CANCELED Mozart & Brahms
Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 performed by Mexican-born pianist Jorge Federico Osorio.
JUN MÄRKL conductor
JORGE FEDERICO OSORIO piano
TGI Bach | Cello Suite Favorites
NJSO at Home
Free! Watch it on demand after the premiere.
LAURA ANDRADE cello
NJSO Colton Fellow Laura Andrade performs Bourée I and II from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major as part of our TGI Bach series.
- BACH Bourée I & II from Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major
Best of Bollywood
Neighborhood Concert
Free!
Join the NJSO Chamber Players for a virtual musical journey inspired by Bollywood, the Indian Hindi-language film industry. Explore historical influences on the growth of Bollywood and hear insights into signature music and lyrics of the genre. Listen for themes from the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire!
This interactive virtual event—co-hosted by Archana Athalye and James Musto—will include a Q&A with NJSO musicians.
This event is co-presented with Metuchen Arts Council. Registration is required.
Selections from Emmett Till
In collaboration with Trilogy: An Opera Company | NJSO Virtual 20–21
Free! Watch it on demand after the premiere.
KEVIN MAYNOR bass-baritone & host
Vocalists & community leaders to be announced
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA STRINGS
The NJSO joins forces with Newark-based opera company Trilogy for a special video presentation of selections from Michael Raphael’s Emmett Till oratorio. Join community leaders and Trilogy Artistic Director Kevin Maynor for an evening of conversation about the impact of Till’s murder and the way that art and music help tell important stories, followed by an exclusive premiere of the project.
- MICHAEL RAPHAEL Selections from Emmett Till
Couch Concert | I Live My Life in Growing Orbits
NJSO at Home
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TRENT JOHNSON piano, Lamy bird whistle
KATHLEEN NESTER flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo, Lamy bird whistle
ANDREW LAMY clarinet, bass clarinet, Lamy bird whistles
SHABNAM ABEDI vocalist
- TRENT JOHNSON I Live My Life in Growing Orbits
TGI Bach | Cello Suite Favorites
NJSO at Home
Free! Watch it on demand after the premiere.
PHILO LEE cello
TGI Bach continues with the Prelude from Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor featuring NJSO cellist Philo Lee.
- BACH Prelude from Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor
CANCELED Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
2020–21 Season Family Concert
DBR’s Lecolion Loops
NJSO at Home
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PASCAL ARCHER clarinet
ROBERT WAGNER bassoon & host
DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN composer
Black Lives Matter. Amid the social justice movement of 2020, Principal Bassoon Robert Wagner interviews composer Daniel Bernard Roumain and performs the second movement of DBR’s Lecolion Loops with Acting Principal Clarinet Pascal Archer.
- DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN Lecolion Loops, Movement II
CANCELED Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas 5–7
Part 2 of Beethoven’s Complete Violin Sonatas with Concertmaster Eric Wyrick.
ERIC WYRICK violin
ALAN FEINBERG piano
- BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 5, “Spring”
- BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 6
- BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 7
Daniel Bernard Roumain & Mozart
NJSO Virtual 20–21
Free! Watch it on demand after the premiere.
XIAN ZHANG conductor
RUBÉN RENGEL violin
JANNINA NORPOTH violin
DANA KELLEY viola
THOMAS MESA cello
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Join us for the world premiere of Daniel Bernard Roumain’s i am a white person who ____ Black people, a new NJSO commission. Soloists from the Sphinx Organization take center stage for Michael Abels’ Delights & Dances. Abels has risen to national attention with his stirring scores for Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning film Get Out and Us. This program includes audience favorites Adagietto from Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 and Mozart’s Divertimento in D Major, K. 136.
- DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN i am a white person who _____ Black people (World Premiere, NJSO Commission)
- MAHLER Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
- MICHAEL ABELS Delights & Dances
- MOZART Divertimento in D Major K. 136
TGI Bach | Cello Suite Favorites
NJSO at Home
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JONATHAN SPITZ cello
Principal Cello Jonathan Spitz performs the Sarabande from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major in this edition of TGI Bach.
- BACH Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major
TGI Bach | Cello Suite Favorites
NJSO at Home
Free! Watch it on demand after the premiere.
FRANCES ROWELL cello
In the finale of a six-week TGI Bach series exploring NJSO cellists’ favorite Bach movements, Frances Rowell performs the Gigue from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major.
- BACH Gigue from Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major