YOUR NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY
The excitement. The thrill. The artistry. The magic. The new season awaits!
The New Jersey Symphony celebrated 100 years of music-making on November 12, 2022, with a Centennial Celebration Gala and Concert. Celebrate the next 100 years of great music and subscribe to hear world-class artists and the Grammy- and Emmy-winning New Jersey Symphony, performing masterpieces of the last few centuries alongside exciting new works of this century.
Anna Clyne Piano Concerto (New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission)
Valerie Coleman Umoja
Reena Esmail RE|Member
Rob Kapilow We Came to America (World Premiere, Commissioned by the Thurnauer School of Music at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades)
David Ludwig NightVision
Gabriela Montero Piano Concerto No. 1, “Latin”
Jessie Montgomery New Work (New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission)
Kevin Puts Contact
Daniel Bernard Roumain i am a white person who __ Black people
Daniel Bernard Roumain New Work (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission)
Tyshawn Sorey For Marcos Balter
Augusta Read Thomas Selections from Jubilee (New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission)
JESSIE MONTGOMERY
TYSHAWN SOREY
ANNA CLYNE GABRIELA MONTERO
KEVIN PUTS
AUGUSTA READ THOMAS
VALERIE COLEMAN
A SEASON OF GREAT MASTERPIECES AND FAVORITE GUEST ARTISTS!
Beethoven Violin Concerto
Dvořák Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Vivaldi The Four Seasons
A SEASON OF GREAT FUN AND HOLIDAY TRADITIONS!
Jurassic Park in Concert
A Gospel Holiday Family Concert
Handel’s Messiah
Lunar New Year Celebration Concert
Year of the Dragon
Respect: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin
Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi in Concert
AUGUSTIN HADELICH AARON DIEHL GIL SHAHAM JOSHUA BELL STERLING ELLIOTT JENNIFER KOHDear Friends,
We welcome you and thank you.
As the New Jersey Symphony enters its next century of bringing world-class performances to local stages across New Jersey, I welcome you to join us for a dynamic 2023–24 season, filled with your favorite pieces alongside new and exciting works and artists. I am thrilled to be conducting some of my favorite pieces, including Or ’s Carmina Burana, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Tchaikovsky’s Fi h Symphony.
Extraordinary guest artists will grace our stages, with the returns of Joshua Bell, Jeremy Denk, Augustin Hadelich, Jennifer Koh, Gil Shaham, Daniil Trifonov and many more. Plus, you’ll discover equally extraordinary artists that have not appeared with the Symphony before, including composer and pianist Gabriela Montero performing her own concerto; Time for Three—a Grammy-Award-nominated group that has toured the U.S. and came to fame through social media; and New Jersey’s own composer Rob Kapilow premiering and conducting his own piece We Came to America, which focuses on the U.S. immigrant experience.
New Jersey Symphony musicians stand in the spotlight, too, with Concertmaster Eric Wyrick starring in Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Principal Oboe Robert Ingliss performing Richard Strauss’ Oboe Concerto and Second Oboe and English Horn Andrew Adelson performing J.S. Bach’s Oboe d’Amore Concerto in A Major.
My career as a conductor is blossoming, bringing me to top orchestras across the world and nationally. New Jersey is my home, and I love seeing you at concerts with our treasure of an orchestra. Thank you for the cheers, and for the support that makes it all possible.
Xian Zhang Music Director
Our community belongs at the Symphony, and the Symphony belongs to the community.”
Gabriel van Aalst President & CEOThe mission of the New Jersey Symphony is to connect with the people and diverse communities of New Jersey through the power of live symphonic music to inspire, entertain and educate.
Through adventurous performances, hands-on educational experiences, and robust community programming, we encourage everyone to enjoy the power and creativity of orchestral music in all its forms. Across genres and venues, for audiences of all walks of life, we strive to bring music that’s meaningful to you, to you.
As we embark upon our second century of music-making, we are renewing our deeply rooted commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion by championing new, and o en local, artists; engaging audiences for whom the inspiring depth and breadth of classical music will be new; and incorporating the broadest possible representation in all aspects of our organization—all to be er reflect and serve our vibrant communities.
Our expansive educational o erings—including our youth orchestras, masterclasses, and virtual learning opportunities—will build the next generation of listeners and musicians and help students grow, both musically and personally. And we will continue to seek new ways to connect with all New Jerseyans, through programs that resonate with a variety of cultural and musical backgrounds, as well as digital innovations that make our orchestra accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime.
We’re your New Jersey Symphony, and we’ll be here for you.
Robert Spano conductor
Aaron Diehl piano
Aaron Diehl Trio
New Jersey Symphony
Newark → Saturday, October 14, 8 pm
New Brunswick → Sunday, October 15, 3 pm
Valerie Coleman Umoja
Coleman starts the season with a whisper, then a gorgeous melody rises evoking the power and sweetness of umoja, the Swahili word for unity. The whole orchestra takes it up and you’re on the edge of your seat with this joyous, full-throated cry for community.
A wedding present for his bride, Still’s Out of the Silence, brought out of silence by Aaron Diehl and the New Jersey Symphony, is a gentle and ethereal li le hymn wri en in the depths of the Great Depression. Still’s wife said of it: “Only in meditation does one discover beauties remote from the problems of Earth.”
Ellington New World A-Comin’
Ellington created this lush musical portrait of a “new world where there would be no war, no greed—where love was unconditional.” What be er way to start the season than with the Aaron Diehl Trio and the genius of jazz, Sir Duke!
A Czech visitor to America, Dvořák sought out and loved the songs of Indigenous and Black people. Blending their inspiration with his imagination, he created one of the most beloved concert works of all time.
ROBERT SPANO
Joseph Young conductor
Sterling Elliott cello New Jersey Symphony
Newark → Thursday, October 19, 1:30 pm
Princeton → Friday, October 20, 8 pm
Red Bank → Saturday, October 21, 8 pm
Newark → Sunday, October 22, 3 pm
Jessie Montgomery New Work (New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission)
The BBC called Jessie Montgomery “one of the most distinctive and communicative voices in the U.S.,” and the New Jersey Symphony gives the East Coast debut of her new work.
R. Schumann Cello Concerto
Heart-on-sleeve music, one gorgeous melody a er another soaring from Sterling Ellio ’s cello. The New Jersey Symphony backs him up with Schumann’s richest Romantic harmonies.
Elgar Enigma Variations
Edward Elgar loved to spend his evenings bashing away at his upright piano, chomping on a cigar, making up tunes. This is how he created a kaleidoscopic set of variations on a mysterious melody—all of which made him a household name across the land.
Ruth Reinhardt Conducts
Bartók & Mendelssohn
Ruth Reinhardt conductor
Time For Three
Ranaan Meyer double bass | Nick Kendall violin | Charles Yang violin New Jersey Symphony
Newark → Thursday, November 9, 1:30 pm
Newark → Friday, November 10, 8 pm
Morristown → Sunday, November 12, 3 pm
Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
Breathing deep the bracing Atlantic salt air for the first time, 20-year-old Mendelssohn fell in love with the moody islands o Scotland’s west coast. He painted them in music, full of sweeping melodies, quick-shi ing swells and dramatic energy.
Kevin Puts Contact
Time for Three call themselves “a classically trained garage band” and they wow audiences with limitless virtuosity across every kind of music. They join the New Jersey Symphony for this joyous, Grammy Award-nominated masterpiece by Pulitzer Prize-winner Kevin Puts.
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
Wri en on what many thought was his deathbed, Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra gave the composer new life. Every section of the orchestra gets the spotlight to dazzling e ect, and the Concerto’s last moments are some of the most thrilling in all classical music.
Newark → Thursday, November 30, 1:30 pm
Newark → Friday, December 1, 8 pm
New Brunswick → Sunday, December 3, 3 pm
Mendelssohn Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
When needing an example of “genius,” look no further than this astounding product of a 17-year-old boy. Here are the lovers, the silliness and the quicksilver humor of Shakespeare’s comedy delivered in a dozen minutes of u er brilliance.
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
The violin leads the drama from the first bar of Mendelssohn’s masterpiece, but here too are moments of hold-your-breath beauty. These shimmer like moonlight on water when played by Joshua Bell, one of the world’s finest violinists.
Beethoven Symphony No. 4
He could stir up musical storm clouds like a god, but Beethoven also could part them to let the most brilliant sunlight warm the soul. The Fourth is the composer at his sunniest, and Joshua Bell, violin still in hand, leads the New Jersey Symphony from the concertmaster’s seat.
Joshua Bell conductor and violin New Jersey Symphony
Xian Zhang conductor
Augustin Hadelich violin
New Jersey Symphony
Princeton → Friday, January 12, 8 pm Red Bank → Saturday, January 13, 8 pm Newark → Sunday, January 14, 3 pm
Daniel Bernard Roumain i am a white person who __ Black people
This provocative piece for strings and percussion opens the concert with the feeling of a tender hymn, then it quickens with an edgy energy. Another vital contribution by our Resident Artistic Catalyst.
Beethoven Violin Concerto
When Augustin Hadelich performs, time stands still. It is his own brand of magic, how he makes a classic like Beethoven’s serenely beautiful Violin Concerto sound as if it was wri en yesterday, just for him.
Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
Mussorgsky poured out his feeling at the loss of a brilliant artist-friend in pieces originally meant for piano, and Ravel transferred these to an epic orchestral canvas using every imaginable color. The Newark Museum of Art will curate the artwork projected during the Pictures at an Exhibition performances in Red Bank and Newark.
Xian Zhang conductor
Rob Kapilow conductor
JCC Young People’s Chorus @ Thurnauer
Young People’s Chorus of New York City® New Jersey Symphony
Newark → Saturday, January 20, 8 pm
Morristown → Sunday, January 21, 3 pm
Still Darker America
Still wrote this in the 1920s to depict the struggles of his fellow African Americans, ultimately aiming to show “the triumph of a people over their sorrows through fervent prayer.” Tenderness and toughness mark this moving testament to resilience.
Rob Kapilow We Came to America
(World Premiere, Commissioned by the Thurnauer School of Music at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades)
In this nation of immigrants, we all have our stories. Inspired by in-depth source research, interviews with generations of immigrants, and melodies from many countries, composer Rob Kapilow has cra ed an instant classic of compelling music for chorus and orchestra.
The musical that gave the world “New York, New York,” On the Town was a hit from its wartime premiere. The story of three sailors on leave in Manha an is filled with Bernstein’s signature restless energy, and made huge waves of its own in the 1940s with a racially diverse cast.
The tragedy of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet set on Manha an’s fire escapes and sidewalks. These Symphonic Dances from West Side Story are a fountain of songs you love, from “Tonight” to “Maria” and the manic shout of “Mambo!”
ROB KAPILOW AUGUSTIN HADELICH DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAINnjsymphony.org
Xian Zhang conductor
Robert Ingliss oboe
Eric Wyrick violin
New Jersey Symphony
Newark → Thursday, February 22, 1:30 pm
Red Bank → Saturday, February 24, 8 pm
New Brunswick → Sunday, February 25, 3 pm
Reena Esmail RE|Member
Reena Esmail’s wildly colorful overture RE|Member came to life during the pandemic. What a joy, as it celebrates the regathering of musicians and has a fun bit of stage wizardry for oboe.
R. Strauss Oboe Concerto
In the days right a er World War II, with his beloved German homeland in rubble, many thought Richard Strauss’ composing pen had dried up. What a surprise when he created this gorgeous masterpiece for oboe, played here by our magnificent principal Robert Ingliss.
Vivaldi The Four Seasons
Every mood and movement of the seasons is here, from sticky summer heat to slip-slidin’ on winter’s ice. Concertmaster Eric Wyrick’s virtuoso violin shines throughout.
Xian Zhang conductor
Andrew Adelson oboe d’amore
Jana McIntyre soprano
Barry Banks tenor
Hugh Russell baritone
Montclair State University Chorale | Heather J. Buchanan, director New Jersey Symphony
Newark → Friday, March 1, 8 pm
Newark → Sunday, March 3, 3 pm
Augusta Read Thomas Selections from Jubilee
The New Yorker called this 2010 orchestral suite “joyous and electric.” Thomas’ concert-opener is perfectly titled and a superb way to help you shake o late winter.
J.S. Bach Oboe d'Amore Concerto
Your first time to hear the oboe d’amore? This duskier cousin of the modern oboe has a soulful, sweet sound that Bach adored and placed at the center of this piece of reverence and reflection.
Or Carmina Burana
Medieval monks had more on their minds than scripture–women, beer and the ever-turning wheel of fate most prominent. Or set their words to dramatically colorful music in his iconic Carmina Burana
Xian Zhang conductor
Tom Borrow piano
New Jersey Symphony
Newark → Thursday, March 14, 1:30 pm
Princeton → Friday, March 15, 8 pm
Newark → Saturday, March 16, 8 pm
Morristown → Sunday, March 17, 3 pm
David Ludwig NightVision
The New Jersey Symphony premiered this fantastic music in 2000, catching Ludwig at the launch of a career that now finds him Dean of Juilliard. Hear again, or for the first time, the promise of a young artist in full command of a virtuoso orchestra.
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24
You can say you heard him when, because young pianist Tom Borrow has been named “the very definition of ‘one to watch’” (International Piano). He brings his jawdropping technique and poet’s soul to Mozart’s most dramatic concerto.
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Brass choruses will make the hall ring in this most beloved of Tchaikovsky’s six symphonies. The composer wrestled with fate in his Fi h, and filled it from start to finish with musical electricity and hope.
TOM BORROW
Xian Zhang conductor
Gil Shaham violin
New Jersey Symphony
Newark → Friday, March 22, 8 pm
Red Bank → Saturday, March 23, 8 pm
Newark → Sunday, March 24, 3 pm
Mozart Serenade No. 11
A li le suite for winds meant as background music to a Viennese party. Mozart never did anything halfway, though, and this Serenade is a jewel box holding his most touching melodies.
Chevalier de Saint-Georges Violin Concerto No. 9
Finally ge ing its due, this French-Creole composer’s violin writing is a high-water mark of 18th-century grace. And there is no more graceful violinist to make these lines sing than the soulful Gil Shaham.
J.S. Bach Violin Concerto No. 1
Every bar bristles with brilliance, leaps of melody and delicious new harmonies. Bach wrote hundreds of pieces, but none more beautiful than this, seemingly tailor-fit for the gi s of our guest Gil Shaham.
Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik
In the century before recorded sound, Mozart made dinner music like this. But every minute of this serenade for strings is so full of unbridled joy—no wonder it is his greatest hit.
GIL SHAHAMJennifer Koh and Jun Märkl Return!
Jun Märkl conductor
Jennifer Koh violin
New Jersey Symphony
Newark → Saturday, May 4, 8 pm
Morristown → Sunday, May 5, 3 pm
Liszt Prometheus
Liszt was a fire-breather of a composer, perhaps inspired by the Greek god himself who gave humans fire. His Prometheus lets the orchestra tell the riveting ancient story of the , punishment, and triumph.
Tyshawn Sorey For Marcos Balter (New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission)
Newark’s own Tyshawn Sorey has a dozen surprises up his sleeve in his new work, especially as he makes superstar soloist Jennifer Koh “disappear” into the orchestra. The e ect is singularly haunting and beautiful.
Brahms/Schoenberg Piano Quartet No. 1 (Orchestrated)
The composer of four magnificent symphonies, Brahms also wrote reams of gorgeous chamber pieces. His Piano Quartet is arranged so vividly for orchestra that it could be Brahms' Fi h.
Markus Stenz conductor
Jeremy Denk piano
New Jersey Symphony
Princeton → Friday, May 17, 8 pm
Newark → Saturday, May 18, 8 pm
Newark → Sunday, May 19, 3 pm
Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
Berlioz exploded every idea of what an orchestra could do and be, and his Roman Carnival Overture was his calling card. It shows the New Jersey Symphony in all its full-throated glory.
Anna Clyne Piano Concerto (New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission)
Having wri en for every top-flight orchestra in America, Anna Clyne’s latest is for us and with the extraordinary Jeremy Denk as soloist. Find out why The New York Times chose Anna Clyne for their feature “Five Minutes that Will Make You Love Classical Music.”
Beethoven Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Fi y minutes that made Beethoven’s name. His Third was so bold and unconventional, that it still sounds new 200-plus years a er its premiere.
JUN MÄ RKL
Xian Zhang conductor
Gabriela Montero piano
New Jersey Symphony
Newark → Thursday, May 30, 1:30 pm
Newark → Friday, May 31, 8 pm
New Brunswick → Sunday, June 2, 3 pm
Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4
Blend Brazilian soul with Bach’s inspiration and you have this gorgeous 15-minute minisymphony, Villa-Lobos’ joyous homage to his beautiful South American home.
Gabriela Montero Piano Concerto No. 1, “Latin”
Famed for her one-of-a-kind technique and stunning jazzy improvisations as encores, Montero puts it all together in her First Concerto, filled with Venezuelan heart and get-on-your-feet dance.
Bizet Selections from Carmen
A Frenchman obsessed with Spain, Bizet brought the smoldering Spanish anti-heroine Carmento life for the stage and the opera world was never the same. One instantly recognizable tune follows another in this brilliant orchestral suite cra ed from the opera.
Xian Zhang conductor
Daniil Trifonov piano
New Jersey Symphony
Princeton → Friday June 7, 8 pm
Red Bank → Saturday June 8, 8 pm
Newark → Sunday June 9, 3 pm
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.
Gershwin/arr. Benne Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
Gershwin’s landmark opera spun o so many great tunes –“Summertime,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So” and a dozen others will have you singing your way into summer.
Gershwin Concerto in F
Proving he was way more than a one-hit wonder a er his Rhapsody in Blue, Gershwin poured the energy of Manha an on a Saturday night into this sparkler for piano and orchestra. Superstar Daniil Trifonov wraps up our season with a bang.
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Red Bank → Friday, October 27, 8 pm Count Basie Center for the Arts
Newark → Saturday, October 28, 8 pm New Jersey Performing Arts Center
New Brunswick → Sunday, October 29, 3 pm State Theatre New Jersey
Constantine Kitsopoulos conductor
New Jersey Symphony
This action-packed adventure pits man against prehistoric predators in the ultimate ba le for survival. Featuring visually stunning imagery and groundbreaking special e ects, this epic film is sheer movie magic 65 million years in the making.
Now audiences can experience Jurassic Park as never before: projected in HD with a full symphony orchestra performing John Williams’ iconic score live to picture.
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October 29 concert presented in collaboration with State Theatre New Jersey.
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Princeton → Friday, December 15, 8 pm Richardson Auditorium
Newark → Sunday, December 17, 7 pm Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Sherezade Panthaki soprano | Key’mon Murrah countertenor | Thomas Cooley tenor | Tyler Duncan baritone
Montclair State University Singers | Heather J. Buchanan, director
New Jersey Symphony
Join us as the Symphony performs this great holiday tradition! Nicholas McGegan will conduct Handel’s incomparable classic Messiah. Joining McGegan and the musicians will be the talented singers of Montclair State University, who will delight audiences as they sing the glorious “Hallelujah Chorus.”
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Newark → Saturday, February 3, 7:30 pm New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Yue Bao conductor
Tony Siqi Yun piano
New Jersey Symphony
Join us for this evening of community and cultural exchange that is wonderful for families and children as we celebrate the Year of the Dragon.
Music Director Xian Zhang ignited the first Lunar New Year Celebration six years ago, and this festive tradition continues with conductor Yue Bao and pianist Tony Siqi Yun.
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Red Bank → Friday, February 16, 8 pm
Count Basie Center for the Arts
Newark → Saturday, February 17, 8 pm
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
New Brunswick → Sunday, February 18, 3 pm
State Theatre New Jersey
Capathia Jenkins vocalist
Ryan Shaw vocalist
New Jersey Symphony
A tribute to the Queen of Soul, this program features symphony favorite Capathia Jenkins and three-time Grammy Award-nominee Ryan Shaw performing such iconic hits as "Respect," "Think," "A Natural Woman," "Chain of Fools," "Amazing Grace," and many others.
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Morristown → Thursday, April 4, 7:30 pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center
Red Bank → Friday, April 5, 8 pm
Count Basie Center for the Arts
New Brunswick → Saturday, April 6, 8 pm
State Theatre New Jersey
Newark → Sunday, April 7, 3 pm
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
New Jersey Symphony
April
Coming to New Jersey from a galaxy far, far away—experience Star Wars: Return of the Jedi like never before as your New Jersey Symphony performs John Williams’ Oscar-winning score live to the entire film. “You must feel the Force around you...”
In the spectacular climactic sixth episode of the Star Wars saga, Darth Vader readies the second Death Star to unleash the final blow to the Rebel Alliance. Luke Skywalker joins R2-D2, C-3PO and Princess Leia to free Han Solo from Jabba the Hu and launch a desperate a ack upon the entire Imperial Fleet.
Watch the complete film unfold as the New Jersey Symphony performs John Williams’ legendary score live.
February 18 concert presented in collaboration with State Theatre New Jersey.
CAPATHIA JENKINS RYAN SHAW
Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in association with 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Warner/Chappell Music. © 1980 & TM LUCASFILM LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © DISNEY.
Newark → Saturday, December 9, 2 pm & 3:30 pm New Jersey Performing Arts Center
New Jersey Symphony
Spotlighting celebrated artists from Newark and beyond, the New Jersey Symphony lauds the power of the first instrument—the human voice—with a gospel music-inspired holiday extravaganza. Come ready to sing, dance and clap along!
New Jersey Symphony Family Concert: A Music Discovery Zone
Newark → Saturday, May 18, 2 pm
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
New Jersey Symphony
Discover what makes a live orchestra concert so special. We’ll take a deep dive into Beethoven’s “Eroica”–his breakout Third Symphony that broke all the rules and forged a new future for the symphonic form. Inspired by Leonard Bernstein’s masterful way of pu ing young audiences at the center of music-making, this interactive concert will feature inside tips, listening cues and fun facts that make for the perfect Saturday a ernoon family outing!
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John Rogers, Anders Brogaard, Anthony Barlich, Julietta Cervantes p. 3 (right side, top to bottom): Suxiao Yang, Maria Jarzyna, Chris Lee, Shervin Lainez, unknown, Juergen Frank p. 4, 5, 22, back cover: Rob Davidson p. 6 (left to right): Jason Thrasher, Maria Jarzyna p. 7 (left to right): Shervin Lainez, Jessica Schaefer p. 8 Phillip Knott p. 9 (left, top): Suxiao Yang p. 9 (left, bottom): Julietta Cervantes p. 9 (right): Peter Schaaf p. 12 (left to right): Tal Givony, Chris Lee p. 13 (left top): Juergen Frank p. 13 (left bottom): unknown p. 13 (right): Shervin Lainez p. 14 (left to right): Anders Brogaard, Dario Acosta p. 17 (left, clockwise): David Fung, Jeremy Kramer, Paul Foster-Williams, Kristopher Johnson p. 17 (right): Grace Liu Anderson p. 19: (top to bottom): Kellyman Photography, illustration by Raquel Bonassisa p. 20 Cherylynn Tsushima p. 21 (top): Erik Rank
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ELLINGTON & DVOŘÁK: NEW WORLDS Valerie Coleman Umoja
Robert Spano conductor
Aaron Diehl piano
Aaron Diehl Trio
Still Out of the Silence
Ellington New World A-Comin’
Dvořák Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
SCHUMANN’S CELLO CONCERTO Jessie Montgomery New Work (New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission)
Schumann Cello Concerto
Joseph Young conductor
Sterling Ellio cello
RUTH REINHARDT CONDUCTS BARTÓK & MENDELSSOHN Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
Ruth Reinhardt conductor
Time For Three
Ranaan Meyer double bass | Nick Kendall violin Charles Yang violin
Puts Contact
Concerto for Orchestra
JOSHUA BELL LEADS THE NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY Mendelssohn Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Joshua Bell conductor and violin
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Beethoven Symphony No. 4
HANDEL’S MESSIAH Handel Messiah
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Sherezade Panthaki soprano | Key’mon W. Murrah countertenor
Thomas Cooley tenor Tyler Duncan baritone
Montclair State University Singers | Heather J. Buchanan, director
BEETHOVEN’S VIOLIN CONCERTO WITH AUGUSTIN HADELICH Daniel Bernard Roumain am a white person who __ Black people
Xian Zhang conductor
Augustin Hadelich violin
THE AMERICAN DREAM
Xian Zhang conductor
Rob Kapilow conductor
JCC Young People’s Chorus @ Thurnauer
Young People’s Chorus of New York City®
Beethoven Violin Concerto Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
Still Darker America
Rob Kapilow We Came to America (World Premiere, Commissioned by the Thurnauer School of Music at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades)
Bernstein Three Dances Episodes from On the Town Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION: YEAR OF THE DRAGON Program to be announced
Yue Bao conductor
Tony Siqi Yun piano
VIVALDI’S THE FOUR SEASONS
Xian Zhang conductor
Robert Ingliss oboe
Eric Wyrick violin
XIAN CONDUCTS CARMINA BURANA
Xian Zhang conductor
Andrew Adelson oboe d’amore
Jana McIntyre soprano | Barry Banks tenor Hugh Russell baritone
Montclair State University Chorale Heather J. Buchanan, director
Reena Esmail RE|Member
R. Strauss Oboe Concerto
Vivaldi The Four Seasons
Augusta Read Thomas Selections from Jubilee
J.S. Bach Oboe d'Amore Concerto Or Carmina Burana
TCHAIKOVSKY’S FIFTH SYMPHONY David Ludwig NightVision
Xian Zhang conductor
Tom Borrow piano
GIL SHAHAM AND XIAN ZHANG
Xian Zhang conductor
Gil Shaham violin
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Mozart Serenade No. 11
Chevalier de Saint-Georges Violin Concerto No. 9
J.S. Bach Violin Concerto No. 1
Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik
JENNIFER KOH AND JUN MÄRKL RETURN! Liszt Prometheus
Jun Märkl conductor
Jennifer Koh violin
Tyshawn Sorey For Marcos Balter (New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission)
Brahms/Schoenberg Piano Quartet No. 1 (Orchestrated)
JEREMY DENK, ANNA CLYNE, BEETHOVEN’S “EROICA” Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
Markus Stenz conductor
Jeremy Denk piano
MONTERO PERFORMS MONTERO PLUS BIZET’S CARMEN
Xian Zhang conductor
Gabriela Montero piano
DANIIL TRIFONOV PLAYS GERSHWIN
Xian Zhang conductor
Daniil Trifonov piano
Anna Clyne Piano Concerto (New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission)
Beethoven Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4
Gabriela Montero Piano Concerto No. 1, “Latin”
Bizet Selections from Carmen
Daniel Bernard Roumain New Work (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission)
Gershwin/arr. Benne Porgy and Bess A Symphonic Picture
Gershwin Concerto in F