一个完全现代的春天

星期五，2024年3月1日

朱丽亚音乐杂志

The photo captures a vibrant orchestral performance in progress inside a modern concert hall. 音乐家 are seated in a semi-circular arrangement on stage, surrounded by wood-paneled walls that reflect the colorful, abstract light patterns projected above them, creating a dynamic 和 festive atmosphere. A conductor is visible at the forefront, leading the orchestra. 观众, seated in the curved balconies 和 the main floor, is attentively watching the performance in a well-lit, 拥挤的场所.

MAP 和 Philharmonic musicians in last spring’s Composing Inclusion performance in Geffen Hall

凯文·菲利普斯基著

The Juilliard spring music season features exciting 和 challenging works whose composers range from Bach, 莫扎特, 德彪西, 和Bartók到现在的作曲家, 其中有许多校友和学生. Here are just a few highlights of some of the newer music that will be presented.

The Juilliard Orchestra’s annual Composers Concert in February, conducted by 杰弗里 Milarsky (BM ’88, MM ’90, 打击乐器), featured a quartet of world premieres by winners of last spring’s orchestra composition competition. The students 和 their works are Jiaqi “Jacky” Liu (穿越)，欧阳(As if sharing a joke with nothingness)，马修·舒尔泰斯(管理力量)，以及克里斯蒂安·雷(打破了记录). Works by student composers Christopher Armstrong 和 Danae Venson were premiered in February as part of the Arts 和 Society Series in a concert called Claiming Your Space: A Celebration of Black 音乐 at Juilliard.

新系列, led 和 curated by the dean 和 director of the 音乐 Division, 大卫 Serkin 路德维希 (研究生文凭 ’02, 作文), began last season as an exploration of the music of our time through interdisciplinary collaboration. It continues this spring with a program called The Mad King (3月. 25 和 26), which brings together a trio of works anchored by Peter Maxwell Davies’ 1969 monodrama, 《疯狂国王的八首歌. The performance also includes Kaija Saariaho’s 摘自《梦的语法 (1988)和阿诺德·勋伯格的 拿破仑颂 (1942–43), is directed by 玛丽 Birnbaum (faculty 2011–present), 和 features drama 和 music students as well as projections created by the 艺术创新中心.

On 4月8日, 公理, 由米拉斯基领导, performs three works of impressive sonic 和 geographic breadth: Icel和ic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Hrim (2010); Estonian Arvo Pärt’s double concerto, 白板 (1977); 和 Hungarian György Ligeti’s fiendishly intricate 小提琴 Concerto (1992).

Juilliard Orchestra in the midst of a performance, with 3月in Alsop energetically leading the ensemble. 售票员, 位于中心位置, is dressed in a dark suit with their arms raised, 手里拿着指挥棒, 表达激情和命令. 音乐家, focused 和 playing their instruments, are arrayed in a traditional orchestral setup on the stage of a concert hall. 观众挤满了剧院, witnessing the event in a well-lit 和 gr和 venue, which adds to the formal 和 prestigious atmosphere

Alum 3月in Alsop returns to conduct the final Juilliard Orchestra concert of the season

今年春天, the 准备部门 is also featuring contemporary as well as traditional work including the second year of Composing Inclusion, a joint partnership with the New York Philharmonic 和 American Composers Forum that’s funded by the Sphinx Venture Fund. The idea behind the project is for composers from historically underrepresented backgrounds to create “flexible” or adaptable scores in collaboration with both young 和 seasoned musicians. On 4月20日在大卫·格芬大厅, the Pre-College Orchestra will perform alongside members of the New York Philharmonic in Composing Inclusion world premieres by composers Nicolás Lell Benavides 和 Andrés Soto. The Pre-College Orchestra will reprise those works on 5月25日.

On 5月4日, MAP风系, 字符串合奏, 和 Orchestra will make their Alice Tully Hall debuts in a program that includes an orchestral commission by MAP composer in residence 3月cus Norris. Also on 5月4日, the Pre-College Symphony will perform Stella Sung’s Loco-Motion (2011); 人民的觉醒 作者:玛丽 D. 沃特金斯, a co-commission by Juilliard 和 Interlochen; an oboe concerto by competition winner Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda; 和 other works. Leading this performance will be Kalena Bovell, assistant conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

为其 4月2日卡内基音乐厅音乐会, 茱莉亚管弦乐团, 由大卫·罗伯逊领导, 进行研究主任, 将表演几个符号 (1945) of Pierre Boulez (faculty 1972–75), alternating between the original piano versions 和 the later orchestral works.

这个赛季结束了 5月23日, 3月in Alsop (Pre-College ’72; BM ’77, MM ’78, violin) conducts the orchestra in classic 20th-century works by Strauss (唐璜) 和 Bartók (Concerto for Orchestra) as well as the world premiere of a work Juilliard commissioned for this concert, 来自希拉里·普灵顿(MM ' 15), 作文).

Kevin Filipski is Juilliard’s program editor

A version of this article also appears in the February 节目单 经允许出现在这里