POSTPONED Scores: Made in Princeton
Steven Mackey & Sarah Kirkland Snider perform with the NJSO Chamber Players
This concert has been rescheduled. More Info.
STEVEN MACKEY conductor and host
SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER guest composer
ELZBIETA WEYMAN viola
THE MACKEY FAMILY BAND
Sarah Kirkland Snider, bass
Steven Mackey, guitar
Dylan Mackey, vocals
Jasper Mackey, drums
NJSO CHAMBER PLAYERS
POSTPONED Brahms, Vivaldi & Beethoven
2019–20 Season
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BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Brahms reimagined an old German hymn tune in eight different ways, then wove these variations together into one breathtaking showpiece.
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VIVALDI Concerto for Two Violins in B-flat Major, RV 529
With Nicholas McGegan at the harpsichord, NJSO Assistant Concertmaster Adriana Rosin pairs up with 2018 Sphinx Competition winner Rubén Rengel for dazzling Vivaldi.
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VIVALDI Concerto for Violin and Cello in B-flat Major, RV 547
2015 Sphinx Competition winner Eduardo Rios partners with newly named NJSO Assistant Principal Cello Na-Young Baek for Baroque fireworks in this virtuosic showpiece.
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VIVALDI Concerto for Three Violins in F Major, RV 551
Both Sphinx winners and Rosin perform together in the give and take of Vivaldi’s brilliant melodies as if in sparkling conversation.
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BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2
The program concludes with the sunniest of an often-stormy composer’s symphonies.
Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
2019–20 Season
ANDREY BOREYKO conductor
AKIKO SUWANAI violin
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MASON BATES Attack Decay Sustain Release (NJSO Premiere)
A four-minute joyride, with the strings and brass tumbling over each other, and a touch of groove inspired by Mason Bates’ love of electronic dance music.
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TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Famous for blending elegance with fireworks, Suwanai performs one of the most beloved of all violin concertos.
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SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
For decades early in his career, Shostakovich was hounded and harassed by Soviet leader Josef Stalin. Shostakovich’s 10th was written just after Stalin’s death; it is a towering testament to resilience over tyranny.
Season Finale: Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24
2019–20 Season
XIAN ZHANG conductor
LOUIS LORTIE piano
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BEETHOVEN Overture to Fidelio
Beethoven took four tries at this overture for his only opera—hear the final result, which captures joy and triumph as only his music can.
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MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24
After making a splash for our celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, artist-in-residence Louis Lortie returns to play Mozart’s most dramatic piano concerto—famous for its interplay of woodwinds and piano. After hearing Mozart’s concerto for the first time, Beethoven said, “We shall never be able to do anything like it!”
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STRAVINSKY Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss
Based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, Stravinsky paid homage to Tchaikovsky with this delightful ballet music ful of spiky rhythms, graceful melodies and glittering orchestration.
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BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
This masterpiece from Bartók was banned after its first performance but is now recognized as one of the 20th century’s most thrilling and evocative examples of the power of a live orchestra—full of violence, love, horror and wonder.
Opening Weekend: Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony
Jennifer Koh performs a new violin concerto by Newark’s Tyshawn Sorey.
XIAN ZHANG conductor
JENNIFER KOH violin
- BEETHOVEN Wellington’s Victory
- TYSHAWN SOREY Work for Violin and Orchestra (World Premiere, NJSO Commission)
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
Zhang Conducts Mozart’s ‘Jupiter’
Also featuring NJSO principal musicians performing concertos!
XIAN ZHANG conductor
BART FELLER flute
JONATHAN SPITZ cello
Mozart & Brahms
Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 performed by Mexican-born pianist Jorge Federico Osorio.
JUN MÄRKL conductor
JORGE FEDERICO OSORIO piano
Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
Featuring the return of violinist Augustin Hadelich.
XIAN ZHANG conductor
AUGUSTIN HADELICH violin
Gershwin’s An American in Paris
2021 Winter Festival Week I: Gershwin & the Sounds of America
XIAN ZHANG conductor
TERRENCE WILSON piano
AARON DWORKIN narrator
Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F
2021 Winter Festival Week II: Gershwin & the Sounds of America
FABIEN GABEL conductor
AARON DIEHL piano
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
2021 Winter Festival Week III: Gershwin & the Sounds of America
XIAN ZHANG conductor
CHRIS KOMER horn
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY CHOIR | Eric Conway, director
- VARIOUS Jazz French Horn Concerto (World Premiere, NJSO Commission) Movements by PAQUITO D’RIVERA, VIVIAN LI, CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE, GARY MORGAN
- GERSHWIN Selections from Porgy and Bess
Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
Gemma New conducts the NJSO premiere of Walton Symphony No. 1
GEMMA NEW conductor
KAREN GOMYO violin
- THOMAS ADÈS New Work (US Premiere, NJSO Co-Commission)
- TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
- WALTON Symphony No. 1 (NJSO Premiere)