Emmanuel Arakélian PHOTO: FABIENNE ULMER

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1 Emmanuel Arakélian PHOTO: FABIENNE ULMER Sunday, February 19, 2017

2 Welcome to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art s performing arts series brings together thoughtful, fascinating, and beautiful experiences, comprising a concert calendar notable for its boundless multiplicity. This year we look forward to visits from old friends and new, bringing us music from around the globe and spanning many centuries. Here is the place where performance is intended to explore connections of cultures, the heart, the human spirit. In the Galleries Myth and Mystique: Cleveland s Gothic Table Fountain Through February 26 Albert Oehlen: Woods near Oehle Through March 12 Pure Color: Pastels from the Cleveland Museum of Art Through March 19 Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks Through April 23 Black in America: Louis Draper and Leonard Freed February 26 July 30 Opulent Fashion in the Church Through September 24 Emmanuel Arakélian Sunday, February 19, 2017, 2:00 p.m. Gartner Auditorium, the Cleveland Museum of Art PROGRAM Johann Sebastian Bach ( ) Toccata, adagio and fugue in C Major, BWV 564 Johann Sebastian Bach Transcription by Emmanuel Arakélian Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170 (Contented peace, beloved delight of the soul) Felix Mendelssohn ( ) Transcription by Reitz Smits Variations sérieuses Grégoire Rolland (Born 1989) Omoï Please turn off all electronic devices before entering the performance hall. Photography and audio/video recording in the performance hall are prohibited. Jehan Alain ( ) Fantaisie, no. 2 Maurice Duruflé ( ) Prélude and fugue on A.L.A.I.N.

3 ABOUT THE ARTIST Born in 1991 in Avignon, Emmanuel Arakélian commenced his musical studies at the age of 12 with organists Jean-Pierre Lecauday and Henri Pourtau. He would later continue his musical studies at the Conservatoire National à Rayonnement Régional de Toulon Provence Méditerranée, studying organ with Pascal Marsault and harpsichord and basso continuo with Claire Bodin. In 2012, he completed these studies with highest honors on the unanimous recommendations of the jury. At the same time, he also followed classes on musical theory and analysis, music history, and chamber music. After receiving his diploma from the Conservatory of Toulon, he continued his harpsichord studies with Françoise Marmin and Françoise Lengellé. His love for early music and his interest in instrument building have lead him to work extensively with historic organs and harpsichords, and to undergo research on baroque ornamentation and musical rhetoric. He is also equally passionate about the music of our time, frequently performing contemporary music of Vincent Paulet, Bernard Foccroulle, Thierry Escaich, and Grégoire Rolland. Over the last several months, he has also worked intensely on the works of Jehan Alain ( ). A student at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris since 2012, he is simultaneously pursuing studies in organ with Olivier Latry and Michel Bouvard, and in harpsichord and basso continuo with Olivier Baumont and Blandine Rannou. Over the course of studies, he has been honored with scholarships by the Fondation de France, the Fonds Tarazzi, and the Fondation Meyer. Parallel to his studies, he is also organist of the Pascal Quoirin / Jean-Louis Loriaut organ of Saint Léonce Cathedral of Fréjus. In addition to serving as organist, he is also Artistic Director of the cathedral s concert series. He appears regularly in recitals as an organ or harpsichord soloist, as an accompanist, and also playing music for four hands with John Walthausen. The McMyler Memorial Organ has been heard in The Cleve land Muse um of Art since The first instrument (a gift of Mrs. P. J. McMyler and her daughters in memory of their husband and father, built by E. M. Skinner, and dedicated by Archibald T. Davison) has undergone several rebuilds as concepts of organ design have devel oped. Organ-builder Walter Holtkamp, Sr., and former curator Walter Blodgett, were responsible for much of this evolution. Many recitalists, including Arthur Quimby and Melville Smith (also former curators), Albert Rie menschneider, Albert Schweitzer, Marcel Dupré, Louis Vierne, Lyn wood Farnam, Fernando Germani, and André Marchal, have appeared here. The present organ, built by Walter Holtkamp, Jr., in 1971, incorporates a few ranks of pipes from previous museum instruments into a three-manual-and-pedal organ of American classic design. There are approximately 4,000 pipes located above and behind the stage of Gartner Auditorium, 79-1/2 ranks, and 62 stops. The stop and key action are electro-pneumatic. The organ was refurbished by the Holtkamp Organ Company under the direction of F. Christian Holtkamp as part of the recent renovation of Gartner Auditorium and was rededicated on October 1,

4 The McMyler Memorial Organ By Walter Holtkamp, Jr., 1971 GREAT 16 Quintadena 8 Principal 8 Gemshorn 8 Offenflöte 8 Gedeckt 4 Octave 4 Spitzflöte 2 2/3 Quinte 2 Superoctave 2 Waldflöte Mixture IV Scharf IV 16 Dulzian 4 Clairon SWELL (enclosed) 16 Rohrbass 8 Geigen 8 Gamba 8 Voix Céleste 8 Rohrflöte 4 Principal 4 Bourdon 2 Flauto 1 1/3 Larigot Dolce Cornet II Fourniture V 16 Fagott 8 Oboe 8 Vox Humana 4 Clairon Tremulant Swell to Swell 4 POSITIV 8 Spitzflöte 8 Copula 4 Prestant 4 Rohrflöte 2 2/3 Nazard 2 Principal 2 Blockflöte 1 3/5 Tierce 1 Sifflöte Cymbal IV 8 Cromorne Tremulant PEDAL 32 Subbass 16 Principal 16 Octave Subbass 16 Quintadena (Gt.) 16 Rohrbass (Sw.) 8 Octave 8 Gemshorn 8 Gedeckt 4 Choralbass 4 Rohrpfeife 4 Nachthorn 2 Piccolo Rauschbass IV Rauschpfeife II 32 Basun 16 Posaune 16 Dulzian (Gt.) 8 Krummhorn 4 Schalmey Reversible unison manual and pedal couplers and sforzando (indicator light) on manual pistons and toe studs Gt/Ped Sw/Ped Sw/Ped 4 Pos/Ped Sw/Gt Pos/Gt Sw/Pos Balanced crescendo pedal (indicator light and digital display) Six general pistons and six for each division (Pedal divisionals: toe studs only); manual pistons for general combinations, Great, and Swell are duplicated by toe studs. Three hundred memory levels. Electro-pneumatic stop and key action Both consoles equipped with solid state logic. Performing Arts cma.org/performingarts #CMAperformingarts Wednesday, October 5, 6:00 Fretwork Wednesday, October 12, 7:30 Vijay Iyer with International Contemporary Wednesday, October 19, 7:30 Wednesday, November 2, 6:00 Saturday, November 5, 2:00 Jean-Baptiste Monnot Sunday, November 13, 2:00 Sunday, December 4, 2:00 Wednesday, December 7, 6:00 Francesco D Orazio Friday, December 9, 7:30 The Crossing: David Lang s Lifespan Friday Sunday, January 6 8 The Qatsi Trilogy Friday Sunday, January Wednesday, February 1, 6:00 Emmanuel Arakélian Sunday, February 19, 2:00 Sunday, February 26, 2:00 Wednesday, March 1, 6:00 CIM Organ Studio Sunday, March 12, 2:00 Quince Wednesday, March 22, 7:30 Frode Haltli & Emilia Amper Wednesday, March 29, 7:30 Wednesday, April 5, 6:00 Sunday, April 9, 2:00 Zakir Hussain & Rahul Sharma Wednesday, April 12, 7:30 Jeffrey Zeigler Wednesday, April 26, 7:30 Wednesday, May 3, 6:00 Brandee Younger & Courtney Bryan Wednesday, May 10, 7:30 6

5 Please turn off all electronic devices before entering the performance hall. Photography and audio/video recording in the performance hall are prohibited. DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMING ARTS, MUSIC, AND FILM The Cleveland Museum of Art East Boulevard Cleveland, Ohio cma.org/performingarts These performances are made possible in part by: The P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund The Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund The Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund The Frank and Margaret Hyncik Memorial Fund The Adolph Benedict and Ila Roberts Schneider Fund The Arthur, Asenath, and Walter H. Blodgett Memorial Fund The Dorothy Humel Hovorka Endowment Fund The Albertha T. Jennings Musical Arts Fund #CMAperformingarts Programs are subject to change. Series sponsors: TICKETS CMA 0033 cma.org/performingarts