Princeton Series Richardson Auditorium 5 concerts, Friday at 8 pm     VADIM GLUZMAN violin BRAHMS & MENDELSSOHN Friday, October 3 at 8 pm MISCHA SANTORA conductor VADIM GLUZMAN violin MENDELSSOHN Ruy Blas Overture MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 Praised by The Washington Post for his “commanding technique, spontaneity and visionary breadth,” Vadim Gluzman will dazzle you with Mendelssohn’s beloved Violin Concerto. You will hear Brahms at his orchestral height in a work that captures the pent-up creativity of a composer who waited decades before attempting to write a symphony, haunted by the thought of following Beethoven’s revolutionary Ninth. In a work sometimes called “Beethoven’s Tenth Symphony,” Brahms continues the legacy of the composer whose shadow loomed large.   SIMONE DINNERSTEIN piano CLASSICAL VARIATIONS Friday, November 28 at 8 pm THIERRY FISCHER conductor SIMONE DINNERSTEIN piano PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, “Classical” BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 4, “Tragic” Hailed by The Philadelphia Inquirer as being “in a league with any of the great Beethoven pianists of our time,” Simone Dinnerstein will captivate you with her brilliance in Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto. Enjoy contrasts of mood and style with Prokofiev’s “Classical” Symphony and Schubert’s Fourth Symphony. The Prokofiev is full of youthful energy, mischief and humor, while the Schubert, subtitled “Tragic,” is a mature statement by the then-19-year-old composer that revels in its own contrasts between dark and light.   JOANN FALLETTA conductor AMERICA AND BEYOND Friday, January 30 at 8 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   Friday, March 20 at 8 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   Friday, May 1 at 8 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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