Calendar of Events - May 2007
Tuesday, May 1
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.8:00 PM
OP - Kean Stage. Kean University Percussion Ensemble Wilkins Theatre, Kean University, 1000 Morris Ave., Union. 908-737-SHOW (7469). Free.Saturday, May 5
8:00 PM
CH - Westminster. Fuma Sacra, Andrew Megill (cond.). “The Fallen City.” Matthias Weckmann: Lamentations; Jan Dismas Zelenka: Lamentations. Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 101 Walnut La., Princeton. 609-9212-2663. Free.Sunday, May 6
3:00 PM
C - Arts at Trinity. Rena Panush (soprano). Trinity Parish in Bergen Point, 141 Broadway, Bayonne. 201-858-4460.OR - Baroque Orchestra of North Jersey, Robert W. Butts (cond.), Paul Zeigler (piano). Music by Beethoven. Grace Church, Madison Ave. (Rt. 124) at Kings Rd., Madison. 973-366-8922 or 973-625-0459. Tickets: $25, $20, students $5.
C/L - Discovery Orchestra, George Marriner Maul (cond.). “Bach to the Future II.” Exploring in depth movement of Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D major. Chase Room, NJPAC, Newark. Tickets: $40, students $15. www.DiscoveryOrchestra.org info@DiscoveryOrchestra.org
C - Mostly Music: Ani Kavafian (violin) and Carter Brey (cello) with guests. First United Methodist Church, 1 E. Broad St., Westfield. 973,762-0108. Tickets: $25, seniors $22, students ages 10-21 $1.
OR - Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra, Gabriel Nevola (cond.), Michael Loreti Jazz Quartet, Olympia Fiedler (soprano). Presbyterian Church on the Green, Broad St., Bloomfield.
CH - Harmonium Choral Society, Anne Matlack (cond.) with Duo Fresco: Brett Deubner (viola) and Christopher Kenniff (guitar). Music by Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Vaughan Williams. Presbyterian Church, Liberty Corner.
4:00 PM
I - Puffin Cultural Forum. On the Rise series. Peng-Peng Gong (piano), Sunbin Kim (composer). Puffin Foundation, 200 E. Oakdene Ave., Teaneck. 201-836-8923. www.puffinfoundation.org Suggested donation: $15, students/seniors $10.CH - Lauda! Chamber Singers, Charles Walker (cond.). “Stuff You Can’t Do In Church.” Morley: Fire! Fire!; Rutter: Banquet Fugue; Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music; and bawdy renaissance madrigals. Pre-concert talk at 3:30 PM. Gloucester Caounty College Fine Arts Center, 1400 Tanyard Rd., Sewell. 856-456-4715 LaudaSingLauda@cs.com Tickets: $15 at door, $10 in advance, $8 seniors/students.
6:00 PM
OG - Music at Christ Church. Sung vespers followed by 40 minute recital at 6:30. Giorgio Parolini (Milan, Italy). Christ Church, 5 Paterson St., New Brunswick. 732-545-6262. Free.7:30 PM
C - Mostly Music: Ani Kavafian (violin) and Carter Brey (cello) with guests. First United Methodist Church, 1 E. Broad St., Westfield. 973,762-0108. Tickets: $25, seniors $22, students ages 10-21 $1.Tuesday, May 8
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.Wednesday, May 9
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
OG - Downtown Lunchtime Recital Series. Gavin Black (harpsichord). First Reformed Church, 9 Bayard St. New Brunswick. Free. A free light lunch follows.7:30 PM
OR - New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. 10th Annual UJA Benefit Concert. Prudential Hall, NJPAC, Newark. 800-ALLEGRO (255-3476).Friday, May 11
8:00 PM
OR - New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (cond.), Pekka Kuusisto (violin). Haydn: Symphony no. 96; Vasks: Distant Light; Brahms: Symphony no. 2 in D major. Prudential Hall, NJPAC, Newark. 800-ALLEGRO (255-3476).C - “Music of Invention” sponsored by Shore Institute of Contemporary Art (SICA) and the Black Box of Asbury Park. Stanley Alexandrowicz (guitar), Sungji Kim (soprano). SICA, 20 Third Ave., Long Branch. 732-263-1121. Tickets: $15 at door, $12 in advance.
OR/CH - Westfield Symphony Orchestra, David Wroe (cond.), Pro Arte Chorale, David Crone (cond.), Xiang Gao (violin)
Saturday, May 12
8:00 PM
OR - Bay-Atlantic Symphony, Jed Gaylin (cond.), Adam Neiman (piano). "Exotics." Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain. Guaracini Arts Center, Cumberland County College, Vineland. 856-451-1169. Tickets: tba.OR/CH - Westfield Symphony Orchestra, David Wroe (cond.), Pro Arte Chorale, David Crone (dir.), Xiang Gao (violin), chorus and soloists tba. Puccini: Messa di gloria; Traditional: Butterfly Concerto; Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A. Presbyterian Church, Mountain Ave. at E. Broad St., Westfield. 908-232-9400. Tickets: tba.
OR - Colonial Symphony, Paul Hostetter (cond.). Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Norman Lowrey: work with mechanical instruments (premiere); Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C minor. Pre-concert talk at 7:00 PM - The Magic of Mechanical Instruments, with Stephen Miller of the Morris Museum and Norman Lowrey. Community Theatre, 100 South St., Morristown. 973-984-7400. Tickets: $45, $35, $25.
OP - Tri-Cities Opera. Gounod: Roméo et Juliette. State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. 732-246-7469 (SHOW). Tickets: $75, $65, $55, $45, $30.
Sunday, May 13
3:00 PM
OR - New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (cond.), Pekka Kuusisto (violin). Haydn: Symphony no. 96; Vasks: Distant Light; Brahms: Symphony no. 2 in D major. Community Theatre, 100 South St., Morristown. 800-ALLEGRO (255-3476).4:00 PM
OR - Bay-Atlantic Symphony, Jed Gaylin (cond.), Adam Neiman (piano). "Exotics." Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain. Stockton PAC, Richard Stocton College of NJ, Pomona. 856-451-1169. Tickets: tba.C - Claring Chamber Players: Mayuki Fukuhara, Mitsuru Tsubota (violins), Sarah Clarke (viola), Rosalyn Clarke (cello), guest t.b.a. (bass). Wolf: Italian Serenade for string quartet; Rossini: Quartet for 2 violins, cello, and bass; Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence for string sextet. Unitarian Church, 67 Church St., Montclair. 201-784-8416.
4:30 PM
Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s Afternoon Chamber Series. Elysian Camerata: Barbara Jaffe (violin), Louise Jaffe (viola), Talia Schiff (cello), Rahel Inniger (piano). Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Free admission, but tickets required. Call 609-497-0020 three weeks before concert to reserve tickets.6:00 PM
OG - Music at Christ Church. Sung vespers followed by 40 minute recital at 6:30. Gwendolyn Toth and Dongsok Shin (New York, NY). Christ Church, 5 Paterson St., New Brunswick. 732-545-6262. Free.7:30 PM
C - JCC Metro West Presents. Tokyo String Quartet. Haydn: Quartet op. 76, no. 2; Bloch: Suite no. 3 for solo cello; Beethoven: Quartet op. 59, no. 3.. Maurice Levin theater, JCC MetroWest, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange.Monday, May 14
7:30 PM
CH - Schola Cantorum on Hudson, Deborah Simpkin King (cond.). Brahms: Liebeslieder Walzer; Dvorák: Songs of Nature. Actors’ Chapel (St. Malachy’s Church, 239 W. 49th St. New York City, NY. 201-918-3011. Tickets: $16, seniors/students $10.Tuesday, May 15
1:30 PM
OR - New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (cond.), Pekka Kuusisto (violin). Haydn: Symphony no. 96; Vasks: Distant Light; Brahms: Symphony no. 2 in D major. Prudential Hall, NJPAC, Newark. 800-ALLEGRO (255-3476).Thursday, May 17
12:15 PM
I - Westminster Conservatory at Nassau. Miriam Eley and Esma Pasic-Filipovic (piano duo). Niles Chapel, Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau St, Princeton. Free.8:00 PM
OR - New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (cond.). Copland: Two Pieces; Beethoven: Symphony no. 2; R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, and first waltz sequence from Der Rosenkavalier. State Theatre, Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. 800-ALLEGRO (255-3476).Friday, May 18
8:00 PM
OR - New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (cond.). Copland: Two Pieces; Beethoven: Symphony no. 2; R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, and first waltz sequence from Der Rosenkavalier. Patriots Theatre, War Memorial, Trenton. 800-ALLEGRO (255-3476).Saturday, May 19
7:00 PM
CH - Summit Chorale, Richard Garrin (cond.). Choral expressions of love. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 140 S. Finley Ave., Basking Ridge. 973-762-8486,
Followed at 8:30 by benefit including silent and live auction, fine food, wine tasting, and musical entertainment.8:00 PM
OOR - New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (cond.). Copland: Two Pieces; Beethoven: Symphony no. 2; R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, and first waltz sequence from Der Rosenkavalier. Prudential Hall, NJPAC Newark. 800-ALLEGRO (255-3476).OR - Garden State Philharmonic, Anthony LaGruth (cond.). “Rhapsody in Blue & Tchaikovsky, Too!.” Patrick Ippolito: Remembrances (premiere); Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 in E minor. Strand Theatre, 400 Clifton Ave., Lakewood. 732-451-0064. Tickets: $30, $28, $26, $24, $12, $10.
WW - Community Arts Partnership, Signature Saturdays. Cuertetango String Quartet. Mount-Burke Theatre, Peddie School, Hightstown. 609-490-7550; email: <capps@peddie.org> Tickets: $20.
Cuertetango is joined by a bandoneonist and dancers in a presentation of tango
nuevo.Sunday, May 20
3:00 PM
OR - New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (cond.). Copland: Two Pieces; Beethoven: Symphony no. 2; R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, and first waltz sequence from Der Rosenkavalier. Prudential Hall, NJPAC Newark. 800-ALLEGRO (255-3476).OR - Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra, Israel “buzz” Herman (cond.), with guest Betty Zhou (cello). Middle School, 60 Huck Rd., Bloomfield.
Ms. Zhou was the 2006 winner of the NJSO’s Young Artists Competition.OR - Westminster Community Orchestra, Ruth Ochs (cond.), Ileana Ciumac (violin). Mozart: Symphony no. 41 (“Jupiter”); Vaughan Williams: the Lark Ascending; Holst: The Planets. Princeton High School PAC, Princeton. 609-9212-2663. Tickets: $15, students/seniors $10.
V - Westminster Conservatory Faculty Recital: Timothy Urban (baritone) and guests. Vocal and instrumental music by J. S. Bach, C. P., E. Bach, Handel, Telemann, Hotteterre, and Quantz. Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 101 Walnut La., Princeton. 609-9212-2663. Tickets: $15, students/seniors $10.
4:00 PM
CH - Schola Cantorum on Hudson, Deborah Simpkin King (cond.). Brahms: Liebeslieder Walzer; Dvorák: Songs of Nature. Holy Rosary Church, 344 6th St., Jersey City. 201-918-3011. Tickets: $16, seniors/students $10.OG - Beckerath Organ Series. Season theme: Paul-Martin Maki and His Students.” Frank Fano. St. Stephen’s Church, 119 Main St., Millburn. After 10 years as an organist music director at Jersey City’s Church of the Holy Rosary, and then at Garfield’s Our Lady of Mount Virgin C Church, Mr. Fano is now studying for the priesthood. In addition to studying with Maki, he has studied with Kenneth Hamrick at Montclair State University.
6:00 PM
OG - Music at Christ Church. Sung vespers followed by 40 minute recital at 6:30. Patrick Hawkins (Tempe, AZ). Christ Church, 5 Paterson St., New Brunswick. 732-545-6262. Free.Tuesday, May 22
7:30 - 9:00 PM
L - Discovery Orchestra Listening Courses, George Marriner Maull (lecturer). “World’s Favorite Piano Concerto: Rachmaninoff’s Second.” First of three consecutive Tuesday lectures. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Gladstone. Fee: $60, seniors $50. Enroll at 908-226-7300.8:00 PM
C - Cape May Music Festival. New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players. Convention Hall, Beach Dr., Cape May. Tickets: $22, senior $18, student $10.Sunday, May 27
B - Atlantic Brass Band, Salvatore Scarpa (cond.). Convention Hall, Beach Dr. at Stockton, Cape May. Tickets: $22, senior $18, student $10.6:00 PM
OG - Music at Christ Church. Sung vespers followed by 40 minute recital at 6:30. Andrew Moore (Bernardsville, NJ). Christ Church, 5 Paterson St., New Brunswick. 732-545-6262. Tickets at door: $17, students/seniors $15.Tuesday, May 29
8:00 PM
C - Cape May Music Festival. New York Chamber Ensemble, Alan Kay (dir.). Episcopal Church of the Advent, Washington and Franklin Sts., Cape May. Tickets: $15, senior $10, student $5.Thursday, May 31
8:00 PM
OR - Cape May Music Festival. Bay-Atlantic Symphony, Jed Gaylin (cond.), Olivier Cangelosi (piano). “Water Music/Bach Stroke.” J. S. Bach: Suite no. 1 in C major, BWV 1066, and Klavier Concerto no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1052; Handel: selections from the Water Music. Convention Hall, Cape May. 856-451-1169. Tickets: $22, senior $18, student $10.
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