An Audience with Renée Fleming, Bill Frisell, Christian McBride, and Dan Tepfer

Welcome Back to The Shed

It’s my great pleasure to welcome you back to The Shed tonight, more than a year after we closed our doors to help fight the spread of Covid-19. We’ve all missed live performance, and we’re honored to have you here to share it with us once again.
      Collectively, the pandemic has cost us innumerable losses, and affected many in unequal ways. An Audience with… offers the opportunity to restore a few of those losses, contributing to a reawakening of our city and bringing us together again in a communal space of creativity. You’ve supported us through our past year of digital programming with November and our Up Close series and our exhibition Howardena Pindell: Rope/Fire/Water—we appreciate you so much for that—but nothing can replace the collective experience of witnessing live performance, together.
      Since last June, I’ve worked as part of New York State’s flexible spaces task force, in partnership with a wonderful group of cultural leaders from other nonprofit organizations, to assemble the robust guidelines that have allowed our spaces to reopen safely. This group has modeled an inspiring, collaborative way of working in mutual support of our sector, and I sincerely thank the state, the city, NY PopsUp, and my task force members Rebecca Robertson, Sade Lythcott, Pat Cruz, Susan Feldman, and Kristina Newman-Scott, as well as Jane Rosenthal, Emily Eakin, and Ken Sunshine.
      Live performance comes to life in the presence of others. Admiration, respect, and thanks to our artists performing in this series: Kesley Lu and their ensemble and management; the New York Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Deborah Borda, and Isaac Thompson; Renée Fleming, Bill Frisell, Christian McBride, and Dan Tepfer, as well as Paul Batsel; Michelle Wolf, Jared Freid, and Cipha Sounds; and Zainab Johnson and Atheer Yacoub.
      My admiration and gratitude goes to The Shed’s talented and dedicated staff, our stellar Board of Directors, and our wonderful Shed members who continue to support and sustain us.
      Thank you to our partners at Live Nation, and to our partners at M&T Bank, Desiree and Olivier Berggruen, the Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Commissioning Fund, the Shed Commissioners, and the Charina Endowment Fund for making An Audience with… possible.
      Finally, my gratitude goes to you—artists and audiences alike—for joining us tonight in these acts of creativity, offering us the chance to experience that most precious thing, live performance.

—Alex Poots, Artistic Director and CEO

An Audience with… is supported by

The creation of new work at The Shed is generously supported by the Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Commissioning Fund and the Shed Commissioners. Major support for live productions at The Shed is provided by the Charina Endowment Fund.

Tonight’s program

This evening’s program will include selections from:

“Perfectly Still This Solstice Morning”
from Winter Morning Walks
by Maria Schneider (b. 1960), poem by Ted Kooser (b. 1939)

“O Sleep, why dost thou leave me?”
from Semele
George Frideric Händel (1685-1759), text by William Congreve (1670 – 1729)

“Bel piacere e godere”
from Agrippina
George Frideric Händel (1685 – 1759), text by Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani (1652 – 1710)

“All the Things You Are”
from Very Warm for May
Jerome Kern (1885 – 1945), lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (1895 – 1960)

“When Did You Leave Heaven?”
Richard A. Whiting (1891 – 1938), lyrics by Walter Bullock (1907 – 53)

“Both Sides Now”
Music and lyrics by Joni Mitchell (b. 1943)

“Land of Make Believe”
Music and lyrics by Chuck Mangione (b. 1940)

“Who Knows Where the Time Goes?”
Music and lyrics by Sandy Denny (1947 – 78)

“Barcarolle” from Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Jacques Offenbach (1819 – 80), libretto by Jules Barbier (1825 – 1901)

“Down in the Depths (On the Ninetieth Floor)” from Red, Hot and Blue
Music and lyrics by Cole Porter (1891 – 1964)

“Touch the Hand of Love”
Blossom Dearie (1924 – 2009), lyrics by Mahriah Blackwolf

“Hard Times Come Again No More”
Music and lyrics by Stephen Foster (1826 – 64)

from Winter Morning Walks
by Maria Schneider (b. 1960), poem by Ted Kooser (b. 1939)

Perfectly still this solstice morning,
in bone-cracking cold. Nothing moving,
or so one might think, but as I walk the road,
the wind held in the heart of every tree
flows to the end of each twig and forms a bud.

from Semele
George Frideric Händel (1685-1759), text by William Congreve (1670 – 1729)

O Sleep, why dost thou leave me?
Why thy visionary joys remove?
O Sleep, again deceive me,
To my arms restore my wand'ring love.

from Agrippina
George Frideric Händel (1685 – 1759), text by Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani (1652 – 1710)

Bel piacere è godere fido amor!
questo fà contento il cor.
Di bellezza non s'apprezza lo splendor;
Se non vien d'un fido cor.
Bel piacere.

It is such delight to enjoy true love!
It brings the heart happiness.
The splendor of beauty is of no value
if it comes not from a faithful heart.
It is such delight to enjoy true love, etc.

from Very Warm for May
Jerome Kern (1885 – 1945), lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (1895 – 1960)

Time and again I’ve longed for adventure,
Something to make my heart beat the faster.
What did I long for? I never really knew.
Finding your love I’ve found my adventure,
Touching your hand, my heart beats the faster.
All that I want in all of this world is you

You are the promised kiss of springtime
That makes the lonely winter seem long.
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song.
You are the angel glow that lights a star.
The dearest things I know are what you are.
Some day my happy arms will hold you,
And some day I’ll know that moment divine
When all the things you are, are mine.

Richard A. Whiting (1891 – 1938), lyrics by Walter Bullock (1907 – 53)

When did you leave heaven?
How could they let you go?
How’s everything in heaven?
I’d like to know.
Why did you trade heaven
for all these earthly things?
Where did you hide your halo?
Where did you lose your wings?

Have they missed you?
Can you get back in?
If I kissed you, would it be a sin?
I am only human but you are so divine.
When did you leave heaven, angel mine?
When did you leave heaven, angel mine?

Music and lyrics by Joni Mitchell (b. 1943)

Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I’ve looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way

I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It’s cloud illusions I recall
I really don’t know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I’ve looked at love that way

But now it’s just another show
You leave ‘em laughing when you go
And if you care, don’t let them know
Don’t give yourself away

I’ve looked at love from both sides now
From give and take and still somehow
It’s love’s illusions I recall
I really don’t know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say “I love you” right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I’ve looked at life that way

But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I’ve changed
Well something’s lost, but something’s gained
In living every day

I’ve looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It’s life’s illusions I recall
I really don’t know life at all

I’ve looked at life from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It’s life’s illusions I recall
I really don’t know life, I really don’t know life at all…

Music and lyrics by Chuck Mangione (b. 1940)

When you’re feeling down and out,
Wondering what this world’s about,
I know a place that has the answer.

It’s a place where no one dies.
It’s a land where no one cries.
And good vibrations always greet you.

People dancing,
Their hearts are filled
With all the reasons why.

You and I should learn the way
to the land of make believe
And make this world of ours much brighter.

Hear the music of the band
It was written in our land
For what’s in a song but someone’s dream?

In our world there was a king
He once said “I have a dream”
Now there’s a man who knew the secret.

Dreams are really
The thoughts that you have hidden in your heart

When you start a brand-new day
Let your heart show you the way,
And make a dream or two come true.
How I love when my thoughts run
To the land of make believe.
Let’s make this world of ours much brighter.

Music and lyrics by Sandy Denny (1947 – 78)

Across the purple sky, all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it’s time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming
I have no thought of time.
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving.
Ah, but then you know it’s time for them to go.
But I will still be here, I have no thought of leaving
I do not count the time.
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

And I am not alone while my love is near me,
And I know it will be so until it’s time to go.
So come the storms of winter and then the birds in spring again
I do not fear the time.
For who knows how my love grows?
And who knows where the time goes?

from Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Jacques Offenbach (1819 – 80), libretto by Jules Barbier (1825 – 1901)

Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour
Souris à nos ivresses
Nuit plus douce que le jour
Ô belle nuit d’amour!
Le temps fuit et sans retour
Emporte nos tendresses
Loin de cet heureux séjour
Le temps fuit sans retour!
Zéphyrs embrasés
Versez-nous vos caresses
Zéphyrs embrasés
Donnez-nous vos baisers!
Vos baisers! Vos baisers! Ah!

Lovely night, oh, night of love
Smile upon our joys!
Night much sweeter than the day
Oh beautiful night of love!
Time flies by, and carries away
Our tender caresses for ever!
Time flies far from this happy oasis
And does not return!
Burning zephyrs
Embrace us with your caresses!
Burning zephyrs
Give us your kisses!
Your kisses! Your kisses! Ah!

from Red, Hot and Blue
Music and lyrics by Cole Porter (1891 – 1964)

Manhattan, I’m up a tree
The one I’ve most adored
Is bored with me.
Manhattan, I’m awfully nice,
Nice people dine with me,
And even twice.

Yet the only one in the world I’m mad about
Talks of somebody else
And walks out.

With a million neon rainbows burning below me
And a million blazing taxis raising a roar,
Here I sit, above the town
In my pet pailletted gown
Down in the depths on the ninetieth floor.

While the crowds in all the nightclubs punish the parquet
And the bars are packed with couples calling for more,
I’m deserted and depressed
In my regal eagle nest
Down in the depths on the ninetieth floor.

When the only one you wanted wants another
What’s the use of swank and cash in the bank galore?
Why, even the janitor’s wife
Has a perfectly good love life,
And here am I facing tomorrow
Alone with my sorrow,
Down in the depths on the ninetieth floor.

Blossom Dearie (1924 – 2009), lyrics by Mahriah Blackwolf

Touch the hand of love.
Let it calm your troubled mind
And caress your tender sorrow.
Know the hand of love
As you walk that weary road,
As you travel your tomorrows
Alone.
You may have to wander far
Over thorns that bleed and scar you,
And those rocky mountains you must climb
Will try to blind you.

Touch the hand of love
As you walk that weary road.
Let it hold your tender sorrow
As you travel your tomorrows
Alone.

Performing Tonight

Renée Fleming

Bill Frisell

Christian McBride

Photo © Josh Goleman 2017.

Dan Tepfer

Renée Fleming is one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time, performing in the world’s greatest opera houses and concert halls, and honored with four Grammy Awards and the US National Medal of Arts. In 2014, she became the first classical artist ever to sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. On January 20, Fleming sang in the private church service attended by President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris prior to the inauguration.

In 2019, Fleming appeared opposite Ben Whishaw in Norma Jeane Baker of Troy in the opening of The Shed. She earned a Tony nomination for the 2018 Broadway production of Carousel. She has recorded everything from complete operas to jazz, indie rock, and the soundtracks of Best Picture Oscar–winners The Shape of Water and The Lord of the Rings. A leading advocate for research at the intersection of arts, health, and neuroscience, she has given presentations with scientists around the world on this subject.

Bill Frisell’s career as a guitarist and composer has spanned more than 40 years and many celebrated recordings, whose catalog has been cited by Downbeat as “the best recorded output of the decade.” Recognized as one of America’s 21 most vital and productive performing artists, Frisell was named an inaugural Doris Duke Artist in 2012. He is also a recipient of grants from United States Artists, Meet the Composer among others. In 2016, he was a beneficiary of the first FreshGrass Composition commission to preserve and support innovative grassroots music. Upon San Francisco Jazz opening their doors in 2013, he served as one of their Resident Artistic Directors. Frisell is also the subject of a documentary film by director Emma Franz, entitled Bill Frisell: A Portrait, which examines his creative process in depth. He has received an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music.

Christian McBride is a six-time Grammy Award–winning bassist/composer and the host of NPR’s Jazz Night in America. Since the early 1990s McBride has recorded on over 300 dates as a sideman. However, he’s been a leader from his debut recording in 1995. Aside from various stints with Sting, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Freddie Hubbard, and George Duke, McBride has been artist-in-residence and artistic director with organizations such as Jazz House Kids, Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Jazz Museum in Harlem, Jazz Aspen, and NJPAC (New Jersey Performing Arts Center—Newark). McBride manages to tour consistently with his quartet, the New Jawn. He also fronts the Grammy-winning Christian McBride Big Band, whose Mack Avenue recordings, The Good Feeling and Bringin’ It, won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2012 and 2017, respectively. In addition, McBride hosts The Lowdown: Conversations With Christian on Sirius/XM and DJs at clubs as DJ Brother Mister. McBride was recently named the artistic director of the historic Newport Jazz Festival, taking over the reins from the festival’s longtime artistic director and founder, George Wein.

One of his generation’s extraordinary talents, Dan Tepfer has earned an international reputation as a pianist-composer of wide-ranging ambition, individuality, and drive—one “who refuses to set himself limits” (France’s Télérama). The New York City-based Tepfer, born in 1982 in Paris to American parents, has performed around the world with some of the leading lights in jazz and classical music. Tepfer earned global acclaim for his 2011 Sunnyside album Goldberg Variations/Variations, a disc that sees him performing J.S. Bach’s masterpiece as well as improvising upon it—to “elegant, thoughtful and thrilling” effect (New York magazine). Tepfer’s newest album, Natural Machines, stands as one of his most ingeniously forward-minded yet, finding him exploring in real time the intersection between science and art, coding and improvisation, digital algorithms and the rhythms of the heart. Tepfer’s honors have included prizes at the 2006 Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition, first prize at the 2006 East Coast Jazz Festival Competition, and first prize at the 2007 competition of the American Pianists Association. Tepfer garnered fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2014, the MacDowell Colony in 2016, and the French Foundation BNP-Paribas in 2018.

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about 3 years ago

A note from Bill Frisell

Dreaming. I’ve said this so many times. It’s true. Sometimes I think I must be dreaming. Some years ago I was walking down the stairs, Renée was walking up the stairs. Wow! Renée Fleming! That’s how we met. She invited me to record with her on her album Haunted Heart with Fred Hersch. What a joy. I’ve learned so much. She has been an inspiration. We haven’t seen each other in quite a while, so what a wonderful surprise it was to be invited to play some more music together. Especially right now, at this moment. And with Dan Tepfer and Christian McBride, who I’ve been big fans of for so long but haven’t yet had the chance to play with. And in this beautiful place. It truly is extraordinary how music brings us together. I’m so lucky. I must be dreaming.
—Bill Frisell

about 3 years ago

Renée Fleming on Rebuilding the Courage to Perform | THE SHED

about 3 years ago

A note from Dan Tepfer

It’s been a long year. Looking back, I did my best to make the most of this challenging time. I gave close to one hundred livestream concerts, found a warm and supportive community of online listeners, and pioneered technology to play music with others through the internet. And yet, for someone like me who thrives on the magic of live performance, it’s incredibly exciting to be returning to the stage. I grew up in Paris in the ’90s, where I regularly heard my mom, a chorister in the Paris Opera, sing alongside Renée Fleming, whom she always admired. Renée is deeply inspiring as both a person and a musician and I’m honored to play with her. Christian McBride has been a constant presence in the music I’ve listened to since my teens. He brings a powerfully infectious joy to everything he touches, and his open-mindedness is such that when I asked him, mid-way through the pandemic, if he’d play a livestream duo concert with me 35 miles away from him, he immediately said yes. It was one of the highlights of my year. Every time I hear Bill Frisell, I feel like I hear the truth. He’s one of my all-time heroes and this will be my very first time playing with him. I can’t wait. To return to the stage here in New York City, where I live, in this amazing new venue, with some of my favorite musicians in the world, feels like an absolute dream.
—Dan Tepfer

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