Xian Zhang conductor
Gregory D. McDaniel conductor
Adam Tendler piano
New Jersey Symphony
Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony, filled with dark-chocolate harmonies, has been seducing newcomers to classical music for a century. No wonder its melodies have also cropped up in movies and pop songs. In Nico Muhly’s new piano concerto, Sounding, melodies inspired by hymn tunes are also abundant. Here is edge-of-your-seat beauty, topped off by the timelessness of Debussy’s musical portrait of moonlight.
Claude Debussy Clair de Lune
Nico Muhly Sounding for Piano and Orchestra (New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission)
Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2
Program update: Double bassist Xavier Foley is unable to appear on the program. Pianist Adam Tendler will replace him for this concert.
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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)
Broadway Birthday Salute Honoring Gov. Thomas H. Kean (4/21/25-4/21/25)
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)
How to Train Your Dragon in Concert (7/13/25-7/13/25)
New Jersey Performing Arts Center is at 1 Center Street, Newark, NJ.
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 (3/15/25-3/15/25)
The Firebird with Xian Zhang (3/9/25-3/9/25)
Brahms and Chopin (2/20/25-2/20/25)
Warner Bros. Discovery presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony (2/15/25-2/15/25)
Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes (2/2/25-2/2/25)
Holst’s The Planets—An HD Odyssey (2/1/25-2/1/25)
2025 Lunar New Year Celebration with Xian Zhang (1/25/25-1/25/25)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Ravel (1/11/25-1/11/25)
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2025 New Jersey One-Act Festival
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Little Mermaid
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Calendar Girls
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