NJSO to Perform RHAPSODY IN BLUE in September
Music Director Jacques Lacombe and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra open the NJSO's 2012–13 concert season on Friday, September 28, with an Opening Night Celebration featuring sensational pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet performing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue on a program of Jazz-Age American music. The Orchestra presents works by John Harbison and Ferde Grofé as part of the New Jersey Roots Project, and the concert closes with the work of a master of the Jazz Age-Duke Ellington's Harlem.
The Opening Night concert begins at 7 p.m. at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. Additional performances take place at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown on Saturday, September 29, at 3 p.m. and at NJPAC on Sunday, September 30, at 3 p.m. Special festivities surrounding the September 28 Opening Night performance include a pre-concert cocktail party and post-concert dinner.
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Neruda Songs and Poulenc's Gloria New Jersey Performing Arts Center (4/15-4/15) |
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Adelphi Orchestra: American Voices at 250 Fair Lawn Community Center Theater (10/10-10/10) |
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in Concert State Theatre New Jersey (2/28-2/28) |
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We Declare: Words That Shaped A Nation The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (9/14-9/14) |
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Gil Shaham Plays Dvořák New Jersey Performing Arts Center (2/18-2/18) |
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Merrily We Roll Along St. Luke's Episcopal Church (8/20-8/23) |
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Mean Girls, The Musical The Actors Studio of New Jersey (9/11-9/20) |
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The Stylistics: An Unforgettable Night of Soul Wilkins Theatre (10/04-10/04) |
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Forever Plaid Stockton University Performing Arts Center (9/25-9/26) |
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Season Finale: Ravel's Boléro with Xian Zhang New Jersey Performing Arts Center (6/10-6/10) |