Calendar of Events - February 2007
Friday, February 2
8:00 PM
WM - Community Theatre Presents. Sir James Galway (flute), Christopher O'Riley (piano). Community Theatre, 100 South St., Morristown. 973-539-8008. Tickets: $52-$67.Saturday, February 3
8:00 PM
OR - Colonial Symphony, Paul Hostetter (cond.), Serena McKinney (violin). Golijov: The Last Round (tribute to Piazzolla); Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 5 (“Turkish”); Vivaldi: “Winter” from the Four Seasons; Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes. Pre-concert talk 7:00 pm: Soloists and Their Lives of Adventure. Community Theatre, 100 South St., Morristown. 973-984-7400. Tickets: $45, $35, $25, high school and college $5, K-8 free.C - Westminster Faculty Recitals, Judith Bettina (soprano), Peter Jarvis (percussion), James Goldsworthy (piano). Music by Babbitt, Cage, Harrison, David Rakowski, and others. Playhouse, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 101 Walnut La., Princeton. 609-9212-2663. Tickets: $15, students/seniors $10.
Saturday, February 4
3:00 PM
C - Arts at Trinity. Michael Laderman (flute). Trinity Parish in Bergen Point, 141 Broadway, Bayonne. 201-858-4460.C - Music on Sunday Afternoon. Hudson Trio: Mineko Yajima (violin), Beth Robin (piano), Rosalind Clarke (cello). Public Library, Teaneck.
V - Westminster Faculty Recitals, Faith Esham (soprano). Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 101 Walnut La., Princeton. 609-9212-2663. Tickets: $15, students/seniors $10.
4:00 PM
I - Puffin Cultural Forum. On the Rise series. Beatrice Long (piano). Puffin Foundation, 200 E. Oakdene Ave., Teaneck. 201-836-8923. www.puffinfoundation.org Suggested donation: $15, students/seniors $10.Monday, February 5
7:00 PM
L - Catherine Sprague (piano, lecturer). “This is Mozart.” Mozart’s music and life brought to life with a slide presentation and live piano presentation. Library, 100 Ridge Road, Mahwah. Free. 201-529-7323 ext 27 mahwprog@bccls.orgTuesday, February 6
7:00 PM
L - Bay-Atlantic Symphony, Paul M. Somers (lecturer). “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Music - Bay.” Attendees have all their questions answered by emailing them to editor@classicalnjsociety.org ahead of time. 1924 East Buckshutem Rd., Mauricetown. 856-506-0580. Free.Friday, February 9
8:00 PM
C - “Music of Invention” sponsored by Shore Institute of Contemporary Art (SICA) and the Black Box of Asbury Park. Special guest tba. SICA, 20 Third Ave., Long Branch. 732-263-1121. Tickets: $15 at door, $12 in advance.Saturday, February 10
2:00 PM
OR - Greater Newark Youth Orchestra, Chelsea Tipton II (cond.). Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf. Pre-concert adventure: Join us in the lobby an hour before the concert to meet a friendly, domesticated wolf from the Wolf Conservation Center of New York. Prudential Hall, NJPAC, Newark. 800-ALLEGRO (255-3476). Tickets: tba.8:00 PM
OR - New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Chelsea Tipton II (cond.), Nicole Cabell (vocalist), Kevin Cole (piano), New Jersey Tap Ensemble. "By George! It's Gershwin!" Prudential Hall, NJPAC, Newark. 800-ALLEGRO (255-3476). Tickets tba.OR - Haddonfield Symphony, Rossen Milanov (cond.), Bridget Kibbey (harp). “Rejuvenate Your Soul.” Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras no. 9; Ginastera: Harp Concerto; Bizet/Shchedrin: Carmen Suite. Walter Gordon Theater, Rutgers-Camden campus, Camden. Symphony Shuttle from Collingswood PATCO station to the theater. 856-429-1880. www.haddonfield-symphony.org/boxoffice Tickets: $40, $25, $15. Shuttle: $6.
Sunday, February 11
3:00 PM
C - Westminster Faculty Recitals, Phyllis Alpert Lehrer (piano), Denise Huizenga (violin). Beethoven: “Kreutzer” Sonata; Schumann: Sonata no. 1 for violin and piano. Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 101 Walnut La., Princeton. 609-9212-2663. Tickets: $15, students/seniors $10.C - Lyrica Chamber Music, guest: Steve Gibb (guitar). Solo works by Tarrega, deFalla, Gibb; deFalla: Suite espagnol for violin and guitar; Boccherini: Guitar quintet “Fandango.” Presbyterian Church, 240 Southern Blvd., Chatham Township. 973-701-1734 www.lyricacm.org Tickets: $20, seniors $15, students with ID free 1/2 hr. before concert.
Tuesday, February 13
Thursday, February 15
7:00 PM
L - Bay-Atlantic Symphony, Paul M. Somers (lecturer). “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Music - Atlantic.” Attendees have all their questions answered by emailing them to editor@classicalnjsociety.org ahead of time. Galloway Township Library, Jimmie Leeds Rd, Galloway. 609-652-2352. Free.
12:15 PM
C - Westminster Conservatory at Nassau. Trio da Capo: Ileana Ciumac (violin), Tomasz Rzeczycki (cello), Galina Prilutskaya (piano). Niles Chapel, Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau St, Princeton. Free.Saturday, February 17
8:00 PM
C - Westminster Faculty Recitals, Robert Annis (clarinet), James Goldsworthy (piano), Mayuki Fukuhara (violin). “Works for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano.” Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 101 Walnut La., Princeton. 609-9212-2663. Tickets: $15, students/seniors $10.Sunday, February 18
3:00 PM
OR - NJPAC Presents. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (cond.), Jonathan Biss (piano). Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite; Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 24, K. 491; Beethoven: Symphony no. 2 in D major. Prudential Hall, NJPAC, Newark. Tickets: tba.
This program will be heard in only four venues in the USA this season.CH - Westminster Chapel Choir, Westminster Conservatory Youth Chorale. Sun Min Lee (cond.). Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms. High School PAC, Princeton. 609-9212-2663. Tickets: $15, students/seniors $10.
V - Westminster Faculty Recitals, Elem Eley (baritone), J. J. Penna (piano). “Songs of 21st Century Americans.” Works by Laurie Altman, Tom Cipullo, Daron Hagen, Jake Heggie, Lee Hoiby, and Richard Hundley. Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 101 Walnut La., Princeton. 609-9212-2663. Tickets: $15, students/seniors $10.
Thursday, February 22
8:00 PM
WM - Community Theatre Presents. Bulgarian State Opera Company. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro. Community Theatre, 200 South St., Morristown. 973-539-8008. Tickets: $32-$47.OP - Westminster Opera Theater. Opera tba. Playhouse, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 101 Walnut La., Princeton. 609-9212-2663. $20, students/seniors $15.
Friday, February 23
8:00 PM
WM - Community Theatre Presents. Three Mo? Tenors. Community Theatre, 100 South St., Morristown. 973-539-8008. Tickets: $32-$47.
You name it, they can sing it: opera to blues and everything in between.V - Westminster Faculty Recitals, Margaret Cusack (soprano), J. J. Penna (piano). Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 101 Walnut La., Princeton. 609-9212-2663. Tickets: $15, students/seniors $10.
OP - Westminster Opera Theater. Opera tba. Playhouse, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 101 Walnut La., Princeton. 609-9212-2663. $20, students/seniors $15.
Saturday, February 24
8:00 PM
WW - Community Arts Partnership, Signature Saturdays. Roberto Diaz (viola), Robert Koenig (piano). Mount-Burke Theatre, Peddie School, Hightstown. 609-490-7550; email: <capps@peddie.org> Tickets: $20.
Mr. Diaz is the former principal violist of the Philadelphia Orchestra and is now President and Director of the Curtis Institute.]C - Westminster Conservatory Faculty Recital: Music from Spain for solo piano, voice, flute, and guitar by Granados, Turina, de Falla, Rodrigo, and others. Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 101 Walnut La., Princeton. 609-9212-2663. Tickets: $15, students/seniors $10.
OP - Westminster Opera Theater. Opera tba. Playhouse, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 101 Walnut La., Princeton. 609-9212-2663. $20, students/seniors $15.
Sunday, February 25
2:00 PM
OP - Westminster Opera Theater. Opera tba. Playhouse, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 101 Walnut La., Princeton. 609-9212-2663. $20, students/seniors $15.3:00 PM
OR - Bucks County Symphony, Gary S. Fagin (cond.), Michael Mizrahi (piano). R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche; Ravel: Piano Concerto in G; Faure: Sicilienne from Pelleas et Melisande; Debussy: Nocturnes - Nuages et Fetes. Central Buck High School South, Doylestown, PA. 215-348-7321. Tickets: $18, seniors $15, students free.Friday, March 2
8:00 PM
OR - New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (cond.), Baiba Skride (violin). Martinsson: A. S. in Memoriam (U.S. premiere); Shostakovich: Violin Concerto no. 2; Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E-flat ("Eroica"). Patriots Theater, War
Memorial, Trenton. 800-ALLEGRO (255-3476). Tickets: tba.OR - NJPAC Presents. Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (cond.), Yundi Li (piano). R. Strauss: Don Juan; Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 1; Strauss: Ein Heldenleben. Prudential Hall, NJPAC, Newark. Tickets: tba.
Europe's oldest orchestra once had Mendelssohn as its superstar conductor. Chailly is in the same exalted sphere.
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