Juilliard Orchestra Tour to China 2008 Itinerary and Repertoire
Monday, 26 May 2008
Afternoon Depart Newark Liberty Airport
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
2:00 PM Press Conference – National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA)
Thursday, 29 May 2008
2:30 – 4:30 PM Juilliard Faculty Master Class (NCPA Large Rehearsal Hall)
Kaplinsky, piano, and 4 CCOM piano students with repertoire chosen by the students
Friday, 30 May 2008
1:30 – 4:30 PM Juilliard Faculty Master Class (at Central Conservatory of Music CCOM)
Elaine Douvas, oboe, and 8 CCM oboe students with repertoire including:
1 standard solo work, 1 Barret or Ferling etude, and 1 orchestral excerpt
7:30 PM Juilliard Orchestra Concert (NCPA)
Zhang Xian, conductor
Conrad Tao, piano
Program 1:
Leonard Bernstein: Overture to Candide
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
- intermission -
Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique Op. 14
Encore: Barber: Intermezzo from Vanessa
Saturday, 31 May 2008
2:00 – 4:00 PM Woodwind quintet master class (at CCOM)
President Joseph Polisi, lecturer and CCOM student ensemble.
Repertoire is Hindemith’s Kleine Kammermusik
2:30 – 4:30 PM Juilliard faculty master class (NCPA Large Rehearsal Hall)
Joel Smirnoff and 4 CCOM violin students with
standard sonata or concerto repertoire
7:30 PM Juilliard Orchestra Concert (NCPA Concert Hall)
Zhang Xian, conductor
Program 2:
Chen Yi: Ge Xu (Antiphony) (8:00)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat, Op. 60
- intermission –
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 73
Encores: Stravinsky: Finale from Firebird
Bizet: Farandole, from L’Arlésienne: Suite No. 2
Sunday, 1 June 2008
7:30 PM Concert of Friendship: Juilliard Orchestra and
Central Conservatory of Music Orchestra (NCPA Concert Hall)
Juilliard Orchestra, Yu Feng, conductor
Peng Peng, piano
Hua Yanjun: The Moon Reflected in the Erquan Pond
Yin Chengzong et al: The Yellow River Piano Concerto
Based on the Yellow River Cantata by Xian Xinghai
- intermission –
Central Conservatory Orchestra, Zhang Xian, conductor
Charles Ives (arranged by William Schuman): Variations on America
George Gershwin: An American in Paris
- pause -
Juilliard Orchestra and Central Conservatory Orchestra
Zhang Xian, conductor
Bizet: Farandole, from L’Arlésienne: Suite No. 2
10:00 PM Friendship reception following the concert (NCPA)
The Juilliard Orchestra’s schedule in Shanghai is supported by a generous grant from Citi
Monday, 2 June 2008
7:30 PM Juilliard Chamber Music Concert at Shanghai Conservatory Of Music (SCOM)
Elliott Carter: Eight Etudes and a Fantasy
Emi Ferguson, flute; Nicholas Stovall, oboe;
Moran Katz, clarinet; Benjamin Moermond, bassoon
Franz Liszt: Spanish Rhapsody
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Moments musicaux (Andantino and Presto)
Conrad Tao, Piano
- intermission –
Carter: Scrivo in Vento
Emi Ferguson, Flute
Carter: Gra
Moran Katz, clarinet
Ravel: String Quartet
Ross Snyder and Arianna Warsaw-Fan, violins;
Geoffrey Hamlyn, viola; Emily Brausa, cello
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
10:30 AM Press Conference: Shanghai Grand Theatre (SGT)
2 – 4:30 PM Juilliard Faculty Master Class (He Luting Recital Hall, SCOM)
Joel Smirnoff and 5 SCOM violinists
7:30 PM Juilliard Orchestra Concert Suzhou Science and Cultural Arts Centre (SSCAC)
Zhang Xian, conductor
Shen Yang, baritone
Conrad Tao, piano
Program 1a:
Leonard Bernstein: Overture to Candide
Rachmaninoff: Cavatina from Aleko
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
- intermission -
Berlioz: Symphony fantastique Op. 14
Encore: Barber: Intermezzo from Vanessa
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
2 – 5 PM Juilliard Faculty Master Class (He Luting Concert Hall, SCOM)
Elaine Douvas, oboe, and SCOM students
7:15 PM Juilliard Orchestra Concert Shanghai Grand Theatre (SGT)
Zhang Xian, conductor
Shen Yang, baritone
Conrad Tao, piano
Program 1a:
Leonard Bernstein: Overture to Candide
Rachmaninoff: Cavatina from Aleko
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
- intermission -
Berlioz: Symphony fantastique Op. 14
Encore: Barber: Intermezzo from Vanessa
Thursday, 5 June 2008
10 AM – 12 Noon Juilliard Faculty Master Class (He Luting Concert Hall, SCOM)
Veda Kaplinsky, piano, and 4 SCOM student pianists
7:15 PM Juilliard Orchestra Concert (SGT)
Zhang Xian, conductor
Program 2:
Chen Yi: Ge Xu (Antiphony)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat, Op. 60
- intermission –
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 73
Encores: Stravinsky: Finale from Firebird
Bizet: Farandole, from L’Arlésienne: Suite No. 2
Friday, 6 June 2008
Juilliard Orchestra Departs Shanghai for USA / Arrive USA