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Xian Zhang conductor
Hilary Hahn violin
New Jersey Symphony

Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn accentuates all the brilliant colors and shades of melancholy in Sibelius’ only violin concerto. An early work for orchestra by Coleridge-Taylor—a great, yet historically overlooked composer—showcases aching melodies and rhythmic drive. We close with Prokofiev’s lively and powerful Fifth Symphony, largely influenced by his admiration of the human spirit.

Coleridge-Taylor Ballade in A Minor
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Prokofiev Symphony No. 5

Tower Hill Church, Red Bank
Sunday, January 29, 2023 at 4:00 PM
"MOZART" Community Sing
The Audience is the Chorus!
Led by Music Director Fiona Smith Sutherland, we will
be singing Mozart's Requiem and Laudate Dominum.
All are welcome! $10 suggested donation.
Refreshments provided.
Scores will be available at the concert or you may print ahead at
towerhillchurch.org/events

Who doesn’t love a good mystery? Music by unnamed composers comprises a third of the magnificent Kroměříž collection in the Czech Republic, outnumbering any named composer’s work. Whoever its authors are, the anonymous music’s craft equals that of the known composers there, like Schmelzer and Biber, which is uniformly excellent. Come here Tempesta perform these little known but fantastic works that will keep you guessing about the people that wrote them.

Constantine Kitsopoulos conductor
New Jersey Symphony

The final battle begins. You can experience Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ Part 2 in a way you’ve never seen it before! The New Jersey Symphony performs Alexandre Desplat’s iconic score as the film is projected onto a high-definition screen that puts you in the middle of the action. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to witness Harry and his friends face off for the last time against their foes.

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Virtuosic pianist Inon Barnatan returns to Princeton to perform Johannes Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO). Also on the program are Carlos Simon’s Fate Now Conquers and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Rossen Milanov conducts. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton University Campus, Princeton, NJ. Tickets: start at $30 (children 5-17 who are accompanied by an adult receive a 50% discount); Accommodations or services can be arranged with two weeks’ notice, contact Kitanya at kkhateri@princetonsymphony.org; For tickets: princetonsymphony.org or 609-497-0020.

The concert is a special event based on the life of Anna Magdalena Bach, Bach’s second wife. It features a sequence of poems written by Jane McKinley interspersed with chamber music by J. S. Bach and others, performed by Lisa Terry, cello and viola da gamba, and Webb Wiggins, harpsichord. Anna Magdalena was a well-paid, professional singer at the court of Prince Leopold in Cöthen where Bach was serving as Kapellmeister when his first wife Maria Barbara died in July 1720, leaving him as a widower with four young children. When he married Anna Magdalena in December 1721, she was only 20. She bore him thirteen children, only six of whom survived past the age of five. Very little is actually known about daily life in the Bach household; the poems rely on surviving letters and documents as points of departure. Subjects include Anna Magdalena’s famous Notebook, written requests by Bach’s cousin for carnation plants and a caged bird, and some “extra fine” chamber music performed in the Bach home when his son Wilhelm Friedemann visited from Dresden in 1739.

Virtuosic pianist Inon Barnatan returns to Princeton to perform Johannes Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO). Also on the program are Carlos Simon’s Fate Now Conquers and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Rossen Milanov conducts. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton University Campus, Princeton, NJ. Tickets: start at $30 (children 5-17 who are accompanied by an adult receive a 50% discount); Accommodations or services can be arranged with two weeks’ notice, contact Kitanya at kkhateri@princetonsymphony.org; For tickets: princetonsymphony.org or 609-497-0020.

Dessoff’s Chamber Choir celebrates the legacy of Stephen Sondheim with solos, duets and small ensembles with music from his shows as well as some from “West Side Story” for which he wrote the lyrics.

Under the direction of Christopher Jackson and dedicated Choral Directors, this Bach Choir collaboration invites youth choirs – The Bel Canto Youth Chorus, Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts Touring Choir, Nazareth High School Chorus and the J.R. Masterman School of Philadelphia perform with The Bach Choir and members of The Bach Festival Orchestra. Combining the music of Bach and contemporary composers, the finale of some 200 voices sharing this exquisite music is not to be missed!

Damon Gupton conductor
New Jersey Symphony

Celebrate the music of iconic composer John Williams as your New Jersey Symphony brings to life some of his most legendary film scores. Relive the magic themes of Harry Potter, Jaws, Star Wars, Jurassic Park and more!

Hearing Williams’ music performed live is a true symphonic treat. Invite your family and friends for an awesome concert experience.