ZHANG CONDUCTS TCHAIKOVSKY

XIAN ZHANG conductor (pictured)
SARA DANESHPOUR piano
ERIC WYRICK violin
JONATHAN SPITZ cello
ROBERT INGLISS oboe
ROBERT WAGNER bassoon        
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Sumptuous favorites by Tchaikovsky frame an enticing pair of showpieces for solo players. A quartet of NJSO principals takes the spotlight in a Haydn gem, while pianist Sara Daneshpour, cited by The Washington Post for creating “transfixing poetry,” stars in the premiere of Danielpour’s work.

• TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Sleeping Beauty
  Passionate yet elegant; only Tchaikovsky can bring a fairytale so vividly to life.

• DANIELPOUR Carnival of the Ancients for Piano and Orchestra (World Premiere)
  The latest from Danielpour, a favorite of NJSO audiences and “an outstanding composer for any time” (New York Daily News).

• HAYDN Sinfonia concertante
  Violin, cello, oboe and bassoon are center stage in this lively concerto filled with wit and invention.

• TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini
  The composer shows his tempestuous side in this tale of doomed love inspired by Dante’s Inferno.