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WWFM Broadcast: May 26, 2026

Concert originally performed October 10 & 12, 2025.

Music Director Xian Zhang kicks off her 10th season with the New Jersey Symphony with Hymn for Everyone, an echo of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” composed by longtime collaborator Jessie Montgomery. The Symphony is then joined by Joyce Yang for Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 before closing out the program with Dvořák’s tuneful Symphony No. 8.

Jessie Montgomery Hymn for Everyone

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1

Dvořák Symphony No. 8

WWFM Broadcast: February 23, 2026

Concert originally performed May 18 & 19, 2024.

Markus Stenz joins the New Jersey Symphony as he conducts Berlioz’s glorious Roman Carnival Overture and the East Coast Premiere of Anna Clyne’s ATLAS featuring Symphony favorite Jeremy Denk. The program concludes with the Symphony performing the composition that made Ludwig van Beethoven a household name, his groundbreaking “Eroica” Symphony.

Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture

Anna Clyne ATLAS (East Coast Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission)

Beethoven Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

WWFM Broadcast: January 6, 2026

Concert originally performed January 31 & February 1, 2025.

A whole new world will be experienced as HD images of nature are projected with the performances of Caroline Shaw’s The Observatory and Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, the latter featuring violinist Nancy Zhou. Then, with stunning HD images from NASA, experience the solar system like never before in a “hold your breath” performance of Holst’s The Planets.

Caroline Shaw The Observatory

Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending

Holst The Planets—An HD Odyssey

WWFM Broadcast: November 3, 2025

Concert originally performed October 19 & 22, 2023.

Rising cello sensation Sterling Elliott joins the New Jersey Symphony as he takes the stage to perform Schumann’s soaring Cello Concerto, which the composer wrote with his heart on his sleeve. Surrounding it, guest conductor Joseph Young leads the Symphony in performances of Jessie Montgomery’s Snapshots, a New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations.

Jessie Montgomery Snapshots (New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission)

R. Schumann Cello Concerto

Elgar Enigma Variations

WWFM Broadcast: October 3, 2025

Concert featuring Vivaldi originally performed February 22 & 23, 2024. Concert featuring Mozart and Michael Abels originally performed May 17 & 18, 2025.

It’s a program showcasing the artistry of the New Jersey Symphony musicians as the orchestra performs Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik and “Haffner” Symphony, along with Michael Abels’ Delights and Dances. Then, Concertmaster Eric Wyrick leads the way as the musicians deliver a performance of Vivaldi’s delightful four movement composition, The Four Seasons.

Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Mozart Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”

Michael Abels Delights and Dances

Vivaldi The Four Seasons

WWFM Broadcast: March 24, 2025

Concert originally performed March 1 & 3, 2024.

A flavorful program awaits as Music Director Xian Zhang leads the New Jersey Symphony in Kodály’s Dances of Galánta and J.S. Bach’s Oboe d’Amore Concerto, with New Jersey Symphony Oboist Andrew Adelson stepping into the spotlight to perform solo. Then, soprano Jana McIntyre, tenor Andrew Morstein and baritone Hugh Russell join the Symphony and Montclair State University Chorale for Orff’s medieval masterpiece, the dramatically colorful Carmina Burana.

Kodály Dances of Galánta

J.S. Bach Oboe d’Amore Concerto

Telemann Adaigo from Fantasia No. 2 for Flute*

Orff Carmina Burana

*Solo encore by Andrew Adelson

WWFM Broadcast: March 4, 2025

Concert featuring Chen Yi and Stravinsky originally performed June 1 & 3, 2023. Concert featuring R. Strauss originally performed February 22 & 23, 2024.

Principal Oboe Robert Ingliss steps into the spotlight as he solos in Strauss’ Oboe Concerto, a masterpiece for his instrument. Bookending this solo performance is Music Director Xian Zhang conducting the world premiere of Chen Yi’s Landscape Impression and Stravinsky’s Suite from Pulcinella, both of which the New Jersey Symphony performed during their Centennial season.

Chen Yi Landscape Impression

R. Strauss Oboe Concerto

Stravinsky Suite from Pulcinella

WWFM Broadcast: October 21, 2024

Concert originally performed March 14, 2024.

Music Director Xian Zhang leads the New Jersey Symphony as she conducts Tchaikovsky’s most beloved symphony, his electrifying and hopeful Fifth Symphony. Also featured on the program is NightVision, a virtuosic composition that launched the career of composer and Dean of Juilliard David Ludwig, and Mozart’s stormy and dramatic Piano Concerto No. 24 featuring Tom Borrow, dubbed as “the very definition of ‘one to watch’” by International Piano.

David Ludwig NightVision

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

WWFM Broadcast: May 6, 2024

Concert originally performed April 27, 2023.

Two New Jersey Symphony favorites return for a program of love and dreams. Former Associate Conductor Gemma New takes the podium to conduct Sarah Gibson’s colorful warp & weft and Berlioz’s extraordinary Symphonie fantastique. In between these pieces, George Li dazzles the audience as he performs alongside New and the Symphony in Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

Sarah Gibson warp & weft

Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

WWFM Broadcast: February 12, 2024

Concert originally performed March 30 & 31, 2023.

Eric Jacobsen joins the New Jersey Symphony to conduct a program that centers on honoring the lives of those that were lost, beginning with Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin. Then, Tiffany Townsend takes the spotlight to perform Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Lilacs before she and the Symphony are joined by Reginald Smith Jr. and the Montclair State University Chorale for Fauré’s divine choral-orchestral masterpiece, Requiem.

Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin

Walker Lilacs

Fauré Requiem

WWFM Broadcast: January 1, 2024

Concert featuring Saint-Georges and Beethoven originally performed October 14 & 16, 2021. Concert featuring Still originally performed March 25 & 26, 2023.

Nicholas McGegan leads the New Jersey Symphony as he conducts Chevalier de Saint-Georges’ Overture to L’amante anonyme, with violinist Augustin Hadelich joining for Saint-Georges’ Violin Concerto, Op. 5, No. 2 and Beethoven’s Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2. In between these pieces, former Music Director Neeme Järvi returns to conduct William Grant Still’s most beloved work, his “Afro-American” Symphony.

Chevalier de Saint-Georges Overture to L’amante anonyme

Chevalier de Saint-Georges Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 5, No. 2

Still Symphony No. 1, “Afro-American”

Beethoven Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2

WWFM Broadcast: April 14, 2023

Concert originally performed March 10, 2022.

Xian Zhang and the New Jersey Symphony bring out the best of Tchaikovsky with three of his most famous works: Capriccio italien, the fantasy-overture of Romeo and Juliet and his Suite from Swan Lake. Plus, Daniil Trifonov makes his second appearance as the 2021–22 season’s Artist-in-Residence to perform a concerto that was written for him by DJ and composer Mason Bates.

Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien

Mason Bates Piano Concerto

Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture

Tchaikovsky Suite from Swan Lake

WWFM Broadcast: September 1, 2025 at 8 pm

Concert originally performed July 19, 2025. Christopher Rountree conducts the New Jersey Symphony premieres of dynamic works by Max Eidinoff, Hannah Ishizaki, Claire Cope and Nicole Knorr, plus Institute Director Steven Mackey’s Tonic, at the New Jersey Symphony Edward T. Cone Composition Institute at Richardson Auditorium in Princeton.

Max Eidinoff Kairosclerosis

Hannah Ishizaki Fractured Transformations

Claire Cope Agita

Nicole Knorr as the garden bows

Steven Mackey Tonic

WWFM Broadcast: September 9, 2024 at 8 pm

Concert originally performed July 20, 2024. Christopher Rountree conducts the New Jersey Symphony premieres of dynamic works by Leigha Amick, Jessie Leov, Paul Cosme and Santiago Beis, plus Institute Director Steven Mackey’s Urban Ocean, at the New Jersey Symphony Edward T. Cone Composition Institute at Richardson Auditorium in Princeton.

Leigha Amick Cascade

Jessie Leov Speculations on a Rainbow

Paul Cosme A Stranger in a Festival of Spirits

Santiago Beis Spletna

Steven Mackey Urban Ocean

WWFM Broadcast: October 2, 2023 at 8 pm

Concert originally performed July 15, 2023. Case Scaglione conducts the New Jersey Symphony premieres of dynamic works by Tom Morrison, Kory Reeder, Sam Wu and Yangfan Xu, plus the “Sphere” movement from Institute Director Steven Mackey’s Concerto for Curved Space, at the New Jersey Symphony Edward T. Cone Composition Institute at NJPAC in Newark.

Tom Morrison Messages in the Ground

Kory Reeder Walls of Brocade Fields

Sam Wu Hydrosphere

Yangfan Xu Bya

Steven Mackey “Sphere” from Concerto for Curved Space

WWFM Broadcast: November 29, 2019 at 8 pm

Concert originally performed July 20, 2019. Cristian Măcelaru conducts the New Jersey Symphony premieres of dynamic works by the composers of the New Jersey Symphony Edward T. Cone Composition Institute, a multi-faceted program that promotes new music and emerging composers. The Institute composers will briefly share the inspiration behind their pieces in an evening that will show the vibrant future of orchestral music. More info on the institute here.

See videos and read Q&A’s with the composers here.

DAN CAPUTO Liminal

PATRICK O’MALLEY Rest and Restless

IVÁN ENRIQUE RODRÍGUEZ A Metaphor for Power

BORA YOON The Wind of Two Koreas

STEVEN MACKEY Portals, Scenes and Celebrations (East Coast Premiere)

WWFM Broadcast: October 19, 2018 at 8 pm

Concert originally performed July 14, 2018. David Robertson conducted. Recorded at Richardson Auditorium in Princeton.

More information on the concert and program notes.

JONATHAN CZINER Resonant Bells

NATALIE DIETTERICH Aeolian Dusts

AARON HENDRIX Night Train

BRIAN SHANK Into the Rose Garden