Juilliard, in collaboration with the New York Philharmonic, will present a farewell chamber music recital in honor of violinist Glenn Dicterow, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic and faculty member at Juilliard.
Dicterow, as Classicalite reported, is retiring from both positions at the end of this season.
This free concert on Sunday, January 19 at 5:00 p.m. in Alice Tully Hall features Dicterow with his fellow New York Philharmonic musicians and guests, many of whom also have a strong Juilliard connection.
Dicterow is joined by pianist Gerald Robbins, Philharmonic associate principal Lisa Kim (of second violin group, who studied with Dicterow at Juilliard), violist Karen Dreyfus and associate principal cellist Eileen Moon.
The program includes specially selected works that reflect Dicterow's career in both New York and Los Angeles: John Corigliano's Violin Sonata, Hollywood film composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold's suite from Much Ado About Nothing and the String Quartet No. 12, "American" by New York-transplant Antonín Dvořák.
The Korngold work represents Dicterow's history in Los Angeles, where he grew up and served as associate concertmaster and concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic before joining the New York Philharmonic.
Mr. Dicterow is planning to return to Los Angeles at the end of the season.
"I had my Hollywood exposure as a young man in the 1970s," Dicterow said. "I participated in a lot of films with John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, John Barry and other great composers of the film world. Much Ado About Nothing could be a score for an Errol Flynn movie. There's so much color and imagination in it. It's a gem, but seldom played."
When he returns to his home state, Dicterow will teach at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music as holder of the newly established Robert Mann Chair in Strings and Chamber Music.
Corigliano's Violin Sonata represents Dicterow's time in New York City. The New York-based composer is on the faculty of Juilliard, and his father--John Corigliano, Sr.--served as Philharmonic concertmaster from 1943 to 1966.
Also representing Dicterow's New York career, Dvořák's "American" quartet will conclude the program.
Free tickets to the January 19 concert will be available January 6 at the Janet and Leonard Kramer box office at Juilliard. Tickets are available for New York Philharmonic subscribers, friends, and patrons now through January 5.
For more information, visit juilliard.edu.
