rare solo show at Reynolds Theater, a prolific collaborator and roundly

acknowledged genius gets his individual due.

Edgar Meyer's performance also appears as partof Duke Performances' Essential Classics Series.

THURSDAY, MARCH 1 8 PMREYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATER


EDGAR MEYERDOUBLE BASS


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Jazz has provided a wealth of material for hip-hop producers to refashion. The gap between the two traditions resoundingly slams shut in the one-of-a-kind person of Robert Glasper. Whether working with Kanye West or Terence Blanchard, here is a pianist who unfailingly gets the feeling right (New York Magazine). He revs up his acoustic outfit with bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Chris Bell for two sizzling nights at the Casbah, the cozy new club near Brightleaf Square. With seating provided, this is an ideal downtown spot to enjoy Glaspers lush, hard-charging style of hip-hop-infused jazz.

Robert Glasper is a co-presentation of Duke Performances and the Casbah Durham.

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FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MARCH 30 & 31 8 PMCASBAH DURHAM (1007 WEST MAIN ST.)TICKETS: $22 GENERAL $5 DUKE STUDENTS

ROBERT GLASPER TRIOROBERT GLASPER TRIO

TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH CASBAH DURHAM AND DUKE PERFORMANCES WEBSITE, DUKEPERFORMANCES.ORG.

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Fela Kuti, lately the subject of a popular Broadway musical, pioneered Afrobeat in the 1970s. The politically volatile Nigerian funk music soon attained worldwide popularity, profoundly influencing Western artists from Roy Ayers to David Byrne.

Fresh off a brilliant new record with producer Brian Eno, the firebrand saxophonist Seun Kuti keeps his fathers tradition and band, the seasoned powerhouse Egypt 80, in circulation. An intensely physical performer, Seun Kuti unites musical abandon and social conscience into a sheer force of nature. His large combos blazing rhythms and incantatory vocals will be the most visceral sounds to shake local stages this year.

THURSDAY, APRIL 5 8 PM PAGE AUDITORIUMTICKETS: $38 $30 $20 $5 DUKE STUDENTS

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To begin her exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon, the superlative sitarist Anoushka Shankar enlisted top players from India

and Spain to record Traveler, promptly breaking new ground between South Asian classical and Spanish dance music as befits the innovative legacy of her

father and mentor, the great Ravi Shankar. With a highly original mix of percussion, winds, and vocalists from India and Spain, Shankar and her ensemble condense Gypsy musics thousand-year migration from India to Europe into one exceptional evening at

Page Auditorium, where Andalusian flamencos and Carnatic ragas merge seamlessly.

SATURDAY, APRIL 14 8 PMPAGE AUDITORIUM

TICKETS: $42 $34 $22 $5 DUKE STUDENTS

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR& THE TRAVELER ENSEMBLE

FLAMENCO JOURNEY

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR& THE TRAVELER ENSEMBLE

FLAMENCO JOURNEY

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Even the grandly spacious Durham Performing Arts Center will be hard-pressed to contain the living legend Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, who has become Irans most iconic singer over an extraordinary forty-year career. A winner of prestigious UNESCO awards and one of NPRs 50 Great Voices, his rich and moving tenor seems to echo down the ages.

In Durham, Shajarian with 17 musicians playing traditional instruments, some of his own design reveals the magnificent ancient poetry of classical Persian songs. Do not miss the only Southeastern date on a highly select tour by an international phenomenon in whom timelessness, principle, and preternatural talent combine.

MOHAMMAD-REZA SHAJARIAN& THE SHAHNAZ ENSEMBLE

TICKETS ON-SALE TUESDAY, AUGUST 2.

TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER BOX OFFICE AND DUKE PERFORMANCES WEBSITE, DUKEPERFORMANCES.ORG.

25% discount code available forDuke Performances' Pick-Four buyers.

Presented, in part, with support from Duke Universitys ViceProvost for the Arts and the Persian Student Association.

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MOHAMMAD-REZA SHAJARIAN& THE SHAHNAZ ENSEMBLESATURDAY, APRIL 28 8 PM DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (123 VIVIAN ST.)TICKETS: $55 $45 $35 $5 DUKE STUDENTS

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MOHAMMAD-REZA SHAJARIAN& THE SHAHNAZ ENSEMBLEMOHAMMAD-REZA SHAJARIAN& THE SHAHNAZ ENSEMBLESATURDAY, APRIL 28 8 PM DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (123 VIVIAN ST.)TICKETS: $55 $45 $35 $5 DUKE STUDENTS

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ESSENTIALCLASSICS

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 8 PMREYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATERTICKETS: $30 GENERAL $5 DUKE STUDENTS

PROGRAM BACH: The Art of the Fugue for String Quartet and Wind Quintet, BWV 1080 (arr. Samuel Baron, 1960)

The Orion String Quartet is prized for its command of both the classical repertory and contemporary music by composers like Lowell Liebermann and Wynton Marsalis. Likewise, the five distinguished woodwind soloists who compose Windscape the Manhattan School of Musics ensemble-in-residence draw insightful connections all over the musical map.

In Durham, these institutions combine their forces in the landmark Art of the Fugue, where Bach elaborates a simple subject toward profound complexity without specifying any particular instrumentation. Samuel Barons 1960 arrangement for string quartet, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn supplies 80 minutes of ravishing ensemble color to the intensely logical score.

ORION STRING QUARTET& WINDSCAPEBACH: THE ART OF THE FUGUE

ORION STRING QUARTET& WINDSCAPEBACH: THE ART OF THE FUGUE

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ESSENTIALCLASSICS

PROGRAM HANDEL: Disperato il mar turbato from OresteHANDEL: Con lali di costanza from Ariodante VIVALDI: Concerto for Four Violins in B MinorVIVALDI: Se in ogni guardo from Orlando Finto PazzoVIVALDI: Se mai senti spirarti sul volto from Catone in UticaVIVALDI/SORRELL: La Folia (Madness)VIVALDI: Vedro con mio diletto from Giustino VIVALDI: Nel profondo from Orlando Furioso

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26 8 PMREYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATERTICKETS: $48 $36 $5 DUKE STUDENTS

The natural countertenor voice is so rare that a wealth of great music for it goes underperformed. Enter Frances Philippe Jaroussky, who performs this neglected repertory with a mellow, evenly toned, wide-ranging voice of extraordinary color and purity (BBC Music Magazine).

At Reynolds, Jaroussky is joined by Apollos Fire, Americas preeminent Baroque orchestra, which dignifies the emotional character of 18th century music with incisive finesse. With Vivaldis Concerto for Four Violins anchoring arias by Vivaldi and Handel, the program brims with all the fiery virtuosity and human drama of Baroque opera, revivified by classical musics most viable young pop star.

PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY COUNTERTENOR & APOLLOS FIRE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY COUNTERTENOR & APOLLOS FIRE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

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CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF, VIOLIN& LARS VOGT, PIANO

PROGRAM BRAHMS: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 BARTK: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 21 CSAR FRANCK: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major

A concerto interpreter of emotional openness and deep sincerity (Boston Globe), the world-renowned violinist Christian Tetzlaff comes to Duke fresh off a stand in Carnegie Halls prestigious Perspectives Series. At age 20, pianist Lars Vogt took second prize in the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competition, launching a prolific international performance and recording career.

In Durham, these frequent collaborators offset Brahms gracious, leisurely Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 with Bartks thrillingly caustic first sonata. Rounded out by Csar Francks enchanting Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, this program roils with all the transformative energies of end-of-the-century Europe.

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CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF, VIOLIN& LARS VOGT, PIANO

INGRID FLITER, PIANOFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 8 PM REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATER

TICKETS: $30 GENERAL $5 DUKE STUDENTS

PROGRAM BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata"CHOPIN: Waltz in E-flat Major, Op. 18CHOPIN: Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 34, No. 1CHOPIN: Waltz in B Minor, Op. 69, No. 2CHOPIN: Three Waltzes, Op. 64CHOPIN: Waltz in G-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 1CHOPIN: Waltz in A Minor, Op. posth.CHOPIN: Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. posth.CHOPIN: Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 42

The outstanding Argentinean pianist Ingrid Fliter has captivated American audiences since making her stateside debut with the Atlanta Symphony five years ago. Her first concert for Duke Performances features a delectable sample of the Chopin waltzes for which she set a new benchmark with a 2009 recording (Gramophone). Schumann hailed Chopins salon music as waltzes for the soul, not the body; Fliter draws out their rhythmic zest and glittering chic with impeccable timing. Another of her specialties, Beethoven, rounds out a stylish program from a Gilmore Artist Award winner who plays with fire yet is incapable of grandstanding (Chicago Sun-Times).

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SCHOLACANTORUMDE VENEZUELACONDUCTED BY MARA GUINANDMILESTONES OF THE 20TH CENTURY CHORAL REPERTOIRE

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 8 PM DUKE CHAPELTICKETS: $26 GENERAL $5 ALL STUDENTS

CALIXTO ALVAREZ: LacrimosaROBERTO CAAMAO: Psalm 113KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI: Stabat MaterTHOMAS JENNEFELT: O DomineGIEDRIUS SVILIANIS: Laudate DominumVIC NEES: Blue Be It (text by Gerard Manley Hopkins)BEATRIZ BILBAO: La Fiesta de San JuanMURRAY SCHAFER: Magic SongsERIC WHITACRE: Cloudburst (text by Octavio Paz)ALBERTO GRAU: BinnammaGUIDO LPEZ-GAVILN: Mambo (que Rico E)ASTOR PIAZZOLLA/OSCAR ESCALADA: From Las Cuatro Estaciones (The Four Seasons) PIAZZOLLA: Verano Porteo (Summer in Buenos Aires) PIAZZOLLA: Primavera Portea (Spring in Buenos Aires)

The South American classical renaissance made waves in the States when LA Philharmonic maestro Gustavo Dudamel conducted Schola Cantorum last year. Now Venezuelas foremost choral society treats Duke Chapel to a survey of 20th century milestones with an emphasis on Latin America.

The preferred ensemble of composers such as John Adams and Osvaldo Golijov, these 45 divine voices sing religious, secular, antique, and contemporary music alike with a robust, flexible sound (NY Times) and infectious elation. From the luminously sanguine music of Eric Whitacre to the tango-inspired confections of Astor Piazzolla, Schola Cantorum celebrates the vibrancy of worldwide

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PROGRAM LISZT: tude de Concert No. 3, Un Sospiro LISZT: Les Jeux deau a la Villa dEste LISZT: Piano Sonata in B Minor LISZT: Bagatelle ohne Tonart LISZT: Nuages Gris LISZT: En Rve LISZT: La Lugubre Gondola No. 2 LISZT: Schlaflos, Frage, und Antwort LISZT: tude No. 5, La Chasse, from Six Grand tudes after Paganini LISZT: Transcendental tude No. 10 in F Minor LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13 in A Minor

ANDR WATTS, PIANOAndr Watts was born just after the second world war to an American father and a Hungarian mother, who famously used stories of Liszts work ethic to inspire young Watts to practice. It paid off handsomely when he filled in for Glenn Gould with the New York Philharmonic in 1963, where his preternatural command of Liszts first concerto brought down the house. In Durham, the Avery Fisher Prize recipient trains his finely honed expertise on an all-Liszt program in honor of the masters bicentennial, including the Sonata in B Minor that deathless ode to Schumann and the sublimely darkening Nuages Gris.

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PROGRAM HAYDN: String Quartet No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5 OSVALDO GOLIJOV: New String Quartet (commissioned in 2011 by the St. Lawrence String Quartet) BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 8 PM REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATER TICKETS: $30 GENERAL $5 DUKE STUDENTS

CHOPIN: Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat, Op. 27, No. 2DANIEL FELSENFELD: Cohen Variations BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2BACH: Partita No. 2 SCHUBERT: Four Impromptus, Op. 90BACH: Partita No. 1

Cherished for its freewheeling animation of the most traditional repertory, the passionate St. Lawrence String Quartet returns for a third consecutive season with a program juxtaposing the most classical of composers with a modern icon.

The concert begins with one of the Haydn works that earned him the title of father of the string quartet and ends with a middle-period gem from his pupil Beethoven. Between these two classics, St. Lawrence exhibits its new commission from Osvaldo Golijov, a composer of Argentinean nationality and Eastern European heritage who draws upon traditions as diverse as Judeo-Christian liturgies and Latin-American folk music.

In her 2011 Duke Performances collaboration with Tift Merritt, the Brooklyn-based pianist Simone Dinnerstein caught Americana partisans off guard with her marvelous solo rendition of a suite by Bach a composer whose rigorously precise music she plays with accessible clarity and lean, knowing, unpretentious elegance (The New Yorker). After rising to prominence via a self-financed recording of the Goldberg Variations, she now records for the eminent Sony Classical label. This year, Dinnerstein steps into the solo spotlight for a full course of piano music, offering two delightful Bach Partitas alongside poetically tender meditations by Brahms and Schubert.

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FRIDAY PROGRAM HAYDN: Piano Trio No. 43 in C Major, Hob. XV: 27 WOLFGANG RIHM: Fremde Szene III SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 63

Five composers, two concerts, and an engaging blend of old and modern repertoire add up to an unforgettable weekend with Trio Jean Paul, which plays with a refined wit and poetic intensity worthy of its literary namesake.

Fridays concert creatively combines Haydns Piano Trio in C Major with two key works from Trio Jean Pauls early recording career: German postmodernist Wolfgang Rihms Fremde Szene III and Schumanns first piano trio, a quintessentially restive Romantic work.

Saturdays concert offsets another celebrated Haydn trio, No. 37 in D Minor, with a work that Trio Jean Paul recorded to great acclaim in 2009, Mendelssohns first trio. These pieces form an intriguing context for Schuberts late masterpiece.

SATURDAY PROGRAM HAYDN: Piano Trio No. 37 in D Minor, Hob. XV: 23MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49 SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, D. 898, Op. 99

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Whether playing classical music with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor or Americana with Chris Thile and Bla Fleck, the inimitable Edgar Meyer is the undisputed master of the double bass the best alive, says San Diego Magazine. A MacArthur Fellow and Avery Fisher Prize winner (a first for a bassist), he creates impeccable new classical music and ingenious transcriptions of Bachs cello suites for double bass, full of fiendishly difficult effects rendered with deceptive ease. Bringing a lively suite of this material to a rare solo show at Reynolds, a prolific collaborator and roundly acknowledged genius gets his individual due.

THURSDAY, MARCH 1 8 PMREYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATERTICKETS: $38 $32 $5 DUKE STUDENTS

JERUSALEMSTRING QUARTETSATURDAY, MARCH 3 8 PMREYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATERTICKETS: $30 GENERAL $5 DUKE STUDENTS

PROGRAM MOZART: String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421 SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat Major, Op. 118 BRAHMS: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 1

Representing the new generation of superb classical musicians from Israel, the up-and-coming Jerusalem String Quartet earned an ECHO Classic award for its 2008 recording of Schuberts Death and the Maiden just one step along its rapid climb to the upper echelons of chamber music. This eclectic program, culling music from three distinct periods, highlights the Quartet's wide range and consummate ability. The classical elegance of Mozarts String Quartet in D Minor calls out to the romantic passion of Brahms second quartet over a bridge of 20th century angst, Shostakovichs gripping String Quartet No. 10.


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TAKCS QUARTET& GARRICK OHLSSON, PIANOSATURDAY, MARCH 17 8PM REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATERTICKETS: $30 GENERAL $5 DUKE STUDENTS

PROGRAM BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131 SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57 (with Garrick Ohlsson, piano)

PROGRAM BACH/LISZT: Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor LISZT: Fantasia and Fugue on Ad Nos, Ad Salutarem Undam (transcribed by Busoni) LISZT: Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude LISZT: Feux Follets (Transcendental Etude No. 5) LISZT: Valse Oubliee No. 1 LISZT: Nuages Gris LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No. 1

After Andr Watts plays an all-Liszt program in December, the equally cultivated pianist Garrick Ohlsson offers his own interpretation of the composer through an almost

entirely different set of pieces. With a style blending the gossamer and the athletic (NY Times), the Chopin International Piano Competition winner begins with Liszts

transcription of Bachs Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor and moves on through the whimsical but demanding Transcendental Etude No. 5 and the first Mephisto

Waltz, a sensuous concert favorite. With Ohlsson slated to join the Takcs Quartet on the following night, this concert inaugurates a

weekend-long visit from an incredibly versatile pianist.

The esteemed Takcs, one of the worlds premier string quartets, returns to Duke Performances. Since forming in Budapest 36 years ago, the Takcs has perfected its trademark of overwhelming intensity (The Guardian (UK)). The members' protean rapport is ideal for one of Beethovens finest chamber music creations, where seven continuous movements flow together to create an extended moment of intricate beauty. Equally exciting is the guest appearance by outstanding pianist Garrick Ohlsson, a Chopin International Piano Competition winner with more than 80 concertos in his repertoire, who joins the Takcs to perform Shostakovichs effervescent Piano Quintet in G Minor.

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PROGRAM JEAN MOUTON: Nesciens MaterWILLIAM CORNYSH: Ave MariaMOUTON: Ave MariaMOUTON: Quaeramus Cum PastoribusJOHN BROWNE: Salve ReginaMOUTON: Kyrie and Agnus Dei from the Missa Dictes moy toutes vos pensesMOUTON: Salva Nos CORNYSH: Ah, RobinCORNYSH: Woefully Arrayed CORNYSH: Magnificat

Tallis Scholars are acknowledged titans of Renaissance choral music with a venerable four-decade history. In Duke Chapel, they bring the past to life with unimpeachable authority and craft.

In 16th century Calais, the retinues of Englands King Henry VIII and Frances King Francis I met in a field for a mutual show of power. Cloth-of-gold tents were raised and red wine flowed from fountains. Rival choirs squared off at a distance, the French led by composer Jean Mouton and the English by William Cornysh. Tallis program of a capella music by Mouton and Cornysh, composed for this meeting at Calais, proves yet again why these ten resplendent singers set the standard for sacred polyphony.

TALLIS SCHOLARSCONDUCTED BY PETER PHILLIPS FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLDSUNDAY, APRIL 1 5 PM DUKE CHAPELTICKETS: $26 GENERAL $5 ALL STUDENTS

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PROGRAMSCHUMANN: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 Scenes from Childhood SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Op. 16 Phantasien fr das Pianoforte CHOPIN: Short Piece TBA CHOPIN: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58

THURSDAY, APRIL 19 8 PM PAGE AUDITORIUMTICKETS: $46 $38 $22 $5 DUKE STUDENTS

With his superhuman expertise and capacity for insight, Richard Goode may be the definitive American pianist of the last half-century. The Grammy and Avery Fisher Prize winner set a

new standard of excellence for the complete Beethoven sonatas with his acclaimed recording

for Nonesuch and currently serves as theco-artistic director of the prestigious Marlboro Music School. For Duke Performances, Goode

brings his fastidious musicianship, infallible fingers, and warming spirit (NY Times) to bear

on a program including Schumanns Kreisleriana a wonderfully dramatic work dedicated to

Chopin and Chopins final piano sonata, his most ambitious attempt at the form.

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CIOMPI QUARTETCIOMPI QUARTETSATURDAY, APRIL 28 8PMREYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATERTICKETS: $30 GENERAL$5 DUKE STUDENTS

This vivacious program of French repertory is a study in musical lineage. The Artemis spent a decade training with the Emerson and Juilliard Quartets before officially launching its career at the Berlin Philharmonie in 1999. Its patient, sharply honed playing finds a balance between projecting musical structure and conveying immediacy (NY Times) a perfect fit for Debussys sole string quartet, where a conventional form houses otherworldly harmonies.

Meanwhile, Ravels only string quartet was rejected by the academy but embraced by the public for its quicksilver elegance. In 1976, Henri Dutilleux reckonedwith the exotic language of these so-called Impressionists with fresh creativity in his nocturnal Ainsi la Nuit.

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HAYDN: String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 20, No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49 DVORK: String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105

CONCERT NO. 2WITH KRISTA RIVER, MEZZO-SOPRANOSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 8 PMNELSON MUSIC ROOMTICKETS: $20 GENERAL $5 ALL STUDENTS

ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK:String Quartet in C MajorPUCCINI: Crisantemi for String Quartet HUGO WOLF: Italian Serenade for String QuartetVERDI: String Quartet in E MinorRESPIGHI: Il Tramonto for String Quartet and Mezzo Soprano (with mezzo-soprano Krista River)

THE CIOMPI QUARTETSLUNCHTIME CLASSICS SERIESIn this special series of lunchtime performances, the Ciompi explores the connections between Haydn and Shostakovich. Each event lasts approximately 50 minutes and features quartets by both composers. Admission is free. Though food is not provided, audience members are encouraged to bring lunch. All concerts begin at noon in the Gothic Reading Room at Perkins Library.

The Ciompi, Duke University's longstanding ensemble-in-residence, interprets old and new chamber music with colloquial warmth and tremendous musicality. Its substantial 2011/12 season includes classic quartets by Haydn, Dvork, Shostakovich, and Beethoven; collaborations with the likes of Leeds International Piano Competition winner Ian Hobson; and the world premiere of a new quartet by Donald Wheelock.

PROGRAM DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 HENRI DUTILLEUX: Ainsi la Nuit RAVEL: String Quartet in F Major

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HAYDN: String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2GEORGE ENESCU: Octet for Strings in C Major, Op. 7MENDELSSOHN: Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 16

New Yorks Borromeo Quartet with first violinist Nicholas Kitchen, who was raised in Durham has been gathering major awards since 1992. At Reynolds, its talents combine with those of Dukes own Ciompi for two sumptuous octets: one blending late-Romantic styles with early modernism that Romanias George Enescu wrote when he was 19 and another that Mendelssohn wrote at the unbelievable age of 16. Ciompis individual performance of Haydns String Quartet No. 2 tempers the precocious program with an august maturity.

CONCERT NO. 4WITH IAN HOBSON, PIANOSATURDAY, APRIL 7 8 PMNELSON MUSIC ROOMTICKETS: $20 GENERAL $5 ALL STUDENTS

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5DONALD WHEELOCK: String Quartet No. 6 (World Premiere) ELGAR: Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84 (with Ian Hobson, piano)

Bonus ConcertCIOMPI QUARTET &

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This special bonus concert, an addition to the Chamber Arts Society and Ciompi Quartet

composed seasons, pairs two monuments of Western art one of the greatest string quartets

ever composed and one of the greatest English poems ever written. First, the Ciompi Quartet

performs Beethovens magisterial String Quartet No. 15. After intermission, Prof. George Gopen

reads one of his academic specialties: T.S. Eliots Four Quartets, often considered to be the finest

poem in English since Shakespeare.

This special event is offered free of charge, though advance tickets are required. Chamber Arts Society and Ciompi Quartet subscribers are entitled to one

complimentary ticket per subscription. The remaining tickets will be offered to the general public on a

first-come, first-serve basis. To claim a ticket, please contact the Duke University Box Office by telephone

(919-684-4444) or in person (M-F, 11 am - 6 pm).

LUNCHTIME CLASSICS #1TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 12 PM

HAYDN: String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 20, No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49 LUNCHTIME CLASSICS #2TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 12 PM

HAYDN: String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 68

LUNCHTIME CLASSICS #3TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 12 PM

HAYDN: String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83 LUNCHTIME CLASSICS #4TUESDAY, APRIL 10 12 PM

HAYDN: String Quartet No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5 SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat Major, Op. 133

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132 T.S. ELIOT: Four Quartets

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ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCEAT DUKE PERFORMANCES:JOIN THECONVERSATION


LISTENING SESSIONS:Visiting artists discuss and play recordings ofthe music that influences and inspires them.

Heather McEntire& Jenks Miller of Mt. Moriah Thursday, October 20 6:30 pmThe Pinhook (117 W. Main St.)

Bassekou Kouyate Thursday, October 13 6:30 pmThe Pinhook

Chris ThileSunday, November 13 12 pmMotorco Music Hall (723 Rigsbee Ave.)

Eccentric Soul with Ken Shipley& Michael Slaboch of The Numero Group Friday, November 18 6:30 pmThe Pinhook

Branford Marsalis Thursday, January 12 6:30 pmMotorco Music Hall

Edgar MeyerWednesday, February 29 6:30 pmMotorco Music Hall

FILMS: Rare and exclusive screeningsof films pertinent to dP performances.

Emir Kusturicas Time of the Gypsies Featuring Goran Bregovic's soundtrackWednesday, October 5 7 pmMotorco Music Hall

Throw Down Your Heart:Bla Fleck Brings the Banjo Back to AfricaFeaturing Bassekou KouyatFollowed by a conversation withProf. Laurent Dubois & Prof. Phil GuraWednesday, October 12 7 pmCarolina Theatre (309 W. Morgan St.)Tickets: $5 (Purchased through the Carolina)

Bill Morrisons DecasiaFollowed by a Q&A with filmmaker Bill MorrisonMonday, November 7 7 pmCarolina TheatreTickets: $5 (Purchased through the Carolina) Co-sponsored by Duke's Master of Fine Artsin Experimental and Documentary Arts.

Our artist-in-residence program creates opportunities for face-to-face engagement with visiting dP performers. Through a variety of free, public events, patrons can discover the stories and context surrounding each performance. We invite you to join the conversation.

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CONVERSATIONS:Visiting artists discuss their work with notable scholars.

Randy Weston Moderated by Prof. Nate MackeyFriday, October 21 12 pmEast Duke Parlor, East Duke Building

Andr Watts Moderated by Prof. Anthony Kelley Saturday, December 3 12 pmNelson Music Room

Simone DinnersteinModerated by Prof. Jane HawkinsThursday, January 19 6 pmNelson Music Room

Edgar MeyerWednesday, February 29 12 pmNelson Music Room

Garrick OhlssonModerated by Prof. Larry Todd Saturday, March 17 12 pmNelson Music Room

Robert GlasperModerated by Prof. Mark Anthony Neal Friday, March 30 12 pmJohn Hope Franklin Center, Rm 240

Richard GoodeModerated by Prof. Larry Todd Wednesday, April 18 6 pmFirst Presbyterian Church (305 E. Main St.)

MASTER CLASSES:Visiting artists teach technique.

Windscape Saturday, October 1 12 pmNelson Music Room

Ingrid FliterThursday, November 3 5 pmNelson Music Room

Trio Jean PaulSaturday, January 28 12 pmNelson Music Room

Master class students are chosen by the Duke Music department; the public is encouraged to attend and observe these special teaching sessions.

LONG-TERM RESIDENCIES:Visiting artists host a variety of free, public eventsduring extended stays in Durham.

Chunky MoveMonday, October 24 Friday, October 28

Fiasco TheaterTuesday, January 31 Saturday, February 18

Workshop Reading:Measure for Measure by William ShakespeareFriday & Saturday, February 17 & 18 8 pmSheafer Lab TheaterTickets: $10 general $5 Duke students

Wayne McGregor | Random DanceMonday, February 20 Saturday, February 25

Additional residency events and details will be added throughout the 2011/12 season. Please check dukeperformances.org/residency for updates. To sign up for the dP Residency Email list, please email [email protected].

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SEPTEMBER 11

JOAN SORIANOFriday, September 23 8 pm Motorco Music Hall

CIOMPI QUARTET: CONCERT NO. 1Saturday, September 24 8 pmNelson Music Room

ZAKIR HUSSAIN & RAKESH CHAURASIAFriday, September 30 8 pmPage Auditorium

OCTOBER 11

ORION STRING QUARTET & WINDSCAPESaturday, October 1 8 pm Reynolds Industries Theater

LIZZ WRIGHTFriday, October 7 8 pmReynolds Industries Theater

BASSEKOU KOUYAT & NGONI BA Friday, October 14 8 pmReynolds Industries Theater

GORAN BREGOVIC & HIS WEDDINGAND FUNERAL ORCHESTRASunday, October 16 8 pmPage Auditorium

RANDY WESTON, PIANOFriday, October 21 8 pmNelson Music Room

ALEXI MURDOCH + MOUNT MORIAHSaturday, October 22 8 pmReynolds Industries Theater

COUNTERTENOR PHILIPPE JAROUSSKYWITH APOLLOS FIREWednesday, October 26 8 pmReynolds Industries Theater

CHUNKY MOVE CONNECTEDFriday, October 28 8 pmReynolds Industries Theater

CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF & LARS VOGTSaturday, October 29 8 pm Reynolds Industries Theater

NOVEMBER 11

INGRID FLITER, PIANOFriday, November 4 8 pmReynolds Industries Theater

THE GREAT FLOODBILL FRISELL & BILL MORRISONSaturday, November 5 8 pmReynolds Industries Theater

SCHOLA CANTORUM DE VENEZUELAWednesday, November 9 8 pmDuke Chapel

CIOMPI QUARTET: CONCERT NO. 2Saturday, November 12 8 pmNelson Music Room

CHRIS THILE, MANDOLINSunday, November 13 8 pmCarolina Theatre of Durham

ECCENTRIC SOUL REVUESYL JOHNSON, THE NOTATIONS& RENALDO DOMINO Saturday, November 19 8 pmCarolina Theatre of Durham

CIOMPI QUARTET& PROF. GEORGE GOPENSunday, November 20 7 pmNelson Music Room

DECEMBER 11

CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS+ LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII Friday, December 2 8 pmPage Auditorium

ANDR WATTS, PIANOSaturday, December 3 8 pmPage Auditorium

ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTETSaturday, December 10 8 pm Reynolds Industries Theater

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BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTETFriday & Saturday, January 13 & 14 8 pmReynolds Industries Theater

SIMONE DINNERSTEIN, PIANOFriday, January 20 8 pmReynolds Industries Theater

TRIO JEAN PAULFriday & Saturday, January 27 & 28 8 pm Nelson Music Room

FEBRUARY 12

FIASCO THEATERCYMBELINE BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREThursday, Friday & SaturdayFebruary 2, 3 & 4 8 pmReynolds Industries Theater

FLAMENCO VIVO CARLOTA SANTANASaturday, February 11 8 pmPage Auditorium

FIASCO THEATERMEASURE FOR MEASUREBY WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREFriday & Saturday, February 17 & 18 8 pmSheafer Lab Theater

CIOMPI QUARTET: CONCERT NO. 3WITH BORROMEO STRING QUARTETSaturday, February 18 8 pmReynolds Industries Theater

WAYNE MCGREGOR | RANDOM DANCEFriday & Saturday, February 24 & 25 8 pmReynolds Industries Theater

MARCH 12

EDGAR MEYER, DOUBLE BASSThursday, March 1 8 pmReynolds Industries Theater

JERUSALEM STRING QUARTETSaturday, March 3 8 pmReynolds Industries Theater

GARRICK OHLSSON, PIANOFriday, March 16 8 pmReynolds Industries Theater

TAKCS QUARTET& GARRICK OHLSSON, PIANOSaturday, March 17 8pm Reynolds Industries Theater

ROBERT GLASPER TRIOFriday & SaturdayMarch 30 & 31 8 pmCasbah Durham

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TALLIS SCHOLARS Sunday, April 1 5 pmDuke Chapel

SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80Thursday, April 5 8 pmPage Auditorium

CIOMPI QUARTET: CONCERT NO. 4Saturday, April 7 8 pmNelson Music Room

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR& THE TRAVELER ENSEMBLESaturday, April 14 8 pmPage Auditorium

RICHARD GOODE, PIANOThursday, April 19 8 pmPage Auditorium

ARTEMIS STRING QUARTETSaturday, April 28 8pmReynolds Industries Theater

MOHAMMAD-REZA SHAJARIAN& THE SHAHNAZ ENSEMBLESaturday, April 28 8 pmDurham Performing Arts Center

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TAKE 25% OFF YOUR TOTAL PRICE WHEN YOU PURCHASE TICKETS TO ANY FOUR OR MORE SHOWS FROM DUKE PERFORMANCES 2011/12 SEASON.*

*Note: Ticketmaster has exclusive ticketing agreements with DPAC and the Carolina Theatre; as a result Duke Performances presentations of Chris Thile and the Eccentric Soul Revue at Carolina Theatre and Mohammad-Reza Shajarian at DPAC are excluded from the Pick-Four discount.

However, patrons purchasing a Pick-Four package through the Duke University Box Office will receive a discount code offering 25% off tickets to dP concerts at Carolina Theatre and DPAC. Patrons may use this code online, by phone, or in person from the DPAC and/or Carolina Theatre box offices.

PIANO RECITAL SERIESNote: Includes best available orchestra tickets for Andr Wattsand Richard Goode in Page Auditorium.

Ingrid Fliter [$30] Andr Watts [$46] Simone Dinnerstein [$30] Garrick Ohlsson [$30] Richard Goode [$46]

REGULAR PRICE: $182. SERIES DISCOUNT PRICE: $128.

CHAMBER ARTS SOCIETY of DURHAMOrion String Quartet & Windscape [$30] Christian Tetzlaff, violin & Lars Vogt, piano [$30] St. Lawrence String Quartet [$30] Trio Jean Paul [$30] Jerusalem String Quartet [$30] Takcs Quartet & Garrick Ohlsson, piano [$30] Artemis String Quartet [$30]


CIOMPI QUARTET SERIESConcert No. 1 [$20] Concert No. 2 with mezzo-soprano Krista River [$20] Concert No. 3 with the Borromeo String Quartet [$20] Concert No. 4 with pianist Ian Hobson [$20]


DUKE PERFORMANCES'CLASSICAL MUSIC DISCOUNTSIN ADDITION TO THE PICK-FOUR, WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING DISCOUNTS ON OUR CLASSICAL MUSIC SERIES:

AN AMAZING STUDENT TICKET PRICEIn a remarkable arrangement with the University Provost, Duke undergraduate and graduate students can purchase tickets to any Duke Performances event for just $5. Limit of two $5 tickets per student for each event. Quantities of available tickets may be limited due to demand. Student ID required at time of purchase.

EVERY SHOW, ALL SEASON, TAKE ADVANTAGEAdvance sales only; employee discount is not available at the door on the day of show.

10%DUKE EMPLOYEEDISCOUNT10%DUKE EMPLOYEEDISCOUNT

25%PICK-FOURDISCOUNT

25%PICK-FOURDISCOUNT

DUKE PERFORMANCES' BLOGTHE THREADWWW.THE-THREAD.ORGDuke Performances' blog The Thread offers unrestricted criticism, previews, interviews, essays, and media pertaining to the 2011/12 season.

DUKE PERFORMANCES' BLOGTHE THREADWWW.THE-THREAD.ORG

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FOR TICKETS, FULL PROGRAM DETAILS & OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION

WWW.DUKEPERFORMANCES.ORGTICKETING DETAILS FOR DUKE PERFORMANCES' SHOWS AT THE CAROLINA THEATRE OF DURHAM & DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

CHRIS THILE, MANDOLINSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 8 PMCAROLINA THEATRE OF DURHAM309 WEST MORGAN STREET, DURHAM

WWW.CAROLINATHEATRE.ORG | 919-560-3030

NUMERO GROUP'SECCENTRIC SOUL REVUE: DURHAM, NCSYL JOHNSON, THE NOTATIONS & RENALDO DOMINO,THE SWEET DIVINES & THE DIVINE SOUL RHYTHM BAND SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 8 PMCAROLINA THEATRE OF DURHAM309 WEST MORGAN STREET, DURHAM

WWW.CAROLINATHEATRE.ORG | 919-560-3030

Tickets for Duke Performances presentations of Chris Thile and Eccentric Soul Revue at the Carolina Theatre may be purchased through the Carolina Theatre website (www.carolinatheatre.org), by calling 919-560-3030, or by visiting the Carolina Theatre box office at 309 W. Morgan Street. Tickets for Carolina Theatre performances are sold through Ticketmaster; Ticketmaster service charges will be applied.

MOHAMMAD-REZA SHAJARIAN& THE SHAHNAZ ENSEMBLESATURDAY, APRIL 28 8 PMDURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER123 VIVIAN STREET, DURHAM

WWW.DPACNC.COM | 919-680-2787

Tickets for Duke Performances presentation of Mohammad-Reza Shajarian at DPAC may be purchased through the DPAC website (www.dpacnc.com), by calling 919-680-2787, or visiting the DPAC box office at 123 Vivian Street. Tickets for all DPAC performances are sold through Ticketmaster; Ticketmaster service charges will be applied. In addition, a $3 City of Durham Facility Fee is added to every DPAC ticket.

PERFORMANCE CANCELLATIONBecause the performing arts are live events, programs are subject to change without notice for reasons outside the control of Duke Performances. If a performance is cancelled, you will be notified as early as possible and offered either an exchange or a refund. Join our email list or check www.dukeperformances.org for the most up-to-date information regarding performances.

REFUNDSTickets are nonrefundable except in the case of cancelled events.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTENDIf you are unable to attend a program for which you hold tickets, you may donate those tickets in person to the University Box Office for a tax credit (no refunds). In order to qualify for the tax credit, the Box Office must receive refund requests at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled performance.

We encourage all ticket holders to return tickets they are unable to use so that seats can be made available to students, charitable groups, or other patrons who might otherwise not be able to attend.

VOLUNTEER FOR DPDuke Performances welcomes volunteer ushers for its events. Volunteers provide a valuable service and are able to see performances free of charge. Ushering requires a time commitment both before and after the performance; precise responsibilities will vary. For information about becoming a volunteer usher, please call Duke Performances at 919-660-3356 or email the usher coordinator at [email protected].

WEBSITE & EMAIL UPDATESVisit dukeperformances.org for updates on the series. We also encourage you to join our email list, accessible through the website. We use this list in addition to our website to update ticketholders about changes to the series.

ACCESSIndividuals with disabilities who need additional accommodation or who have questions about physical access should contact the Duke University Box Office at 919-684-4444 prior to ordering tickets.

THANKS TODuke University Office of the President Duke University Office of the Provost Duke University Provosts Council for the Arts Visiting Artist Grant Duke University office of the Vice-Provost for the Arts

Armentrout Endowment for the Visual and Performing Arts Artist Residency Endowment Fund Artists Series Enhancement Endowment Fund Blackburn Performing Arts FundCharles M. and Shirley F. Weiss Fund for Creativity in the Arts Edith London Endowment Fund Eleanor Naylor Dana Endowment Fund Ella Fountain Pratt Cultural Affairs EndowmentErnest W. Nelson Endowment Fund Frances and E.T. Rollins, Jr. Endowment Fund Friends of Duke Performances Henry David Epstein Endowment Fund J.J. and Ruth M. Blum Endowment Fund Nancy Hanks Resident Fellows Endowment Fund Patrick M. and Catherine Greer Williams Endowment Fund Robert and Margaret Boyer Endowment Fund Roy O. Rodwell Endowment Fund

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

DIRECTIONS & PARKINGFor full driving directions and parking information please visit www.dukeperformances.org.

LATE SEATING POLICYPlease allow enough time to park, claim your tickets, and get seated several minutes before the announced start-time of performances. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house manager and Duke Performances staff with respect for the performers and other patrons.

LOST TICKETS If you lose your tickets and need replacements, please call the University Box Office, 919-684-4444.

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