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CONCERT CLASSICS SERIES 8 Thursday night concerts $249, $199, $119
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CONCERT CLASSICS SERIES
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Emerson String Quartet
Works by Haydn, Beethoven and Ravel – After 35 years of incomparable artistry with cellist David Finckel, the Emerson Quartet has drafted a “young phenom”—44-year-old superstar cellist Paul Watkins. This will be the Emerson’s first appearance in Princeton with Watkins.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 8PM*
Ébène Quartet
Works by Haydn and Schumann, plus a mix of jazz standards – Frenchmen known for moving seamlessly between classical and jazz, enriching performances of each with the magic of the other. “A string quartet that can easily morph into a jazz band,” lauded The New York Times.
Thursday, February 5, 2015 8PM*
Isabelle Faust, violin · Alexander Melnikov, piano
Works by Dvořák, Enescu, Tchaikovsky, Antheil and Franck – This Grammy-nominated duo have been performing together for more than a decade. “We are both constantly enriched by each other’s ideas, questions and experiences, while always deeply admiring the other’s musicianship and mastery,” says Faust.
Thursday, February 12, 2015 8PM*
Chicago Symphony Winds
All-Mozart – Thirteen magnificent musicians—wind players of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra—are coming to play one of Mozart’s most sublime works—the Gran Partita— rarely performed at this supreme level of artistry.
Thursday, February 26, 2015 8PM*
Marc-André Hamelin, piano · PADEREWSKI MEMORIAL CONCERT
Works by Mozart, Hamelin, Debussy and Schubert – Praised in The New Yorker for his “monstrously brilliant technique and his questing, deep-thinking approach,” Alex Ross also called Hamelin’s hands “among the wonders of the musical world.”
Thursday, March 26, 2015 8PM*
Lisa Batiashvili, violin · Paul Lewis, piano
Works by Schubert, Bach and Beethoven – Batiashvili has been called “one of the most fabulous violinists of our time” by Le Figaro and Lewis has been praised for his “fine balance of Olympian poise and emotional engagement” by the Chicago Tribune.
Thursday, April 16, 2015 8PM* A N T H O N Y R OT H CO S TA NZO
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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA
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Michael Pratt, Conductor
Thursday, October 2, 2014 8PM*
L I S A B AT I A S H V I L I
The Princeton Music Department hosts many concerts in addition to those listed here. For more information, or for a complete calendar, please visit princeton.edu/music.
Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti, Conductor Martin Fröst, guest clarinet
5 concerts · Tickets: $15 general / $5 students, unless otherwise noted
5 concerts · Tickets: $15 general / $5 students, unless otherwise noted
Friday & Saturday, October 17 & 18, 2014 7:30PM
Friday, October 24, 2014 7:30PM
GERSHWIN Cuban Overture JOHN RUSSELL Concerto for Bass Clarinet (graduate composer) (WORLD PREMIERE) John Russell, bass clarinet GRIEG Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 Marc Fishman ’17, piano DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture, Op. 92
Thursday & Friday, December 4 & 5, 2014 7:30PM
The Football Concert – a 100-year tradition: The Princeton University Glee Club hosts The Harvard Glee Club for the annual choral face-off, featuring choral classics, traditional college songs, skits and more!
Sunday, December 7, 2014 5PM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB AND PRINCETON UNIVERSITY CONCERT JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Friday, February 27, 2015 7:30PM WALTER L. NOLLNER MEMORIAL CONCERT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB AND CHAMBER CHOIR
Friday & Saturday, March 6 & 7, 2015 7:30PM Winners of the 2015 Concerto Competition RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
Coronation Music - To mark the 300th anniversary of the coronation of King George I, the Glee Club presents music for the grandest of all royal occasions composed by Purcell, Handel, Walton and others.
Friday & Saturday, April 24 & 25, 2015 7:30PM
Friday & Saturday, April 24 & 25, 2015 7:30PM
STUART B. MINDLIN MEMORIAL CONCERTS WITH PRINCETON UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB AND PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA
VERDI Soloists TBD
VERDI Soloists TBD
Requiem
Requiem
Saturday, May 30, 2015 8PM
Friday, May 29, 2015 4:30PM
Free admission.
Venue TBD. Free admission.
Reunion performance of Spem in Alium by Thomas Tallis.
Reunions Fireworks Concert
THE GLEE CLUB PRESENTS
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Thursday, September 18, 2014 7:30PM
THE SCHOLA CANTORUM OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY · JAMES BURTON, CONDUCTOR · TRINITY CHURCH, 33 MERCER STREET, PRINCETON
The latest concert in the Glee Club’s own concert series sees the premier chamber choir of Oxford University visit campus to collaborate with Princeton students and perform for the community. Free admission. Suggested donation $15 adults / $5 students. Additional Glee Club Presents performances TBA. Please check website for details.
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSEMBLES
Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor · Bryan Wagorn, piano
Songs by Duparc, Britten, Liszt, Mozart, Handel and Gershwin – This delightfully funny and engaging Princeton graduate will change your idea of countertenors when he returns to his alma mater to take the stage, now “a bona fide star,” according to The New Yorker.
Dr. Anthony D.J. Branker, Director
* Pre-concert event at 7 pm. Free to ticketholders. Visit princetonuniversityconcerts.org for more information.
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6 concerts Tickets: $15 general / $5 students, unless otherwise noted BRUCE ADOLPHE
Saturday, October 11, 2014 8PM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY CONCERT JAZZ ENSEMBLE WITH GRAMMY-WINNING SAXOPHONIST MARK GROSS PLUS THE MARK GROSS QUINTET
AMERICAN MODERN ENSEMBLE
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TAPLIN AUDITORIUM IN FINE HALL
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB AND CHAMBER CHOIR
A holiday special featuring music for the season and spotlighting Wynton Marsalis’ gospel masterpiece “Abyssinian 200 – A Celebration.”
Four Sean-nòs Songs arr. by Dan Trueman & Donnacha Dennehy Iarla Ó Lionaird, vocals MAHLER Symphony No. 4 in G Major Katherine Buzard ’14, soprano
Thursday, April 30, 2015 8PM*
Monday, September 15, 2014 6:30PM Tuesday, September 16, 2014 6:30PM
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Gabriel Crouch, Conductor
Works by Prokofiev, Mozart and Jonny Greenwood – Hip, refreshing and brilliant, this “badass classical band” (Time Out New York) teams up with Martin Fröst, a clarinetist some are saying may be the greatest of all time.
SPECIAL EVENTS
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PRINCETON SOUND KITCHEN
Philip Roth’s Everyman: A Discussion with Michael Wood and Philip Roth
Dan Trueman, Director
Dr. Anthony D.J. Branker, conductor
Saturday, November 22, 2014 8PM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY CONCERT JAZZ ENSEMBLE WITH VOCALIST ALISON CROCKETT PLUS THE ALISON CROCKETT TRIO
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A CLASS OFFERED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PRINCETON ADULT SCHOOL
Ten concerts featuring works by Princeton Graduate Composers played by today’s leading performers of contemporary music
Dr. Anthony D.J. Branker, conductor
Over the course of two evenings, Professor Michael Wood, Emeritus Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Princeton University, will explore the central themes of Roth’s novella Everyman, bringing his own perspective and rich experience to the class discussion. On the second evening, Philip Roth will join the discussion via Skype. Class participants are invited to attend the accompanying performance on September 19 (see details below) when excerpts of the book will be read by actress Meryl Streep and paired with works played by the Takács String Quartet. For more information or to register, visit princetonadultschool.org.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 8PM
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY CONCERT JAZZ ENSEMBLE WITH PRINCETON UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB
Class only: $50
The Black Box Project. Whitman Class of 1970 Theater
The popular concerts return after a first season of two sold-out performances.
Saturday, November 8, 2014 1PM
Class and concert ticket: $85
THE MAGICAL WORLD OF MAURICE RAVEL – A young pianist who is struggling to play a piece by Ravel has a dream in which the composer himself appears and explains the musical mysteries of his magical-sounding music. Will the young pianist play better upon awakening? Find out what happens— and learn the secrets of Ravel’s entrancing music.
Friday, September 19, 2014 7:30PM
Takács String Quartet • Meryl Streep, narrator
Readings from Philip Roth’s novella Everyman interspersed with works for string quartet by Arvo Pärt and Schubert – These extraordinary artists come together to perform a program of words and music featuring readings from the great American writer Philip Roth’s novella Everyman, interspersed with works for string quartet including Franz Schubert’s Death and the Maiden, as well as music by Arvo Pärt. This unique collaboration between some of the most brilliant, creative and interpretive artists of our time is happening only in Princeton.
INSPECTOR PULSE POPS A STRING – It is only when the wacky Inspector breaks a piano string that he learns that pianos even have strings inside. Who knew that? How can we make so much music with just stretched strings? Inspector Pulse gets answers to a string of questions when he is visited by a string quartet. Single tickets: $10 adults / $5 kids Buy both concerts and save 20%: $16 adults / $8 kids
Chris Thile, mandolin · Edgar Meyer, bass
Mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile returns to Princeton, this year with bassist Edgar Meyer. No musician has done more to bridge the 19th century’s central European classical music tradition with the sounds of Appalachia today than Edgar Meyer. These two MacArthur Geniuses will cross traditional boundaries in a diverse program of largely original music.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 7:30PM
Brentano String Quartet Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Works by Charpentier, Debussy and Heggie – Fast on the heels of the enormous success of Joyce DiDonato’s first recital appearance last season, and following the end of the Brentano String Quartet’s residency at Princeton, we are pleased to offer a way to hear both of these great artists again…together! They will join forces for the Princeton premiere of Camille Claudel: Into the Fire, a song cycle for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet written by composer Jake Heggie. Single tickets: $45, $35, $20 general / $10, $5 students Available to Concert Classics Series subscribers at a 20% discount off single ticket prices
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 8PM
Saturday, February 21, 2015 8PM
Fidelio Trio
FREE ADMISSION • TAPLIN AUDITORIUM IN FINE HALL
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 8PM
Composing in the Moment – an annual recital featuring original works composed and performed by members of the Princeton University Jazz Faculty, featuring tenor saxophonist Ralph Bowen, guitarist Bruce Arnold, pianist Michael Cochrane, bassist Brian Glassman, drummer Vince Ector, and musical director Dr. Anthony D.J. Branker.
Movie Night
Saturday, April 18, 2015 8PM
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 8PM
FREE ADMISSION • UNIVERSITY CHAPEL PRINCETON UNIVERSITY CONCERT JAZZ ENSEMBLE WITH UNIVERSITY CHAPEL CHOIR
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 8PM Freelance
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 8PM American Modern Ensemble
Amernet String Quartet
University Chapel Choir, conducted by Penna Rose, and the University Concert Jazz Ensemble, conducted by Dr. Anthony D.J. Branker, perform Music From the Sacred Concerts of Edward Kennedy Ellington.
This Is How We Fly
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 8PM Generals Concert
Saturday, May 9, 2015 8PM
Tuesday, May 19 & Wednesday, May 20, 2015 8PM Sō Percussion
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY CONCERT JAZZ ENSEMBLE AND UNIVERSITY JAZZ VOCAL COLLECTIVE
All programs TBA. Free admission. No reservations required. All performances in Taplin Auditorium, unless otherwise noted.
present It’s an Afro Bop Thing, Dr. Anthony D.J. Branker, conductor
S Ō P E R CU S S I O N
PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ARTS COUNCIL OF PRINCETON
Thursday, October 9, 2014 7:30PM
Prism Saxophone Quartet
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 8PM
Saturday, March 21, 2015 1PM
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Single tickets: $40 general / $10 students Available to Concert Classics Series subscribers at a 20% discount off single ticket prices
A holiday special featuring music for the season and spotlighting Wynton Marsalis’ gospel masterpiece “Abyssinian 200 – A Celebration.”
Friday, October 10, 2014 8PM Two concerts for kids ages 6-12 and their families, featuring musicians from The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, hosted by Bruce Adolphe
Sunday, December 7, 2014 5PM
RICHARDSON CHAMBER PLAYERS
Michael Pratt, Director Sponsored by Princeton University Concerts
Our resident ensemble of performance faculty, distinguished guest artists and supremely talented students
Sunday, October 19, 2014 3PM
Russian Treasures
Works by Rachmaninoff, Medtner and Stravinsky
Sunday, November 23, 2014 3PM Works by Mozart, Poulenc and Giuliani
Sunday, March 1, 2015 3PM
Divine Winds
Pierrot’s Stage
Featuring Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21
Single tickets: $15 general / $5 students Subscriptions: $39, available to Concert Classics Series subscribers for $24
SŌ PERCUSSION
Edward T. Cone Performers-in-Residence
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FREE CONCERTS, reservations required
For over a decade, Sō Percussion has redefined the modern percussion ensemble as a flexible, omnivorous entity, pushing its voice to the forefront of American musical culture. Praised by The New Yorker for their “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam,” Sō’s adventurous spirit is written into the DNA passed down from composers like John Cage and Steve Reich, as well as from pioneering ensembles like the Kronos Quartet and Nexus Percussion. The Princeton Department of Music is proud to welcome Sō Percussion as its second ensemble-in-residence.
Friday, September 12, 2014 7:30PM STEVEN REICH Mallet Quartet JASON TREUTING/ Life is (blank) SŌ PERCUSSION June Extremes JOHN CAGE Third Construction BRYCE DESSNER Music for Wood and Strings
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 7:30PM STEVEN MACKEY Other works TBA
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