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Xian Zhang conductor Juan Esteban Martinez clarinet New Jersey Symphony In this first week of spring, you’ll feel the joy of being outdoors again in Beethoven’s Sixth (perhaps best known as his “Pastoral”) Symphony–even with a thunderstorm brewing on the horizon. Mozart casts bright bolts of sunshine in his Divertimento that spotlights the New Jersey […]
Xian Zhang conductor Bill Barclay host New Jersey Symphony Discover the storytelling power of classical music! Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony was one of his only works that depicts very specific scenes and storylines, which we’ll dive into measure by measure in this concert. Inspired by Leonard Bernstein’s masterful way of putting young audiences at the center […]
Xian Zhang conductor Juan Esteban Martinez clarinet New Jersey Symphony In this first week of spring, you’ll feel the joy of being outdoors again in Beethoven’s Sixth (perhaps best known as his “Pastoral”) Symphony–even with a thunderstorm brewing on the horizon. Mozart casts bright bolts of sunshine in his Divertimento that spotlights the New Jersey […]
Xian Zhang conductor Francesca Dego violin New Jersey Symphony Prokofiev asks for astonishing skill from every musician in his tour-de-force concerto. For his part, Strauss invites the artists to become storytellers in A Hero’s Life. With the New Jersey Symphony, Xian Zhang brings these two epics to life, and all the artists are joined by […]
Xian Zhang conductor Francesca Dego violin New Jersey Symphony Prokofiev asks for astonishing skill from every musician in his tour-de-force concerto. For his part, Strauss invites the artists to become storytellers in A Hero’s Life. With the New Jersey Symphony, Xian Zhang brings these two epics to life, and all the artists are joined by […]
Xian Zhang conductor Mei Gui Zhang soprano Taylor Raven mezzo-soprano Eric Ferring tenor Dashon Burton bass-baritone Montclair State University Chorale | Heather J. Buchanan, director New Jersey Symphony From a little piano solo that Fauré movingly reimagined for orchestra and chorus, to Mahler’s songs of a broken heart finding peace in nature, and finally Mozart’s […]
Xian Zhang conductor Mei Gui Zhang soprano Taylor Raven mezzo-soprano Eric Ferring tenor Dashon Burton bass-baritone Montclair State University Chorale | Heather J. Buchanan, director New Jersey Symphony From a little piano solo that Fauré movingly reimagined for orchestra and chorus, to Mahler’s songs of a broken heart finding peace in nature, and finally Mozart’s […]
Joshua Bell conductor & violin New Jersey Symphony Perhaps America’s finest violinist, Principal Guest Conductor Joshua Bell shows his astonishing range in this two-hour European tour: Beethoven’s thrilling Egmont Overture finds Bell leading from the concertmaster seat; then he stands in the solo spotlight for Saint-Saëns’ Third Violin Concerto, tinged with Spanish flair; finally Bell […]
Constantine Kitsopoulos conductor New Jersey Symphony Don’t miss this big-screen battle with the score performed live by the New Jersey Symphony. The Resistance is in desperate need of help when they find themselves impossibly pursued by the First Order. While Rey travels to a remote planet called Ahch-To to recruit Luke Skywalker to the Resistance, […]
Xian Zhang conductor Emanuel Ax piano New Jersey Symphony Berlioz used all the colors in a composer’s paintbox–and created a few new ones all his own–for his Symphonie fantastique, a swirling portrait of an artist’s passion, dreams and ecstasy. We’ll place this alongside the unparalleled elegance of Emanuel Ax at the piano, and brand-new music […]