New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark

Cars fly, trees fight back and monsters are on the loose in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts™ School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! This concert features the film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ in high-definition, on a giant screen, while the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra performs John Williams’ unforgettable score. Relive every magical moment as the music brings life to a story that has enchanted the world.

HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. J.K. ROWLING`S WIZARDING WORLD™ J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. (s17)

Cars fly, trees fight back and monsters are on the loose in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts™ School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! This concert features the film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ in high-definition, on a giant screen, while the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra performs John Williams’ unforgettable score. Relive every magical moment as the music brings life to a story that has enchanted the world.

HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. J.K. ROWLING`S WIZARDING WORLD™ J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. (s17)

XIAN ZHANG conductor (pictured)
CONRAD TAO piano
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• BEETHOVEN Overture to Coriolan

• BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3

• BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

XIAN ZHANG conductor (pictured)
CONRAD TAO piano
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• BEETHOVEN Overture to Coriolan

• BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3

• BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Blast off with a concert-going experience of astronomical proportions! Hear music inspired by the far reaches of space, including Holst’s The Planets, the otherworldly main theme from Star Trek and more. Your little astronauts can reach for the stars and dream their own dreams.

NICHOLAS HERSH conductor
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Blast off with a concert-going experience of astronomical proportions! Hear music inspired by the far reaches of space, including Holst’s The Planets, the otherworldly main theme from Star Trek and more. Your little astronauts can reach for the stars and dream their own dreams.

NICHOLAS HERSH conductor
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

CONSTANTINE KITSOPOULOS conductor
PATRICIA WARD KELLY host
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Fall in love with Paris all over again! Watch this 1951 classic film, starring Gene Kelly as a former American GI who falls for Parisian Leslie Caron, on the big screen while the NJSO plays the score live. Memorable songs of George and Ira Gershwin—including “Embraceable You,” “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” “I Got Rhythm,” “’S Wonderful” and “Our Love is Here to Stay”—plus captivating dancing from the two charismatic stars will deliver an unforgettable experience for movie lovers!

XIAN ZHANG conductor
STEPHEN HOUGH piano (pictured)
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• RACHMANINOFF Vocalise

• RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

• PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 6 (NJSO Premiere)

XIAN ZHANG conductor
STEPHEN HOUGH piano (pictured)
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• RACHMANINOFF Vocalise

• RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

• PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 6 (NJSO Premiere)

XIAN ZHANG conductor
ERIN WALL soprano | NANCY MAULTSBY mezzo-soprano
MILES MYKKANEN tenor | MICHAEL SUMUEL bass-baritone
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY SINGERS Heather J. Buchanan, conductor
Members of the NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• HANDEL Messiah

Marina Sirtis, best known as counselor Deanna Troi on the television series “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and the four feature films that followed, hosts an out-of-this-world night of film music. Blast off to music from Star Wars, Star Trek, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and more! Highlights the music of John Williams, Bernard Hermann and other composers who have made great moments in science fiction come alive!

MARINA SIRTIS host
BOB BERNHARDT conductor
KRISTEN PLUMLEY vocalist
PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE BROADWAY SHOW CHOIR
   Shayne Austin Miller, director
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

XIAN ZHANG conductor (pictured)
GEORGE LI piano
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• CHEN YI Ge Xu (NJSO Premiere)

• PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3

• RESPIGHI Fountains of Rome (NJSO Premiere)

• RESPIGHI Pines of Rome

ANDREW CONSTANTINE conductor
TERRENCE WILSON piano (pictured)
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• MARTINŮ Thunderbolt P-47 (NJSO Premiere)

• RAVEL Piano Concerto in G Major

• RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

XIAN ZHANG conductor
CHLOË HANSLIP violin (pictured)
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• BRITTEN Simple Symphony

• KORNGOLD Violin Concerto

• DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

The Mambo Kings bring some serious heat as they celebrate sizzling music of Latin America and the United States. From the sultry melancholy of Astor Piazzolla and the burning Afro Cuban rhythms of Tito Puente to the rhythmic playfulness of jazz great Dave Brubeck and the pop strains of The Beatles, the Mambo Kings take you on a Latin jazz tour that will drive you to your feet!

MAMBO KINGS (pictured)
THOMAS WILKINS conductor
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

RUNE BERGMANN conductor
MARIANNE BEATE KIELLAND mezzo-soprano (pictured)
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• WAGNER Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

• MAHLER Songs of a Wayfarer

• BRAHMS Symphony No. 1

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

• TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from Sleeping Beauty

• DANIELPOUR Carnival of the Ancients for Piano and Orchestra (World Premiere)

• HAYDN Sinfonia concertante

• TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini

XIAN ZHANG conductor (pictured)
Soloists from the CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY SINGERS Heather J. Buchanan, conductor
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• MOZART Ave verum corpus

• RHEINBERGER Abendlied for a cappella chorus

• PARRY Flame for a cappella chorus

• MOZART Requiem

• This program will be performed without intermission.

XIAN ZHANG conductor (pictured)
Soloists from the CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY SINGERS Heather J. Buchanan, conductor
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• MOZART Ave verum corpus

• RHEINBERGER Abendlied for a cappella chorus

• PARRY Flame for a cappella chorus

• MOZART Requiem

• This program will be performed without intermission.

Long before becoming world renowned as the iconic George Costanza on “Seinfeld,” Jason Alexander was a Tony Award-winning Broadway song-and-dance man. His concert with the NJSO brings a hilarious re-telling of his journey to and on the Broadway stage and features a program of great music from the theater along with comedy and audience interaction. It’s a much-heralded event of music, laughter and fun.

JASON ALEXANDER (pictured)
ANDY EINHORN conductor
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

NICHOLAS MCGEGAN conductor (pictured)
ROBERT LEVIN piano
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• HANDEL Suite No. 2 in D Major from Water Music

• BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1

• LEVIN Improvisations

• MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”

NICHOLAS MCGEGAN conductor (pictured)
ROBERT LEVIN piano
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• HANDEL Suite No. 2 in D Major from Water Music

• BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1

• LEVIN Improvisations

• MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”

DIMA SLOBODENIOUK conductor
NING FENG violin (pictured)
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• FAGERLUND Isola (NJSO Premiere)

• MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto

• SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

It’s a purr-fect arf-ternoon at the NJSO, when we take you on a wild and wooly concert adventure. You’ll be buzzing in delight as you listen to music inspired by the animal kingdom, featuring tunes from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake ballet, Stravinsky’s Firebird and more! We’re not lion—ewe’ll have a whale of a time!

TBD conductor
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

It’s a purr-fect arf-ternoon at the NJSO, when we take you on a wild and wooly concert adventure. You’ll be buzzing in delight as you listen to music inspired by the animal kingdom, featuring tunes from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake ballet, Stravinsky’s Firebird and more! We’re not lion—ewe’ll have a whale of a time!

TBD conductor
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

ERIC WYRICK leader and violin soloist (pictured)
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

BACH Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1–6

Listen to Music Clips:

• Concerto No. 2        Concerto No. 3        Concerto No. 4

Don’t miss Steven Spielberg’s cinematic masterpiece E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial with John Williams’ Academy Award®-winning score performed live to picture by the NJSO. Experience the magic once more!

CONSTANTINE KITSOPOULOS conductor
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

™ & © Universal Studios

XIAN ZHANG conductor
GIL SHAHAM violin (pictured)
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide

• BRAHMS Violin Concerto

• MAHLER Symphony No. 1

XIAN ZHANG conductor
GIL SHAHAM violin (pictured)
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide

• BRAHMS Violin Concerto

• MAHLER Symphony No. 1

XIAN ZHANG conductor
GIL SHAHAM violin (pictured)
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide

• BRAHMS Violin Concerto

• MAHLER Symphony No. 1