Words & Buried Meaning
CREATIVE ASSOCIATE SERIES Friday, Words & December 4, Buried Meaning 1pm ET Creative Associate Nico Muhly in Join us on Zoom Conversation With Iestyn Davies (Passcode: 988570) Moderated by Creative Associate Nadia Sirota Photo: Edward Nelson The Juilliard School presents Words & Buried Meaning Creative Associate Nico Muhly in Conversation With Iestyn Davies Moderated by Creative Associate Nadia Sirota This discussion between Creative Associate Nico Muhly (MM ’04, composition) and countertenor Iestyn Davies will explore their years-long collaborations, including a chamber work dealing with archaeology and the beauty of the lost past (Old Bones); a monodrama about Alan Turing (Sentences); arrangements of folk music and John Dowland; and, most recently, a song created and recorded entirely during the COVID-19 lockdowns. The conversation will be moderated by Creative Associate Nadia Sirota (BM ’04, MM ’06, viola). The program may include excerpts from the following works: Sentences: Part III Iestyn Davies, Countertenor Britten Sinfonia Nico Muhly, Composer The Bitter Withy (Traditional, arr. Muhly) Iestyn Davies, Countertenor Britten Sinfonia New-Made Tongue Iestyn Davies, Countertenor Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Oliver Zeffman, Conductor Nico Muhly, Composer Old Bones Iestyn Davies, Countertenor Thomas Dunford, Theorbo Nico Muhly, Composer Time Stands Still (Dowland, arr. Muhly) Iestyn Davies, Countertenor Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon, Conductor 1 Juilliard’s Creative Enterprise programming, including the Creative Associates program, is generously sponsored by Jody and John Arnhold. Special thanks to Kevin Anthenill, Olivia Fitzsimons, James Lemkin, Fritz Myers, Sue Spence, and the many members of the Juilliard community who helped bring this program to life. 2 Panelists Nico Muhly Creative Associate Nico Muhly (MM ’04, composition) is an American composer and sought-after collaborator whose influences range from American minimalism to the Anglican choral tradition.
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