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Xian Zhang Conducts Brahms
New Jersey Symphony Classical
Xian Zhang conductor
Michelle Cann piano
New Jersey Symphony
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Dorothy Chang Northern Star
Award-winning composer Dorothy Chang wrote her inspirational and bright Northern Star as part of a larger collection of commissions from several Canadian composers in 2017. New Jersey Symphony Music Director Xian Zhang performed it for the first time in Vancouver in 2018.
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Strauss Burleske for Piano and Orchestra
Michelle Cann makes a triumphant return to the Symphony stage for the first time since 2014 with Strauss’ light, virtuosic and witty Burleske for Piano and Orchestra.
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Brahms Symphony No. 4
Brahms’ final symphony balances autumnal hues with virtuosic power. Scaling the heights of this monumental work is an orchestral and emotional feat of Mount Everest proportions—and one musicians relish playing.
The Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival will share dynamic contemporary poets offering dramatic readings between the orchestral works during the performances at NJPAC in Newark.
Performed in Newark and Princeton
Jessie Montgomery & Mozart
New Jersey Symphony Classical
George Manahan conductor
Awadagin Pratt piano
New Jersey Symphony
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Mozart Symphony No. 38, “Prague”
Symphony No. 38—Mozart’s exploration of what a symphony could be—is brought to life by past Interim Music Director George Manahan, who was with the Symphony from 1983 through 1985. Mozart didn’t write the symphony for Prague specifically, but this grand work of mixed emotions became a gift to the city.
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Jessie Montgomery Rounds for Piano and String Orchestra
This new piano concerto from Montgomery premieres in March 2022 in South Carolina, with acclaimed pianist Awadagin Pratt at the keys.
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Strauss Suite from Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Strauss took incidental music he wrote for a revival of Molière’s comedic play and compiled an orchestral suite, perfect for New Jersey Symphony stages.
Performed in Newark, Red Bank and New Brunswick
Hugh Wolff Conducts Beethoven & Mozart
New Jersey Symphony Classical
Hugh Wolff conductor
Richard Goode piano
New Jersey Symphony
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Beethoven Egmont Overture
The powerful and expressive Egmont Overture distills all of Beethoven’s musical hallmarks—storminess, heroism, triumph—into eight minutes. In 1956, this stirring piece helped inspire a nationwide uprising against the Marxist-Leninist government of the Hungarian People’s Republic.
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Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25
American classical pianist Richard Goode is recognized worldwide for the special touch and insight he brings to Mozart. Hear his effortless artistry in this most regal of Mozart’s concertos.
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Aaron Jay Kernis Symphony No. 2
Former New Jersey Symphony Music Director Hugh Wolff returns to a work he premiered with the Symphony back in 1992. Kernis wrote this symphony to express his complex views on the just-beginning Persian Gulf War.
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Ravel La valse
La valse is one Ravel’s most intense and colorful works; originally composed as a series of waltzes for the piano, it is now most often heard as an orchestral piece. The work encapsulates in music the horrifying destruction faced by turn-of-the-century Europe on the eve of World War I.
Performed in Newark
Hilary Hahn & Xian Zhang Unite!
New Jersey Symphony Classical
Xian Zhang conductor
Hilary Hahn violin
New Jersey Symphony
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Coleridge-Taylor Ballade in A Minor
Coleridge-Taylor was a great, yet historically overlooked composer. This early work for orchestra showcases aching melodies and rhythmic drive. Don't miss Xian and your New Jersey Symphony bringing this gem of the romantic era to life.
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Sibelius Violin Concerto
Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn, who last graced our stages in 2014, accentuates all the brilliant colors and shades of melancholy in Sibelius’ only violin concerto.
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Prokofiev Symphony No. 5
Lively and powerful, the Fifth Symphony was influenced by Prokofiev’s own admiration for the splendor of the human spirt and a hopefulness for a brighter future towards the end of World War II.
Performed in Red Bank and Newark
Mahler’s Symphony No. 3
New Jersey Symphony Classical
Xian Zhang conductor
Kelley O’Connor mezzo-soprano
Montclair State University Prima Voce | Heather J. Buchanan, director
New Jersey Symphony
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Mahler Symphony No. 3
Hear New Jersey Symphony Music Director Xian Zhang’s favorite piece of music as she takes the podium to lead musicians, choirs and audiences on a cosmic orchestral journey only Mahler could devise. This epic performance is not one to be missed!
Performed in Newark
Fauré’s Requiem with Jacques Lacombe
New Jersey Symphony Classical
Jacques Lacombe conductor
Montclair State University Chorale | Heather J. Buchanan, director
New Jersey Symphony
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Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
Written during the horrors World War I, Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin is a bright reflection on lives lost during the war, with each movement dedicated to a friend who passed. The composer draws on the woodwind section—particularly the oboe—to tell these stories.
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Walker Lilacs
George Walker—a longtime Montclair resident—was among the greatest composers to call the Garden State home, and in 1996, he became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music. It was this passionate work for soprano and orchestra that garnered him that grand distinction.
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Fauré Requiem
This divine choral-orchestral masterpiece focuses Fauré’s view on the acceptance of a peaceful death. Past Music Director Jacques Lacombe, whose tenure was marked by powerful vocal performances, returns to lead this exquisite work.
Performed in Newark and New Brunswick
Symphonie fantastique
New Jersey Symphony Classical
Gemma New conductor
George Li piano
New Jersey Symphony
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Sarah Gibson warp & weft
Sarah Gibson drew inspiration from artist Miriam Schapiro and the art of weaving for her melodic and colorful warp & weft, a true celebration of the creative process and art created by women.
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Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Pianist George Li wowed Symphony audiences with his stunning performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and returns to do the same with the dazzling keyboard pyrotechnics in Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
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Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Former Assistant Conductor Gemma New returns to New Jersey stages to conduct Berlioz’s extraordinary Symphonie fantastique, a fantastic tale of thwarted love, dreams and witchcraft.
Performed in Newark, Red Bank and Morristown
Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
New Jersey Symphony Classical
Xian Zhang conductor
Randall Goosby violin
New Jersey Symphony
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Chen Yi New Work (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission)
Pathbreaking composer Chen Yi was the first woman to receive a Master of Arts degree in music composition from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. She brings her signature blend of Chinese traditional themes and Western orchestral forms to this new commission.
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Stravinsky Suite from Pulcinella
Everything old is new again! Stravinsky takes baroque-era music and spikes it with his inimitable sense of harmony and rhythm.
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Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Violinist Randall Goosby pulls out all the melodic and soulful stops of Tchaikovsky’s only violin concerto, one of the most beloved of the Romantic era.
Performed in Newark, Princeton and New Brunswick
Season Finale with Joshua Bell
New Jersey Symphony Classical
Xian Zhang conductor
Joshua Bell violin
New Jersey Symphony
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Daniel Bernard Roumain New Work (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission)
The New Jersey Symphony premieres an all-new commission from Resident Artistic Catalyst Daniel Bernard Roumain. A master storyteller, DBR will continue to wow New Jersey audiences with his genre-bending music.
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Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1
Passages of blazing fingerwork are balanced with moments of such serenity that time feels as if it may have stopped—perfect for the artistry of superstar Joshua Bell.
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Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
The Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky’s energetic and dark tale based on pagan rituals in Russia, was a truly groundbreaking masterpiece. While the premiere audiences rioted, it has subsequently become among the important and exhilarating musical works of the 20th century. Many audiences will find familiarity, as Stravinsky’s music became the iconic soundtrack to the dinosaur segment of Disney’s Fantasia.