The Juilliard Chamber Orchestra performs works by Respighi, Haydn, and Schoenberg on Wednesday, April 2 at 8 PM in Juilliard's Peter Jay Sharp Theater

Michal Korman is soloist in Haydn's Cello Concerto in C Major

The Juilliard Chamber Orchestra, a conductorless, collaborative ensemble, performs Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3 (1931); Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C Major with Juilliard cellist, Israeli-born Michal Korman; and Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night, Op. 4 (1899/1917) on Wednesday, April 2 at 8 PM in Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater, located at 155 West 65th Street.

FREE tickets are required and are available beginning March 19 at the Juilliard Box Office, located at 60 Lincoln Center Plaza. Box Office hours are Monday through Friday from 11 AM to 6 PM. To get to the Box Office, walk west on 65th Street towards Amsterdam Avenue and take the escalator or the elevator to the plaza level. For more information, call (212) 769-7406 or go to www.juilliard.edu.

Respighi’s Suite No. 3 (1931) is based on lute and guitar pieces from the Renaissance. The work is in four movements: Italiana; Aire di corte; Siciliana; and Passacaglia.

Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C Major was composed in the mid-1760s, most likely for the cellist Joseph Wiegl, who was at the Esterhazy court where Haydn spent most of his middle years. Stylistically, it is closer to the composer’s violin concertos from the same period than with his other Cello Concerto, in D Major.

In Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night, Op. 4 (1899/1917), the composer turned to a poem entitled “Two People” (from Woman and World) by Richard Dehmel for his inspiration for the work. In “Two People,” a woman and her beloved wander in the moonlit woods. She tells him a dark secret: Believing that motherhood would give her life meaning, she had become pregnant by a stranger before meeting and falling in love with him, and now carries the other man’s baby. Expecting anger and rejection, the woman instead receives compassion and understanding. The man believes the universe will “transfigure” the child. He promises to make the child theirs, and to commit to the love they both feel. The work was composed shortly after Schoenberg met Mathilde von Zemlinsky, the sister of his teacher and friend Alexander von Zemlinsky. He and Mathilde would later marry. 

Cellist Michal Korman has performed internationally with such orchestras as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Tivoli Festival Orchestra (Denmark), the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional of Peru, and the Israel Camerata Jerusalem. Ms. Korman has appeared in recital at various halls, including the Cello Society of New York, Juilliard’s Paul Hall, Israel’s Striker Auditorium and Targ Music Center, the Jerusalem Music Centre, and Claremont Auditorium. As a soloist, Ms. Korman has worked with conductors Zubin Mehta, Marek Piajorowski, and Avner Biron, to name a few. An avid chamber music musician, Ms. Korman has participated in the Marlboro and Yellow Barn music festivals, and has collaborated with Itamar Golan, Arnold Steinhardt, Samuel Rhodes, Roger Tapping, and members of The Peabody Trio. She also has participated at the Lima Chamber Music Festival in Peru, the West-Eastern Divan (directed by Daniel Barenboim) in Europe, and the Manchester International Cello Festival in Great Britain. Born in Jerusalem in 1983, Ms. Korman is currently a student of Joel Krosnick in the artist diploma program at Juilliard. She earned her master of music degree at Juilliard under the tutelage of Timothy Eddy. She holds a bachelor of music degree magna cum laude from the Buchman-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University.

About the Juilliard Chamber Orchestra

Coached by members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Juilliard Chamber Orchestra is based on the Orpheus model of collaborative leadership, where students select repertoire, coordinate personnel, and plan rehearsal schedules. From methods of musical communication to administrative problem-solving, the program provides students with instruction and experience in crucial arts leadership skill sets. By creating a working environment where students are empowered to make artistic and career decisions, Orpheus and Juilliard are together training a new generation of music entrepreneurs who will be prepared to lead in an evolving 21st-century arts marketplace.