Anne Jackson, Steve Ross, Paul Sperry, Chitra Sundaram, and Eli Wallach Perform in Free April Programs at the Library for the Performing Arts

Dance Lectures by Arshiya Sethi and Alma Guillermoprieto; and Screenings of Two Seldom-Seen Films Starring John Gielgud Among Highlights

New York, NY, March 25, 2004 -- Free public programs of music, theater, film, and dance are offered in April 2004 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza. All programs are held in the Library's Bruno Walter Auditorium. Admission is free and seats are available on a first-come basis. For further information, telephone 212.642.0142 or e-mail lpaprog@nypl.org.
 
Saturday, April 3, 3:00 p.m.
Sattriya: The Classical Dance of Assam. A lecture by Arshiya Sethi that will feature video examples of the dance of Assam, a state in the northeast of India.

Wednesday, April 7, 1:00 p.m.
Joy In Singing Finals. Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry.

Saturday, April 10, 3:00 p.m.
Paul Sperry, Tenor. The 70th Birthday Concert by the distinguished tenor. The program will include Poulenc's Parisiana (both songs) and Le Disparu; the composer's manuscripts for these works are housed in the Library's Music Division. Part of the Treasures of the Music Division series.

Why I Wanted to Sing
Im Frühling
Schwanengesang
Bei dir allein
Im Freien
Der Zwerg		 Franz Schubert
   
Rosemonde
La grenouillière
Le disparu
Montparnasse
Reine des mouettes
M. Sans-Souci
Parisiana
  Jouer du bugle
  Vous n'écrivez plus?		 Francis Poulenc
   
- Intermission -
   
Songs by My Friends
Spring Ned Rorem
The Second Law Daron Hagen
Cuba Russell Platt
Grandma Moses Richard Wilson
Envy Robert Beaser
Nevermore Will the Wind William Bolcom
Poem Christopher Berg
The Coming of Wisdom with Time Paul Moravec
The Lepidoptera Waltz Warren Swenson
The Apple's Song Libby Larsen
Deformed Finger Alla Borzova
Could Be John Musto
Waterbird Richard Hundley
Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House Tom Cipullo
   
Encore: Azulão

 


Saturday, April 17, 3:00 p.m.
Dancing with Cuba. A lecture by Alma Guillermoprieto based on her new memoir (Pantheon, 2004).

Thursday, April 15, 6:00 p.m.
Chitra Sundaram. Ms. Sundaram will perform the Bharata Natyam dances of India.

Monday, April 19, 6:30 p.m.
A Tribute to Sir John Gielgud in Song, Sonnet and Story. Steve Ross will emcee a program focusing on songs from a few of Sir John's favorite musicals (Chu Chin Chow, Showboat); songs by Ivor Novello; and reminiscences and readings by friends of Sir John Gielgud, including Paula Laurence, Eli Wallach, and Anne Jackson.  Part of the Ages of a Man: A Centennial Tribute to Sir John Gielgud series.

Thursday, April 22, 5:30 p.m.; and Saturday, April 24, 2:30 p.m.
Gielgud on Screen: Chekhov and Shakespeare. Swan Song (1992, 23 minutes), an Academy Award- nominated short based on a play by Anton Chekhov and directed by Kenneth Branagh, will be followed by Prospero's Books (1991,124 minutes), directed by Peter Greenaway and based on The Tempest by William Shakespeare. Part of the Ages of a Man: A Centennial Tribute to Sir John Gielgud series.
 

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the leadership support of Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman.

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Contacts: Rima Corben or Herb Scher at 212.704.8600

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