Neeme Järvi conductor
New Jersey Symphony

Former Music Director Neeme Järvi returns to takes our audiences on a journey of power and reflection fueled by strings and brass in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. With its elements of jazz and infusion of blues, William Grant Still’s most popular symphony remains relevant today as the first symphony composed by an African American to be performed by a professional orchestra in the United States. Arvo Pärt poured his emotions about the passing of composer Benjamin Britten into the evocative composition for strings and one lone chime that opens this program.

Arvo Pärt Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Still Symphony No. 1, “Afro-American”
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4