Violinist Rachel Podger Leads Juilliard415 in Telemann's "Musique de Table" on Monday, January 29, 2018, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall

Tuesday, Jan 09, 2018
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NEW YORK –– Violinist Rachel Podger, artist in residence in Juilliard’s Historical Performance Program, leads Juilliard415 in Telemann’s Musique de Table on Monday, January 29, 2018, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall. The program includes Telemann’s Overture (Suite) in E Minor for Two Flutes, Strings, and Continuo, TWV 55:e1; Quartet in G Major for Flute, Oboe, Violin, and Continuo, TWV 43: G2; Concerto in A Major for Flute, Violin, and Cello, TWV 53:A2; Trio in E-flat Major for Two Violins and Continuo, TWV 42: Es1; Sonata in A Major for Violin and Continuo, TWV41: A4; and Conclusion in E Minor for Strings and Continuo, TWV 50:5. Prior to the New York concert, Ms. Podger and Juilliard415 will perform the program at the Shalin Liu Center in Rockport, Mass.

Tickets are $20 ($10 for full-time students) and available for beginning January 10 at juilliard.edu/calendar.

About the Program

Juilliard flutist Jonathan Slade writes in the program notes: “In the years, following Telemann’s death, his huge output seemed destined for obscurity, but the works featured in this concert were to contribute to a revival that continues to this day. Republished in 1927, it was Telemann’s Musique de Table of 1733 that prompted a serious reevaluation of the great composer’s legacy.” Slade continues, “The tradition of musique de table, Tafelmusik, or table music can be traced back to the 14th century, in the form of artwork depicting meals with an accompanying musician known as a herald. Over the years, multiple sources document the gradual expansion of musicians, often concealed from view, lest the guests be distracted from their meal.”

Juilliard's full-scholarship Historical Performance program was established and endowed in 2009 by the generous support of Bruce and Suzie Kovner.

About Rachel Podger

Rachel Podger is the founder and artistic director of the Brecon Baroque Festival and her ensemble Brecon Baroque, and she was resident artist at Kings Place for its 2016 season Baroque Unwrapped. In celebration of her 50th birthday, she is releasing three recordings this year: one of Bach cello suites on violin; another of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons; and Guardian Angel, a collaboration with the a cappella group Voces8. Recent engagements include a collaboration and tour with Kristian Bezuidenhout with performances in Italy, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Music at Oxford, and the Boston Early Music Festival. Last summer she led Brecon Baroque in its debut at the Edinburgh International Festival, and performed solo recitals and broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 throughout the U.K. and Europe with harpsichordist Marcin Swiatkiewicz. Ms. Podger collaborated with the vocal group I Fagiolini to open the BBC Proms Chamber Music Series. Highlights of this season include an extensive tour to Australia (Musica Viva) and Europe with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and a tour with Brecon Baroque. She will tour international festivals throughout 2018 and 2019 including a tour with BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Solo concerts and tours include performances in Spain, Holland, Japan, and the Canary Islands, as well as appearances in London at London’s Wigmore Hall and at Lincoln Center.

As a director and soloist, she has enjoyed countless collaborations with musicians all over the world including Robert Levin, Jordi Savall, Masaaki Suzuki, European Union Baroque Orchestra, English Concert, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Academy of Ancient Music, Holland Baroque Society, Tafelmusik (Toronto), Handel and Haydn Society, Berkeley Early Music, Oregon Bach Festival, and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.

Ms. Podger records exclusively for Channel Classics with over 25 discs including the complete Mozart Sonatas. Bach’s Art of Fugue with Brecon Baroque was released in 2016 and her latest recording with Brecon Baroque, Grandissima Gravita, was released in 2017. She is artist in residence at Juilliard and holds the Micaela Comberti Chair for Baroque Violin at the Royal Academy of Music and the Jane Hodge Foundation International Chair in Baroque Violin at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

About Juilliard415

Since its founding in 2009, Juilliard415, the school’s principal period-instrument ensemble, has made significant contributions to musical life in New York and beyond, bringing major figures in the field of early music to lead performances of both rare and canonical works of the 17th and 18th centuries. The many distinguished guests who have led Juilliard415 include Harry Bicket, William Christie, the late Christopher Hogwood, Ton Koopman, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Jordi Savall, and Masaaki Suzuki. Juilliard415 tours extensively in the U.S. and abroad, with notable appearances at the Boston Early Music Festival, Leipzig Bachfest, and Utrecht Early Music Festival (where Juilliard was the first-ever conservatory in residence). With its frequent musical collaborator, the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, the ensemble has played throughout Italy, Japan, Southeast Asia, the U.K., India, and New Zealand. Juilliard415 has performed major oratorios and fully staged Baroque operas every year since its founding. Recent performances include Handel’s Agrippina and Radamisto, Bach’s St. Matthew and St. John Passions, Cavalli’s La Calisto, Charpentier’s Actéon with William Christie, and performances in the U.S. and Holland of Bach’s Mass in B Minor conducted by Ton Koopman (a collaboration with the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague). The ensemble’s most recent international engagement was a 10-concert tour throughout New Zealand with Bach specialist Masaaki Suzuki. The 2017-18 season is notable for the Juilliard debuts of the rising conductor Jonathan Cohen and the Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis, as well as William Christie leading Monteverdi’s Il ballo delle ingrate, an all-Bach concert for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with Maestro Suzuki, and the rare opportunity to see a fully staged production of Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie, with Stephen Stubbs conducting.

About Juilliard Historical Performance

Juilliard’s full-scholarship Historical Performance program offers comprehensive study and performance of music from the 17th and 18th centuries on period instruments. Established and endowed in 2009 by the generous support of Bruce and Suzie Kovner, the program is open to candidates for the Master of Music, Graduate Diploma, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees. A high-profile concert season of opera, orchestral, and chamber music is augmented by a performance-oriented curriculum that fosters an informed understanding of the many issues unique to period-instrument performance at the level of technical excellence and musical integrity for which Juilliard is renowned. The faculty comprises many of the leading performers and scholars in the field. Frequent collaborations with Juilliard’s Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts, the integration of modern-instrument majors outside of the Historical Performance program, and national and international tours have introduced new repertoires and increased awareness of historical performance practice at Juilliard and beyond. Alumni of Juilliard Historical Performance are members of many of the leading period-instrument ensembles, including the Portland Baroque Orchestra, Les Arts Florissants, Mercury, and Tafelmusik, and they have founded such new ensembles as the Sebastians, House of Time, New York Baroque Incorporated, and New Vintage Baroque.

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Program Listings:

Monday, January 29, 2018, 7:30pm, Alice Tully Hall

Juilliard415

Rachel Podger, violin/leader

 

Musique de Table

By Georg Philipp Telemann

 

Overture (Suite) in E Minor for Two Flutes, Strings, and Continuo, TWV 55:e1

Quartet in G Major for Flute, Oboe, Violin, and Continuo, TWV 43:G2

Concerto in A Major for Flute, Violin, and Cello, TWV 53:A2

Trio in E-flat Major for Two Violins and Continuo, TWV 42:Es1

Sonata in A Major for Violin and Continuo, TWV41:A4

Conclusion in E Minor for Strings and Continuo, TWV 50:5

 

Tickets are $20 ($10 for full-time students) and available beginning January 10 at juilliard.edu/calendar.

 

 

Rachel Podger
Violinist Rachel Podger Leads Juilliard415 in Telemann's "Musique de Table" on Monday, January 29, 2018, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall (photo by Richard Termine)