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NJSO
Markus Stenz conductor
Time For Three
Ranaan Meyer double bass | Nick Kendall violin | Charles Yang violin
New Jersey Symphony
Richard Wagner Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
It begins with the strings alone playing a whisperquiet passage of holy serenity. Soon the whole orchestra joins and builds in a full-throated cry. Wagner’s operatic stage is set for the arrival of the knight Lohengrin sent on a mission from God.
Time for Three, a self-described “classically trained garage band,” brings you the GRAMMY Award-winning concerto written for them by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts. Created during the isolation of the early pandemic, Contact is “an expression of yearning for the fundamental need” of human connection.
NJSO
Markus Stenz conductor
Time For Three
Ranaan Meyer double bass | Nick Kendall violin | Charles Yang violin
New Jersey Symphony
Richard Wagner Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
It begins with the strings alone playing a whisperquiet passage of holy serenity. Soon the whole orchestra joins and builds in a full-throated cry. Wagner’s operatic stage is set for the arrival of the knight Lohengrin sent on a mission from God.
Time for Three, a self-described “classically trained garage band,” brings you the GRAMMY Award-winning concerto written for them by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts. Created during the isolation of the early pandemic, Contact is “an expression of yearning for the fundamental need” of human connection.
NJSO
Markus Stenz conductor
Time For Three
Ranaan Meyer double bass | Nick Kendall violin | Charles Yang violin
New Jersey Symphony
Richard Wagner Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
It begins with the strings alone playing a whisperquiet passage of holy serenity. Soon the whole orchestra joins and builds in a full-throated cry. Wagner’s operatic stage is set for the arrival of the knight Lohengrin sent on a mission from God.
Time for Three, a self-described “classically trained garage band,” brings you the GRAMMY Award-winning concerto written for them by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts. Created during the isolation of the early pandemic, Contact is “an expression of yearning for the fundamental need” of human connection.
The Knights
Experience the season’s first performance by the intrepid chamber orchestra The Knights, led by artistic directors Eric Jacobsen and Colin Jacobsen. In an inspired new collaboration, they intersperse Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 3—one of the composer’s most traditionally “classical” works—with original poetry by prizewinning poet and multidisciplinary artist J. Mae Barizo. Even in its original form, this would be Carnegie Hall’s first performance of Glass’s symphony—but in the hands of The Knights, it’s something no audience has heard before. In the program’s second half, The Knights perform a timeless orchestral staple: Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 4, a work of complex dualities and grand Romanticism.
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New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Concert Information
Gregory D. McDaniel conductor
Justin Jay Hines host
Eric Wyrick violin
New Jersey SymphonyJessie Montgomery Starburst
Josef Strauss Music of the Spheres, Waltzes, Op. 235
Antonín Dvořák “Song to the Moon” from Rusalka, Op. 114
Claude Debussy / André Caplet Clair de Lune
Aaron Copland “Prairie Night and Celebration Dance” from Billy the Kid
Glenn Miller Moonlight Serenade
Henry Mancini Moon River
Gus Edwards / William Ryden “By the Light of the Silvery Moon”
Giacomo Puccini / Christopher Palmer La Bohème Fantasy
John Williams “Adventures on Earth” from E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialIn honor of the Museum of the Moon landing at the Union County Performing Arts Center’s Main Stage, the New Jersey Symphony presents a captivating evening of orchestral music celebrating our celestial neighbor. From orchestral masterworks like Claude Debussy’s Claire de Lune and Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst, to popular favorites like Glenn Miller’s Moonlight Serenade and music from Moonstruck and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, this program, conducted by New Jersey Symphony Colton Conducting Fellow Gregory D. McDaniel, has something for everyone!Bard Music Festival
Program
2 pm • Preconcert talk: Marina Frolova-Walker
3 pm • Semi-staged opera performance: Erica Petrocelli, soprano; Megan Marino & Krysty Swann, mezzo-sopranos; Aaron Blake & Rodell Rosel, tenors; Alfred Walker & Philip Cokorinos, bass-baritones; Kevin Thompson, bass; members of the Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein; directed by Marco Nisticò; projection and video design by John Horzen (plus livestream)
Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959)
Julietta, H253 (1937) (Martinů, after Georges Neveux)
Bard Music Festival
Bard Music Festival
7 pm • Performance: Leah Hawkins, soprano; John Matthew Myers, tenor; Norman Garrett, baritone; William Guanbo Su, bass-baritone; TBA, violin; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Jan Novák (1921–84)
Ignis pro Ioanne Palach (1969)
Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959)
Ariane (Aria)
Violin Concerto No. 2, H293 (1943)
The Epic of Gilgamesh, H351 (1955)
