Classical, August-June

Cuarteto Latinoamericano, will perform at The Morris Museum in Morris Township, Aug. 7.

Aug. 2: Aria Nouveau featuring Laura Auer, soprano, and Josh Riesen, tenor, at Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts, Burlington.
Aug. 2: Handel’s Messiah Spectacular at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

Aug. 3: Ocean City Pops, “Hollywood Blockbusters” program featuring works by Elmer Bernstein, Alan Silvestri, Lalo Schifrin, Hans Zimmer at Ocean City Music Pier.
Aug. 3: Andrew Blanch, guitar, and Maria Eugenia Nieva, mezzo-soprano at Grace Church. “Spanish Romance” program features works by Astor Piazzolla, Carlos Gardel, Isaac Albéniz and others.
Aug. 3: Great Auditorium Quartet, “Songs on a Summer Afternoon” series at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove. “Songs of the Spirit” program.
Aug. 3: Essex County Summer Players Orchestra at Heritage Middle School, Livingston. Nate White, conductor. Program includes Elgar’s Three Characteristic Pieces, op. 10; Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, op. 61 (featuring Evelyn Estava); Glière’s Symphony No. 1 in E-flat Major, op. 8.

Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24 and 27: Gordon Turk, organ, at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

Aug. 5: Harmony Celebration Chorus, Live Music Under the Stars series at Kasschau Memorial Shell, Ridgewood.

Aug. 6: Gordon Turk, organ, with violinist Byung Kwak and four mezzo-sopranos at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

Aug. 6, 13 and 27: Atlantic Wind Ensemble at Boardwalk Pavilion, Ocean Grove.

Aug. 7: Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Back Deck series at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

Aug. 8: Bizet’s “Carmen” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Part of New Jersey Lyric Opera’s Summer Opera Festival.

Aug. 9, 2 p.m.: Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Part of New Jersey Lyric Opera’s Summer Opera Festival.
Aug. 9, 7:30 p.m.: Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Part of New Jersey Lyric Opera’s Summer Opera Festival.

Aug. 10: Ocean City Pops, “Love, Scandal and Intrigue: Opera Night at the Pops” at Ocean City Music Pier. Music by Puccini, Verdi, Mozart and others.
Aug. 10: Puccini’s “La Bohème” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Part of New Jersey Lyric Opera’s Summer Opera Festival.
Aug. 10: Monica Ziglar, soprano, “Songs on a Summer Afternoon” series at Bishop Janes Tabernacle, Ocean Grove. “America Sings” program.

Aug. 13: Greg Giannascoli, marimba, Music-in-the-Park at Thompson Park, Jamesburg/Monroe Township.
Aug. 13: New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players, “The Music of India” with Indrajit Roy-Chowdhury, sitar, and Kulture Kool dancers, Chamber Music After Hours series at Provost Square Plaza, Jersey City.
Aug. 13: Carol Williams, organ, at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

Aug. 14: Greg Giannascoli, marimba, Music-in-the-Park at Joseph Medwick Park, Carteret.

Aug. 17: Garden State Symphonic Band, Music-in-the-Park at Spring Lake Park, South Plainfield.

Aug. 20: Organ Trio Concert with Peter Richard Conte, Rudy Lucente and Dylan David Shaw at Boradwalk Hall, Atlantic City.
Aug. 20: Atlantic Wind Ensemble at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.
Aug. 20: Kraus Memorial Band, Music-in-the-Park at Thompson Park, Jamesburg/Monroe Township.

Aug. 23: Tesla Quartet, Back Deck series at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

Aug. 24: Great Auditorium Choir and Quartet, with MidAtlantic Philharmonic Orchestra, at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove. Annual Sacred Masterworks Concert. Program includes Arthur Honegger’s “King David.”
Aug. 24: Kraus Memorial Band, Music-in-the-Park at Spring Lake Park, South Plainfield.

Aug. 30: “Holiday Encores: At the Movies!” at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove. With Michelle Johnson, soprano; Brian Major, baritone; Gordon Turk, organ; Sean Hough, piano.

Sept. 5: New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players, Music in the Garden series at Greenwood Gardens, Short Hills. “Ladies First” program features works by female composers.

Sept. 11: Black Oak Ensemble, Back Deck series at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

Sept. 12: Alexa Stier, piano, at Bösendorfer Recital Room at Ocean County College, Toms River.

Sept. 13: Ocean City Pops, Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” at Ocean City High School.

Sept. 25: Takács String Quartet with Jordan Bak, viola, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Mozart’s String Quintet No. 3 in C Major, K. 515, and String Quintet No.4 in G Minor, K.516.

Sept. 27: New Jersey Festival Orchestra with Imperial Brass at Westfield Presbyterian Church. David Wroe, conductor. Program includes Leoš Janáček’s Sinfonietta; Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 (with Anush Nikoghosya); Manuel de Falla Three-Cornered Hat Suites, 1 & 2.

Sept. 28: New Jersey Festival Orchestra with Imperial Brass at Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge. David Wroe, conductor. Program includes Leoš Janáček’s Sinfonietta; Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 (with Anush Nikoghosya); Manuel de Falla Three-Cornered Hat Suites, 1 & 2.
Sept. 28: Julian Jenson, piano, and Susana Leiva, soprano at State Theatre Studio, New Brunswick.

Sept. 30: Abel Selaocoe, cello, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes new works by Michel van der Aa and Ben Nobuto, and more.

Oct. 4: New Jersey Symphony, “Moonrise: A Celestial Celebration” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway. Gregory D. McDaniel, conductor. Program includes Claude Debussy’s “Claire de Lune”; Jessie Montgomery’s “Starburst”; Glenn Miller’s “Moonlight Serenade”; music from “Moonstruck” and “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.”

Oct. 5: TwoSet Violin with New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

Oct. 10: Liana Paniyeva, piano, at Bösendorfer Recital Room at Ocean County College, Toms River.

Oct. 10 and 12: New Jersey Symphony, “Season Opening: Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Joyce Yang, piano. Program also includes Jessie Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone; Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8.

Oct. 11: New Jersey Symphony, “Season Opening: Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Xian Zhang, conductor; Joyce Yang, piano. Program also includes Jessie Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone; Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8.
Oct. 11: Adelphi Orchestra at Fair Lawn Commnity Center Theater. Jason Tramm, conductor; Blues Zhang, violin; Laura Zahn, mezzo-soprano. “Echoes of the Isles” program includes Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture; Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy; Elgar’s Sea Pictures.

Oct. 12: Eric Tsai, violin, and Lohan Park, piano at State Theatre Studio, New Brunswick.

Oct. 19: Capitol Philharmonic at New Jersey State Museum Theater, Trenton. Vinroy D. Brown, Jr., and Ruth Ochs, conductors; Heather Hill, soprano; Keith Spencer, baritone; Westminster Symphonic Choir (Donald Nally, director). Program includes Joan Tower’s Made in America; Florence Price’s Ethiopia’s Shadow in America; George Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess.
Oct. 19: Dvořák’s “Rusalka,” presented by New Jersey Opera Theater at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Oct. 23: New Jersey Symphony, “Fantasia in Concert” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor. Program includes music heard in “Fantasia” (1940) and “Fantasia 2000” (1999), accompanied by footage from the films.
Oct. 23: Belcea String Quartet at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Mozart’s String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 “Dissonance”; a new work by Brett Dean composed for the Belcea Quartet; and Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135.
Oct. 23: Classical Season Celebration with Angelique Montes, cello at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Oct. 24: “Beethoven X Beyoncé” featuring New Jersey Symphony conducted by Steve Hackman at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

Oct. 25: New Jersey Symphony, “Fantasia in Concert” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor. Program includes music heard in “Fantasia” (1940) and “Fantasia 2000” (1999), accompanied by footage from the films.

Oct. 25-26: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Aubree Oliverson, violin. Program includes Dobrinka Tabakova’s Orpheus’ Comet; Antonín Dvořák’s Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53; Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25 (orch. Arnold Schoenberg).

Oct. 26: New Jersey Symphony, “Fantasia in Concert” at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor. Program includes music heard in “Fantasia” (1940) and “Fantasia 2000” (1999), accompanied by footage from the films.
Oct. 26: Bay Atlantic Symphony at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway. With pianist Zhenni Li-Cohen. Program includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor; Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 104, “London.”

Nov. 2: Richardson Chamber Players at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.

Nov. 5: Kyung Wha Chung, violin, with Kevin Kenner, piano at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton. Program includes Claude Debussy’s Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor, L. 140; Franz Schubert’s Fantasie in C Major for Violin and Piano, D. 934 interval; Arnold Schoenberg’s Phantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47; César Franck’s Violin Sonata in A Major.

Nov. 6: Paul Lewis, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Mozart’s String Quintet No. 3 in C Major, K. 515, and String Quintet No.4 in G Minor, K.516. Program includes Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1; Thomas Larcher’s Piano Sonata (new commission); Schubert’s Piano Sonata No.21 in B-flat Major, D. 960.

Nov. 6 and 8: New Jersey Symphony, “Rhapsody in Blue” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Tito Muñoz, conductor; Michelle Cann, piano. Program includes Florence Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement; George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue; Carlos Simon’s Zodiac (Northeast premiere; New Jersey Symphony co-commission); Aaron Copland’s Suite from Billy the Kid.

Nov. 7: New Jersey Symphony, “Rhapsody in Blue” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Tito Muñoz, conductor; Michelle Cann, piano. Program includes Florence Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement; George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue; Carlos Simon’s Zodiac (Northeast premiere; New Jersey Symphony co-commission); Aaron Copland’s Suite from Billy the Kid.

Nov. 8-9: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Maxim Lando, piano. Program includes Gioachino Rossini’s Overture to L’italiana in Algeri; Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 “Italian”; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44.

Nov. 9: New Jersey Symphony, “Rhapsody in Blue” at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Tito Muñoz, conductor; Michelle Cann, piano. Program includes Florence Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement; George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue; Carlos Simon’s Zodiac (Northeast premiere; New Jersey Symphony co-commission); Aaron Copland’s Suite from Billy the Kid.

Nov. 13: Ruckus Early Music Band with Emi Ferguson, flute, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program features new arrangements of Bach’s flute sonatas and keyboard works.

Nov. 15: Bizet’s “Carmen” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Nov. 21: Robert Radliff, violin, and Sharon Niessen, piano, at Bösendorfer Recital Room at Ocean County College, Toms River.

Nov. 23: Enriqueta Somarriba, piano, and Maria Brea, soprano at State Theatre Studio, New Brunswick.

Dec. 3: Peter Sellars, “Mourning Through Music” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes conversation plus live performances. Part of the Music & Healing series.

Dec. 5: Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea at Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University, West Long Branch.

Dec. 6: Chanticleer at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
Dec. 6: New Jersey Festival Orchestra, “Return of the Holiday Tenors” at Westfield Presbyterian Church. David Wroe, conductor.

Dec. 7: New Jersey Festival Orchestra, “Return of the Holiday Tenors” at Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge. David Wroe, conductor.
Dec. 7: Kean University Fall Choral Concert with Kean University Treble Choir, Concert Choir, Community Chorale at Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University, Hillside. Rachel Carlson, diretor; Harmony Chau, piano. Program includes Bach’s Magnificat and works by Rosephanye Powell, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Claude Debussy, C. A. Pinto Fonseca.

Dec. 7: Stockton Holiday Choral Concert at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway. Featuring Stockton Chorale, University Chorus, Stockton Oratorio Society Community Choir and others.

Dec. 10: Théo Ould, accordion, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes works by Bach, Piazzolla, Bartók, Villa-Lobos, Rameau and others.

Dec. 13: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. John Devlin, conductor; Princeton High School Choir (Vincent Metallo, director). Holiday Pops! program.
Dec. 13: “Galaxies of Joy: The Planets in Concert” featuring by Wharton Arts’ New Jersey Youth Symphony conducted by Helen H. Cha-Pyo at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway. Program includes Holst’s “The Planets.”

Dec. 14: “The Christmas Spider,” presented by New Jersey Opera Theater at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
Dec. 14: Bay Atlantic Symphony at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway. “Singing in the Holidays” featuring soprano Natalie Conte.

Dec. 15: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, program includes Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.

Dec. 19: New Jersey Symphony, “Holiday Singalong” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Sing-along of songs and carols with the Montclair State University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director).

Dec. 19-20: New Jersey Symphony, “Handel’s Messiah” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Anthony Parnther, conductor; Caitlin Gotimer, soprano; Maria Dominique Lopez, mezzo-soprano; Orson Van Gay II, tenor; Shyheim Selvan Hinnant, bass-baritone; Montclair University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director).

Dec. 21: New Jersey Symphony, “Handel’s Messiah” at Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark. Anthony Parnther, conductor; Caitlin Gotimer, soprano; Maria Dominique Lopez, mezzo-soprano; Orson Van Gay II, tenor; Shyheim Selvan Hinnant, bass-baritone; Montclair University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director).
Dec. 21: Light Opera of New Jersey, “Holiday Pops Concert” at Ridge High School PAC, Basking Ridge. Jason Tramm, conductor.

Dec. 31: “Salute to Vienna”  at State Theatre, New Brunswick. With Strauss Symphony of America (Nir Kabaretti, conductor); Rebecca Nelsen, soprano; Thomas Weinhappel, baritone; dancers from Europaballet St. Pölten; international champion ballroom dancers.

Jan. 8: New Jersey Symphony, “Randall Goosby Returns” at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Xian Zhang, conductor; Randall Goosby, violin. Program includes Jean Sibelius’ Finlandia; Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.2, “Ukrainian.”

Jan. 9: New Jersey Symphony, “Randall Goosby Returns” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Xian Zhang, conductor; Randall Goosby, violin. Program includes Jean Sibelius’ Finlandia; Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.2, “Ukrainian.”

Jan. 10: New Jersey Symphony, “Randall Goosby Returns” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Randall Goosby, violin. Program includes Jean Sibelius’ Finlandia; Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.2, “Ukrainian.”

Jan. 10-11: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Bella Hristova, violin. Program includes Andreia Pinto Correia’s Ciprés; Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10.

Jan. 11: New Jersey Symphony, “Randall Goosby Returns” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Xian Zhang, conductor; Randall Goosby, violin. Program includes Jean Sibelius’ Finlandia; Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.2, “Ukrainian.”

Jan. 18: Bay Atlantic Symphony at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway. Lyndsie Wilson, horn; Ruotao Mao, violin; Marie Trudeau, oboe. “Swinging Into a New Year” program includes Adolphus Hailstork’s Variations on Swing Low Sweet Chariot; Jean Sibelius’ Impromptu; Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe.

Jan. 25: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Ray Chen, violin, and Vasily Petrenko, conductor, at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

Jan. 29-30 and Feb. 1: New Jersey Symphony, “Romeo & Juliet” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; actors from The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (performing excerpts from play). Program includes Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture; Sergei Prokofiev’s Selections from Romeo and Juliet.

Jan. 31: New Jersey Symphony, “Romeo & Juliet” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Xian Zhang, conductor; actors from The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (performing excerpts from play). Program includes Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture; Sergei Prokofiev’s Selections from Romeo and Juliet.

Feb. 5: Yo-Yo Ma at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Feb. 5: Benjamin Bernheim, tenor, and Carrie-Ann Matheson, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes works by Henri Duparc, Ernest Chausson, Frederic Mompou, Alberto Ginastera, Giacomo Puccini, Joseph Kosma, Charles Trenet and Jacques Brel.

Feb. 6: Emanuel Ax, piano at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Feb. 6: Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” presented by New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.

Feb. 7: New Jersey Symphony, “Lunar New Year Celebration Concert” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Sunny Xia, conductor; Haochen Zhang, piano; Peking University Alumni Chorus. Program TBA.
Feb. 7: Gabriel Kahane, “Magnificent Bird” and “Book of Travelers” song cycles, presented by Peak Performances at Montclair State University.

Feb. 7-8: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Kenneth Bean, conductor; Michelle Cann, piano. Program includes Jessie Montgomery’s Records from a Vanishing City; Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36.

Feb. 12: Marmen String Quartet at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Haydn’s String Quartet in B-flat Major Op. 76, No. 4 “Sunrise”; Cassandra Miller’s Leaving (2011); Bartók’s String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor; Debussy’s String Quartet.

Feb. 21: The Three Italian Tenors at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Feb. 22: Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano, and Time for Three (violinists Nick Kendall and Charles Yang and bassist Ranaan Meyer) at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Kevin Puts’ Emily — No Prisoner Be (semi-staged song cycle written for DiDonato and Time for Three based on the poetry of Emily Dickinson).

Feb. 26: New Jersey Symphony, “Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Markus Stenz, conductor. Program includes Richard Wagner’s Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin. Kevin Puts’ Contact (performed by Time for Three); Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.

Feb. 27 and March 1: New Jersey Symphony, “Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Markus Stenz, conductor. Program includes Richard Wagner’s Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin. Kevin Puts’ Contact (performed by Time for Three); Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.

Feb. 28:  Mnozil Brass at Pfleeger Concert Hall at Rowan University, Glassboro. Program includes music by Johann Strauss II.

March 1: Adelphi Orchestra at Fair Lawn Commnity Center Theater. Kyunghun Kim, conductor. “Grace & Elegance” program includes Brahms’ Serenade No 1; Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante (Kathleen Butler-Hopkins, violin; Francesca Silos, viola; Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No 1 (Lanny Paykin, cello).

March 7-8: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord; Aubry Ballarò, soprano; Nicholas Nestorak, tenor; Joseph Barron, bass. Program includes Viet Cuong’s Extra(ordinarily) Fancy; Julian Grant’s Vaudeville in Teal for harpsichord and small orchestra (world premiere); Igor Stravinsky’s Pulcinella.

March 12: New Jersey Symphony, “Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Ruth Reinhardt, conductor; Eva Gevorgyan, piano. Program includes Béla Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances and Concerto for Orchestra; Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

March 13: New Jersey Symphony, “Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Ruth Reinhardt, conductor; Eva Gevorgyan, piano. Program includes Béla Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances and Concerto for Orchestra; Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

March 14: New Jersey Symphony, “Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Ruth Reinhardt, conductor; Eva Gevorgyan, piano. Program includes Béla Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances and Concerto for Orchestra; Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2.
March 14: The Philly Pops at Pfleeger Concert Hall at Rowan University, Glassboro. Chris Dragon, conductor. “Blockbusters in the Burbs” program includes music from movies.

March 15: New Jersey Symphony, “Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra” at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Ruth Reinhardt, conductor; Eva Gevorgyan, piano. Program includes Béla Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances and Concerto for Orchestra; Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2.
March 15: Adelphi Chamber Ensemble at Mahwah Public Library.

March 19: Tabea Zimmermann, viola, and Javier Perianes, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Robert Schumann’s Fantasiestücke Op. 73; Johannes Brahms’ Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120 No. 2; Benjamin Britten’s Lachrymae, Op. 48; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147.

March 22: Bay Atlantic Symphony at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway. Barbara Dever, mezzo-soprano; Liliana Ruiz, flamenco dancer. “Extraordinary Contrasts” program includes Richard Wagner’s Siegfried Idyl; Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring; Manuel de Falla’s El amor brujo (Love the magician).

March 26: Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin, with Princeton University Chapel Choir and Richardson Chamber Players at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Dies Irae (multimedia work conceived by Kopatchinskaja usings music by Giacinto Scelsi, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, George Crumb, Jimi Hendrix, Antonio Lotti, John Dowland and Galina Ustvolskaya.

March 27: “The Mikado,” presented by New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

March 27-28: New Jersey Symphony, “Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Juan Esteban Martinez, clarinet. Program includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 and Clarinet Concerto; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral.”

March 29: New Jersey Symphony, “Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Xian Zhang, conductor; Juan Esteban Martinez, clarinet. Program includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 and Clarinet Concerto; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral.”

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 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 12: Itzhak Perlman at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

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 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 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 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 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 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 10: Adelphi Orchestra at Fair Lawn Commnity Center Theater. 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 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 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 30: New Jersey Festival Orchestra at Westfield Presbyterian Church. David Wroe, conductor. Program includes Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony; Rodrigo’s Fantasía para un gentilhombre featuring guitarist Karol Samuelčík. David Wroe, conductor.

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 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.

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