Pianist Enriqueta Somarriba will perform at the “Classical Season Celebration” of The State Theatre in New Brunswick, Oct. 17.
Oct. 13: New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players with Allison Loggins-Hull (flute, curator and host) at Newark School of the Arts. Program includes music by Allison Loggins-Hull, Jessie Montgomery and Claude Debussy. Part of Newark Arts Festival.
Oct. 13 and Dec. 7: Rutgers Wind Ensemble at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Oct. 15: Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra at Shea Center Auditorium at William Paterson University, Wayne. Program includes Holst’s The Planets and Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture.
Oct. 17: Rutgers Symphonic Winds and Rutgers Symphony Band at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Oct. 17: “Classical Season Celebration” with Enriqueta Somarriba, piano, at Studio at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Oct. 18: Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra at West Side Presbyterian Church. Ridgewood. “Journey of Discovery” program includes Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture; Vaughan Williams’ Lark Ascending (Danbi Um, violin); Holst’s The Planets.
Oct. 19: Capitol Philharmonic at Patriots Theater at War Memorial, Trenton. “American Stories: Opening Night!” program includes Joan Tower’s Made in America (Sebastian Grand, conductor); Florence Price’s Ethiopia’s Shadow in America (Ruth Ochs, conductor); George Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess concert version for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra (Vinroy D. Brown Jr., conductor; Heather Hill, soprano; Keith Spencer, baritone).
Oct. 19: “Rutgers Sings!” at Kirkpatrick Chapel at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Oct. 19-20: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rosen Milanov, conductor; Basia Danilow, violin; Alistair MacRae, cello; Steven Beck, piano. Program includes Michael Abels’ More Seasons; Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25, “Classical”; Beethoven’s Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C Major, Op. 56, “Triple Concerto.”
Oct. 20: Bay Atlantic Symphony at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.
Oct. 20: Carolyn Enger, piano, at Watchung Arts Center.
Oct. 21: Capital Philharmonic at Patriots Theatre at War Memorial, Trenton. Maja Rajkovic, piano. Program includes Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3; Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.”
Oct. 26: Summit Chorale at Calvary Episcopal Church, Summit. “La Vie en Rose” program includes Poulenc’s Un Soire de Neige and Todd’s Mass in Blue.
Oct. 27: Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey at Madison Community Arts Center. “New Contemporary” program includes music by Dave Williams, Michael DeMaio and Robert W. Butts.
Oct. 27: “Contrasts: Bartok to Beatles” at Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Montclair. Featuring Mark Dover, clarinet; Kara Dugan, vocals; Peter Dugan, piano; Doori Na, violin.
Oct. 27: Manhattan Chamber Players, presented by The Red Bank Chamber Music Society at Trinity Episcopal Church, Red Bank. Program includes Debussy’s Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp, L. 137S; Fauré’s Morceau de Concours for Flute and Harp; Ravel’s Pièce en Forme de Habanera and Sonatine (arr. for Flute, Viola, and Harp); Jongen’s Danse Lente for Flute and Harp; Tournier’s Etude de Concert — Au Matin; Saint-Saëns’ Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, Op. 124; and Beethoven’s Serenade for Flute, Violin, and Viola, Op.25.
Oct. 30: Igor Levit, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Bach’s Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903; Brahms’ Ballades, Op. 10; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 (arr. Liszt).
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