Sounds of India Curated by Mark Morris

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1 10-25 Sounds of India.qxp_GP 10/13/16 4:21 PM Page 1 Tuesday Wednesday, October 25 26, 2016 Sounds of India Curated by Mark Morris Page 21 Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali ( Song of the Little Road ) Tuesday, October 25, at 6:15 pm Page 22 Apu Trilogy: Aparajito ( The Unvanquished ) Tuesday, October 25, at 9:15 pm Page 23 The River Wednesday, October 26, at 6:15 pm Page 24 Apu Trilogy: Apur Sansar ( The World of Apu ) Wednesday, October 26, at 8:45 pm Presented by Lincoln Center s White Light Festival and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in association with the Film Society of Lincoln Center The White Light Festival presentation of Sounds of India is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation These screenings are made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center. Bruno Walter Auditorium, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Please make certain all your electronic devices are switched off. WhiteLightFestival.org 19

2 10-25 Sounds of India.qxp_GP 10/13/16 4:21 PM Page 2 MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center. Artist Catering provided by Zabar s and Zabars.com American Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Center Nespresso is the Official Coffee of Lincoln Center NewYork-Presbyterian is the Official Hospital of Lincoln Center UPCOMING WHITE LIGHT FESTIVAL EVENTS: Sounds of India Thursday, October 27 at 7:30 pm in the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College Bombay Jayashri, vocals Embar Kannan, violin V.V. Ramanamurthy, mridangam K.V. Gopalakrishnan, khanjira Amrit Ramnath, tambura Sounds of India Friday, October 28 at 7:30 pm; Sunday, October 30 at 5:00 pm in the Gerald Lynch Theater Kerala Kalamandalam Kathakali Troupe Dussasana Vadhom (The Killing of Dussasana) Pre-performance lecture by Lakshmi Vishwanathan on October 28 at 6:15 pm in the Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, John Jay College Sounds of India Saturday, October 29; Thursday, November 3; and Saturday, November 5 at 7:30 pm in the Gerald W. Lynch Theater Mark Morris Dance Group Mark Morris, choreographer MMDG Music Ensemble O Rangasayee Serenade The Tamil Film Songs in Stereo Pas de Deux Pure Dance Items (World premiere) Pre-performance discussion with Mark Morris on November 5 at 6:15 pm in the Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, John Jay College Sounds of India Tuesday, November 1 at 7:30 pm in the Gerald W. Lynch Theater V. Selvaganesh, hybrid drums and khanjira Vikku Vinayakram, chathur ghatam V. Uma Shankar, ghatam and konnakol Swaminathan, khanjira and konnakol A. Ganesan, morsing and konnakol Pre-performance artist discussion at 6:15 pm For tickets, call (212) or visit WhiteLightFestival.org. Call the Lincoln Center Info Request Line at (212) to learn about program cancellations or to request a White Light Festival brochure. Visit WhiteLightFestival.org for full festival listings. 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. 20

3 10-25 Sounds of India.qxp_GP 10/13/16 4:21 PM Page 3 Tuesday, October 25, 2016, at 6:15 pm Sounds of India on Film Introduction by Kent Jones, Film Society of Lincoln Center Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali ( Song of the Little Road ) Directed by Satyajit Ray 1955 (125 minutes) CAST Subir Banerjee, Apu Kanu Banerjee, Harihar Karuna Banerjee, Sarbojaya Chunibala Devi, Indir Thakrun Uma Das Gupta, Durga Runki Banerjee, Little Durga Reba Devi, Seja Thakrun Aparna Devi, Nilmoni s wife Tulsi Chakravarti, Prasanna, school teacher In Bengali with English subtitles Presented by Lincoln Center s White Light Festival and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in association with the Film Society of Lincoln Center The White Light Festival presentation of Sounds of India is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation This screening is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center. Bruno Walter Auditorium, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Please make certain all your electronic devices are switched off. WhiteLightFestival.org 21

4 10-25 Sounds of India.qxp_GP 10/13/16 4:21 PM Page 4 Tuesday, October 25, 2016, at 9:15 pm Sounds of India on Film Apu Trilogy: Aparajito ( The Unvanquished ) Directed by Satyajit Ray 1956 (113 minutes) CAST Smaran Ghosal, Apu (adolescent) Pinaki Sengupta, Apu (young) Karuna Banerjee, Sarbojaya Kanu Banerjee, Harihar Santi Gupta, Ginnima Sudipta Roy, Nirupama Subodh Ganguli, Headmaster Kali Roy, Akhil, press owner In Bengali with English subtitles Presented by Lincoln Center s White Light Festival and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in association with the Film Society of Lincoln Center The White Light Festival presentation of Sounds of India is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation This screening is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center. Bruno Walter Auditorium, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Please make certain all your electronic devices are switched off. 22

5 10-25 Sounds of India.qxp_GP 10/13/16 4:21 PM Page 5 Wednesday, October 26, 2016, at 6:15 pm Sounds of India on Film Introduction by Kent Jones, Film Society of Lincoln Center The River Directed by Jean Renoir 1951 (99 minutes) In 35mm CAST Thomas E. Breen, Captain John Patricia Walters, Harriet Radha, Melanie Adrienne Corri, Valerie In English and Bengali with English subtitles Presented by Lincoln Center s White Light Festival and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in association with the Film Society of Lincoln Center The White Light Festival presentation of Sounds of India is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation This screening is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center. Bruno Walter Auditorium, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Please make certain all your electronic devices are switched off. WhiteLightFestival.org 23

6 10-25 Sounds of India.qxp_GP 10/13/16 4:21 PM Page 6 Wednesday, October 26, 2016, at 8:45 pm Sounds of India on Film Apu Trilogy: Apur Sansar ( The World of Apu ) Directed by Satyajit Ray 1959 (107 minutes) CAST Soumitra Chatterjee, Apurba Roy Sharmila Tagore, Aparna Alok Chakravarti, Kajal Swapan Mukherjee, Pulu Dhiresh Majumdar, Shashinarayan Sefalika Devi, Shashinarayan s wife Dhiren Gosh, Landlord In Bengali with English subtitles Presented by Lincoln Center s White Light Festival and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in association with the Film Society of Lincoln Center The White Light Festival presentation of Sounds of India is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation This screening is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center. Bruno Walter Auditorium, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Please make certain all your electronic devices are switched off. 24

7 10-25 Sounds of India.qxp_GP 10/13/16 4:21 PM Page 7 Notes on the Program By Kevin Filipski Apu Trilogy Directed by Satyajit Ray Now considered to be among cinema s milestones, Satyajit Ray s Apu Trilogy comprising Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956), and Apur Sansar (1959) didn t appear fully formed like Athena from Zeus s skull. A series of events meeting director Jean Renoir, seeing Vittorio De Sica s Bicycle Thieves while on a visit to London, showing director John Huston early footage shot with amateurs, and getting government money to finish shooting allowed Ray to make Pather Panchali, the debut that put Indian cinema decidedly on the international scene. Pather Panchali ( Song of the Little Road ) won a special prize at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival for Best Human Document, and it is Ray s humanity that shines through every frame of these three films, which are based on two novels by Bengali author Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay that make up a Bildungs roman of a Bengali boy s coming of age. (Ray designed the cover and drew illustrations for a children s book of Pather Panchali, which inspired him to adapt it for his debut film.) The first film in the trilogy introduces young Apurba Roy and his family: father Harihar, mother Sarbojaya, older sister Durga, and elderly aunt Indir. Ray observes the family members relationships without approaching sentimentality or melodrama. We first see young Apu through a close-up of his staring from beneath a blanket covering his head. Since much of the trilogy is seen through Apu s point of view, this initial shot of the young boy is particularly revealing. In one of many memorable sequences in Pather Panchali, when Apu sees a train roaring by after having heard it many times without laying eyes on it, the train s thunderous power and movement are contrasted with Apu running up a hill to catch a glimpse. Ray s genius was to shoot the sequence without cutting between Apu and the train, instead showing them in the frame together, making the small boy s discovery even more extraordinary. The details that Ray packs into his films are filled with the grace and radiance of ordinary life and death. Even their relative roughness the opening sequences of Pather Panchali are especially affected by a novice director and colleagues feeling their way works to their advantage. And the films scores by sitar player extraordinaire Ravi Shankar he completed the music for Pather Panchali in one 11-hour marathon session are filled with the varied rhythms, energy, and emotion that are integral parts of Apu and his family s world. After making the second Apu film, Aparajito ( The Unvanquished ) which chronicles an adolescent Apu dealing with tragedies at home while becoming a brilliant student Ray did not think of giving the saga a final chapter until he was asked about it at the Venice Film Festival. He finished two other films, including the acclaimed The Music Room, then returned to Apu s story with Apur Sansar ( The World of Apu ). With Ray s customary sensitivity, this final film in the trilogy follows the adult Apu starting his own family. The trilogy can be seen as the apogee of Ray s cinematic artistry, even if he would continue to create, until his death in 1992, many more portraits of deeply felt humanism. The River Directed by Jean Renoir After his contract with RKO studio in Hollywood ended prematurely, French director Jean Renoir decided not to stay in America nor return home to France. Instead, WhiteLightFestival.org 25

8 10-25 Sounds of India.qxp_GP 10/13/16 4:21 PM Page 8 he worked with author Rumer Godden on adapting her 1946 novel about a British family in India, The River. The resulting 1951 drama the first color film for both Renoir and his cinematographer (and nephew) Claude Renoir has been called by director Martin Scorsese one of the most gorgeous films ever made. Indeed, its ravishing color palette encompasses the bluish-grey Ganges River, the reddish soil surrounding it, and the deep green lawns and foliage of the riverbank villages. Although ostensibly about how the appearance of a wounded young American soldier (Captain John) affects the lives of a trio of teenagers (Valerie, Melanie, and Harriet), The River also contains sequences that approach a documentary realism, in which Renoir shows the people of India living their ordinary lives in the fertile lands around the endlessly flowing river. Although Renoir has an outsider s perspective that never lowers itself to Western condescension the slight plot is no match for the glimpses of India itself as both location and metaphor some criticisms were raised that Renoir concentrated on European characters at the expense of the Indians who lived and worked in the film s actual locations. One such critic was none other than Satyajit Ray, who met Renoir when the latter scouted locations for The River in 1949; the veteran director encouraged the young Ray in his ambition to become a filmmaker. Still, Ray was disappointed at what he saw onscreen: I was looking forward with great eagerness to the prospect of a great director tackling the Indian scene. I could not help feeling that it was overdoing it a bit, coming all the way from California merely to get the topography right. For his part, Renoir was unapologetic about making a film set in India but not about Indians: [The] book was not concerned with living conditions in India. What [Godden] and I tackled in our script was the story of an English family, the symbol that should be described by future historians (if historians are there to remain in centuries to come) as the end of an era. An era also ended for Renoir: Following his India experience, his films traded dark, satirical wit for a more benign, ethereal spirit. Kevin Filipski has written about the arts for such publications as the New York Times and Time Out New York. Copyright 2016 by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. 26

9 10-25 Sounds of India.qxp_GP 10/13/16 4:21 PM Page 9 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. Now in its seventh year, 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 post-performance 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, Director, Public Programming Lisa Takemoto, Production Manager Charles Cermele, Producer, Contemporary Programming Mauricio Lomelin, Producer, Contemporary Programming Andrew C. Elsesser, Associate Director, Programming Regina Grande Rivera, Associate Producer Nana Asase, Assistant to the Artistic Director Luna Shyr, Senior Editor Olivia Fortunato, House Seat Coordinator Gabe Mizrachi, Program Content Coordinator For the White Lights Festival Janet Rucker, Company Manager WhiteLightFestival.org 27

10 10-25 Sounds of India.qxp_GP 10/13/16 4:21 PM Page 10 Arts in the Middle Students from South Bronx Academy for Applied Media Several studies have examined how exposure to the arts in middle school strongly impact a student s social skills and development as well as likelihood to graduate from high school. In 2013, Lincoln Center Education launched a pilot program in partnership with the New York City Department of Education aimed at this specific issue. Called Arts in the Middle, it focuses on arts education as a potential catalyst for improved student engagement and success in and out of school, as well as parent engagement, teaching practices, and school and community culture. Through Arts in the Middle, Lincoln Center Education is working with more than a dozen underserved New York City middle schools that have little to no arts programs. LCE is supporting schools with efforts to hire a part-time or full-time arts teacher, in addition to deploying its own roster of skilled teaching artists to help in the classroom and provide professional development for teachers and family engagement. Early results of these efforts to support educators and students are showing positive results. Metis Associates, hired by LCE to evaluate short- and longterm effectiveness of the program, has documented increased parent engagement, which can have an impact on student success. Some schools have also noted that students are becoming vibrant and vocal participants when the arts are integrated into classrooms. If results continue in this direction, Lincoln Center Education hopes to develop an adaptable model of the program that can be disseminated nationally to bring arts education to underserved communities. As our partnership with the New York City Department of Education continues to grow, so, too, does our commitment to supporting whole communities by providing thoughtful programs for students and families around New York City s five boroughs, said Russell Granet. Arts in the Middle is just one of many ways Lincoln Center Education is leveraging highquality arts programs to improve the lives of all New Yorkers. 4 decades of thinking like an artist Jean Taylor Learn more about Lincoln Center Education and its work at home and abroad: LincolnCenterEducation.org

11 10-25 Sounds of India.qxp_GP 10/13/16 4:21 PM Page 11 Accessibility at Lincoln Center Reflecting a quote by Lincoln Center s first president John D. Rockefeller III that the arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many, Lincoln Center has had as a central mission from its start making the arts available to the widest possible audiences. In 1985, that led to the establishment of the Department of Programs and Services for People with Disabilities to ensure full participation in the thousands of events presented annually across the Lincoln Center campus. It was the first such program at any major performing arts center in the U.S. and has longserved as a model for other arts institutions around the country. Celebrating its 30th anniversary with a new name, Accessibility at Lincoln Center, the program continues to provide exceptional guest care to all visitors, as well as training in accessibility to colleagues at Lincoln Center s resident organizations, including the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the New York Philharmonic, and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Accessibility oversees the production of large-print and Braille programs for hundreds of performances taking place each year at various Lincoln Center venues. Another major component of Accessibility is its longstanding Passport to the Arts. The program annually distributes to children with disabilities thousands of free tickets to a variety of Lincoln Center performances, including New York City Ballet and the New York Philharmonic a welcoming introduction to the arts. A parent who participated in a recent Passport event commented It allowed my family and I to enjoy and learn along with everyone else. The accessibility made it easier for our family to relax and truly enjoy the experience. Accessibility is expanding the ways it serves adults with disabilities. It introduced and oversees American Sign Languageled official tours of Lincoln Center, and offers live audio description for select Lincoln Center Festival performances. Accessibility looks forward to growing its inclusive programs in the years to come. To learn more about Accessibility at Lincoln Center, please contact access@lincolncenter.org or call

12 10-25 Sounds of India.qxp_GP 10/13/16 4:21 PM Page 12 The Table is Set American Table Café and Bar by Marcus Samuelsson in Alice Tully Hall is a great dining option available to Lincoln Center patrons, along with Lincoln Ristorante on Hearst Plaza, indie food & wine in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, wichcraft in the David Rubenstein Atrium, The Grand Tier in the Metropolitan Opera house, and Lincoln Center Kitchen and the cafe in David Geffen Hall. Marcus Samuelsson, the youngest chef ever to be awarded a three-star review by The New York Times and the winner of the James Beard Award for both Rising Star Chef (1999) and Best Chef: New York City (2003), crafted the menu along with long-time associate Nils Noren, MSG s Vice President of Restaurant Operations. American Table Cafe and Bar by Marcus Samuelsson serves food that celebrates the diversity of American cuisine, drawing on influences and regions from across the country. Dishes on the menu, which is offered for both lunch and dinner, include Smoked Caesar Salad, Shrimp Roll, and Chocolate Cardamom Panna Cotta. The bar features a cocktail menu designed by consulting master mixologist, Eben Klemm, as well as a selection of reasonably-priced wines. Marcus Samuelsson s memoir, Yes, Chef, chronicles his remarkable journey from being orphaned at age three in his native Ethiopia to his adoption by a family in Göteborg, Sweden, where he first learned to cook by helping his grandmother prepare roast chicken. He went on to train in top kitchens in Europe before arriving in New York, first taking the reins at Aquavit. He has won the television competition Top Chef Masters on Bravo as well as top honors on Chopped All Stars: Judges Remix. Marcus Samuelsson His current New York restaurant, the wildly successful Red Rooster, is located in his home base of Harlem. American Table Cafe and Bar seats 73 inside, plus more space outside on the Alice Tully Hall Plaza. Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the designers of the critically acclaimed Alice Tully Hall, transformed the glass-walled space with lounge-like furniture in warm, rich colors, a long communal couch, tree-trunk tables, and lighting that can be dimmed to adjust the mood. The design an eclectic reinterpretation of Americana draws its inspiration from the cafe s culinary focus. Call for hours of operation.

13 10-25 Sounds of India.qxp_GP 10/13/16 4:21 PM Page 13 Learn More, Take the Tour LINCOLN CENTER, THE WORLD S LEADING PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, is a premiere New York destination for visitors from around the globe. Did you know that tours of its iconic campus have made the Top Ten Tour list of NYC&CO, the official guide to New York City, for two year s running? All tour options offer an inside look at what happens on and off its stages, led by guides with an encyclopedic knowledge of Visitors get a concert preview at rehearsal Lincoln Center, great anecdotes, and a passion for the arts. The daily one-hour Spotlight Tour covers the Center s history along with current activities, and visits at least three of its famous theaters. Visitors can now also explore broadcast operations inside the Tisch WNET-TV satellite studio on Broadway, and see Lincoln Center s newest venue, the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, home to the largest Plasma screen in the nation on public display. Want more? A number of specialty tours are available: RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL & LINCOLN CENTER COMBO TOUR Experience two of New York City s must-see attractions with one ticket. This package combines the Music Hall s Stage Door tour of its Art Deco interior which might include meeting a world-famous Radio City Rockette with Lincoln Center s Spotlight Tour, where a sneak peak at a rehearsal happens whenever possible. ART & ARCHITECTURE TOUR Lincoln Center s 16-acre campus has one of New York City s greatest modern art collections, with paintings and sculpture by such internationally acclaimed artists as Marc Chagall, Henry Moore, and Jasper Johns. The tour not only examines these fine art masterworks, it also explores the buildings and public spaces of visionary architects like Philip Johnson, as well as the innovative concepts of architects Diller Scofidio+ Renfro with FXFOWLE, Beyer Blinder Belle, and Tod Williams Bille Tsien, B R I A N S T A N T O N designers of the campus $1.2 billion renovation. EVEN MORE TOUR OPTIONS Lincoln Center offers Foreign Language Tours in five languages: French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish, in addition to American Sign Language tours. Visitors with a special interest in jazz can take the Jazz at Lincoln Center Tour of the organization s gorgeous venues at the Times Warner Center, the only facilities created specifically for the performance of jazz music. And Group Tours of more than 15 people get a discount. For more information, click on LincolnCenter.org/Tours.To book a tour, call (212) , tour_desk@lincolncenter.org, or visit the Tour and Information Desk in the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, located on Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets. Joy Chutz Inside the David H. Koch Theater B R I A N S T A N T O N

14 10-25 Sounds of India.qxp_GP 10/13/16 4:21 PM Page 14 Young Patrons of Lincoln Center Members Walter Hack and Katherine Carey smile for the camera at a YPLC mixer WHO SAYS THE NIGHTLIFE FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS IS DOWNTOWN? Young Patrons of Lincoln Center (YPLC) is a dynamic network of urban professionals in their 20s to early 40s making a splash way above 14th Street. With an annual contribution of $250, YPLC members enjoy year-round opportunities to experience the finest performing arts up-close-and-personal. The core of YPLC s programming is the popular 101 Series, which brings members together for bi-monthly cocktail parties with live performances where they meet likeminded arts enthusiasts and interact with the artists. Recent 101 events have included Ballet 101: The Nutcracker with dancers from the New York City Ballet; Mixology 101 at Lincoln Ristorante; and Lincoln Center 101 with Harvard Business School professor Allen Grossman. Beyond events produced especially for YPLC, members also receive updates and invitations to Lincoln Center s broader programming, including reserved seating at American Songbook, Great Performers, and Lincoln Center Festival. In July 2011, eighty young professionals went to see As You Like It performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Park Avenue Armory, and were joined by the cast at an exclusive champagne after-party at the Nespresso Boutique on Madison Avenue. To support this flourish of activity, YPLC hosts an annual black tie gala. The event attracts more than 600 young philanthropists who raise a glass to celebrate and support the spectacular redevelopment of Lincoln Center s campus with hors d oeuvres, open bar, and dancing into the night. And it doesn t stop there. By flashing their purple membership card, YPLC members receive discounts at restaurants and retailers in the Lincoln Center neighborhood. For those who are volunteer-oriented, YPLC offers an opportunity to participate on committees focused on outreach, education, and fundraising. Funds raised through YPLC events, along with annual membership contributions, support projects that bring new audiences to Lincoln Center. With four hundred members and counting, YPLC is committed to celebrating and supporting the world s leading performing arts center, and has a lot of fun in the process. For more information on YPLC membership and events, visit yplc@lincolncenter.org or call YPLC is sponsored by Nespresso.

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16 10-25 Sounds of India.qxp_GP 10/13/16 4:21 PM Page 16 presents The A List Mimosas by Donald Sultan THE LIST OF WORLD-CLASS PERFORMING ARTISTS who have appeared at Lincoln Center would easily fill up several pages of this book. There is, however, an entirely different list of high-profile artists whose works have been commissioned by and created especially for Lincoln Center: the visual artists of Lincoln Center s Vera List Art Project. The program s catalogue of major contemporary artists includes the likes of Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, Jennifer Bartlett, and Chuck Close, to mention just afewofitscelebratednames.infact,withmorethan200commissionedworks,thecollection has been aptly described as a history of the graphic arts in America. The List program was made possible by Albert and Vera List, who wanted a visual arts component to promote the new performing arts complex of Lincoln Center. Beginning in 1962 with the first limited edition serigraph poster by Ben Shahn announcing the opening of Philharmonic Hall, the collection has since become one of the longest continually publishing print programs in the country. And, the outstanding production quality and stature of the participating artists have made these artworks highly collectable and affordable investments. For instance, an early Andy Warhol poster that cost $30 at its release is now priced at more than $1,000. Selections from the List catalogue have been exhibited throughout the U.S. and Europe including an annual show during Art Basel/Miami and are included in the Library of Congress and notable public and private collections as well. For more information and to purchase artworks from the List catalogue, call at The List collection can also be viewed online at the Posters & Prints E-store at Joy Chutz