Xian Zhang conductor 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. Gershwin/arr. Bennett Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture Daniel Bernard Roumain’s commission is generously sponsored in part by Judith Musser.
Daniil Trifonov piano
New Jersey Symphony
Daniel Bernard Roumain Autumn Days and Nights (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission)
Gershwin Concerto in F
Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Ravel (1/9/25-1/9/25)
2025 Lunar New Year Celebration with Xian Zhang (1/25/25-1/25/25)
Holst’s The Planets—An HD Odyssey (1/31/25-1/31/25)
Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes (2/2/25-2/2/25)
Warner Bros. Discovery presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony (2/15/25-2/15/25)
Brahms and Chopin (2/20/25-2/20/25)
The Firebird with Xian Zhang (3/7/25-3/7/25)
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 (3/13/25-3/13/25)
Vadim Gluzman Plays Brahms (3/23/25-3/23/25)
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Xian Zhang (4/3/25-4/3/25)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens in Concert (4/12/25-4/12/25)
Discover Mozart & Bach (5/17/25-5/17/25)
Xian Conducts Mozart (5/17/25-5/17/25)
Season Finale: Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich (6/8/25-6/8/25)
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The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert (12/7/24-12/7/24)
Dorado Schmitt and Sons: Django Festival All-Stars (11/23/24-11/23/24)
Paquito D'Rivera with New Jersey Symphony (11/8/24-11/8/24)
Opening Weekend: Xian Conducts Scheherazade (11/3/24-11/3/24)
Social Justice through Spoken Word (10/19/24-10/19/24)
Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene with Renée Fleming (10/6/24-10/6/24)
Notes from America with Kai Wright (9/29/24-9/29/24)
Hillary Rodham Clinton Tour (9/17/24-9/17/24)
The Godfather Live in Concert (8/16/24-8/16/24)
Videos
Ladies of Laughter
Bergen PAC (2/3 - 2/3) | ||
Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (2/2 - 2/2) | ||
The Simon & Garfunkel Story
State Theatre New Jersey (2/7 - 2/7) | ||
Madama Butterfly
Sieminski Theater (2/8 - 2/9) | ||
Fade - Play by Tanya Sarracho
Vanguard Theater Company (3/27 - 4/6) | ||
Adelphi Orchestra - Shostakovich@50
Berrie Center, Sharp Theater, Ramapo College (2/13 - 2/13) | ||
The Hook
Warner Theater (7/21 - 12/31) | ||
Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Axelrod Performing Arts Center (3/14 - 4/6) | ||
Legacy & Vision
NJPAC Victoria Theater, Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Stage (4/24 - 4/25) | ||
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