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.
Xian Zhang conductor
Nancy Zhou violin
New Jersey Symphony
Program Notes Program Info
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Caroline Shaw The Observatory
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Holst The Planets—An HD Odyssey
Concert originally performed January 31–February 1, 2025. Recorded at NJPAC in Newark.
Broadcast January 5, 2026, on WWFM.
