The Cerus Quartet will perform at The Bickford Theatre at The Morris Museum in Morris Township, April 9.
April 2: Princeton Chamberfest (part of Princeton Chamber Music Series) at Channing Hall, Princeton. Music by Mort featuring Robin Park, cello; Per Tengstrand, piano; Katie Liu, viola; Georgia Post, viola; Julia Hwang, violin; Kelly Kim, violin; Tendekai Mawokomatanda, bass.
April 8: Ébène String Quartet at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Mozart’s String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421; Ravel’s String Quartet; Brahms’ String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2.
April 9: Cerus Quartet at Bickford Theatre at Morris Museum, Morris Township. Program includes music by Felix Mendelssohn, Emma O’Halloran, Alexander Glazunov, Astor Piazzolla, Cecile Chaminade and Pedro Iturralde.
April 10 and 12: New Jersey Symphony, “Xian Conducts Prokofiev & Strauss” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Francesca Dego, violin. Program includes Anton Webern’s Im Sommerwind; Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2; Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben.
April 11: New Jersey Symphony, “Xian Conducts Prokofiev & Strauss” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Xian Zhang, conductor; Francesca Dego, violin. Program includes Anton Webern’s Im Sommerwind; Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2; Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben.
April 11: Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey at Patriots Theater at War Memorial, Trenton. Kyle Ritenauer, conductor. Program includes Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5; Zoltan Kodaly’s Dances of Galanta; Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade in A minor.
April 11: Livingston Symphony Orchestra at Heritage Middle School, Livingston. “The Color of Nature” program includes Patrick Burns’ Adagio for Orchestra; Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D Major.
April 11: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison. Program includes Camille Saint-Saëns’ Trio No. 1 in F major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 18; Henri Duparc’s “L’Invitation au voyage” for Voice and Piano; Maurice Ravel’s Shéhérazade for Voice, Flute, and Piano; Gabriel Fauré’s Quartet No. 1 in C minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 15.
April 12: Itzhak Perlman at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
April 12: Brook Orchestra at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook. Thomas Vacca, conductor. Program includes music by Beethoven, Bizet and Tchaikovsky.
April 12: Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea, “An Opera Celebration” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
April 12: Teatro Nuovo at Van Vleck House & Gardens, Montclair.
April 16 and 18: New Jersey Symphony, “Mozart’s Requiem” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. 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). Program includes Gabriel Fauré’s Pavane; Gustav Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem.
April 17: Arturo Delmoni, violin, and Nina Siniakova, piano, at Bösendorfer Recital Room at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
April 18: Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet,” presented by New Jersey Lyric Opera at Dante Hall Theater of the Arts, Atlantic City.
April 18-19: Steven Mackey at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton. Performers include arx (percussionists Mari Yoshinaga and Garrett Arney); narrator Natalie Christa Rakes. Program includes Mackey’s “Memoir.”
April 19: New Jersey Symphony, “Mozart’s Requiem” at State Theatre, New Brunswick. 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). Program includes Gabriel Fauré’s Pavane; Gustav Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem.
April 19: Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey at Grace Episcopal Church, Madison. “Many Mozarts” program includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 (featuring Ron Levy) and works by Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Joseph Martin Kraus, Leopold Mozart.
April 19: Lydian Quartet, presented by Red Bank Chamber Music Society at Trinity Episcopal Church, Red Bank. Clara Lyon and Julia Glenn, violins; Mark Berger, viola; Joshua Gordon, cello. Program includes Schubert’s Quartettsatz; Beecher’s Juniper and Birch; Britten’s String Quartet No. 2 in C, Op. 36 (1945).
April 19: “New Colors for the Flute,” Mostly Music series at Temple Emanu-El, Westfield. Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Daniel Phillips, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Peter Wiley, cello. Program includes Mozart’s Flute Quartet in D Major; Bartók’s Duos for Viola and Cello. Reger’s Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola; Haydn’s “London” Trio; Ravaei’s iPod Variations; Mozart’s Flute Quartet in C Major.
April 21: Montclair State University Symphonic Band and Campus Band at Kasser Theater at Montclair State University. Thomas McCauley and Theodora Sotiropoulos, conductors.
April 23: Australian Chamber Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Franz Schubert’s “Quartettsatz” in C Minor, D. 703; a new work by John Luther Adams; Ralph Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending; Fanny Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 12.
April 23: Trio Candesco at Trinity Church, Princeton. Princeton Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series. Program includes Debussy’s Sonate for flute, viola and harp; Tann’s From the Song of Amergin; Ravel’s Sonatine (arr. Carlos Salzedo); Takemitsu’s And Then I Knew ‘Twas Wind.
April 24: Montclair State University Wind Symphony at Kasser Theater at Montclair State University. Thomas McCauley and Theodora Sotiropoulos, conductors. Music by Jennifer Jolley, Erica Svanoe, David Maslanka, James Barnes and William Bolcom.
April 25: Music in the Somerset Hills at St. Mary’s/Delbarton Church, Morristown. Featuring The Somerset Hills Chorus, The Harmonium Singers, The Sebastians and others. Program includes Bach’s Mass in B Minor.
April 25: Montclair State University Vocal Accord, University Singers & Orchestra Concert at Kasser Theater at Montclair State University. Heather J. Buchanan and Kyle Ritenauer, conductors; Greg Stout, accompanist.
April 25: “Learn From a Composer: A Workshop With Garrett Fisher” at Bickford Theatre at Morris Museum, Morris Township.
April 25: New Jersey Symphony Ensemble, Cultural Arts Series at Van Vleck House and Gardens, Montclair.
April 26: Adelphi Chamber Ensemble at Ridgewood Public Library.
April 29: Lisa Batiashvili, violin, “Sounding Defiance: Georgia & Ukraine” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Conversation with music (also featuring pianist Giorgi Gigashvili). Part of Music & Healing series.
April 30: Lisa Batiashvili, violin, and Girogi Gigashvili, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 12, No. 3; Bartók’s Violin Sonata No. 1, Sz.75; a new work by Josef Bardanashvili; Franck’s Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano.
May 1-24: “Porgy & Bess” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
May 2: Bay Atlantic Symphony at Rowan College of South Jersey, Cumberland. Featuring Temporal Taal Collective. Program includes Drew Zaremba’s Nightfall Rhapsody; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7; more.
May 2: OCC Concert Band, “Salute to Service” at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
May 2: Telegraph Quartet, presented by Ringwood Friends of Music at Community Presbyterian Church, Ringwood. Eric Chin, violin; Joseph Meile, violin; Pei-Ling Lin, viola; Jeremiah Shaw, cello. Program includes Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 7, Opus 59, No.1; Debussy’s String Quartet.
May 3, 2 p.m.: Bay Atlantic Symphony at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway. Featuring Temporal Taal Collective. Program includes Drew Zaremba’s Nightfall Rhapsody; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7; more.
May 3, 7 p.m.: Combined Choir Concert featuring Stockton Pops, University Chorus, Stockton Oratorio Society at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.
May 3: “Romantic Impressions,” Mostly Music series at Temple Emanu-El, Westfield. Alessio Bax, piano; Oliver Neubauer, violin; Carter Brey, cello. Program includes Haydn’s Piano Trio in C Major; Ravel’s Violin Sonata; Kreisler’s Three Miniatures; Arensky’s Piano Trio No. 1.
May 3: Philharmonic of Southern New Jersey at Eastern Regional High School, Voorhees. “Musical Landscapes of Italy” program includes Respighi’s Pines of Rome; Verdi’s “The Force of Destiny.”
May 3: New Jersey Early Music, “A Mother’s Song” at Randolph Public Library.
May 5: Princeton Chamber Music at Channing Hall, Princeton. Music by Tchaikovsky, Bach, Schumann, Chopin and others featuring Robin Park, cello, and Per Tengstrand, piano; Tienne Yu and Kelly Kim, violins, Georgia Post, viola.
May 5: MCCC Choral and Music Club Concert at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
May 9: Whitehouse Wind Symphony at Readington Reformed Church.
May 9: Princeton Pro Musica at Princeton University Chapel. Ryan James Brandau, conductor; Eric Plutz, organ. “American Resonance” program includes Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, Frank Lewin’s Requiem for Robert F. Kennedy, Margaret Bonds’ St. Francis Prayer, more.
May 9-10: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Maja Bogdanović, cello. Program includes Aaron Copland’s Letter From Home; Camille Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33. Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100.
May 9-10: Harmonium Choral Society at Grace Church, Madison. “Longing” program.
May 10: Adelphi Orchestra at River Dell Middle School, Oradell. Kyunghun Kim, conductor. “Soaring Melodies” program includes Elgar’s Serenade for Strings; Glazunov’s Violin Concerto (featuring Miranda Isbitts); Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2.
May 10: New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players at Van Vleck House & Gardens, Montclair.
May 10: Trio Zimbalist, Music at Bunker Hill series at Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church, Sewell. Program includes Smetana’s Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor, Op. 15; Suk’s Elegy for Piano Trio, Op. 23; Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 (with violist William Frampton).
May 14 and 16: New Jersey Symphony, “Joshua Bell Leads Mendelssohn’s ‘Italian’ ” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Joshua Bell, conductor and violin. Program includes Felix Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) and Symphony No. 4, “Italian”; Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole.
May 15: New Jersey Symphony, “Joshua Bell Leads Mendelssohn’s ‘Italian’ ” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Joshua Bell, conductor and violin. Program includes Felix Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) and Symphony No. 4, “Italian”; Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole.
May 16: Manhattan String Quartet, Cultural Arts Series at Van Vleck House and Gardens, Montclair. Program includes Turina La Oración del Torero, opus 34; Barber’s Adagio from the String Quartet, opus 11; Grieg’s String Quartet in G Minor, opus 27.
May 17: New Jersey Symphony, “Joshua Bell Leads Mendelssohn’s ‘Italian’ ” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Joshua Bell, conductor and violin. Program includes Felix Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) and Symphony No. 4, “Italian”; Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole.
May 17: Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey at New Jersey State Museum Auditorium, Trenton. Joshua Gersen, conductor. “An American Journey” program includes Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, “From the New World”; Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait; Chris Rogerson’s Luminosity.
May 17: Frisson Winds, presented by Red Bank Chamber Music Society at Trinity Episcopal Church, Red Bank. Program includes Ligeti’s Six Bagatelles; Barber’s Summer Music; Coleman’s Tzigane; Nielsen’s Wind Quintet.
May 19: MCCC Symphonic Band Spring Concert at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
May 30: New Jersey Festival Orchestra at Westfield Presbyterian Church. David Wroe, conductor; Karol Samuelčík, guitar. Program includes Rodrigo’s Fantasía para un gentilhombre; Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.
May 30: Ars Musica Chorale at West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood. Program includes Francis Poulenc’s Gloria and André Thomas’ Mass: A Celebration of Love and Joy.
May 31: New Jersey Festival Orchestra at Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge. David Wroe, conductor; Karol Samuelčík, guitar. Program includes Rodrigo’s Fantasía para un gentilhombre; Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.
June 4: New Jersey Symphony, “Season Finale: Symphonie fantastique” at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Xian Zhang, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano. Program includes a new work by Allison Loggins-Hull (world premiere, New Jersey Symphony commission); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22; Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.
June 5: New Jersey Symphony, “Season Finale: Symphonie fantastique” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Xian Zhang, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano. Program includes a new work by Allison Loggins-Hull (world premiere, New Jersey Symphony commission); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22; Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.
June 6: New Jersey Symphony, “Season Finale: Symphonie fantastique” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Xian Zhang, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano. Program includes a new work by Allison Loggins-Hull (world premiere, New Jersey Symphony commission); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22; Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.
June 6: Livingston Symphony Orchestra at Heritage Middle School, Livingston. “Pictures” program includes Stephen Paulus’ Voices From the Gallery; Saint-Saëns’ Danse macabre; Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
June 6-7: Harmonium Choral Society at Morristown United Methodist Church. “Ride the Storm” program.
June 7: New Jersey Symphony, “Season Finale: Symphonie fantastique” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano. Program includes a new work by Allison Loggins-Hull (world premiere, New Jersey Symphony commission); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22; Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.
June 7: Orion Weiss, piano, Music at Bunker Hill series at Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church, Sewell. Program includes Grieg’s Two Improvisations on Norwegian Folk songs, op. 29; Dvořák’s Theme and Variations, op. 36 (1878) Dvorak; Tchaikovsky’s Grande Sonata in G major, op. 37.
June 7: Youth Performance Festival, presented by Ringwood Friends of Music at Community Presbyterian Church, Ringwood.
June 14: Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey at Grace Episcopal Church, Madison. “Many Mozarts” program includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 (featuring Ron Levy) and works by Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Joseph Martin Kraus, Leopold Mozart. Peter Toth, piano. “Bach and Friends” program includes music of Johann Sebastian Bach and his sons and friends.
June 22: Max Richter at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Oct. 25: Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey at Patriots Theater at War Memorial, Trenton. Sebastian Grand, conductor. Program includes Oh God … Beautiful Machine by Vince di Mura and Yusef Komunyakaa.
Nov. 15: Opera (TBA) at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
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