Jun 02 Sunday
Artistic Director Barry Miles once again brings together musical friends and colleagues of the late jazz pianist George Mesterhazy for this intimate tribute. A Time for Love marks 12 years since George’s passing. This annual remembrance concert celebrates how much George meant to so many through original musical arrangements and meaningful songs.
Jun 08 Saturday
The Princeton Festival celebrates the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll” with the live concert premiere of The Music of Tina Turner featuring mega hits such as “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” “Simply the Best,” “Proud Mary,” and more! With prominent artists including Broadway star and American Idol finalist LaKisha Jones, plus Lucas Waldin conducting the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. Festival Performance Pavilion at Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ. Tickets: start at $40 (children 5-17 accompanied by an adult receive a 50% discount); Digital programs, wheelchair accessible. Additional accommodations or services can be arranged with two weeks’ notice—contact mgodbole@princetonsymphony.org; For tickets: princetonsymphony.org/festival or 609-497-0020
Xian Zhang conductorDaniil Trifonov pianoNew Jersey Symphony
American music swings into summer with hits from Gershwin’s pathbreaking opera, Porgy and Bess. Letting their instruments do the singing, the New Jersey Symphony soars through “Summertime,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So” and other glories of Gershwin’s masterpiece. Only one way to top that: superstar pianist Daniil Trifonov playing Brahms with the New Jersey Symphony last season was a revelation, so we are thrilled at his return to wrap our season with a bang in Gershwin’s dance-filled Concerto in F. The New Jersey Symphony premieres an all-new commission from Resident Artistic Catalyst Daniel Bernard Roumain. A master storyteller, DBR will continue to wow New Jersey audiences with his genre-bending music.
Daniel Bernard Roumain New Work (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission)Gershwin/arr. Bennett Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic PictureGershwin Concerto in F
Jun 09 Sunday
Hailed for “its commitment to musically and thematically adventurous new work (Opera News),” Manhattan’s leading activist opera company Encompass New Opera Theatre (ENOT) presents Unheard Voices: An Immigrant’s Dream—a matinee concert on Sunday, June 9, 2024, 3:00 p.m., at downtown Manhattan’s The Greene Space. Approaching its landmark 50th anniversary in 2026, ENOT continues to tell compelling stories through rare musical theater-opera productions. In Unheard Voices: An Immigrant’s Dream, ENOT brings a wide variety of perspectives on the immigrant experience while reflecting the ambition of ENOT to integrate opera with social activism.