Juilliard415 & Jonathan Cohen
Sunday, January 14, 2018, 4 p.m.
Corpus Christi Church
Juilliard415
Jonathan Cohen, harpsichord and conductor
Madness and Enchantment
Hear the diabolical in Boccherini’s Sinfonia in D Minor, “La Casa del Diavolo,” the madness in Telemann’s Ouverture, “Burlesque de Quixotte,” and the enchantment in excerpts from Purcell’s The Fairy Queen. The charismatic British conductor Jonathan Cohen directs the extraordinary students of Juilliard415 as they offer yet more madness with pieces by Durante and Corelli.
“[Juilliard415’s] consummate deliberation was matched by their concentration and their absorption, tempered with enthusiasm and a sense of enjoyment. They were completely ‘into’ the music. It was a winning combination!”—DMS Review Blog
Artist website: Juilliard415
Artist Bios and Program
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, Monica Huggett, Ton Koopman, Nicholas McGegan, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Jordi Savall, and Masaaki Suzuki. Juilliard415 tours extensively in the US 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 UK, 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 Matthew and John Passions, Cavalli’s La Calisto, Charpentier’s Actéon with William Christie, and performances in the US 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 ten-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, a side-by-side collaboration with Philharmonia Baroque in San Francisco, as well as return visits by Rachel Podger in a program of Telemann, William Christie leading Monteverdi’s Il ballo delle ingrate, a concert of music from Handel’s London under the direction of Robert Mealy, 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.
Tickets
Individual Tickets
Preferred Center: $50
Center: $42.50
Premium Balcony and Sides: $35
Balcony: $30
Partial View: $15
Season Subscriptions
Regular Subscription: $180-300
Designer Subscription:$195-310
Mini-Designer Subscription: $105-165
