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Sō Percussion will perform in the Music at Bunker Hill series in Sewell, Nov. 16.
Nov. 11: Bizet’s “Carmen” in Concert, presented by The Maplewood Strollers at Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts.
Nov. 12: Kronos Quartet at Leshowitz Recital Hall at Montclair State University.
Nov. 13: Giuseppe Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” Seton Hall University Classical Concert Series at South Orange Performing Arts Center. Featuring MidAtlantic Philharmonic Orchestra, Seton Hall Chorus.
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. 14: “Sacred Love” featuring William Paterson University choirs, at St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Paterson.
Nov. 14 and 16: Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey at Bickford Theatre at Morris Museum, Morris Township. Theresa Carlomagno, soprano; Gary Pate, tenor; Daniel Colalillo, piano. Program includes works by Verdi and Beethoven.
Nov. 15: Ars Musica Chorale at West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood. With Adelphi Orchestra; Kristen Plumley, soprano; George Johnson III, tenor; the New Jersey Children’s Choir; Mount Olive Middle School Select Choir. Program includes Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.
Nov. 15: New Jersey Festival Orchestra String Quartet at James Ward Mansion, Westfield. “Romance in the Mansion” program.
Nov. 15: Bizet’s “Carmen” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
Nov. 15: Davóne Tines’ “Recital No. 1 MASS” at ArtYard, Frenchtown.
Nov. 15: Adelphi Chamber Ensemble at Kinnelon Public Library. Lewis Paer, bass; Laura Hamilton, violin; Sylvia Rubin, violin; Francesca Silos, viola; Lanny Paykin, cello. Program includes Mozart’s Quartet for Strings No. 19 in C major, K 465 “Dissonance”; Rossini’s Sonata a quattro No. 6 in D major; Dvorak’s Quintet for String Quartet and Double Bass in G major, Op. 77/B 49.
Nov. 16: Brook Orchestra at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook. Thomas Vacca, conductor. Program includes music by Ravel, Fauré and Brahms.
Nov. 16: Hermitage Piano Trio, presented by Red Bank Chamber Music Society at Trinity Episcopal Church, Red Bank. Misha Keylin, violin; Sergey Antonov, cello; Ilya Kazantsev, piano. Program includes Glinka’s Trio Pathétique; Kats-Chernin’s Blue Silence; Suk’s Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 2; De Falla’s Suite Populaire Espagnole; Brahms’ Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101.
Nov. 16: Sō Percussion, Music at Bunker Hill series at Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church, Sewell. Program includes Eric Cha-Beach’s 4+9; Olivier Tarpaga’s FeFe (movements 1 and 3); Pauline Oliveros’ The Future of Anonymity; Julia Wolfe’s Dark Full Ride, Part 1; Jason Treuting’s Sense; Caroline Shaw’s Taxidermy; selections from Bryce Dessner’s Music for Wood and Strings.
Nov. 16: David Shifrin, clarinet, at Steeple Concerts at St. Paul’s, Westfield.
Nov. 21: Robert Radliff, violin, and Sharon Niessen, piano, at Bösendorfer Recital Room at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Nov. 22: Philip Glass Ensemble, “Early Works” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Nov. 22: Gilbert Kalish, piano, and The Viano Quartet at Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison. Program includes Joseph Haydn’s Quartet in D minor for Strings, Hob. III:83, Op. 103; Felix Mendelssohn’s Quartet in D major for Strings, Op. 44, No. 1; Johannes Brahms’ Quintet in F minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 34.
Nov. 22: Pro Arte Chorale and Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra at West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood. “Paths of Destiny” program includes Verdi’s- Overture to La Forza del Destino; Parry’s I Was Glad; Saint-Saëns’ Messe de Requiem; Brahms’ Schicksalslied.
Nov. 22: “Tales for a Starry Night,” presented by Opera Atlantic at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Montclair.
Nov. 23: Enriqueta Somarriba, piano, and Maria Brea, soprano at State Theatre Studio, New Brunswick.
Nov. 23: Adelphi Chamber Ensemble at Community of Saint John Baptist, Mendham. Lewis Paer, bass; Laura Hamilton, violin; Sylvia Rubin, violin; Francesca Silos, viola; Lanny Paykin, cello; Janet Montroy, piano. Program includes Mozart’s Quartet for Strings No. 19 in C major, K 465 “Dissonance”; Schubert’s Quintet for Piano and Strings in A major, D 667/Op. 114 “Trout.”
Nov. 24: Kean University Community Wind Ensemble at Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University, Hillside. Patrick Burns, director. “New Horizons” program includes works by Clifton Williams, Philip Sparke, Yukiko Nishimura, Jerry Bilik, Patrick Burns, Frank Erickson, Steve Dunn, James Reese Europe.
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