Juilliard Historical Performance | A Day in the Life

Cellist Alexander Nicholls takes you through a typical day in the life of a student in Juilliard's Historical Performance program, including practice sessions; classes; a coaching session with Robert Mealy; a master class with Pablo Heras-Casado; and a performance at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.
Music performed by Juilliard students and the Juilliard415 ensemble:
Mozart's Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285 (master class)
Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (practice, coaching, and lessons)
Marais's Suite No. 2 in G minor (Holy Trinity concert)
Rameau's Overture from Les Indes Galants (video finale) - performed by Juilliard415, live at Alice Tully Hall (October 29, 2015), William Christie conductor
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[@WendyLaw]

Fabulous! Brings back so much memory from my days at Juilliard! All the best!

[@AmayasCrazyLife101LOL]

I want to go to Julliard to be a cellist so watching this made me feel so in peace like i can relate

[@coleb.t.6905]

Amaya I am, yeah I want to be a pianist there, but only 7% gets in 😭

[@lilian9604]

I can feel your joy..😊

[@LivRailton1]

Loved it! You should make more videos for the other arts too. Like a Day in the life of a Drama student or dancer

[@TENETVocalArtists]

Sweet!

[@Violinist.calexbe]

I wish I had a cello like him, but a have a brazilwood cello.
🎻

[@-nar6624]

Can you guys make one for orchestral wind players, i’m a bassoon player.

[@JuilliardSchool]

Thanks for watching and for the suggestion! We'll add this to our video wish list. We recently featured clarinet alum Zach Manzi in our "Life After Juilliard" series (ua-cam.com/video/d7D78NaapzE/v-deo.html).

[@CellaB23]

Does anybody how many applicants (cellists) are admitted? (Sorry for my English...)

[@JuilliardSchool]

Thank you for watching. The number of students admitted each year for cello can vary, but we have a large number of string students studying here and definitely encourage you to apply for either historical performance or our general music program. You can learn more at juilliard.edu/admissions.

[@savagekoalaftw9622]

Isn't that the church from national treasure?

[@JuilliardSchool]

The Historical Performance division regularly performs at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity at 65th and Central Park West: www.holytrinitynyc.org/. "National Treasure" features Trinity Church Wall Street, which is downtown: www.trinitywallstreet.org/.

[@LegallyBrunette4321]

You guys should do one for Drama!

[@karlavaldez1815]

Haliyma Clay there is one lol check it out

[@balthasardenner5216]

What is the wind instrument being played at 2:08 ?

[@_pimes_]

Baroque Flute

[@balthasardenner5216]

@@_pimes_ Thank you!

[@nicksipich1024]

Ofc they played Bach cello suite no 1 lol

[@guilhermefilipe2368]

What's the name of the song 1:36?

[@JuilliardSchool]

That's the prelude from Bach's Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007.

[@guilhermefilipe2368]

Thanks

[@lunar.6091]

Were they practicing in a library lmao

[@emilypalmer956]

Wait does he not use an end pin? I'm confused! How can he play like that?

[@JuilliardSchool]

Our historical performance students play on period instruments in the style that would have been done in the baroque era. Cellists then did not use an end pin. If you look closely, you can see that he is holding the lower part of his cello with his legs.

[@_pizzasauce]

Burrito Bowl he's just really short

[@jacksonflower8045]

wait so in order to play baroque i just forget about intonation right? hahahahahaha i’m so funny

[@_alicia__]

Lol, nice.

[@PaolaHernandez-xo8qt]

What concerns me is that his cello does not have an end pin and I know this because I’m a cellist myself and I know what a cello looks like

[@JuilliardSchool]

Baroque cellos actually do not use an end pin -- our historical performance students all play on period instruments!

[@botdog370]

Ender Girl You’re so cool you play cello so you know what it looks like. But yes this is a different cello :)

[@alisonzzz8777]

HDFSFJKS THAT ROAST FROM JUILLIARD LMAOOOOO

[@snootzie78]

What's so great about Bach anyway?

[@ReubenLL28]

Bach was a master of every musical form that existed at the time in a way absolutely blows all other composers in history out of the water. His contrapuntal compositional style seamlessly blends melodic lines into a cohesive whole. Not only is every piece of music by him basically a masterpiece, he composed nearly 1200 separate compositions during his life, making his oeuvre one of the largest of all the master composers. Bach's music is perhaps the most influential source in the principles of music theory that are still used today.

[@The2013Gaming]

@musicalmario28 nerd

[@ReubenLL28]

thanks!

[@reneiloe_m]

anyone know what type of bow he is using?

[@melutox]

That's an 18th century style bow (Also called Baroque Bow) if I'm not mistaken.