Classical, May 2024-June 2025

The Doric String Quartet will perform at The Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University, May 2.

May 2: Doric String Quartet at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2; Franz Schubert’s String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887; Brett Dean’s String Quartet No. 3 Hidden Agendas.

May 4: Symphony in C at Gordon Theater at Rutgers University-Camden. Program includes Bernstein’s On the Town – Three Dance Episodes; Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 1 (featuring Hao Zhou); Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “New World Symphony.”
May 4: Somerset Hills Chorus at St. Mary’s Abbey, Morristown. Program includes Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas.”

May 5: Princeton Pro Musica at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell’s Sanctuary Road.
May 5: Montclair Early Music at First Congregational Church of Montclair. Featuring violinist Elena Peres and her Youth Orchestra. Program includes Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music; music from “Lord of the Rings” and “Game of Thrones,” and more.

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

May 11: New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra at Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick. Program includes Spanish and Portuguese vocal music. “Salon Americana” program includes music by Dvorak, Grant Still, Gershwin, Higdon, Montgomery, and Ellington.

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 17: Awadagin Pratt, piano, at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

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 19: All Seasons Chamber Players at Ridgefield Public Library.

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

May 25: Atlantic Wind Ensemble at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

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

June 2: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Xian Zhang, conductor. “Epic Scores of John Williams and More!”

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 7: Angel Blue, soprano, with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rossen Milanov, at Morven Museum & Garden, Princeton. Part of The Princeton Festival.

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.

June 13: Abeo Quartet at Trinity Church, Princeton. Program includes Reena Esmail’s String Quartet “Ragamala”; Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122; Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127. Part of The Princeton Festival.

June 14, 16 and 18: Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” with Princeton Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rossen Milanov, at Morven Museum & Garden, Princeton. Part of The Princeton Festival.

June 15: “Interwoven,” featuring American Repertory Ballet Princeton Symphony Orchestra Strings, conducted by Rossen Milanov, at Morven Museum & Garden, Princeton. Program includes choreography by Arthur Mitchell and Meredith Rainey, with music by Glass, Grieg, Scripp and Sibelius. Part of The Princeton Festival.
June 15: New Jersey Festival Orchestra at Hertell Gardens, Westfield. David Wroe, conductor; Sandy Cameron, violin. Program includes Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.2; Beethoven Symphony No. 7.

June 19: Juneteenth Celebration Honoring Black Choral Music at Morven Museum & Garden, Princeton. Vinroy D. Brown, Jr., conductor; Capital Singers of Trenton and other singers. Program includes Robert Ray’s Gospel Mass and other choral selections. Part of The Princeton Festival.

June 20: The Sebastians baroque ensemble at Trinity Church, Princeton. Program includes Telemann’s Concerto in A major for flute, violin and cello; Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D major; Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 in B-flat major; Vivaldi’s Concerto in G minor for two cellos; Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major. Part of The Princeton Festival.

June 21: Empire Wild at Morven Museum & Garden, Princeton. Part of The Princeton Festival.

June 26: Olivier Latry, organ, at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

June 30: New Jersey Opera Theater presents Bellini’s “Norma,” a staged opera, at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
June 30: Laura Zahn, mezzo-soprano at Bishop James Tabernacle, Ocean Grove.

July 3, 10, 13 and 24 and Aug. 7, 10, 14, 17, 24 and 28: Gordon Turk, organ, at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

July 4: Imperial Brass at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

July 7: Great Auditorium Quartet, “Universal Songs of America” at Bishop James Tabernacle, Ocean Grove.

July 11: New Jersey Opera Theater, Twilight Concert Series at Jack Curtis Stadium, Cooper River Park, Pennsauken. “Some Enchanted Evening” program includes songs from opera and Broadway.
July 11: Solisti String Ensemble at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

July 14: Ronald Naldi, tenor, at Bishop James Tabernacle, Ocean Grove.

July 17: Peter Richard Conte, organ, at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

July 18: Maxim Anikushin, piano, at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

July 20: 70th annual Choir Festival at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove. Directed by Jason Tramm, with Gordon Turk on pipe organ.

July 25: Horszowski Trio at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

July 27: Wagner’s “Die Walküre,” staged opera presented by New Jersey Opera Theater at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

July 28: Monica Ziglar, Soprano at Bishop James Tabernacle, Ocean Grove.

Aug. 1: “Summer Stars: Organ and Orchestra Finale” at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove. Ronald Naldi, tenor; Gordon Turk, organ; Jason Tramm, conductor.

Aug. 4: Great Auditorium Quartet, “Songs of the Spirit” at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

Aug. 11: Justin Beck, bass, at Bishop James Tabernacle, Ocean Grove.

Aug. 25: Annual Sacred Masterworks Concert, “Eternal Songs of Praise: Music of Bach and Mendelssohn” at Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove.

Sept. 9: Symphony in C and That Which Connects at Camden Waterfront.

Sept. 14-15: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rosen Milanov, conductor; Aubree Oliverson, violin. Program includes Gemma Peacocke’s Manta; Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35; Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98.

Sept. 20: Lyrica Chamber Music’s Twelfth Night Ensemble at Greenwood Gardens, Short Hills.

Sept. 21: New Jersey Opera Theater, “Opera Gems: An Evening of Opera’s Most Treasured Masterpieces” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Sept. 26: Kinan Azmeh, clarinet, with Kevork Mourad, live illustration, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Home Within: A Response to the Syrian Revolution” with moderator Deborah Amos.

Oct. 6: New Jersey Symphony, “Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene with Renée Fleming” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor. Season opening gala concert.

Oct. 9: Cécile McLorin Salvant, vocals, with Sullivan Fortner, keyboards, Emi Ferguson, flute, Dušan Balarin, theorbo and lute, Yasushi Nakamura, bass, and Keita Ogawa, percussion, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Book of Ayres: A Fusion of Early Music & Jazz” (premiere).

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. 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).

Nov. 1: New Jersey Symphony, “Opening Weekend: Xian Conducts Scheherazade” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Xian Zhang, conductor; Inon Barnatan, piano. Program includes Gabriela Ortiz’s Kauyumari; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.

Nov. 2: New Jersey Symphony, “Opening Weekend: Xian Conducts Scheherazade” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Xian Zhang, conductor; Inon Barnatan, piano. Program includes Gabriela Ortiz’s Kauyumari; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.

Nov. 3: New Jersey Symphony, “Opening Weekend: Xian Conducts Scheherazade” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Inon Barnatan, piano. Program includes Gabriela Ortiz’s Kauyumari; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.
Nov. 3: Igor Levit, “Citizen. European. Pianist.” conversation/performance with moderator Deborah Amos at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.

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

Nov. 7: Benjamin Grosvenor, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Brahms’ Intermezzi, Op. 117; Schumann’s Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17; Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Nov. 7-8: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC. Newark. Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor. Paquito D’Rivera, guest artist and co-curator; Paquito D’Rivera Quintet. Program is part of the TD James Moody Jazz Festival and includes George Gershwin/Paquito D’Rivera’s Medley for Jazz Quintet and Orchestra; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Paquito D’Rivera’s Adagio on a Mozart Theme; Daniel Freiberg’s Latin American Chronicles; Carlos Chávez’s Symphony No. 2, “Sinfonía India”; Aaron Copland’s El Salón México; Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 2; José Pablo Moncayo’s Huapango.

Nov. 10: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor. Paquito D’Rivera, guest artist and co-curator; Paquito D’Rivera Quintet. Program is part of the TD James Moody Jazz Festival and includes George Gershwin/Paquito D’Rivera’s Medley for Jazz Quintet and Orchestra; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Paquito D’Rivera’s Adagio on a Mozart Theme; Daniel Freiberg’s Latin American Chronicles; Carlos Chávez’s Symphony No. 2, “Sinfonía India”; Aaron Copland’s El Salón México; Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 2; José Pablo Moncayo’s Huapango.

Nov. 13: Belcea String Quartet, Ébène String Quartet at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20; George Enescu’s Octet in C Major, Op. 7.

Nov. 16: “Tosca,” presented by Center Stage Opera Co. at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Nov. 20: Isidore String Quartet at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Billy Childs’ String Quartet No. 3, “Unrequited”; Ruth Crawford Seeger’s String Quartet; Mozart’s String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 “Dissonance.”

Nov. 24: Richardson Chamber Players at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.

Dec. 7: Chanticleer, “A Chanticleer Christmas” at Princeton University Chapel.

Dec. 11: Janine Jansen, violin, and Denis Kozukhin, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Robert Schumann’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105; Clara Schumann’s Three Romances, Op. 22; Brahms’ Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100, and Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108.

Dec. 20-21: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Sonya Headlam, soprano; John Holiday, countertenor; Ed Lyon, tenor; Kevin Deas, bass-baritone; Montclair State University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director). Program includes George Frideric Handel’s Messiah.

Dec. 22: New Jersey Symphony at Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark. Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Sonya Headlam, soprano; John Holiday, countertenor; Ed Lyon, tenor; Kevin Deas, bass-baritone; Montclair State University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director).Program includes George Frideric Handel’s Messiah.

Jan. 5: Father Alphonse’s Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

Jan. 9 and 11: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Kevin John Edusei, conductor; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano. Program includes Donghoon Shin’s Of Rats and Men; Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G; Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2.

Jan. 10: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Kevin John Edusei, conductor; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano. Program includes Donghoon Shin’s Of Rats and Men; Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G; Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2.

Jan. 11-12: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Leila Josefowicz, violin. Program incudes Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto; Tchaikovsky’s Manfred.

Jan. 12: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Kevin John Edusei, conductor; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano. Program includes Donghoon Shin’s Of Rats and Men; Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G; Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2.

Jan. 25: New Jersey Symphony, “Lunar New Year Celebration” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Min Kwon, piano; Peking University Alumni Chorus; Starry Arts Children’s Chorus (Rebecca Shin, director).

Jan. 30: New Jersey Symphony, “Holst’s The Planets — An HD Odyssey” at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Xian Zhang, conductor; Nancy Zhou, violin; Montclair State University Prima Voce (Heather J. Buchanan, director). Program includes Caroline Shaw’s The Observatory; Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending; Gustav Holst’s The Planets (presented as an “HD Odyssey” with projected NASA images).
Jan. 30: Christian Gerhaher, baritone, and Gerold Huber, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes work by Robert Schumann.

Jan. 31 and Feb. 1: New Jersey Symphony, “Holst’s The Planets — An HD Odyssey” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Nancy Zhou, violin; Montclair State University Prima Voce (Heather J. Buchanan, director). Program includes Caroline Shaw’s The Observatory; Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending; Gustav Holst’s The Planets (presented as an “HD Odyssey” with projected NASA images).

Feb. 2: New Jersey Symphony, “Holst’s The Planets — An HD Odyssey” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Xian Zhang, conductor; Nancy Zhou, violin; Montclair State University Prima Voce (Heather J. Buchanan, director). Program includes Caroline Shaw’s The Observatory; Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending; Gustav Holst’s The Planets (presented as an “HD Odyssey” with projected NASA images).

Feb. 5: Raphaël Feuillâtre, guitar, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Works by J.S. Bach, François Couperin, Jacques Duphly, Pancrace Royer, Migues Llobet Solés, Julián Arcas, Francisco Tarrega, Augustín Barrios Mangoré, Astor Piazzolla.

Feb. 8-9: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Gérard Korsten, conductor; Orli Shaham, piano. Program includes Mozart’s Ballet Music from the opera Idomeneo (excerpts); Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466; Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 453.

Feb. 12: Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh, “Finding Home in Music” conversation/performance with moderator Deborah Amos at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.

Feb. 13: DoosTrio (Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh, Wu Man, pipa, and Sandeep Das, tabla) at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. “Ancient traditions of Iran, China, and India through a 21st-century lens.”

Feb. 20: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Christoph König, conductor; Tony Siqi Yun, piano. Program includes Allison Loggins-Hull’s Can You See?; Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1; Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 1.
Feb. 20: Takács String Quartet with Stephen Hough, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. With Beethoven’s String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1; Stephen Hough’s Les Six Rencontres; Brahms’ Quintet in F Minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 34.

Feb. 22: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Christoph König, conductor; Tony Siqi Yun, piano. Program includes Allison Loggins-Hull’s Can You See?; Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1; Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 1.

Feb. 23: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Christoph König, conductor; Tony Siqi Yun, piano. Program includes Allison Loggins-Hull’s Can You See?; Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1; Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 1.

March 2: Richardson Chamber Players at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.

March 7 and 9: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Jonathan Spitz, cello; Nimbus Dance (Samuel Pott, artistic director and choreographer). Program includes Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude from Cello Suite No. 2; Caroline Shaw’s Valencia; Qasim Naqvi’s God Docks at Death Harbor (Piano Quintet Version); Igor Stravinsky’s Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss; Stravinsky’s Suite from The Firebird.

March 8: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Xian Zhang, conductor; Jonathan Spitz, cello; Nimbus Dance (Samuel Pott, artistic director and choreographer). Program includes Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude from Cello Suite No. 2; Caroline Shaw’s Valencia; Qasim Naqvi’s God Docks at Death Harbor (Piano Quintet Version); Igor Stravinsky’s Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss; Stravinsky’s Suite from The Firebird.

March 8-9: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Sō Percussion, percussion quartet. Program includes Carlos Simon’s Four Black American Dances; Viet Cuong’s Re(new)al; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 “Pastoral.”

March 13 and 15: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Xavier Foley, double bass. Program includes Claude Debussy’s Clair de Lune; Xavier Foley’s Soul Bass for Double Bass and Orchestra; a new work for double bass and orchestra by Xavier Foley (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission); Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2.

March 14: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Xian Zhang, conductor; Xavier Foley, double bass. Program includes Claude Debussy’s Clair de Lune; Xavier Foley’s Soul Bass for Double Bass and Orchestra; a new work for double bass and orchestra by Xavier Foley (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission); Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2.

March 16: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Xian Zhang, conductor; Xavier Foley, double bass. Program includes Claude Debussy’s Clair de Lune; Xavier Foley’s Soul Bass for Double Bass and Orchestra; a new work for double bass and orchestra by Xavier Foley (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission); Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2.

March 20: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Lina González-Granados, conductor; Vadim Gluzman, violin. Program includes Robert Schumann’s Overture, Scherzo and Finale; Gabriela Ortiz’s Clara; Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto.

March 22: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Lina González-Granados, conductor; Vadim Gluzman, violin. Program includes Robert Schumann’s Overture, Scherzo and Finale; Gabriela Ortiz’s Clara; Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto.

March 23: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Lina González-Granados, conductor; Vadim Gluzman, violin. Program includes Robert Schumann’s Overture, Scherzo and Finale; Gabriela Ortiz’s Clara; Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto.
March 23: Thomas Dunford, lute, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes John Dowland’s
A Dream, The King of Denmark’s Galliard, Melancholy Galliard, Mrs. Winter’s Jump, Lachrimae and Frog Galliard; Erik Satie’s Gymnopédie No. 1 and Gnossienne No. 1; Marin Marais’ Les Voix Humaines in D Major (from Suite No. 3) and L’Americaine in E Major (from Suite d’un Goût Etranger); Bach’s Suite for Cello in G Major, BW 1007 (arr. Dunford); Girolamo Kapsberger’s Toccata VI (from Primo Libro d’intavolatura de lauto); Joan Ambrosio Dalza’s Calata alla Spagnola (from Quarto Libro d’intavolatura de lauto).

March 27: Mahler Chamber Orchestra with Mitsuko Uchida, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat Major, K. 456, and Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467; and Leoš Janáček’s Mládí (Youth).

April 2: Martin Fröst, clarinet, Antoine Tamestit, viola, and Shai Wosner, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes Dvořák’s Legends, Op. 59, Nos. 1-3 (arr. Wosner); Brahms’ Clarinet Trio, Op. 114 (arr. Wosner) and Hungarian Dances (selection, arr. Fröst); Bizet’s Tarantelle (arr. Wosner); and “Dance Mosaic” (a selection of Swedish, Bulgarian, French and other folk dance tunes, arr. Fröst and Wosner).

April 3-5: New Jersey Symphony at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Steven Banks, saxophone; Felicia Moore, soprano; Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano; Issachah Savage, tenor; Reginald Smith Jr., baritone; Montclair State University Chorale (Heather J. Buchanan, director). Program includes Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Polonaise from Eugene Onegin; Billy Childs’ Saxophone Concerto; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, “Choral.”

April 6: New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick. Xian Zhang, conductor; Steven Banks, saxophone; Felicia Moore, soprano; Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano; Issachah Savage, tenor; Reginald Smith Jr., baritone; Montclair State University Chorale (Heather J. Buchanan, director). Program includes Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Polonaise from Eugene Onegin; Billy Childs’ Saxophone Concerto; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, “Choral.”

April 10: Jess Gillam, saxophone, Thomas Weaver, piano, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes works by Graham Fitkin, Phil Woods, Mel Bonis, Benjamin Britten, Georg Philipp Telemann and others.

April 27, 2025: Father Alphonse’s Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea, “An Afternoon at the Opera” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

May 10-11, 2025: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Natasha Paremski, piano; Westminster Symphonic Choir (James Jordan, director). Program includes Tchaikovsky’s “Hymn of the Cherubim” from the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 41; Brahms’ Schicksalslied; Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30.

May 16, 2025: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Xian Zhang, conductor; Eric Wyrick, violin; Francine Storck, violin. Program includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Johann Sebastian Bach’s Double Concerto for Two Violins; Michael Abels’ Delights and Dances; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 35, “Haffner.”

May 17-18, 2025: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Eric Wyrick, violin; Francine Storck, violin. Program includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Johann Sebastian Bach’s Double Concerto for Two Violins; Michael Abels’ Delights and Dances; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 35, “Haffner.”

April 27, 2025: Father Alphonse’s Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea, “An Afternoon at the Opera” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

June 5, 2025: New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Xian Zhang, conductor; Conrad Tao, piano. Program includes Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5.

June 6, 2025: New Jersey Symphony at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Xian Zhang, conductor; Conrad Tao, piano. Program includes Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5.

June 7, 2025: New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Xian Zhang, conductor; Conrad Tao, piano. Program includes Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5.

June 8, 2025: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Conrad Tao, piano. Program includes Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5.

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