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Opera Double Bill Offers Insight Into Stravinsky's Evolution
By LISA ROBINSON
In the Juilliard Opera Center's final presentation of the season, two works by Igor Stravinsky—Le Rossignol ("The Nightingale") and Oedipus Rex—help to shed light on the composer's development from a gifted young artist still heavily under the influence of Rimsky-Korsakov to one whose unique voice and originality ensured that his stature as an artist would ultimately surpass that of his teacher.
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Reviving Music Silenced by the Holocaust
By JONATHAN YATES
James Conlon is a conductor on a mission. The foremost advocate for composers who lost their lives in the Holocaust, or whose careers were derailed by the Nazis, in 2003 he initiated a multi-year project, "Recovering a Musical Heritage." This month Conlon returns for the second installment, which focuses exclusively on the music of Erwin Schulhoff.
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'Terrifying Joy'
By BRYAN LOHR
At the age of 27, Paul Jacobs is one of Juilliard's youngest faculty members ever. This month, Jacobs will endeavor to do something that most musicians of any age would look upon with awe: He will play the complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen, some nine hours of music, in a one-day marathon concert at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin.
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Mary Lou Williams: 6 Decades of Jazz Innovation
By LOREN SCHONBERG
In the words of Duke Ellington, Mary Lou Williams was "perpetually contemporary." As an African-American woman, she overcame incredible odds and became one of the leading jazz lights of her generation. This month, the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, in its final concert of the season, salutes Williams in a concert titled "'What’s Your Story?': The Music of Mary Lou Williams". Loren Schoenberg tells her story.
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