Juilliard Orchestra Announces 2019-20 Season

Featuring David Robertson Conducting Mahler's Symphony No. 5 at Carnegie Hall

Juilliard Welcomes Guest Conductors Marin Alsop, Karina Canellakis, Elim Chan, Nicholas McGegan, Nimrod David Pfeffer, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Elinor Rufeizen, Jörg Widmann, Mark Wigglesworth, and Keri-Lynn Wilson

Anne Manson Conducts Closing Concert of 2019 Focus Festival Featuring Pioneering Women Composers of the 20th Century

NEW YORK –– The Juilliard Orchestra’s 2019-20 season features more than a dozen performances led by guest and faculty conductors as well as collaborations with Juilliard Dance and Juilliard Opera. In a first for the school, the Juilliard Orchestra will collaborate with Juilliard415 on a joint program. Guest conductors leading the Juilliard Orchestra in 2019-20 are alumna Marin Alsop, alumna Karina Canellakis, Elim Chan (in her New York debut), Anne Manson, Nicholas McGegan, alumnus Nimrod David Pfeffer, Carlos Miguel Prieto, alumna Elinor Rufeizen, alumnus Jörg Widmann, Mark Wigglesworth, and alumna Keri-Lynn Wilson; faculty conductors will be Jeffrey Milarsky (also an alumnus) and David Robertson.

The season opens with alumna Karina Canellakis, newly appointed chief conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the first principal guest conductor in the history of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducting the Juilliard Orchestra in Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres), Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 (soloist to be announced), and Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben on Saturday, September 21, 2019, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall.

Faculty member and alumnus Jeffrey Milarsky conducts the Juilliard Orchestra on Thursday, October 17, 2019, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall in a program featuring Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Metacosmos (2017), which the New York Philharmonic premiered and the Juilliard Orchestra will be performing in a concert with the Royal Academy of Music at the BBC Proms in July. Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor (soloist to be announced) and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra round out the program.

Mark Wigglesworth, who has had a long relationship with the English National Opera and who will be in New York to conduct Orfeo at the Metropolitan Opera in the fall, will lead the Juilliard Orchestra in Walton’s Portsmouth Point Overture, Wagner’s Suite from Die Meistersinger, and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2 in D Major on Monday, October 28, 2019, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall.

Recent alumnus Nimrod David Pfeffer, an assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, will conduct Juilliard singers and the Juilliard Orchestra in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, directed by faculty member David Paul, on Wednesday, November 13 and Friday, November 15, at 7:30pm, and Sunday, November 17, 2019, at 2pm in Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater.

Carlos Miguel Prieto, music director of the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México and music director of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, returns to conduct the Juilliard Orchestra in the final concert of the fall semester, on Saturday, December 14, 2019, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall. The program includes Gabriela Ortiz’s Téenek - Invenciones de Territorio, John Harbison’s Viola Concerto (soloist to be announced), and Copland’s Symphony No. 3.

Alumna Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, returns to conduct the Juilliard Orchestra in a program featuring Barber’s Toccata festiva, Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 2 in G Major (soloist to be announced), and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 in D Major in the opening concert of the spring semester, on Saturday, January 25, 2020, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall.

The closing night of Juilliard’s Focus festival, Trailblazers: Pioneering Women Composers of the 20th Century, features conductor Anne Manson, music director of the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, on Friday, January 31, 2020, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall. The program includes Betsy Jolas’ A Little Summer Suite (2015, New York premiere), Grażyna Bacewicz’s Cello Concerto No. 2 (1963) (soloist to be announced), Ethel Smyth’s On the Cliffs of Cornwall, (Prelude to Act II of The Wreckers) (1904), Thea Musgrave’s Rainbow (1990), and Sofia Gubaidulina’s The Rider on the White Horse (2002, New York premiere) (organ soloist to be announced).

The Juilliard Orchestra and Juilliard415 will collaborate in a concert with conductor Nicholas McGegan, who enters his last season as music director of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. In the first half of the concert, McGegan will lead Juilliard415 in J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major and the New York premiere of Gonzalo X. Ruiz’s Sweet Pulcinella, an arrangement of the original source material that inspired Stravinsky’s ballet Pulcinella. The second-half of the concert will feature the Juilliard Orchestra performing Stravinsky’s Concerto in E-flat Major, “Dumbarton Oaks,” and Pulcinella Suite on Monday, February 10, 2020, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall.

Jeffrey Milarsky conducts the Juilliard Orchestra in the annual Composers Concert, featuring four world premieres by student composers on Thursday, February 20, 2020, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall.

David Robertson, director of conducting studies and distinguished visiting faculty at Juilliard, makes his annual appearance leading the Juilliard Orchestra; the program includes Steven Mackey’s Beautiful Passing (violin soloist to be announced) and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at 8pm at Carnegie Hall.

The Juilliard Orchestra will provide live music for Juilliard’s Spring Dances performances featuring Juilliard dancers. Recent alumna Elinor Rufeizen will conduct the orchestra in three works by J.S. Bach that were orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski for choreographer and alumnus Paul Taylor’s Promethean Fire (2002). The works include Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565, Prelude in E-flat Minor, BWV 853, and Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott, BWV 680. Performances take place March 22-28, 2020 in Juilliard's Peter Jay Sharp Theater.

Clarinetist, composer, conductor and alumnus Jörg Widmann, 2019-20 Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair at Carnegie Hall, will conduct the Juilliard Orchestra as part of his yearlong residency at Carnegie Hall on Friday, March 27, 2020, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall. The program features Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture; two of Widmann’s works: Violin Concerto No. 2 (2018, U.S. premiere) performed by DMA student Stella Chen, the first-prize winner of this year's Queen Elisabeth Competition, and Con Brio; and Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 in C Major, “Jupiter."

Making her New York debut will be Elim Chan, principal guest conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra (beginning this fall), who will conduct the Juilliard Orchestra on Monday, April 6, 2020, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall. The program features Lera Auerbach’s Icarus, Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (piano soloist to be announced), and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5.

Alumna Keri-Lynn Wilson, a regular guest conductor at leading international opera companies and orchestras, conducts Juilliard singers and the Juilliard Orchestra in Puccini’s La bohème, directed by faculty member Stephen Wadsworth, on Wednesday, April 22 and Friday, April 24, at 7:30pm and Sunday, April 26, 2020, at 2pm in Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater. Wilson also conducts the Juilliard Orchestra in its annual Commencement Concert in Alice Tully Hall, on Thursday, May 21, 2020, with an early start time of 6pm. The program will include alumnus Sean Shepherd’s Magiya, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, and additional work to be announced.

Juilliard’s smaller ensembles also have a busy season. The Juilliard Chamber Orchestra, a conductorless ensemble coached by Orpheus member and Juilliard faculty member and New York Philharmonic cellist Eric Bartlett, performs on Monday, December 9, 2019, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall. The program features Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1, Mozart’s Per questa bella mano, K. 612 with bass-baritone William Socolof and a double bass soloist to be announced, and Strauss’ Le bourgeois gentilhomme, TrV 228c.

The Juilliard Wind Orchestra presents two concerts this season, led by Patricia Rogers (October 13, 2019, at 3pm in Paul Hall) and Raymond Mase and William Short (November 24, 2019, at 3pm in the Peter Jay Sharp Theater).

Reasonably priced tickets are available for the concerts, which take place in the Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Paul Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Carnegie Hall. Full-time students with a valid ID may purchase half-price tickets. Box Office and ticket information follows at the end of the release.

2019-20 Juilliard Orchestra
Calendar of Events

Fall 2019 Semester

Saturday, September 21, 2019, 7:30pm, Alice Tully Hall
Juilliard Orchestra
Karina Canellakis, Conductor
Missy MAZZOLI Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 (soloist to be announced)
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben

Sunday, October 13, 2019, 3pm, Paul Hall
Juilliard Wind Orchestra
Patricia Rogers, Conductor
BEETHOVEN Octet in E-flat Major
STRAUSS Serenade in E-flat Major, Op. 7
DVOŘÁK Serenade for Winds in D Minor, Op. 44

Thursday, October 17, 2019, 7:30pm, Alice Tully Hall
Juilliard Orchestra
Jeffrey Milarsky, Conductor
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Metacosmos (2017)
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor (soloist to be announced)
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

Monday, October 28, 2019, 7:30pm, Alice Tully Hall
Juilliard Orchestra
Mark Wigglesworth, Conductor
WALTON Portsmouth Point Overture
WAGNER Suite from Die Meistersinger
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D Major

Wednesday, November 13, 2019, 7:30pm, Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Friday, November 15, 2019, 7:30pm, Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Sunday, November 17, 2019, 2pm, Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Juilliard Opera
Nimrod David Pfeffer, Conductor
David Paul, Director
MOZART Così fan tutte

Sunday, November 24, 2019, 3pm, Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Juilliard Wind Orchestra
Raymond Mase, Conductor
William Short, Conductor
MENDELSSOHN Overture for Winds in C Major
Eric EWAZEN Symphony in Brass
STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947)

Monday, December 9, 2019, 7:30pm, Alice Tully Hall
Juilliard Chamber Orchestra
William Socolof, Bass-baritone
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
MOZART Per questa bella mano, K. 612 (with bass-baritone William Socolof and a double bass soloist to be announced)
STRAUSS Le bourgeois gentilhomme, TrV 228c

Saturday, December 14, 2019, 7:30pm, Alice Tully Hall
Juilliard Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto, Conductor
Gabriela ORTIZ Téenek- Invenciones de Territorio
John HARBISON Viola Concerto (soloist to be announced)
COPLAND Symphony No. 3

Spring 2020 Semester

Saturday, January 25, 2020, 7:30pm, Alice Tully Hall
Juilliard Orchestra
Marin Alsop, Conductor
BARBER Toccata festiva (organ soloist to be announced)
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 2 in G Major (soloist to be announced)
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D Major

Friday, January 31, 2020, 7:30pm, Alice Tully Hall
2020 Focus Festival
Trailblazers: Pioneering Women Composers of the 20th Century
Juilliard Orchestra
Anne Manson, Conductor
Betsy JOLAS A Little Summer Suite (2015, New York premiere)
Grażyna BACEWICZ Cello Concerto No. 2 (1963) (soloist to be announced)
Ethel SMYTH On the Cliffs of Cornwall, Prelude to Act II of The Wreckers (1904)
Thea MUSGRAVE Rainbow (1990)
Sofia GUBAIDULINA The Rider on the White Horse (2002, New York premiere) (organ soloist to be announced)

Monday, February 10, 2020, 7:30pm, Alice Tully Hall
Juilliard415 and Juilliard Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, Conductor
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major
Gonzalo X. RUIZ Sweet Pulcinella (New York premiere)
STRAVINSKY Concerto in E-flat Major, “Dumbarton Oaks”
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite

Thursday, February 20, 2020, 7:30pm, Alice Tully Hall
Juilliard Orchestra
Jeffrey Milarsky, Conductor
Featuring four world premieres by Juilliard student composers

Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 8pm, Carnegie Hall
Juilliard Orchestra
David Robertson, Conductor
Steven MACKEY Beautiful Passing (violin soloist to be announced)
MAHLER Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 7:30pm, Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Thursday, March 26, 2020, 7:30pm
Friday, March 27, 2020, 7:30pm
Saturday, March 28, 2020, 2pm and 7:30pm
Juilliard Spring Dances
Juilliard Dancers
Juilliard Orchestra
Elinor Rufeizen, Conductor
Promethean Fire, choreographed by Paul Taylor
J.S. BACH-STOKOWSKI Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
J.S. BACH-STOKOWSKI Prelude in E-flat Minor, BWV 853
J.S. BACH-STOKOWSKI Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott, BWV 680

Friday, March 27, 2020, 7:30pm, Alice Tully Hall
Juilliard Orchestra
Jörg Widmann, Conductor
Stella Chen, Violin
MENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overture
Jörg WIDMANN Con Brio
WIDMANN Violin Concerto No. 2 (2018, U.S. premiere)
MOZART Symphony No. 41 in C Major “Jupiter”

Monday, April 6, 2020, 7:30pm, Alice Tully Hall
Juilliard Orchestra
Elim Chan, Conductor
Lera AUERBACH Icarus
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (piano soloist to be announced)
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 7:30pm, Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Friday, April 24, 2020, 7:30pm, Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Sunday, April 26, 2020, 2pm, Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Juilliard Opera
Keri-Lynn Wilson, Conductor
Stephen Wadsworth, Director
PUCCINI La bohème

Thursday, May 21, 2020, 6pm, Alice Tully Hall
Commencement Concert
Juilliard Orchestra
Keri-Lynn Wilson, Conductor
Sean SHEPHERD Magiya
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1 in F Minor
(Additional work to be announced.)

Ticket and Box Office Information

Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater

Juilliard Orchestra tickets for dance performances at $30 ($15 for full-time students with a valid ID) and $40 ($20 for full-time students with a valid ID) for opera performances will be available beginning September 19, 2019 at juilliard.edu/calendar or at Juilliard’s Box Office.

Juilliard Wind Orchestra tickets for Peter Jay Sharp Theater and Paul Hall concerts are $10 and will be available beginning September 19, 2019 at juilliard.edu/calendar or at Juilliard’s Box Office.

Alice Tully Hall

Juilliard Orchestra tickets are $30 and will be available beginning September 19, 2019 at juilliard.edu/calendar at at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office. Full-time students with valid ID may purchase tickets for $15 at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office.

Tickets for the September 21, 2019 Juilliard Orchestra concert will be available beginning August 20, 2019 at juilliard.edu/calendar.

Tickets for the December 9, 2019 Juilliard Chamber Orchestra concert are $20 and will be available beginning September 19, 2019 at juilliard.edu/calendar. Full-time students with valid ID may purchase tickets for $10 at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office.

Tickets are free for the January 31, 2020 Focus festival closing concert and will be available beginning September 19, 2019 at either the Juilliard Box Office or the Alice Tully Hall Box Office.

Tickets for the February 10, 2020 Juilliard415 and Juilliard Orchestra concert are $20 and will be available beginning September 19, 2019 at juilliard.edu/calendar. Full-time students with valid ID may purchase tickets for $10 at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office.

Tickets for Juilliard’s May 21, 2020 Commencement Concert are $30 (with free tickets for members at the Patron level and above). Tickets will be available beginning September 19, 2019 at juilliard.edu/calendar.

Carnegie Hall

Tickets are $30 (parquet, first tier, second tier) and $15 (dress circle) and will be available beginning September 19, 2019 at juilliard.edu/calendar or at the Carnegie Hall Box Office. Full-time students with a valid ID may purchase tickets at $15 (parquet, first tier, second tier) and $7.50 (dress circle, balcony), only at the Carnegie Hall Box Office.

About the Juilliard Orchestra

Juilliard’s largest and most visible student performing ensemble, the Juilliard Orchestra, is known for delivering polished and passionate performances of works spanning the repertoire. Comprising more than 350 students in the bachelor’s and master’s degree programs, the orchestra appears throughout the season in concerts on the stages of Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Alice Tully Hall, David Geffen Hall, and Carnegie Hall.

The orchestra is a strong partner to Juilliard’s other divisions, appearing in opera and dance productions, as well as presenting an annual concert of world premieres by Juilliard student composers. David Robertson is director of conducting studies and distinguished visiting faculty.

Last season an impressive roster of world renowned conductors led the Juilliard Orchestra, including John Adams, Marin Alsop, Joseph Colaneri, Mark Elder, Barbara Hannigan (in her New York debut), Steven Osgood, Peter Oundjian, and Gil Rose along with faculty conductors Jeffrey Milarsky, Itzhak Perlman, Matthias Pintscher, and David Robertson.

The Juilliard Orchestra has toured across the U.S. and throughout Europe, South America, and Asia, where it was the first Western conservatory ensemble allowed to visit and perform following the opening of the People’s Republic of China in 1987, returning two decades later, in 2008.

Other ensembles under the Juilliard Orchestra umbrella include the conductorless Juilliard Chamber Orchestra, the Juilliard Wind Orchestra, and the new-music groups AXIOM and New Juilliard Ensemble.

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