Classical, October 2023-November 2024

Itzhak Perlman performs at BergenPAC in Englewood, Oct. 7; NJPAC in Newark, Oct. 8; and the State Theatre in New Brunswick, Feb. 24.

Oct. 1: Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra at Princeton Alliance Church, Plainsboro. Chiu-Tze Lin, conductor; Hao Liu, piano; Krystal Sun, violin. Program includes music by Mozart, Copland, Sousa, Piazzolla.

Oct. 3: Seong-Jin Cho at BergenPAC, Englewood.

Oct. 6: Victoria Schwartzman, piano, at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Oct. 6: New Jersey Festival Orchestra at St. Helen’s Church, Westfield. David Wroe, conductor. Program includes Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 5 in D major; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor.

Oct. 7: Itzhak Perlman at BergenPAC, Englewood.

Oct. 8: Itzhak Perlman at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Oct. 8: Dreamers’ Circus (Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violin; Ale Carr, citern; Nikolaj Busk, keyboards) at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.
Oct. 8: New Jersey Festival Orchestra at The Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison. David Wroe, conductor. Program includes Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 5 in D major; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor.
Oct. 8: Copland String Quartet at Welpe Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg. Mozaika Concert Series. Program includes music by Mozart and Ravel.
Oct. 8: “A Celebration of the Stage: Opera to Broadway,” presented by Light Opera of New Jersey at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Basking Ridge.

Oct. 12: Chanticleer Vocal Ensemble at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.

Oct. 14: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC. Newark. Robert Spano, conductor; Aaron Diehl, piano. “Ellington & Dvořák: New Worlds” program includes Valerie Coleman’s Umoja; Still’s Out of the Silence; Ellington’s New World a-Comin’; Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.”

Oct. 14-15: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Kenneth Bean, conductor; Jennifer Koh, violin. Program includes Felix Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave), Op. 26; Missy Mazzoli’s Violin Concerto (Procession); Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43.

Oct. 15: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Robert Spano, conductor; Aaron Diehl, piano. “Ellington & Dvořák: New Worlds” program includes Valerie Coleman’s Umoja; Still’s Out of the Silence; Ellington’s New World a-Comin’; Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.”
Oct. 15: American Quartet with Richard Stoltzman, presented by Red Bank Chamber Music Society at Trinity Episcopal Church, Red Bank. Music by Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms.

Oct. 18: Australian Haydn Ensemble at Bickford Theatre at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

Oct. 19 and 22: New Jersey Symphony at NJPAC, Newark. Joseph Young, conductor; Sterling Elliott, cello. “Schumann’s Cello Concerto” program includes a new work by Jessie Montgomery (New Jersey Symphony co-commission); Schumann’s Cello Concerto; Elgar’s Enigma Variations.

Oct. 20: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Joseph Young, conductor; Sterling Elliott, cello. “Schumann’s Cello Concerto” program includes a new work by Jessie Montgomery (New Jersey Symphony co-commission); Schumann’s Cello Concerto; Elgar’s Enigma Variations.

Oct. 21: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Joseph Young, conductor; Sterling Elliott, cello. “Schumann’s Cello Concerto” program includes a new work by Jessie Montgomery (New Jersey Symphony co-commission); Schumann’s Cello Concerto; Elgar’s Enigma Variations.

Oct. 22: Opera at Florham at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison. “Mayhem in Opera.”
Oct. 22: Horszowski Trio at Music at Bunker Hill series at Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church, Sewell. Program includes Haydn’s Piano Trio in e minor, Hob. XV:12; Bolcom’s Introduzione e Rondo “Haydn Go Seek” (2008); Dvorak’s Piano Quartet in E-flat No. 2, Op. 87.

Oct. 23: Bach’s Mass in B Minor with John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists chamber orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.

Oct. 25: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. ” ‘Jurassic Park’ in Concert.” Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor.

Oct. 26: Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violin, and Justin Taylor, harpsichord, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “The Flamboyant Baroque — Music of the 18th Century” program includes works by Nicola Matteis Jr., John Eccles, Henry Purcell, François Francœur, J.S. Bach, Arcangelo Corelli.
Oct. 26: Highline String Quartet, “Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics” at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City. Program includes music by Gounod, Shostakovich, Saint-Saëns, Modest Mussorgsky, Franz Schubert and Edvard Grieg, plus film and TV music, and more.

Oct. 27: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. ” ‘Jurassic Park’ in Concert.” Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor.

Oct. 28: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. ” ‘Jurassic Park’ in Concert.” Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor.
Oct. 28: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison. Erika Baikoff, soprano; Gilles Vonsattel, piano and harpsichord; Benjamin Beilman, violin; Clive Greensmith, cello. Program includes works by Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Balakirev, Mussorgsky, Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov.
Oct. 28: Highline String Quartet at Symphony Hall, Newark. “Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics.”

Oct. 29: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. ” ‘Jurassic Park’ in Concert.” Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor.

Nov. 2: Danish String Quartet (Frederik Øland and Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violins; Asbjørn Nørgaard, viola; Fredrik Sjölin, cello) at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Scandinavian folk music and works by Henry Purcell, Joseph Haydn, Dmitri Shostakovich.

Nov. 4: “The Mind and Music of George Gershwin: Live Concert Lecture by Dr. Richard Kogan” at Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University, West Long Branch.

Nov. 5: Midori and Festival Strings Lucerne at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Nov. 5: Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea, “The Music That Makes Me Dance: From Ballet to Broadway” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
Nov. 5: Princeton Pro Musica at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Handel’s Solomon with New York Baroque, featuring mezzo-soprano Sarah Nelson Craft and sopranos Sonya Hedlam and Elisse Albian.
Nov. 5: Adelphi Orchestra at Fair Lawn Community Center Theater. Kyunghun Kim, conductor; Nathan Meltzer, violin. “The Viennese Masters” program includes Mozart: Overture to The Abduction From the Seraglio; Beethoven’s Concerto for Violin in D major; Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 in D major, “London.”

Nov. 8: Jean Rondeau, harpsichord at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes music by Johann Joseph Fux, Joseph Haydn, Muzio Clementi, Ludwig van Beethoven, W.A. Mozart.

Nov. 11-12: Princeton Symphony Orchestra with Westminster Symphonic Choir at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Jennifer Koh, violin. Program includes Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte; Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor, K. 626; Gregory Spears’ A New Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei for the Mozart Requiem.

Nov. 12: “Mark Peskanov & Friends: A Concert for Peace” at Music at Bunker Hill series at Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church, Sewell. With Mark Peskanov, violin; William Frampton, viola; Julian Schwarz, cello; Marika Bournaki, piano. Program includes Silvestrov’s- Melodies of the Moments, Cycle VII; Schubert’s Piano Trio in B flat; Fauré’s Piano Quartet in c minor.
Nov. 12: Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey at Dolan Hall at Saint Elizabeth University, Morristown. Program includes Mozart’s Bastien und Bastienne (featuring Timothy Maureen Cole, Jason Adamo, Dmitri Zigrino, Tom Loughman, and Douglas Anderson; Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Overture from Le devin du village; Johann Quantz’s Concerto for flute by featuring Laura Ferraro.
Nov. 12: Hermitage Trio, presented by Red Bank Chamber Music Society at Trinity Episcopal Church, Red Bank. Music by Joaquín Turina, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Mariano Perelló, Antonín Dvořák.

Nov. 16: Davóne Tines, bass-baritone, at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Nov. 17: Stanley DeLage, piano, at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

Nov. 19: Richardson Chamber Players at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes music by Camille Saint-Saëns, Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Germaine Tailleferre, Louis Durey and Francis Poulenc.
Nov. 19: Hans Tashjian, bass-baritone, and Anna Keiserman, piano, at Welpe Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg. Mozaika Concert Series. Program includes music by John A. Sichel.

Nov. 27: Canadian Brass at BergenPAC, Englewood.

Nov. 30: “A Chanticleer Christmas” at South Orange Performing Arts Center.

Nov. 30 and Dec. 1: New Jersey Symphony at NJPAC, Newark. Joshua Bell, conductor and violin. “Joshua Bell Leads the New Jersey Symphony” program includes Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Violin Concerto; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4.

Dec. 1: Westminster Concert Bell Choir at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Dec. 1: Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea at Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University, West Long Branch.

Dec. 3: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Joshua Bell, conductor and violin. “Joshua Bell Leads the New Jersey Symphony” program includes Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Violin Concerto; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4.
Dec. 3: Opera at Florham, holiday concert at St. Margaret Church, Morristown.

Dec. 8: Vienna Boys Choir at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Dec. 8: Rachmaninoff Trio featuring Jee Sun Lee, violin, DoYeon Kim, cello, and Brian Gilmore, piano, at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

Dec. 8 and 10: Harmonium Choral Society at United Methodist Church, Morristown.

Dec. 9: New Jersey Festival Orchestra at Presbyterian Church, Westfield. David Wroe, conductor. “Return of the Holiday Tenors” with Jeremy Bauner, Errin Brooks and Mackenzie Whitney and holiday choruses.

Dec. 10: New Jersey Festival Orchestra at The Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison. David Wroe, conductor. “Return of the Holiday Tenors” with Jeremy Bauner, Errin Brooks and Mackenzie Whitney and holiday choruses.
Dec. 10: Frisson, “A Classic Christmas” at Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University, Hillside.

Dec 11: MCCC Chamber Ensemble Winter Concert at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

Dec. 12: MCCC Winter Choral Concert at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

Dec. 15: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Handel’s Messiah.” Nicholas McGegan, conductor; Sherezade Panthaki, soprano; Key’mon Murrah, countertenor; Thomas Cooley, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone; Montclair State University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director).

Dec. 16: Princeton Pro Musica at Princeton University Chapel. “A Feast of Carols” featuring Rutter’s Gloria.

Dec. 17: New Jersey Symphony at Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark. “Handel’s Messiah.” Nicholas McGegan, conductor; Sherezade Panthaki, soprano; Key’mon Murrah, countertenor; Thomas Cooley, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone; Montclair State University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director).
Dec. 17: Monmouth Civic Chorus, “Rejoice Greatly: A Celebratory Messiah and More” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Dec. 17: Jae Hee Min, piano, at Welpe Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg. Mozaika Concert Series.

Dec. 20: MCCC Symphonic Band Concert at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

Dec. 31: “Salute to Vienna” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Jan. 7: Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

Jan. 12: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Xian Zhang, conductor; Augustin Hadelich, violin. “Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with Augustin Hadelich” program includes Daniel Bernard Roumain’s i am a white person who _ Black people; Beethoven’s Violin Concerto; Mussorgsky/Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Jan. 13: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Xian Zhang, conductor; Augustin Hadelich, violin. “Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with Augustin Hadelich” program includes Daniel Bernard Roumain’s i am a white person who _ Black people; Beethoven’s Violin Concerto; Mussorgsky/Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Jan. 13-14: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor. Program includes Nina Shekhar’s Lumina; Handel’s “Quella fiamma” from Arminio, HWV 36; Gregory Spears’ Love Story (words by Tracy K. Smith): Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36.

Jan. 14: New Jersey Symphony at NJPAC, Newark.Xian Zhang, conductor; Augustin Hadelich, violin. “Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with Augustin Hadelich” program includes Daniel Bernard Roumain’s i am a white person who _ Black people; Beethoven’s Violin Concerto; Mussorgsky/Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Jan. 18 and 20: New Jersey Symphony at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Rob Kapilow, conductor; JCC Young People’s Chorus @ Thurnauer; Young People’s Chorus of New York City. “The American Dream” program includes Still’s Darker America; Rob Kapilow’s We Came to America (world premiere, commissioned by the Thurnauer School of Music at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly); Bernstein’s Three Dances Episodes from On the Town and Symphonic Dances from West Side Story.

Jan. 18-21: Mahler Chamber Orchestra, venue TBA. “Future Presence: An Immersive Installation in Virtual Reality” featuring works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Charles Ives and Felix Mendelssohn.

Jan. 21: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Xian Zhang, conductor; Rob Kapilow, conductor; JCC Young People’s Chorus @ Thurnauer; Young People’s Chorus of New York City. “The American Dream” program includes Still’s Darker America; Rob Kapilow’s We Came to America (world premiere, commissioned by the Thurnauer School of Music at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly); Bernstein’s Three Dances Episodes from On the Town and Symphonic Dances from West Side Story.
Jan. 21: Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey at Morristown Unitarian Fellowship. Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Ting Ho, Teresa Carreño, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
Jan. 21: “Opera Goes to the Movies,” presented by Light Opera of New Jersey at Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge.
Jan. 21: Maria Kitsopoulos, cello, and Constantine Kitsopoulos, piano, with mezzo-soprano Misa Iwama at Beacon Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Summit.

Jan. 24: Hélène Grimaud, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms and J.S. Bach.

Feb. 2: Adelphi Chamber Ensemble at River Vale Public Library. Program includes Schumann’s Quintet for Piano and Strings in E flat major, Op. 44; Haydn’s Quartet for Strings in G major, Op. 64 no. 4/H 3 no. 66.

Feb. 3: New Jersey Symphony‘s “Lunar New Year Celebration” at NJPAC, Newark. Yue Bao, conductor; Tony Siqi Yun, piano.
Feb. 3: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison. Gloria Chien, piano; Kristin Lee, violin; James Thompson, violin; Yura Lee, violin and viola; Dmitri Atapine, cello. Program includes works by Coleridge-Taylor, Hahn, Ysaÿe, Bloch.

Feb. 8: Víkingur Ólafsson, piano at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, BWV 988.

Feb. 11: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Feb. 15: Isabelle Faust, violin, Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello, and Alexander Melnikov, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Elliot Carter and Antonín Dvořák.

Feb. 16: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. “Respect: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin” program with singers Capathia Jenkins and Ryan Shaw.

Feb. 17: New Jersey Symphony at NJPAC, Newark. “Respect: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin” program with singers Capathia Jenkins and Ryan Shaw.
Feb. 17: Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Feb. 17: Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor,” presented by New Jersey Festival Orchestra at Renaissance Church, Springfield. David Wroe, conductor.

Feb. 17 and 20: “Blind Injustice” opera-in-concert, presented by Peak Performances at Kasser Theater at Montclair State University. Music by Scott Davenport Richards, libretto by David Cote.

Feb. 18: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. “Respect: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin” program with singers Capathia Jenkins and Ryan Shaw.
Feb. 18: Adelphi Chamber Ensemble at Teaneck Public Library. Program includes Schumann’s Quintet for Piano and Strings in E flat major, Op. 44; Haydn’s Quartet for Strings in G major, Op. 64 no. 4/H 3 no. 66.

Feb. 22-23: New Jersey Symphony at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Robert Ingliss, oboe; Eric Wyrick, violin. “Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons” program includes Reena Esmail’s RE/Member; Strauss’ Oboe Concerto; Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.

Feb. 24: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Xian Zhang, conductor; Robert Ingliss, oboe; Eric Wyrick, violin. “Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons” program includes Reena Esmail’s RE/Member; Strauss’ Oboe Concerto; Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.
Feb. 24: Itzhak Perlman at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Feb. 25: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Xian Zhang, conductor; Robert Ingliss, oboe; Eric Wyrick, violin. “Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons” program includes Reena Esmail’s RE/Member; Strauss’ Oboe Concerto; Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.
Feb. 25: Adelphi Chamber Ensemble at Mahwah Public Library. Program includes Schumann’s Quintet for Piano and Strings in E flat major, Op. 44; Haydn’s Quartet for Strings in G major, Op. 64 no. 4/H 3 no. 66.

March 1 and 3: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Andrew Adelson, oboe d’amore; Jana McIntyre, soprano; Barry Banks, tenor; Hugh Russell, baritone; Montclair State University Chorale (Heather J. Buchanan, director). “Xian Conducts Carmina Burana” program includes Augusta Read Thomas’ Selections from Jubilee; J.S. Bach’s Oboe d’Amore Concerto; Orff’s Carmina Burana.

March 2: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Batman in Concert.”
March 2: Mnozil Brass at Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University, Hillside.

March 7: Hagen String Quartet at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes music by Joseph Haydn, Claude Debussy and Ludwig van Beethoven.

March 8: Adelphi Orchestra at Fair Lawn Community Theater. Kyunghun Kim, conductor; Ella Eom, violin. “Musical Nomads” program includes Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite​; Ravel’s Tzigane, Op. 4; Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish.”

March 9-10: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Time for Three (Ranaan Meyer, double bass; Nick Kendall, violin; Charles Yang, violin). Program includes Marin Goleminov’s The Fire Dancer: Suite from the Ballet; Kevin Puts’ Contact; Prokofiev’s Selections from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64.
March 9-10: “Harmonium Choral Society at United Methodist Church, Morristown.

March 14: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Tom Borrow, piano. “Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony” program includes David Ludwig’s Night Vision; Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5.

March 15: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Xian Zhang, conductor; Tom Borrow, piano. “Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony” program includes David Ludwig’s Night Vision; Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5.

March 17: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Xian Zhang, conductor; Tom Borrow, piano. “Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony” program includes David Ludwig’s Night Vision; Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5.
March 17: Kyiv Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
March 17: Princeton Pro Musica at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Mozart’s Requiem; Jasmine Barnes’ Portrait: Douglass & Tubman.
March 17: Harlem Chamber Players String Quartet at Music at Bunker Hill series at Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church, Sewell. “100 Years of Women Composers” program includes works by Florence Price, Tania León, Caroline Shaw and Rhiannon Giddens.
March 17: David Brubaker, violin, and Miryana Moteva, piano, at Welpe Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg. Mozaika Concert Series.

March 24: Richardson Chamber Players at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes music by Camille Saint-Saëns, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Ravel, Florent Schmitt, Maurice Delage, Igor Stravinsky, Maurice Ravel.

March 30: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

April 3: Jonathan Biss, piano, and Mitsuko Uchida, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes music by Franz Schubert.

April 4: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. ” ‘Star Wars: Return of the Jedi’ in Concert.”

April 5: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. ” ‘Star Wars: Return of the Jedi’ in Concert.”

April 6: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. ” ‘Star Wars: Return of the Jedi’ in Concert.”

April 7: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. ” ‘Star Wars: Return of the Jedi’ in Concert.”
April 7: Escher Quartet, presented by Red Bank Chamber Music Society at Trinity Episcopal Church, Red Bank. Music by Joseph Haydn, Leoš Janáček, Franz Schubert.

April 8: Golda Schultz, soprano, and Jonathan Ware, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “This Be Her Verse: Exploring the Female Perspective” program includes music by Clara Schumann, Emile Mayer, Rebecca Clarke, Nadia Boulanger and Kathleen Tagg.

April 14: Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey at Dolan Hall at Saint Elizabeth University, Morristown. Program includes Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto featuring Alyson Whelan; Franz Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony; Peter Jarvis’ Concerto for Vibraphone and Orchestra featuring Jesse Gerbasi (world premiere).

April 20: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Concert Hall at Drew University, Madison. Wu Han, piano; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; David Finckel, cello. Program includes works by Beethoven, Bruch, Brahms, Mendelssohn.

April 21: Robert McDonald, piano, at Music at Bunker Hill series at Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church, Sewell. Program includes Bach’s French Suite #4 in E-flat Major; Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 111; Nielsen’s Chaconne; Debussy’s Preludes Bk. 2; Fauré’s Valse Caprice #2 in D-flat, Op. 38.
April 21: Anna Keiserman, piano, at Welpe Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg. Mozaika Concert Series. Program includes works by Mykola Lysenko, Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Dmitri Shostakovich and Vsevolod Zaderatsky.

April 27: Harmonium Choral Society Chamber Singers at Calvary Episcopal Church, Summit.

April 28: Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea, “Opera’s Greatest Hits” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
April 28: Harmonium Choral Society Chamber Singers at Grace Church, Madison.

April 29: MCCC Chamber Ensemble Spring Concert at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

April 30: MCCC Spring Choral Concert at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

May 2: Doric String Quartet at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes music by Brett Dean, Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert.

May 5: Princeton Pro Musica at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell’s Sanctuary Road.

May 10: New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, “The Pirates of Penzance” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

May 11: New Jersey Festival Orchestra at Presbyterian Church, Westfield. David Wroe, conductor. Program includes Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and a violin concert TBA.

May 11-12: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Sara Davis Buechner, piano. Program includes John Luther Adams’ Become River; Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15; Schumann’s Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120.

May 12: Adelphi Orchestra at Fair Lawn Community Center Theater. Kyunghun Kim, conductor; Esther Yang, violin. “Complexity & Simplicity” program includes Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Haydn; Mozart’s Concerto for Violin, No. 3; Schubert’s Symphony No 5 in B flat major.
May 12: Ardelia Trio, presented by Red Bank Chamber Music Society at Trinity Episcopal Church, Red Bank. Music by Johann Hummel, Rebecca Clarke and Johannes Brahms.

May 14: Miroslav Hristov, violin, and Vladimir Valjarevic, piano, at Welpe Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg. Mozaika Concert Series.

May 15: Joshua Bell, violin, Larisa Martinez, soprano, Peter Dugan, piano at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

May 17: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Markus Stenz, conductor; Jeremy Denk, piano. Program includes Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture; Anna Clyne’s Piano Concerto (New Jersey Symphony co-commission); Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3.

May 18-19: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Markus Stenz, conductor; Jeremy Denk, piano. Program includes Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture; Anna Clyne’s Piano Concerto (New Jersey Symphony co-commission); Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, “Eroica.”

May 22: MCCC Chamber Ensemble Spring Concert at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

May 26: Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano, at Music at Bunker Hill series at Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church, Sewell. Program includes music by Handel, Ortiz, Rameau.

May 30-31: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor. “Epic Scores of John Williams and More!”

June 1: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Xian Zhang, conductor. “Epic Scores of John Williams and More!”

June 1: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Xian Zhang, conductor. “Epic Scores of John Williams and More!”

June 1-2: Harmonium Choral Society at United Methodist Church, Morristown.

June 7: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Xian Zhang, conductor; Daniil Trifonov, piano. Program includes a new work by Daniel Bernard Roumain (world premiere, New Jersey Symphony commission); Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture (arr. Bennett) and Concerto in F.

June 8: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Xian Zhang, conductor; Daniil Trifonov, piano. Program includes a new work by Daniel Bernard Roumain (world premiere, New Jersey Symphony commission); Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture (arr. Bennett) and Concerto in F.

June 9: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Daniil Trifonov, piano. Program includes a new work by Daniel Bernard Roumain (world premiere, New Jersey Symphony commission); Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture (arr. Bennett) and Concerto in F.
June 9: Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey at Dolan Hall at Saint Elizabeth University, Morristown. Program includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2; Gustav Holst’s St. Paul’s Suite; Antonin Dvořák’s Serenade for Winds.

Nov. 6, 2024: Yunchan Lim, piano, at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

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