From One Theater Square in Newark
NJSO Everywhere
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DAVID SOUTHORN violin
NJSO Assistant Concertmaster David Southorn kicks off NJSO Everywhere, a series of short videos pairing great music with iconic New Jersey locations. Our series opens on the roof of One Theater Square in Newark with Rhapsody No. 1 for Solo Violin, a bold new work from Princeton-based composer Jessie Montgomery.
- JESSIE MONTGOMERY Rhapsody No. 1 for Solo Violin
TGI Bach | Largo from Violin Sonata No. 3
NJSO at Home
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DAVID SOUTHORN violin
Soar over the skies of Pyeongchang, South Korea, as Assistant Concertmaster David Southorn performs the Largo from Bach’s Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major.
- BACH Largo from Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major
NJSO at Home for the Holidays
Holiday videos premiere daily!
NJSO musicians share festive favorites and holiday traditions, from our homes to yours. Enjoy daily musician videos featuring performances, family recipes, holiday memories and more, starting December 9. And tune in for a pair of can’t-miss features: a fun holiday special hosted by Mark Timmerman (Dec 17) and performances of “And the Glory of the Lord” and “Hallelujah” Chorus from Handel’s Messiah, featuring our friends in the Montclair State University Singers (Dec 18).
Starting Dec 9:
Holiday videos premiere daily at 5 pm.
Dec 17 at 7:30 pm:
Holiday Special
Enjoy an evening of holiday music and fun, featuring solo and chamber performances by NJSO musicians, plus fun surprises, hosted by Mark Timmerman.
MARK TIMMERMAN host
Dec 18 at 7:30 pm:
The New Jersey Symphony Chamber Orchestra and Montclair State University Singers present “And the Glory of the Lord” and “Hallelujah” Chorus from Handel’s Messiah.
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY SINGERS
Heather J. Buchanan, director
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
- BACH Largo from Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major
‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’
In collaboration with Paper Mill Playhouse
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REMA WEBB vocalist
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA STRINGS
NJSO musicians and Broadway veteran Rema Webb give a virtual performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from Carousel in the first of a three-part collaborative series with the Paper Mill Playhouse.
- BACH Largo from Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major
Still & Dvořák
NJSO Virtual 20–21
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XIAN ZHANG conductor & piano
ERIC WYRICK violin
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Our second virtual concert will include one of Dvořák’s most popular works, Serenade for Strings. Coleridge-Taylor’s arrangement of the spiritual Deep River features Music Director Xian Zhang performing on the piano for the very first time with the NJSO in concert, joined by Concertmaster Eric Wyrick on violin. Captivating performances of Still’s Mother and Child and Puccini’s I Crisantemi also grace this program.
- STILL Mother and Child
- PUCCINI I Crisantemi
- COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Deep River
- DVOŘÁK Serenade for Strings
From Van Vleck House & Gardens in Montclair
NJSO Everywhere
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ERIC WYRICK violin
DAVID BLINN viola
NA-YOUNG BAEK cello
ALEXANDER BICKARD bass
ANDREW LAMY clarinet
ROBERT WAGNER bassoon
LAWRENCE DIBELLO horn
The grounds of Van Vleck House & Gardens in Montclair provide a gorgeous backdrop for the first movement of Beethoven’s Septet.
- BEETHOVEN Adagio – Allegro con brio from Septet in E-flat Major
NOW VIRTUAL! 2021 Lunar New Year Celebration
Special Concert—Celebrate the year of the Ox with the NJSO!
XIAN ZHANG conductor
- BEETHOVEN Adagio – Allegro con brio from Septet in E-flat Major
From the Jersey Shore
NJSO Everywhere
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ANDREA MENOUSEK horn
LAWRENCE DIBELLO horn
MICHAEL BAKER trumpet
VERNON POST trombone
A brass ensemble heads down the shore for the third episode of NJSO Everywhere. Rousing works by Sousa and Poulenc fill the air in Seaside Heights.
Featuring NJSO hornists Andrea Menousek and Lawrence DiBello, NJSO trombonist Vernon Post and trumpeter Michael Baker.
- POULENC Allegro moderato from Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone
- SOUSA The Washington Post
From Pier C Park in Hoboken
NJSO Everywhere
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BRYAN HERNANDEZ-LUCH violin
MING YANG violin
BRETT DEUBNER viola
LAURA ANDRADE cello
Trailblazing composer George Walker (the first Black composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music) lived in Montclair, NJ, for most of his life. We go to the waterfront of Hoboken’s Pier C Park for the movement from his String Quartet No. 1 had later life as his most performed work, Lyric for Strings.
- WALKER Lyric for Strings