By JOHN MCMURTERY

One of the great aspects of being at Juilliard is the opportunity to hear the finest musical artists in collaboration with each other. On January 21 at 8 p.m., flute faculty members Carol Wincenc and Robert Langevin will present a joint recital in the Juilliard Theater as part of the Daniel Saidenberg Faculty Recital Series. Ms. Wincenc, an internationally renowned soloist and recording artist, and Mr. Langevin, principal flutist of the New York Philharmonic, plan to showcase the talents of their colleagues and students in a program almost wild in its diversity.

Robert Langevin and Carol Wincenc (Photo by Peter Schaaf)

When asked what inspired the idea to include students, Langevin explained, "We want to do a concert that includes everyone. We perform all the time, and it is satisfying to give students a chance to perform as well." Wincenc elaborated, "When Jean-Pierre Rampal visited New York, he would organize flute extravaganzas in which he could feature many performers at once. Rampal loved the spirit of such an event; he was so generous that way. One evening at Lincoln Center there must have been 40 flutists on stage performing together. I love this tradition, and felt very comfortable asking Robert to play this concert in an effort to keep that tradition alive. We have a stunning flute studio and are really excited to put this together."

Originally, Langevin had intended to present the C.P.E. Bach Concerto for Two Flutes, H. 408, as the opening work on the January concert. He discovered that the piece is unpublished and unavailable, but that flutist Andras Adorjan plans to publish it in the near future. Instead, Juilliard flute students will join their teachers in a performance of an as-yet-unnamed Telemann concerto, as well as Mendelssohn's Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream and Fauré's beautiful Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11. The latter work features New York Philharmonic harpist Nancy Allen, who will join Mr. Langevin to play Song of the Lark by Charles Rochester Young. Ms. Allen takes the stage with Ms. Wincenc and violinists Miho Saegusa and Jaewon Choi, violist Chihiro Fukuda, and cellist Claire Bryant in a performance of Jolivet's Chant de Linos.

Carol Wincenc and Robert Langevin, Flutes Juilliard Theater Wednesday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m. Forticket information, please see the calendar.

Mr. Langevin and Ms. Wincenc will also play five or six arias from Mozart's The Magic Flute. Regarding Mozart's own transcription of this opera, Langevin says, "Mozart arranged 17 arias to be played on two flutes or two violins. Arrangements of this sort were common during that period, but the remarkable aspect of Mozart's duet writing is that it sounds as complete as the full score of the opera. Mozart's students arranged other operas for similar combinations of instruments, but they are not as successful because the texture consists almost unvaryingly of a melody in one part and its accompaniment in the other. Mozart takes this concept of arrangement a step further by integrating the two lines."

To conclude the concert, all flutists, string quartet, harp, and percussion will premiere a new work by the director of the Juilliard Pre-College Division, Andrew Thomas.

John McMurtery is a D.M.A. student in flute.