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Xian Zhang conductor
Emanuel Ax piano
New Jersey Symphony

Berlioz used all the colors in a composer’s paintbox–and created a few new ones all his own–for his Symphonie fantastique, a swirling portrait of an artist’s passion, dreams and ecstasy. We’ll place this alongside the unparalleled elegance of Emanuel Ax at the piano, and brand-new music from our gifted Resident Artistic Partner Allison Loggins-Hull–a finale to cherish!

Allison Loggins-Hull New Work (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22
Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

Xian Zhang conductor
Emanuel Ax piano
New Jersey Symphony

Berlioz used all the colors in a composer’s paintbox–and created a few new ones all his own–for his Symphonie fantastique, a swirling portrait of an artist’s passion, dreams and ecstasy. We’ll place this alongside the unparalleled elegance of Emanuel Ax at the piano, and brand-new music from our gifted Resident Artistic Partner Allison Loggins-Hull–a finale to cherish!

Allison Loggins-Hull New Work (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22
Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

Pianist Chelsea Randall will give the NY premiere of six newly commissioned piano pieces inspired by Black Arts Movement poets including her great uncle, the poet and editor Dudley Randall. The program features music by Carolyn Yarnell, Adolphus Hailstork, Joyce Solomon Moorman, Anthony R. Green, Regina Harris Baiocchi and Jeremiah Evans, based on the poetry of Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, Amiri Baraka, Naomi Long Madgett and Dudley Randall, who platformed these poets via his Detroit-based Broadside Press. Special guest poets Melba Joyce Boyd–Michigan’s Poet Laureate and Dudley Randall’s biographer, and Jon Randall–Dudley’s nephew, will join Chelsea onstage for live readings. "Quest" is dedicated to the memory of Nikki Giovanni.