This program is approximately one hour and 15 minutes long and will be performed without intermission.

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1 Tuesday Evening, November 4, 2014, at 7:30 One True Vine Mavis Staples Yvonne Staples, Vocals Rick Holmstrom, Guitar Stephen Hodges, Drums Jeff Turmes, Bass Guitar Vicki Randle, Vocals, Percussion Donny Gerrard, Vocals This program is approximately one hour and 15 minutes long and will be performed without intermission. Please join us in the Alice Tully Hall lobby for a White Light Lounge immediately following the performance. The White Light Festival is sponsored by Time Warner Inc. This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center. Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater Adrienne Arsht Stage Please make certain all your electronic devices are switched off.

2 Additional support is provided by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc. Endowment support is provided by the American Express Cultural Preservation Fund. MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center. Movado is an Official Sponsor of Lincoln Center. United Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Center. WABC-TV is the Official Broadcast Partner of Lincoln Center. William Hill Estate Winery is the Official Wine of Lincoln Center. Artist Catering is provided by Zabar s and Zabars.com. Upcoming White Light Festival Events: Sunday, November 9, at 5:00 in Avery Fisher Hall Cathedrals of Sound Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig Riccardo Chailly, Conductor BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 4 BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 Pre-concert lecture by Scott Burnham at 3:45 in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse Tuesday Evening, November 11, at 7:30 in Alice Tully Hall Winterreise (New York premiere) William Kentridge, Concept and Video Matthias Goerne, Baritone Markus Hinterhäuser, Piano SCHUBERT: Winterreise Pre-concert lecture by Christopher H. Gibbs at 6:15 in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse For tickets, call (212) or visit. Call the Lincoln Center Info Request Line at (212) to learn about program cancellations or to request a White Light Festival brochure. Visit for more information relating to the Festival s programs. Join the conversation: #LCWhiteLight We would like to remind you that the sound of coughing and rustling paper might distract the performers and your fellow audience members. In consideration of the performing artists and members of the audience, those who must leave before the end of the performance are asked to do so between pieces. The taking of photographs and the use of recording equipment are not allowed in the building.

3 Illumination Mindful by Mary Oliver Every day I see or I hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light. It is what I was born for to look, to listen, to lose myself inside this soft world to instruct myself over and over in joy, and acclamation. Nor am I talking about the exceptional, the fearful, the dreadful, the very extravagant but of the ordinary, the common, the very drab, the daily presentations. Oh, good scholar, I say to myself, how can you help

4 Illumination but grow wise with such teachings as these the untrimmable light of the world, the ocean s shine, the prayers that are made out of grass? Mindful from WHY I WAKE EARLY New Poems by Mary Oliver. Published by Beacon Press Boston, copyright 2004 by Mary Oliver. Reprinted by permission of The Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency Inc. For poetry comments and suggestions, please write to programming@lincolncenter.org.

5 Meet the Artists Mavis Staples Soul and gospel legend, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, and civil rights icon Mavis Staples released her second collaboration with Wilco s Jeff Tweedy, One True Vine, in 2013 with ANTI-Records. The follow-up to 2010 s Grammy Award winning You Are Not Alone, One True Vine finds Ms. Staples traversing darker terrain with stark, acoustic arrangements and the most honest, unvarnished vocal performances of her career. Featuring ten tracks including new compositions written specifically for Ms. Staples by Tweedy and Nick Lowe the record is the most personal and emotional statement from Ms. Staples yet. From album opener Holy Ghost, written by Low s Alan Sparhawk, to the new Tweedy composition Jesus Wept, the gravity in Ms. Staples s voice is transfixing heavy with burdens but blessed with the promise of true redemption that shines through on Nick Lowe s deft and driving Far Celestial Shore, Funkadelic s Can You Get to That, and Pops Staples s uplifting I Like the Things About Me. Ms. Staples s last collaboration with Tweedy, You Are Not Alone, earned her the highest Billboard chart debut of her more than 50-year career, her first Grammy Award, and universal critical acclaim. Ms. Staples performed at the Kennedy Center Honors, took the stage at Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert s massive televised Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, and performed at the NAACP Image Awards and 2011 VH1 Divas broadcast. She also provided one of the most indelible moments of the 2013 Grammy Awards telecast with a moving tribute to Levon Helm alongside Elton John, Mumford & Sons, Brittany Howard (The Alabama Shakes), T Bone Burnett, and Zac Brown. Please turn to page 64 for an article about Mavis Staples. Yvonne Staples From 1969 until patriarch Roebuck Pops Staples s death in 2000, the Staple Singers were configured as a quartet, with Pops and Mavis joined by Cleotha and Yvonne Staples (vocals). The clan s musical signatures were Pops s gospel-based songwriting, reedy tenor, and bluesy guitar; Mavis s rich, raspy vocals and precise phrasing; and the supple, ringing harmonies of Cleotha and Yvonne, who also acted as the band s manager. The Staple Singers cracked the Top 40 eight times from 1971 to 1975, with two singles reaching No. 1: the funky, inspirational I ll Take You There, which was the highlight of their tenure on Stax Records, and Let s Do It Again, a filmsoundtrack song recorded for Curtis Mayfield s Curtom label. In 1976 the Staple Singers collaborated with The Band on the song The Weight for the rock group s film The Last Waltz, and the Staples had a hit in 1984 with a cover of the Talking Heads Slippery People. Along with her father, sisters, and brother, Pervis, Ms. Staples is a 1999 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and the recipient of a 2005 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Rick Holmstrom Born in Fairbanks, Alaska, Rick Holmstrom (guitar) has been on the road for 24 years touring and/or recording with such artists as Booker T., Billy Boy Arnold, R.L. Burnside, Smokey Wilson, John Medeski, and Chuck Prophet. He has released five Rick Holmstrom Band albums to date. Mr. Holmstrom s current release, Cruel Sunrise (M.C. Records), featuring Mavis Staples on two songs, was the No. 1 album on

6 B.B. King s Bluesville program on SiriusXM satellite radio. Since joining Ms. Staples in 2007, Mr. Holmstrom has played on Mavis Staples Live: Hope at the Hideout and the Grammy Award winning You Are Not Alone. Stephen Hodges Stephen Hodges (drums) has recorded and toured with Tom Waits, the Smashing Pumpkins, and David Lynch, among others, and he composed the score for the play Exit the King. He has been Mavis Staples s touring drummer since 2007, and he played on Mavis Staples Live: Hope at the Hideout and the Grammy Award winning You Are Not Alone. Jeff Turmes A multi-instrumentalist and award-winning songwriter, Jeff Turmes (bass guitar) has recorded with artists as significant and diverse as Richard Thompson, R.L. Burnside, Norah Jones, and Clarence Gatemouth Brown. He has performed on bass, guitar, saxophone, and other instruments with artists including Tom Waits, Peter Case, Billy Boy Arnold, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and he has released four albums of his own compositions, demonstrating his range as a writer, producer, arranger, and singer. Since 2007 he has had the joy of touring with Mavis Staples, and he played on Mavis Staples Live: Hope at the Hideout and the Grammy Award winning You Are Not Alone. Most recently, Mr. Turmes was featured on Rick Holmstrom s Cruel Sunrise, and he produced and composed the title track for singer-songwriter Julie Christensen s Weeds Like Us. Vicki Randle Vicki Randle (vocals, percussion) was born into a musical legacy passed down from her grandfather, a blues guitar player, and her father, a jazz pianist. Her mother s baby shower took place at the club where her father was accompanying Billie Holiday, in Oakland in the 1950s. When she was nine, Ms. Randle found a discarded Silvertone guitar and taught herself to play Beatles songs. Becoming a multifaceted, multitalented, multi-genre singer/guitarist/bass player/drummer followed, and the result is a four-decade career playing with the biggest names in music. As lead singer and percussionist with the Tonight Show Band for 18 years, Ms. Randle performed with Elton John, Al Green, Garth Brooks, and Paul McCartney. She has toured with Kenny Loggins, Lionel Richie, George Benson, Wayne Shorter, Dr. John, and Laura Nyro; performed with Mickey Hart, Joan Baez, and Bonnie Raitt; recorded lead vocals and/or duets with Benson, Herbie Hancock, and the Turtle Island String Quartet; and provided background vocals, guitar, and percussion for Aretha Franklin, Pete Escovedo, Pharoah Sanders, Taj Mahal, Todd Rundgren, and Stephen Bruton. Ms. Randle has recorded countless ads and dozens of film soundtracks, and she has performed on almost every continent. She has maintained her passion as a singer-songwriter, continuing to perform solo with guitar and with her band. Her albums include Sleep City. Donny Gerrard Along with David Foster, Donny Gerrard (vocals) was an original member and lead singer of the band Skylark, which had an international hit in 1973 with the song Wildflower from its Capitol Records debut. He has released two solo albums and sung with artists including Ray Charles and Dolly Parton, and has toured with Mavis Staples since Mr. Gerrard is featured on Ms. Staples s albums Mavis Staples Live: Hope at the Hideout (2008) and You Are Not Alone (2010).

7 White Light Festival I could compare my music to white light, which contains all colors. Only a prism can divide the colors and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener. Arvo Pärt. Celebrating its fifth anniversary, the White Light Festival is Lincoln Center s annual exploration of music and art s power to reveal the many dimensions of our interior lives. International in scope, the multidisciplinary festival offers a broad spectrum of the world s leading instrumentalists, vocalists, ensembles, choreographers, dance companies, and directors complemented by conversations with artists and scholars and postperformance White Light Lounges. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) serves three primary roles: presenter of artistic programming, national leader in arts and education and community relations, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. A presenter of more than 3,000 free and ticketed events, performances, tours, and educational activities annually, LCPA offers 15 programs, series, and festivals, including American Songbook, Great Performers, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer Night Swing, the Mostly Mozart Festival, and the White Light Festival, as well as the Emmy Award winning Live From Lincoln Center, which airs nationally on PBS. As manager of the Lincoln Center campus, LCPA provides support and services for the Lincoln Center complex and the 11 resident organizations. In addition, LCPA led a $1.2 billion campus renovation, completed in October Lincoln Center Programming Department Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Hanako Yamaguchi, Director, Music Programming Jon Nakagawa, Director, Contemporary Programming Jill Sternheimer, Acting Director, Public Programming Lisa Takemoto, Production Manager Charles Cermele, Producer, Contemporary Programming Kate Monaghan, Associate Director, Programming Claudia Norman, Producer, Public Programming Mauricio Lomelin, Associate Producer, Contemporary Programming Julia Lin, Associate Producer Nicole Cotton, Production Coordinator Regina Grande, Assistant to the Artistic Director Luna Shyr, Programming Publications Editor Nasrene Haj, House Seat Coordinator Utsuki Otsuka, Production Assistant Reshena Liao, House Program Intern For the White Light Festival Scott Stauffer, Sound Design Matt Berman, Lighting Design