Classical, December-June

Joshua Bell will perform in New Brunswick, March 11; Princeton, March 12; and Newark, March 13-14.

Dec. 2: Rutgers Symphony Band at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

Dec. 3: Asmik Grigorian, soprano, with Lukas Geniušas, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes music by Tchaikovsky and Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff.
Dec. 3: Rutgers Symphonic Winds at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Program includes works by female composers, including Nadine Silverman’s Supernova, performed by CODA Brass Quintet.

Dec. 5: New Jersey Festival Orchestra, “Return of the Holiday Tenors” featuring Luke Norvell, Alessio Borraggine and
Errin Duane Brooks​ at Presbyterian Church, Westfield.

Dec. 5-6: “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” presented by Light Opera of New Jersey at Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

Dec. 6: Masterwork Chorus “Messiah Sing” at Chatham United Methodist Church. Martin Sędek, conductor.
Dec. 6: Summit Symphony at Summit High School. Program includes Montgomery’s Soul Force; Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 (featuring Carlos Avila); Brahms’ Symphony No. 1.
Dec. 6: Hanover Wind Symphony at Memorial Junior School, Whippany. “Holidays in Hanover” program.
Dec. 6: Adelphi Chamber Ensemble at Ramsey Free Public Library.

Dec. 7: Rutgers Wind Ensemble at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. “Synesthesia” program includes Philip Sparke’s A Colour Symphony; John Mackey’s Kingfishers Catch Fire.
Dec. 7: Rutgers University Choir at Kirkpatrick Chapel at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

Dec. 9: Tony Siqi Yun, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. J.S. Bach/Busoni’s Prelude “Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ,” BWV 639; Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90; Franz Liszt’s “Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude” from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses: J.S. Bach/s Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (arr. Busoni).

Dec. 10: Princeton Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet, Princeton Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series at Trinity Church, Princeton. “Romantic Vienna” program.

Dec. 11: New Jersey Chamber Singers at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Manasquan. “The Weary World Rejoices” program includes Phillip Lawson’s We Three Kings, Molly James’ Away in a Manger, Robert Neumeyer’s Cradle Song, Vaughan Williams’ The Truth Sent from Above, Amy Whitcomb’s The First Noel and more.

Dec. 12: Canadian Brass, Christmas show at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
Dec. 12: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison. Program includes works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach.
Dec. 12: Livingston Symphony Orchestra at Mount Pleasant Middle School, Livingston. Anthony LaGruth, conductor. “The American Sound” program includes works by Gould, Grofe, Copeland, Gilbert and Gershwin.
Dec. 12: Bay Atlantic Symphony at Guaracini Performing Arts Center at Rowan College of South Jersey — Cumberland, Vineland. “Holiday Cheer” program. Mandy Brown, soprano. Program includes Adolph Adams’ Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night), Pietro Yon’s Gesù Bambino, Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring and Orchestral Suite No. 3; Valerie Coleman’s Umoja, Russell Steinberg’s Lights On! A Hanukkah Celebration.

Dec. 12 and 19: Imperial Brass holiday concert at Presbyterian Church of Westfield.

Dec. 13: “Pipes of Christmas” at Central Presbyterian Church, Summit.
Dec. 13: Bay Atlantic Symphony at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway. “Holiday Cheer” program. Mandy Brown, soprano. Program includes Adolph Adams’ Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night), Pietro Yon’s Gesù Bambino, Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring and Orchestral Suite No. 3; Valerie Coleman’s Umoja, Russell Steinberg’s Lights On! A Hanukkah Celebration.
Dec. 13: New Jersey Youth Symphony at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway. Helen H. Cha-Pyo, conductor. With NJYS Youth Orchestra (Oliver Hagen, conductor); NJYS Jazz Orchestra. “Two Nutcrackers” program includes Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker Suite”; Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s “The Nutcracker Suite.
Dec. 13: Hanover Wind Symphony at Our Lady of Mercy Church, Whippany. “A Christmas Presence” program.
Dec. 13: New Jersey Chamber Singers at Laurita Winery, Plumsted. “The Weary World Rejoices” program includes Phillip Lawson’s We Three Kings, Molly James’ Away in a Manger, Robert Neumeyer’s Cradle Song, Vaughan Williams’ The Truth Sent from Above, Amy Whitcomb’s The First Noel and more.
Dec. 13: Glen Ridge Choral Society, “Holiday Concert and Carol Sing” at Glen Ridge Congregational Church.

Dec. 14: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (program includes Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos) at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.

Dec. 15: New Jersey Chamber Singers, “Messiah Sing!” at Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church, Point Pleasant Beach.

Dec. 18: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Handel’s Messiah.” Kedrick Armstrong, conductor; Jessica Rivera, soprano; Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano; Martin Bakari, tenor; Kevin Short, bass-baritone; Montclair State University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director). Program includes George Frideric Handel’s Messiah.
Dec. 18: New Jersey Chamber Singers at Island Heights United Methodist Church. “The Weary World Rejoices” program includes Phillip Lawson’s We Three Kings, Molly James’ Away in a Manger, Robert Neumeyer’s Cradle Song, Vaughan Williams’ The Truth Sent from Above, Amy Whitcomb’s The First Noel and more.

Dec. 19: New Jersey Symphony, presented by Peak Performances at Kasser Theater at Montclair State University. “Handel’s Messiah.” Kedrick Armstrong, conductor; Jessica Rivera, soprano; Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano; Martin Bakari, tenor; Kevin Short, bass-baritone; Montclair State University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director). Program includes George Frideric Handel’s Messiah.
Dec. 19: Summit Chorale at Christ Church, Summit. “Winter Holiday Concert: A Baroque Christmas” with excerpts from Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s B Minor Mass and other holiday music.

Dec. 20: New Jersey Symphony at Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark. “Handel’s Messiah.” Kedrick Armstrong, conductor; Jessica Rivera, soprano; Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano; Martin Bakari, tenor; Kevin Short, bass-baritone; Montclair State University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director). Program includes George Frideric Handel’s Messiah.
Dec. 20: Princeton Pro Musica, “A Feast of Carols” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Bachtoberfest” with the B Minor Mass and more.
Dec. 20: Brook Orchestra, “Holiday Pops” at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook. Thomas Vacca, conductor.

Dec. 31: Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey at Patriots Theater at War Memorial, Trenton. Program includes music by John Williams, Viennese and Broadway waltzes, holiday favorites and more.
Dec. 31: “Salute to Vienna: New Year’s Concert” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Jan. 3: “Father Alphonse’s New Year’s 2027” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

Jan. 8: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Mozart & Ravel.” Valentina Peleggi, conductor; Blake Pouliot, violin. Program includes Anna Clyne’s Masquerade; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, “Turkish”; Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite; Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1.

Jan. 9: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. “Mozart & Ravel.” Valentina Peleggi, conductor; Blake Pouliot, violin. Program includes Anna Clyne’s Masquerade; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, “Turkish”; Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite; Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1.

Jan. 10: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. “Mozart & Ravel.” Valentina Peleggi, conductor; Blake Pouliot, violin. Program includes Anna Clyne’s Masquerade; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, “Turkish”; Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite; Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1.
Jan. 10: Ilya Yakushev, piano, Winter Thaw Music Festival at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.
Jan. 10: SeungHyeon Baek, baritone, and NaYoung Ban, soprano, with Jiin Jung, piano, at State Theatre Studio, New Brunswick.

Jan. 17: Princeton Chamber Music Series at Channing Hall at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton. Per Tengstrand, piano. Program includes Beethoven’s sonatas.
Jan. 17: Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey, “Baroque Wassail” at Grace Church, Madison.

Jan. 22-23: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Tony Siqi Yun, piano. Program includes Richard Wagner’s Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Alexander Zemlinsky’s The Mermaid.

Jan. 23-24: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Christine Goerke, soprano. Program includes Richard Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde; Gustav Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder; more.

Jan. 24: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Tony Siqi Yun, piano. Program includes Richard Wagner’s Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Alexander Zemlinsky’s The Mermaid.Stephen Hough, PianoStephen Hough, PianoS

Jan. 28: Stephen Hough, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes music by Schubert, Brahms, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Beethoven, Schumann, Richard Sherman/Stephen Hough.

Jan. 30: New Jersey Symphony, “2027 Lunar New Year Celebration” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Naomi Woo, conductor; Sophia Liu, piano. Program TBA.
Jan. 30: Decoda at Bickford Theatre at Morris Museum, Morris Township. Interactive concert for young audiences. Program includes Mozart’s Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285; Valerie Coleman’s Maombi Asante; Andrew Norman’s Light Screens; Five Sheep, Four Goats (Danish traditional); J.S. Bach’s Cantata, BWV 39: III. Aria.

Jan. 31: Sean Lee, violin, “The 24 Paganini Caprices” at State Theatre Studio, New Brunswick.

Feb. 1: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine with pianist Antonii Baryshevskyi (program includes Bortniansky’s Il Quinto Fabio Overture; Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4; Silvestrov’s Silent Music; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5) at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Feb. 3: Junction Trio (Stefan Jackiw, violin; Jay Campbell, cello; Conrad Tao, piano) at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 63; and a new work by Andrew Norman co-commissioned by Princeton University Concerts.

Feb. 4: Sō Percussion with Helado Negro at South Orange Performing Arts Center.

Feb. 5: Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” presented by New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.

Feb. 6-7: Mid-Atlantic Brass Band Festival at Rowan University, Glassboro.

Feb. 10: Danish String Quartet at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Gabriella Smith’s Carrot Revolution; Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp Major, Op. 142 (arr. Danish String Quartet); Nordic Folk Music.

Feb. 13: Bay Atlantic Symphony at Guaracini Performing Arts Center at Rowan College of South Jersey — Cumberland, Vineland. Jed Gaylin, conductor; Ruotao Mao, violin; Nina Vieru, violin; Ana Tsinadze, viola; Rose Bart, cello; Christopher di Santo, clarinet. A Valentine’s Day Card, With Love!” program includes Mozart’s Kegelstatt Trio; Brahms’ Quintet for Strings and Clarinet.

Feb. 13-14: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Joshua Roman, cello. Program includes Michael Abels’ Liquify; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1; Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird: Suite (1919).

Feb. 14: Bay Atlantic Symphony, at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway. Jed Gaylin, conductor; Ruotao Mao, violin; Nina Vieru, violin; Ana Tsinadze, viola; Rose Bart, cello; Christopher di Santo, clarinet. A Valentine’s Day Card, With Love!” program includes Mozart’s Kegelstatt Trio; Brahms’ Quintet for Strings and Clarinet.
Feb. 14: South Jersey Pops Orchestra at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood. “The Heroes of Hollywood” with music from “Star Wars,” “Harry Potter,” “The Last of the Mohicans,” “Mulan,” “The Prince of Egypt” and other films.

Feb. 17: Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton. Masaaki Suzuki, conductor. Program includes Bach’s St. Matthew Passion).

Feb. 18: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Gil Shaham Plays Dvořák.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Gil Shaham, violin. Program includes Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 3; Antonín Dvořák’s Violin Concerto and Carnival Overture.

Feb. 19: Princeton Chamber Music Series at Channing Hall at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton. Leland Ko, cello; Per Tengstrand, piano. Program includes Lei Liang’s Mongolian Suite for Solo Cello; Bach’s Suite for Solo Cello No. 3 in C Major; Beethoven’s Sonata for cello and piano No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69.
Feb. 19: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano, at Bickford Theatre at Morris Museum, Morris Township. Program includes Handel’s Suite from “Water Music” compiled by James Wilson from HWV 348 & 350; Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major; a new commission by Katie Jenkins; Haydn’s Symphony No. 91.

Feb. 20: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. “Gil Shaham Plays Dvořák.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Gil Shaham, violin. Program includes Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 3; Antonín Dvořák’s Violin Concerto and Carnival Overture.
Feb. 20: Kronos Quartet: A Hard Rain at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Feb. 20: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison. Program includes works by Mozart.

Feb. 21: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. “Gil Shaham Plays Dvorák.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Gil Shaham, violin. Program includes Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 3; Antonín Dvorák’s Violin Concerto and Carnival Overture.
Feb. 21: The Capitol Duo (Anna Ouspenskaya, piano, and Igor Zubkovsky, cello) at State Theatre Studio, New Brunswick.

Feb. 28: Adelphi Orchestra at Fair Lawn Community Center Theater. Kyunghun Kim, conductor; Maude Cloutier, violin. Program includes Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 and Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 “Pastoral.”

March 3: Isabelle Faust, violin, with Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes music by J.S. Bach, Johann Jakob Froberger, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.

March 6-7: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. John Devlin, conductor; Maxim Lando, piano. Program includes Felix Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave); Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”; Johannes Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1.

March 7: Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey and Capital Singers at Sacred Heart Church, Trenton. Program includes Poulenc’s Gloria; Rutter’s Te Deum; Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony.

March 11: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. ;“Joshua Bell Leads Beethoven.” Joshua Bell, conductor and violin. Program includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, Violin Concerto and Symphony No. 7.
March 11: Greg Giannascoli, percussin, Princeton Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series at Trinity Church, Princeton. Works by Fritz Kreisler and others.

March 12: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Joshua Bell Leads Beethoven.” Joshua Bell, conductor and violin. Program includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, Violin Concerto and Symphony No. 7.

March 13: Princeton Pro Musica at Princeton University Chapel. “Picked by You, Sung by Us!” concert.

March 13-14: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Joshua Bell Leads Beethoven.” Joshua Bell, conductor and violin. Program includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, Violin Concerto and Symphony No. 7.

March 14: Summit Symphony at Summit High School. Program includes Mozart’s Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, “Eroica.”
March 17: Bay Atlantic Symphony, at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway. Program includes Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue (featuring pianist Sara Davis Buechner); Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.”
March 14: Sam Boutris, clarinet at State Theatre Studio, New Brunswick.
March 14: Adelphi Chamber Ensemble at Mahwah Public Library.

March 18: “Piano Battle” featuring Andreas Kern and Paul Cibis, atVMayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

March 19: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.” Christoph König, conductor; Gabriel Cabezas, cello. Program includes Allison Loggins-Hull’s Cello Concerto (East Coast Premiere; New Jersey Symphony Commission); Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.
March 19: New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, “The Pirates of Penzance” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

March 20: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. “Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.” Christoph König, conductor; Gabriel Cabezas, cello. Program includes Allison Loggins-Hull’s Cello Concerto (East Coast Premiere; New Jersey Symphony Commission); Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.
March 20: Plainfield Symphony Orchestra at Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Plainfield. Charles Prince, music director. “Clarinet Dreams” program includes Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Sinfonietta No. 1 for Strings; Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 (featuring Kevin Dayton; Haydn’s Symphony No. 103, “Paukenwirbel.”

March 21: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. “Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.” Christoph König, conductor; Gabriel Cabezas, cello. Program includes Allison Loggins-Hull’s Cello Concerto (East Coast Premiere; New Jersey Symphony Commission); Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.
March 21: Mostly Music Concert Series at Temple Emanu-El, Westfield. Clara Neubauer and Oliver Neubauer, violins; Paul Neubauer and Milena Pajaro-Van de Stadt, violas; Peter Wiley, cello. Program includes Michael Haydn’s Quintet in C Major; Mozart’s Quintet in B-Flat Major; Dvořák’s Quintet in E-Flat Major.

March 31: Ébène String Quartet at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18; String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18; and String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127.

April 1 and 4: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Xian Zhang Conducts Mozart.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Gregory LaRosa, timpani. Program includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 29 and Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”; Joseph Pereira’s Timpani Concerto.

April 4: Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia, English horn, Music at Bunker Hill series at Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church, Sewell.

April 9-12: Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” presented by Opera Theater Rutgers and the Rutgers Symphony Orchestra at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

April 10: Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey at Patriots Theater at War Memorial, Trenton. Program includes Beethoven’s Egmont Overture; Brahms’s Symphony in C Minor, opus 68; more.
April 10: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison. Program includes works by Antonín Dvořák, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Eugène Ysaÿe.

April 11: Mostly Music Concert Series at Temple Emanu-El, Westfield. The Juilliard String Quartet (Leonard Fu and Areta Zhulla, violin; Molly Carr, viola; Astrid Schween, cello) with Paul Neubauer, viola. Program includes Fu’s Popular Dances; Grieg’s Quartet in G Minor; Mendelssohn’s Quintet in B-flat Major.

April 13: Princeton Chamber Music Series at Channing Hall at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton. Julia Hwang, violin; Robin Park, cello; Per Tengstrand, piano. Program includes Beethoven’s Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat Major Op. 11 ’Gassenhauer”; Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor.

April 15: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Paul Huang, violin, at Bickford Theatre at Morris Museum, Morris Township. Program includes Elena Ruehr’s Shimmer; Beethoven/Tognetti’s Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, “Kreutzer”, Op. 47; Dvořák/Wilson’s American Sinfonietta after String Quartet No. 12, Op. 96.

April 15 and 17: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Neruda Songs and Poulenc’s Gloria.” Ludovic Morlot conductor; Liv Redpath soprano; J’Nai Bridges mezzo-soprano; Montclair State University Chorale (Heather J. Buchanan, director). Program includes Peter Lieberson’s Neruda Songs; Francis Poulenc’s Gloria; Maurice Ravel’s Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloé.

April 17: Plainfield Symphony Orchestra at Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Plainfield. Charles Prince, music director. Program includes Carl Maria von Weber’s Euryanthe Overture; Richard Strauss’ Don Juan; Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7.

April 18: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. “Neruda Songs and Poulenc’s Gloria.” Ludovic Morlot conductor; Liv Redpath soprano; J’Nai Bridges mezzo-soprano; Montclair State University Chorale (Heather J. Buchanan, director). Program includes Peter Lieberson’s Neruda Songs; Francis Poulenc’s Gloria; Maurice Ravel’s Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloé.
April 18: “The Magic of Opera” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
April 18: Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey at Grace Church, Madison. “Beethoven 200” program includes Beethoven’s Symphony No 8 and Piano Concerto No. 5 (featuring Daniel Colalillo).

April 22: Basia Danilow & Friends, Princeton Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series at Trinity Church, Princeton. Program includes Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Trio and more.

April 24: Livingston Symphony Orchestra at Livingston High School. Anthony LaGruth, conductor. “Rising From the Fire” program includes Mozart’s Overture to ‘The Magic Flute’; Beethoven’s Violin Concert (featuring Evelyn Estava); Perttu’s Phoenix; Stravinsky’s Suite From ‘The Firebird’.

April 25: Bay Atlantic Symphony at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway. Program includes Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf” (featuring narrator Carlos Espinal); Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, “Eroica.”
April 25: New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra at State Theatre Studio, New Brunswick.
April 25: Glen Ridge Choral Society and Orchestra, “More Great Opera Choruses” at Glen Ridge Congregational Church.

April 26: Hilary Hahn, violin, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello, Benjamin Grosvenor, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Beethoven’s Seven Variations in E-flat Major for Cello and Piano on Mozart’s “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen,” WoO 46; Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2; and Piano Trio in G Major, Op. 1, No. 2.

April 29: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. “Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Gabriela Montero, piano. Program includes Jean Sibelius’s Karelia Overture; Gabriela Montero’s Piano Concerto No. 1, “Latin”; Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.”

April 30: Time for Three (Ranaan Meyer, Nick Kendall and Charles Yang) at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

April 30 and May 2: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Gabriela Montero, piano. Program includes Jean Sibelius’s Karelia Overture; Gabriela Montero’s Piano Concerto No. 1, “Latin”; Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.”

May 1: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. “Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Gabriela Montero, piano. Program includes Jean Sibelius’s Karelia Overture; Gabriela Montero’s Piano Concerto No. 1, “Latin”; Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.”

May 2: Mostly Music Concert Series at Temple Emanu-El, Westfield. Ani Kavafian, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Michael Stephen Brown, piano. Program includes Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G Minor; Brahms’s Cello Sonata in F Major; Walton’s Piano Quartet.

May 8-9: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor. Program includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” with Westminster Symphonic Choir.

May 11: Mitsuko Uchida, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Haydn’s Variations in F Minor, Hob. XVII:6; Schoenberg’s Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19; Mozart’s Rondo in A Minor, K. 511; Schubert’s Piano Sonata No. 22 in A Major, D. 959.

May 14: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Xian Zhang Conducts Tchaikovsky.” Xian Zhang, conductor. Program includes Steven Mackey’s Concerto for Orchestra (East Coast Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4.

May 15: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Xian Zhang Conducts Tchaikovsky.” Xian Zhang, conductor. Program includes Steven Mackey’s Concerto for Orchestra (East Coast Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4.
May 15: Plainfield Symphony Orchestra at Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Plainfield. Charles Prince, music director. “Fiesta Latina” program includes Silvestre Revueltas’ Sensemayá; Manuel de Falla’s Noches en los Jardines de España; (featuring pianist Enriqueta Somarriba); Evencio Castellanos’ El Río de las Siete Estrellas; Alberto Ginastera’s Estancia Suite.
May 15: Masterwork Chorus at Chatham United Methodist Church. Martin Sędek, conductor. Program includes works by Poulenc and Rutter.

May 16: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. “Xian Zhang Conducts Tchaikovsky.” Xian Zhang, conductor. Program includes Steven Mackey’s Concerto for Orchestra (East Coast Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4.
May 16: Summit Symphony at Summit High School. Program includes Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture; Schumann’s Cello Concerto (featuring Andres Sanchez); Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.
May 16: Princeton Pro Musica at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Immortal Fire: 200 Years of Beethoven” program with Beethoven’s Mass in C; Jake Runestad’s A Silence Haunts Me.

May 18: Princeton Chamber Music Series at Channing Hall at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton. Hana Mundiya, violin; Per Tengstrand, piano. Program includes Mozart’s Sonata for violin and piano in E minor K. 304; Beethoven’s Sonata for violin and piano in D Major Op. 12 No. 1; Poulenc’s Sonata for violin and piano; Ysaye’s Caprice d’après L’Etude en Forme de Valse de Saint-Saens.

May 19: Marcelina Román, soprano, with Eric Malson, piano at State Theatre Studio, New Brunswick.

May 23: Adelphi Orchestra at Fair Lawn Community Center Theater. Kyunghun Kim, conductor; Julia Jones, violin; Elliot Sloss, cello. Program includes Brahms’ Double Concerto in A Minor; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.
May 23: Michelle Cann, piano, Music at Bunker Hill series at Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church, Sewell.

June 6: Julian Schwarz, cello, and Marika Bournaki, cello, Music at Bunker Hill series at Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church, Sewell. Program includes music by Arthur Foote, Beethoven and Brahms.

June 10: Daria Vasileva, piano at State Theatre Studio, New Brunswick.

June 10 and 13: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Season Finale: Ravel’s Boléro with Xian Zhang.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Pablo Sáinz Villegas, guitar. Program includes Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to Candide; Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez; Alberto Ginastera’s Four Dances from Estancia; Maurice Ravel’s Boléro.

June 11: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Season Finale: Ravel’s Boléro with Xian Zhang.” Xian Zhang, conductor; Pablo Sáinz Villegas, guitar. Program includes Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to Candide; Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez; Alberto Ginastera’s Four Dances from Estancia; Maurice Ravel’s Boléro.

June 12: Livingston Symphony Orchestra at Livingston High School. Anthony LaGruth, conductor. Program includes Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5; Shoshtakovich’s Symphony No. 5.

June 13: Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey at Grace Church, Madison. Program includes Mendelssohn’s The Scottish Symphony; Mozart’s Piano Concert No. 20 (featuring Jacqueline Schiller).

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