Joshua Bell will conduct and perform with New Jersey Symphony in Newark, Princeton and Morristown, May 14-17.
May 1-3, 8-10, 13, 15-17, 20 and 22-24: “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 2: duoJalal, “Threads of Sound: Voices of American Composers” at Historic Hunterdon County Courthouse, Flemington. Program includes music by Kenji Bunch, Caroline Shaw, Dafnis Prieto, Kurt Rhode and Dawn Avery. Part of Raritan River Music Festival.
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: New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra at Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick. “The Revolutionary War in New Jersey” program includes works by Shield and Cage, and a newly commissioned work.
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 3: RVCC Chorale at Welpe Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg. Will Berman, conductor; Alinea, piano. Program will include music by John Tavener and Benjamin Britten and selections from the musicals “Hair” and “The Lion King.”
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: Trio Ondata, “American Mycelium: Explorations of the New World” at Old Greenwich Presbyterian Church, Stewartsville. Program includes music by Shostakovich, Haydn, Esmail and Shaw. Part of Raritan River Music Festival.
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 13: New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra at First Reformed Church of New Brunswick. “Music in America” program includes works by American composers, evocative of American themes.
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 15: New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. “For the Love of the New World” program includes Darius Milhaud’s La Création du monde and Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”).
May 16: Masterwork Chorus at Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison. Martin Sedek, conductor. “An American Tapestry” program.
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 16: Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea at First Presbyterian Church of Freehold.
May 16: Sophia Agranovich at Watchung Arts Center. “Fantasy, Carnival and Enchantment” program includes music by Debussy, Chopin, Liszt and Schumann.
May 16: Michael Newman-Laura Oltman Guitar Duo, “Greatest Hits of 1776” at Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, Pittstown. Program includes music by Billings, Mozart, Haydn and others. Part of Raritan River Music Festival.
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 17: Summit Chorale at St. John’s Lutheran Church. Summit. Program includes Florence Price’s “Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight,” opera choruses from John Adams’ “Nixon in China” and “Doctor Atomic,” and selections from Randall Thompson’s “Testament of Freedom.”
May 17: Ember Choral Arts, “Our Better Angels: The New Frontier” at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Morristown.
May 19: MCCC Symphonic Band Spring Concert at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
May 23: Atlantic Wind Ensemble at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.
May 23: Artek (Gwendolyn Toth and Peter Sykes), “Two by Two: Harpsichord Duets Across the Centuries” at Stanton Reformed Church. Part of Raritan River Music Festival.
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.
May 31: SOMA Orchestra at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Westfield. “Happy 250th, America!” program includes Gould’s American Salute; Locklair’s Independence Day; Copland’s Lincoln Portrait.
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