Conductor Nicholas McGegan leads the Juilliard Orchestra in opening concert of the Orchestra season on Thursday, October 2 at 8 PM in The Peter Jay Sharp Theater

Program features works by Prokofiev, Mozart, Handel, and Haydn

The Juilliard Orchestra 2008-09 season opens on Thursday, October 2 at 8 PM in The Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Juilliard (155 West 65th Street) with British conductor Nicholas McGegan leading the Juilliard Orchestra in Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 (“Classical”); Mozart’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 15 in B-flat Major, K. 450 (soloist to be announced on September 19); Handel’s Concerto Grosso in B-flat Major, Op. 3, No. 2; and Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 in D Major (“London”).

The Juilliard Orchestra is fresh from their recent tour, in late May and early June, of the People’s Republic of China. Led by conductor Zhang Xian, the Juilliard Orchestra made tour stops in Beijing, Suzhou, and Shanghai.

FREE tickets to this concert will be available beginning September 18 at the Juilliard Box Office, which should be relocated at that time to the lobby of Juilliard at 155 West 65th Street. Enter on the street level. Box Office hours are Monday through Friday from 11 AM to 6 PM. For further information, call (212) 769-7406 or visit www.juilliard.edu.
 
Conductor Nicholas McGegan has made his name as someone with a healthy respect for – but a certain distance – from the early-music tastemakers of his native England during his longtime appointments with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco, Germany’s International Handel-Festival Göttingen, Sweden’s Drottningholm Theatre, the Milwaukee Symphony, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. In 2007-08, he made appearances with the BBC Scottish Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, made his debut with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Forth Worth Symphony, the Saint Louis Symphony, the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and led a performance of Handel’s Belshazzar with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. He made an appearance at the International Handel-Festival Göttingen, of which he has been the artistic director since 1991; he conducted the Handel Festival Orchestra in fully-stage performances of Handel’s Giulio Cesare and concert performances of Solomon. He also appeared at the Ravinia Festival, Aspen Music Festival, the Hollywood Bowl, and the Edinburgh International Festival. Mr. McGegan was educated at Cambridge and Oxford universities.

The next concert in the Juilliard Orchestra season takes place on Friday, October 10 at 8 PM in The Peter Jay Sharp Theater with conductor James DePreist leading the Juilliard Orchestra in Schumann’s Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 and Dvorák’s Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88.

FOR LISTINGS:
Thursday, October 2, 8 PM
The Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Juilliard, 155 West 65th Street, NYC

Juilliard Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
(Piano soloist to be announced on September 20.)

Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 (“Classical”)
Mozart  Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 15 in B-flat Major, K. 450
Handel  Concerto Grosso in B-flat Major, Op. 3, No. 2
Haydn  Symphony No. 104 in D Major (“London”)

FREE tickets are available beginning September 18 from the Juilliard Box Office, 155 West 65th Street, open Monday through Friday, from 11 AM to 6 PM. For further information, call (212) 769-7406 or visit www.juilliard.edu.

THE JUILLIARD ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE CALENDAR – FALL 2008

Friday, October 10, 8 PM
The Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Juilliard, 155 West 65th Street
James DePreist, conductor

Schumann Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61
Dvorák  Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88

FREE tickets are available beginning September 26 from the Juilliard Box Office, 155 West 65th Street, open Monday through Friday, from 11 AM to 6 PM. For further information, call (212) 769-7406 or visit www.juilliard.edu.

Monday, October 27, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
James Conlon, conductor
(Part of Mr. Conlon’s “Recovered Voices” project at Juilliard.)

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich  Symphony No. 5: Concerto for Orchestra
(world premiere, commissioned by Juilliard)
Mahler    Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

Tickets for Carnegie Hall concerts are $25 (parquet, 1st and 2nd tiers) and $10 (dress circle and balcony) and are available beginning September 29 at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, through CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800, or purchased online at www.carnegiehall.org. Half-price tickets for students and seniors are available at the Carnegie Hall Box Office.

Thursday, November 20, 8 PM
The Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Juilliard, 155 West 65th Street
David Atherton, conductor
(Piano soloist to be announced on October 22.)

Stravinsky  Scherzo à la russe (both original and symphonic version will be performed)
Stravinsky  Petrushka
Ginastera  Piano Concerto No. 1

FREE tickets are available beginning November 6 from the Juilliard Box Office, 155 West 65th Street, open Monday through Friday, from 11 AM to 6 PM. For further information, call (212) 769-7406 or visit www.juilliard.edu.

Monday, November 24, 7:30 PM, Avery Fisher Hall
Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Oratorio Society of New York
Young People’s Chorus of New York

Beethoven  Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (“Eroica”)
Bernstein  Symphony No. 3 (“Kaddish”)

Tickets are Avery Fisher Hall concerts are $25 (orchestra level) and $10 (all tiers) and are available at the Avery Fisher Hall Box Office, through CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500, or purchased online at www.lincolncenter.org, approximately 5 weeks prior to the performance. Beginning on October 20, FREE tickets for students and seniors will be available at the Avery Fisher Hall Box Office.

Friday, December 12, 8 PM, Carnegie Hall
James DePreist, conductor
(Violin soloist to be announced on November 12.)

Enesco   Romanian Rhapsody No. 2
Prokofiev Concerto No. 2 in G Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 63
John Corigliano  Symphony No. 1

Tickets for Carnegie Hall concerts are $25 (parquet, 1st and 2nd tiers) and $10 (dress circle and balcony) and are available beginning November 14 at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, through CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800, or purchased online at www.carnegiehall.org. Half-price tickets for students and seniors are available at the Carnegie Hall Box Office.