New Brunswick Series 3 State Theatre 4 concerts, Sunday at 3 pm     PAMELA ARMSTRONG soprano MAJESTY & MISCHIEF Paris: Fantasy & Discovery, week 2 Sunday, January 18 at 3 pm NEEME JÄRVI conductor PAMELA ARMSTRONG soprano DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice FAURÉ Pavane RAVEL Shéhérazade FRANCK Symphony in D Minor In the second week of the 2009 Winter Festival, Paul Dukas’s Sorcerer’s Apprentice will amuse you with images of magical mischief and themes you will remember from Disney’s Fantasia. Fauré’s Pavane is a serene palate-cleanser that will provide a pleasant contrast. Ravel’s Shéhérazade casts a sensuous spell and takes you to a world of exotic fantasy and mystery. Finally, Cesar Franck’s Symphony in D Minor evokes the grandeur of European tradition.   JOANN FALLETTA conductor AMERICA AND BEYOND   Sunday, February 1 at 3 pm JOANN FALLETTA conductor BRITTANY SKLAR violin KODÁLY Dances of Marosszék COPLAND Appalachian Spring BARBER Violin Concerto DVOŘÁK Czech Suite American conductor and soloist join forces to capture the essence of our homeland with works by two American composers. Copland’s Appalachian Spring evokes an ideal America—one of open fields, endless possibilities and freedom. Barber’s Violin Concerto shows both sides of the composer: delicate and refined, but also stormy and complex. Kodály and Dvořák round out the program and paint a vivid picture of their homelands with brushstrokes of lively folk dances, Slavic rhythms and gypsy melodies. Sponsored by Herbert and Evelyn Axelrod   ARNALDO COHEN piano SLAVIC FIRE   Sunday, March 22 at 3 pm JAMES GAFFIGAN conductor ARNALDO COHEN piano SMETANA Má vlast: "Vyšehrad" ("The High Castle") BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7 “The High Castle” from Smetana’s Má vlast sets the tone for this program of intense Czech flavor. From the meandering currents of the Vltava River and the chatty salons of Prague to the folk spirit of Bohemia and the stubborn civilian resistance to political oppression, Dvořák’s Seventh captures the true essence of the Czech experience. The centerpiece of the program is Beethoven’s magnificent Fourth Piano Concerto—the most popular of his five concertos among pianists—which reveals a more tender side of Beethoven, one of geniality and sensitivity.   NEEME JÄRVI conductor JÄRVI’S FAREWELL   Sunday, May 3 at 3 pm NEEME JÄRVI conductor DENIS MATSUEV piano BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7 Don’t miss your chance to bid Neeme Järvi farewell as he conducts his final subscription program as music director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra! This glorious season finale opens with Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto, a work of heroic spirit that marks the highest peak of Beethoven’s lifelong relationship with the piano. Then, Maestro Järvi leads the NJSO in Bruckner’s Seventh—a monumental work composed at the height of the composer’s genius and the most popular and well-loved of all his symphonies.

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