Itzhak Perlman will perform at NJPAC in Newark, Oct. 25.
Oct. 15: Classical Season Celebration at State Theatre, New Brunswick. With Christina Bouey, violin; Yoon Lee, piano.
Oct. 15: Rutgers Symphonic Winds and Symphony Band at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Oct. 15: Princeton Symphony Orchestra Soundtracks series: “Meet the Bassoon” with PSO principal bassoonist Brad Balliett at Princeton Public Library.
Oct. 16: Lyndon Ji, piano, Afternoon Recital Series at Bösendorfer Recital Room at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Oct. 17: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison. Program includes works by Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert and Felix Mendelssohn.
Oct. 17: Szabo Chamber Music Society Gala Concert Fundraiser, “Opera and Broadway,” at Union Congregational Church, Montclair. Elizabeth Honer, Elizabeth Perryman, Page Porter, sopranos; Eunjoo Huls, mezzo-soprano; Rider Forest, tenor; Edward Huls, bass; Cathy Yung and Shelly Szabo, violins; Andy Kim, cello; Sandor Szabo, organ and piano.
Oct. 17-18: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Dmitry Shishkin, piano. Program includes Joan Tower’s Suite from Concerto for Orchestra; Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra.
Oct. 17: Adelphi Chamber Ensemble at Kinnelon Public Library.
Oct. 18: Karina Bruk and Paul Conrad, piano duos, at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Program includes Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances From West Side Story.
Oct. 18: Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano, and Jason Vieaux, guitar, Music at Bunker Hill series at Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church, Sewell. “Songs of the Americas” programs featuring works by Granados, Rodrigo, Copland and Sondheim.
Oct. 18: Carolyn Enger, piano, at Watchung Arts Center.
Oct. 18: The Ulysses Quartet, presented by The Red Bank Chamber Music Society at Trinity Episcopal Church, Red Bank. Program includes Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12, and String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80; Fanny Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in E-flat major, and Selected Songs arranged for string quartet.
Oct. 23: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Season Opening: Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ & Schubert’s ‘Great.’ ” Xian Zhang, conductor; George Li, piano. Program includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor,” and Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 in C Major, ‘The Great.”
Oct. 23: Violinist Shien-Ta Su with violinists Ming-Feng Hsin, Wen Qian and Ivy Yee Chang, and pianist Mikako Ogata, at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. “Taiwanese Roots, American Harmonies” program includes Taiwanese folk songs and Gabriel Fauré’s Berceuse, Op. 16; Frédéric Chopin’s Nocturne in E-flat Major (arr. Sarasate); Bedřich Smetana’s From My Homeland; Edward Elgar’s La Capricieuse; Amy Beach’s Romance, Op. 23; Louis Spohr’s Grand Duo for 2 Violins in A Minor, Op. 67 No. 1; Moritz Moszkowski’s Suite for Two Violins & Piano, Op. 71; Anotonio Vivaldi Concerto for 4 Violins in B Minor, RV 580.
Oct. 23 and 25: Puccini’s “La Bohème,” presented by Opera Magnifico at Peapack Reformed Church, Gladstone.
Oct. 24: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Season Opening: Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ & Schubert’s ‘Great.’ ” Xian Zhang, conductor; George Li, piano. Program includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor,” and Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 in C Major, ‘The Great.”
Oct. 24: Livingston Symphony Orchestra at Heritage Middle School, Livingston. Anthony LaGruth, conductor. “Sounds of Freedom” program includes John Williams’ The March From ‘1941’; Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question; Beethoven’s Leonore No.3; Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7.
Oct. 24: Rutgers Symphony Orchestra at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Program includes Schumann’s Rhenish Symphony; Angélica Negrón’s Campos Flotantes; Korngold’s Violin Concerto (featuring Christina Bouey).
Oct. 24: Summit Chorale at St. Joseph School, Carteret. Fantasy Tavern Cabaret program featuring music from “Lord of the Rings” and more.
Oct. 25: Itzhak Perlman at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Oct. 25: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. “Season Opening: Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ & Schubert’s ‘Great.’ ” Xian Zhang, conductor; George Li, piano. Program includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor,” and Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 in C Major, ‘The Great.”
Oct. 25: Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey at Patriots Theater at War Memorial, Trenton. Sebastian Grand, conductor. Program includes Oh God … Beautiful Machine by Vince di Mura and Yusef Komunyakaa.
Oct. 25, 3 p.m.: New Jersey Youth Symphony, “America250: Harmony Across Cultures” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway. Helen H. Cha-Pyo, conductor; Inner City Dance Ensemble; Korean Traditional Music and Dance Center; Edmar Castañeda, harp; Ema Mitrovic, mezzo-soprano.
Oct. 25, 7 p.m.: New Jersey Youth Symphony, “America250: Harmony Across Cultures” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway. Oliver Hagen, conductor. With Plainfield Symphony Orchestra (Charles Prince, conductor). Program includes music by Morton Gould, John Philip Sousa, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Edwin Franko Goldman and others.
Oct. 25: Mostly Music Concert Series at Temple Emanu-El, Westfield. David Shifrin, clarinet; Amy Schwartz Moretti and
Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Edward Arron, cello. “Viennese Virtuosity” program includes Mozart’s Duo in G Major for Violin and Viola; Crusell’s Clarinet Quartet; Weber’s Clarinet Quintet.
Oct. 25: Princeton Pro Musica at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Bachtoberfest” with the B Minor Mass and more.
Oct. 25: “The Tell-Tale Heart,” presented by The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey at The Amp, Dover.
Oct. 27: Ema Nikolovska, mezzo-soprano, with Sean Shibe, guitar, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes music by Schubert, Dowland, Bob Dylan, Thomas Adès, Laurie Anderson, Sasha Scott, Cassandra Miller, Linda Catlin-Smith, Nahre Sol.
Oct. 27: Princeton Chamber Music Series at Channing Hall at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton. Ian Barnett and Daniel Lee, violin; Jisang Kymm, viola; Elliott Kim, cello; Per Tengstrand, piano. Program includes Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16; Schumann’s Andante cantabile from Piano Quartet in E-flat Major Op. 47; Mendelssohn’s Allegro vivace from String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13.
Oct. 30: Bay Atlantic Symphony at Guaracini Performing Arts Center at Rowan College of South Jersey — Cumberland, Vineland. “Mozart Mania!” program includes Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 and Requiem. With Jennifer Casey Cabor, soprano; Taylor Hilary Boikins, mezzo-soprano; Min Jim, tenor; Jim Williams, bass; The Greater South Jersey Chorus.
Oct. 31: Kirkpatrick Choir at Kirkpatrick Chapel at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
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